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On today's show, we got Jean Claude Van Damme, Rob Schnieder, Paul Sorvino and Lela Rochon as we give you Knock Off! Show Rundown: Troubling allegations against Jean Claude Van Damme, We look at Van Damme's The Gardener, Rambo getting a prequel? Drago throws out the first pitch, Tom Cruise will never retire! We say goodbye to George Wendt, Trouble for David O Russell, and the Madden movie, Billy Joel cancels the rest of his tour amidst health concerns, R-Truth and Carlito are gone from the WWE for now, Tsui Hark, Double Entendres, Paul Sorvino, Storyline, Budget and film gross, Did Moody and Groo hate this movie? Pee Wee as himself, and Predator Killer of Killers. For our next episode of Nothing Worthwhile, we look at a Nothing Worthwhile favorite. It's Billy Joel's 7th studio album., and it's one with a harder edge, Glass Houses! For our next episode of Van Dammit, Van Damme does his historical Rambo thing as a boxer turned Foreign Legion officer with Legionnaire! No Retreat, No Surrender

A Funny MondayFirst a look at this day in History.Then Screen Guild Theater, originally broadcast April 21, 1947, 78 years ago, Too Many Husbands starring Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and Lucille Ball.  Two husbands for Lucille, and more ad-libs than you can imagine.  Followed by The Bob Hope Show, originally broadcast April 21, 1955, 70 years ago, with guest Jim Backus. The final show of the season and the last 30 minute show that Hope did on radio. Bob tries to convince the "new" president of NBC (Jim Backus)  to hire him back next season. Here's the Butterdips recipe.  https://www.food.com/recipe/butter-dips-86Then A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, originally broadcast April 21, 1948, 77 years ago, Newspaper Misquote. Dennis is interviewed for the Weaverville newspaper and finds himself making some very anti-feminine comments. Followed by The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast April 21, 1953, 72 years ago with guest Vic Damone.  The boys do a Foreign Legion sketch entitled Hatdroppers of 1953.Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast April 21, 1942, 83 years ago, Mousy Wants Mother to Move.  Cedric wants one of the free apartments, but he doesn't have a house to trade for it. He therefore puts up a tent over the property of the Jot 'Em Down Store. Thanks to Sean for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamFind the Family Fallout Shelter Booklet Here: https://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/the_family_fallout_shelter_1959.pdfhttps://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2006/11/fallout-shelter-handbook-1962.htmlAnd more about the Survive-all Fallout Sheltershttps://conelrad.blogspot.com/2010/09/mad-men-meet-mad-survive-all-shelter.html

British soldiers and foreign volunteers have been fighting in Ukraine, but what is the real story behind the war? In this deep dive, Chris Thrall speaks to 'Timmo' who exposes the shocking realities of the Ukraine conflict and the dark forces at play. Who are the real power players? What is happening on the Ukraine frontline? Get an unfiltered perspective on the war, the role of foreign fighters in Ukraine, and what the media isn't telling you. Socials: instagram.com/chris.thrall youtube.com/christhrall facebook.com/christhrall christhrall.com Support the podcast at: patreon.com/christhrall (£2 per month plus perks) gofundme.com/christhrall paypal.me/teamthrall Our uncensored content: christhrall.locals.com Mailing list: christhrall.com/mailing-list/ Life Coaching: christhrall.com/coach/    

The  Drummond AffairAd-Free Safe House EditionBook a bunk at The Safe House and have access to the largest repository of True Crime Historian episodes available on the WWWs.Episode 283 is adapted from the classic pages of True Detective (Vol. 4; No. 6, UK edition) with an international tale of mystery. When the bodies of a titled British couple and their young daughter turn up dead in a camping site on the farmlands in the shadow of the French Alps, a determined investigator is determined to find the culprit. Could it be a notorious deserter from the Foreign Legion? Does the peasant family  that found the body know more than they are telling? Is the whole town of Lurs in on the secrets behind the brutal deaths? Was the family assassinated for a secret? Or is this the result of an espionage caper gone wrongBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

In this episode of Call Your Hits, Ben wraps up Operation Rising Tiger, going over what the event was like, especially comparing his time with the Foreign Legion at AMS Ironhorse to this event. --- If you're looking to support the channel, check out our merch store here: https://stormriders.threadless.com/ And join our discord by following this link: https://discord.gg/ZdaftDDYaZ

