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** MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
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[T]he whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.
– H.L. Mencken, In Defense of Women ([link removed]) [1918]


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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September 23, 2019
Trump's Self-Painted Corner on Iran ([link removed])
President Trump may not realize it yet, but it will almost certainly dawn on him at some point that he has painted himself into a corner with his bullying tactics against Iran. Trump’s plan was the following: He first would withdraw from the nuclear accord that the United States entered into with Iran, claiming that the ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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THE FREE SOCIETY
The Sham of Government Transparency ([link removed])
by James Bovard
The Future of Freedom Foundation
CIA
Sidney Gottlieb: Mastermind of MKULTRA ([link removed])
by Jefferson Morley
The Deep State
REGULATION
Rent Control Is Back. And That’s Bad. ([link removed])
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Washington Post
CORPORATISM
The United States Doesn’t Need the Export-Import Bank To Thrive ([link removed])
by Adam Millsap
Forbes
THE FREE MARKET
The Motherhood Pay Gap ([link removed])
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Creators
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“Price Gouging” in Desperate Situations ([link removed]“price-gouging”-desperate-situations)
by Donald J. Boudreaux
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FOREIGN POLICY
Iran Might Be America’s Enemy, but Saudi Arabia Is No Friend ([link removed])
by Andrew J. Bacevich
New York Times
Just When I Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse… ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
TomDispatch.com
The Destruction of Libya and Ending NATO (audio) ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
The US Navy’s Attitude About Releasing UFO Videos is More Disturbing Than the UFO Videos ([link removed])
by Thomas L. Knapp
Garrison Center


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