On FPF #237, Will Porter and Pat McFarlane join the show to discuss why they are anti-war. Will gives his take on how the war state is destroying journalism. Pat explains how the war state is eroding the checks on government power. The Libertarian Institute is asking...
US foreign policy
News Roundup 8/9/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 9, 2018 | News Roundup
The Senate Intelligence Committee calls on Julian Assange to testify. [Link] Senator Rand Paul delivered a letter from Trump to Putin while he was in Russia. [Link] A leaked Russian document shows Putin proposed arms control to Trump at the summit. [Link] The US...
7/27/18 Muhammad Sahimi on Pompeo’s Ridiculous Crocodile Tears for the Iranian People
by Scott Horton | Jul 30, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Mohammad Sahimi is a professor of chemical engineering at USC, Iranian expat and expert on Iranian and US foreign policy and relationship, on his article "Pompeo's Ridiculous Crocodile Tears for the Iranian People", about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech to...
FPF #225 – Trump Hysteria, Hysterical Trump guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 27, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns to FPF to discuss Donald Trump and foreign policy. Inflicted with Trump derangement syndrome, the mainstream media is writing headings suggesting the soccer ball Putin gave Trump had a device inside of it. The dishonesty of the headlines...
FPF #215 – At War With Our Vets guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 4, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #215, Will Porter returns to the show to cover the impacts of our foreign policy on veterans of the wars. Will give the numbers of vets committing suicide and some of the causes of those suicides. Will discusses Peter Van Buren's explanation for moral injury....
News Roundup 6/29/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 29, 2018 | News Roundup
Justice Anthony Kennedy announces he will resign from SCOTUS. [Link] The US foreign policy has added to the immigration crisis. [Link] The UN finds 10,000 children were killed or maimed by conflict in 2017. [Link] Worldwide opium and cocaine production at an all-time...
FPF #206 – Genocide & Peace guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 12, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #206, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss Yemen and North Korea. Will recaps the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. He explains the importance of the Port of Hodeida and how an attack on the port will have catastrophic consequences for Yemen. Kyle and Will...
FPF #184 – Will NATO Expand to Ukraine guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #184, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss his recent articles. Will published Ukraine's NATO Bid Risks Even Worse US Russian Ties at Consortium News. He explains the history of NATO's expansion to the Russian border and reviews the events in Ukraine in...
Blog
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Stealth Technology is Sexy and Useless
On 27 March 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a Yugoslav Army unit (3rd Battalion of the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade, which was under the leadership of Colonel Zoltán Dani) shot down an F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft of the United States Air Force...
High on State Power: The Tragic Death of Matthew Perry and the Evil of the War on Drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brAsC_MEAxY&list=PLKjJE86mQRtsUs-GDEnmtxSyJmf1ueF_5&index=1&t=1s On Oct. 28, 2023, beloved actor Matthew Perry was found dead in the hot tub at his Los Angeles home. Cause of death was ruled “acute effects of ketamine” and...
Sig P320/M17/18: MILSPEC is Overrated
A negligent discharge (ND) in a weapon is when the operator strokes the trigger that results in the firing of the weapon. In my time, the lion's share of these are NDs but actual mechanical (unintentional, accidental or "uncommanded") discharges were rare and then the...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part II)
In Part I, I discussed and critiqued an overview of the new efforts to update the US nuclear arsenal. Here, we'll chat (again) about the Sentinel which is the improved replacement for the aging Minuteman III ICBM and it is already in trouble with the schedule sliding...
Company Men: Former Spies Spill The Tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElMSJDkqSYQ&t=3757s Danny Jones recently hosted former CIA officers John Kiriakou and Andrew Bustamente for a wide-ranging discussion that touched on torture, 9/11 & terrorism, domestic politics, foreign policy and what it’s...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part I)
The United States is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan projects per year in one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history. The US has not done a recorded air breathing nuclear detonation since 1992 (the last US test, Julin-Divider,...
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