New York Times: "In the 24 hours through 12 a.m. on Friday, 562 people — or one almost every two-and-a-half minutes — died from the virus in New York State, bringing the total death toll to nearly 3,000, double what it was only three days before. In the same period,...
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The Great Gareth Porter on the Woodrow Wilson Flu Epidemic of 1918
by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
He's not just the father of American Fascism, German Nazism, Soviet Communism, Chinese Communism, World War II, the American empire and the Bush family fortune. Wilson was also responsible for the great "Spanish" flu epidemic of 1918 and 1919. I sure hope there's such...
Dangerous Times
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Libertarianism
We live in dangerous times -- and not just medically and economically. Government executives all over the world -- with a few honorable exceptions -- are exercising autocratic power, that is, power without legislative or constitutional authority, in the name of...
Coronavirus Being Used to Scare You Away From Using Cash
by Nick Hankoff | Apr 3, 2020 | Economics, Events, Featured Articles
Cash has been the target of the banking and financial elites for years. Now, the coronavirus pandemic is being used to frighten the masses into accepting a cashless society. That would mean the death of what’s left of our free society. CBS News, CNN, and other...
WSJ: Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported
by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
MILAN—In the town of Coccaglio, an hour’s drive east of here, the local nursing home lost over a third of its residents in March. None of the 24 people who died there were tested for the new coronavirus. Nor were the 38 people who died in another nursing home in the...
News Roundup 4/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 3, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Over 6.6 Americans filed for unemployment this week. That is nearly double last week’s record-setting number. New York City police are arresting people for failing to social distance. Once arrested, they are put in a holding cell with dozens of other people....
War Under the Cover of Coronavirus
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 3, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #474, I discuss the US moving towards war with Iran under the cover of Coronavirus. Trump took to Twitter to threaten Iran if an attack is carried out against American forces in Iraq. Trump's Tweet creates a situation that means any attack in Iraq - with Iran's...
New York Hospitals Getting Hit Hard as Hell Right Now
by Scott Horton | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog
https://twitter.com/Craig_A_Spencer/status/1245911306487713792
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Correcting the Record: No, Obama Is Not Fiscally Responsible
When it comes to dishonest political shilling, one of my favorite examples is the argument that President Obama is fiscally responsible. We haven't heard this theme much lately, mostly because neither major party candidate expresses much concern about the debt or the...
News Roundup 11/8/16
While in being interrogated, two 16-year-old boys were threatened by police. A police officer threatened to kill and beat the boys. He also said he would plant coke on them. The boys were underage and questioned without parents or legal representatives present. [Link]...
The Bombs
The Bombs It is perhaps with a degree of historical poetry that on the cusp of an apparent Iranian nuclear deal that Japan should celebrate the 70th anniversary of the destruction of two of its cities at the hands of the United States. The very...
The Evolution of Sovereignty in American Political Thought – Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2-part series examining the evolution of American political thought as it relates to sovereignty in the political system. When Americans talk about the Revolution, they generally mean the fight with the British. But there was a more fundamental...
News Roundup 11/7/16
A Cannabis nasal spray is used to stop seizures for a young child. [Link] War On Drugs Fyle A single mother is being prosecuted and faces a year in prison for selling food through a Facebook group. [Link] Regulations Fyle Hillary Clinton routinely had her maid print...
Noam Chomsky on Why TPP is Not a Free Trade Agreement
This anarcho-syndicalist is exactly right about the corporate fascism in the TPP and similar agreements. Two minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4abS3S0PzpQ
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