As much as 30% of the Pentagon’s property is no longer viable, yet Congress continually rejects the Pentagon’s requests to shut down the useless, expensive bases.  Time

Several hundred are expected to walk out during his speech before 18,000 AIPACers.  Daily Beast

They’ve got nothing to worry about, Trump is both morally and philosophically unmoored.  He’ll be led around quite easily by both the Israel lobby and the rest of the organizations that control the U.S. government.

Reuters.  The East-West war over the Ukraine is ratcheting up the risk of a nuclear exchange, says Igor Ivanov, former Russian foreign minister.  Ivanov blames the “missile defense shield” the U.S. is installing around Russia for escalating tensions.  “Missile defense shield” being a euphemism for lining Russia’s borders with NATO nukes.

Justin Raimondo, hot off the press, ponders why March is such an ideal time for war-launching by the Political Class.

One day after a Marine was killed by an ISIS rocket, the Pentagon announced they are preparing to deploy Marines to fight ISIS on the ground.  ISIS, the enemy that arose from U.S.-induced destabilization across the Mid-East.

Scott Sumner, writing at FEE, illustrates just how well socialist ideas have worked in France.  Not at all.

Daily Beast. Is Trump really that much worse/better than what we’ve had the past 16 years?  He’s a populist authoritarian, nothing more.  He’ll rack up the drone kills just like Obama, he’ll spend just like Obama and Bush, he’ll launch wars, just like Obama and Bush.  He’s neither the Anti-Christ nor the Second Coming, he will acclimate himself very quickly to the Welfare/Warfare State routine.  Throughout his time in office, he’ll use the same populist language, but nothing, nothing, will change.  He will neither hasten nor slow the diminishment of our liberty.

“Sharing ministries” is an organization that pools the money of its members in order to pay for their catastrophic medical bills.  Membership in these ministries have doubled in the last six years, thanks to Obamacare.  Reason

But won’t be the ugliest in American electoral politics.  Candidates have been saying pretty terrible things for awhile now, including Thomas Jefferson.  Reason

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