Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns. [Link] The State Department announces new sanctions will be imposed on Russia. The sanctions are to punish Russia over the alleged chemical weapons attack on the Skripals. [Link] The US threatens to sanction any port that allows...
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News Roundup 11/6/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 6, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump signs the Right to Try bill. [Link] Jason Ditz on Amazon moving into a closer relationship with the Pentagon. [Link] Gareth Porter explains how the New York Times misled readers on the importance of Russia linked Facebook accounts. [Link] Secretary of State...
News Roundup 11/5/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 5, 2018 | News Roundup
Twitter deletes 10,000 accounts that were accused of spreading misinformation about voting. [Link] The FDA approves a powerful new opioid pill. [Link] The Pentagon declined a request from the White House to have US troops provide law enforcement services on the...
FPF #266 – A Failing Foreign Policy
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 2, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #266, I discuss how the US wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya are failing. In Syria, NATO member state Turkey is attacking the US-backed Syrian Kurds. The Syrian Kurds have now abandoned their fight against ISIS. In Afghanistan, over half the people live in...
News Roundup 11/1/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 1, 2018 | News Roundup
The US intelligence budget increased 11.6% this year. [Link] The brother of the king of Saudi Arabia returns to Saudi Arabia. [Link] Turkey claims Jamal Khashoggi was stranged as soon as he entered the consulate. [Link] Republican Senators tell Trump to suspend...
10/31/18 Conn Hallinan on the Syrian Chessboard
by Scott Horton | Oct 31, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Conn Hallinan comes on to talk about the many players in Syria making the situation there almost incomprehensibly complicated. In fact Patrick Cockburn calls it "3-dimensional chess with no rules." Scott and Hallinan also discuss the world's various nuclear weapons...
News Roundup 10/31/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 31, 2018 | News Roundup
A new report calls for a massive buildup in America's Navy. [Link] A weapons maker will pay the US government $3.5 million after selling the military substandard parts. [Link] The Pentagon announces an additional 5,200 troops will be deployed to the southern border....
FPF #265 – Invaders at the Southern Border?
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 31, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #265, I discuss President Trump deploying troops to the southern border to assist in preventing migrants from entering the US. I explain why it is a mistake to treat the migrants as invaders. I update the Syrian War. The American mission in continues to kill...
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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...
TOP NEW RELEASE in Philosophy Criticism: Questioning the COVID Company Line!
Read Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times to find out a bunch of stuff which you may not have known, including: "Listen to The Science!" embodies a logical fallacy. Vaccine technology depends upon the ability of the natural...
Will This Man Prevent World War Three?
In April, Tucker Carlson, the most popular show host in American news media, was unceremoniously fired from Fox News. He has since taken to the platform "X," formerly Twitter, to continue publishing his own program. Last week, during the first Republican primary...
A Note About My Health
I have some hard news to share. I recently had a seizure. After undergoing tests, I was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer (although I have never smoked) that has spread to my brain. The average life expectancy of those with my condition is very short. I am grateful...
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