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Hunter DeRensis joins the show to talk about his recent article for the American Conservative Magazine. He cites Stein's law, named for economist Herbert Stein, which says that if something can't go on forever, it will stop. This seems obvious, but people frequently avoid its conclusions when looking at an issue like the American empire. DeRensis worries that the U.S. is too extended and too far in debt to keep going on our current track for much longer. At some point the big crash simply has to come.

Discussed on the show:

"The Coming Bankruptcy of the American Empire" (American Conservative)

Ben Stein

Herbert Stein

Hunter DeRensis is an editorial assistant at the American Conservative and a student at GMU. Find him on his website or on Twitter @HunterDeRensis.

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Max Blumenthal talks about the Azov Battalion, a U.S.-backed Neo-Nazi group in Ukraine, and their efforts to train and educate American sympathizers. Once funded by the Obama administration, the group now wields some real power in their region and hopes to spread their ideology in ours. For all their talk about the rise of white supremacy, Blumenthal explains, the U.S. media refuses to cover this scandal because it undermines Obama's policies. Scott mentions that much of the strife in Eastern Europe today is ultimately America's fault, because we pushed expansion of NATO into Russia's backyard. No one should be surprised when tensions with Russia are at their highest since the cold war—but this is yet another thing we're not allowed to talk about. Even Israel, of all countries, doesn't seem to care that much about Neo-Nazism, because if anything, it could cause a threatened diaspora to support the Jewish State even more strongly.

Discussed on the show:

"US-Funded Neo-Nazis in Ukraine Mentor US White Supremacists" (Consortium News)

Orange Revolution

Azov Battalion

"Putin's Imaginary Nazis" (Politico)

"Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline)" (Atlantic Council)

Gulf of Tonkin incident

Petro Poroshenko

Manchester Arena bombing

Pact of Steel

Jamal Khashoggi

Tulsi Gabbard

"2017 Was the Year I Learned About My White Privilege" (foreignpolicy.com)

Boland Amendment

Iran–Contra affair

Director and writer of “Killing Gaza,” Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah, and The 51 Day War. Follow Max on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Tom Woods comes back on the show to promote his flagship product, Liberty Classroom, an adult enrichment program designed to correct "educational malpractice". Scott Horton Show listeners can use the promo code "HORTON" to take $200 off the master membership, which includes all the courses Tom did for the Ron Paul Home School curriculum. Scott will also throw in a signed copy of Fool's Errand.

Liberty Classroom features courses in history and economics taught by prominent libertarian scholars like Bob Murphy, Kevin Gutzman, and Jeff Herbener, and many others.

Tom Woods is the host of the Tom Woods Show and the author of numerous books, including Real Dissent. Follow him on Twitter @ThomasEWoods.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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On FPF #277, I discuss recent events that resulted in Ukraine declaring Martial Law. Ukrainian ships attempted to navigate Russian waters without following procedures established by Russia. Russian ships rammed a Ukrainian tugboat and fired on two other Ukrainian ships. No one was killed and Russia seized the three ships. 

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Links

FPF #175 - MSNBC on Russia

FPF #275 - Will Porter on Khashoggi

Accusing Russia

Moon of Alabama Sea of Azov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpPTzBEC1qc

In this episode of the show, Keith and I take on the classic blueprint for a free society: Frederic Bastiat's "The Law."

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The Bastiat Collection (Amazon Affiliate Link)

Thomas DiLorenzo "The Myth of Natural Monopoly

Liberation Library [6]: Dissecting Anatomy of the State ft. Keith Knight

On FPF #276, I discuss the Korean Peace Process. North and South Korean soldiers shook hands and engaged in a friendly conversation across the DMZ. The soldiers are working on a road reconnecting North and South Korea. 

While Koreans continue to move towards peace, the American establishment is attempting to slow it. A recent article by David Sanger claimed Trump is being played by Kim Jong-un. I review articles by Gareth Porter, Tim Shorrock, and Peter Van Buren that debunk the Sanger article. 

