Washington, D.C, March 30, 2021 — U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) today re-introduced sound money legislation to remove all federal income taxation from gold and silver coins and bullion. The Monetary Metals Tax Neutrality Act (H.R. 2284) backed by the Sound Money Defense League and free-market activists – would clarify that the […]
Peter R. Quinones When the news broke that a law enforcement officer (school resource officer) refused to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to engage school shooter Nikolas Cruz, many in the public demanded the law enforcement officer lose his job. It’s been over three […]
Team Rising discusses Amazon’s response to social media backlash.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the Koch’s involvement in blocking an election-reform bill.
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to comments by Stuart Varney of Fox Business on the battle between Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Where are your papers? Team Rising debates the potential of vaccine passports.
The new “white ethnics,” following in the tradition of the Eastern and Southern European Americans. Founder of Nuestro PAC, Chuck Rocha, discusses a new study from the PAC that breaks down the Latino vote in the 2020 general election by age, party affiliation, and pass participation.
Peter Zeihan had an interesting take on this in the “end of globalization” video I posted earlier. As the empire crumbles, the overlords are worried one of their colonies is getting a bit uppity. Saagar Enjeti explains how Donald Trump changed foreign policy forever, particularly with China.
Kudos to Krystal for this segment. Krystal Ball explains our current migrant crisis and analyzes how we got here to begin with.
Whenever politicians talk about “infrastructure,” think “corporate welfare.” It’s a shame that FDR idolators Krystal and Saager can’t see through this. Although their criticism of the “gas tax” is on the mark. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the latest updates in that Biden infrastructure bill.
The empire is crumbling. Peter Zeihan (Geopolitical Strategist & Founder of Zeihan on Geopolitics) discusses which who will Dominate the Geopolitical System in this Decade, with M K Anand (MD & CEO, Times Network) after his initial address with a comprehensive macro look at the geopolitical landscape of […]
Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist, which is a fancy way of saying he helps people understand how the world works. Peter combines an expert understanding of demography, economics, energy, politics, technology, and security to help clients best prepare for an uncertain future.
The growing reach of cyber surveillance.
Right on cue, the Democrats drop the “kids in cages” narrative and the Republicans pick it up. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy delivers an update on the southern border from the Rio Grande Valley.
Hedges is not nearly as radical as I am but he’s on point here. Zac & Gavin discuss and react to a clip from Chris Hedge’s recent appearance on the Bad Faith podcast co-hosted by Briahna Joy Gray & Virgil Texas where they get into #AOC and The […]
We speak to Jimmy Dore, host of the Jimmy Dore Show. He discusses Joe Biden’s first press conference as President of the United States. He blasts Joe Biden for failing to deliver on a $15 minimum wage, $2000 stimulus checks and other campaign promises, attacks the US press […]
-Caller talks about people who benefit from the system not wanting to change the system
A witness who walked up to the scene of George Floyd’s arrest described the knee-on-neck move called a “shimmy.” The mixed-martial arts fighter detailed how the move is used and explained that it is designed to cut off airflow.
Watch highlights from the first day of Derek Chauvin’s trial in connection with the death of George Floyd where three witnesses testified.
Lawyers make opening arguments in George Floyd death case.
Watch live coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd.
This trial should reveal some interesting information.
But is there only one virus?
By David P. Goldman, Asia Times Delusions die hard. The obsession of American foreign policy after the fall of communism was pro-Western democracy in Russia, and the foreign policy establishment has never forgiven Vladimir Putin for returning Russia to the sort of authoritarian governance it has endured for […]
By Uri Gordon, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory An interesting back issue from 2004. This issue of Perspectives goes to press to the relentless sounds of empire encroaching. It is the sound of USfighter planes bombing cities across occupied Iraq, and the drone of the helicopters that shadow our […]
By Matt Taibbi Review of Killed Cartoons, edited by David Wallis, and White, by Bret Easton Ellis The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo won the condemnation of the whole world again, with the cover pictured above. Reactions ranged from “abhorrent” to “hateful” to “wrong on every level,” with […]
By Michael Paul Williams, Richmond Times Dispatch For seven years, Evans Hopkins lived above the death chamber of the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, where he was serving a life sentence dispensed by an all-white Danville jury for armed robbery. This proximity compelled him to write about the […]
By Matt Taibbi As Congress once again demands that Silicon Valley crack down on speech, the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project outlines the real problem – and better solutions. Led by Chairman Frank Pallone, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday held a five-hour […]
By Peter R. Quinones I was turned on to the Netflix series “Black Mirror” a few months after the first season was released. If you started with Season 1, Episode 1 – “The National Anthem” – as I did, you instantly knew this was a different kind of […]
A Newsletter from Sean Gabb View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/cca13977a77e/boris-johnson-5121314?e=52821aac48) Sean Gabb Newsletter, 28th March 2021 (See Below for Republication Rights) Dear All, My teaching is over for a few weeks. Here is the whole series of my lectures on the Decay of the Roman Republic […]
By Matt Taibbi “Morning Joe” says those who reported on Russia errors are a “joke” and might be “on Russia’s payroll.” MSNBC should break its four-year freeze-out and invite a skeptic to respond. Joe Scarborough just had this to say on Morning Joe: READ MORE
By Peter R. Quinones If you haven’t figured it out by now, calling out the Left on their hypocrisy when debating them is useless. Sure, pointing out the most recent inconsistency to those on your side is helpful for their arguments, but you have to realize that hypocrite […]
By Jp Cortez There has been considerable discussion in recent weeks about the prospect and threat of rising inflation. This inflationary scare comes at a time when the government is unleashing massive stimulus measures to bailout states, businesses, and consumers – all in the name of combatting the […]
Saagar Enjeti analyzes the theory that the coronavirus was made in a Chinese laboratory.
