Boiling frogs interviews

Ry · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:01 am

Shows are every Monday Night

First show Jason Ditz FREE
The Embarrassing Petraeus Scandal with: A symptom of our overall asinine policies, incompetent departments & sensationalist media. What really happened in Benghazi? Did it really have anything to do with a tasteless YouTube video? Was there green on blue? How does this poor planning and preparation fit with the disastrous regional policies of drone strikes on random victims, arming Salafi Jihadist, and outsourcing security to locals who hate us? Jason Ditz of Antiwar.com and Ryan Dawson discuss.

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Scott Horton Show
Hatteras and Gaza FREE

Second show Karen Kwiatkowski
Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski on the recent Shuffling of Generals, Iran & More!
Karen Kwiatkowski retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, who worked at the pentagon and is familiar with how sinister some operations work away from the public eye, gives her 2 cents on the recent shuffling of the generals. Have the Neocons launched a post Romney plan B? Will Karen being running for congress in 2014? How likely is war with Iran really?

Third show Michael Rivero
Behind the TV hype, Wars are Always About Economics & Always Based on Deception. Michael Rivero joins us to discuss Israeli aggression against Gaza, propaganda against Iran, and the larger picture of the US-Israel relationship in the geopolitics of the Middle East. How is some of the unrest in the Middle East related to the economic fallout in Europe? How is all of that related to the mortgage backed securities fraud backed by the Fed and different financial institutions in the US? What is the future for the US economy without major changes?

Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson- Episode 4: Post 'Pillar of Cloud' (Israeli assault) on Gaza, what is the future for Palestine?
Ryan Dawson Presents Pepe Escobar
The legendary roving journalist Pepe Escobar and writer for the Asian Times, joins me to discuss the aftermath of the assault of Gaza, the reaction by the world community, the clearly divided bias press, Netanyahu's continued drastic measures, and how this has affected the war-drum beat to attack Iran. Also with Syria torn up by mercenary fighters from a multitude of factions, what impact is this making for the Kurdish population in Syria and the adjacent areas?

Dr Norman Finkelstein
Dr. Norman Finkelstein joins us to discuss the ‘Insane asylum’ politics of the apartheid state of Israel. Gaza gained a symbolic victory after the cease fire to Israel’s most recent assault “operation pillar of defense.” However Israel is still refusing to lift the blockade and has increased its desire to build more internationally illegal racial colonies, which they call “settlements,” on the West Bank. So what is a real pragmatic solution to this mess? Tune in, find out.

Marc Guttmen
Marc Guttman, the editor of Why Peace, joins us today to discuss a wide variety of political issues contained in his book-Why Peace. From the Drug war in Columbia to the Cold War in Asia and all things in between, hear a compilation of first-hand accounts contained in Why Peace. This is an extraordinarily valuable resource for those of you concerned with social justice who have the time, energy, and desire to become more proactive. The real pain and suffering of war does not see its share of attention. The real causes of war are masked in political jingoism that is so thick, that in the buildup to war citizens opposed to it do so with fear that they could be subjected to violence themselves. We must get off this cycle of habitual mass murder and theft. Why-Peace edited by Marc Guttman is 608 pages of knowledge to dissolve war propaganda and hits on a deep emotional level the utter absurdity and ruthlessness of modern warfare.

Micheal Rivero
Mike Rivero joins us today to talk about mass shootings, guns, SSRIs, and Big Pharma, and trys to explore the root of the social problems which predicate such horrible atrocities as the mass shootings of strangers

Charlie McGrath The Hype that Gave Us the ‘Crisis’
Charlie McGrath joins us today to talk about the “fiscal cliff” deal, and clear up the hype that gave us the ‘crisis’ as well as the deceptive so called solution. We discuss how the neocons hijacked the tea-party, making the tea-o-con party, and that all the talk of fiscal responsibility or of fiscal conservatives was just that, all talk. What did we really get in the fiscal cliff deal? What is the reality of the US’s economic future, and how might that effect foreign policy decisions?

