Scott talks to David Stockman about the fate of the economy after the coronavirus-induced shutdown and the multi-trillion dollar bailouts being undertaken by the U.S. government. Stockman is much more concerned about the economic ramifications than about the virus...
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3/20/20 Mike Swanson on the Coming Recession
by Scott Horton | Mar 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Mike Swanson offers his take on the current virus-induced stock market downturn. What has surprised him most so far is the fact that assets are down across the board, unlike previous recessions, which might see a decline in stocks offset by a jump in precious metals....
3/20/20 Scott Paul on Yemen’s Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis
by Scott Horton | Mar 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott Paul discusses the looming cholera outbreak in Yemen as the country prepares for yet another rainy season. Thanks to U.S.-backed Saudi bombing of critical infrastructure, the people of Yemen lack the tools to fight cholera: basic nutrition and clean water. Paul...
3/20/20 Philip Weiss on Israel’s Uncertain Political Future
by Scott Horton | Mar 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Philip Weiss about the latest in Israeli politics, where Benjamin Netanyahu still has neither been removed from power in a decisive election, nor tried for his corruption charges. His main opponent, Benny Gantz, may now be offered the chance to form a...
3/20/20 Tim Shorrock on Getting Along with North Korea
by Scott Horton | Mar 23, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Tim Shorrock shares what might be a positive side to the global coronavirus outbreak: a chance for the U.S. government to relax sanctions on Iran and North Korea. Shorrock thinks it would be easy for President Trump to announce that these sanctions will no longer be...
3/20/20 Gareth Porter on the New York Times’ Ongoing Russiagate Disinformation Campaign
by Scott Horton | Mar 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the New York Times' continued efforts to bolster the story that Russia both interfered in the 2016 presidential election and continues to do so in the lead up to the 2020 election. This time around, they allege, Russian actors are...
3/20/20 William Arkin on the Military’s Top Secret Coronavirus Plans
by Scott Horton | Mar 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews William Arkin about his recent Newsweek article discussing the the government's various contingency plans—both public and secret—to keep a functioning, constitutional government alive during a national crisis. He is not so concerned about the...
3/16/20 Jim Bovard on the Police Killing of Duncan Lemp
by Scott Horton | Mar 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jim Bovard shares the story of the death of Duncan Lemp, a 21-year-old Maryland man recently killed by police in his home in the middle of the night. The police aren't releasing their side of the story yet, but it looks as though Lemp hadn't even been charged with any...
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Can’t We All Get Along?
Pre-Zionism and pre-Israel, Arab-Muslims, Arab-Christians, and Arab-Jews (yes!) got along in many places as neighbors and friends. Compare that to Europe. Arab and Jewish nationalism messed it up. See Avi Shlaims's Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew.
Lying Politicians Gonna Lyingly Politick
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaking on Holocaust Remembrance Day: We remember what happened then [in Nazi Germany], and today, we are witnessing American universities quickly become hostile places for Jewish students and faculty. The very campuses which were once the...
The Purpose of the Antisemitism Awareness Act
The point of the House-passed (and misnamed) Antisemitism Awareness Act is not to empower the Education Department to sue and defund colleges under civil rights law. It is to make lawsuits unnecessary by chilling expression.
The Prussian Culture of Disobedience
"The German and Prussian officer corps are the officer corps with the greatest culture of disobedience–with maybe the exception of the French. The stories and events that kept alive the virtue requiring an officer–even in war–to disobey an order “when justified by...
Zionism versus Judaism
From the start, political Zionists identified their program with Judaism the religion (despite their secularism, even atheism). Also from the start, Jews -- including the most tradition-bound Jews -- vigorously disavowed that identification. They were shamed as...
Sen. Mitt Romney Admits TikTok Censorship is All About Protecting Israel
Of course it is. No one hates free speech more than Zionists. You know, because accurate descriptions of Israel make them look bad.
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