ASSASSINATION

Losing clearances, torture conditions and major contenders + this day in history w/Yellowstone's Black Saturday and our song of the day by Mudhoney on your Morning Monarchy for August 20, 2018.

Dad rock, joystick jazz and the Queen of Soul + this day in history w/the Québec Conference and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for August 17, 2018.

This week my guest is journalist Paul Dobson of Venezuelanalysis. We had a wide ranging discussion on Venezuela, its current political and economic situation, and western media distortions. First, we covered the recent terrorist attack on President Maduro’s life on August 4th. We touched on the right-wing media operations out of Miami, which supported this terrorist act, as well as the role of ultra right-wing activists in Venezuela and Colombia.

Compound raids, armed security and failed attacks + this day in history w/the arrest of King Louis XVI and our song of the day by Trevor Moore on your Morning Monarchy for August 13, 2018.

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Service for National Intelligence (Sebin) detained legislator Juan Requesens Tuesday after evidence was found linking him to the failed assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro last week.
He was linked to the failed attempt by retired military officer Juan Carlos Monasterios, alias Bons, who was also involved in the plot that flew explosive drones over Avenida Bolivar in Caracas.

Venezuela was rocked this past Sunday by an attempted assassination of President Nicolas Maduro, during a public event, using drones armed with explosives.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones during a military event in Caracas.
Live footage of his speech shows the president suddenly looking upwards in terror as dozens of soldiers break formation and scatter.
Maduro has blamed Colombia for the attack and elements within the US of instigating “a right-wing plot” to kill him.
Maduro added that he had “no doubt” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was “behind this attack”.

So many celebrities and wealthy elites have been mysteriously dying of late? Beyond the speculations, what is the crucial thing to remember in so many cases of tragic deaths? I elaborate here.

An American soldier stoking a fire of burning houses during the My Lai massacre on March 16th, 1968 (Ronald S. Haeberle/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty) by Gaius PubliusSeymour Hersh recently released a book on his life as a reporter, called appropriately, Reporter.

Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman explains the history and radical ideological and religious underpinnings of this rogue policy tacitly endorsed by the United States.
“The state of Israel has a history of great violence, visited on it by its enemies and in return by Israel’s own intelligence services and military. In “Rise and Kill First,” journalist and author Ronen Bergman writes about the nearly century-long campaign of targeted killing. He joins Nick Schifrin to discuss the secret history of these strikes.” (PBS)