Silence on U.S. Meddling Abroad by Jacob G. Hornberger August 3, 2018 Among the most fascinating aspects of the brouhaha over supposed Russian meddling in America’s electoral system is the total silence in the U.S. mainstream press about U.S. meddling in the political affairs of other countries. Consider the mass outrage and indignation among the mainstream press that Russia would actually want to help a U.S. presidential candidate who favors normalizing relations ...
The Deep State’s Long Enmity Toward Iranians by Jacob G. Hornberger July 31, 2018 The U.S. deep state’s hatred of the Iranian people goes back a long way, at least as far back as 1953. That was the year that the CIA, which was called into existence in 1947 when the U.S. government was being converted to a national-security state, targeted Iran with its first regime-change operation. And guess who paid the price ...
The Cure for Venezuela’s Woes by Jacob G. Hornberger July 30, 2018 I’ve got an idea that will cure the severe economic crisis in Venezuela. All that Venezuelan officials need to do is to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and also give everyone a monthly welfare check of $5,000. After all, isn’t that what American statists say is the solution to poverty in the United States? Well, if it ...
The Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA Are in Charge by Jacob G. Hornberger July 27, 2018 The U.S. mainstream press can easily recognize the dominant and influential role that the military plays in society, so long as they are referring to countries like Pakistan and Egypt. Unfortunately, the same reporters and commentators turn a blind eye to the similar phenomenon here in the United States. For example, the Washington Post writes: “When not in power, [Pakistan’s ...
Suicide by Politics by Jacob G. Hornberger July 26, 2018 If a Mexican citizen wishes to commit suicide, there is an excellent way to do it: run for office on an aggressive platform of shutting down Mexican drug cartels. There is a high likelihood that that candidate’s life will be snuffed out by the drug cartels that he is committed to shutting down. 35-year-old Jose Remedios Aguirre is a recent ...
Trump Proves Mises and Hayek Right by Jacob G. Hornberger July 25, 2018 Ludwig von Mises showed how one government intervention inevitably leads to more interventions. That’s because the original intervention produces a crisis. At that point public officials have a choice: Repeal the intervention or enact a new intervention to address the crisis. The likelihood that they will adopt the former is nil because that would entail admitting they were wrong. ...
Omnipotent Government, Not Trump, Is the Problem by Jacob G. Hornberger July 24, 2018 Many of the people who are critics of President Trump don’t realize that they themselves are partly responsible for much of what Trump is doing. That’s because over the years they have supported the assumption of dictatorial powers by the president. In doing so, they always assumed that their favorite ideal candidate would end up being the one wielding ...
Iran: Another U.S. War of Aggression? by Jacob G. Hornberger July 23, 2018 I am getting that Iraq deja vu feeling again, only this time with respect to Iran. You’ll recall the build-up to the U.S. war of aggression against Iraq: WMDs. Mushroom clouds. Charts and graphs. Preventive war. The anti-Iraq propaganda from U.S. officials was overwhelming, so much so that by the time U.S. officials initiated their war of aggression against Iraq, many ...
Three Other Presidents Targeted for Befriending Russia by Jacob G. Hornberger July 20, 2018 In my article “Was Reagan a Traitor Too?,” I detailed how three U.S. presidents since World War II have been vilified and condemned for befriending Russia, America’s World War II partner and ally: John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and now Donald Trump. However, they are not the only presidents who have been targeted by the U.S. national-security state for daring ...
Was Reagan a Traitor Too? by Jacob G. Hornberger July 19, 2018 If anyone thinks that Donald Trump is the only U.S. president ever targeted for befriending Russia, think again. As I indicated in a recent article, the deep state went after President Kennedy for doing the same thing. And yes, like Trump, they called Kennedy a traitor, an appeaser, and a coward for refusing to stand up to Russia, which ...
Conspiracy Humor and Irony in the Trump-Russia Brouhaha by Jacob G. Hornberger July 18, 2018 New York Times: Mr. Trump raised a series of largely irrelevant conspiracy theories — none of which were directly related to the evidence of Russian hacking activity. Washington Post: And with that, yet another President Trump conspiracy theory is thoroughly repudiated by the Russia investigation. Chicago Tribune: On Monday, Trump also resurrected several debunked conspiracy theories about his opponent Hillary Clinton ...
The Deep State Went After JFK on Russia Too by Jacob G. Hornberger July 17, 2018 It is fascinating to see both the rightwing and the leftwing excoriate President Trump for trying to establish friendly relations with Russia, especially since it’s not the first time this has happened. It also happened to President Kennedy. As the old saying goes, it’s déjà vu all over again. Like Trump, Kennedy was called a traitor, an appeaser, and a ...
