By Denis Culum | The Argentina Independent | May 4, 2013
Three former military officials during the 1976-83 dictatorship were found guilty of crimes against humanity yesterday in the first trial for such crimes in the northwestern province of Jujuy.
By Sheldon Richman | FFF | May 3, 2013
“A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that ‘it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture’ and that the nation’s highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it.”
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 050. This is lecture 6 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This talk continued lecture 5, which covered “Controversies and Conundrums,” such as monarchy vs. democracy, discrimination and diversity, immigration, incitement and causation (cont.), property rights, legal and logical positivism, fraud, contracts and inalienability, self-ownership, creation and the source […]
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 049. This is lecture 5 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This talk covered “Controversies and Conundrums,” such as monarchy vs. democracy, discrimination and diversity, immigration, incitement and causation (cont.), property rights, legal and logical positivism, fraud, contracts and inalienability, self-ownership, creation and the source of rights, and common […]
Press TV – May 4, 2013
Each inmate at the US’ notorious Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, dubbed as the most expensive jail on Earth, costs Washington some $900,000 annually, a report says.
According to the Pentagon’s estimate, it spends around $150 million every year to run the prison and military court system at the US Naval Base in Cuba, Reuters said in a report on Friday.
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | May 3, 2013
For nearly a quarter century, Howard Kurtz has served as hall monitor for Washington’s conventional wisdom, handing out demerits to independent-minded journalists who don’t abide by the mainstream rules. So, there is some understandable pleasure seeing Kurtz face some accountability in his ouster as bureau chief for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
What to my early morning sleepy eyes appears? Breaking news of Israel claiming and the US confirming an airstrike took place between Thursday and Friday. That means 24 hours ago...Did the strike really take place?And if so why didn't Israel or the US mention it yesterday?Haven't had enough time to dig in or digest, but, a round up of news stories is linked below:Israel confirms strike on Syria targeted weapons : Destroyed 'game-changing' shipment of missiles
By Nidhi Razdan | NDTV | May 4, 2013
Tehran: In a strategically significant move to counter China’s presence in the region, India has announced that it will upgrade Iran’s crucial Chabahar port that gives a transit route to land-locked Afghanistan.
India’s decision was conveyed by Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid in Tehran today during his meeting with his counterpart.
A bomb in Baghdad and random attacks left 26 dead across Iraq.
We have all seen over the last week as the US State Department in Washington has been trying desperately to find Syria guilty of launching "chemical attacks" on its own citizens...
One very important subject that I cover here is of course our fragile and very criminal financial system.... I have long said that our present financial system is a fraud and has by design been doomed to fail....
No. Non. Nahi. Na. Ne. Nai. Nyet.No in any other language is still no. The so called missile shield was not cancelled due to Russian opposition
Civil Georgia
May 2, 2013
Kerry Meets Saakashvili in Washington
Tbilisi: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Saakashvili in Washington on May 1 and reiterated U.S. support to Georgia’s NATO integration and welcomed “the democratic transition that has been taking place” in Georgia.
Press TV – May 2, 2013
UK charities have criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron for signaling that the foreign aid budget could be diverted to the country’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Leading British charity against global poverty Oxfam reacted angrily after Cameron hinted Britain’s foreign aid budget could be spent on the country’s military adventures.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 048. This is lecture 4 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This talk covered “Misconceptions and Controversies,” such as positive vs. negative obligations, contracts vs. promises, incitement and causation, and other issues. Slides for this lecture are appended below. For background information, links to recommended reading, and audio and […]
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 047. This is lecture 3 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This talk covered “Even More Misconceptions,” such as state vs. government, “limited” government, Hoppe on monarchy vs. democracy, federalism, restitution and punishment, positive obligations, and other issues. Slides for this lecture are appended below. For background information, links […]
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 046. This is lecture 2 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This talk covered more common libertarian misconceptions such as PDA jurisdiction, Big-L vs. small-l libertarianism and other misused terms, non-aggression “axiom” or principle, and other issues. Slides for this lecture are appended below. For background information, links to […]
By Chris Carlson | Venezuelanalysis | May 2, 2013
Maracaibo – Representatives from the electoral campaign of ex-presidential candidate Henrique Capriles formally contested last month’s elections before Venezuela’s Supreme Court today.
The legal procedure submitted to the court has the objective of annulling April’s presidential elections in which Henrique Capriles lost to Nicolas Maduro by less than 2 points, and to allow for the elections to be repeated.
Beef Industry is asking the Federal Government to approve irradiation of food Everyone, everywhere: Say NO to radiated food. And say it loud!While I am using Canadian news, this is not only ongoing in Canada.The EU is looking at radiating food. As for the US, sadly, it appears the food has been irradiated more extensively for some time.