Welcome to The Adams Archive Dive deep into the shadows with Austin Adams as he unearths the hidden truths behind today's most controversial topics. The Adams Archive isn't just a podcast—it's a journey into the unseen, the unexplored, and the unsettling realities that shape our world. With a fearless approach and a commitment to uncovering the facts, Austin brings you stories that others won't. Summary: In a world where information is controlled and narratives are spun, The Adams Archive cuts through the noise to bring you the raw, unfiltered truth. Across our episodes, we delve into the intricate web of politics, culture, and technology, exposing the undercurrents that mainstream media often ignores. We begin by unraveling the chilling details of the recent security threat against Donald Trump. Austin takes you on a deep dive into the background and history of the individual behind this plot, revealing a complex tapestry of foreign mercenary work and potential ties to international entities. Transitioning from political intrigue to the complexities of the entertainment industry, we discuss the legal issues surrounding P Diddy. By exploring the allegations and controversies that have surfaced, we shed light on the hidden machinations of fame, power, and accountability. As we navigate these turbulent waters, we also tackle the growing issue of censorship in social media. With Meta's recent ban on RT, the Russian media outlet, we discuss the implications of corporate control over information and the impact on global narratives. Each episode seamlessly weaves these topics together, providing a comprehensive understanding of the forces at play behind the headlines. Austin's insightful analysis and investigative prowess make The Adams Archive a must-listen for anyone seeking the truth.   If you're ready to see beyond the surface and question the official story, hit that subscribe button now! Join us on YouTube, Substack, and all our social media platforms to stay updated on the latest episodes and exclusive content. Your support fuels our mission to bring you the unvarnished truth. Thank you for being a part of The Adams Archive community. Together, we're uncovering the realities that matter. All the Links: For easy access to all our content and platforms, visit: https://linktr.ee/theaustinjadams ----more---- Full Transcription  Hello, you beautiful people, and welcome to The Adams Archive. My name is Austin Adams, and thank you so much for listening today. On today's episode, we are going to be doing a deep dive into the background and history of the individual who conducted the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life in just 65 days.  Now, the reason that we can have almost a full episode on this is because there is so much to discuss. Whereas the last individual was some 20 year old with very little history that was, was able to even be pulled up, let alone be able to indicate something much, much deeper going on. But that is not the case today. This individual has years, dozens of years of history conducting what seems like a foreign, foreign mercenary work. And so we'll dive into the history of that. We'll talk about the potential ties. We'll look at who he's been associated with in the past. We'll even look at some of the, the articles that I was able to dig up myself, his criminal history, all of it.  Now on top of that, what we're going to open with today is the fact that P Diddy is now going to jail.  So we'll read that article, if you've listened to that episode a little bit ago, where I did a whole deep dive on the court documents. It is horrific. So we will discuss that too. And we will also discuss Meta Banning RT, which is the Russian media outlet. So, all of that and more coming up. Make sure you stick around, but first go ahead and hit that subscribe button, leave a five star review and head over to ronanbasics. com this hat on my head, this phone sleeve in my hand. If you are watching here on YouTube, all our Faraday products, Faraday products help you to be protected against the modern threats that are from your technology. So things like your cell phone, your wifi router, your microwave, all of the technology around you emits. 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The very first article that we're going to discuss is coming from CNN. Nonetheless. Now, the reason I found this to be ironic  is the fact that  Oh, the irony involved in it.  MetaBan's Russian state media outlet RT over foreign interference activity.  Hmm. That's interesting. So let's go ahead and read this because the irony that this article sits on CNN is hilarious because if Facebook's gonna going to remove any news outlet that is associated with the government  and pushing propaganda, The first one that they would have to remove would be CNN.  