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2/10/23 Patrick MacFarlane on the Balloon Panic

2/10/23 Patrick MacFarlane on the Balloon Panic

FromScott Horton Show - Just the Interviews


2/10/23 Patrick MacFarlane on the Balloon Panic

FromScott Horton Show - Just the Interviews

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Scott is joined by Patrick MacFarlane to talk about the alleged Chinese balloon that captured the American news cycle a week ago. MacFarlane wrote a piece for the Libertarian Institute digging into the details and arguing against the fearmongering that has predictably resulted. Scott and MacFarlane talk about this story as well as the broader Cold War with China. 
Discussed on the show:

“An Overblown Balloon Headline Inflates False Narrative on China” (Libertarian Institute)

“Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipelines? "Russia, Russia, Russia!" (Racket [formerly TK News])

“Rep. McCaul Plans Taiwan Visit This Spring, McCarthy Later” (Antiwar.com)

Wilson’s War by Jim Powell

Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. His work has appeared on antiwar.com and Zerohedge. Follow him on Twitter @patmacfarlane_
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Released:
Feb 12, 2023
Format:
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This podcast is for individual interviews on the Scott Horton Show. See the Q & A show feed to hear Scott answer listener questions and for the full show archives. Scott Horton is the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and is the host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted over 5,500 interviews with authors, journalists, activists, and whistleblowers on the most important foreign policy issues since 2003.