Mark Thornton, Senior Resident Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the origins of the housing bubble, how Bernanke, Greenspan and the rest of the Fed misled the public, the lack of dissent from macroeconomic experts, where the taxpayer-funded bailout money is going and why empires end in bankruptcy.
11/12/08 – Philip Hammond – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Hammond, author of 'Darfur: the Dangers of Celebrity Imperialism' in the Spiked Review of Books, discusses the folly of liberal 'humanitarian' interventionism, why complicated conflicts like that in the Darfur region of Sudan are often described as 'genocide' and why waging empire in the name of helping people never does any such thing.
11/11/08 – Michael Scheuer – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit and author of Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq, discusses the credibility of claims that al Qaeda is planning an attack bigger than 9/11, the logic behind suicide terrorism, why a quick withdrawal from Iraq is unlikely, how U.S. security agencies are hamstrung by porous borders and ports, the role of Nigerian oil in future U.S. intervention Somalia and why al Qaeda wanted Obama to win the presidency.
11/11/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, author of the important new article 'Documents Linking Iran to Nuclear Weapons Push May Have Been Fabricated' at RawStory, discusses the latest labyrinthine developments in the 'stolen laptop' documents story, how the weight of evidence indicates the documents are forgeries in the 'Nigerian yellowcake' tradition, the two oft-confused but very different IAEA investigations of Iran’s nuclear program and a future expose on Israeli involvement in the affair.
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11/10/08 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer and contributor to Harper's magazine, discusses the Obama administration's mandate to close Gitmo and defang the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the current status of unprecedented executive power, pardons from the Bush administration and possible adverse consequences for pardoned torturers under international law.
11/10/08 – Woody Powell – The Scott Horton Show
Woody Powell, former executive director of Veterans For Peace, discusses his personal experiences serving in the Korean War, the difficulties and invective associated with anti-war activism in America and the virtues of advocating for peace rather than militarism on Armistice Day.
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Yay. Since 2003, I have done more than 700 interviews in the interest of opposing the state and its wars. 705 to be exact, though two have been lost to computer glitches: an interview of Ivan Eland back in 2003 and one of Glenn Greenwald earlier this year. Thanks to Shauna, Chad, Eric and Justin, Dan, John, Brendan, Brandon, Angela, August, Chris, Mark, Adam, Brent, everyone at KAOS Radio, Antiwar.com, my incredible guests and listeners for everything. All interviews are available for free...
George W. Obama
From today's press conference: "[I]t is not going to be easy for us to dig ourselves out of the hole that we are in." Will Grigg says "No. Worse."
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11/06/08 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, blogger at Salon.com and the author of Great American Hypocrites, discusses his optimism on civil liberties, why we might safer with Rahm Emanuel out of the House, liberal interventionism and Carl Cameron's obfuscation of information damaging to the McCain campaign.
11/06/08 – Christopher Manion – The Scott Horton Show
Christopher Manion, contributor at LewRockwell.com, discusses the leftist origins of the neoconservatives, their hypocrisy on the UN, the danger that they will find a home in the Obama administration and the early years at National Review.
Today’s Show
Post election musings, great calls from the Stress Blog Posse and an interview with my favorite, Dr. Gareth Porter. MP3 here.
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Giraldi: "Much has been made of the pressure AIPAC successfully exerted to drop a clause in the recent defense appropriation bill for Iraq and Afghanistan prohibiting an attack on Iran without congressional approval. One Democratic congressman, Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, even promised prior to any debate on the matter that the offensive language would be removed." Raimondo: "[E]xamine the CNN photo of Nancy's coronation and notice its composition: Rahm Emanuel to the left of her, Hoyer to her...
11/05/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses how the Maliki government surprised everyone by aggressively pressing for a U.S. withdrawal, the possible political landscape in a post-U.S. controlled Iraq, the delay of a Status of Forces Agreement, the difficulty of maintaining a bankrupt empire, the possibility that Obama's bellicose statements about Iran's nuclear program are due to ignorance rather than hawkishness, updates on the infamous stolen laptop and four...