So,  uh, here we go. It says, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced Monday, let me go ahead and share this with my screen here if you're watching, um, announced Monday that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin controlled networks alleging the outlets have engaged in deceptive influence operations and attempted to evade detection.  After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets, uh, I don't know how you pronounce that. RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity, a meta spokesperson said in a statement.  Prior to Monday's ban, RT had 7. 2 million followers on Facebook and 1 million followers on Instagram. RT did not immediately respond to CNN for comment.  The move comes days after the U. S. Justice Department  Announced charges against two RT employees for funneling nearly 10 million into a U. S. company identified by CNN as Tenant Media to create and amplify content that aligned with Russian interests.  The Covert Influence campaign was aimed at the American public ahead of the 2024 U. S. presidential election. U. S. presidential election.  Tenet Media boasts a slate of high profile right wing pro Trump commentators, including Tim Poole, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, and several others. All of them have released statements saying that they are victims of the alleged Russian scheme. After the Justice Department announced Announcement RT responded with mocking statements that did not address it was actually pretty hilarious the response that they made they like basically just laughed at them  The Kremlin commented that in the band that by meta on Tuesday with these actions meta is discrediting itself This complicates the prospect prospects for normalizing our relations with meta. Definitely somewhat true  Now where I see this being a problem  Is the fact that if you're going to run with that, essentially, you're now saying that if anybody's a state run media that is pushing any type of propaganda, you know, like the CIA interfering with our elections,  the NIH having a portal to discuss what content should be removed  from Metta  and Twitter and all of these other organizations, right? Like, We know 100 percent they have the same access to the news outlets. So what is the, what is the, the bar here being set?  Because if this is the bar, almost every single major news outlet has to get kicked off of Facebook and Instagram. It says executives from Meta, Microsoft and F, uh, Microsoft and Alphabet, which owns Google are expected to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday on their platforms work to combat foreign relations to us elections.  So.  This is them trying to  fix without fixing the election, right? They're not going to do it in the same way. Mark Zuckerberg said, well, he just said this. Mark Zuckerberg just said he wasn't going to interfere.  Not allowing a, the  organization which is representing essentially a country  in their, their position on news news. to be seen by citizens. Why? Because you think we're stupid. This is where the privacy or the, the, the conversation surrounding  censorship really bothers me. Like who are you to discern anything? Who are you to tell me who to listen to and who not to listen to? Right? Like that would be your mom and your dad in high school telling you, Oh, that's a bad friend. Don't listen to them. It's like, no, let me judge for myself. I'm an adult. I'm intelligent. Very, very, very intelligent. likely much more intelligent than any individual of the government that's making these types of decisions.  So let me use my discernment, because you don't get to tell me what's truth, and what's not truth. Who's a, a factually based network, and who's not? That's not how this works. Freedom of speech has to go both ways, right? Now it says, uh,  well, this is the CNN  comment section, so this should be interesting.  It says if they are  banning deceptive influence operations, then the Harris campaign must be next. Yeah.  Uh, yeah.  Okay, so moving on. I thought that to be interesting. It is, it is quite ironic that it is META that is banning all of these, you know, the Russian state media when they were the ones taking directions from  our government. They were the controlled media. They were, that's exactly who they were. And now they're, they're just doing what they're being told again by the Harris campaign, because they don't want any, any information or news coming out from the entities that want to, I don't know, stop the war that they're in and not continue it like Kamala Harris would.  So there you go.  All right.  Now let's look at this real quick. Let's see if they have a list of all of the influencers.  Who were involved in this investigation?  Hmm. According to the indictment, some of the creators were told the project was being bankrolled by a man named Edward Gregorian.  Let's see the indictment.  I don't see a list here.  