Scott talks to Danny Sjursen about Lebanon, which has been in the news recently after a disastrous, and apparently accidental, explosion left hundreds dead there. Today Sjursen discusses Lebanon's past, a history that has seen it become a battleground for many proxy...
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Jim Bovard in 1987: US Out of the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Aug 22, 2020 | Blog
in USA Today: If sailing our fleet into the Persian Gulf was stupid, keeping them there is positively idiotic. Just because we are a superpower does not mean that we must perpetuate our mistakes. Jumping into the middle of the Iran-Iraqi war is just one more example...
8/21/20 Jordan Smith on the Pseudoscience Putting Americans Behind Bars
by Scott Horton | Aug 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Jordan Smith discusses her research into the "BlueLeaks" archive of the leaked personal data of hundreds of thousands of cops and their cases. Smith was looking for evidence of unscientific techniques that the police use to elicit confessions and get convictions—and...
8/14/20 Branko Marcetic on Kamala Harris’ Powerful Pro-War Backers
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Branko Marcetic about Kamala Harris' dismal foreign policy. Although she's frequently portrayed as a progressive leftist, when it comes to foreign policy, says Marcetic, her foreign policy is right in line with the Clinton-Bush-Obama establishment...
Totalitarian Police State
by Scott Horton | Aug 18, 2020 | Blog
Reason: When Teachers Call the Cops on Parents Whose Kids Skip Their Zoom Classes If there's one thing the public school system shouldn't be doing right now, it's making life even more hellishly difficult for parents. And yet many teachers in the state of...
8/14/20 Grant Smith on the Unscrupulous Dealings of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board
by Scott Horton | Aug 17, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Grant Smith joins the show for another look at the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, a government entity associated with the state of Virginia that allocates taxpayer money to Israeli companies starting operations in the U.S. The projects, Smith explains, aren't viable...
Obey The Law!
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
There is a saying amongst liberty minded people: “There is no law so small that the police won’t kill you for.” The meme above pictures the “arrest” of Eric Garner. He was standing in front of a Staten Island convenience store when NYPD officers walked up and accused...
You Can Check-Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave
by Steven Woskow | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
New California wealth tax proposal raises taxes on total net worth of wealthy California residences. But, what if they decide to leave the State? No problem. Economic impacts: Will ultra-wealthy CA residents leave the state? As mentioned above, the California share of...
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Noam Chomsky Mentions Fool’s Errand
Twice! "The invasion was not only a violation of international law, as marginal a concern in Washington as the anti-Taliban Afghan resistance, but also had no credible pretext on any grounds. "Pure criminality. "Furthermore, ample evidence is now available showing...
The Antiwar Comic: Rinse and Repeat
There are many kinds of fear, but it's always used for the same reason. More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
Revealed: LAPD Officers Told To Collect Social Media Data On Every Civilian They Stop
Spend a little time reading articles at The Free Thought Project - are these the people you want to have all your social media info? "The Los Angeles police department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect the social media information of every civilian they...
The Antiwar Comic: Enter the Journo!
You're favorite hero is back! For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory.
The War in Afghanistan Should Make You Reconsider Military Enlistment
Though the war in Afghanistan is over, its grim history is filled with hard truths about what it really means to serve in the American military. Those truths are particularly relevant to anyone contemplating enlistment or commissioning in the armed forces. With that...
Really?
Someday our descendants will laugh with embarrassment at the people today who pore over weather records prepared to proclaim an existential threat from a fraction-of-1-degree rise in the average global temperature over any previous year "on record," that is, unless...
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