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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
7/19/21 Peter McCormack on the Bitcoin Revolution Taking the World by Storm
Peter McCormack discusses the latest developments in the world of Bitcoin. The most important news is that El Salvador moved to make Bitcoin legal tender, alongside the U.S. dollar, which McCormack says is huge for its viability as a mainstream currency. Bitcoin should help to solve several problems that have long plagued El Salvador’s economy, and other Latin American countries may well follow suit. More and more people are also spending and accepting Bitcoin around the world, rather than just using it as an investment, especially as payment networks get better. Of course, the U.S. government isn’t terribly happy about any of this, since it threatens the position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The beautiful thing about Bitcoin, McCormack says, is that there’s nothing they can do to stop it.
Discussed on the show:
- “How Bitcoiners Are Working With El Salvador’s Leaders” (Decrypt)
- “Contra Corner Monetary Arsonists At Work” (David Stockman’s Contra Corner)
Peter McCormack is the host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast. Follow him on Twitter @PeterMcCormack.
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; EasyShip; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee; Zippix Toothpicks and Listen and Think Audio.
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08/14/08 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, foreign correspondent for Canada’s Sun National Media and author of War at the Top of the World, discusses the complicated politics of the Caucasus region, U.S. and Israeli arming and training of Georgian troops, the Ossetia fiasco, McCain’s foreign policy handler Randy Scheunemann and his relationship with the Saakashvili regime, the fight within the military industrial pentagon complex over whether to focus on imperial occupations or preparing for war with great powers, the dangerous foolishness of NATO expansion, the self-serving hypocrisy of America and Russia’s leaders, the ignored U.S. sponsored regime change in Somalia, McCain’s 3AM moment and emulation of the Kaiser, the rift between Pakistan and India over religion, Kashmir and Afghanistan, Dick Armitage’s threat to totally destroy Pakistan after 9/11 and the new great game in Central Asia.
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08/12/08 – Brendan O’Neill – The Scott Horton Show
Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked Online, discusses the conflict between Georgia and Russia over Ossetia, including the blame due the U.S. for supporting and arming Georgia, the hypocrisy of western leaders and media for condemning Russia while they sow catastrophe in the Balkans and Iraq, Russia’s motivation, U.S. infiltration of the region under the guise of the ‘War on Terror,’ and the bankruptcy of the American-Anglo empire’s claim of moral authority.
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08/11/08 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Independent, discusses the slightly less violent, yet still horrific, conditions in Iraq, the fear and violence that dominates daily life there, the various factions influencing Maliki, the Sunni ‘Awakening’ movement and the volatile tensions in Kurdistan.
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08/08/08 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show
Investigative reporter Joe Lauria discusses the series he co-wrote for the London Times about the Sibel Edmonds case, including the 30 year Washington connection to the A.Q. Kahn nuclear black-market operation, the difficulty in corroborating stories about such a secretive subject, the inability of American mainstream media to diverge from the status quo, how the Tinner family fits into the story and the history of the military-industrial-congressional complex as told in the new book he’s co-authored with former senator Mike Gravel, A Political Odyssey.
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08/08/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses his recent article ‘How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq,’ the revelations in Ron Suskind’s book, the systemic cherry-picking of intelligence to justify the decision to invade Iraq, George Tenet’s priorities, Doug Feith’s possible involvement in the forgeries and the schism between America’s imperial intentions and outcomes.
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08/07/08 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, reporter for IPS News and author of Beyond the Green Zone, discusses the new effort by the Maliki government to allow the former Sunni insurgency – now known at the ‘Sons of Iraq’ or ‘Concerned Local Citizens’ – into the police forces in Baquba in order to fight ‘al Qaeda in Iraq,’ the various militias’ within the government and their primary loyalties, precarious politics in Kirkuk, Maliki’s statements in favor of American withdrawal, the irony of the U.S. backing the also-Iranian-backed Dawa Party and Supreme Islamic Council since the elections of ‘05 and danger to U.S. troops in the event of war with Iran.
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08/07/08 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer and contributing editor to Harper’s magazine, discusses the ‘conviction’ of Bin Laden’s driver Salim Hamdan, the distinctions which crimes constitute ‘war crimes,’ the illegitimacy of the military tribunals and how they are being timed to help the Republican Presidential campaign, the need to uphold the Nuremberg Principles, Cheney’s central role in the administration, how he allowed top al Qaeda to escape into Pakistan, how the charade of our moral supremacy is exposed by our legal hypocrisies and the improbability of prosecution for the Bush regime’s crimes.
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08/05/08 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, author and legal blogger for Salon.com, discusses his new radio show, new developments in the 2001 anthrax case, the FBI’s smear campaign against dead physicist Bruce Ivins, media trumpeting of government claims, the widespread fear created and power gained by the anthrax attacks and questions about Washington insiders’ taking Cipro before the attacks.
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