It’s July 17th, which means that Ron Paul’s new book “Swords Into Plowshares” is finally available. And what a book it is. Only the hardest of hearts and most closed of minds could read Dr. Paul’s new book and fail to be convinced of the futility of war. But what...
Month: July 2015
New Law Says Web Sites Would Have to Inform Law Enforcement about Readers’ ‘Terrorist Activity’
by Peter van Buren | Jul 16, 2015 | Featured Articles
Social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube would be required to report “terrorist” videos and other content posted by users to federal authorities under legislation approved this past week by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The measure, contained in the 2016...
It’s Official: ISIS is No Threat to the US Homeland
by Patrick Bahzad | Jul 16, 2015 | Featured Articles
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that took place earlier this week, Air Force nominee for Vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Paul Selva, stated that the "Islamic State" was currently "no threat to the US homeland." Asked to prioritize the...
Time For a Cleansing
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Jul 16, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The NAACP is demanding that the giant carving at Stone Mountain, GA, of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson be sandblasted into oblivion. Off with the pagan carvings of slaveholders at Mr. Rushmore, too. In this same spirit, there are calls to tear...
Torture Conspiracy: Doctors Collude With CIA
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 16, 2015 | The Liberty Report
A recent report commissioned by the American Psychological Association showed that several of its members surreptitiously assisted the Central Intelligence Agency in designing new forms of torture. Even the APA's person in charge of ethics was caught trying to...
Iran Deal Causes Neocon Nervous Breakdown
by Chris Rossini | Jul 16, 2015 | Neocon Watch
The Iran Deal has thrown neocons into a frenzy. Mark Kirk says: “This agreement condemns the next generation to cleaning up a nuclear war in the Persian Gulf. Tens of thousands of people in the Middle East are gonna lose their lives because of this decision by Barack...
You Are Invited to Ron Paul’s Birthday Party! — Saturday, August 15 in Lake Jackson, Texas
by RPI Staff | Jul 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former US House Member and presidential candidate Ron Paul is having a birthday party the afternoon of Saturday, August 15 in his hometown of Lake Jackson, Texas. And you are invited!The Mises Institute is throwing the party for Paul. You can find out all the details...
Ron Paul Takes on Neocon: ‘We’ve Got a Schizophrenic Foreign Policy’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We're with the Iranians because we are both fighting ISIS but we're against the Iranians because they are on the side of Assad. That is why RPI Chairman Ron Paul described our foreign policy as "schizophrenic" in a Newsmax debate on the Iran deal. On the Iran talks,...
Freedom or the Slaughterhouse? The American Police State from A to Z
by John W. Whitehead | Jul 15, 2015 | Featured Articles
“Who needs direct repression when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?”—Philosopher Slavoj Žižek Despite the best efforts of some to sound the alarm, the nation is being locked down into a militarized, mechanized, hypersensitive,...
Kiev’s Contradictions
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the extremist "Right Sector" militias beginning to foment unrest in western Ukraine, will US-backed president Poroshenko move against his most dedicated storm troopers or will they move against him? Ukraine is breaking apart and no amount of EU or US goodwill...
Iran Deal: Peace Opportunity or ‘Historic Mistake’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 14, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Does today's announcement that a deal was reached with Iran bode well for our peace and prosperity in the future? Not if the neocons get their way -- and they have only begun to fight. Look for them to pull out all stops in their manic determination to strangle this...
MH17: The Blaming Putin Game Goes On
by Philip Giraldi | Jul 14, 2015 | Featured Articles
Once upon a time CIA Stations overseas received what was referred to as an “Operating Directive” which prioritized intelligence targets for the upcoming year based on their importance vis-à-vis national security. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, penetrating...
‘EU Periphery Countries Taking Brunt of US/EU Interventionist Policies in Ukraine’
by RT | Jul 14, 2015 | Featured Articles
The EU and the US are the ones who created the chaos in Ukraine, said Daniel McAdams, of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. The countries on the EU periphery like Hungary have to take on the burden receiving thousands of refugees, he added. Ukraine's...
Hey, Obama, How About Freeing the Nearly 100,000 Drug War Victims in US Prisons?
by Adam Dick | Jul 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With President Barack Obama announcing Monday the commutation of the sentences of 46 US government prisoners, Reuters calculates that the president “has now commuted the sentences of 89 prisoners, the vast majority of whom were nonviolent drug offenders who applied...
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Greece Today, America Tomorrow?
by Ron Paul | Jul 13, 2015 | Featured Articles
The drama over Greece’s financial crisis continues to dominate the headlines. As this column is being written, a deal may have been reached providing Greece with yet another bailout if the Greek government adopts new “austerity” measures. The deal will allow all sides...
Whataburger’s Gun Discrimination Is Good For Liberty
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 13, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Next January it becomes legal in Texas to openly carry firearms in public places. The burger chain Whataburger has decided that it will not allow open carry of firearms in its restaurants. Is it OK for Whataburger to discriminate against its customers? Of course, says...
Destroying Syria to Make it Safe for American Values
by Eric Margolis | Jul 12, 2015 | Featured Articles
“The Turks have passed by here; all is in ruins and mourning. “ So wrote France’s great writer, Victor Hugo, of the horrors he had witnessed during the Balkan liberation wars of the 1880’s. If Hugo were alive today, he might well have used the same haunting lines to...
Demanding What You Can’t Get: Obama’s Gamble with the Iran Talks in Vienna
by Going to Tehran | Jul 11, 2015 | Featured Articles
As nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran in Vienna extend past yet another (largely US-imposed) deadline, the dysfunctionality of the Obama administration’s approach becomes increasingly apparent. Since April, when the parties announced a set of “parameters” for a...
Do Flags Kill People?
by Butler Shaffer | Jul 11, 2015 | Featured Articles
No sooner had a sociopath carried out the murder of nine black people at a South Carolina church, than the voice of Boobus Americanus rose up, as one, to get to the cause of the slayings: the Confederate battle flag! The South Carolina legislature hurriedly passed a...
Forget ISIS: Russia and China Biggest Threat Says Pentagon
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 10, 2015 | The Liberty Report
According to the newly released Military Strategy of the United States, 2015, the real threats are no longer the terrorism of non-state actors but rather Russia, China, Iran, and any other state that challenges US global hegemony. This even though the document makes...
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