Yes, that is a prisoner of the United States with his jaw crudely wired shut - seemingly through the bone - and his lips sewn shut. I wonder how many doctors were in on this... Update: Wikileaks has a good reputation, but I am keeping my mind open to the possibility that this is bullshit. We'll see.
07/22/08 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, author of Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire and regular columnist for Antiwar.com, discusses Congress’s abdication of its responsibility in declaring war to the president, the lawlessness of a wartime president, how the ignorant warmonger John McCain, missile 'defense' on Russia’s border, the pending 'Law of the Sea Treaty' and the War Party’s self-fulfilling attitude toward conflict with China. MP3 Here
07/21/08 – David Bromwich – The Scott Horton Show
David Bromwich, Sterling professor of English at Yale University and blogger at the Huffington Post, discusses the op-ed in the New York Times by Benny Morris advocating an American/Israeli attack on Iran, numerous reasons not to attack Iran, the difference between pre-emptive and preventive wars, the constant warmongering of the New York Times, the War Party and the media's ignoring of the opinions of the American and the Iraqi citizenry and the usefulness of impeachment. MP3 Here
Serious Competition
The debut of the new daily Lew Rockwell Show! Listen to Lew — his booming voice and completely "uh" and stumble-free eloquence — explain the crime of central banking, its connection to the police/warfare state, the Fed's responsibility for the Great Depression, their deceptions blaming freedom for the consequences of the creation of printing press money, proposals for vast new regulatory controls and restrictions, the ready availability of Murray Rothbard's books on the subject and the...
Alan Bock on Antiwar Radio: YouTubed
My pal Zooey has done a great job on this one: Part 1, 2, 3, 4. By the way, notice that now in the middle column all the new Antiwar Radio YouTubes are posted automagically. Subscribe to Antiwar Radio's YouTube channel. We have 200 so far. Which I think is pretty good.
The Show: Andy Worthington
Listen live from 11-1pm Texas time on 92.7 in Austin or stream live from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
07/18/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, reporter for IPS News, discusses the fight between the 'realists' and hawks in the Bush administration, the routine where Rice gets what she wants, but then Cheney makes her efforts meaningless — as in the case of William Burns’ trip to Geneva, George Bush Jr.’s complete inability to lead — thank goodness, crying wolf, the public’s distracted impotence to stop a war they oppose, the relative influence of the Israeli Lobby on Middle East policy in Congress and the White House,...
07/18/08 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files, discusses the recently released footage of Omar Khadr, the Canadian juvenile being held in Guantanamo, the dubious 'charges' against him, the legal black hole of the made-up 'enemy combatant' status, the evil and counterproductive nature of torture and the kangaroo court system in Guantanamo. MP3 Here
Gun Grabbers Stoked on Scalia
"[T]he lower courts are likely to interpret Heller as giving a constitutional green light to virtually every gun control law short of a handgun ban." -Dennis Henigan, of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
07/17/08 – Peter Crail – The Scott Horton Show
Peter Crail discusses the ongoing negotiations with North Korea to understand and dismantle their nuclear programs, the dubious allegations about a DPRK secret uranium enrichment program and accusations about their involvement with the Syrians on plutonium production. MP3 Here
07/16/08 – Mark Thornton – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the crime of the Fed's "bailout" of the big financial institutions and the cronyism between the two, the problems with our fractional reserve system, the destructive consequences of a close state-private business relationship, the perils of inflation on society, the possibility of a catastrophic global dollar sell-off, how our trade deficit is a symptom of the federal budget deficit whereby we flood China with extra...
07/16/08 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses his recent article on the probable Israeli/U.S. attack on Iran, Israel's need for new war in Iran to keep the U.S. military in the Mideast due to the failure in Iraq, the outspokenness of the military brass against an attack on Iran, AIPAC's drafting of the new Iran war resolutions, Bush and Cheney's loyalty to Israel, the never-ending conflicts created by the Israel occupation of Palestine, the need for the American people and Congress to understand...
07/15/08 – Jon Eisenberg – The Scott Horton Show
Jon B. Eisenberg, partner in the law firm of Eisenberg and Hancock, discusses his article Suing George W. Bush: A Bizarre and Troubling Tale;' his clients’ lawsuit against the Bush administration for illegally tapping their phone, how the feds accidentally handed them evidence proving that the NSA illegally spied on his clients and their standing to sue, the Kafkaesque states’ secrets runaround insisted upon by the government in order to try to evade justice, his teams various successes and...
U.S. Quislings Torture and Murder Iraqi Children
You see, we had to invade Iraq because we have to save the poor people from Saddam Hussein's torture dungeons.
07/14/08 – L. Neil Smith – The Scott Horton Show
L. Neil Smith discusses how the political establishment controls supplies to sway markets, the millennium old clash of civilizations and aggressive tendencies of all religions, the story of The Probability Broach, the continuous liars who are writing the history books, the Waco tragedy, the danger of retuning U.S. occupation enforcers turning into local cops, the over-militarization of the American police forces and Hamilton's attempt at forming an American Monarchy. MP3 here.
