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9/4/20 David Henderson on the Supposed Economic Threat of China

by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews David Henderson about the threat to the U.S. posed by China's growing stature as an economic powerhouse. In general, Henderson thinks that such concerns are overblown, citing the real economic figures behind the trade relationship. In particular, he...

9/4/20 Trevor Timm on the Vindication of Edward Snowden

by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Timm discusses an important new ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which says that the NSA's mass data-gathering program, famously exposed by Edward Snowden, was illegal all along. It also came out during the court proceedings that not a single act...

‘But If We Just Kept The Articles of Confederation…’

by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 3, 2020 | Blog

When someone brings up the quote by Lysander Spooner, “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit...

8/31/20 Ramzy Baroud on the Israeli Bureaucracy Forcing Palestinians From Their Homes

by Scott Horton | Aug 31, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Ramzy Baroud shares the heartbreaking story of Ahmed Amarneh, an engineer who decided to build a home for his family in a network of caves near their town after getting repeatedly denied building permits for a real house by the Israeli government. Now that he has...

8/31/20 Gareth Porter on Israel’s Ammonium Nitrate Terror Plot Delusion

by Scott Horton | Aug 31, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter debunks a series of bogus incidents in which Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, has accused various Lebanese men over the years of being Hezbollah agents attempting to orchestrate terrorist plots all around the world. In each of the cases that Porter...

8/31/20 Phil Weiss on Ultra-Pro-Israel Presidential Candidate Joe Biden

by Scott Horton | Aug 31, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Phil Weiss about the deplorable state of the Democratic Party when it comes to Israel policy. Weiss calls Joe Biden the most pro-Israel candidate of all time, which is somewhat ironic given that he's running against the most pro-Israel president of...

8/28/20 Alan MacLeod on the Tight Relationship Between the US and Israel

by Scott Horton | Aug 31, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Alan MacLeod discusses a recent round of bombing by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, which as usual is either being completely ignored by mainstream media outlets, or is being described as justified retaliation for initial Palestinian aggression. MacLeod says that...

8/28/20 Doug Bandow on America’s Failures as the World’s Police

by Scott Horton | Aug 30, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Doug Bandow about the baffling failure of U.S. policymakers to learn from any of America's recent foreign policy blunders. In particular, despite widespread consensus that the invasion of Iraq was a total calamity, politicians at the highest levels—and...

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A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.

US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine

Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...

The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age

The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...