Weapons A Google-funded company is helping the Pentagon develop AI for drones. [Link] The US State Department approves over a billion dollars in weapon sales to Canada, Japan, and South Korea. [Link] Nuclear weapons are becoming less predictable and more dangerous....
Syria
News Roundup 5/17/19
by Kyle Anzalone | May 17, 2019 | News Roundup
Trump signs an executive order that gives the White House the power to bar US telecom companies from doing business with foreign companies. Trump targeted the Chinese company Huawei. [Link] Daniel Lazare breaks down the real consequences of the fake Russiagate...
5/10/19 Chris Woods on the Civilian Casualties in Raqqa from US-led Airstrikes
by Scott Horton | May 10, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars' Chris Woods joins the show to discuss the recent findings that coalition airstrikes recently killed over a thousand civilians in Raqqa. The UN also estimates that although most residents were able to escape the city, 70% lost all their property in the...
News Roundup 5/9/19
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2019 | News Roundup
A Florida city is attempting to seize the home of an elderly man who let his grass get too long while he was caring for his dying mother. [Link] The US lifts sanctions on a Venezuelan general who defected. [Link] A deputy of Juan Guaido was arrested by the Venezuelan...
News Roundup 5/8/19
by Kyle Anzalone | May 8, 2019 | News Roundup
US News Scott Ritter breaks down some lies told by Joe Biden told about Iraqi WMDs. [Link] Trump is asking for another $4.5 billion to enforce immigration law. [Link] Trump signs an executive order to fill 300,000 government cybersecurity jobs. [Link] The Pentagon...
American Interventionists Hurt the Cause of Freedom in Venezuela
by Ryan McMaken | May 7, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
The United States has a long, violent history of intervention in Latin America, although few Americans know about it. Were one to ask the average American, for example, about the US occupation of the Dominican Republic — which lasted for eight years from 1916 to 1924...
War With Iran or Venezuela?
by Scott Horton | May 7, 2019 | Blog
I think neither. Not that there isn't a danger, but there are not enough bad things lining up to make either likely. Mostly because the ayatollah is too smart to take Bolton's bait. The Israeli propaganda about the threat of an Iranian attack is obvious bullshit....
Empire Failures guest Marko Marjanovic
by Kyle Anzalone | May 6, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
Marko Marjanovic returns to FPF to talk about Venezuela and Syria. Kyle and Marko discuss how US regime change efforts in Venezuela have failed to topple Maduro. The US actions have hurt the Venezuelan people and increased Maduro's popularity. In Syria, Assad is...
Blog
Kissinger, RIP?
I published my take on Henry Kissinger, who died this week at age 100, in 2014, when presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was courting his support. Read it here.
E-book Giveaway: Act Now!
Enter the contest currently underway at Goodreads for a free copy of my new ebook, Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times–it’s a page turner! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188057590-questioning-the-covid-company-line
Israeli President’s Direct Call to Genocide – Annotated
Revisiting The Bourne Legacy (Yet Again…): Lessons for Our World
I have now watched The Bourne Legacy at least six times. You should watch it, too. Here's my essay on the relevance of the fictional world depicted to the one in which we live:...
Who What Why Interview: Rethinking COVID-19 Narratives
In this 45-minute interview, Jeff Schechtman of Who What Why? and Laurie Calhoun discuss many aspects and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including prospects for the future, drawing on observations and arguments made in Questioning the COVID Company Line:...
Who is More “Selfish”?
War is ultimately about collectivism. During crisis, individuality fades in favor of team effort. During violent conflict, particularly between governments, the world becomes, especially it seems for Americans, a giant, bloody football game: our team versus theirs, us...
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