This month Ryan Loflin, along with a group of volunteers, completed on his Colorado farm the first public hemp harvest in the US since Colorado voters approved legalizing the farming and distribution of both marijuana and hemp last November. The Loflin farm harvest is...
Month: October 2013
This Week in the World With Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 16, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Daniel and Jay discuss: Malala, Pakistan, Obama, Drones, Ron Paul was right, Judge Napolitano, Syria chemicals, and more. Don't miss a thing!
The OPCW wins Nobel by default
by Melkulangara Bhadrakumar | Oct 16, 2013 | Featured Articles
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize has gone to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons based in The Hague. This has come as a surprise – even to the OPCW. So far, according to the OPCW’s own records, only Albania and India have completely destroyed...
October Ron Paul Freedom Report Out
by RPI Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Some RPI readers may not be aware that Dr. Paul also publishes a monthly "Freedom Report" through his FREE Foundation. This printed report consists mostly of Dr. Paul's collected weekly columns with quotes and other items of interest as well. You can have a look at...
We Have Confused Victor Davis Hanson
by Chris Rossini | Oct 15, 2013 | Neocon Watch
Victor Davis Hanson sees non-interventionist ideas a growing trend in the US. He describes this below: In the immediate future, I do not think the United States will be intervening abroad on the ground — not in the Middle East or, for that matter, many places in other...
Will Obama Blow His Diplomatic Opportunity with Iran?
by harley | Oct 14, 2013 | Featured Articles
As we move toward a new round of nuclear talks in Geneva this week between Iran and the P5+1, it is important to look soberly at each side’s approach to renewed nuclear diplomacy and what that implies about the prospects for real diplomatic progress. On the Iranian...
Obscuring the Details: A Panoramic Look at America’s Case Against Syria
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | Oct 14, 2013 | Featured Articles
The US federal government and the various agencies, media organizations, individuals, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, lobbies, forces, and other entities that are tied to it have done everything in their power to obscure the details involving the...
Sen. Ron Wyden Warns of Fake Surveillance Reform and the Economic Harm of US Mass Spying
by Adam Dick | Oct 13, 2013 | Congress Alert
US Sen. Ron Wyden, in a Guardian article he wrote based on his speech at a Cato Institute event this week, reinforces RPI's warnings that efforts to reform the US government mass spying program "provide an excellent opportunity to make bad legislation worse" and that...
Bravo Malala!
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 13, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It was supposed to be an approval ratings-boosting photo-op with the youngest ever nominee for a Nobel Peace Prize, but as any parent knows kids can be hard to control. They have a tendency to blurt out inconvenient truths at the most inconvenient of moments. So it...
Cop in Tank: Freeze, Drop that Steak!
by Adam Dick | Oct 12, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In the continuing rise of SWAT, police in Napoleon Dynamite's hometown now have a tank. William N. Grigg, in his latest article at Pro Libertate, explores the small Idaho town's acquisition of the military armored vehicle at no cost and the ominous US government...
That Big Salmonella Outbreak: Chickens Coming Home to Roost on Bankrupt Food Safety Double Standard
by harley | Oct 12, 2013 | Featured Articles
There’s an outbreak of illnesses from salmonella in chicken that is making national headlines--278 people in 18 states have been sickened. More alarming is the fact that 42% of those sickened have been hospitalized, and that the pathogen seems resistant to treatment...
Why Only Pro-War Pundits Allowed in US Corporate Media? Ask WaPo
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 11, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Washington Post finally realized today that virtually every pundit allowed space in its paper and allowed time on the mainstream corporate news is an advocate for war, and that, further, each of them seem to have a personal stake in the promotion of war. Today the...
Lions of Liberty Roar With RPI’s Daniel McAdams
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 11, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI's Daniel McAdams speaks with Marc Clair of the Lions of Liberty. Working for Ron Paul, the origins of the Ron Paul Institute, the left-right coalition behind the Ron Paul Institute, the great value of counting Dennis Kucinich among our advisors, the Ron Paul...
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
by Andranik Migranyan | Oct 11, 2013 | Featured Articles
When the Soviet Union collapsed, America loomed as the gleaming superpower. It looked like the country had solved all of its problems. It was the envy of the world. An end of history loomed. No longer. History has come back with a vengeance. And today, after a decade...
US Cuts Egypt Military Aid, Jeffrey Goldberg Has Panic Attack
by Chris Rossini | Oct 10, 2013 | Neocon Watch
After several months of violent crackdowns by the Egyptian military on its own people, it’s being reported that the U.S. government has decided to reel in some of the "military aid" that it doles out to the country. Naturally, curtailing any type of "leverage" that...
Saudis to Unify Hardline Islamist Groups in Syria
by Melkulangara Bhadrakumar | Oct 10, 2013 | Featured Articles
The speculations about Saudi Arabia climbing down on the regime change project in Syria in tandem with the United States’ diplomatic moves following up the Russian initiative on chemical weapons, can now be laid to rest. So indeed the animated talk in hushed tones in...
The Fourth Branch of Government
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Oct 10, 2013 | Featured Articles
One of the most interesting aspects of President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address in 1960 was his warning to the American people regarding the danger that America’s military-industrial complex posed to our democratic processes. Eisenhower didn’t make it clear whether he...
Canada Joins US in the Hot Seat for Industrial Espionage
by Adam Dick | Oct 9, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff, after condemning US government mass spying on Brazilian companies in her speech last month before the United Nations General Assembly, is now singling out the Canada government for engaging in industrial espionage targeting Brazil's...
Ron Paul Channel Discusses US Africa Raids, Quotes RPI
by Ron Paul | Oct 9, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In today's edition of the Ron Paul Channel, Dr. Paul discusses in detail the folly of last weekend's twin US raids in Libya and Somalia. He describes how his optimism over recent developments in US/Iranian relations turned somewhat sour over US moves in Africa. Dr....
NSA, Africa, Syria: Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor on Top Stories of the Week
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 9, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI's Daniel McAdams is on the radio again with Jay Taylor, host of excellent "Turning Hard Times into Good Times" program. This time they discuss extrajudicial executions, Africa, Syria, etc. The news of the week.
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