Here we go. Alright, let's see the indictment.  Where are the names? Where are the names? Hmm.  Let's see. Let's see. New  YouTube's Edward Gregorian. Founder 1 accepted interim payments.  So 8, 000 per month plus a percentage of any deals that Founder 1 closed with influencers.  Influencer talent scouting.  I want to see what the name of that was.  Anyways, maybe for another time after I've done the research.  But interesting, none the less. All right, moving on. This one is big.  P Diddy  was arrested in New York after a grand jury indictment. P Diddy is going to jail now, my friends. Finally, this human piece of garbage is getting what he deserves after 30 years, almost, in the music industry, tormenting, terrorizing, and blackmailing everybody in the industry, including celebrities, athletes,  you name it. He was blackmailing them, politicians, all of them.  He was the, the  P Diddy was the Epstein of the music industry and is now arrested  in jail in New York. Thank God.  Now, this article comes from the post millennial. It says Sean Diddy Combs has been arrested after a grand jury indictment in Manhattan on Monday.  The New York times has spoke with somebody who is not authorized to speak about it. What? Who spoke with somebody who was not authorized to speak about it. Okay. That's a weird statement.  said that the, but I'm going to speak on it. And they said charges in the indictment were not immediately clear. A federal official said in the spring.  Uh, so now if you go back, I could just riff off of this one.  I'll put this down for a second, but if you go back, do you, if you do not remember what was happening,  essentially there was a music producer named little rod and little rod  essentially went after.  P. Diddy for trying to blackmail him.  He was, he was saying that P. Diddy was, uh,  he was in a room when he shot somebody that he threatened to eat his face, that he put him in a position where Cuba Gooding Jr. was making sexual advancements on him. He then showed this little rod  a video of another famous producer engaging in sex acts with another man trying to convince him and say that, Hey, we're just going to do this one time so that you get used to this. Cause this is what the music industry is about.  It happens all the time.  And then he promised little rod. He promised this producer that if he engaged in these sex acts, that he would then get producer of the year awards.  Now, if you understand what Epstein was doing when he was blackmailing people, um, He was essentially taking them and giving them some sort of, you know, illegal, illicit drugs, activities, access to minors, and then using that blackmail against them in the future.  And this tells you  exactly how, what, what is happening, exactly what is happening behind the curtain in the music industry, which is the fact that all of the hits on the radio that you hear are fake. That is not something that has been a grassroots musician getting put into this position because they make the best music. No.  No. It's the same thing with  the movie industry. Hollywood. Right? By now you should know this.  It's all fake. They're blackmailing people. So you remember, you ever hear the selling your soul to the devil, signing the contract with the devil to get what you want in life?  That's what this is. That is the metaphor in action. They are essentially conducting themselves in a way that they commit these types of acts, sometimes knowingly, sometimes not, like in the P. Diddy case, because P. Diddy had cameras all in every single room of his house recording all of the time. Then he would bring all these people over, have these freak off parties,  bring in underage prostitutes, give those prostitutes alcohol,  drug the people that he wanted to then go have sex with these prostitutes,  videotape them doing it. And now he has you. He's gotcha. Now, is it he, that's the question that should be asked too. Is he the one that is using this blackmail against people? No, it's the head of, I believe it's the universal studio or not universal studios. Um, the Sony, uh, music industry record label.  So it was the head of this record label that essentially put him into power to begin with. He took a 21, 22 year old P. Diddy, Puffy, Sean Diddy Combs, whatever frickin name he had at the time, and he created Bad Boy Records with him. He essentially put him into this position in power, embedded him into the industry, and then had him collect blackmail on these individuals, and only he was the gatekeeper. He was the person who decided whether or not you passed go in the music industry, and the only way that you did that was by committing gay sex.  and letting them essentially videotape it, or sex with a prostitute that was underage.  