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Trump’s Tainted Touch: The Worst Circus in Town

He Ain't No Midas Mark Bryan'sThe Shit Show  "In just one term in office, Donald Trump has rendered the United States unrecognizable, and has faced no consequences for doing so. He has carried out a sustained assault on democratic institutions, put his family members in charge of critical government functions during a pandemic, called for

From Q Anon to Q Identified: Masks Off!

Q has been identified, and it is exactly who one would expect. QAnon is a curious entity. Like many things in 2020, it has similar antecedents, but the extent strength and power of its influence is almost without precedent. Recessions have happened before, but not like this. Pandemics have happened before, but not like this.

By |September 7th, 2020|Commentary, Culture, FMP Commentary, Uncategorized, United States|

Boris the Nero

Brexit is at an impasse. This is not news. Things have not progressed at all in the UK in what feels like years. The EU is ready for all scenarios, come-what-may. Michael Gove is telling the world that the EU is not interested and unwilling to talk about Brexit. The EU is saying that, and

Journalist Saboor Nadem: Why I Fled Afghanistan

Saboor Nadem (front) walking in Macedonia during his journey from Afghanistan to Switzerland By SABOOR NADEM There are all too many reasons to escape from Afghanistan. Over the last four decades, Afghanistan has had more than 3 million people killed, wounded and displaced. The country was and still is plagued by hundreds of terrorist groups,

By |June 9th, 2019|Europe, FMP Commentary, Middle East|
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The Quiet Energy Revolution

We are currently experiencing something very remarkable. This is something that is either deliberately overlooked, or simply not considered to be part of the debate by individuals organisations and movements such as Greta Thunberg, Greenpeace, and the Extinction Revolution. For some reason it is not making any headlines at all. Fantastic and unbelievable advances have

Bitcoin: In G-D, and Beanie Babies, we Trust

  Bitcoin has suddenly become all the rage at the time of writing at the beginning of 2018 and 5778. Although it is not something new, having been around since 2009, and far from the only cryptocurrency around Bitcoin has garnered a lot of attention in recent times. At the time of writing, there are

How Belarus Tackles The ‘Drug Problem’

By KSENIYA TARASEVICH The civilized world is moving fast to legalize, or at least decriminalize, cannabinoids. Meanwhile in Belarus, owning just 1 gram of marijuana can get you 2 years in prison — which, in actuality, means up to 8 years. This is how the Belarusian drug policy is failing the people of Belarus. The

By |January 11th, 2018|Featured, Guest Opinion|

Racist Fliers As Liberal Traps

Al Stankard, aka Harlem Venison By OMAR KHAN A civil war sparked from racial tension is the last thing on my mind — that is until I met a hippy-looking man preaching unity and found out he is an avowed “racist.” Then anxiety heightened into fear. It looks like the alt-right isn’t just

By |December 8th, 2017|Featured, Guest Opinion, United States|

Refugees In Switzerland Suffering From Lack Of Access To Sex

By SABOOR NADEM I interviewed many refugees of different nationalities in Lucerne, Switzerland. When I asked about their current lives, they spoke only about sex. Many kinds of refugees, including teenagers and adults, who are from countries ranging from Ivory Coast to Pakistan, complained of lack of access to sex. They said in Switzerland they

By |December 5th, 2017|Featured, FMP Blog|

Just Press Record: Looking Back On 3 Years Of Travel And Reporting

Reporting from Rila Today, November second, marks three years to the day from my first and most recent trip to Bulgaria’s Rila Monastery. It so happens I will be returning to the monastery today. To refresh my mind about the intrigue and the significance of the place, I watched the video I filmed

By |November 2nd, 2017|FMP Blog|

What’s Your Top Excuse For Not Traveling The World?

