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Two Tidbits of Timeless Political Wisdom from Machiavelli

“Generosity” funded by debt or currency devaluation is the opposite of generosity: it is the ultimate taking.

Now that the air is thick with the burned-rubber stench of politics, let’s consider two tidbits of timeless political wisdom from Machiavelli. Though often-maligned as the dark Lord of amoral cunning, my re-reading of Machiavelli’s The Prince (completed in 1514, published after his death in 1532) reveals Mr. M. as a practical sort, not so much a promoter of devilish amorality as an obser...

Only Half Gone

“The Democrats are self-immolating on the altar of their own tenuous relationship with common decency.” — Tom Luongo

“Life imitates art,” Oscar Wilde was fond of saying. And so, all of a sudden on Sunday, the USA became an episode of Veep, after President “Joe Biden” had that fateful sit-down with God he’d hinted at a week or so ago:

God: Yeah, it’s me again. What I told you ‘bout dis ‘lection bidness?

“JB”: (cough cough) I gotta finish the job. (cough cough.)

God: Job, my ass. You ain’t done nu...

Should There Be Chaplains in Public Schools?

The latest conservative gimmick to reform and improve public schools is to allow them to have chaplains. Previous to this it was having kids wear uniforms, banning cell phones, posting the Ten Commandments, teaching the Bible, bringing back prayer and Bible reading, and arming teachers.

In my state of Florida, HB 931 was passed by the Republican-controlled legislature in March and recently signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The bill

authorizes school districts & charter schools to adopt polic...

Joe Biden Out in Apparent Palace Coup

At 7:16 pm on 20 July, the Joe Biden Twitter account posted that the upcoming election “is the most important … of our lifetimes” and said “I will win it.”

According to the New York Times, this tweet went up hours after Biden had already resolved to leave the presidential race. That article tells us the ageing president spent the afternoon and evening of Saturday with his close adviser Steve Richetti and his speechwriter and strategist Mike Donilon drafting a resignation letter. Throughout this ...

The 1866 Civil Rights Revolution

The phrase “equality of opportunity” is expressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a nondiscrimination principle. There has been much debate on whether the nondiscrimination principle is a formal right to equality before the law, reflecting the principle that everyone has a right not to be discriminated against, or whether it is a substantive right vested in specified groups (e.g., blacks or women) to give them special legal protection that members of other groups (e.g., whites or men) do not ...

Republican Platform Ignores Real Causes of Inflation

The 2024 Republican platform promises that, if Donald Trump returns to the White House and Republicans gain complete control of Congress, they will reduce inflation. The platform contains some proposals, such as reducing regulations and extending the 2017 tax reductions, that may help lower prices in some sectors and spur economic growth. However, the GOP platform does not address how the Federal Reserve’s enabling of spendaholic politicians contributes to price inflation.

Other than an obligato...

Why NATO Cannot Be (& Never Was) a Defensive Alliance

Even at its very start, NATO was designed as an aggressive alliance, never a defensive one. It was designed by the U.S. Government purely for an aggressive purpose, and entirely on the basis of lies, which have been its propaganda ever since. NATO is a blatant violation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s anti-imperialist will and intentions for the post-WW2 world, and it is a fulfillment of the U.S.-imperialist will and intentions of (primarily) Harry Truman, but also of Winston Churchill — and this...

Big Changes Are Coming: Pepe Escobar Talks Trump Assassination Attempt and BRICS Expansion

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Acoustic Evidence Proves Beyond All Doubt More Than One Shooter

I and others have pointed out astonishing voids in the Secret Service’s protection of Trump. The voids are so egregious that they cannot be blamed on incompetence. Scott Ritter says that intent is the only explanation.

Now these conclusions are backed by acoustic evidence. The fact that bullets travel faster than sound means that the time between hearing the bullet pass the microphone and then the sound allows the calculation of the distance from which the bullet was fired. The time differences ...

Neoconservatism by Another Name

In the thirty years since the end of the Cold War, conservatives of various stripes have, with decidedly mixed results, sought to shape the parameters of the national debate over the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. These include such foreign policy blueprints as the Wolfowitz Doctrine (1992); the Project for the New American Century’s “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” (2000); Condoleezza Rice’s “Campaign 2000: Promoting the National Interest” (2000); and Mitt Romney’s The Mantle of Leadership (201...