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The Stress Blog

The Re-re-revival of the Stress Blog

Ain't you been gettin' tired of there bein' no Stress blog? Me too. So here it is again: International terrorist Barack Obama today suicide-bombed the Baghdad talks with Iran over their nuclear program. Oh, no. Apparently he just regular-bombed them. As former NSC-man...

Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show

11/7/22 Alan MacLeod on the Former Israeli Spies in Top Social Media Jobs

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Alan MacLeod of Mintpress News is back to talk more about the alarming number of former spies working for the largest internet and social media companies. This time MacLeod dug up evidence of numerous former Israeli military intelligence officials with jobs at Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Scott and MacLeod reflect on how powerful these companies have grown and how much influence they have over what’s considered true. They also talk about how Russiagate was a huge turning point in the history of the internet. 

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Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. Follow him on Twitter @AlanRMacLeod.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot.

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10/10/12 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show

Globetrotting Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses the US’s complicated relationship with Hugo Chavez; South America’s independent economic and political union; the push to end the supply-side war on drugs; why NATO won’t be able to bomb their way to regime change in Syria; instability in Jordan; why sanctions aren’t winning any hearts and minds in Iran; oil pipeline politics in the Middle East and Central Asia; and why the big Western energy corporations are losing the Great Game.

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10/08/12 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show

Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses his article “Spy Crisis Launched AIPAC’s Think Tank;” WINEP Research Director Patrick Clawson’s now infamous speech on how to instigate war the American way; how the Israel lobby periodically reinvents itself to avoid being shut down by the feds; a brief history lesson on the Lavon Affair; and AIPAC’s involvement in drafting legislation on regulating the internet.

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10/02/12 – Dave Hagen – The Scott Horton Show

Dave Hagen, co-director of the documentary movie The Prosecution of an American President, discusses why George W. Bush is guilty of murder for lying us into war with Iraq; famed Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi’s career and legal theories; how a Bush conviction would make other US presidents think twice before committing high crimes; and how accusations of Democratic partisanship hurt the credibility of Bush critics.

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