Press TV – May 2, 2013
Former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has admitted assaulting 13 girls as young as nine years old between 1967 and 1986.
The former It’s A Knockout presenter was branded as an “opportunistic predator” by prosecutors after admitting he had carried out a series of attacks on girls, from whom the youngest aged just nine.
The Boston Marathon bombing, horrific in and of itself, is made far worse by our response to it. For one thing, hate is on the march. Listen here to the conversation between a Washington, D.C. cabbie – a Muslim from Somalia – and his crazed passenger, who rants that the Koran mandates death for unbelievers [...]
At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 23 more were wounded in the latest violence.
I had closed my files of absurdity a few years back, and maybe that was a mistake... It seems that these days the lunacy of our society is becoming more and more pronounced! What you will see in this article is a prime example....I came across the following article from the website: Liberty Fight, at www.libertyfight.com, and I seriously had to do a double take and read it again to realize it was no joke....
Reports from May 1 protests around the US, particularly in Seattle, may look disturbingly familiar to anyone worried about police militarization.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
May 2, 2013
Deputy Commander Visits Bahrain, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
Written by Robin Michelle Barnett
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General Bieniek…encouraged Bahrain to develop the Individual Partnerships Cooperation Programme (IPCP), an entry level programme available to all partners.
Stars and Stripes
May 2, 2013
Hagel, British official say Obama ‘rethinking’ arming Syrian rebels
By Chris Carroll
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is rethinking its stance of not arming Syrian rebels fighting the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Henri Barbusse: Selections on war
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Henri Barbusse
From Light (1918)
Translated by Fitzwater Wray
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 045. This is lecture 1 (of 6) of my 2011 Mises Academy course “Libertarian Controversies.” This lecture contained an overview of basic austro-libertarian concepts and started discussing various libertarian “misconceptions,” regarding the left-right spectrum, coercion and force vs. aggression, the jurisdiction of private defense agencies, and related issues. I’ll release the remaining lectures here […]
A recent New York Times article ascribing the label “isolationist” to those skeptical of military intervention in Syria and North Korea has generated a flurry of commentary about the overall foreign policy debate.
Matt Duss summarizes the controversy well:
By Nima Shirazi | Wide Asleep in America | May 1, 2013
Over at The Daily Beast‘s Cheat Sheet, which serves as a news aggregator, a post went up today with the eye-catching headline: “Iranian President Ahmadinejad Arrested.”
The blurb accompanying the post claims:
I lived in Boston for eight years when I was in college. I have been asked to make some comments on the Boston Marathon bombing.
The most glaring points about this Boston Marathon bombing are that the alleged bombers were well connected to the CIA and paid by them. We were told that they accepted $100,000 from the state in welfare over ten years. But $100,000 over ten years is not a lot of money.
There are rumors going around that President Obama “is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition,” although he has said no such thing publicly.
By Ilan Ziv | April 28, 2013
As some of you know, my film EXILE, A MYTH UNEARTHED, which examines the myth of the Jewish EXILE and its political impact on both Israeli Jews and Palestinians in the Middle East, was going to be shown on the BBC Thursday April 25th. It was pulled out of the schedule only a few days earlier.
By Jake Johnston | CEPR | May 1, 2013
At a speech celebrating May Day in Bolivia today, President Evo Morales announced the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from the country. According to the AP, Morales stated:
Nietzsche is incorrectly often associated with fascism, especially Nazism.
U.S. Department of Defense
April 30, 2013
Hagel Hosts German Defense Minister at Pentagon
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosted German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière today at the Pentagon and commended Germany’s leadership in Europe and among the NATO allies, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said.
Press TV – May 2, 2013
A new poll has revealed that most Americans oppose US intervention in Syria amid growing efforts by the Obama administration and pro-Israeli members of Congress to directly engage US troops in yet another Muslim nation.
International Solidarity Movement | May 2, 2013
Hebron: Two Palestinian children arrested in Hebron on April 28th by the Israeli authorities are the latest in a series of arrests which have increased rapidly since February of 2013. Swedish human rights activist, Gustav Karlsson, is currently in immigration detention in Givon prison after objecting to the arrest of the two children.
RT | May 01, 2013
The Syrian opposition is made up of young men with little education, brainwashed into fighting President Assad, journalist Anhar Kocheva told RT. Kocheva spoke about her time as a hostage, describing a ragtag group of men devoid of tangible ideals.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 044. This is my speech “Correcting Some Common Libertarian Misconceptions,” delivered on May 28, 2011, at the Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. The video is here, and streamed below; here is the powerpoint presentation. Re-presented as PFP076. Transcript available here. Related: KOL 045 | “Libertarian Controversies Lecture […]
