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Gulag Archipelago

When I first announced that I was moving to Indonesia in late 2007, one friend looked puzzled. “Indonesia…is that in Bali?” he asked. Interestingly, living in Jakarta is a lot like Houston, without the Cajun food. I stepped off the plane onto the tarmax on 14 February 2008, having boarded on a crisp winter’s monring […]

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Will Washington Succeed in Opening More War Fronts for Russia?

Western NGOs have sent the Georgian opposition political parties that they finance into the streets to protest the Georgian Dream Party’s sweep of the legislative elections. The Georgian Dream Party favors pragmatic relations with Russia, whereas the collection of small parties financed by the West want to create another Maidan Revolution to open a second

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The Face at the Front Desk Changes, the Corporation Remains the Same

Obama continued and expanded Bush’s most evil policies. Trump continued and expanded Obama’s most evil policies. Biden continued and expanded Trump’s most evil policies. Now Trump is preparing to keep the streak going. The face at the front desk changes, but the corporation stays the same. ❖ Trump’s insanely pro-Israel cabinet of bloodthirsty Iran hawks suggests that

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A Walk on the Supply Side

[Editor’s note: In this article, originally published in October 1984, Murray Rothbard critiques a problem with the economics of Republicans and conservatives. Namely, its proponents think they can have it both ways by cutting tax rates and increasing government spending, while somehow not running up huge deficits. Much of this is based on the so-called

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Fourth Time the Pentagon Is Faking the Books for Ukraine

For a fourth time the Pentagon is ‘finding money’ outside of the budget that can be spend on Ukraine. I had previously noticed three occasions in which the Pentagon, on order of the Biden administration, used some  or ‘accounting error’ gimmicks to ‘find’ more money for Ukraine. Pentagon Again Applies Budget Lies To Deliver More

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