Tom Mullen Talks Freedom

Summary:

When U.S. foreign policy backfires, which is pretty much all the time, it’s easy to blame the sitting president. But if Americans truly want a different foreign policy, they need to understand how the DC empire runs.

Additional Reading:

Blaming elites is childish; It’s time to put aside childish things

Read Donald Trump's 'America First' Foreign Policy Speech

The America First Movement has a Sean Hannity Problem

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Fun Link:

Bill Hicks • Mr. President, any questions?

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Summary:

The U.S. media has presented a uniform, uncritical view of the war in Ukraine. Gilbert Doctorow draws on his decades of experience living and working in Russia to separate the facts from the fiction.

Guest bio:

Gilbert Doctorow is an independent political analyst based in Brussels. He chose this third career of 'public intellectual' after finishing up a 25-year career as corporate executive and outside consultant to multinational corporations doing business in Russia and Eastern Europe which culminated in the position of Managing Director, Russia during the years 1995-2000. He has published his memoirs of his 25 years of doing business in and around the Soviet Union/Russia, 1975 - 2000. Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume I: From the Ground Up was published on 10 November 2020. Volume II: Russia in the Roaring 1990s was released in February 2021. A Russian language edition in a single 780 page volume was published by Liki Rossii in St Petersburg in November 2021

Guest links:

GilbertDoctorow.com

Additional Reading

Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume I: From the Ground Up

Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume II: Russia in the Roaring 1990s

Johnson’s Russia List

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Summary:

Austrian economist Robert Murphy, Ph.D. joins Tom to discuss Klaus Schwab and the Davos crowd, the ramifications of academic error, and his new book, Understanding Money Mechanics.

Guest bio:

Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books: Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America's Most Famous Keynesian; Chaos Theory; Lessons for the Young Economist; Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism; Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta), among others. He is also host of The Bob Murphy Show.

Guest links:

Robert P. Murphy Official Website

The Bob Murphy Show

Bob’s Klaus Schwab Podcast Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4

Additional Reading

Understanding Money Mechanics

Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism

Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America's Most Famous Keynesian

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Summary:

Mark Crispin Miller taught a course on propaganda for over 20 years at New York University, until merely suggesting his students look into the research regarding the effectiveness of masks in mitigating the spread of respiratory viruses. This led to a backlash that eventually resulted in the course being canceled. How convenient for the propagandists. He joins Tom to discuss the propaganda machine on overdrive regarding both Covid and the Ukraine War.

Guest bio:

Mark Crispin Miller is a Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. He is the author of several books, including Boxed In: The Culture of TV (1988), The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder (2001),  Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney’s New World Order (2004), and Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform (2007).  

Guest links:

His website is MarkCrispinMiller.com.

Check out his substack at News From Underground

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It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

President Biden has announced a ban on Russian oil imports into the United States. He acknowledges this will hurt American consumers but promises to ease as much pain as possible by punishing American gasoline providers. We’ve been here before.

Additional Reading:

The Government Declares War on Market Prices Just When We Need Them Most

Will Poland Sacrifice Itself Again for a Global Empire Risking World War?

Shadows and Foreshadowing at Nagasaki

China Plans To Take Advantage Of The Big Oil Exodus From Russia

Oil Consumption by Country

Germany rejects boycott of Russian oil and gas as it will leave millions without heat

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It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

Now that the Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted, people are likely thinking they can get back to pursuing happiness. But what is happiness and how does one go about attaining it? In his new book, How and How Not to Be Happy, J. Budziszewski applies his lifetime of study to answering those questions, while refuting several myths about human happiness along the way.

Guest bio:

J. Budziszewski is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also teaches a few courses in religious studies and the School of Law. Married for almost five decades, a teacher for almost four, he has several grown children and a clutch of grandchildren. A former atheist who once denied not only the reality of God but also the reality of good and evil, he is a convert to Catholicism who worships and teaches adult confirmation classes at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Austin, Texas.

His website is undergroundthomist.org.

Book discussed:

How and How Not to Be Happy

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Summary:

Jay Powell again admitted the Federal Reserve was wrong on inflation, believing it to be “transitory” last year but realizing it is anything but transitory. He says he’s committed to fighting it, but with merely a .25% rate cut this month and no reduction in the Fed’s massive balance sheet.

But if the economy is as strong as he says it is, why not fight inflation harder?

Additional Reading:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report February 2022

Fed is ‘still in an inflationary policy stance,’ economist says

The February employment report is expected to show solid job gains

When the Coronavirus Shutdown is over, will anyone blame their governments for the economic devastation they caused? (April 4, 2020)

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR (March 21, 2020)

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Summary:

There are myriad lists of best and worst presidents in U.S. history compiled by historians. Typically, presidents who helped expand the power of the federal government, led America into a major war, or both, are found at the top, while those whose governance benefited their constituents the most are found at the bottom. Warren G. Harding is in the latter category. He’s often named one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. Ryan S. Walters says that’s just plain wrong and joins Tom to discuss his new book, The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding.

Guest bio:

Ryan S. Walters is a writer and historian living in North Texas. He is the author of Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President, Remember Mississippi, Apollo 1, and The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding, which will be released in February 2022 also by Regnery History. He teaches American history at Collin College.

His website is ryanswalters.net.  

Book discussed:

The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding

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Summary:

The United States spends more on its military than the next ten nations combined. The vast majority of this spending does not go towards hot wars, but rather to maintain the worldwide standing army that includes hundreds of thousands of troops stationed outside U.S. borders. But as the NATO response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine just proved, no nuclear power can afford to go to war with another without risking an extinction level event. That means the over $750 billion Washington spends on “defense” is a massive waste of resources.  

Additional Reading:

Pentagon finally admits conventional warfare is obsolete, recommends deep cuts

Countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2020

NATO Response to Ukraine Invasion Proves U.S. Military Should be Cut Drastically

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It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

Every traditional and social media outlet is flooded with one story: President Putin of Russia is absolutely evil for invading Ukraine “for no reason,” while President Zelensky of Ukraine is a gallant hero for bravely standing his ground to resist. But when you remove the emotionally charged packaging, the situation in Ukraine looks very similar to some previous conflicts the U.S. government has been involved in which it characterized very differently.  

Links:

Vladimir Putin: Full Text of February 21, 2022 Speech

Full Transcript of Putin address February 24, 2022

Russians with Attitude

Additional Reading:

Putin is Not at War with Ukraine

Washington’s stance on Ukraine is as divorced from reality as its Covid Regime

Earth to Washington, D.C.: Russia will never give up ports in Syria and Ukraine

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