Article by Fred Reed. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– All indicators point downward, I tell you. On the lobotomy box the other night I stumbled on what seemed to be sock puppets standing behind rostrums and hypnotically intoning “The American People, the American People, the American People.” Puzzled, I speculated that it […]
From the Libertarian Alliance. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– The British Medical Association has called for a smoking ban in cars. Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance denounces this call for the following reasons: It is not the business of the State to protect individuals from the alleged effects of their own actions. […]
Article by Kim Zetter. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The second of two GPS trackers found recently on the vehicle of a young man in California. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear oral arguments in a case Tuesday that could determine if authorities can track U.S. citizens […]
Article by Adam Serwer. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A bipartisan group of senators is poised to force through dramatic changes to how the US government handles suspected terrorists—over the objections of the White House and Senate Democratic leadership. Legislative language that emerged from the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday afternoon […]
Article by Thomas Naylor. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- When I team taught a course on corporate strategy back in 1980 at the Yale School of Management with economist Martin Shubik and former New York Timeschief financial officer Leonard Forman, I never dreamed I would be invited back to Yale thirty years later […]
Article by Thomas Naylor. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s connection to the university’s football related sex scandal was not his first brush with scandal involving a major organization under his watch. In 1994, while he was Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, Spanier was also Chairman […]
Jim Goad on the Antifa’s ancestors. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Trending online news topics often cough up amusingly odd juxtapositions, such as when “Auschwitz” was #2 behind “LeAnn Rimes” and right ahead of “Holiday Bread Recipes” on Yahoo!’s home page. Although I didn’t get a screen capture, I swear to […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Is a vote for the Republican Party in 2012 a vote for war? Is a vote for Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich a vote for yet another unfunded war of choice, this time with a nation, Iran, three times as large and populous […]
From UhuruNews.Com ————————————————————————————————————————————————— On Sunday October 16, troops from Kenya entered Somalia, not to help end the famine by planting food (as it is planting season), or to help with irrigation, but to kill more Africans. It has been reported that the French army is also assisting […]
From Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- NYPD Whiteshirt Gestapo are raiding Zuccotti Park on orders from Bloomberg, evicting protestors, conducting mass arrests. Let’s shut down the NYC government. Swarm the phone lines, emails and faxes of the Mayor’s office and NYPD. For starters: Bloomberg’s email:http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html Bloomberg’s Fax: (212) 312-0700 NYPD 1st precinct: […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- A new American Civil Liberties Union report documents an area of public policy you’ll never hear much debate about within the political class: “How private prison companies have capitalized on the nation’s addiction to incarceration.” The report sheds light on a societal cancer that generates […]
Article by Malcolm Moore. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- A Lockheed Martin C-130J “Super Hercules” Photo: AP By Malcolm Moore, Shanghai The US Senate Armed Services Committee said its researchers had uncovered 1,800 cases in which the Pentagon had been sold electronics that may be counterfeit. In total, the committee said it had found more than […]
From Russia Today. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due to Washington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer. Historian Michael Scheuer, […]
Article by Alex Newman. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— courtesy The New American (Editor’s note: Ever wonder why, all of a sudden, Gadhafi became a pariah who needed killing? Here’s the answer. And if Libya had 150 tons of gold, where is it now? If you think that the present banking system will […]
From the European Union Times. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Australia is set to become home to hundreds of U.S. Marines – as America moves its servicemen to a military base on the northern tip of the country. In a bid to combat China’s increase in global military and financial power, between […]
From CNN. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Police attempt to disperse a crowd at Occupy Portland on Sunday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: 2 Denver police injured, 2 activists arrested Sunday Portland riot police trying to clear street face off with Occupy protesters Sexual assault reported at Occupy Philly camp, mayor says Salt Lake City […]
From TIME Magazine. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- The voice of the people isn’t something the markets seem to want to hear these days. First there was Greece, the cradle of democracy itself, where early this month, the merest mention of a referendum offering its citizens a say in a series of […]
