Elizabeth McAlister of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 updates Scott on her legal situation, following an April 2018 incident in which she and other members of her organization broke into a Nuclear Submarine facility. The Kings Bay Plowshares are a group of Catholics...
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10/4/19 Adam Wunische on the Real Costs of the War in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Oct 6, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Adam Wunische joins the show to discuss his work in assessing the true costs of the war in Afghanistan and the future of the American military there. He and Scott remind us that most metrics used to describe the costs of war assume that you can put a value on the loss...
9/28/19 Sheldon Richman on the Real Story of Israel and Palestine
by Scott Horton | Oct 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Sheldon Richman about his new book, Coming to Palestine, a collection of Richman's essays on the founding of Israel. Richman was raised in a Jewish household to believe that Israel's cause was just and worthy of support. He now believes that the...
9/30/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the Houthi Attack on Saudi Forces
by Scott Horton | Sep 30, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee is back with an important update from Yemen, where Houthi forces are now claiming to have captured thousands of Saudi soldiers in a battle in August. They likely view this as leverage in a possible peace negotiation, but Scott fears that it could also...
9/27/19 Mark Perry on America’s Foreign Policy Follies
by Scott Horton | Sep 29, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Perry discusses some of the disasters of America's foreign policy for the last 20 years, particularly U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in their war in Yemen and repeated cases of empowering Iran by starting or supporting ill-advised conflicts that end up making Iran...
9/27/19 Ali Demirdas Explains Why the YPG Can’t Do What Washington Wants
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ali Demirdas talks about the Syrian YPG, a Kurdish organization associated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which America has supported against Assad in Syria. Demirdas thinks this partnership is ill-advised, and that the YPG's chances of ruling significant parts of...
9/27/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Changing Nature of Global Warfare
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent attacks on a Saudi oil facility, an American drone, and two Japanese tankers, all of which have been pinned to various degrees on Iran. It's unclear to what extent Iran actually was involved—it's always possible that this is a...
9/23/19 Hannah Cox: the Death Penalty is Just Another Failed Big Government Program
by Scott Horton | Sep 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Hannah Cox, from Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, who explains why anyone who favors smaller government should oppose the death penalty. Among the problems she cites: one in nine death penalty convicts are later outright exonerated,...
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Short Story – “Actions Have Consequences.”
He sat back into his seat, in his man cave. It had been a long day. He held the whisky. It bit when he sipped. Eyes open ahead as he gulped it down. The glass empty. He poured another. He was still in his uniform. The day had been long. “Are you in there Daddy?” his...
Selling Out a Nation
I discuss the current state of the economy, how Trump is attempting to recover a nation of vitality, and we watch the 1992 presidential debate.
It NDs Today: The Swiss Adopt a Lemon
The Gods help them in this very silly selection by the Swiss armed forces. ND is a negligent discharge where the pistol fires when you haven't asked it to. Most inconvenient. So the Swiss are buying a gun that technically failed the evaluation just to keep the...
The Evergreen State Pays the Green Toll of Stupidity
I cover mostly military topics here at the LI Blog per my charter but on occasion I cover other topics. The Washington State ferry system is in tatters. It continues to get worse barely a week into the new year: Washington State Ferries needs 17 boats to operate at...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Patrick Henningsen: Venezuela: America’s Next Disaster?
A president is kidnapped, the government remains, and we’re told it isn’t regime change. We pull back the curtain on what our guest calls “regime changeover,” a strategy that uses spectacle and lawfare to force leverage without admitting occupation. From sanctions...
Pentagon Fraud: A Feature and Not a Bug Part XVII
The easiest solution to this is stand the entire military industrial complex down until they fix this. But that is far too responsible. The fraud you are seeing in MN, WA and MA is large but the financial mismanagement in the Pentagon is hundeds of billions of dollars...
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