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Nexus X HumectressSo he says in his latest column. Seriously, do Republicans ever campaign on anything other than “War is wonderful and gay marriage sucks!”? ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security. […]
An exchange between Shawn Wilbur and myself is in the comments section. ————————————————————————————————– There is a lesson about anarchism that seems extraordinarily hard to learn, even though we are constantly confronted with it: As a tradition and as an idea, anarchism is essentially ungovernable. As an idea, it […]
Article by Robert C. Koehler. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- “Thirty seconds to zero . . . six, five, four, three, two, one.” “Castle Bravo” — Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954Suddenly a big orange blossom fills the screen, accompanied by ukuleles and lovely — I mean Strangelovian — Polynesian music. The blossom […]
Article by Stephen Walt. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— If you are someone who is inclined to favor hawkish responses to foreign policy problems, then your choice for president should be Barack Obama. Not because Obama is especially hawkish himself, or interested in prolonging costly and failed commitments in Iraq or Afghanistan. […]
Article by Andrew Bacevich. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- Not long ago, Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post’s military correspondent, wrote that ‘this is the American era of endless war.’ Endless war manifestly does not suggest any eagerness to use military power with an eye towards liberating or pacifying countries governed by regimes that Washington […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– The brazen theft of the Maine Republican caucus by Mitt Romney and the Republican establishment should be a lesson to us in the antiwar movement – and, indeed, one that needs to be learned by all Americans hoping and working for real political change. First, […]
From the Huffington Post. “We talk about freedom at the Georgia Legislature as a half a point in your income tax.” That sums up the “ideas” of the American “conservative movement” on “small government” fairly well. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Former President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that Occupy organizers […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– My days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end. After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of MSNBC would be an outrage against […]
Jonathan Bowden and Richard Spencer discuss the Frankfurt School. Richard’s interview series with Bowden is priceless. Hours of great stuff. The archives are available here. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Richard and Jonathan discuss the history of Critical Theory, the Frankfurt School, Cultural Marxism, and what has come to be known as […]
A hilarious parody of the British right-wing, probably from the early 80s.
Article by Frank Borzelileri. ————————————————————————————————– Guns from a buy-back program at a Jersey City facility where they will be melted down and made into “peace angels.” The capacity on the part of liberals to devise outlandish policies intended to combat crime is rivaled in stupidity only by their […]
Article by Paul Gottfried. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— In his recent syndicated column “A U.N. for the good guys,” Jonah Goldberg evokes the mindset of seventeenth-century puritanism. This is entirely understandable. Much of what the American left teaches, including its neoconservative element, resembles American Calvinism—albeit in a warmed-over form. In Puritan […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Our War Party has been temporarily diverted from its clamor for war on Iran by the insurrection against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Estimates of the dead since the Syrian uprising began a year ago approach 6,000. And responsibility for the carnage […]
Article by Richard Spencer. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Richard makes an interesting observation: “On a Monday, a Multiculturalist might encourage non-Whites to develop racial consciousness (even when such consciousness is completely contrived, such as when Japanese and Indians join hands in “Asian” student associations.) On a Tuesday, the same person might […]
Jonathan Bowden and Richard Spencer the many historic manifestations of feminism and their impact. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Feminists taking part in a “Slut Walk” in Toronto, Ontario Jonathan and Richard discuss the many “Waves” of Feminism, from the Suffragettes to Margaret Sanger to postmodern theorists of gender and pornography. They […]
Article by Darian Worden. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- There’s been plenty of argument over proposed federal regulations requiring employers to offer health plans covering contraception for women. But few people bring up the basic question: Why is it considered normal for your boss to determine your healthcare options in the first […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Early Tuesday (February 14) morning, Bloomberg reported on Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings for a cool $12.5 billion. Noting that the deal leaves Google with “17,000 additional patents,” the story called the transaction “the largest wireless-equipment deal in at least a decade,” implicating what […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– At this point it is clear that Rep. Ron Paul is not going to be the presidential nominee of the Republican Party. Yet it seems likely that he will outlast all his rivals but for Romney, and that he will have a substantial […]
Article by Carl Mirra. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president on New Year’s Eve of 2011. Activists and other critics charge that the NDAA authorizes the indefinite military detention of U.S. citizens, but supporters […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– The publication of Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis’s piece in the Armed Forces Journal, followed up by an interview in the New York Times and the posting of a longer piece[.pdf] by Rolling Stone, is a remarkable event in the sense that rarely has a more comprehensive debunking of official lies been […]
Article by David Morris. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- On February 8, 1921 twenty thousand people, braving temperatures so low that musical instruments froze, marched in a funeral procession in the town of Dimitrov, a suburb of Moscow. They came to pay their respects to a man, Petr Kropotkin, and his philosophy, […]
Jonathan Bowden and Richard Spencer discuss Nietzsche’s classic work. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Richard and Jonathan discuss Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals, a key text for understanding the thinker’s aristocratic radicalism.
