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Episode 384: Comparing Past Military Empires to America’s w/ Danny Sjursen

by Peter R. Quinones | Mar 1, 2020

80 Minutes

Suitable For All Ages

Pete invited retired Army Major Danny Sjursen to return to the show. Danny is a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghan “Surges” but also taught American History at West Point and is a Military History fanatic.

Pete asked Danny to come on the show and talk about a few historic military empires and how they mirror America’s. Danny details the Roman, British, Prussian and Soviet empires but puts great detail into the Prussian which you will see most closely resembles America’s modern military.

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Two Sentences that Capture the Essential Difference Between Libertarians and Statists

by Daniel J. Mitchell | May 17, 2018

Why are there so few liberty-oriented societies compared to the number of places with statist governments?
And why does it seem like the size and scope of government keeps expanding around the world?
If I’m feeling optimistic, I’ll disagree with the tone of those questions. There are reasons to be cheerful, after all. the Soviet Empire collapsed and there’s solid data that global economic liberty has increased over the past few decades. And for those who care about evidence, there’s a slam-dunk argument that smaller government means more prosperity.
But if I’m feeling pessimistic, I’ll look at grim numbers suggesting that the burden of government automatically will expand because of demographic change. And I also worry about eroding societal capital, with more and more people thinking it’s okay to live off the government. And let’s not forget “public choice,” the theory that explains why politicians have an incentive to make government bigger.
I go back and forth on whether the glass is half full or half empty, and I’m not sure which side is winning. All I can say for sure is that Americans are getting increasingly polarized as we have big fights about the proper role of government.
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News Roundup

News Roundup 8/13/20

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 13, 2020

Europe The State Department IG finds that the US Ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, is inappropriate and ineffective. The report says he made inappropriate sexual statements and threatened to fire staff who gave him the bad news. The staff then felt they could not...

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‘That’s What Real Leadership Looks Like’

by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2020

Says the disgusting Kamala Harris (no matter how much clown makeup they put on her) about Senile Joe Biden's plan to call on the 50 governors to mandate mask wearing for all people "outside." And they say Hunter is the crack zombie.

Jim Bovard in the Daily Caller: Can Ending ‘Endless Wars’ Save Trump’s Presidency?

by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2020

Check it out: Four years ago, Donald Trump electrified campaign audiences by denouncing “Trigger Happy Hillary” Clinton. Trump bragged in 2016 that his advisers knew “how to avoid the endless wars we are caught in now” but he has yet to deliver on what many voters...

Patrick M. Rose Boston Police Union Leader is Child Rapist

by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2020

Boston Globe: Patrick M. Rose, a former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, was ordered held on $100,000 bail Thursday on charges that he sexually assaulted a girl on “multiple occasions” from when she was about 7 to about 12 years old. Rose...

This Is Your Security Force

by Scott Horton | Aug 11, 2020

From the Free Thought Project: WATCH: School Cops Handcuff Mentally Disabled 8yo Boy, Bring Him to Adult Prison for Misbehaving WATCH: Incompetent Cop Tasers Fellow Officer Causing Him to Shoot Unarmed Man Residents Outraged After Cops Open Fire on 5 Children, Ages...

Who’s Sick of the ‘Zombie Reply?’

by Peter R. Quinones | Aug 10, 2020

On the day Hugh Hefner died I posted a picture on Twitter with a quote in which he puts forth the idea that we own our minds and bodies, and for church or state to attempt to limit that, is inappropriate. A random Tweeter deduced from the comment that if “his own mind...

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8/10/20 Dan McKnight on Liz Cheney’s Toxic Association With the Republican Party

by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2020

Dan McKnight discusses recent efforts by his organization, BringOurTroopsHome.US, to get Republicans in congress to distance themselves from Liz Cheney. Cheney wields enormous influence in congress, both because of her last name and because she supports the reelection...

8/7/20 Michael Klare on War in the Middle East and the Politics of Oil

by Scott Horton | Aug 10, 2020

Scott talks to Michael Klare about the incentives behind America's involvement in wars in the Middle East. One common narrative says that Bush invaded Iraq simply because America needed the oil—the truth, says Klare, is somewhat more complicated. He explains that...

8/7/20 Brett Wilkins on the False Dichotomy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by Scott Horton | Aug 10, 2020

Brett Wilkins discusses the story about Hiroshima and Nagasaki that everyone learned in school: the U.S. was forced to drop the atomic bombs, because the alternative would have meant a ground invasion of Japan that would have cost a million American lives. In reality,...

8/7/20 Kingston Reif on the Growing Nuclear Tensions Between the US, Russia and China

by Scott Horton | Aug 9, 2020

Kingston Reif talks about the imminent lapse of the New START treaty, one of the last remaining nuclear safeguard agreements between the U.S. and Russia. Russia has made some moves to renegotiate the treaty, but the Trump administration has refused to do so,...

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Free Man Beyond the Wall

Episode 457: NYC Has Reached Herd Immunity w/ Gene Epstein

by Peter R. Quinones | Aug 14, 2020

56 Minutes PG-13 Gene Epstein is the founder of the Soho Forum debate series in NYC and is a former economics editor at Barron's Magazine. Pete invited Gene on to talk about the impact on NYC of CV19 and the George Floyd protests, riots and looting. Gene starts off...

