US News A US intelligence report has concluded that headaches and other symptoms US diplomats have said they experienced, known as “Havana Syndrome,” is not the work of a hostile foreign power using a mysterious energy weapon. AWC Yesterday the House Energy,...
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Pitch Black 2022: American F-35s Take Part in 17-Nation War Games
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 25, 2022 | News
Washington and several of its close partners kicked off massive aerial military exercises in Australia. F-35s from the US and Brittan will join advanced warplanes from India, Japan, South Korea, France and several other countries.
Against Public Interest, Supreme Court Protects Torture Cover-Up
by Jim Bovard | Mar 15, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Supreme Court declared last week that Americans have no right to learn the grisly details of CIA torture because the CIA has never formally confessed its crimes. The verdict symbolizes how the rule of law has become little more than a form of legal mumbo-jumbo to...
News Roundup 1/12/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 12, 2022 | News Roundup
Covid The White House says it will increase the number of covid tests available to schools by 10 million a month. [Link] Biden tells federal agencies to begin testing unvaccinated employees weekly starting Feb 15th. [Link] Senator Marco Rubio introduces a bill that...
News Roundup 12/15/2021
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 15, 2021 | News Roundup
US News The LAPD worked with the Polish company Edge NPD during the George Floyd protests to monitor social media posts supporting “defund the police” and Black Lives Matter. [Link] Amtrak suspends its vaccine mandate to avoid service cuts. Less than five percent of...
News Roundup 8/10/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2021 | News Roundup
US News An Ohio judge is forcing Brandon Rutherford to get a covid vaccine as a part of his bail conditions. Rutherford pled guilty to a drug charge. [Link] Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says he will request Biden make the covid vaccine mandatory for all troops by...
Pascal’s Wager for COVIDystopic Times or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Coronapocalypse and Eat Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
by Laurie Calhoun | Apr 2, 2021 | Featured Articles
Being of a naturally skeptical bent, I have harbored doubts from the very beginning about the upheaval of the entire world rationalized by politicians everywhere because of a virus which kills less than 1% of the people it infects. I watched in amazement as country...
Hezbollah Bomb Plots: The Latest In Mossad Disinformation
by Gareth Porter | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
This article was originally featured at The Grayzone and is republished with permission. Israeli officials have exploited the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut this August to revive a dormant propaganda campaign that had accused the Lebanese militia and...
News Roundup 4/6/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 6, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The FDA will allow medical staff in the US to use Chinese made KN-95 respirators. The respirators are an alternative to the N-95s. [Link] Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to prevent 3M from exporting respirators. [Link] The fired Captain of the USS T...
CDC, FDA: The Enemy
by Scott Horton | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog
From the Wall Street Journal: America Needed Coronavirus Tests. The Government Failed. Why did the CDC prevent coronavirus testing when the outbreak started? The same reason the FBI, CIA and NSA in-effect allowed the September 11th attack on New York and Virginia; the...
We Should Be Wary Of A “Bio-PATRIOT Act”
by Zack Sorenson | Feb 8, 2020 | Blog
With a new global pandemic scare, the time has come to watch out for those who would exploit it. A severe public health crisis could lead to calls for a new cabinet position, and new government powers to intervene into the personal health of American citizens. This is...
The Virus
by Zack Sorenson | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog
There is an odd information gap surrounding this virus. We can't say that it's particularly harmful yet, as essentially all patients who were treated for it outside of China seem to have recovered nicely or are recovering. Some seem to have only ever had mild...
Greta Thunberg To Poor Countries: Drop Dead
by Ryan McMaken | Sep 27, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles
On Monday, celebrity climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a speech to the UN Climate Action summit in New York. Thunberg demanded drastic cuts in carbon emissions of more than 50 percent over the next ten years. It is unclear to whom exactly she was directing her...
News Roundup 8/28/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2019 | News Roundup
US News The US approves $3.3 billion in missile sales to Japan. [Link] Thailand will receive 120 armored vehicles from the US by the end of 2020. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban say Trump's remarks about not being in a hurry to remove troops from Afghanistan slowed...
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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...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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