The DEA and ICE use hidden cameras in traffic cones and street lights to surveil Americans. [Link] James Carroll explains why the INF Treaty is extremely important. [Link] Spain is forcing Catalan leaders to pay over $5 million. [Link] EU countries approved over $85...
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FPF #270 – Veterans Day
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 12, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #270, I discuss how Veterans Day is used to celebrate war. Veterans Day started as Armistice Day to celebrate the end of WWI. I argue Veterans Day has become a day to promote wars and is not about helping vets. I update the US role in the War in Yemen. The US...
11/11/18 Andrea Carboni on an Accurate Estimate of the Death Toll in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Nov 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Andrea Carboni from ACLED Data comes on the show to talk about their casualty estimates for the war in Yemen. "10,000" is the number that has been used for the last few years, but that's exactly why it can't possibly be right. ACLED estimates that there have actually...
11/9/18 Hassan El-Tayyab on Efforts to Stop the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Nov 10, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Hassan El-Tayyab talks about various movements to stop the U.S.-backed war in Yemen, and what we can all do to help. Tayyab explains that millions of civilians there are on the brink of the worst famine in 100 years. So far political will has not really been behind...
News Roundup 11/8/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 8, 2018 | News Roundup
Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns. [Link] The State Department announces new sanctions will be imposed on Russia. The sanctions are to punish Russia over the alleged chemical weapons attack on the Skripals. [Link] The US threatens to sanction any port that allows...
11/5/18 Scott Paul on Yemen
by Scott Horton | Nov 7, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott Paul joins the show to talk about recent developments in the war in Yemen, where new casualty estimates claim at least 50,000 deaths just from direct violence. Oxfam estimates that the there are over 100 additional deaths from cholera and deprivation per day,...
11/4/18 Nasser Arrabyee With an Update on the War in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Nov 4, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Frequent Scott Horton Show guest Nasser Arrabyee comes back for an update on the current situation in Yemen. He explains that Coalition goals there simply can't be realized, and that the U.S. should just end its support for the Saudis as soon as possible. If America...
News Roundup 11/1/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 1, 2018 | News Roundup
The US intelligence budget increased 11.6% this year. [Link] The brother of the king of Saudi Arabia returns to Saudi Arabia. [Link] Turkey claims Jamal Khashoggi was stranged as soon as he entered the consulate. [Link] Republican Senators tell Trump to suspend...
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Pentagon Pork Parade: Fat Amy Continues to Prove Pigs Can Fly
Pig can fly on occasion as the F35 Porkulus Project continues to bleed oceans of money. Welcome to Clown World: the F-35 requires nearly 9 million lines of computer code. Meanwhile, Apollo 11's Lunar Lander needed only 145,000 lines of code. There are three variants...
Marine Failure Follies Cascading
I just spent my last podcast episode making the case to dismantle and eliminate the US Marine Corps and they are doing a splendid job of sealing the deal through their latest acquisition fiascos and the Osprey aircraft follies continuing to fall down on the job....
New Ships for an Impossible Mission: The Marines Stumble Again
Yesterday I discussed the reasons why we need to dismantle and close down the United States Marine Corps. One of those reasons is the Light Amphibious Warship (now called the Landing Ship, Medium, LSM), a small landing ship which would ferry small Marine units...
Biden’s Middle East Legacy: Reality or Illusion? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
In this episode of the Kyle Anone Show, we unpack the narratives being crafted by officials in the waning days of the Biden administration. Jade Sullivan's recent interview with Ian Bremmer reveals surprising developments in the Middle East that have shaped our...
Competition Is Cooperation
"The pricing process is a social process. It is consummated by an interaction of all members of the society. All collaborate and cooperate, each in the particular role he has chosen for himself in the framework of the division of labor. Competing in cooperation and...
Anti-War Blog – “The world is so beautiful. Let me leave calmly…”
“That's it, mum, goodbye,” he is dying, dead, a Ukrainian soldier in his last moments caught on helmet camera makes his peace. The eight minutes leading up to his death have been shared on social media, a close combat struggle between him and his Russian counterpart....
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