Scott talks to Kevin Gosztola and John Kiriakou about the trial of drone whistleblower Daniel Hale, who was just sentenced to 45 months in prison for crimes under the espionage act. Hale's case is unlike some other recent whistleblowers, in that he freely pled guilty...
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Paying Your “Fair Share” of the Warfare-Welfare State
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Jul 19, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
A recurring theme in national tax debates is the idea that everyone should pay their “fair share” of taxes. While that aspiration’s validity is widely taken for granted, the stark reality is there’s no such thing as a “fair share” of federal taxes. To understand why,...
News Roundup 6/30/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 30, 2021 | News Roundup
Foreign Policy The House voted to repeal the 1967 and 1991 AUMFs that authorized fighting communism in the Middle East and the Gulf War. [Link] The Pentagon will not take action against ex-SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Gallagher admitted on a recent podcast that his unit...
News Roundup 6/10/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 10, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Police departments are not turning over data on use of force. [Link] The US government will buy 1.7 million doses of the five-day antiviral treatment drug molnupiravir. The drug is made by Merck and does not have FDA emergency approval for Covid-19. [Link] The...
News Roundup 6/7/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 7, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Chicago students from black and brown majority schools are being funneled into classes taught by the military. [Link] The Department of Justice plans to give ransomware attacks the same priority as terrorism. [Link] After a pause, weapons makers are once again...
5/28/21 John Kiriakou on the Persecution of Daniel Hale
by Scott Horton | May 30, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
John Kiriakou discusses the case of hero whistleblower Daniel Hale, who helped expose the White House's secret drone assassination program during the Obama administration. Hale has pled guilty to one charge under the espionage act, in an effort to win the mercy of the...
5/7/21 Alfred McCoy: How Washington Lost the Ultimate Drug War
by Scott Horton | May 10, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Professor Alfred McCoy about the history of the drug trade during America's decades-long involvement in Afghanistan. Before the 1980s, McCoy explains, drugs were not a significant part of the Afghan economy—but that all changed when President Bush's...
Congress’ Obsession With Unreadable Laws
by Jim Bovard | May 10, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon is reputed to have said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated last December by approving a 5593-page bill without reading it. Plenty of activists and...
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Dave Smith Debates Douglas Murray on Joe Rogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6kirkSwTg
Katie Halper on Anti-Semitic Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwsKBBFG728
Keith Knight Vs. Ben Burgis
Socialism Vs Capitalism | Rutgers University Vs Libertarian Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjakQV0rm0
Ford Follies: The Toilet Chronicles
One never knew the "brown-water" (riverine) navy would take to the high seas in this alpha example of engineering excellence. Did you know they designed the Ford with no urinals? We all know why and those toilets instead of the water-less urinals so common today have...
The Most Expensive Armed Forces You Can Buy for the Wrong Century
The Pentagon needs to be taken apart root and branch, a sterling track record of defeat and stalemate for eight decades accustoms the malefactors to continue doing what they are doing when NO ONE is punished for naked and persistent incompetence, misappropriation and...
US Shipbuilding Crises Reaches a Crescendo
In a cavalcade of calamities from a skilled workforce to a broken acquisition process to a strategic deficit disorder that does not acknowledge the Revolutions in Military Affairs that are dominating and radically changing how naval warfare is evolving. The US Navy...
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