Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 074. This is my interview from The Libertarian, by Keir Martland. It was released as The Libertarian: Podcast #1. We discussed libertarian theory, Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s libertarian views, argumentation ethics, immigration, and related matters. For further background on these topics see: Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide A Simple Libertarian Argument Against Unrestricted Immigration […]

For much of the year we've been talking about the corruption that, to a great extent, defines the New Dems in Congress and pointing specifically to the bad apples among them that managed to get onto the House Financial Services Committee, one of the principal conduits of bribery cash from the Wall Street banksters to Congress.

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The United States has been “launching a new version of the Cold War” with Russia since Moscow granted temporary asylum to American whistleblower Edward Snowden earlier this month, says a journalist.

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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Roger Martin du Gard: Selections on war
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Roger Martin du Gard
From Epilogue to Les Thibault (1940)
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On the surface, the casual observer of Korea could be forgiven for forgetting that the nation is still at war. The South has been utterly transformed since the days of the fighting, with the impressive skyline of modern-day Seoul reflecting the country’s modern, high-tech economy. Even the DMZ has been tamed and gentrified, with souvenir shops and tourist attractions mingling seamlessly with military personnel whose presence at times seems more ceremonial than operational.

A Muslim Keita dynasty ruled Mali from 1235 until the Empire collapsed with the death of Mahmud IV in 1610. As a stamp collector in my teenage days I recall a Keita ruling Mali when it first gained independence in 1960. That was Modibo Keita and I don't think he was part of the royal lineage. In fact, he was a socialist. In 1968 he was overthrown in a military coup and imprisoned, where he died 9 years later.And that brings us to Ibrahim Boubacar Keita-- IBK-- who is about to become the new Malian president.

On November 24, 1961 the journal Science published an article that reported a study of Baby Teeth in the St Louis area. The project focused on Strontium 90 which can replace calcium in bones. The women of the world were outraged at the levels of Strontium 90 because their hips are close to unborn children in their wombs. Children absorb radiation more rapidly than do adults because they are growing. That is why Baby Teeth studies can motivate change.

By Mabel Duran-Sanchez | CEPR Americas Blog | August 10, 2013

Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region. This month:
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South Korea, US military drill to fuel tensions
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South Korea approves S$7.6 million in aid for North Korea
http://ur1.ca/ey7o2

Press TV – August 11, 2013

Thousands of people in Italy’s Sicily have staged a protest against the US military plans to build a satellite communication system on the Italian island.
The protesters marched on Saturday through the southern city of Niscemi opposing the construction of US military facility, which will include some large radar and tens of radio antennas. The city already hosts 46 US military satellites.

Muslim Brotherhood switches its focus from Egypt to Syria
Syrian rebels with bloodied captured policeman in Aleppo
 
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In their report on the snub, Time doesn't even make a passing reference to Russian homophobia or the Olympics. Ed Snowden and international power politics is why, they say, Obama is traveling to St. Petersburg for aG-20 Summit and skipping Moscow and a planned visit with Putin.

The brief respite from violence ended resolutely today with a string of coordinated bombings across Baghdad and cities to the south of the capital. At least 93 people were killed and 377 were wounded across the country.

I have been watching all of the news reports that I can over the last few years about the criminal actions taking place against the American people by both the criminals in the so called "Department Of Homeland Security" (DHS) as well as the NSA and other US Government groups.  It has become increasingly clear that America truly is now a Police State that rivals the former USSR for brutality against its citizens.I have always been a music lover, and I have always enjoyed celebrations, parties, and get-togethers, where music is played in the background by a band for everyone's enjoyment.   B

President Bashar Al-Assad is now at the point of total victory against the criminal bought and paid for mercenary "rebels" for control over Syria.   The good guys, the Syrian government forces have these so called "rebels", who have proven to be nothing more than murderous maniacs, on the run, and the proud people of Syria are now almost free of these US/Israeli invaders of their nation.  The result has seen the US Government at the point of pure desperation and looking for anything to get an invasion of Syria going....The real thorn in the American side when it comes to Syria has always be

By Dr. Kevin Barrett | Press TV | August 9, 2013

During the past few days, the Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe have published stories citing evidence that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a 9/11 truth supporter. However, they failed to mention the obvious implication: Tsarnaev was an innocent patsy who was framed for a bombing he did not commit.

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By Willis Eschenbach | WUWT | August 9, 2013

Well, my heart fell when I saw the recent BBC article which proudly proclaimed that the people of Kivalina were slated to become “America’s first climate change refugees” …
Figure 1. The Alaskan native village of Kivalina. SOURCE: BBC

RT | August 10, 2013

Contaminated groundwater accumulating under the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has risen 60cm above the protective barrier, and is now freely leaking into the Pacific Ocean, the plant’s operator TEPCO has admitted.

Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D. TARPLEY.net – World Crisis Radio August 10, 2013 [download audio]

From the beginning of the Republic, the kind of conservative assholes who now call themselves Tea Partiers-- but were originally known as Loyalists or Tories and took up arms against the Patriots who fought the Revolutionary War-- were not just willing, but eager to see democratic government die. And they still are today. In the video above between mainstream conservative Aaron Schock and his constituents, including more than a few brainless teabaggers, the 'baggers demand that Schock commit to voting against any bill that includes funding for the Affordable Care Act.

