From the Tom Woods Show: Jim Hale served as media relations director for the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, a key pro-war organization that boasted such members as John McCain, George Shultz, and Bob Kerrey (senator from Nebraska). He is now a convert to...
Ohio City’s Mayor Apologizes After Police Falsely Arrest Emirati Tourist, Giving Him a Stroke
The mayor of the Ohio city of Avon, not far from Cleveland, has issued a formal apology after Emirati businessman Ahmed al-Menhali was falsely arrested by the city's police as a "terrorist." Profiling of a man from the United Arab Emirates isn't so unusual in 2016...
Stop Giving Chickens Away, Bill Gates
Bill Gates’ philanthropic efforts are usually greeted with near-universal praise from people who love his money believe he is a great humanitarian, but Bill Gates knows very little about sustainable, intelligent development.Bolivia to Bill Gates: Go to Hell and...
Ron Paul Says A New European Superstate Is Hardly The Answer
If the UK actually succeeds in exiting the EU, what will be the fate of the remaining members? According to a report yesterday, the French and Germans are looking to create what would essentially be a single European "superstate" that would put an end to national...
Intel Vets Call ‘Dissent Memo’ on Syria ‘Reckless’
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Beware Foggy Bottom DissentDissent and disagreement within the foreign policy and national security bureaucracy only comes to the...
Google, YouTube, Facebook, Others, Now Using Automated Blocking of ‘Extremist’ Content
The web’s biggest content providers have started using automation to remove “extremist propaganda” videos from their sites.Censoring ContentYouTube (owned by Google) and Facebook are among the sites deploying systems to block or rapidly take down Islamic State videos...
New Service Sends Summaries of Your Social Media to Landlords, Employers to ‘Assess’ You
Here’s a shout out to all of you who said “If I’ve got nothing to hide I’ve got nothing to fear” after the Snowden revelations. And this little gem deals only with publicly available information about you. Imagine what it’s like...
US and Russia Should Negotiate Over Nukes
In the historic port city of Yalta, located on the Crimean Peninsula, we visited the site where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, in February of 1945, concluded negotiations ending World War II.These leaders and their top advisors were also present at the creation of...
Teen Sues US Over Cavity Drug Search for Which She Was Billed $575
Ashley Cervantes, a then 18-year-old American citizen, was stopped at the Mexico border and, for some unspecified reason, perhaps related to her being young and of Hispanic ethnicity, accused by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of smuggling drugs.What Drugs?A...
Ron Paul on Neoconned At State: ‘Diplomats’ Urge War
Recently, 51 State Department employees signed a memo urging the president to change his focus in Syria from fighting ISIS to fighting the secular Assad government. They argued that targeting Assad would weaken Assad's enemy, ISIS. The logic is not immediately...


