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The Neo-Cons Are Consistent!

While listening to Ron Paul’s talk to the Campaign for Liberty crowd tonight, he said that not only would a scale back of the U.S. empire save a lot of money, but it would also make us safer. (Wait for applause.) Then he said it was absurd to claim that “we were attacked because they […]

It’s Official: Your President Can Kill You At Will

Think I’m exaggerating? Think I’ve been duped by a paranoid blogger? From the newspaper of record: The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating […]

Video Shows US Apache Crews Killing Civilians

The post title sounds provocative, but that’s exactly what this is. I just have two comments; I’ll leave the rest to the video. (1) In the beginning it’s not clear (at least to me as the viewer) whether the Americans in the helicopters justifiably thought they were under attack. But it is pretty clear to […]

Daily Beast Guy Makes Great Anarchy Point to Daily Show Guy

While Tom Woods has his head buried in the Compleat Works of Thomas Jefferson, I am on the lookout for libertarian nuggets of wisdom on fake news programs on Comedy Central. In the below clip, at about the 1:54 mark, Reza Aslan (contributing editor for the Daily Beast, no apparent relation) is discussing the deteriorating […]