And that's what this court document outlines. It's like 90 pages. Now, there's all sorts of horrific other things in there. He shot his son's friend in the bathroom and watched him essentially bleed out. Uh, he, he beat the hell out of this woman in the middle of a hotel on camera. P. Diddy is the worst person that you can imagine. And it couldn't have happened to a better person now that he's in jail.  Very happy to see this, but you have to understand that. I think that's the takeaway from all of this is Epstein was not on his own.  There is a Epstein in every major industry, whether it's finance, whether it's politics, whether it's music industry with P Diddy, whether it's Hollywood,  they're all rigged. Every single one of them has a gatekeeper.  And if you do not allow yourself to be blackmailed, you will not make it in the industry. That's the way it works. Every major musician, the same record label  that  picked up Sean Diddy, Combs,  P. Diddy,  and put him in this position,  that groomed Diddy to groom the entire industry to only allow certain types of, of  rappers into the industry,  also owns the contract of Taylor Swift.  Also brought to power, and this goes back decades, Janis Joplin, Aerosmith, all of these major musicians  were on this record label that was run by the single individual who had  Diddy do all of this.  There's a gatekeeper in every industry.  That is the takeaway here. Now what I wouldn't be surprised about is if what happened to Jeffrey Epstein very well may happen to Diddy. Diddy's probably going to get abstained. And the reason for that is because he has all of this blackmail and that man is going to chirp like a canary. I think the adages sing, but he's going to chirp like a canary because  I've heard him rap. He's not a very good singer, uh,  but he's going to sing like a canary as soon as he gets in there  and the very powerful people in, in those positions that he has blackmail on. Probably don't want him to do that, just like they didn't want Epstein to be able to talk about them, to get out of their sentencing.  That's the way it was.  Now, if you recall, the person that kind of was the,  the, his, his bodyguard was the one that was having all of this, uh, power and influence that had associations with, I think it was the Wharton school of business and all of these like very interesting potential three letter agency associations, uh, with these entities that are very closely tied to them.  So,  Ding dong. Diddy's dead. Happy, happy that that happened. Couldn't have happened to a worse person. Very, very glad about it. All right. Now that leads us into our next topic, which is going to be about all about the alleged attempt, not alleged, the actual attempted assassination of Donald Trump.  Now I went into a deep dive on this and I tried to do as much of my own,  as much of my own digging as possible. So I'll tell you the tools I used, how I did it, all of that.  But I was able to find some very interesting things and I hit some dead ends that are even more interesting.  And I'll talk about those.  But first let's go ahead and hear exactly  what happened. And then we will hear from Trump himself.  And then we'll look into the history of this  shooter.  All right. So, I do have somewhere on here a video  where it explains  what happened.  Let's see.  Alright, and here is the Secret Service and FBI holding a press conference where they explain exactly what happened. Here we go.  According to the allegations in the complaint,  a U. S. Secret Service agent walking the golf course perimeter saw what appeared to be a rifle poking out of the tree line.  After the agent fired a service weapon in the direction of the rifle, a witness saw a man later identified as Ralph fleeing the area in the tree line.  Ralph was later apprehended by officers from the Martin County Sheriff's Office in coordination with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.  The complaint alleges that in the area of the tree line from which Ralph fled,  Agents found a digital camera, a backpack, a loaded SKS style rifle with a scope,  and a black plastic bag containing food.  The serial number on the rifle was obliterated.  According to the complaint, Roth was convicted of felonies in North Carolina in December 2010.  Now, the weapon is interesting because this is a SKS style,  essentially a rifle, and  you can't buy those. I mean, it's really not a common weapon in the U. S. Now, this man wasn't able to actually have a weapon in the U. S. because he's had two felony charges, one for, uh, weapons of mass destruction, which we'll talk about in a few minutes here, but where did he get this rifle?  It's a very common rifle in where he was embedding himself trying to recruit Afghani soldiers for the Ukraine war. So how did he get back to the U. S. potentially with that rifle?  It's an interesting question to ask. 2002  and March 2010  and therefore  was prohibited from possessing a firearm.  Right. The FBI is leading this investigation, this ongoing investigation.  