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01/30/14 Full Show
You are listening to the Scott Horton Show. 01/30/14 Full Show
01/30/14 – Mark Thornton – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses Paul Krugman's attack on Mises and Austrian economics; the government policies that caused and worsened the Great Depression; cutting welfare-for-the-rich before food stamps and unemployment benefits; and the upcoming Austrian Economics Research Conference 2014 in Auburn, AL from March 20-22.
Today’s Show: libertarian foreign policy, mostly
Today: 3-5 eastern time http://libertyexpressradio.com http://scotthorton.org/listen http://scotthorton.org/chat Update: Sorry for the no-show. Gotdang Winders!
Interview of Lt. Col. Daniel Davis on Losing Afghanistan
Please give this a listen. Audio link here.
A Manufactured Crisis by Peter Jenkins
Via Jim Lobe, Peter Jenkins reviews Gareth Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis. The subtitle of Gareth Porter’s new book, The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, is well-chosen. Large parts of A Manufactured Crisis are indeed untold till now. They amount to what the author terms an 'alternative narrative.' But don’t be misled by 'alternative.' This is not the work of some crank who imagines conspiracies where none exist. One senses, rather, from the author’s meticulous sourcing and...
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for making the world safer
Suck it, National Security State! Reuters: A Norwegian politician has nominated former United States National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, arguing his release of classified documents made the world a safer place. Baard Vegar Solhjell, a former education and environment minister for the Socialist Left party, said Mr Snowden's revelations deepened the public's understanding of the extent to which states spy on their own citizens. "There...
01/28/14 Full Show
You are listening to the Scott Horton Show. 01/28/14 Full Show
DailyPaul Radio SOTU Special
Now at DailyPaulRadio.com: the State of the Union address. After: a panel discussion with Allison Bricker, Ben Swann, Robin Koerner myself and more.
83-Year-Old Nun to Be Sentenced for Sabotage
Hey. Wait a minute. Are you certain things are supposed to be this way? ABC: An 83-year-old Catholic nun convicted in a protest and break-in at the primary U.S. storehouse for bomb-grade uranium will find out Tuesday whether she spends what could be the rest of her life in prison. Sister Megan Rice is one of three Catholic peace activists convicted of sabotage last year after they broke into the nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Sentencing for all three is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday...
Today’s Show: Ray McGovern, John Feffer
Today's Show: Ray McGovern, John Feffer 3-5 eastern time http://libertyexpressradio.com http://scotthorton.org/listen http://scotthorton.org/chat
Social Costs of the War on Drugs
Radley Balko, now at the Washington Post, ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS Michael Gerson's evil conservative argument for the Drug War.
01/28/14 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, discusses how CIA analysts helped prevent wars against Iran and Syria; the story of Robert Gates' rise to Secretary of Defense by schmoozing and failing upwards; and why Gates has blood on his hands from cynically promoting the "surge" in Iraq and Afghanistan.
01/28/14 – John Feffer – The Scott Horton Show
John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus, discusses why Iraqis deserve restitution from the US government for destroying their country, and why the "Pacific pivot" strategic rebalance is really a US retreat from Asia.
D.C. Man on Trial for One Shotgun Shell
America: Mr. Witaschek, a successful financial adviser with no criminal history, is the first known case of a citizen being prosecuted in D.C. for inoperable ammunition. Washington police and prosecutors have spent a year and a half trying to nail him for the possession of so-called unregistered ammunition. A hunter and gun owner, Mr. Witaschek has always kept his firearms at his sister's house in Virginia. If convicted, he faces a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for having a single, inoperable...
