Gilbert Doctorow discusses the political unrest in Belarus, where opposition protesters are demanding a new round of elections after President Lukashenko claimed to have won 80% of the vote this most recent time around. Lukashenko has served as president for 26 years,...
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Public Service Announcement: Sign Your Son Up For the US Army Today!
by Scott Horton | Aug 29, 2020 | Blog
So he can be proudly raped by his sergeant and hang himself to death over it.
8/28/20 David Stockman on the Coming Lockdown-Induced Financial Catastrophe
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to David Stockman about the economic fallout from the coronavirus lockdowns. Stockman points out all the devastation that has already been wrought by the government so far—relating to both the lockdowns and to the rampant stimulus measures meant to address...
Stupid Pigs
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog
Bash in the door of an innocent naked woman and hold her with a gun to her head and terrorizing her three-year-old nephew because they got the wrong house while looking for a non-violent burglar. I guess she's lucky they didn't just blow her head off while shouting...
News Roundup 8/28/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A Florida woman will get $4.6 million from the state after prison guards beat her until she was paralyzed. [Link] New Jersey police vandalized the car of a man who filed a complaint against the department. The car’s tires were smashed, and windows were broken....
Self Defense or Murder? A Breakdown of the Kenosha Shootings
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns for the final episode of Foreign Policy Focus to discuss the shootings and civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. First, a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times while attempting an arrest, leaving him paralyzed. The shooting...
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...
Are We About To See A Troop Withdrawal From Iraq?
by Doug Bandow | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Hubris, hypocrisy, and sanctimony are all constants of U.S. foreign policy. All came together in George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. Most foreign policy analysts, other than the neoconservative war enthusiasts who dominated Bush administration decision-making,...
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Libertarian Law Is More Humane
I've been reviewing David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom for an upcoming article. I want to think about how Libertarian ideas for decentralized law could be applied in the realm of international politics. One thing that strikes me whenever I read about these...
News Roundup 5/3/17
The Texas legislature is looking to pass a bill that will allow for illegal immigrant children to be held in US detention centers indefinitely. The bill was written by a company that operates detention facilities. [Link] The US flies B-1 bombers near North Korea. The...
Future President of South Korea Says His Country Should Take Lead on North Korea Negotiations
South Korea —More drills are being conducted off the Korean Peninsula in a continuing show of force by the U.S., Japan, and the currently leaderless South Korea. These drills are aimed at getting Kim Jong-un to back off from his nuclear ambitions, the...
Trump and Nearly Everyone Else Are Wrong about the Civil War
Memo to just about everyone: secession does not equal war. The Lower South of the United States seceded over slavery, but Lincoln's war was about holding the Union together no matter how many deaths it took. He said that he had no legal authority to end slavery and...
The Biggest Gaffe at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
During his monologue At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, comedian Hasan Minhaj criticized Donald Trump for not understanding the First Amendment -- and in doing so, showed he -- Minhaj -- does not understand the First Amendment. He said: “The man who tweets...
News Roundup 5/2/17
A 75-year-old disabled veteran has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for growing marijuana plants for medical use. [Link] The US is using bombs faster than they can be replaced. [Link] Russia claims the US will be breaking the Intermediate Nuclear Forces...
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