Glenn Greenwald on the mainstream media’s State-worshiping subservience and their criticisms toward those who report the factual truth …Granting anonymity to powerful political and military officials to attack journalists, watchdogs and whistleblowers is about the lowest and most journalistically reckless act a reporter and their editors can undertake…as it turns these media outlets into nothing [...]
Several bloggers and columnists have been referring to the Western governments using and manipulating the uprisings and yearnings to be free amongst the Middle Eastern populations as a goal of having more Western control over Middle Eastern countries and governments. But there has been the implication that it is a planned agenda on the part [...]
Peter Oborne: How will America handle the fall of its Middle Eastern empire? Thomas Knapp: Government Shutdown Theater Eric Blair: Another Insurgent Candidate Takes on the Establishment in Kentucky Peter Dale Scott: War, Martial Law, and the Economic Crisis Kevin Carson: Monopoly: A Nice Trick If You Can Do It Gary North: Booms, Busts. and [...]
Stephan Kinsella has this post on Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s writings on democracy (most notably in Hoppe’s great book, Democracy: The God That Failed), and points out one of Hoppe’s comparisons between democracy and monarchy being monarchy’s clear distinction between the rulers and the ruled, as opposed to democracy’s confusion insofar as this crap, “government by, of, [...]
James Bovard: Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom Paul Craig Roberts: War Über Alles David D’Amato with more on Wisconsin Ron Holland on the continuing war racket Justin Raimondo: Re-’Liberating’ Iraq Jacob Hornberger: Padilla and Mubarak Thomas Woods: Life without Our Wise Overlords
Laurence Vance on Libyan Soldiers (and American soldiers) just following orders: I see that Libyan soldiers are fighting against their own people. But why should we condemn them? They are just following orders. They must obey their superiors. They didn’t ask for this mission. Killing Libyans was not in their job description. They joined the [...]
I have been listening to talk radio for 35 years now. In recent years, it has been increasingly frustrating to hear some of our current talk show hosts as they blindly defend the State, so naively believing all the lies and propaganda the State feeds them. From ObamaCare to the War on Drugs and the [...]
Arthur Silber: In Service of the New Fascism (2003) Thomas DiLorenzo: The Political Economy of Government Employee Unions Carl Watner: Voluntaryism vs. Educational Statism Laurence Vance: What If Iraq Had Weapons of Mass Destruction? Lew Rockwell: How States Fall and Liberty Triumphs (2003) Michael Hastings: Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators Jacob [...]
Linda Schrock Taylor: Let Teachers Tantrum … Then Fire Them Andrew Napolitano: The Presidency and Mythology Yves Smith: How to Foreclose on Your Bank Karl Denninger: Bernanke, You Stupid Bastard and Bernanke-Cum-Jackass Hits Mainstream Tyler Durden: Geithner Says Not To Worry About Surging Oil Prices: “Central Banks Have A Lot Of Experience In Managing These [...]
Gary North: Showdown in Milwaukee: PATCO Revisited To understand what is at stake, you must first understand the economics of all trade unionism. Members assert the moral authority and legal right to use violence against any person who offers to work for less than the union is demanding. Usually, this violence is hidden: the government’s [...]
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a founding member of NARAL or National Abortion Rights Action League who then became a staunch anti-abortion activist, has died at 84. He was the OB/GYN physician who produced the film Silent Scream, which was a documentary demonstrating through ultrasound the process of an abortion. After performing thousands of abortions, and after [...]