Category: Aggregated

Austrian politics is set to tip to the right less than a year after averting a far-right presidency by the populist Freedom party, with the party on course to emerge as coalition kingmaker in Sunday’s national elections. Though currently fighting for second place behind 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz of the centre-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), the Freedom party has managed to dictate the agenda of a campaign centred largely around immigration and fears of radical Islam, and will receive a last-stretch boost from a “dirty campaigning” row between the traditional centre parties. Neither Kurz nor incumbent chancellor Christian Kern of the centre-left SPÖ … Continue reading →

The post Austrian Populists Score Big Victories appeared first on LewRockwell.

The Northern California wildfires are fast-moving, unpredictable, and for some, unsurvivable. The videos below will show you what it’s really like, trying to survive an ever-changing inferno…and why you shouldn’t wait for the official evacuation order. A lot of folks have been critical, saying blithely, “They knew there was a fire. They should have evacuated.” It’s important to understand that it doesn’t always work like that with wildfires. Armchair quarterbacking is easy. Fleeing when the car your driving literally catches on fire and the smoke is blinding you is not. First of all, fires move rapidly. You can be in no danger whatsoever … Continue reading →

The post Videos Show What It’s Really Like appeared first on LewRockwell.

“The military would do well today to open its ranks not only to legal immigrants but also to illegal ones and, as important, to untold numbers of young men and women who are not here now but would like to come. No doubt many would be willing to serve for some set period in return for one of the world’s most precious commodities — U.S. citizenship.”  – Max Boot, Feb. 2005, LA Times We had never actually heard of Mr. Boot until this summer when he appeared on Tucker Carlson, and had the most extraordinary meltdown on that show, with … Continue reading →

The post The Psyche of a Typical Neocon Thought Leader appeared first on LewRockwell.

     Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner. – James Walcott Why do those of us who distrust the state do so? Is it because having read the writings of others who embraced ideas of peace, liberty, and individualism helped focus our thinking? But why did we favor John Locke and John Stuart Mill over Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli; and why were we more persuaded by the logical reading of Ayn Rand than that of Karl Marx? When we began to modify our opinions about these and other thinkers, along with developing our own views, … Continue reading →

The post A Passion for Life appeared first on LewRockwell.

Every ideologically driven citizen has one law that he would like to see enacted. The trouble is, there is no agreement about which law it should be. We all have our favorite hobby horse, our recommended silver bullet. I suggested two laws on Lew Rockwell’s site back in May 2000. It was the first article by me that he posted. Since then, he has posted about 1,700 more. The site no longer numbers them, so I am not sure how many. The article was titled, “Two Teensy-Weensy Legal Reforms.” Every American visitor to this website probably has a cabinet-level agency … Continue reading →

The post 2 Minor Technical Revisions of the Tax Code appeared first on LewRockwell.

President Trump has been notoriously inconsistent in his foreign policy. He campaigned on and won the presidency with promises to repair relations with Russia, pull out of no-win wars like Afghanistan, and end the failed US policy of nation-building overseas. Once in office he pursued policies exactly the opposite of what he campaigned on. Unfortunately Iran is one of the few areas where the president has been very consistent. And consistently wrong. In the president’s speech last week he expressed his view that Iran was not “living up to the spirit” of the 2015 nuclear agreement and that he would … Continue reading →

The post Trump, Hands Off Iran appeared first on LewRockwell.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused Hillary Clinton of “constant lying,” after the former US presidential candidate told Australia’s ABC TV that his organization was just a “subsidiary of Russian intelligence.” There is “something wrong with Hillary Clinton,” Assange tweeted. “It is not just her constant lying,” he wrote on Monday. “It is not just that she throws off menacing glares and seethes thwarted entitlement. “Something much darker rides along with it. A cold creepiness rarely seen.” Buy Gold at Discounted Prices WikiLeaks has a pristine record for accuracy. HRC is not a credible person. The primary cause of her downfall was her … Continue reading →

The post Hillary’s Cold Creepiness and Constant Lying appeared first on LewRockwell.

“I’m the secretary of defense. We defend the country.” ~ Secretary of Defense James Mattis Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis retired in 2013 after 41 years of military service. The Marine Corps Times called the former general the “most revered Marine in a generation.” He led the 1st Marine Division into Iraq in 2003. Mattis usually tells the truth, even if it reaffirms his “mad dog” moniker: You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. … Continue reading →

The post Put Him in a Kennel appeared first on LewRockwell.

On Monday, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North interviewed Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, lecturer and former New York Times correspondent. Among Hedges’ best-known books are War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, The Death of the Liberal Class, Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-wrote with the cartoonist Joe Sacco, and Wages of Rebellion: the Moral Imperative of Revolt. In an article published in Truthdig September 17, titled “The Silencing of Dissent,” Hedges referenced the WSWS coverage of Google’s censorship of left-wing sites and warned about the growth of … Continue reading →

The post Elites Have No Credibility Left appeared first on LewRockwell.

“Every day I ask myself the same question: How can this be happening in America? How can people like these be in charge of our country? If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I’d think I was having a hallucination.”—Philip Roth, novelist It is easy to be distracted right now by the circus politics that have dominated the news headlines for the past year, but don’t be distracted. Don’t be fooled, not even a little, no matter how tempting it seems to just take a peek. We’re being subjected to the oldest con game in the books, the magician’s sleight … Continue reading →

The post How Freedom Dies appeared first on LewRockwell.