Welcome back to The Asia-Pacific Perspective, that monthly show where James Corbett of corbettreport.com and Broc West of apperspective.net break down all the latest news and headlines from the Asia-Pacific region. This month:

Why are Palestinians blamed for violence in Lebanon?
A slashed poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Burj al-Barajne refugee camp, Beirut, June 2013. (Liam Maloney / Polaris)
by Moe Ali Nayel

If you're not a reader of the Hollywood Reporter you probably missed Thursday's brilliant OpEd by actress and activist Kathleen Turner: I've Had Enough. I serve with Kathleen on the board of People For the American Way and have found her to be an inspiration for many years. Her passion for equality is infectious and uplifting.

David L. Smith of the Geneva Business Insider blog joins us once again for our monthly conversation on economics, finance and politics. This month we cover the bankruptcy of Detroit, the phoney housing recovery, the lack of preparation for the coming financial collapse, and the disaster at Fukushima.

Simi Valley makes up almost a third of Buck McKeon's congressional district (CA-25) but it was added to the district in the last cycle and McKeon-- the former mayor of Santa Clarita who has long since become a creature of Washington-- virtually never bothers going there. Preparing for a possible reelection challenge-- he's told the media he's running again and confided to local Republican politicians he's going to retire-- he ventured in Republican-friendly Simi Valley this week.

Palestine Information Center – 10/08/2013

BETHLEHEM — A group of Jewish settlers seized agricultural lands in the Bethlehem village of al-Khader southern occupied West Bank on Saturday.

Press TV – August 10, 2013

The United Nations has strongly protested to Israel for violating the sovereignty of Lebanon after an investigation showed that Israeli soldiers had crossed the Lebanese border in a recent incident.

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August 10, 2013
U.S. senators propose to accept Georgia into NATO
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Tbilisi: U.S. senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham supported the expansion of the so-called Magnitsky list, the idea of placing missile defence elements in Europe, as well as beginning a new round of NATO enlargement.

RT | August 9, 2013

Communications sent between Germany’s two leading email providers will now be encrypted to provide better security against potential NSA surveillance. Experts say the move will do little to thwart well-equipped snoopers.

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August 6, 2013
Poland to contribute €40 million to NATO drone program

Poland will join NATO’s plan to buy drones, a source in the organization’s headquarters told Polska The Times. The country has already paid some money into the program, the source said.

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Henri Barbusse: Selections on war
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Henri Barbusse
From Chains (1924)
Translated by Stephen Haden Guest

RT | August 10, 2013

Marjorie Cohn & Jeanne MirerGlobal ResearchToday marks the 52nd anniversary of the start of the chemical warfare program in Vietnam, a long time with NO without sufficient remedial action by the U.S. government.

US remains ‘uninterested’ as Kurds massacred by Syria’s militant opposition
A Syrian-Kurdish refugee family sits in their tent at a refugee camp (AFP Photo / Safin Hamed)
 
 
by Patrick Henningsen

While Julia Ioffe, a writer for The New Republic and a Russia expert, is no friend of the Putin regime, she knows her stuff – enough to know that Putin doesn’t control everything in Russia. But what does she know about Russia? After all, she was only born there – Lawrence O’Donnell, on the other […]

Ellen BrownWeb of DebtThe Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, which exploded on the scene in Cyprus in 2013 and is now becoming the model globally.

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At least 11 people were killed and 11 more were wounded in prayer day violence.

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"I can't think of a time when a party's economic doctrine has been so completely divorced from reality."-- Paul Krugman, in his NYT column today, "Phony Fear Factor"by Ken"So Republican assertions about what ails the economy are pure fantasy," Paul writes in his column, "at odds with all the evidence.

Vows of ‘Occupation Until Martyrdom’

 
 Seven of the camps—two in the north and five in the Damascus area and in the south of Syria—are presently with their throats under the jackboot of foreign Salafi-Jihadists
 
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Homs Palestinian Camp, Syria

Civil Georgia
August 9, 2013
U.S. Warship Arriving in Batumi for 4-Day Port Call

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Tbilisi: U.S. guided-missile destroyer Bulkeley (DDG 84) will arrive on August 10 in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi for a four-day port call.

The poetry of absence: remembering Mahmoud Darwish five years on
Mahmoud Darwish wove the poetry of politics and protest with the wonder of life and love.(Jamal Nasrallah / EPA)
 
 

First Jewish Speaker? How about one who isn't steeped in corruption?Want to know if your physician is competent? Has he asked you about your sugar consumption? If he hasn't, find another doctor. Sugar contributes to many of the maladies that most effect mankind, from cancer, diabetes and heart disease to tooth decay and dementia. But the powerful sugar industry is as willing to fight regulation as the tobacco industry was.

As politicians and Washington policy wonks talk glibly of the “dual track” policy towards Iran, in which we dangle the prospect of substantive diplomacy in front of Tehran as it is crippled by harsh economic sanctions, ordinary Iranians continue to suffer.