“I want Russia to be defeated in Ukraine,” French President Emmanuel Macron publicly told the media. But it’s not what he privately told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also said that now is not the right time for dialogue with Moscow and that France is...
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Netanyahu Says US Must ‘Reaffirm’ Alliance With Saudi Arabia
by Dave DeCamp | Dec 16, 2022 | News
Israel’s incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Thursday that the US must “reaffirm” its alliance with Saudi Arabia and that he will seek normalization with Riyadh once in office.
News Roundup 6/30/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 29, 2022 | News Roundup
US News Senator Van Hollen and Cardin, both from Maryland introduced the “Service to the Fleet Act,” a $632 million spending bill for the Coast Guard’s Baltimore-based shipyard. Forbes Russia Reuters reported on Wednesday that European officials are in talks on a...
US Official Condemns Israeli Settlement Expansion, But Biden Will Not Leverage Visit to Tel Aviv
by Kyle Anzalone | May 9, 2022 | News Roundup
A State Department official condemned Israel on Friday in response to a Tel Aviv plan to add 4,000 new settlement homes. Palestinian groups responded favorably to the statement but expressed that mere words are insufficient. Deputy State Department spokesperson...
COI #262: Biden Can Save the Iran Deal, Does He Have the Political Courage?
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #262, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover political upheaval and boiling violence in Israel, as well as the latest Iran nuclear deal news. Kyle breaks down critical changes in Israeli politics that have seen Prime Minister Naftali Bennet lose his...
News Roundup 12/30/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 30, 2021 | News Roundup
Covid Georgia will spend $100 million to hire medical staff and deploy 200 National Guard soldiers to medical facilities. [Link] Over 3,000 Navy reserve sailors missed the deadline to take the covid vaccination. [Link] US News Illinois bars the state employee pension...
A Libertarian Stance on Irredentism
by Starte Butone | Dec 15, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Irredentism is the belief that a group of people has the right to claim land or property which it was in possession of at some point in time, either according to historical fact or myth and legend. A few examples of irredentism are Zionism, the Greater Armenia, and...
News Roundup 11/1/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 1, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Arizona may use its National Guard to fill staffing shortages at prisons. [Link] New York state will divest from Ben and Jerry’s parent company, Unilever, over the ice cream company’s decision not to sell ice cream in the West Bank settlements. [Link] A jury...
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Reader Request
Does anyone have the CRS or GAO report of the completed F35 OT&E [Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)]? Any documentation will do. They fielded the 1,000th airframe and it has NEVER jumped from initial operational capability (IOC) to...
Carrier Blues: Even the Mainstream is Waking Up
The ice is breaking on the stonewalling of the defense community and external observers to have an honest conversation on the aircraft carrier; they may be getting the message on how indefensible and anachronistic this extraordinarily expensive weapons system is. The...
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The COVID Narrative Exposed on C-SPAN
Domestic Imperialists used the coercive apparatus of the state to stop hundreds of millions of people from enjoying their lives for years. Surely, we should see a great utilitarian benefit from these COVID lockdown policies and mask mandates. Why was it, that states...
Movie Bob’d
In the time just before the rise of Pewidepie as the most popular YouTuber there were the angry and nostalgic reviewers. The Angry Video Game Nerd formally Nintendo, Nostalgia Critic, Spoonyone, Cinemasnob and so on all were prominent on the platform. Mostly in their...
The Royal Navy Stumbles, Again
The Fat Amy follies continue apace. We discussed this recently and it looks more and more likely that the hapless and increasingly Orwellian Starmer junta in the UK may be reneging on plans to buy more than the present complement of shoddy F35B aircraft they currently...