I thought I would be running from toilet to toilet with diarrhea. Upon returning from my first multi-country adventure several years ago, my stomach was ready to explode. I thought I was permanently restricted to living in the U.S., where I could maintain control of my diet. After all, I have gluten intolerance and other

By |October 27th, 2017|FMP Blog, Travel|

The Failure Of The Centralised Healthcare System In The United Kingdom

By NIKOLAY FILIBEV The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK was created after the end of WWII as the crown jewel of the British Labour Party. Even though being among the most developed countries, UK has its fair share of problems with regards to healthcare. These problems are far bigger than what the politicians

By |October 6th, 2017|Featured, Guest Opinion, United Kingdom|

A Cannabis Revolution Is Taking Place In Lithuania’s Anarchist District

By ROBERTA DOMBROVSKYTE The Vilnius street artists that brought us murals like “the Putin and Trump kiss” and “The party is over” have decided to tell us all the truth about cannabis. On the 15th of August, the assumptions day, the anarchist district Užupis announced it is liberalizing cannabis. The mural was unveiled in a

By |August 19th, 2017|Featured, Guest Opinion|

FreeManCast: The Making Of Fake News And Where The Refugees Came From

  Overtly false news published and packaged for profit. Government propaganda and information warfare. Highly questionable reporting that is accepted as fact and spread by mass media institutions. What exactly is fake news and how is it made? In a FreeManPost podcast, FMP publisher Josh Friedman and editor Brent Sanders look to the small Balkan

By |June 11th, 2017|Europe, Featured, FMP Commentary, Podcasts, Syria|

Climate Change Vs. The Paris Climate Accord

The exit sign atop the Arc de Triomphe in Paris By GARY KIRKLAND This essay concerns two separate issues that many have conflated to obfuscate both issues. One is whether rich people or countries should give money to poor people or countries. The second issue is whether the climate is changing because of global

By |June 5th, 2017|Featured, Guest Opinion|

Postmodernism In Geopolitics: Obscure Philosophy Makes Inroads At The Kremlin, White House And Bilderberg

Henry Kissinger exiting the 2016 Bilderberg Conference By JOSH FRIEDMAN Though not commonly associated with political movements, the philosophy of postmodernism is becoming increasingly apparent in geopolitics and now seems to be penetrating circles of establishment and anti-establishment figures alike from the United States to Russia. The result is a general state of

Getting Paid And Managing Your Life In Bitcoin

By FABIANO DIAS What is it like to receive wages and manage your life using bitcoin? It has been more than a year now since I started receiving 100% of my wages in bitcoin. I can state for sure I'm not the only one, since I work for Bitwage, an American Company that allows professionals to

By |May 17th, 2017|Featured, Guest Opinion|

Turkey Travels

Travel along with Josh Friedman across Turkey east to west. As noted in the first video, a constitutional referendum is taking place on April 16, and thus there is a lot of activity in the country at the moment. April 13: The trip begins up in the mountains near the Iranian and Armenian borders where

By |April 14th, 2017|FMP Blog, Josh Friedman, Travel, Turkey|

Travel As A Geopolitical Act: Is Now The Time To Go To Turkey?

Istanbul's Golden Horn with the Galata Tower (center) and Galata Bridge (right) Correction: The number of foreign visitors declined by 30 percent, not 10 percent as originally stated By JOSH FRIEDMAN Want to visit Istanbul and stay in a room overlooking the sea for less then $20 a night? Now is your chance,

By |March 13th, 2017|Featured, FMP Blog, Travel Features, Turkey|

Government Health Care And Insurance

By GARY KIRKLAND As I write this essay the United States of America National Government is trying to get a “Repeal and Replace Obamacare (Affordable, really the UN-affordable, Care Act).”  Congress gave the new bill the “American Care Act,” I think.  This bill, just like Obamacare, involves people getting medical insurance.  The personal story at

By |March 11th, 2017|Guest Opinion|

History And Liberty In Immigration

Visigoths sack Rome - Wikimedia Commons By GARY KIRKLAND Immigration is a hot issue right now around the world. This essay will discuss the issue from both a historical and Libertarian perspective. Between 100,000 and 40,000 years ago, homo sapiens sapiens first emigrated out of Africa. By 30,000 years ago, based on archaeological and

