In August, 2014, the US-led "coalition" began bombing Iraq and Syria to, in the words of President Obama, "degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIS.” For nearly two years -- despite President Obama announcing last November that ISIS was...
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Retaliation for Nice? France Bombs 120 Civilians in Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 19, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Just days after Tunisian-born French resident Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove a truck into a crowded Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing at least 84, a French-led bombing attack on the Syrian villages of Tokhar and Hoshariyeh today has reportedly killed...
Ron Paul: Currency Destruction Funds Wars
by Adam Dick | Jul 18, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul, who regularly challenged Federal Reserve Board chairmen as a member of the US House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, continues to describe the problems the Federal Reserve causes. In his Monday column “Don’t Reform the Fed, Fed-Exit!” Paul...
‘Why They Didn’t Fire Is A Mystery’ – Coup Pilots Had Erdogan’s Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
by Tyler Durden | Jul 17, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Looking back at the failed Turkish coup, one question that nobody has been able to answer is why, if the coup was indeed a serious attempt at government overthrow, did the organizers not do the first thing that military coups have done since time immemorial: either...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Anti-Trump ACLU, 28 Pages, Africa Intervention, Government Schools, Busy Cops
by Adam Dick | Jul 15, 2016 | 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...
Judge Andrew Napolitano: ‘Reprehensible’ to Label Black Lives Matter as Terrorist Group
by Adam Dick | Jul 13, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking this week with host Jamie Allman on 97.1 FM radio in St. Louis, Missouri, former New Jersey state Judge Andrew Napolitano said it would be “reprehensible” to label Black Lives Matter a terrorist group. Some people have suggested such action in the wake of the...
Ron Paul: No Matter the Presidential Race Outcome, the US Is Going the Way of the USSR
by Adam Dick | Jul 12, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul, interviewed Tuesday on Fox Business, suggested that in the 2016 presidential race, in which Paul is not supporting any candidate, neither Democrat Hillary Clinton nor Republican Donald Trump is proposing a course of action...
Dallas Violence: Wave Of The Future?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 11, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In recent shooting attacks, Republicans have wanted to blame "violent jihad" and Democrats have wanted to blame guns. The Dallas shooting has upset this scenario to a degree. Was the shooter influenced by his time spent near the battlefield in Afghanistan? Was he on...
Ron Paul on the Drug War, Federal Reserve, and Killing of Dallas Cops
by Adam Dick | Jul 10, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
To understand the conditions in America that can contribute to tensions with police and even potentially individuals being motivated to kill cops as occurred in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, it is important that people look at the United States government’s war on drugs...
The Kiev Matrix Doesn’t Work in Dallas
by Vladimir Kornilov | Jul 9, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
During the protests in Dallas, a former soldier opened fire at the police, killing five. The same thing happened two and a half years ago in Kiev, when a hundred people, including riot policemen, were killed by snipers. The United States called them "democratic...
Defense Spending: Do Presidents Make a Difference?
by Franklin C. Spinney | Jul 8, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It’s generally taken for granted in the press and by the "Defense Cognoscenti" that the election of a president is a major determinant of the size and shape of the defense budget. It is also conventional wisdom that Republicans have been more pro-defense than...
In Dallas, Drone Wars Just Came Home
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 8, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Dallas shootings have ushered in a very new world for US citizens. For the very first time, drones have been used on US soil to kill Americans without trial or charges. The suspected shooter in yesterday's tragic killings, US Army veteran Micah Xavier Johnson,...
Ron Paul’s Take on Patriotism and Independence Day
by Adam Dick | Jul 7, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What does libertarian communicator Ron Paul think of patriotism and the Fourth of July holiday? That is a question Jay Taylor asked Paul this week when Paul was a guest on Taylor’s show Turning Hard Times into Good Times. Paul answers regarding the Fourth of July that...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Clinton Cleared, Puppycide, Money Seizing, War Powers, Draft Resistance
by Adam Dick | Jul 7, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Wednesday. 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...
Ron Paul: Afghanistan a Failure Whether Washington Likes it or Not
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 6, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As President Obama was announcing today that he would be leaving 3,000 more US troops than planned in Afghanistan, Ron Paul told Fox Business it would be best to bring all the troops home. Drawing down from the current 9,800 US troops to 8,400 instead of the planned...
Blair’s Lies On Iraq Exposed. Is W Next?
by Christopher Manion | Jul 6, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Chilcot Report has now been published in full.Tony Blair wanted to be a billionaire. But all that money can’t buy his reputation back. He is thoroughly disgraced. The shame fairly reeks.Blair, dressed for a funeral, denies, denies, denies. He knows no shame, but...
The Latest TSA Horror: This is How They Protect us!
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jul 3, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
17 year old cancer patient Hannah Cohen, after TSA assault “These people think they are God. They think they can do anything they want.”A partially blind, partially deaf young woman returning home from treatment for a brain tumor was brutally smashed to the ground by...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Beyond Brexit, VA Marijuana, Pet Vaccinations, Young Tokers, Gun Database
by Adam Dick | Jul 2, 2016 | 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...
What the Istanbul Attack Reveals
by Robert Wenzel | Jul 1, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Imagine my surprise. The government solution to prevent attacks at airports has done nothing but moved the point at airports where crowds gather---that is, it just movies the location of the optimum soft target for terrorists.Also, of note, but not mentioned in this...
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Nobody Can Accept Attorney General Lynch is Neutral in Clinton Case
by Adam Dick | Jun 30, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst and former New Jersey state Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking Thursday with Fox Business host Stuart Varney, reacted strongly to United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch having met privately with Bill Clinton this week. Former...
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