Taking on the Islamic Republic militarily would be an enormous undertaking. Back in September, Israel successfully destroyed a bunker buried 60 feet underground, killing virtually all of Hezbollah’s senior leadership. Executing the operation involved about a dozen F-15s, each carrying six 2000-pound GBU-31v(3) joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) bunker-buster bombs. First the residential high rises over the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-2139784714.jpg11882524Mike Fredenburghttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMike Fredenburg2024-12-09 00:28:012024-12-08 06:32:51Tough Diplomacy, Not Invasion, Is the Way Forward With Iran
“Foundation For Freedom Online” founder Mike Benz discusses Arizona State University’s federally funded “multi-million dollar censorship center” researching disinformation online during an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. “They’re saying the simple act of ‘diminishing public faith and confidence’ in the news media, government, and science is an attack on democracy,” Benz said. “The purpose of the program is to protect their assets. And legacy news media is one of those assets.”
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/asu.webp10241792Tim Hainshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngTim Hains2024-12-08 00:30:062024-12-06 05:46:45Mike Benz: At Core Of Censorship Industry Is The Lie That Public “Faith And Confidence” In Institutions Is A National Security Issue
A presidential pardon notwithstanding, the Biden family may yet face accountability from Congress and the executive branch, government watchdog groups say. In fact, President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter Biden could provide more leverage for Congress to investigate other Biden family members, said Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, a conservative legal group. “President Biden’s pardon […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/biden-2.jpg427640Fred Lucashttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngFred Lucas2024-12-05 00:28:522024-12-04 13:51:28Why Hunter’s Pardon Could Expand Accountability for Biden Family
Over the weekend, the incoming President sent a stern message to the BRICS nations, a group that now includes many more countries than the original Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It includes US enemies such as China and Iran but ‘friends’ like India and the UAE. Starting an international trade war and experiencing the collapse of the international monetary and banking system is a great way to start a global depression. Trump may need to tread carefully. As we recently observed, many of our institutions have become corrupt and wandered far away from their original purpose. There is a good argument that we need a “disruptor” right now. Trump was hired to play that role. However, the world is a complicated place and very over-indebted right now. Disruption has its risks, and it may begin a chain of events with unknown consequences.
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/unclesammoney.webp10241792Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2024-12-03 00:30:572024-12-04 13:51:33Trump Throws A Brick At the Brics
Why should the government be funding a CIA cut-out to meddle in politics abroad and at home? The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should seriously consider the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for its high priority list of federal cost cutting measures in 2025. It’s not only a sinkhole of American taxpayer dollars—over $1 […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/doge-1-scaled.jpg17072560Kelley Beaucar Vlahoshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngKelley Beaucar Vlahos2024-12-02 00:28:492024-12-04 13:51:40DOGE’s Best First Target: the National Endowment for Democracy
We are witnessing a historic counterrevolution after President Donald Trump’s victory, far different from his first election in 2016. The orthodox and the supposed scripted future are now suspect. And they are likely to be dethroned—from the trivial to the existential. Critics claim Trump has no mandate to stage such a counterrevolution. They argue that he did not win 51% of the popular vote or achieve a Reaganesque landslide in the Electoral College. Yet all the initiatives he advanced and won on polled landslide public approval.
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Donald-Trump-Pictures.jpg10801920Victor Davis Hansonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngVictor Davis Hanson2024-12-01 00:30:292024-12-04 13:51:42The Trump Counterrevolution Is a Return to Sanity
There is certainly a broad reaction to the election of Donald Trump since November 5th. There is a radiating joy that continues unabated but in a subliminal manner by his supporters and an unhinged, irrational, self-harming response from those who refuse to accept the reality they lost and the others will be in charge for […]
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Why did the United States abandon the gold standard? In an article published recently by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Maria Hasenstab cites the international gold shortage during the Great Depression. “Countries around the world basically ran out of supply and were forced off the gold standard,” she writes. In passing the article mentions the American people were not forced off by an international gold shortage, instead by President Roosevelt, who required all but a small amount of gold coin, bullion, and certificates be handed over to the Federal Reserve at $20.67 per troy ounce. What the article doesn’t mention is the messy details of confiscating gold: refusing to comply faced fines of up to $10,000 (almost $240,000 today) and up to ten years in prison.
