More Blowback in France by Jacob G. Hornberger July 20, 2016 The reaction to the terrorist attack in Nice, France, where a truck driver killed dozens of people by running them down and shooting them with a (illegal) pistol, was predictable: denunciations of Islam, Muslims, and ISIS, calls for more bombing and killing in the Middle East, and more emergency clampdowns on liberty and privacy at home. There is one big ...
Turkish Citizens versus Pinochet Coup Dead-Enders by Jacob G. Hornberger July 19, 2016 One of the fascinating aspects of the attempted military coup in Turkey has been the reaction of the Turkish people to the military coup attempt. It stands in stark contrast to the attitude of American and Chilean right-wingers who still sing the praises of the U.S.-national-security-state-driven military coup in 1973 that brought army strongman Gen. Augusto Pinochet into power. At ...
Regime Change in Turkey by Jacob G. Hornberger July 18, 2016 The attempted military coup in Turkey serves to remind Americans of two important facts: First, that Americans are legally obligated to fight and die for that country’s dictatorial regime and, second, that the position taken by the coup leaders is no different from that taken by America’s national-security establishment. While Turkey’s president, Reccep Tayyip Erdogan, has been democratically elected, the fact ...
FDR’s Destruction of America’s Monetary System by Jacob G. Hornberger July 15, 2016 On April 5, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt issued a decree ordering every American to send his gold coins to the federal government and making it a felony offense for Americans to own gold. FDR’s nationalization of gold was no different in principle from the nationalization of private property that would be carried out by Cuban communist dictator ...
What If ISIS Were to Win? by Jacob G. Hornberger July 14, 2016 For the past few years, the American people have been exhorted by the U.S. national-security state to be obsessed with ISIS, the brutal organization that is fighting to achieve political power in Iraq, Syria, and Libya, the three countries that, not coincidentally, have been targets of regime change by the U.S. national-security state. Today, ISIS is constantly ...
Connecting the Dots by Jacob G. Hornberger July 13, 2016 Prescript: We are headed to Freedom Fest in Las Vegas this week. We have two panels, both of which are on Friday. If you're going to the conference, I hope you'll attend our panel discussions and come by our booth to visit. ********* In the last few days, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have contained ...
The Injustice of the Minimum Wage by Jacob G. Hornberger July 12, 2016 Liberals justify their support of America’s massive welfare state by citing their purported love for the poor, needy, and disadvantaged. That purported love, however, is belied by their support of a government-mandated minimum wage, given that the minimum wage hurts those most who are at the bottom of the economic ladder. Let’s say that liberals get their way and secure ...
The Murder of the Dallas Cop Killer by Jacob G. Hornberger July 11, 2016 No matter how many cops that Micah Johnson shot and killed, the Dallas Police Department had no legitimate authority to murder him. And that is precisely what they did — they murdered the man, no doubt motivated by anger and rage over Johnson’s having killed five cops and wounded seven others. That’s not the way things are supposed to work ...
