for today: Gordon Prather. KAOS.
06/26/08 – Gordon Prather – The Scott Horton Show
Dr. Gordon Prather, Antiwar.com’s in-house nuclear physicist, discusses the chaos of the Bush regime’s policies against the 'Axis of Evil' and global non-proliferation regime, from trying to frame North Korea with the same bogus intel as they used on Iraq to trying to connect Iran and North Korea with the Israeli-bombed facility in Syria, the U.S.’s nuclear deals with India, how A.Q. Kahn’s stolen intel scheme was falsely claimed by George Tenet to be a CIA success story, the vague credentials...
The Show
for today: Clay Ramsay. Listen live from 11-1 Texas time on 92.7 in Austin or stream it from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
CBS: Israel Pushing for Iran Strikes
Link. U.S. officials say it comes just as the Israelis are mounting a full court press to get the Bush administration to strike Iran's nuclear complex. CBS consultant Michael Oren says Israel doesn't want to wait for a new administration. "The Israelis have been assured by the Bush administration that the Bush administration will not allow Iran to nuclearize," Oren said. "Israelis are uncertain about what would be the policies of the next administration vis-à-vis Iran." Israel's message is...
06/25/08 – Clay Ramsay – The Scott Horton Show
Clay Ramsay of WorldPublicOpinion.org discusses their new poll out about world public opinion on torture, how only 53% of Americans oppose torture in all circumstances, the vast politicization of the torture issue in America, how most Americans would rather conform with the law than basic morality, American opinion in favor of talking with Iran over war and Iranian perspectives on their own regime.
06/25/08 – Trevor Lyman – The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Lyman of Break the Matrix.com discusses the strange bedfellows project forming alliances with Glenn Greenwald and other prominent voices to stop the retroactive immunity that Congress is trying to give to the telecom industry for their crimes against Americans and hopes that going forward they will be able to continue to combine their influence to save the Bill Of Rights.
Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week
Writes Geoffrey V. Gray, via Eric Garris. Looks like it's almost time for that Persian Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Today’s Show
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George Carlin is Dead
Man, that sucks - a lot. Thanks Elizabeth.
06/23/08 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, blogger at Salon.com and author of Great American Hypocrites, discusses the particulars of the congressional Democrats' sellout of the 4th Amendment and complete capitulation to the Bush administrations' lawless wiretapping program and the new realignment for liberty.
06/23/08 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan, discusses the American media’s abandonment of the Iraq war as a topic worth covering, the humanitarian catastrophe that continues to deteriorate, the 'excess deaths' in Iraq since the invasion, the total number of Iraqis killed with American complicity over the years, America’s government’s on-off relationship with Saddam Hussein, the failure of the 'surge' to allow for 5 million refugees to return to their homes.
06/23/08 – Melvin Goodman – The Scott Horton Show
Melvin Goodman, author of Failure of Intelligence: The Rise and Fall of the CIA, discusses problems with the CIA, how the serial intelligence manipulator Robert Gates was brought in to replace Rumsfeld only after Rumsfeld started talking about withdrawal, the history of distorting intelligence to fit the policy, how the military runs the intelligence apparatus, Congress's indifference to the Constitutional crisis and our inevitable failures in Iraq and the militarily-led war on terror.
The Old Adage Stands
The only way to die from pot is to get shot by a cop. Or sometimes trampled in stampedes incited by their clumsy murderousness.
US-Backed Jundullah Terrorists Murder Iranian Cops
Not that I care about Iranian cops, just pointing out that the U.S. backs private terrorist groups all the time. Even this Post article reminds us that the CIA supports these thugs, though they forgot to mention Andrew Cockburn's scoop about the recent $300 million the Democrats appropriated to Bush/Cheney for support to terrorist groups like Jundullah. As a side note, isn't it the American conservatives who believe that cops' lives are more significant that the rest of us, since they "have a...
Get This Through Your Thick Skulls
All welfare is corporate welfare.