From The Washington Times. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The FDA won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who was selling fresh raw milk to eager consumers in the Washington, D.C., region after a judge this month banned Daniel Allgyerfrom selling his milk across state lines and he told his […]
From the Detroit Free Press. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Defense lawyers in the Hutaree militia trial are dragging Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy into the terror case, claiming she gave the government’s key witness special treatment in a domestic assault case at the request of the federal government. That witness, Dan […]
From Raw Story. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Topics: Corrections Corporation of America ♦ private prison ♦ private prisons In exchange for keeping at least a 90 percent occupancy rate, the private prison company Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has sent a letter to 48 states offering to manage their prisons for the low price of $250 […]
From CBS Denver. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A Jefferson County man was held in jail after refusing to get a license for his dog. Now he and his wife are fighting the fine in court. 4 On Your Side Investigator Rick Sallinger wanted to know how many others don’t have licenses […]
Here come the Food Police. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- UPDATE: This story has been updated with a newer version including statements from USDA officials. Click here to read the updated report. —————————- RAEFORD, N.C. — A Hoke County preschooler was fed chicken nuggets for lunch because a state worker felt that her […]
Watch the video. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Just days after appearing on the National Geographic TV Show Doomsday Prepper, a prepper from Tennessee has been declared Mentally Defective and his guns have been seized by the government. The Prepper, David Sarti is a character to say the least, but his story is […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– updated 11:43 AM EST, Tue February 14, 2012 Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week at his vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Police official calls incident “crime of opportunity” Justice Breyer was at his vacation home on the […]
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A full 90 minute interview with Russell Means. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The United States is one big reservation, and we are all in it. So says Russell Means, legendary actor, political activist and leader for the American Indian Movement. Means led the 1972 seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs […]
From the Telegraph. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- A man who used to be a woman has become Britain’s first “male mother” by giving birth to a son. World’s first male mum Thomas Beatie The man, who is believed to be in his 30s, was able to carry a child after taking […]
This is what drugs do to your brain, kids. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Dave Mustaine of Megadeth performs during The Big 4 Festival in Indio, California. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says he hopes Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is our next president. Mustaine, who once covered the Democratic National […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ————————————————————————————————- Back in the mid-1980s, when the African National Congress was still fighting the South Africa’s apartheid regime, I recall Secretary of State George Schultz testifying before some Senate committee. He clutched his pearls at the appearance that “some members of this body are […]
By Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————— David Goodway. Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow: Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward (PM Press edition, 2012). I’ll start by saying I found this a very engaging read. I learned a lot of interesting new things about people whose […]
Watch the video. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— C4SS Advisory Panel member Gary Chartier ‘sat down with Reason.tv’s Zach Weissmueller to discuss why libertarians should stop embracing the word “capitalism,’ why there’s reason to take the concerns of the political Left seriously, and why the economic system in the United States does […]
Listen to the interview. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Keith Preston interviews Dr. Sean Gabb. Topics include: Libertarianism and its defining ethos as the right to be left alone; The question of whether libertarian ideology is culturally specific to Anglo-Saxon civilization or universally applicable across cultural boundaries; The State as a uniquely […]
Article by Glenn Greenwald. If all leftists were like Greenwald, I might still be one. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– President Barack Obama speaks at UPS, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) (Credit: AP) (updated below – Update II [Thurs.]) During the Bush years, Guantanamo was the […]
Article by Eric Peters. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Mandatory buckle-up laws set the precedent: Even your own body in your own car is no longer your own personal space. Here’s how it works: The government decides that whatever it is you’re doing is “unsafe” – not specifically in your case, just generally […]
Puke. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A simple response to Reason Contributor Cathy Young’s piece arguing the necessity of true libertarians to support American interventionism would be to link to this article published the same day that details the inevitable fruits of this interventionism applied here at home. The conclusion is obvious: if you support American […]
Well, not exactly. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The U.S. Postal Service renewed its pleas for congressional support Thursday as the floundering agency reported another massive quarterly loss. The Postal Service announced that it sustained a net loss of $3.3 billion in the last three months of 2011, as declining mail volumes and mounting benefit […]
Burn the Schools. A friend of mine’s kid got suspended for an entire year for bringing a water pistol to school. He was in the fourth grade. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— With each passing year, the difference between America’s prisons and America’s public schools becomes smaller and smaller. As you read […]
Oops! —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS – a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies […]
By Chris Martenson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The idea that the very same economic forces that are currently plaguing Greece, et al., are somehow not relevant to the United States’ circumstances does not hold water. As goes the rest of the world, so goes the US. When we back up far […]
From DumpDC. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- from The Daily Bell (Editor’s Note: This article defines the United States of America today, and shows you what a seceding state must be sure it does not replicate.) The easiest way to define regulatory democracy is to look at what America has become. Initially, America […]
Give it a listen. Here’s another version. An here’s an English version with alternative lyrics by Pete Seeger. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Thoughts are free, who can guess them? They flee by like nocturnal shadows. No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them with powder and lead: Thoughts are […]
From BirtherReport.Com —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A Kansas board that denied a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine a license was primarily concerned about the man’s political views. The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts is a 15-member panel appointed by the governor and decides the fate of doctors in Kansas. Terrence […]
Watch the video. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- US troops fire on Iraqi detainees after burning their Holy Quran books in front of them. Amateur footage recently posted on the internet shows American troops firing live ammunition on Iraqi prisoners during a riot in a US detention facility in Iraq back in […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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