Ledeen and Chinese ‘Fascism’

Speaking of Rupert Murdoch, the May edition of his Far Eastern Economic Review was banned in China, according to Friday’s Washington Times, which attributed the banning to the magazine’s publication of an essay by the American Enterprise Institute’s “Freedom Scholar,” Michael Ledeen, entitled “Beijing Embraces Classical Fascism.”
I find the ban absurd myself, but I [...]

What is the normal rate of suicides?

A recent report notes that there has been a marked increase in suicides for active duty Army personnel. According to the study, 2007 was the worst year on record with 115 troops taking their own lives. This was up from the previous year of 102 and the year before which was 85.
Is there [...]

Ron Paul’s Good News

Antiwar.com Radio yesterday posted a very informative interview between Charles Goyette and Ron Paul. At about 10 minutes into the interview, Goyette asked Congressman Paul about my comment on the blog regarding negotiations with the Republican party for a speaking slot at the Republican Convention in September convention.
Congressman Paul replied: “I don’t know [...]

Michelle Malkin’s Victory Over Doughnut Terrorists

Another big victory for Michelle Malkin over the forces of terrorism!
Dunkin’ Donuts recently released an ad featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray. Innocent enough, right?
Terror sleuth and columnist Michelle Malkin discovered the hidden message in the ad – a message meant to offer support for the “murderous Palestinian jihad.”
In the ad, Ray wears a [...]

‘Al-Qaeda WMD Video’ Was Nothing of the Sort

Earlier today, we ran a story from ABC, “FBI: Al-Qaeda Tape to Call for Use of WMDs.”
But we, along with ABC and the FBI, were “punk’d” by a “jihad fan.”
Noah Shachtman of Wired quotes Evan Kohlmann of Counterterrorism Blog that “The intel community appears to have (once again) fallen victim to poorly researched open source [...]

Feeding the Gravy Train One Big Pipeline at a Time

If you have a chance be sure to read the latest TomDispatch piece from the Highlights section.
Researcher Frida Berrigan copiously details the geometric rise of the Pentagon’s budget and omnipotence through the concerted efforts of the current administration. As Tom notes, it is perhaps the most powerful and concise overview on the breadth [...]

Ron Paul Goes “Respectful”

The Washington Post has an article today on the number of Ron Paul’s relatives who worked for his presidential campaign.
I will be curious if there are other analyses of how the Paul campaign spent $30 million.
The Post article [...]

Michael Schwartz Interview YouTubed

And check out Antiwar Radio’s new YouTube channel!

Other things you could have blown $6 trillion on

Scifi author Charlie Stross recently discussed other alternatives for the monies that funded the Iraq war. He noted that using current technology the bounty could have created and staffed a colony of 500 astronauts on Mars or enabled the construction of tens of gigawatts in nuclear energy throughout the US. Or even helped [...]

YouTube.com/AntiwarRadio

Announcing the creation, by one Anders Knight of the UK, of Antiwar Radio’s new YouTube channel.
So far, he’s made videos out of last week’s interviews of actor John Cusack and casus belli debunker Gareth Porter and my most recent interview of Michael Scheuer from April 17. A new one of Ron Paul is on the [...]

No Justice on Memorial Day

Here is a great Washington Post photo of Bush strutting at the White House as he receives visitors from the Rolling Thunder veterans motorcycle group.
It is obscene how the same politicians who send Americans to die in unnecessary wars are treated like heroes on Memorial Day.
One would hope that this day, above all [...]

Libertarian Party Nominates Bob Barr for President

After 6 ballots, the Libertarian Party national convention has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr. Barr has turned around on many major issues since leaving congress. He now favors:
– Ending the Iraq War, withdrawal of all American troops from all foreign countries.
– Ending the federal War on Drugs.
– Repealing the Defense [...]