Sure Ron Paul would have done much more and much better, but I gotta hand it to the new emperor, his first day of executive orders banned torture, rescinded all memos regarding prisoner treatment written since 9/11/01, mandated an immediate return to Common Article III of the Geneva Convention, closed the CIA ghost prisons and granted access to the Red Cross, closed Guantanamo Bay, mandated a halt to the military commissions and instructed the job-holders to come up with a way to put actual...
Antiwar Radio: Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the Bush/Olmert plan to force Hamas to take all power in Gaza in order to try to provide an excuse for undoing the election results of 2006, how Hamas followed by and Israel broke the cease-fire of June, 2008, backlash against Bush’s capitulation to every Israeli demand, implications of Obama’s appointment of Jim Jones for National Security Advisor, the military’s push to rename all the combat forces in Iraq and stay...
Antiwar Radio: Scott Horton
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses the possibility of war crimes trials for the Bush administration, Sen. Cornyn’s attempted obstruction of Attorney General nominee Eric Holder on the basis of the threat of prosecution for former administration members, the appointment of Horton’s former colleagues from the Balkinization blog to the Office of Legal Council and other high level Justice Department positions, the...
Antiwar Radio: Joshua Frank
Joshua Frank, contributor to Antiwar.com, Counterpunch and DissidentVoice, and co-editor (with Jeffery St. Clair) of Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland, discusses the continuing need for a political realignment against empire, the dangers associated with Obama’s stated intentions of saving it while many former antiwar voices are diluted by love for the new emperor. MP3 here. (38:57)
Live or Memorex?
In the comment section, Eots (Enemy of the State) writes: Scott, I’m really going to miss the live broadcast. The interviews are great, but frankly a guest has a tough act to follow when they come in after one of your rants. I discovered your program via the AWR interviews, but once I started tuning in to the whole broadcast, I said damn - this guy’s good. That’s where you truly shine my man, and I know you’ve said you have a ‘need’ to just get on the mic and scream about things. I hope you...
AT&T
When they are not criminally conspiring with the government to break the law and violate my natural dignity and privacy by tapping my phone and passing on my every other electronic transaction, communication, etc. to the national Homeland security state, they are telling me it's going to be until next Wednesday before they can hook up the land line. So... Shit. I guess I need to go back over y'all's list O' preferred reruns.
Feces-throwing monkey on the loose in Tampa Bay
Wildlife officials said a rhesus monkey known to throw feces when mad is on the loose in Tampa Bay. Authorities have been trying to capture the primate since Tuesday afternoon, but it managed to evade a bucket truck and tranquilizer dart. OK, this is a serious emergency. But I think in the public interest, I should provide a better caption photo than the one used on the news site. Now, watch out if you're in Tampa, because the feces in question tends to emerge from the hole under his nose.
Impeach Olmert!
Apparently, he, not George W. Bush, is President of the United States. Therefore, I would like to see him impeached, removed, indicted, prosecuted under the War Crimes act, and ultimately sentenced to hang to death (after all of his appeals are exhausted, of course).
Saturdays are good days for reading Robert Higgs
This one is called, "The Latest Reported Bankruptcy: Mainstream Economics."
Rep. Ron Paul M.D. in Opposition to House Gaza Resolution
Thanks to Lew. Also, Bob Dreyfuss discusses Bush's abstention in the last UNSC vote.
U.S. Senate Unanimously Approves Resolution Backing Israel in Gaza Slaughter
Shame.
Hey John King: Want Me to Watch Your Show?
Keep having Ron Paul on. This one is great:
The Great Credit-Crunch Hoax of 2008
by Robert Higgs Robert Higgs is senior fellow in political economy at the Independent Institute and editor of The Independent Review. He is also a columnist for LewRockwell.com. His most recent book is Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government. He is also the author of Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy, Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11 and Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society. Update: Another great...
Torture
A renditioned man tells his story.
I was right about Ron Paul
He is an incredibly brave and honorable man. Thanks to Lew.
