Taiwan is today lauded for its vibrant democracy, open economy, and progressive society. However, behind this shining exterior is a dark and brutal history that is frequently overlooked; or in the case of Washington and its loyal corporate mouthpieces, purposefully...
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Geoeconomics, Geopolitics, and Montesquieu
by Wendy McElroy | Aug 15, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
How nations approach foreign policy, including war, shifts dramatically with time. A shift in American foreign policy seems to be speeding up or, perhaps, the change is merely reaching the logical conclusion of policies developed in the post-World War II decades....
News Roundup 8/15/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 15, 2024 | News Roundup
US News White House Suppressed Docs Showing Hunter Sought State Dept Help for Burisma The Institute Russia NATO Countries Think Ukraine Won’t Be Able To Hold Territory in Russia’s Kursk AWC Biden Says US in ‘Constant Contact’ With Ukraine About Kursk Offensive AWC...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part I)
by Bill Buppert | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog
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,...
White House Suppressed Docs Showing Hunter Sought State Dept Help for Burisma
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 14, 2024 | News
Newly released documents show that Hunter Biden sought to inappropriately benefit the Ukrainian energy company Burisma while his father was vice president. The records were suppressed by the White House. The files, obtained by the New York Times and reported on...
Lower Interest Rates Don’t Stimulate (Not Ever)
by Thomas Eddlem | Aug 14, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
Fueled by panic over a weak July jobs report and a one-day crash in global stock markets, an unstoppable growing chorus arose among the political establishment calling for the Federal Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. The reality is that interest rates, as...
COI #656: Israel Uses Palestinians as Human Shields
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 14, 2024 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #656, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss the Israeli war on Gaza. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6...
China’s Rising Diplomatic Power
by Ted Snider | Aug 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The United States is working hard to create a global narrative of itself as the leader of a generational struggle to advance democracy, peace, and international law and push back the forces of autocracy, aggression, and erosion of the rule of law. The facts look...
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They Hate Our Freedom
They Hate Our Freedom Near the end of 2022,[1] the government finally released the notes from the 9/11 Commission’s interview of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney from April 29, 2004. Would you believe it turns out the president admitted that his...
ICJ Declares Israel’s Occupation Illegal
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory violates international law.
What a strange fetish it all is…
Is it a fetish? There are some fascinating memes and clips doing the rounds of Trump lately. The populist appeal has become silly. The trouble is that some supposedly serious people are unironically aroused by it all. Then again, maybe it’s just for the LOLs? Grown...
Tariffs Violate Freedom
Debate goes on over who suffers from U.S. tariffs. Biden and Trump, for example, think U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods hurt China, not Americans. This is nonsense. Even if they hurt Chinese producers (who can sell their goods elsewhere), the tariffs still hurt...
If Pigs Could Fly: The F35 Continues to Miss the Mark
The Pentagon will continue to pay Bugatti prices for Yugos until the morale improves. Software upgrades have haunted this flying circus since its "full operational status" was fabricated years ago. The combination of a severely Sovietized acquisition system married to...
The Empire Strikes Back: Soldiering and Brain Injury
Whatever empires do abroad eventually comes home. Yet another unintended consequences come home in a tidal wave. This is personal; I was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury in 2019. I spent nearly a quarter century in the US military. I know there's a connection....
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