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
Here.
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.
Glenn Greenwald Will Stay a Good One
When the Dems are back in the White House. See him comment on Iraq Obombya's (Thanks Bob.) support for the new wiretapping/amnesty bill. One point of disagreement with you, Glenn. Barack is indeed as bad as McCain, it's just that McCain is worse.
The Show
for today: Chris Hedges. Listen live from 11am-1pm on 92.7 FM in Austin, or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio. Update: The shit was dead air before me, so I've put on Bill Hicks, Rant in E-Minor. Update2: I'm still on, playin' some tunes till 3 central.
06/20/08 – Chris Hedges – The Scott Horton Show
Chris Hedges, co-author of the new book Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians, discusses the recent talk of lifting the blockade against Gaza and the horrific conditions and collective punishment inflicted by Israel, how the U.S. troops in Iraq are in an atrocity producing situation, the black-out by the U.S. media of the brutal reality of the Iraq occupation, the civilian killing 'flying check points,' how the Bush regime converted the mass Muslim sympathy towards the U.S....
