His so-called debate partner gave up in the face of a real libertarian argument against prohibition: Thanks to Lew Rockwell.
Antiwar Radio 3/13/09: Eric Margolis and Frida Berrigan
Listen live on KAOS 95.9 FM in Austin, Texas or stream it live from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio. 1-3 Texas time. Call in number: 512-646-6446.
03/13/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the contradictory U.S. policy of supporting Pakistan's government while continuing drone airstrikes that foment popular rebellion, the growing ranks of the Taliban and other assorted militants in Pakistan and Afghaninstan, the status of plans for a Caspian oil pipeline, India's development of ICBM's that can reach North America and how Iran's uranium enrichment is an assertion of technological and economic independence.
03/13/09 – Frida Berrigan – The Scott Horton Show
Frida Berrigan, columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the frantic U.S. defense contractors lobbying for stimulus money while promising job creation, the prospect of a militarized outer space, Lockheed Martin's overpriced and unnecessary F-22 Raptor and why the commonly held assumption that World War II ended the Great Depression must be challenged.
Antiwar Radio: Robert Murphy
Last week I twice spoke with Robert Murphy of the Free Advice blog and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism. The archive of both interviews has finally arrived. Here.
Antiwar Radio 3/12/09: Ray McGovern
And maybe Frida Berrigan. Listen live on 95.9 FM in Austin or KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio from 11-1pm California time.
03/12/09 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the ebb and flow of neoconservative influence in the White House, how the scuttled Charles Freeman appointment weakens U.S. leverage with Israel, the incredible influence still exerted by Steven J. Rosen despite his indictment under the Espionage Act, the shortcomings of the mainstream media and how the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran prevented a disastrous war.
Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Like for example, if some lone nut shoots less than a dozen others and then himself yesterday... Then call out the U.S. Army today.
Run-of-the-Mill American Imperialists No Match for Israeli Likud Party Fifth Column
Charles "Chas" Freeman [ironically] in the neocon-dominated Wall St. Journal upon being un-hired to what was to be his new position leading the National Intelligence Council - an effort thwarted by indicted Israeli spy Steve Rosen, Jeffery "I will never ever be able to regain any of my honor for the rest of my life after helping to get a million Iraqis killed" Goldberg and the axis of Peretz over at Morgan's Own┞¢ The New Republic: To all who supported me or gave me words of encouragement...
Israel is tapping the phone of the cop who’s tapping your phone – oh, and also yours
But now the secret is out in the open! Christopher Ketcham has done it again. This time for Alternet.org: "Breaking the Taboo on Israel's Spying Efforts on the United States"
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’
By Eric Black, MinnPost.com At a ‘Great Conversations’ event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an ‘executive assassination ring.’ Hersh spoke with great confidence about these findings from his current reporting, which he hasn’t written about yet. In an...
Antiwar Radio 3/11/09: Doug Bandow, Tom Engelhardt
Listen live on KAOS 95.9 FM in Austin or tune in KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio from 11-1pm L.A. time.
03/11/09 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses the recent Chinese naval conflict with the U.S., the increase in China's regional stature and popular nationalism, the broad spectrum of U.S. interest groups that have grievances with China and why open relations are preferable to military confrontation.
03/11/09 – Tom Engelhardt – The Scott Horton Show
Tom Engelhardt, founder and editor of TomDispatch.com, discusses the mainstream media's reverence of error-prone hawkish pundits, the over-reliance on force in U.S. foreign policy, the large numbers of dead or displaced Iraqis and the Obama administration's disdain for the historical success rate of foreign intervention in Afghanistan.
Obama Government to Bail Out Madoff Scam ‘Victims’?
Lew Rockwell says the pressure is building... Fact: Anyone who invested with Madoff believed that they were profiting from criminal insider advantage over regular investors, hence their consistently high returns. They are (at least wannabe) criminals themselves. Now they want a taxpayer bailout? I say let them starve.
