Pyrrhic “victory” in fight against ISIS, a terror group that sprang from the U.S.-induced destabilization in Iraq, Libya, and Syria.

In just one year.

2,234 homicide investigations were opened by prosecutors in Mexico for the month of June, a 40% jump from the previous June, and an 80% increase from June 2014.  12,155 homicide cases were opened from January to June of this year.

The article points to a rise in demand for heroin as a factor in the increase in violence.  Now, U.S. authorities are cracking down on local heroin dealers, so of course the only thing this is accomplishing is basically protecting the market for the Mexican cartels.  The solution?  Legalize heroin in the US and regulate its use.  Sounds crazy, right?  But if it were legal, the black market would disappear, along with the violence that goes hand-in-hand with underground economies.  The drug would be clean, no deadly additives such as fentanyl or elephant tranquilizer.

Drug prohibition gave rise to the bloodbath south of the border.  End the drug war and the needless violence will end.

Slightly dated, but makes the relevant point that blanket, mass surveillance of everyone produces far too much information for anyone to sift through.  Also, the ability of authorities to interpret actual relevant information is severely lacking.

Before 9/11, there was an abundance of intelligence of foreign individuals wanting to learn how to fly commercial jets.  The flight instructor even warned the FBI about them.

The Pulse nightclub shooter was reported by his own mosque, then interviewed by the FBI.

The moral is that there is no real defense against terrorism that can come from government.  The government has built surveillance/warfare state of unprecedented size on top of the idea that they can protect us, however.

Direct consequence of blockading the country, as well as relentless bombing of hospitals and other critical infrastructure.

Says cop in 2014 case who arrested woman for standing between him and her dog, refusing to let him kill her kids’ pet.

I don’t believe they’re afraid of these family pets.  I believe they get off on using their weapon.

“Traffic shaping” is the technique that allows the NSA to divert US internet traffic overseas, which allows unrestricted data collection on US citizens.

45%, according to Gallup poll.

Senate committee approves of medical marijuana for veterans.