Scott is joined by Barbara Grant to discuss her new documentary which gives an experts perspective on the infrared footage capture on the final day of the Waco siege. Grant was busy working on a satellite when it happened in 1993, but she later became interested in the infrared footage featured in the 2000 film Waco: A New Revelation. The footage shows several flashes occurring behind the compound. The film argued that these flashes were gunfire while the Government dismissed them as solar reflections. Grant, who has studied and worked with infrared technology, decided to use her...
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COI #166: The Architects of the Afghan War Failed Upwards
On COI #166, Scott Spaulding – host of Why I'm Antiwar – returns to the show for the third installment of the 'Villains of the Afghan War' series. Scott breaks down the role of David Kilcullen, the godfather of counterinsurgency under the Bush administration. Kilcullen found himself in a high-ranking position that he exploited to push his own COIN policy. While his approach failed and the Afghan War ended in disaster, Kilcullen is still named as an expert and continues to profit off the military-industrial complex. Scott discusses USAID official James Derleth’s part in the Afghan...
Five Myths About Drone Warfare
Myth 1. It's "precision bombing" Myth 2. Drone warfare is ethical Myth 3. If the war is legal so is the weapon Myth 4. Drones are a triumph of technology Myth 5. Drones are effective Aerial bombardment has not created peaceful states, nor defeated IS, nor stopped the violent deaths of innocents, nor abated sectarian conflicts, nor alleviated suffering. These wars have led to endemic anarchy, mass exodus of civilians, death, poverty and generations living with the trauma of war. They have contributed to the rise of theocracy and jihadism. Wars rage, as millions are...
Episode 628: Post-Ideology And Embracing The ‘Creator Economy’ w/ Justin Murphy
64 Minutes PG-13 Justin Murphy is a social scientist, who writes about philosophy, science, and technology. Pete invited Justin to come on the show to talk about a few subjects including ideology, Christianity arranged marriages, but especially about what he calls the "creator economy." Link to the Nomad Network Mentioned In The Show OtherLife.co Indiethinkers.org ArrangedMarriages.co Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on Facebook Pete on Twitter...
Episode 606: ‘It’s A Private Company, Bro’ w/ Keith Knight
57 Minutes PG-13 Keith Knight is the host of the Don't Tread on Anyone Podcast. Keith joined Pete to discuss James Burnham's 1940 book, "The Managerial Revolution," in which he lays out, and even mentions by name, the path business and government were on towards Technocracy. Keith and Pete tie it to everything happening with the "culture of experts" today, and take the opportunity to ridicule the Modal Libertarian refrain, "it's a private company, bro!" Keith's YouTube Channel Keith at LibertarianInstitute.org The Managerial Revolution Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On...
Forever Soldiers To Fight Forever Wars
The U.S. military says it is months away from launching clinical trials of a pill designed to block or reduce many degenerative effects of aging—an oral treatment that a leading researcher in the field says is better than nothing while questioning how effective it will ultimately prove. U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM)—which develops and employs Special Operations Forces worldwide to advance U.S. policies and objectives—has “completed preclinical safety and dosing studies in anticipation of follow-on performance testing” of a first-in-class nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide,...
TechnocraChina w/Patrick MacFarlane
Patrick of Liberty Weekly joined me to discuss the propaganda surrounding China and the technocratic era we’re currently living in. This conversation went all over the place, and I really enjoy talking with Patrick. I’m certain you will enjoy this episode. Patrick on Twitter Liberty Weekly Patrick at The Libertarian Institute 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
Hotep Jesus
Hotep Jesus joined me to chat about the future of liberty and technology as well as his upcoming book (Kinda). Bryan Sharpe CoinBits Kron Hotep Been Told Yo 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course...
Episode 578: Defending And Empowering Local Businesses w/ Tobin Brogunier
64 Minutes Safe for Work Tobin Brogunier is an entrepreneur working with merchants and technology to bring Virtual Storefronts to Main Street. Pete welcomes Tobin to the show to discuss the platform he has created that will allow local businesses in any area to be able to put their products into a key word based search function much like the one Amazon uses. Tobin also talks about how the CV19 lockdowns and the threat of the Fourth Industrial Revolution caused the timetable on this project to be moved up to a summer 2020 introduction. The Local Search Engine Virtual Storefronts Merchant...
Gene Editing Goes to Clincial Trials
Gene-editing using the groundbreaking CRISPR technology is about to be put to the test in the first-ever clinical trial of the treatment in humans. CRISPR is a protein in bacteria that can be used to manipulate genetic material to, according to Jennifer Doudna, who won last year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of CRISPR technology, “alter[] DNA sequences in any cell in a precise fashion, in a programmable fashion.” This remarkable technology has the potential to eliminate all genetic disorders and is already delivering results that scientists say were unimaginable just a...