When you do not have a good case supporting taking an action, one tried-and-true strategy of persuasion is to pile up a mountain of trivial and ridiculous assertions and point to it as proof that you are right. If someone diligently digs through the mountain, he will find that there is nothing of substance there. But, many people will just see a mountain of accusations and figure there must be truth behind the assertion. That deceitful persuasion strategy appears to be at play in the...
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UN Rules Julian Assange is ‘Arbitrarily Detained’
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that Wikileaks’ Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained by the “democratic” governments of Sweden and the...
Judge Napolitano: Clinton Espionage Evidence is Overwhelming. Will Obama Block Prosecution?
In a new video report at Fox News, former New Jersey Judge Andrew Napolitano predicts that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will “very soon” recommend the prosecution of...
Afghanistan Boondoggles Get Rep. Walter Jones’ Goat
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), speaking Tuesday at a hearing of the US House Armed Services Committee, returned to a subject he has addressed many times — the US government’s...
The Strange World of The State Department Spokespersons…And a Modest Suggestion
Anyone wondering why the rest of the world sees the US administration as insane -- or worse -- need only spend a few minutes watching a daily briefing from the White House or...
Making the Super Bowl Super Authoritarian
Downtown San Francsco 11 Days Before Super Bowl - photo: Target LibertyAfter months of preparation, national, state, and local police have rolled out a comprehensive mass...
Minnesota GOP Rules Change after Ron Paul Delegates Win May Give Donald Trump the Win
The Republican National Committee (RNC) was not happy that Ron Paul, who had won second place in Minnesota’s February of 2012 caucuses, ended up with over three-quarters of the...
A New Large-Scale US Military Attack in Libya
In 2011 President Barack Obama directed, without any congressional authorization, a US military attack on Libya that was marketed as “humanitarian intervention.” As RPI Director...
You Won’t Believe What This US Ambassador Said About al-Qaeda’s Syrian Allies
Robert Ford was US Ambassador to Syria when the revolt against Syrian president Assad was launched. He not only was a chief architect of regime change in Syria, but actively...
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