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Syria and Iran
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is an analysts and award-winning author of the book The Globalization of NATO. He was on the ground in Libya reporting live for multiple media outlets as NATO conducted its merciless bombing of that country’s civilians and infrastructure. Today we discuss the real motivations for the Balkanization of Syria and why there is a US and Israeli target painted on Iran. I highly recommend checking out this piece by Mr. Nazemroaya: The Endgame in Syria: Strategic Stage in the Pentagon's Covert War on Iran for further analysis.

Dr. Joseph Gerson Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson- Episode 10: Delving into what is in store for the world’s three largest economies. Dr. Joseph Gerson is the Director of the Peace and Economic Security Program for the American Friends Service committee in New England. His program work focuses on challenging and overcoming U.S. global hegemony- preparations for and threats to initiate nuclear war, and military domination of the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Our discussion topics include: What is in store for the world’s three largest economies? How are the Island disputes in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea being used to foster support for reactionary right-wing factions gaining political power? Will the Pacific stage be the new Middle East? Some recommend reading for more depth on the topics discussed: Day of Deceit, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA and Yakuza: Japan’s Criminal Underworld

Peter Schiff
Peter Schiff is strong supporter of the Austrian Economic school of thought and was an economic adviser to Ron Paul in 2008. Peter is currently the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. Peter also owns Euro Pacific Bank, which allows non-US residents to have their bank account denominated in gold and accessed through an ATM/Debit Card. He is also the host of the Peter Schiff Show, heard daily from 10am to noon Eastern at schiffradio.com He is the author of numerous books, his latest, The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country. Today we discuss the counter productive polices of protectionist regulation, raising income taxes, and how college loans have become the equivalent of a property-less mortgage on the youth. What is the future of the dollar post "fiscal cliff" can kicking? Tune in find out.

Dr Stephen Zunes Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he chairs the program in Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of several books including Western Sahara: War Nationalism& Conflict Irresolution Today we discuss the US and NATO’s cascading series of blowback-disasters from Libya to Mali to Algeria and why “the enemy of your enemy is not your friend.” They’re just your future enemy. The conflict in Mali kick started nearly a year ago with a coup in March of 2012. One policy reaction after another fumbled in the face of the US’s own Frankensteins which it created through poorly thought out intervention in North Africa. So what is happening now, and could this conflict grow further? Is France painting a target on itself? How much is gold a factor? Tune in.

Rob Prince a Lecturer for University of Denver, and writer for the Colorado Progressive Jewish News, joins us today to discuss neocolonialism in North Africa. Why are the French really intervening in Mali? How are the arms and drug trades connected? How independent are some of these 'Islamic' groups from state intelligence agencies? Is there a tug-of-war with China over the Western IMF client states exploiting African resources? How much of blowback is really unintended? Tune in Rob Prince and Ryan Dawson discuss.

North Korea: Cold War Cash Cow or Legitimate Threat?
Eric Margolis joins us today to discuss his article "The Hysteria Over Kim's Nukes." Eric Margolis is the author of "War on top of the world" as well as "American Raj." He worked for Maninichi-Tokyo a prominent Japanese news paper for many years, and now his work is featured in multiple outlets, The American Conservative, Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few. North Korea launched it's third nuclear test. What are the reactions and what may have also been the possible provocations? What is the real purpose of this demonstration?

Bill Still
Bill Still the author of 22 books and two award winning documentaries, The Secret of Oz and The Money Masters, joins us today to discuss Monetary reform. If collecting interest on loans from imaginary money is such an obvious scam, then why aren't more politicians, economists, and media persons explaining the obvious scheme? Does the Federal Reserve protect us from or enable the irresponsible gambling of big commercial banks? Why won't ending the Fed matter without two more crucial steps?

Grant Smith
Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson-“From Apollo to Dimona: Israel’s Open Theft of Nuclear Technology from the US.”
The Israeli lobbies under the umbrella of the ZOA and now AIPAC have not only routinely spied on the US, they have financed and organized front companies to actively steal military weapons and secrets without any real consequences. Grant F Smith of Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy joins us today to explain the theft and the players and how the Lobby with corrupt DOJ Attorney Generals facilitated both the resources and the cover up for the crimes. We also discuss the new video of a former NASA employee Stewart Nozette selling secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Mossad operative working for IAI which was released this week.

