Scott interviews Professor Alfred McCoy about the history of the drug trade during America's decades-long involvement in Afghanistan. Before the 1980s, McCoy explains, drugs were not a significant part of the Afghan economy—but that all changed when President Bush's...
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News Roundup 5/10/21
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Three million students have dropped out because of virtual learning. [Link] Biden has hired 17 Trump nominated judges to immigration courts. [Link] Former Syria Envoy James Jeffery is now working at West End Execs. [Link] The B-1B bombers are starting to...
COI#107 – Biden Hypocrisy: Demanding “Press Freedom” as Assange Rots
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #107, Kyle and Will discuss the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange, who remains in a maximum security UK jail as the Joe Biden administration seeks to imprison him for the better part of 200 years. While Biden spoke of his appreciation for brave journalists...
Congress’ Obsession With Unreadable Laws
by Jim Bovard | May 10, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon is reputed to have said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated last December by approving a 5593-page bill without reading it. Plenty of activists and...
5/7/21 Doug Bandow on the Neocon Think Tanks Keeping America at War
by Scott Horton | May 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow discusses the creation of the Vandenberg Coalition, the latest in a long string of neocon think tanks that do little more than promote American interventionism halfway across the world. Bandow reminds us of two strong motivating factors behind this strain...
5/7/21 Heather Brandon-Smith on the Effort to Repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF
by Scott Horton | May 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Heather Brandon-Smith of the Friends Committee on National Legislation about the effort to repeal the 2002 Iraq Authorization for Use of Military Force. Although the 2002 AUMF has been less widely cited as grounds for America's ever-expanding wars in...
Nationalism vs. Patriotism: What’s the Difference and Why it Matters
by Sam Jacobs | May 7, 2021 | Foreign Policy
The terms nationalism and patriotism have very similar and difficult-to-differentiate definitions, but are worth reflecting on a time when they are more popular than ever.
News Roundup 5/7/21
by Kyle Anzalone | May 7, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Six people received over three million in fraudulent Covid relief payments claiming to run churches. [Link] Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Western countries about allowing Chinese investment. [Link] Ukraine says it met with State Department officials...
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Cop Does 2 Years For Murdering a 6-Year-Old Boy
Because there is no such thing as "law," only the will of men. Evil men. For another example.
Israeli Bizarro World
This is all perfectly normal and fine, you see: The Israeli Blue-White opposition co-chair Yair Lapid ventured into dangerous territory on Twitter last week, where he argued for “equality” and a “state of all its citizens”. This brought backlash not least from the...
Generals Punk Weak Loser Trump on Afghan ‘Safe Haven’ Myth
How easy is it for the Pentagon to hold the president down and screw him right in the brain? Incredibly, fantastically easy. Very successful! Osama bin Laden is surely laughing in Hell.
Another Delay for New Jersey Cannabis Legalization
An ongoing political saga took another unpredicted turn last month. After over a year of building momentum, hopes for a legislative vote on legalizing the adult-use of recreational cannabis have once again faded. Senate President Steve Sweeney announced he is no...
Horton’s Law
What do you know? I'm in the Urban Dictionary. h/t John Mann
Year Zero: No Justice, No Liberty
In Episode 51 Tommy takes a brief look at the Democrat Debates from last week. Tulsi Gabbard scored some points with a good moment against Tim Ryan, and political paternalistic is alive and well. Finally, he takes a look at the word justice as its commonly used to...
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