From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– This photo from the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Calvin Gibbs’ tattoos that are suspected to represent his “kills.” STORY HIGHLIGHTS Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs is sentenced to life in prison, with parole possible NEW: He remains under investigation for the 2004 shooting death of a family […]
From the PPJ Gazette. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- New Mexico just proved that State law trumps unconstitutional federal regulations and that the power of the sheriff is superior over federal agencies. This is the power of the Tenth Amendment! Ten years ago, when Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was Governor of New Mexico, […]
From Russia Today. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Russian President has warned militarist rhetoric in the Middle East, and an attack on Iran could lead to a catastrophic war in the region. Dmirtry Medvedev’s statements came during the joint press conference with his German counterpart. Russia has been voicing strong words […]
Article by Kelly Phillips. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– I like a fresh-cut tree at Christmastime. Yes, I know all the arguments against buying fresh-cut Christmas trees and we do it anyway. It happens to be one of my favorite things about the holidays and now that I live in the snowy […]
Article by Andrew Hamilton. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Zionism’s days are numbered. The probability of its ultimate demise seems high, though the timing is unpredictable. Zionism was the project to create a homeland for the Jewish ethnic group by having world Jewry and what were then (c. WW I) still arguably […]
From CNN Money. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- These days, even small town police officers have a lot to do besides driving the car, switching on the lights and writing tickets. With so much going on inside a typical police car, an extra pair of hands, a few extra pairs of eyes […]
Article by Spencer Sunshine. Notice how these critics never say a word about the participation of Stalinsts, Maoists, Trots, Castroites, or pro-North Korean groups in these movements. This article even seems to have some favorable words for the Popular Front. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————
Article by Matthew Lyons. This is a howler. This reads like some of kind fundamentalist cleric or theologian who wishes to purge all of the impure or heretical tendencies from the faith and insure that all of the believers remain unblemished in their allegiance and adherence to the […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The American political landscape is undergoing rapid change. A book I published seven weeks ago on political change (Revolutionary Change: An Expatriate View) is already out of date, and I’m hard at work on a second edition. No one dared hope that the […]
Article by Thomas Knapp. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The New Republic‘s Michael Kazin detects the influence of a “throwback” ideology — anarchism — on the Occupy movement. He’s right, of course: We’re there. And refreshingly, Kazin doesn’t just arrogantly write our influence off as a bad thing. “[T]here is something both bracing and […]
Article by Matt Zwolinski. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Ari Kohen responds to my recent post on sweatshops with a few lingering concerns. Among other things, he raises important questions about whether the evils of sweatshop labor can be compensated for by increased charitable giving, and about whether we shouldn’t recognize that American companies have […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Domenico Letizia of biblioteca dell’egoista had some nice things about Larry Gambone, market anarchism and me in an article entitled “le Cooperative e la cultura americana.” He earlier mentioned Roderick long, free market anticapitalism, and me in an article at Anarchismo Liberale. When I contacted him […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— (Editor’s Note: Northern Italy wants to secede from the rest of Italy. Quebec wants to secede from the rest of Canada. Germany is making noises about leaving the European Union. Texas wants to be independent again. It seems that it’s the producers that […]
From The American Dream. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Have we completely and totally failed an entire generation of young men? Have we failed to equip them with the tools that they need? Have we raised an entire generation of young men that do not know how to be men? Today, young adult […]
Article by Russell Longcore. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- I have a fellow traveler on the Liberty Road named Kerodin. He blogs very thoughtfully at Memento Mori and Three Percent Patriots. Recently he wrote about secession and Balkanization and that got my attention. What is a “Three Percent Patriot”? (from Sipsey Street Irregulars) ”During the American Revolution, […]
This is the full text of my lecture to the H. L. Mencken Club on November 5 in Baltimore. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Carl Schmitt was without question one of the most important political philosophers and legal theorists of the 20th century. During his extraordinarily long life, Schmitt wrote on public […]