Episode 456: Marxist-Leninism, Monarchy and Class Warfare w/ The Friends Against Government

by Peter R. Quinones | Aug 12, 2020

101 Minutes Strong Language Bird and Aaron are two-thirds of the Friends Against Government Podcast. Aaron has been down the rabbit hole reading Lenin and Stalin as of late so Pete decided to dive into some Lenin as well. The three get together to discuss what benefit...

Episode 455: Epstein, Maxwell, Q And More w/ Ryan Dawson

by Peter R. Quinones | Aug 10, 2020

93 Minutes Strong Language Ryan Dawson is the host of the Anti-Neocon Report and a documentary filmmaker. Pete invited Ryan on to talk about the latest on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and what is happening with the recently arrested Ghislaine Maxwell. They then discuss...

Episode 454: Leaving Marx’s ‘Class Theory’ In Ashes w/ Wally Conger

by Peter R. Quinones | Aug 7, 2020

47 Minutes Safe for Work Wally Conger is an author and Agorist who has worked in "liberty circles" since 1970. Wally used unpublished works of Samuel Edward Konkin III to put together the treatise, "Agorist Class Theory," in which he makes a devastating critique of...

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Foreign Policy Focus

Massive Explosion Escalates Lebanon Protests

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 12, 2020

On FPF #531, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the ongoing unrest in Lebanon. Protests escalated after government negligence led to a massive explosion at the Bierut Port. The country's prime minister and his cabinet resigned, although they will remain in...

New Russiagate Whistleblower Exposes Stefan Halper’s Role in Firing Mike Flynn

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2020

On FPF #530, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the new Russiagate Whistleblower Steven P. Schrage. Schrage is a former student of Stefan Halper and set up the event was Halper first met Carter Page. The Page/Halper meeting is suspected of helping generate the...

Beirut Explosion: Details Emerge on the Origin of the Blast

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 7, 2020

On FPF #529, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the massive explosion in Beirut. So far, over 150 people have been killed; however many more remain missing. The damage to the port will also significantly harm Lebanon's economy, doing billions in damage. Will...

Who Will Get Syria’s Oil?

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 5, 2020

On FPF #528, I discuss reports that an American company had signed an agreement with the Syrian Kurds to produce oil in Syria. The story was pushed by Secretary of State Pompeo and Senator Graham. However, the Syrian Kurds now say no agreement has been made. The Kurds...

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Don't Tread on Anyone

Propaganda – Book Summary and Analysis

by Keith Knight | Aug 12, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qGcYE5UJPc Lacking the direct test of success or failure, the voter tends to turn, not to those politicians whose policies have the best chance of success, but to those who can best “sell” their propaganda ability. Without grasping...

Antifa: Anarchists or Communists?

by Keith Knight | Aug 9, 2020

https://youtu.be/8VHj9ExrNSQ Violent, worldwide revolution, in Marx’s version made by the oppressed proletariat, would be the instrument of the advent of his millennium, communism. Murray N. Rothbard Classical Economics, p. 317 In the long run, as we...

Austrian Economics – An Introduction. Steven Horwitz and Keith Knight

by Keith Knight | Aug 6, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtlXIfwfQ0 ...the Austrian theory of the trade cycle reveals that only the inflationary bank credit expansion that enters the market through new business loans (or through purchase of business bonds) generates the over-investment in...

The Most Dangerous Superstition – Book Summary and Analysis

by Keith Knight | Aug 3, 2020

https://youtu.be/cABLDPeCY-g The belief in “authority,” which includes all belief in “government,” is irrational and self-contradictory; it is contrary to civilization and morality, and constitutes the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed....

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Year Zero

Border Patrol, The Drug War, and The Cartels w/ Josh Childress

by Tommy Salmons | Aug 6, 2020

Tommy was joined by former Border Patrol Agent, Josh Childress. They discuss becoming a radical before circling back to Josh's days working the border. Josh talks trafficking and gives detailed accounts of specific instances that stand out in his memory. Finally, he...

Markets Not Capitalism w/ Sheldon Richman

by Tommy Salmons | Aug 1, 2020

Tommy is joined by Sheldon Richman, Executive Editor and Co-Founder at The Libertarian Institute. They discuss Sheldon's newest book, What Social Animals Owe To Each Other, as well as why libertarians should abandon the term Capitalism for Freed Markets....

124: Just A Different Authoritarian

by Tommy Salmons | Jul 24, 2020

Tommy gives his opinion on the Portland incident before diving into the differences between Fascism, Socialism, and Progressivism. Though America displays many tenets of Fascism and Socialism it is neither. But there are those actively trying to change that....

123: QAnon

by Tommy Salmons | Jul 17, 2020

What is QAnon? Who is Q? Tommy spent this last week stuck in a Q-hole attempting to gain insight on the phenomenon that is Q. What he discovered entertained, surprised, and intrigued him. There's no way to discover every angle of Q in a week, but Tommy wanted to avoid...

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