By |February 5th, 2017|Featured, Guest Opinion|

Who Are The Refugees? Take An Up Close Look At Europe’s Migrant Crisis

An asylum seeker from Iran who stitched his lips in protest of the Greek-Macedonian border closure By JOSH FRIEDMAN With controversy swirling over U.S. President Donald Trump's refugee admission policy, many people may take interest in discovering who the refugees arriving in the West actually are. Care for an up close look at

By |January 29th, 2017|Analysis, Europe, Featured, Josh Friedman, Middle East|

Happy NEU Year

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following a Brexit-dominated 2016, the European Union is seeking to shore up its image in 2017. Existential challenges lie ahead, but EU officials are proposing deeper integration of member states as a way to repair a fragmenting union. Europa building To start the year, some EU officials are moving

By |January 6th, 2017|Commentary, European Union, Featured, FMP Commentary|

2016 In Review

By Josh Friedman 2016 was a year of backlash. Western ruling elites took a beating. Here is a look back at what happened: Events of the year 10. Fidel Castro Death Numerous celebrity deaths grabbed international headlines in 2016, but none of those figures significantly impacted millions of people’s lives the way Cuba’s longtime communist

By |December 31st, 2016|Analysis, Featured, FMP Commentary, Josh Friedman|

Trump-fearing Americans: A World Of Opportunity Awaits You

By JOSH FRIEDMAN If you are of the belief that a Trump presidency will be a catastrophe, now is an excellent time to search abroad for new opportunities. And if you are one of the people who threatened to move to a different country in the event of Trump winning the White House, put your

Messy Balkan Democracy

A billboard in the heart of Banja Luka showing Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik urging Bosnian Serbs to vote in the state holiday referendum The following is the second post of a hopefully regularly published blog on the Balkans. Read the first post here. By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than a month into a

By |October 29th, 2016|Europe, European Union, Featured, FMP Commentary, Josh Friedman|

Fall in the Balkans: Ethnic Rivalries and Refugees

Josh Friedman in front of the Republika Srpska presidency in Banja Luka, Bosnia Report on the Republika Srpska referendum: The following is the first post of a hopefully regularly published blog on the Balkans. By JOSH FRIEDMAN Summer has ended, but tensions are simmering in the Balkans. Talk of war has erupted for

By |September 25th, 2016|Featured, FMP Commentary|

Brexit: Maybe Not After All

Despite the Leave victory in the British referendum asking to remain or to leave the European Union last Thursday, things might not be so straightforward for an actual process of British separation from Europe.   By PHILIPPE ROV The outcome of the British referendum regarding the EU last Thursday showed one thing clearly: there is

By |June 27th, 2016|European Union, Featured, Guest Opinion, United Kingdom|

This Wall is Bananas

 

By |March 27th, 2016|Daniel Palin, European Union, Greece, Guest Opinion, Israel, Podcasts, Syria, Turkey|

Where Does Your Passport Rank?

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Seven countries issue passports that provide more visa-free travel options than the U.S. passport, according to recently released rankings. German citizens have the world's top travel document. Henley & Partners (H&P), a residence and citizenship planning firm, ranks passports based on the number of countries and territories to which they provide visa-free access.

New Hampshire Primary Recap

By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, two staunch critics of America's political establishment on the right and left, scored decisive victories in the first national primary election of this year's contest for president of the United States. Trump's 19-point win over his nearest challenger in the New England state of New Hampshire removed

By |February 11th, 2016|Americas, Analysis, Featured, FMP Commentary, United Kingdom, United States|

“American Sniper” Spared Fall From Grace Over Fatal Misstep

Court of Public Opinion Fails to hold “American Sniper” Accountable for Fatal Blunder By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN Most Americans recognize the need to keep guns away from dangerously troubled people.  Chris Kyle, however, was different than most Americans.  As a member of the elite Navy SEALs, Kyle survived four combat tours in Iraq while amassing a

