Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
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News Roundup 12/27/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 27, 2021 | News Roundup
Covid Massachusetts halts all elective procedures. [Link] The USS Milwaukee will remain in Cuba after several sailors tested positive for Covid. [Link] USAID is running out of money to distribute covid vaccinations. [Link] The US donates 1.5 million vaccine doses to...
Cost Of War: New Report On The Suicide Rates Among Active Military Personnel And Veterans
by Steven Woskow | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog
Suicide rates among active military personnel and veterans of the post-9/11 wars are reaching new peaks. This report uses governmental data, secondary literature, and interviews to document a suicide epidemic that is emerging among post-9/11 fighters as part of a...
Colin Powell 17 Years After Lying Us Into War: ‘Boo Hoo. It’s Someone Else’s Fault’
by Scott Horton | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
Will this most political general's self-promotional PR tour ever end? You are a guilty war criminal, Colin. It's not just your obituary. Your gravestone will say so too. And for all of the rest of human history you will be known as the useful tool who knew he was...
Chelsea Manning Is Freed and Trump Bombs Iraq
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 13, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #464, I discuss Chelsea Manning and the US bombing Shia militias in Iraq. Chelsea Manning was imprisoned for a year for refusing to testify in front of a grand jury about leaking documents to WikiLeaks. Manning took the stand for Julian Assange - who the grand...
The Heroic Chelsea Manning Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt
by Scott Horton | Mar 11, 2020 | Blog
Politico: The activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning attempted suicide on Wednesday, her legal team said in a news release. The statement came only a few days before Manning was scheduled to appear at a court hearing on whether to continue sanctions imposed on her...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Injuries Look More Like Murder Than Suicide, Noted Pathologist Says
by Scott Horton | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog
One of the most prominent forensic pathologists in America is now a "crazy conspiracy theorist." You know, because this serial child rapist who had dirt on English princes and untold scores of millionaires and billionaires most likely killed his own self. Says TV. You...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyer: Neck Injuries ‘Far More Consistent With Assault’
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog
Uh, you think so, huh? Yeah no but TV says that that's a crazy conspiracy theory. Why would any powerful person have their sexual blackmailer murdered before their trial? That's completely nuts. And you are a very bad person who all the rest of of us ridicule and...
Red Flag Laws, Mental Health, and The Epstein Suicide
by Jennifer Monroe | Aug 11, 2019 | Jen the Libertarian
Picking up on the topic of red flag laws from the last episode, the idea of adding mental health history to the federal firearms background database, and the suicide heard 'round the world http://traffic.libsyn.com/jenthelibertarian/episode115.mp3
Called It a Month Ago
by Scott Horton | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog
Epstein's "suicide": Will he shoot himself in the back of the head, or strangle himself to death? Taking bets now. Update: New York Post: Former MCC inmate: There’s ‘no way’ Jeffrey Epstein killed himself
Jeffrey Epstein’s Imminent Suicide
by Scott Horton | Jul 14, 2019 | Blog
Will he shoot himself in the back of the head, or strangle himself to death? Taking bets now.
Stranger Encounters Ep 40: Because It’s Ours with Sherry Voluntary
by Tommy Salmons | May 20, 2019 | Blog
In Episode 40 of Stranger Encounters Tommy and Sherry have a long form discussion. They cover the topics of abortion, voluntarism, being a libertarian parent, the term libertarian, and suicide. Sherry Voluntary is the host of The Sherry Voluntary Show, a co-host of...
Remember Now
by Scott Horton | May 7, 2019 | Blog
The only reason this cop pulled Sandra Bland over was under the excuse that she pulled over to get out of his way without a signal. The he arrested her for resisting an arrest he had no cause to make in the first place. I believe that her death was a suicide, but it...
Bipartisanship
by Scott Horton | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog
"Consider this: three of my soldiers were killed and one committed suicide under Bush II; three more were killed and two more took their own lives under Obama - now there’s a balanced scorecard!" -Danny Sjursen
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The US Government Has Been Lying About How to Lose Weight for Decades
https://youtu.be/TUADs-CK7vI Fat Fiction Movie Website Research by Ann F. La Berge: How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America Turns out a low-carb diet does far more to help people lose weight than a low-fat diet.
The “Rich Get Richer” Myth
Some 94 percent of Americans who reach “top 1 percent” income status will enjoy it for only a single year. Approximately 99 percent will lose their “top 1 percent” status within a decade. Now consider the top 400 U.S. income-earners—a far more exclusive club than the...
The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
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