A reminder of why Marianne was my 2nd favorite presidential candidate after Tulsi. Yang was third.
Yang is fine for a mayor but as a president, he would be weak on foreign policy, particularly Israel. He’s clearly going out of his way not to offend the Israel lobby. The test as to whether someone is on the right track concerning foreign policy is whether […]
Back to the 19th century. Investigative reporter at The Intercept, Ken Klippenstein, discusses horrific working conditions in Amazon warehouses.
As the system continues to unravel in the future, the political class and the ruling class will try to pacify unrest with social democratic buy-off/pacification efforts like UBIs, healthcare, college tuition, student loan debt forgiveness, etc. I doubt we will become as social democratic as, say, Sweden, but […]
It can reasonably be said that most of the media is merely the propaganda arm of the DNC at this point with the obvious exceptions being, FOX, evangelical TV, talk radio, a few print publications, and startups like Newsmax and OANN. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti react to […]
This is so 19th century. Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss the ongoing battle between Amazon and Senator Bernie Sanders.
“It Takes a Police State to Raise a Child.” By Lenore Skenazy, Reason When 10 -year-old Braylin Harvey was picked up seven minutes late from his Chicago public school, the school called the Department of Child and Family Services to report a case of neglect. Two days later, […]
Orthodox libertarianism vs. the “freed market.” I generally like the “freed market” idea even if I don’t like many of its proponents. I generally take the same position on anarchist economics that I do with different schools of anarchism generally. Let a thousand flowers bloom and let the […]
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society Wayne Price. “Kevin Carson’s Revival of Individualist Anarchist Economic Theory” Anarkismo.net, November 30, 2014. Wayne Price’s overall summary of my approach in Studies in Mutualist Political Economy (also available online) is quite even-handed and fair (unlike some others, e.g. the […]
By Wayne Price, Anarchist Library Kevin Carson is attempting to resurrect anarchist economic theory. This is interesting because most current anarchist political economy is speculation about a post-capitalist, post-revolutionary, economy—what it would look like and how it might work. There is little or nothing of an analysis of […]
By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society Most of the hatred directed at Center for a Stateless Society these days comes from the paleo-conservatives at Mises.org and LewRockwell.com, and their almost indistinguishable friends on the alt.right. So it’s kind of refreshing to get some negative attention from […]
By Greg R & Bryer Sousa, Ideas and Action As of late, those of us based in the US, who attend to internet-based discussion threads as well as chat forums concerning ‘radical’ social, political, and economic philosophies may be taken aback by the relatively recent degree of attention […]
It seems that the principal differences between libertarian capitalists and libertarian socialists amount to five basic considerations: 1) how should legitimate ownership be defined and 2) what is the most optimal form of economic organization? 3) the desirability/optimality of “democracy” 4) whether social democracy is an improvement over […]
Bill Kristol’s buddy David French worries the system is collapsing. By Micah Meadowcroft, The American Conservative Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation, by David French (St. Martin’s Press: 2021), 288 pages. David French should write TV shows. He’d be good at it. […]
By Zachary Folk, New York Post More than a hundred California artists will be guaranteed $1,000 a month in no-strings-attached cash, the latest in a series of universal basic income pilot programs being rolled out across the state, according to a report. Starting sometime in May, 130 local […]
By Jonathan Snyder, The American Conservative Farming has always been considered a rural activity, but investors backing urban farming companies are hoping to bring farms into our cities. Supporters say urban farms eliminate many of the problems with contemporary agriculture, creating a stable alternative to already strained supply […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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