By |February 6th, 2016|Americas, Analysis, Featured, FMP Commentary, United States|

HUMBLED IN IOWA: TRUMP LOSES HIS HEARTLAND GAMBLE

By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN Donald Trump figured he could have it both ways with the American news media in the preliminary round's first vote for president of the United States.  It didn't work. Trump's novice campaign has dominated the presidential news coverage, but his risky decision to skip last week's debate with other Republican party candidates

By |February 2nd, 2016|Americas, Analysis, Featured, FMP Commentary, United States|

How Notorious Criminals Become All But Forgotten

Voltaire Williams By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN For the foreseeable future, it’s quite likely that the name James Holmes will be infamous in the state of Colorado and perhaps across the United States.  Much the same as Charles Manson is in California and nationwide. Holmes’ place in the gallery of infamous mass killers is assured now

By |August 15th, 2015|Featured, FMP Commentary|

TRUMP: TITAN OF THE TINY TENT?

By ARNOLD FRIEDMAN For years Donald Trump flirted with running for president of the United States.  In mid-June, the billionaire real estate tycoon and former reality TV host decided that the time had come.  Trump joined the overcrowded field for the 2016 Republican Party nomination. Far from entering the presidential race cautiously, the former boss

By |July 31st, 2015|Americas, Featured, FMP Commentary, N. America, United States|

Freeman Cast: Of Gods, Kings, Wine, and Vodka

In Vino Veritas  

By |July 28th, 2015|Daniel Palin, Featured, Guest Opinion, Josh Friedman, Podcasts|

Five Reasons Why Your Dreams Are Worth Nothing, and Should Be Given Up

There is a mantra floating around the world at the moment. Everyone seems to be repeating it with absolutely no thought and consideration for the facts. FOLLOW YOUR DREAMs is a lie.If you truly want to follow your dreams, stay asleep. Otherwise, get real, and become aware of the fact that all hope is lost.

By |July 16th, 2015|Daniel Palin, Featured, FMP Commentary|

Greece’s Odious Odyssey

Greece's Odyssey The saga of the financial trouble in Greece continues. Something that some would have expected to end much sooner, like the journey of Odysseus. To cross from Troy to Greece ought to be a short and straightforward journey. For some reason this was not so. Again, much like the journey of Odysseus, which

Cambodia Takes Your Mum Jokes to the Next Level

Cambodia does not often make the headlines. This time it is for something extremely insensitive and offensive on a level beyond what any normal human being could be considered remotely capable of. The story relates to Autumn Allen. She is a 13-year-old American living in Cambodia. Recently, she sang on national television. At the end

Farage Withdraws UKIP Resignation to Remain as Party Leader

Booooooo

Ding Dong the UKIP Dick Is Gone

Mr. Cameron's Conservative party has won a landslide victory in the recent UK elections. Such a wide majority was expected by very few sources. While not all might agree with the result, this cloud does have a clear silver lining. The leader of the xenophobic UKIP party, Nigel Farage has resigned. This follows the disappointing

“Protect Our Shores Against these Cockroaches with Gunboats”

A few days ago Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp attracted controversy once again. This time it was not for a phone hacking scandal or anything else which affects our impoverished and eternally persecuted ultra-wealthy celebrities. This time it was for something much, much more worrying. Although we might discount her opinion as that of only one individual,

ECB Protests: Frankfurt Burning

The European Central Bank, also known as the ECB was struck by protests today. The whole affair involved the arrest of nearly 400 anti capitalists with one agenda. They seek to try to make Mario Draghi and their colleagues go back on opening the new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt. Once again the Occupy Movement shows its

North Korea should let its people reap what they sow

The North Korean regime is allowing farmers to exercise a little more control over their farming operations and even keep more of what they produce. Reports indicate that yields are increasing as a result of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un giving farmers limited power to make business decisions. Kim should now accept that agriculture is more productive when

By |March 8th, 2015|Commentary, Far East, Featured, FMP Commentary, North Korea|
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