Making sense of the geopolitical landscape after 1989 would be hard enough without the self-inflicted fantasy that ideology, and thus history, had reached its final resting place. Once the infamous Iron Wall pulverized into the dustbin of history, Western intellectuals fed on a steady diet of dialectics proclaimed the emergence of a new consensus. The […]
Democrats in the last election insisted that re-electing them was necessary to “protect our democracy.” But it turns out that for many of them, democracy only deserves protection when the democratic process produces their preferred result. Prop. 314 was proposed to allow police to arrest immigrants who don’t cross the border at a legal point […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/border-1.webp10241792Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2024-11-29 00:28:142024-12-04 13:51:47Deportation Is Necessary To Undo The Harm Done At The Border
Tough Diplomacy, Not Invasion, Is the Way Forward With Iran
/by Mike FredenburgTaking on the Islamic Republic militarily would be an enormous undertaking. Back in September, Israel successfully destroyed a bunker buried 60 feet underground, killing virtually all of Hezbollah’s senior leadership. Executing the operation involved about a dozen F-15s, each carrying six 2000-pound GBU-31v(3) joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) bunker-buster bombs. First the residential high rises over the […]
Mike Benz: At Core Of Censorship Industry Is The Lie That Public “Faith And Confidence” In Institutions Is A National Security Issue
/by Tim Hains“Foundation For Freedom Online” founder Mike Benz discusses Arizona State University’s federally funded “multi-million dollar censorship center” researching disinformation online during an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. “They’re saying the simple act of ‘diminishing public faith and confidence’ in the news media, government, and science is an attack on democracy,” Benz said. “The purpose of the program is to protect their assets. And legacy news media is one of those assets.”
Why Hunter’s Pardon Could Expand Accountability for Biden Family
/by Fred LucasA presidential pardon notwithstanding, the Biden family may yet face accountability from Congress and the executive branch, government watchdog groups say. In fact, President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of son Hunter Biden could provide more leverage for Congress to investigate other Biden family members, said Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, a conservative legal group. “President Biden’s pardon […]
Trump Throws A Brick At the Brics
/by Neland NobelOver the weekend, the incoming President sent a stern message to the BRICS nations, a group that now includes many more countries than the original Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It includes US enemies such as China and Iran but ‘friends’ like India and the UAE. Starting an international trade war and experiencing the collapse of the international monetary and banking system is a great way to start a global depression. Trump may need to tread carefully. As we recently observed, many of our institutions have become corrupt and wandered far away from their original purpose. There is a good argument that we need a “disruptor” right now. Trump was hired to play that role. However, the world is a complicated place and very over-indebted right now. Disruption has its risks, and it may begin a chain of events with unknown consequences.
DOGE’s Best First Target: the National Endowment for Democracy
/by Kelley Beaucar VlahosWhy should the government be funding a CIA cut-out to meddle in politics abroad and at home? The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should seriously consider the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for its high priority list of federal cost cutting measures in 2025. It’s not only a sinkhole of American taxpayer dollars—over $1 […]
The Trump Counterrevolution Is a Return to Sanity
/by Victor Davis HansonWe are witnessing a historic counterrevolution after President Donald Trump’s victory, far different from his first election in 2016. The orthodox and the supposed scripted future are now suspect. And they are likely to be dethroned—from the trivial to the existential. Critics claim Trump has no mandate to stage such a counterrevolution. They argue that he did not win 51% of the popular vote or achieve a Reaganesque landslide in the Electoral College. Yet all the initiatives he advanced and won on polled landslide public approval.
Reaction to the Election
/by Bruce BialoskyThere is certainly a broad reaction to the election of Donald Trump since November 5th. There is a radiating joy that continues unabated but in a subliminal manner by his supporters and an unhinged, irrational, self-harming response from those who refuse to accept the reality they lost and the others will be in charge for […]
The Fed’s Gold Standard Confusion
/by Bryan CutsingerWhy did the United States abandon the gold standard? In an article published recently by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Maria Hasenstab cites the international gold shortage during the Great Depression. “Countries around the world basically ran out of supply and were forced off the gold standard,” she writes. In passing the article mentions the American people were not forced off by an international gold shortage, instead by President Roosevelt, who required all but a small amount of gold coin, bullion, and certificates be handed over to the Federal Reserve at $20.67 per troy ounce. What the article doesn’t mention is the messy details of confiscating gold: refusing to comply faced fines of up to $10,000 (almost $240,000 today) and up to ten years in prison.
Axis of Deception
/by Juliana Geran PilonMaking sense of the geopolitical landscape after 1989 would be hard enough without the self-inflicted fantasy that ideology, and thus history, had reached its final resting place. Once the infamous Iron Wall pulverized into the dustbin of history, Western intellectuals fed on a steady diet of dialectics proclaimed the emergence of a new consensus. The […]
Deportation Is Necessary To Undo The Harm Done At The Border
/by Thomas C. PattersonDemocrats in the last election insisted that re-electing them was necessary to “protect our democracy.” But it turns out that for many of them, democracy only deserves protection when the democratic process produces their preferred result. Prop. 314 was proposed to allow police to arrest immigrants who don’t cross the border at a legal point […]