President Obama's address to the nation last night urged Americans to not give in to fear, all the while he stoked fear of terrorist threats all around. He outlined four components to his strategy to fight terrorism that looked like what he had been doing all along,...
Month: December 2015
Searching for the ‘Lone Wolf’
by Philip Giraldi | Dec 7, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The post incident analysis of events in San Bernardino is quite amazing to behold. Rather than admit that so-called terrorists might just be products of Washington’s follies overseas, the American media, government, and chattering class all seem to be in search of new...
Are We In A Clash Of Civilizations?
by Ron Paul | Dec 6, 2015 | Featured Articles
Watch Dr. Paul give the speech here.The credibility of all American politicians now requires acknowledging that America is engaged in a great war for survival – “the war against Islam.” Fear of “radical Islamic terrorists” requires our undivided attention. We’re to...
‘No Gun for You!’: Obama’s ‘Soup Nazi’ Gun Control Proposal
by Adam Dick | Dec 6, 2015 | Featured Articles
The Soup Nazi character in the Seinfeld television show sells, at his take-out restaurant, soup that some people consider the best in New York City. But, there is a catch. Customers placing their orders at the restaurant’s counter are in fear that one mistake in...
Will the IRS Take Your Passport?
by Ron Paul | Dec 6, 2015 | Featured Articles
A little-noticed provision in the highway funding bill Congress passed this week threatens a right most Americans take for granted: the right to travel abroad. The provision in question gives the Internal Revenue Service the authority to revoke the passport of anyone...
Are We in a Clash of Civilizations?
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 5, 2015 | Featured Articles
It is the extremists on both sides -- the radical Islamists and the neocons at home -- who are pushing a clash of civilizations to suit their own agendas, says Ron Paul in this brand new address. The idea that the western, "Christian" world is at a war to the death...
War With Russia or With ISIS: What Ever Happened to Peace?
by David Swanson | Dec 5, 2015 | Featured Articles
According to the Nation magazine and many others, there are two options available to the US government. One is increased hostility perhaps leading to nuclear war with Russia. The other is a joint US-Russia-and-others war on ISIS. Many in the United States who...
Think Before You Rush to War!
by Eric Margolis | Dec 4, 2015 | Featured Articles
Concentration of forces is the most basic law of military science. Victory on the battlefield is won by amassing as many troops as possible at the key point of attack, or ‘schwerpunkt,’ as it’s known in German. Unfortunately, the amateur strategists in the White House...
After 13 Years in Gitmo, Pentagon Says Detainee is Case of ‘Mistaken Identity’
by Peter van Buren | Dec 4, 2015 | Featured Articles
Mustafa Abd-al-Qawi Abd-al-Aziz al-Shamiri was captured in 2002 and believed then to be a major al Qaeda facilitator or courier, or maybe a trainer, according to the Department of Defense. He was interrogated “vigorously” and when he did not admit to those activities...
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Is Overthrowing the Syrian Government Worth Risking Nuclear War with Russia?’
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 4, 2015 | Featured Articles
US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is fast becoming one of the the most interesting Members of Congress. A Captain in the US Army National Guard, she deployed twice overseas to the Middle East, including to Iraq in 2004. In her first term as a Member of Congress, Rep....
Asset Forfeiture and Police Corruption
by Abigail Hall | Dec 4, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Alabama Justice Project recently accused a state police department of systematic corruption. They claim around a dozen members of a police narcotics team planted drugs, weapons, and other evidence against black suspects. Moreover, it’s been alleged that the...
Dennis Kucinich: ‘Stay Tuned’ … ‘I’ll Probably Be Back in Elected Office’
by Adam Dick | Dec 3, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Last year there was speculation that Dennis Kucinich would run for governor of Ohio, the state from which he served eight terms as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives and in which he served previously as a state senator, Cleveland mayor, and...
CA Shooting Reaction: Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Treatment
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 3, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The police had no motive and no suspects in custody after yesterday's shooting in California, yet those pressure groups with agendas were already demanding that Muslims be spied on and guns be confiscated. The media, as per usual, amplified every unsubstantiated rumor...
TSA Bombs the Holidays
by James Bovard | Dec 3, 2015 | Featured Articles
If you use hand sanitizer when traveling, the Transportation Security Administration can badger you as if you were a terrorist suspect. TSA is one of the biggest hassles many Americans will encounter this holiday season. I learned that firsthand while flying home from...
Iraqis Swear: US “In Cahoots With ISIS…It Is Not In Doubt”
by Tyler Durden | Dec 2, 2015 | Featured Articles
On Tuesday evening, we took a look at how Iran’s Shiite proxy arms fighting ISIS in Iraq responded to Ash Carter’s contention that the US would soon send an “expeditionary targeting force” to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the battle against Islamic...
After PATRIOT Act Reform, Spying Continues
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 2, 2015 | The Liberty Report
With the sunsetting of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act last week, we were told that the NSA had stopped its bulk collection of the metadata of American citizens. In fact there are so many loopholes -- including downright ignoring the law -- that it is certain the...
Judge Andrew Napolitano: A ‘Farce’ to Say Mass Surveillance Ended; ‘Nothing Has Changed’
by Adam Dick | Dec 2, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano has followed up on his recent declaration at Fox News that the United States government can continue to conduct mass surveillance despite the expiration this week of PATRIOT Act Section 215 authority. Interview by Kennedy at Fox Business,...
Despite What You May Have Heard, Mass Surveillance Continues
by Adam Dick | Dec 1, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Many news reports are heralding that the expiration this week of Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act authority has ended the United States government’s mass surveillance program. Meanwhile, in a Fox News interview, Judge Andrew Napolitano throws cold water on such claims....
COP21: Climate Action Or Pushing A Hoax?
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 1, 2015 | The Liberty Report
More than 100 heads of state join almost 40,000 other elites in Paris for two weeks to discuss how to approve a legally binding global agreement to fight climate change. When polls in the US showed that Americans view climate change as a very low priority, political...
Turkey, Russia, and the Fallacy of ‘Collective Security’
by Dan Sanchez | Dec 1, 2015 | Featured Articles
Blackadder: You see, Baldrick, in order to prevent war in Europe, two superblocs developed: us, the French and the Russians on one side, and the Germans and Austro-Hungary on the other. The idea was to have two vast opposing armies, each acting as the other’s...
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