Lew Rockwell Geopolitics with Ryan Dawson-“Washing Away the State’s Blame Shifting”
Though the intellectually lazy like to try to make free market “capitalism” a blame all for everything from the housing bubble to military-corporate welfare, Lew Rockwell joins us today to break down the complexities of the State, central banking, rubbish media, and Keynesian economics’ malevolence and incompetence, and the government as the facilitator of cartels, protectionism, mercantilism, wars, bailouts, and corrosive financial criminal institutions.

The Iraq war: Waged for Israel FREE
On the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we look at why the US really when there and in whose interest. Maidhc Ó Cathail explains how Israeli partisans pushed for and created the propaganda and legal pretext for the 2003, invasion of Iraq. Progressive media likes to rant and rave about oil interest and currencies, but when you look at the blame shifters you just find more Israeli partisans. The arguments for oil fall flat vs reality and require a massive amount of rationalization and omission of facts. The Neocons gave us millions of dead bodies, trillions of wasted dollars, an increase in terrorism, and a total disaster in the Middle East. Don't let them shift the blame on to "oil companies" or "capitalism" this was a war for Israel from top to bottom.

US-German author William Engdahl joins us today to explain the often under discussed role of big energy hiding in the shadows of orientalism in the conflict in Syria. Engdahl is the author of Myth, Lies, and Oil Wars. What would bring Qatar, Turkey, the Muslim Brotherhood, Israel, together with a green light from NATO and US media? Well, maybe natural gas. Tune in to see how it all connects – Syria, Turkey, Israel and a Greater Middle East Energy War.

Pepe Escobar II
Investigative journalist and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar joins us to explain what really happened with the so called “surge” in Iraq, how the sectarian violence was fostered to divide and conquer, and what a time bomb Iraq still may be. How did the pentagon and press turn 9/11 into a psychological hammer to dehumanize and demonize Iraqis? Is the media on Syria any better than it was with Iraq?

Chritine Hong North Korea where should the focus be? Sometimes the voices for peace get drowned out by all the saber rattling and chest pounding in the press and general discourse about potential war. Are North Korea’s recent actions really actions or predictable reactions to US and South Korean policies such as war games and simulated invasion drills on North Korea? As Ron Paul would point out, what if someone did that to us? How would we react? Joining me today to cover some of the history of the struggle, and the some of the less mentioned facets of war, is Professor Christine Hong from the University of California at Santa Cruz. How can we cool off such a hot spot and proxy for anti-China policies in the Pacific? Tune in.

Dr Joseph Gerson oins us today to explain the ‘soft power politics’ that piggy back on the militarist saber rattling. How does the Nuclear proliferation in North Korea drive a wedge in US hegemony and spoil the economic encircling of China with pro-US allies who are leveraged into economic trade agreements by the US’s protection gambit? Tune in hear the details.

Nicolas J.S. Davies author of “Blood on our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq,” joins us today to explain how the West intentionally sabotaged the diplomatic peace process for Syria while simultaneously giving covert support to the Syrian opposition forces as the peace talks were taking place. Make no mistake about it, peace was never the aim. The failure of a diplomatic solution from international bodies was simply a necessary step to take to give the public the appearance of a failed nonviolent solution. What has been the press’s role? Where does Obama stand? Tune in.

Jacob Hornberger (No show)

Julie Lévesque When is murdering innocent people Terrorism and when is it “Freedom Fighting?” When is resisting a brutal military occupation Freedom Fighting and when is it Terrorism? Well it all depends on who is telling you about it. Julie Lévesque is a Global Research journalist who has herself been shot at by Israelis, joins us today to give some analysis on terrorist acts in Boston and in Canada. In Particular we are discussing her article Boston Bombings a Web of Lies. In the wake of any crisis manufactured or not there is always a push to erode civil liberties and enhance the powers of the very profitable security state. Don’t surrender to fear.

Jason Ditz ason Ditz joins us to discuss the Israeli bombings of Syria, the chemical weapons hype/re-hype, the US’s capricious nature on their foreign policy regarding Syria and the latest attempted peace negotiations for Syria held jointly between the US and Russia. On a grander scale, is the UN Security Council just a dysfunctional bully’s pulpit? Who can hold powerful governments accountable if not their own public? And how can that happen without independent media?

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Jeff Gates

Pepe Escobar

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