Monthly Archives: July 2010

Something fishy about WikiLeaks’ latest mega-leak?

Posted on July 30, 2010 by afurth

As much as I like WikiLeaks, co-founder John Young raises several good points about why we should be skeptical about the site’s latest mega-leak on Afghanistan’s war. Here’s Young being interviewed at CNN: And at the Alex Jones show: And … Continue reading →

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Uribe accuses Chavez of supporting FARC, but harasses journalists exposing his administration’s ties to paramilitary squads

Posted on July 30, 2010 by afurth

The latest Chavez-Uribe clash motivated me to look for FARC-related material in my RSS reader, and I found this little gem from the Center for Investigative Reporting: One of Colombia’s foremost journalists, Hollman Morris, has been denied a visa by … Continue reading →

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Chavez may be an incompetent, autocratic and downright disastrous President, but there is little evidence that he is a significant supporter of the FARC or ELN

Posted on July 30, 2010 by afurth

A great piece by Pablo Rojas Mejía adds a bit of refreshing rationality to the disinformation war surrounding the latest political clash between Venezuela and Colombia: Many Uribistas were surprised when the international media and, to a lesser extent, the … Continue reading →

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On Hayek, Pinochet, and disillusion

Posted on July 28, 2010 by afurth

I recently re-read Friedrich Von Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, which I read for the first time ages ago, with high expectations as to its relevance for understanding the current trend towards authoritarianism sweeping most of the Western world. I found … Continue reading →

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