This is the final week Liberty Links will be publicly available. It’ll only be distributed to supporters from here on out. If you want to continue to receive the links post each week, simply become a Patron or support the site in other ways. Top Links Footage Contradicts U.S. Claim That Nicolás Maduro Burned Aid Convoy (More … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to support independent content creators, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links America Has Spent $5.9 Trillion on Wars in the Middle East and Asia since 2001, a New Study Says (CNBC) Venezuela Crisis: Former UN Rapporteur Says U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Citizens (You won’t hear about … Read more
The defining question about global order for this generation is whether China and the United States can escape Thucydides’s Trap. The Greek historian’s metaphor reminds us of the attendant dangers when a rising power rivals a ruling power—as Athens challenged Sparta in ancient Greece, or as Germany did Britain a century ago. Most such contests … Read more
As always, if you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (I have so many questions when it comes to the huge claims made in this article, Bloomberg) What Businessweek Got Wrong About … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. I wrote an opinion piece about Bitcoin for The Hill in case you missed it: Bitcoin Isn’t the Bubble — The Global Financial System Is Top Links With Support From Nancy Pelosi, House Gives Trump Administration Broad Latitude … Read more
If you appreciate my work and want to contribute to independent media, consider becoming a monthly Patron, or visit the Support Page. Top Links The Year of the Headless Liberal Chicken (The best piece of writing I read all week, CounterPunch) “Trump Should Go F Himself” – Texts Leak From FBI Agents On Russia Probe, Hillary Emails Investigation (Nuts, … Read more
Today’s post should be read as Part 3 of my ongoing series about the now infamous Google memo, and what it tells us about where our society is headed if a minority of extremely wealthy and powerful technocratic billionaires are permitted to fully socially engineer our culture to fit their ideological vision using coercion, force … Read more
By now, most of you have heard about the largest ever release of confidential CIA documents published by Wikileaks, known as Vault7. Many of you have also read various summaries of what was released, but reading the take of others is not the same as analyzing it yourself. As such, I strongly suggest you check out the original Wikileaks summary. … Read more
We live in a time and within a culture where the best amongst us are thrown in jail, demonized or destroyed, while the worst are celebrated, promoted and enriched. Nothing more clearly crystalizes this sad state of affairs than the U.S. government’s ruthless war on whistleblowers who expose severe constitutional violations by those in power. This war … Read more
America: This is Your Government. Wired reports: DIGITAL DEVICES AND software programs are complicated. Behind the pointing and clicking on screen are thousands of processes and routines that make everything work. So when malicious software—malware—invades a system, even seemingly small changes to the system can have unpredictable impacts. That’s why it’s so concerning that the Justice … Read more