We Knew
#FreeRossUlbricht Wins
Tom Woods did two great shows explaining why Ross Ulbricht was unjustly imprisoned and how his pardon came to pass.
Good News for Gaza?
This is the wildest post-election/pre-inauguration time I’ve observed in 30 years (yes, I was watching C-Span at 16).
Trump has posted a video of Jeffrey Sacks blaming Netanyahu for our war in Iraq (and the CIA for interfering in Syria).
This is the best news for the Palistinian people that I’ve heard out of this election.
I still don’t trust Trump’s Zionist-filled cabinet, but the Libertarians and America First folks might still have a voice.
There are no Book Bans
The availabilty of books in our society is beautiful (libraries, local, regional, and national bookshops, Target, Walmart, big box stores, grocery stores, thrift shops, Little Free Libraries, Facebook Marketplace, garage sales, borrowing from friends, antique stores, random take-a-book-leave-a-book bins, drug stores, campgrounds, newsstands, churches, community centers, etc…) Each of these places is different, but they share a common limiting factor: space. What books end up on these various shelves is decided in as many ways as there are places. But choices must be made.
Only one of those places is accused of “banning” books. It is misdirection. It is a ploy to divide us over a problem that is a symptom of a diseased system.
As long as we trust government to educate our children and decide what they read, we will remain victims of those who run that government.
How do Capitalists Promote Peace?
Most capitalists are hurt by war, we are incentivized to keep peace with our market. A bombed, burned, and murdered clientele does not create profit.
A tiny fraction of capitalists, chosen by the State, profit from war.
Scott Horton on a Sunday
It can’t be repeated enough how much the American government is responsible for the chaos in Ukraine.
They’re Always Lying
From the Syrian “prisoner” to “Russian collusion,” the corporate media lies about everything.
Trashing Krugman
Economist Paul Krugman is retiring, so Bob Murphy and Tom Woods have resurrected ContraKrugman for one more episode.
Understanding Syria
I’m not very knowledgeable, but these are some great sources for understanding what’s happening in Syria (and anywhere else the US is intervening).
The Biblical Roots of the American Empire
I don’t fully see how the Founding Fathers used this Scripture to establish a nascent empire, but Thaddeus Russell does establish that this country was fundamentally designed to be expansionist.
Genesis 1:22 KJV — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Matthew 28:16-20 KJV — Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
