Archive for January, 2009
Bill Hicks’ Final (Cut) Letterman Performance
Thanks to Jim Bovard.
It Coulda Been Ron; Part XXVII
Thanks to Lew for the video.
You Thought America Was a Fascist Country Before…
It’s on now.
George W. Bush’s Somalia Legacy
Suicide Terrorism. Also, here, the Post, which supported and helped lie on behalf of each and every one of Bush/Cheney’s acts of mass murder, now admits to the public that, “The departure of George W. Bush deprived al-Qaeda of a polarizing American leader who reliably drove recruits and donations to the terrorist group. … ‘They’re [...]
Interviews of Me
Here’s one from the 12th on Free Talk Live with Ian, Mark and Sam. (Last hour). And here’s one from (very early) this morning on Break the Matrix radio with Kurt Wallace. (starts at approximately 63:30)
Barack Obama Already Killing People in Pakistan
Well shit. That didn’t take long. Thanks to Lila Rajiva.
Robert Pape Was Right
Suicide terrorism is a reaction to foreign occupation. And Israelis are real smart – but apparently only after they run out of bombs and bullets. Two days after their last soldiers returned from Gaza, Israelis are asking increasingly whether the offensive had achieved anything other than spawning a new generation of potential suicide bombers. The [...]
A Great Start
Sure Ron Paul would have done much more and much better, but I gotta hand it to the new emperor, his first day of executive orders banned torture, rescinded all memos regarding prisoner treatment written since 9/11/01, mandated an immediate return to Common Article III of the Geneva Convention, closed the CIA ghost prisons and [...]
Antiwar Radio: Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the Bush/Olmert plan to force Hamas to take all power in Gaza in order to try to provide an excuse for undoing the election results of 2006, how Hamas followed by and Israel broke the cease-fire of June, 2008, backlash against Bush’s capitulation to every [...]
Antiwar Radio: Scott Horton
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses the possibility of war crimes trials for the Bush administration, Sen. Cornyn’s attempted obstruction of Attorney General nominee Eric Holder on the basis of the threat of prosecution for former administration members, the appointment of Horton’s former colleagues from the [...]
Antiwar Radio: Joshua Frank
Joshua Frank, contributor to Antiwar.com, Counterpunch and DissidentVoice, and co-editor (with Jeffery St. Clair) of Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland, discusses the continuing need for a political realignment against empire, the dangers associated with Obama’s stated intentions of saving it while many former antiwar voices are diluted by love for [...]
Live or Memorex?
In the comment section, Eots (Enemy of the State) writes: Scott, I’m really going to miss the live broadcast. The interviews are great, but frankly a guest has a tough act to follow when they come in after one of your rants. I discovered your program via the AWR interviews, but once I started tuning [...]
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