The former Director of National Intelligence under the Obama administration, James Clapper, denied there was a secret court order for surveillance at Trump Tower. Speaking on NBC's Meet The Press, Clapper said that in the national intelligence activity he oversaw,...
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NATO’s scaremongering about ‘Russia threat’ to Baltic States ‘is all about money’
by RT | Mar 3, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US security establishment is trying to justify its existence, says Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, commenting on a new report which lists how NATO can help the Baltic States counter Russian "hybrid warfare."The American global...
Winning Wars?
by Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 28, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“We have to start winning wars again,” President Trump told the nation’s governors today. No, Mr. President, America must stop military interventionism. As you have said America spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas when we should have been spending it...
Al-Qaeda Gets An Oscar
by Moon of Alabama | Feb 27, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hollywood is all about fake. That is what movies are - fake depictions of a fake reality that only exist in the mind of scriptwriters, directors and a usually gullible audience. (Disclosure: I do like some movies.)Hollywood has never been shy of plagiarizing. Every...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Poland Troops, Marijuana Crackdown, Jail Time, Mohammed’s Letter, Symposium Speakers
by Adam Dick | Feb 26, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley: We Must Sanction Assad Over Chemical Weapons!
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 25, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently, we had a look at the ways President Trump's Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, is making her predecessor, Samantha "humanitarian bomber" Power, look like a model diplomat by comparison. It turns out Haley's ghastly performance at the UN thus far is no fluke....
Andrew Napolitano: Rescinding of School Bathrooms Mandate is a ‘Win for the Constitution’
by Adam Dick | Feb 24, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Trump administration’s rescinding of the May 2016 US government guidelines directing schools regarding their bathroom and locker room policies is “a win for the Constitution.” This is the conclusion of Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst and former New Jersey state...
The War Hawks Rolled Donald Trump
by Moon of Alabama | Feb 23, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Trump's first National Security Advisor Mike Flynn got kicked out of office for talking with Russian officials. Such talks were completely inline with Trump's declared policies of détente with Russia. (I agree that Flynn should have never gotten the NSA job....
Liberty and Wealth in Jeopardy: Donald Trump’s Law and Order Presidency
by Adam Dick | Feb 22, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Donald Trump has, via executive orders and public comments, presented advancing law and order in America as a primary goal of his presidency. Interviewed earlier this month by host Joshua Bennett at KFAR radio in Fairbanks, Alaska, I described potential Trump...
Ron Paul: End Unlimited Presidential War Power
by Adam Dick | Feb 22, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Tuesday by host Kennedy at Fox Business regarding efforts by United States House of Representatives members to limit US wars overseas, former House member Ron Paul (R-TX) agreed with Kennedy’s assessment that the ability to unilaterally pursue war is “the...
Say Goodbye to ‘Getting Along With Russia’ – Trump’s NSC Pick McMaster is a Major Hawk
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 21, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Earlier today, President Trump selected Gen. H.R. McMaster to be his National Security Advisor, replacing the short-lived Gen. Michael Flynn. Those breathing a sigh of relief that the rumored favorite John Bolton didn't get the nod may want to hold that thought -- and...
Governor Kucinich?
by Adam Dick | Feb 18, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Might Dennis Kucinich, who represented an Ohio district as a Democrat in the US House of Representatives for eight terms, be elected the next governor of Ohio? Henry J. Gomez reported Friday at Cleveland.com that “the names of more than a dozen Ohio Democrats swirl in...
The Cancer of War: US Used Depleted Uranium in Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 17, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Despite vowing not to use depleted uranium (DU) weapons in its military action in Syria, the US government has now admitted that it has fired thousands of the deadly rounds into Syrian territory. As Foreign Policy Magazine reports: US Central Command (CENTCOM)...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Poking Russia, Flynn Fuss, Protest Violence, US Killers, Wall Costs
by Adam Dick | Feb 17, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here:Read a transcript of the new...
Soros-Founded Group Seeks Trump Overthrow
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 16, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The organization known as AVAAZ is best recognized for its involvement in regime-change actions overseas. The organization was founded in 2007 by ResPublica and MoveOn.org, two groups funded in the millions of dollars by billionaire troublemaker George Soros. Since...
Andrew Napolitano: Donald Trump Has to ‘Fear the Intelligence Community’
by Adam Dick | Feb 16, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump has to “fear the intelligence community,” declared Andrew Napolitano in a new interview with host Neil Cavuto at Fox News, after “American scoundrels” in the “unelected deep state bureaucracy” leaked information about Michael Flynn’s...
Praise for the Ron Paul Institute
by Adam Dick | Feb 15, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Monday The Duran article titled “5 real news sites you should read,” Adam Garrie praised, and included in the title-referenced list, the website of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Garrie writes: Ron Paul may have quit Congress but he is more...
Dennis Kucinich: Push for ‘New Cold War’ Behind Effort Against Michael Flynn
by Adam Dick | Feb 14, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former US House of Representatives Member Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) presented an urgent warning to the American people in a Wednesday Fox Business interview regarding the resignation of Michael Flynn from the position of national security advisor after information was...
David Stockman: People’s Drug Use is ‘None of the Government’s Business’
by Adam Dick | Feb 13, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Whether people use drugs is “none of the government’s business in the first place,” declares economics and politics writer David Stockman. Instead, says Stockman, “the philosophically correct position is that what people do in their private lives, what they use for...
What Do You Think About Sending Thousands More Troops to Afghanistan?
by Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Earlier this week the commander of the US military forces in Afghanistan told Congress that the US needs to send a few thousand more troops into America’s longest war, which has already cost the lives of nearly 2,400 US soldiers, with over 20,049 wounded. Currently 63...
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