Former FBI translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds is the most gagged woman in US history. Attorney General John Ashcroft twice invoked the rarely used States Secrets Privilege in her case under the guise of classified secrets and protecting national security. In a recent speech, Sibel again emphasized that the reason that she has been gagged is not for reasons of national security, but rather to cover-up criminality, treason, by high level US officials. As evidence for this claim, Sibel...
What a novelty? A Libertarian talks Peace
Christine Smith discusses peace activism on the Liberated Space.
Robert Novak Endorses Ron Paul
Read all about it.
John DerbyShire on Ron Paul in the National Review
"With the positions he has, it’s easy to see why he’s not ahead with the media or the polls, but why isn’t he leading the pack among conservatives? "I doubt it’s his anti-war stand. Outside a dwindling band of administration loyalists in the wagons circled around George W. Bush, I can’t detect much enthusiasm for the Iraq war among conservative commentators and e-mailers. ‘We gave the Iraqis a fair shot, now let’s leave them to it and concentrate on chasing down worldwide terrorism,’ is the...
The Show
for today: Andy Worthington, The Plot to Seize the White House. Listen live here from 11am to 1pm Central. Update: David Beito writes: "Been listing to the FDR plot stuff. My sense is that it was much ado about little but could be wrong. The show was not very objective or fair and related a lot of suppositions and guilt by association. "Interestingly, it is now KGB files now completely confirm that Rep. Samuel Dickstein, the chair of the committee that investigated the alleged plot, was a...
07/31/07 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
British historian Andy Worthington discusses the plight of over 700 so-called 'enemy combatants' at the Guantanamo Bay prison, who’ve been kept illegally, often times on bogus evidence with no defense.
Antiwar Radio: Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal discusses the theology and politics of John Hagee's Christians United for Israel as he documented for the Huffington Post.
Tex MacRae
I am so happy that Tex is blogging again. And I thank Tex for this:
Speed up the Internet: Use OpenDNS
Yesterday, I switched my network away from using the DNS servers provided by my ISP, and started using OpenDNS instead. It doubled the speed of my web browsing. DNS servers translate the domain you're trying to go to into an IP address. Humans tend to think in terms of names, while computers are based on numbers. If you type "yahoo.com" into your browser, a DNS server has to take that request and turn it into a number (in this case 66.94.234.13), so it can be reached on the web. Your internet...
The Show
for today:News, Bill Barnwell re-run, Max Blumenthal. Listen live here from 11am-1pm Texas time. 92.7 FM in Austin. MP3 here.
07/30/07 – Max Blumenthal – The Scott Horton Show
Max Blumenthal discusses the theology and politics of John Hagee's Christians United for Israel as he documented for the Huffington Post.
Prescott Bush was in on the Fascist Plot to Seize the White House
Now his grandson is the President. Says the Other Scott Horton while turning his readers on to this new BBC documentary about it. For those not familiar, Chris Floyd has the whole book by Jules Archer online here.
Ron Paul in San Antonio
Thanks to Tex.
What do ya’ll think about this crazy sounding shit?
I'm no fan of the Rockefellers, and this certainly has some off-the-deep end stuff in it, but I'm trying to keep my mind open here.
Hillary Clinton’s Imperial Hubris
Steve Chapman reminds us in the Guardian. She will be worse than Bush. Far Worse. Update: And the neocons love her for it.