Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’

by | Mar 11, 2009 |

By Eric Black, MinnPost.com At a ‘Great Conversations’ event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an ‘executive assassination ring.’ Hersh spoke with great confidence about these findings from his current reporting, which he hasn’t written about yet. In an...

Obama Government to Bail Out Madoff Scam ‘Victims’?

by | Mar 10, 2009 |

Lew Rockwell says the pressure is building... Fact: Anyone who invested with Madoff believed that they were profiting from criminal insider advantage over regular investors, hence their consistently high returns. They are (at least wannabe) criminals themselves. Now they want a taxpayer bailout? I say let them starve.

KAOS 95.9 Lives!

by | Mar 8, 2009 |

Hell yeah. By the way, my time slot on KUCR 88.3 in Riverside is Sundays at 2pm Pacific time - and I'm told that each week's show will play at various times overnight during the week as well.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) vs. James Baker III on Revised War Powers Act

by | Mar 6, 2009 |

Note the presence of the brilliant Daniel McAdams backing up Dr. Paul and the ungentlemanly belligerence of Baker. Note also that Baker's argument rests on the premise that the constitution is dead and that without the War Powers Act, or his new replacement for it, there would be no restriction on presidential war making whatsoever - Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution, among others, notwithstanding. Paul is right, as usual. The War Powers Act - which "allows" the president to...

My Recent Antiwar.com Article Published in Iraq

by | Mar 6, 2009 |

By Iraqis and the Americans. Eric Garris writes: Scott Horton (of Antiwar Radio) got an unusual readership for his article, ‘Finding Ways to Stay in Iraq.’ Al Nour newspaper in Iraq translated and ran the article in full. This was a shock to the editors of The Baghdad Mosquito, which is published by the Multi-National Forces (occupation) in Iraq. The March 5 issue headlines Scott’s article on the front page: ‘Scott Horton: New US President Plays With Slogans And Iraq Is Being Fooled.’ The...