President Biden: De-Escalate in Ukraine or Risk Nuclear War!
March 14, 2022
"The first casualty of war is truth." This simple yet profound statement is attributed to many, including Hiram Johnson in a speech in the U.S. Senate in 1918, during the "war to end all wars." Hiram Johnson was a progressive Republican who had been elected to the Senate from California that very year. He remained […]
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Biden’s Latest Excuse for Inflationary Monetary Policy: Blame Putin
March 14, 2022
“Today’s inflation report,” US president Joe Biden told us on March 10, “is a reminder that Americans’ budgets are being stretched by price increases and families are starting to feel the impacts of Putin’s price hike.” It’s the latest in a long line of dodges on the causes of US inflation, which took a dive […]
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US, Russia at War – Neither Will Admit It
March 13, 2022
The U.S. and Russia, possessing over 13,000 nukes between them, are at war. By imposing economic sanctions designed to collapse the Russian economy, and funneling billions in weaponry into Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion, the US has taken sides, aiding Ukraine’s efforts to fend off the criminal Russian invasion. That represents de facto war […]
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The Americans Want a Long War
March 13, 2022
In my report on “Day Sixteen” of the Ukraine-Russia war a couple of days ago, I provided a brief summary of the opening segment of the 9 March edition of the Russian political talk show “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov.” I directed special attention to the words of Mosfilm Director Karen Shakhnazarov, who set the tone […]
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An Emerging Southern Threat? No.
March 12, 2022
After spending the last three decades primarily focused on Europe, the Middle East, and Asia it appears U.S. foreign policy will see a sharp increase in attention to Latin America. Though light on details, Marco Rubio’s Western Hemisphere Security Strategy Act of 2022 signals a clear shift in posture. Given the track record of those […]
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Humanity at a Crossroads: Cooperation or Extinction
March 11, 2022
We hold in our hands vast power to both create and destroy, the likes of which have never been seen in history. The nuclear age inaugurated by U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 almost reached its deadly culmination in October 1962, but Kennedy and Khrushchev prevailed over the militarists in both camps and […]
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While Condemning Putin, Biden Lavishes Dictators With US-Made Weapons
March 11, 2022
The US weapons sector had a good day on Thursday, with Senator Rand Paul’s effort to block a $2 billion weapons sale to Egypt rejected in the upper chamber. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, vowed to grant Colombia a “non-NATO major ally designation” and made good on promises to hand Qatar the same status, setting the […]
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Conflicts of Interest: COI #245: The On & Off Plan to Ship War Planes to Ukraine Is Off Again
March 11, 2022
On COI #245, Kyle Anzalone updates the wars in Ukraine and Syria. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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European Leviathans Censoring RT
March 11, 2022
Reprinted from EconLib with permission. Why would a rational person believe a government? Given the politicians’ and their minions’ incentives to lie and their capacity to avoid (their low cost of avoiding) accountability, there can be only one circumstance: when free speech and competition in the provision of news provide continuous tests of the statocrats’ […]
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‘Racist’ New Israeli Law Bars Naturalization of Palestinian Spouses
March 11, 2022
A new law passed Thursday that effectively bans the naturalization of Palestinian spouses of Israeli Jews was condemned by human rights advocates in Israel and around the world, some of whom called it the latest manifestation of an apartheid regime. Reut Shaer, a lawyer with the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, toldReuters that the […]
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