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…pretends to do investigative reporting. Before the United States permitted a terrifying way of interrogating prisoners, government lawyers and intelligence officials assured themselves of one crucial outcome. They knew that the methods inflicted on terrorism suspects would be painful, shocking and far beyond what the country had ever accepted. But none of it, they concluded, would cause long lasting psychological harm. Fifteen years later, it is clear they were wrong. How the story has changed, from “we don’t torture,” to “well maybe a little, but it yields great intelligence,” to “we don’t do it in horrific ways anymore,” to “we … Continue reading →

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This keynote address was delivered at the 2016 meeting of the Property and Freedom Society. I At repeated requests from many sides – and given my already advanced stage in life – I have deemed it appropriate to take this opportunity to speak a bit about myself. Not about my private life, of course, but about my work. And not about all subjects – and there are several to which I have made some, however, little contribution in the course of the years – but one subject only. The one subject, where I consider my contribution the most important: the … Continue reading →

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We all know Trump is a showman, but who expected him to horn in on the legendary Houdini’s act? Observe the PWTB’s curve ball set-up that became a boomerang: 1.  Billy Bush suddenly recalls a bantering conversation he once had with Trump before taping a television show.  Searches for the date.  Calls uncle. Tape retrieved.  Bushs tip HRC campaign. 2. First debate Hitlery showing orchestrated by agreement and collaboration with Lester Holt via political intermediaries.  Regime media delivers hosannas to La Brigada, a week of positive news reports follow.  (After last Friday’s events, a review of Hitlery’s smugly smiling first debate performance screams “I … Continue reading →

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Let me say it right up front: yes, soldiers are culpable. I have maintained for years now the following propositions: Governments don’t kill, people do. You can’t have a war without soldiers. The state needs willing servants to do its dirty work. Only the troops can stop the drive to war. Killing in an unjust war is murder. Soldiers should be blamed for the death and destruction they mete out. Soldiers are responsible for the death and destruction they bring. The real heroes are those who refuse to fight. Yet, many Americans go to great lengths to excuse and defend … Continue reading →

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“Hence we may learn the lesson that on seizing a state, the usurper should make haste to inflict what injuries he must, at a stroke, that he may not have to renew them daily but be enabled by their discontinuance to reassure men’s minds, and afterward win them over by benefits.… Injuries, therefore, should be inflicted all at once, that their ill savor being less lasting may the less offend; whereas, benefits should be conferred little by little, that so they may be more fully relished. – Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, Book VIII Everything is in place. Do you see … Continue reading →

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Dire predictions that the Arctic would be devoid of sea ice by September this year have proven to be unfounded after latest satellite images showed there is far more now than in 2012. Scientists such as Prof Peter Wadhams, of Cambridge University, and Prof Wieslaw Maslowski, of the Naval Postgraduate School in Moderey, California, have regularly forecast the loss of ice by 2016, which has been widely reported by the BBC and other media outlets. Prof Wadhams, a leading expert on Arctic sea ice loss, has recently published a book entitled A Farewell To Ice in which he repeats the … Continue reading →

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The media and the establishment are having a public orgy in our post-privacy era, the old rules shed haphazardly on a highly questionable shag rug.  Who knew that ten-year-old videos still had the magic! But first, much of this is not interesting at all, unless you just arrived on the planet a few minutes ago: 1) Men competing with other men, in boardrooms and locker rooms, golf courses and bars, by exaggerating their past, and imagining their futures with women they don’t have, can’t get and don’t deserve, using bad language, idiom, and imagery. 2)  Our culture (western, or American … Continue reading →

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Originally published by AmmoLand.com. USA – Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to introduce the new Ruger LCP II Pistol. Since its original introduction in 2008, the LCP has set the industry standard for compact, reliable .380 Auto pistols. Rather than rest on that accomplishment, Ruger has built upon that solid performance to produce the new, best-in-class LCP II pistol. The LCP II features a short, crisp, single-action trigger with inner trigger safety, improved sights for superior visibility, a larger grip surface for better distribution of recoil forces and an easy-to-rack slide with an improved slide stop … Continue reading →

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By Dr. Mercola The bacteria in your gut play crucial roles in your health, and your diet can significantly alter your gut microbiome. Sugar nourishes health-harming bacteria, yeast and fungi in your gut, which may actually harm you more than its impact on insulin resistance. By eating a healthy diet, you allow beneficial gut bacteria to flourish. They then perform the real “magic” of nourishing  your health. You may have noticed that probiotics are now featured in articles relating to all sorts of health problems, including obesity, diabetes, depression and heart disease. As explained by Russian neurologist Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, … Continue reading →

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A vibrant social ecosystem is as essential as the Mediterranean Diet to health and longevity. You might have seen this article The Island Where People Forget to Die a few years ago. I recently re-read this exploration of “blue zones” where people habitually live long, productive lives, and read a companion piece on the “blue zone” author’s discoveries about food and diet: My Dinner With Longevity Expert Dan Buettner. What really struck me in this re-reading was the centrality of purposeful work and a robust social ecosystem in the lives of the productive/active elderly. This is in stark contrast to … Continue reading →

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