Via Matthew Feeney at Reason, The Washington Post has some nice charts up about US "defense" spending. The first illustrates the oft-quoted factoid that the US spends as much on defense as most major countries in the world combined. It's a powerful image that really...
"While the professional threat inflation complex will no doubt get in gear shortly," writes Robert Farley at The Diplomat, "recent scholarship suggests caution in coming to the conclusion that North Korea’s nuclear capabilities pose a relevant threat." North Korea is...
Legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg said in an interview with Juliana Forlano (on the sidelines of a panel discussion which can be seen here) that President Obama "has conducted clear cut impeachable crimes." Ellsberg is currently involved in a...
Judge Napolitano discusses Obama's illegal drone war and the potential for "assassination courts" with Fox News's very own Brick Tamland. Here's the Judge's recent elaboration on Obama's license to kill.
In Hedges v. Obama, journalists and academics including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, et al. are battling against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes provisions granting the power to indefinitely detain individuals, including...
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Obama's pick for CIA director, John Brennan, placated the Senate committee by promising to impose greater transparency on the drone war. He even promised to acknowledge publicly when drone strikes kill civilians (that's a lot...
The New York Times makes a comparison between Bush and Obama: Four years into his tenure, the onetime critic of President George W. Bush finds himself cast as a present-day Mr. Bush, justifying the muscular application of force in the defense of the nation while...
Someone started a thread on Twitter yesterday with the hashtag #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones Here are some of the most amusing zingers thus far - The Best Thing About Obama’s Drones is…. #TheBestThingsAboutObamasDrones they eliminate the need to read an American...
This Saturday Night Live skit was ultimately cut and did not air (for some reason...).
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