On March 8, President Joe Biden declared, in a speech announcing a ban on imports of Russian oil and gas, that these and other actions taken by the United States government “to inflict further pain on [Russia President Vladimir Putin]” would “cost us...
How ‘Virtual Crime Scenes’ Became a Propaganda Tool in Nicaragua, Ukraine, and Syria
This article shows how media uses computer modeling and "virtual crime scenes" to assign blame for some extremely important international events. In these examples from Nicaragua, Ukraine and Syria, many people died in complex circumstances. The deaths at...
Ron Paul: New AP Poll Shows Americans Souring on Ukraine Aid
A new AP poll released this week shows for the first time that Americans are souring on "Putin's price hike" as a cost of propping up Ukraine in its war with Russia. Six and seven dollar a gallon gas plus raging inflation have brought the cost of an interventionist...
Biden Blows It: Iran Guards To Remain on Terror Blacklist
Nahal Toosi reports that Biden decided against removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the list of foreign terrorist organizations at least a month ago:President Joe Biden has finalized his decision to keep Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
Conflicts of Interest: The Evil Republicans guest Patrick MacFarlane
On COI #279, Patrick McFarlane returns to the show to discuss the most hawkish GOP members of Congress. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
After Afghan Pullout, Biden Goes War Bonkers
President Biden was excoriated by the U.S. war party for pulling out of Afghanistan after 20 years last August. In so doing, Biden didn’t mince words proclaiming that staying wasn’t worth one more American death after 4,288 Americans died there for nothing...
The Impact of Western Sanctions on Russian Musical Life
In Volume II of my Memoirs of a Russianist: Russia in the Roaring 1990s, the diary entries which constitute three quarters of the book describe in considerable detail the musical and literary life of the country that I saw firsthand and in which I participated as...
Conflicts of Interest: George W. Bush Finally Says Something True About Iraq
On COI #278, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover former President George W. Bush’s viral confession- by-gaffe to war crimes in Iraq, President Joe Biden’s resistance to Kiev’s demands for long range rocket launchers, U.S./Israeli war drills aimed at Tehran, and the...
Amb. Chas Freeman Discusses Ukraine, Disinformation, and the Price of Thinking for Yourself in 2022
From Committing High Reason: On the Committing High Reason podcast, veteran Ambassador and Statesman Chas Freeman explains how today's misinformation maelstrom surrounding the media and politicians' portrayal of the Ukraine-Russian war is "the most intense information...
Biden’s ‘Disinfo Board’ RIP? Don’t Hold Your Breath!
After an outcry over the creation of a "Ministry of Truth" within the Department of Homeland Security – with a champion disinformation-spreader hired to fight disinformation – the Biden Administration announced the program is on "pause" and the kooky director has...


