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Via Liberty Crier [The video omits that the Astros pitcher's throwing shoulder was permanently damaged in the assault, ending his career.] GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) — Former Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe is headed to court for last year's run-in with Galveston...
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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
1/26/24 Trita Parsi on the Significance of the ICJ Ruling
Trita Parsi talks to Scott about the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling in South Africa’s case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Parsi argues that this is a huge blow to Israel and that it puts the Biden Administration in a very difficult position.
Discussed on the show:
- “ICJ lands stunning blow on Israel over Gaza genocide charge” (Responsible Statecraft)
- The ICJ Order
Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy. Parsi is the recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Follow him on Twitter @tparsi.
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Recommended reading
01/22/16 – Daniel McAdams – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, director of the The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, discusses the upcoming Syria peace talks in Geneva, and why the opposition to the Assad government will be represented by Jaysh al-Islam – an ally of Al Qaeda.
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01/21/16 – David Vine – The Scott Horton Show
David Vine, associate professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C., discusses how the US’s “empire of bases,” spread across at least 147 countries, are being used by special operations forces to enforce and maintain hegemony across the Middle East and Africa.
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01/20/16 – Kelley Vlahos – The Scott Horton Show
Kelley Vlahos, a Washington, D.C.-based freelance reporter and contributing editor for The American Conservative, discusses the wasted billions of dollars the US has spent training Afghanistan’s security forces, and why they still aren’t capable of fighting the Taliban on their own.
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01/19/16 – Barry Lando – The Scott Horton Show
Barry Lando, author of Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush, discusses the stupid decisions made before, during and after the first Gulf War (1991) and how they started the US on the path toward the current Global War on Terror.
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01/19/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses Iran’s fulfillment of its obligations under the nuclear agreement (JCPOA), and why it won’t blunt the US’s belligerent Middle East foreign policy.
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01/18/16 – Jason Leopold – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Leopold, author of News Junkie, discusses Italy’s prosecution (in absentia) of CIA officers involved in the 2003 rendition of Abu Omar to Egypt where he was tortured; and why former CIA counter-terrorism officer Sabrina De Sousa is the only one to face imprisonment thus far.
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01/14/16 – Sarah Helm – The Scott Horton Show
Sarah Helm, a former Middle East Correspondent for The Independent, discusses her article “ISIS in Gaza,” about the allure of radical Islam to disillusioned young Palestinians who are weary of Hamas’s failure to achieve peace and an independent state.
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01/14/16 – Jacqui Shine – The Scott Horton Show
Jacqui Shine, a Chicago-based writer and historian, discusses her article “Inside the Police-Industrial Complex,” inspired by her visit to the 2015 convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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