Why farmers are dumping food as some Americans go hungry - The Washington Post That should be an easy question to answer. Because the US Dept of Agriculture forces farmers to dump milk to maintain prices. The Washington Post is something else. They’re actually going...
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News Roundup 4/24/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 24, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The family of Duncan Lemp - who was murdered by police while in his bed in the middle of the night - has been threatened with a $5,000 fine and a year in jail for protesting the police department’s lack of transparency in Duncan’s murder. [Link] The Trump...
Trump Instructs Navy to Shoot Down Iranian Ships
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 24, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #483, I discuss Trump's lastest foolish threat to Iran. Trump tweeted that he is instructing the Navy to 'shoot down' Iranian ships that harass American Navy ships. If Trump's orders are followed it could provoke a shooting war between the US and Iran....
Three Friends And Their Divergent Paths In Life
by Kym Robinson | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured Articles
This recollection is based on a true story. There were three friends, each were a little different to the other. As young boys the three began to mature into different people; John was lazy and he grew rounder as the others began to grow broad shoulders. While they...
Feds Keep Stealing PPE From Human Beings
by Scott Horton | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog
Anyone want to start placing bets on where all this stuff is going? Israel First? A Puerto Rican warehouse?
News Roundup 4/23/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The USS Comfort, a large Navy hospital ship, will leave New York after treating only 179 patients. The ship leaves as the governor said it was no longer necessary. [Link] A new poll finds that 73% of vets and 69% of military families support withdrawing US...
Event 201
by Jordan Gambrell | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog
This is some scary, fascist stuff... Remember that time when some of the biggest companies and international government agencies got together to discuss how the coronavirus would lead to a global pandemic, and then systematically decided what the global response...
If Face Masks Are Mandatory, Then It’s Time to End Mask Patents
by Nick Hankoff | Apr 22, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
President Trump is convening with governors to reopen the economy, which will likely mean some sort of compulsory face mask order. Now is the time to seriously consider scrapping the patents on masks such as the N95. Government at all levels has severely overreacted...
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Long, Long Way
It's a long way from "End the Fed!" to "Build the wall!"
News Roundup 11/21/16
Tennessee Valley Authority CEO, Bill Johnson, was paid $6.45 million in the fiscal year 2016. Johnson the highest paid federal employee. [Link] Former Congressman Aaron Schock has been indicted for using campaign funds for his lavish lifestyle and taking constituents...
#TrumpIgnoreHawks #AmericaFirstCabinet
President-elect Trump has a serious problem. There are a very small number of people in this country -- libertarians, paleoconservatives, very skeptical realists -- who believe in any kind of "America First" foreign policy and could actually conceivably get a job in...
Fmr. NSA, CIA Director Hayden Thinks New CIA Pick Pompeo is Great
"I actually am aware that the broader intelligence community was heartened by that pick," Michael "Head of NSA on 9/11, tapper of your line, and also a torturer" Hayden told the TV show people. Asked about Pompeo's claims that torture is perfectly legal and...
So, a Priest and an Imam Have a Cup of Tea….
Two clerics of different faiths meet for a cup of tea, and discover that they share an infirmity common to men of a certain age, particularly those whose vocation involves a lot of kneeling. As they part, each of them pauses briefly in thought, then takes a second...
News Roundup 11/20/16
Top US officials send Obama a letter recommending he remove the head of the NSA, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, from his position. [Link] Turkey plans to purchase long-range missile defense systems from Russia. Turkey is planning to buy the S-400 system; Russia has deployed...
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