Hell, no. Article by John Schuessler. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– November 3, 2011 The author’s views are his own and do not represent those of the Air War College, the Air Force, or the Department of Defense. Dan Drezner, one of my mentors while at the University of Chicago, asks an excellent […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Why is the US involved in endless war around the world? Why, for that matter, do nations – or, rather, their governments – act the way they do? The number of answers is no doubt nearly equal to the number of questioners. It’s all about economics, […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Inside Job Produced, written and directed by Charles Ferguson (2010) Film Review The 2010 film Inside Job should be required viewing for Fox pundits and other media skeptics who still question the rationale behind the #OccupyWallStreet movement. The film lays to rest once and for […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- In my last column, I argued that the real significance of Occupy Together is not its effectiveness in pressuring the 1%’s state to enact reforms, but rather in showing the 99% our own strength. We’re an entire society in ourselves, the producers, and […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Writing at Fareed Zakaria’s GPS blog at CNN.com, the Peterson Institute’s Gary Hufbauer and Martin Vieiro undertake to defend big business as “good for America,” contending that the recent backlash against it is “based on three common misconceptions about major U.S. corporations.” Hufbauer and Vieiro argue […]
Article by Becky Akers. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Let me count the ways I love the English language, with its depth and breadth and height, its “feeling out of sight/For the ends of Being and ideal Grace,” its precision, flexibility and color. But we exhaust even its pejorative riches when describing […]
Article by Captain Eric H. May. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— By Captain Eric H. May While I always hope to be wrong in my worst-case analysis, my Wednesday article,Nuclear November, is supported by a cascade of alarming indicators that make it certain that Israel is about to prove Europeans […]
Article by Wayne Madsen. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- The United States government and military revels in death and pornographic intimidation. The videos and photographs of howling Iraqis celebrating the hanging of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein after his U.S.-administered kangaroo court trial in Iraq and the physical abuse, alleged sodomizing, and execution […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- November 03, 2011 “Information Clearing House” — Every day that passes adds to the fraudulent image of what is called Western democracy. Consider that the entire Western world is outraged that the Greek prime minister announced that he is going to permit the […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Oakland, California, police form a line to disperse protesters who barricaded themselves on a street near Oakland City Hall early Thursday, November 3. Police say they fired tear gas at demonstrators after a crowd threw rocks and shot fireworks at officers. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: “I […]
Article by Thomas Naylor. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Notwithstanding the fact that I am a strong supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement, I believe that two of the ideas embraced by many of its adherents, corporate personhood and political campaign finance reform, are complete no brainers which will lead the […]
Article by Thomas Naylor. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The most compelling take away image from a visit to Zuccotti Park, home of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement, is the almost unbelievable amount of global energy emanating from such a tiny plot of real estate. How is it possible for the […]
From CNN. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Washington (CNN) – The scene at a Mormon congregation here on a recent Sunday would surprise Americans who think of Mormons as young white missionaries in stiff white shirts, black ties and name tags. Yes, there are white missionaries handing out bulletins at Washington’s Third Ward […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Atlanta (CNN) — Federal agents charged four Georgia men they say are part of a fringe militia group with plotting to attack government officials with explosives and the biotoxin ricin, prosecutors in Atlanta announced Tuesday. A government informant recorded the men discussing plans to manufacture ricin, […]
From Information Clearing House. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- November 01, 2011 “Jewish Federations of North America” – -Results of a new poll commissioned by the European Commission show that Israel is believed by Europeans in 15 countries to be the greatest threat to world peace, greater than North Korea, Iran or […]
Watch the video. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A Miami Police officer was arrested at gunpoint and charged with reckless driving after allegedly leading the Florida Highway Patrol on a seven-minute chase in his squad car at speeds that reached 120 mph on Florida’s Turnpike in Broward County earlier this month.A […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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