Links

Tim Shorrock

Gareth Porter

Peter Van Buren 

David Sanger

Scott Horton Show - Gareth Porter

Ramzy Baroud comes back on the show to talk about the continuing injustice suffered by the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli government. The death toll of protestors shot by Israeli gunmen is now over 200, with thousands more wounded. Many Americans look at the situation and think that Israel has every right to defend its border. But Baroud explains that that's not how we should be thinking about it—Israel is basically laying siege these people, controlling their movements along with everything that comes in and out of their territory. If it were as simple as Israel defending their own border, Baroud asks, why do so many American Jews support the Palestinians and oppose Israel?

Discussed on the show:

"Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar?" (Counterpunch)

Attica Prison riot

Israeli nation-state law

"Airbnb removes Israeli West Bank settlement listings" (BBC)

"In first, UK university divests from firms supplying Israel army" (Middle East Monitor)

Ehud Barak

"The Israel Lobby in the U.S." (YouTube)

The Jewish Home

SkatePal

Ramzy Baroud is a US-Arab journalist and is the editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of My Father Was A Freedom Fighter: The Untold Story of Gaza. His new book is The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story. Follow Ramzy on Twitter @RamzyBaroud and read his work at RamzyBaroud.net.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Pete 'Mance Rayder' Raymond returns to the show to discuss spreading the antiwar message in the face of censorship. Podcasts are an unregulated medium to spread the message. However, tech companies (Facebook, Twitter, PayPal, Google) are cracking down on nonmainstream messages and deepening their ties with the government. Pete explains how we can continue to spread the message without using platforms that will censor the message. Pete highlights the benefits of a new social network Minds.Com.

Pete Raymond has formerly gone by the alias Mance Rayder. He is the host of the Free Man Beyond the Wall Podcast. Pete the author of two books The Kids are Not All Right and Freedom Through Memedom. 

Links

Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast #152 - Scott Horton & Angela Keaton

https://youtu.be/5yQgqsoAIXk

Minds.Com - Immersion News

Minds.Com - Pete 'Mance Rayder' Raymond

Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast #175 - Minds.Com

Scott interviews Ray McGovern about James Clapper's new memoir, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence. They touch on Clapper's role in the buildup to the Iraq War, which he now admits, including one all-too-predictable phenomenon: Once a certain amount of time and money had been invested in mapping and other intel efforts in the Middle East, it became impossible to shut them down. Now determined to justify their own existence, these agencies were happy to provide whatever intelligence their superiors insisted they should be finding, including possible evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. McGovern warns that people like Clapper, as well as Donald Rumsfeld and new CIA director Gina Haspel, should take care when traveling abroad; some foreign governments have indicated that they are willing to arrest and indict them for their violations of international law, even though the U.S. seems unlikely to.

Discussed on the show:

Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Ahmed Chalabi

Downing Street memo

"Clapper’s Credibility Collapses" (Antiwar.com)

"Ray McGovern Questions James Clapper" (YouTube)

Shock and Awe

Ray McGovern is the co-creator of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity and the former chief of the CIA’s Soviet analysts division. Read all of his work at his website: raymcgovern.com.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Gareth Porte rejoins the show to talk North Korea, the New York Times, and the insidious influence of arms contractors on United States foreign policy decisions. Porter explains how easy it is for journalists to make claims like "North Korea has an illicit nuclear program" without needing to provide hard evidence. Most people don't pay close enough attention to be able to question claims like that, but they can easily be used as evidence for the need for military intervention. Much of the media, claims Porter, hates that President Trump might help to bring about peace in Korea because they're unwilling to give him credit for anything positive. Scott and Porter shift to discussing the dangers of the military-industrial complex in general, an institution that has been empowered by the transition of the pentagon from a huge government bureaucracy, to really more of a business. And just like any rent-seekers, arms manufacturers lobby for policies that will make them the most money. In this case that means more war from the United States.

Discussed on the show:

David E. Sanger

"What the New York Times Got Wrong About North Korea" (National Interest)

Joint ComprehensiveS Plan of Action

"North Korea ‘Deception’: NYT Malpractice or Laziness?" (American Conservative)

Center for Strategic and International Studies

"America’s Permanent-War Complex" (American Conservative)

Eisenhower's Farewell Speech

"US: Lockheed Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (Corpwatch)

Committee for the Liberation of Iraq

"Top Secret America" (Washington Post)

"10/17/18 Ben Freeman on the Saudi Lobby" (Libertarian Institute)

"Yemen crisis: 85,000 children 'dead from malnutrition'" (BBC)

Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state, and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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