8/27/19 Gar Alperovitz: the Decision to Nuke Japan

Historian Gar Alperovitz shares the history of America's use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contrary to what most of us learned in school, many of the top military officers and intelligence officials were adamant at the time that use of the bombs was unnecessary to get the Japanese to surrender, which they expected to happen as soon as the Soviet Union invaded. The bombs were used instead as a political maneuver to intimidate the Russians, but which of course only led to the disastrous arms race of the cold war. Discussed on the show: "The War Was Won Before Hiroshima—And the...

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Innocent Man Rots In Jail For Two Years on False Charges

Easily disprovable false charges, as they eventually were. It goes without saying, but should be said that not one person involved in this travesty will ever be held accountable for their crimes in any way. Not the bearer of false witness, not the cops, not the DAs, not the Judge either. Possibly local taxpayers will be forced to pay up, but as we all know, that's the closest thing -- a million light-years -- to accountability this man will ever see.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyer: Neck Injuries ‘Far More Consistent With Assault’

Uh, you think so, huh? Yeah no but TV says that that's a crazy conspiracy theory. Why would any powerful person have their sexual blackmailer murdered before their trial? That's completely nuts. And you are a very bad person who all the rest of of us ridicule and despise if you think so. At least that's according to the same people for whom Epstein himself and his entire story were nothing but a conspiracy theory until the Miami Herald investigation last year. Instead, the most obvious, Occam's Razor conclusion is that of course he was murdered. Suicide is probably the least likely...

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8/26/19 Philip Weiss on the Zionist Doctrine of the Trump Whitehouse

Scott interviews Philip Weiss about Israel's occupation of Palestine and the way the Palestinian people have been completely deprived of their rights there. Weiss is glad that the recent fiasco around Rashida Tlaib's and Ilhan Omar's visit to Israel has brought publicity to the BDS movement, but is baffled that most Americans are either unaware of Israel's gross abuses, or simply don't care. Discussed on the show: "Trump is parroting Zionist doctrine: U.S. Jews must be loyal to Israel" (Mondoweiss) "Political Upheaval Over Tlaib and Omar Shows the Power of BDS | Common Dreams Views" (Common...

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