Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-941612053140989572014-07-02T12:51:43-04:00Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies.TypePadNot Farewell, But See You Elsewhere; U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor to be Archivedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a3fd2a01d1970b2014-07-02T12:51:43-04:002014-07-06T18:02:15-04:00While my creation of U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor has been a fruitful venture -- both product-wise and profit-wise -- I believe it is time to shift my energies toward other initiatives.Steve PeacockWhy Washington Can't Stop its Evil Ways (WND)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a3fd27a265970b2014-06-29T08:40:19-04:002014-06-29T08:40:19-04:00While federal lawmakers increasingly try to address the nation’s fiscal worries, “taxpayers might still not see the relief they deserve” by the time Congress alternately slashes and adds to FY 2015 spending bills, one budget analyst has warned.Steve PeacockObama Spending $140M to Assess Pakistan Aid Programtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a73dd64f5c970d2014-06-10T21:02:00-04:002014-06-10T21:02:00-04:00While the flow of billions of America taxpayer dollars to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has slowed during President Obama’s second term, his administration nonetheless will put $140 million into a project to figure out how to help “increase stability, democracy, and prosperity for the men and women” of that nation.Steve PeacockFeds Holds Another Handout Summittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a73dd3f590970d2014-06-06T21:02:40-04:002014-06-06T21:02:40-04:00The Obama administration has taken its corporate-welfare road show to Mexico, where American taxpayers funded a three-day conference over the last week, with an aim to simultaneously subsidize U.S. industry while helping Mexico tap into the U.S. Treasury to fund its national infrastructure plan to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.Steve PeacockKaboom! State Dept. finally gives explosive answer (via WND)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a73dccafd7970d2014-05-27T21:48:09-04:002014-05-27T21:48:09-04:00The State Department bureau tasked with secretly sending to embassies plastic and liquid explosives operates under the guidance of Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F. Kennedy, whom a congressional panel last year separately found to be largely responsible for security lapses in Benghazi, WND has learned.Steve PeacockNightTalker Radio: Michael David McGuire Interview with Steve Peacocktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a73dc8aadc970d2014-05-21T20:08:54-04:002014-05-22T16:22:03-04:00Extraordinary thanks to Michael David McGuire, host of the New York-based NightTalker Radio Show, for reaching out to and providing a platform to discuss my recent reports on U.S. Department of State's purchase of thousands of containers of liquid explosives and many hundreds of pounds of plastic explosives and other blasting equipment. Equally important is the chance to highlight the subsequent government silence and mainstream media avoidance of the issue.Steve PeacockContinued Silence from the U.S. State Dept. on Explosives Buytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a73dc7cb11970d2014-05-20T18:53:13-04:002014-05-20T18:56:56-04:00Following three reports on the U.S. Department of State's purchase of thousands of containers of liquid explosives and many hundreds of pounds of plastic explosives, the State Dept. remains silent on the matter. Today I sent yet another request to its Press Office, advising the department that the door remains wide open to explain whether the federal government' s global diplomatic arm has legitimate uses for the blasting equipment.Steve PeacockObama now probes everyone's health – in Kenya! (WND)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a511984d65970c2014-04-06T19:18:35-04:002014-04-06T19:18:35-04:00In the latest addition to the Obama administration’s growing aid-to-Kenya portfolio, the U.S. will help subsidize a nationwide citizen-health assessment in every Kenyan county without exception.Steve PeacockA conversation with Ron Paul: Meddling in affairs of foreign nationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a3fce1db57970b2014-03-28T20:39:18-04:002014-03-28T20:39:18-04:00A conversation with Ron Paul about the billions of taxpayer dollars spent meddling in the political affairs of foreign nations like Ukraine, Steve Peacock Commentary on Joseph Farah's editorial "Obama really is helping his country"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a73d94dbf4970d2014-03-19T18:45:22-04:002014-03-19T18:45:22-04:00What a thrill it was to read yesterday's editorial by Joseph Farah, founder, editor and CEO of WND, on his publication's extensive coverage of Obama administration assistance to Kenya, Barack Obama's "home country," as the First Lady once referred to the African nation.
I have been blessed with the chance to write the bulk of those articles via WND.com.
Steve Peacock