Sanders warns China: mess with Taiwan and I'll kill you. Update: related: What a terrible smear to accuse someone of. Oh. He really did say that. I mean, it was before I was even born, but dang.
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2/21/20 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Pro-War Past
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about Joe Biden's history pushing for the war in Iraq and his subsequent attempt to whitewash this record. When Hillary Clinton faced Barack Obama in the 2008 primary, Hillary's record in support of the war was a major factor in Obama's...
Beyond the Frontiers
The darkness was permanent, even during the daylight hours it was grim. Smoke, fire, drones, death all blocked the sun. The smiles were brave but behind them lay hungry mouths and empty stomachs. Parents watched their children with a distance that only a loving...
When It Comes to Raw Power, Few Have More of It Than Central Bankers
A common retort to the claim that in voluntary exchange both parties expect to become better off (or they wouldn’t do it) is that exchanges are seldom, if ever, a matter of horizontal, equal exchange of values. Instead, any such interaction between people is...
News Roundup 2/24/20
US News New Mexico’s Attorney General claims Google illegally collected data on school children using Chromebooks. [Link]Assange’s extradition hearing begins today. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban and the US started the week-long reduction in violence pact. If...
Bernie on Russian Interference: “I’ve seen some of their Tweets and stuff”
Bernie was put in an awkward spot. As Consortium News put it: Sanders was put in a difficult spot. If he said, “Show me the proof that Russia is trying to help me,” he ran the risk of being attacked for disbelieving (even disloyalty to) U.S. intelligence,...
Iraq War II Documentaries
A friend in the reddit room asked if I knew any good documentaries about how they lied us into Iraq War II. Why yes. Yes I do. Leading to War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_cciUzoLwo The Power of Nightmares https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTg4qnyUGxg...
2/21/20 Sheldon Richman on the Nonintervention Principle
Sheldon Richman discusses what he calls "the nonintervention principle," a corollary of libertarianism's nonaggression principle. Richman says that in the face of those who advocate foreign intervention and regime change, libertarians have a tendency to deny the...
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