The Silk road served as the first proof of concept for Bitcoin and consequently cryptocurrency and one author (Brian Iha) in his book said, "that was why Ross was the second most important figure in Bitcoin history after Satoshi." See the documentary for free here...
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‘The Computer Got It Wrong’: How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man
by Scott Horton | Jun 24, 2020 | Blog
Check out this story from NPR about the false imprisonment of a man based on facial recognition technology. What's interesting to me is the first part of the headline: Ain't nobody's fault! The box did it! This is a theme heavily explored by the great Neil Postman in...
Microchipped Children, Forced Testing, House Arrests; Welcome To The New World
by Steven Woskow | May 13, 2020 | Blog
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point...
Daniel McCarthy: Why Biden’s America Loves A Lockdown
by Steven Woskow | Apr 26, 2020 | Blog
Daniel McCarthy at The Spectator Their is growing divide in America between the professional class represented by the people that work in government, at universities and in the corporate boardroom; and the American working class. The professional American class is...
A Dog that Didn’t Bark
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Economics
Not so long ago we might have been seeing public-service announcements like this: For the duration of the pandemic, please use the internet and your cell phone for essential purposes only. It is imperative that we keep the bandwidth open for emergency use. Thank you...
bitcoin is Dead: Part 2
by Phil Gibson | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Libertarianism
Click here for Part 1 For the audio version, check out my podcast A Boy Named Pseu where you can download it on all podcast platforms. (read starts at 8:54) Read full piece here. If bitcoin is dead, then everyone abandoned the network By mere speculation the, WSJ...
Whistleblowers Expose OPCW Lies in Douma Report
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 30, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #413, I discuss the importance of international watchdog groups, the OPCW [chemical weapons] and IAEA [nuclear technology]. Two whistleblowers have come out and exposed lies and misleading information in the OPCW's report on the alleged chemical weapons attack...
How Socialized Medicine Kills The Patient & Robs The Taxpayer
by Thomas DiLorenzo | Oct 22, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
[Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from Thomas DiLorenzo's book The Problem with Socialism] When it comes to something as important as healthcare, the last thing anyone should want is for the entire system to become a government-run monopoly. [...] In fact,...
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Larry Johnson on TRUMP’S IRAN WAR: “I’LL NEVER APOLOGIZE!”
Gas prices don’t rise in a vacuum. They rise when chokepoints tighten, reserves drain, and officials pretend the pain will stay contained. We sit down with Larry Johnson of Sonar21 to pressure-test the story you’re being sold about the war with Iran, the Strait of...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: DESTROYING The Washington Post’s War Propaganda
A US aircraft carrier packed with 5,000 sailors is not supposed to become a story about empty shelves, broken plumbing, and desperate messages to families. We start there because the USS Abraham Lincoln reports don’t just raise moral alarms, they raise a strategic...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest CHARLES GOYETTE: Was Donald Trump Mousetrapped By Netanyahu?
A president who craves praise is easy to steer, and Charles Goyette argues that’s exactly the danger facing US foreign policy right now. I’m joined by the New York Times best-selling author and Libertarian Institute writer to unpack his “mousetrapped” thesis: how...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest NOLAN DENARO: Trump Must Make a Bad Deal to End the War, Will His Ego Get in the Way?
Trump says the war is going great and the “bully of the Middle East” is no longer in charge. We’re not buying slogans, so we pull the thread on what “going great” is supposed to mean when U.S. munitions stockpiles are thinning, regional bases are taking hits, and the...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Amb. CHAS FREEMAN: Will Trump’s Low Key Negotiation Work?
A threat is not a strategy, and it definitely is not a negotiating position. We sit down with Ambassador Chas Freeman to unpack why talk of “decapitation,” demands for compensation, and shifting US red lines do not move Iran toward a deal, they push everything toward...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guests LARRY JOHNSON & Lt. Col. KAREN KWIATKOWSKI
The fastest way to understand a crisis is to stop arguing about talking points and look at what is physically happening. Today we do exactly that with Larry Johnson as LtCol. Karen Kwiatkowski fills in for Kyle, starting with the Strait of Hormuz and the hard question...