As the Attorney General stated earlier today, the FBI is continuing its investigation of this incident as an assassination attempt  upon the former president.  The investigation  So there you go. Essentially, Trump went to go golfing as a very spontaneous last minute golf outing, and somehow, this man was able to figure it out,  fly here from Hawaii, and  Not sure how that happened. And then post up for more than 12 hours cell phone data sets.  So there's a  video that went around.  that was talking about how the, I believe it was one of the, um, the sheriffs that were there or another individual that was involved in the case talking about how they had no idea. How did this man get access to know that he was going to be golfing on this golf course that day? And then how did this man that was either generally embedded in Ukraine or Afghanistan and lived in Hawaii, get to this golf course in time to be there for 12 hours. And this person alleges that there had to have been a leak. This had to have been a conspiracy. He had to have been tipped off by somebody who was involved in the close proximity of Trump's campaign, where he would have actually known to be at this golf course on that day, because it was very last minute, very spontaneous golf trip.  And nobody knew about it other than his campaign staff.  So how did this man know? Well,  Hopefully, one day, we'll find out.  Now, what's interesting about this too is that this is absolutely going to take the spotlight off of the first assassination attempt,  which was  absolutely atrociously handled by law enforcement and by the Secret Service.  Another interesting fact about it is that this man had a GoPro on himself during the time of committing this act. Who did he expect to watch this video? Why would you record yourself doing it?  So let's read up a little bit more about this after we hear Trump's response. And this happened just last night on the 16th. Here it is. I'm  relieved that you're here with us today after the second attempt, um, on your life at the Trump National Golf Club. It's just horrifying. Can you run us through what happened?  So, uh, I was playing golf with Some of my friends, it was on a Sunday morning and very peaceful, very beautiful weather. Everything was beautiful. Nice place to be. And all of a sudden we heard shots  being fired in the air  and I guess probably four or five.  And it sounded like bullets, but what do I know about that? But Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets.  And, uh, they grabbed me and, uh,  I think probably the other one, Steve is one of the people, Steve Woodcuff, a great friend of mine, a great, uh, great businessman from mostly New York and Florida, great businessman. And more importantly, just a fantastic person. So we're in the group. And, uh, everybody just, we got into the carts, and we moved along pretty, pretty good. Uh, I was with an agent, and the agent did a fantastic job. There was no question that we were,  I would have loved to have sank that last putt. But, uh, we decided, let's get out of here. And, what the, uh, gunfire was, actually, interestingly, was a, uh, Secret Service agent  had seen a barrel of a AK 47, which is a very powerful gun.  And, uh, he started shooting at the barrel and started shooting in the bushes. Well, could only see the barrel. How good is that? Right. But could only see the barrel based on that. He started shooting  and, uh, ran towards the target and was shooting a lot of, I mean, those were the shots we heard. The other one never got a shot off and he ran across the street  and grabbed his car, hopped into his truck or car.  And amazingly a civilian.  In that area saw something and it looked very suspicious  and in the car, drove their car to the back of his  truck of some kind  and took pictures of the license plate, gave them to the sheriff's office, Sheriff Bradshaw is fantastic, great, great sheriff for a long time  and within a fairly short period of time they tracked him down on the highway, it was a pretty high speed chase and they ended up getting him, they got him. Yeah.  You wouldn't want to have somebody like that out there, you know, he dropped his gun, the AK 47, he left his gun, he left a cameras behind left a lot of things behind. So the agent did a fantastic job. The civilian did a phenomenal job, a woman. I mean, who would think you could take 1000 times like that? How many people would have the brainpower to follow him  and not many inches of the back of his truck so that they end up getting and the key was the license. So they got the license and After they had the license, you know, there's all sorts of technology where they can literally pinpoint where this truck is. I never knew something like that existed. And, uh, they pinpointed him on the highway.  They got him with a high speed chase. So, they got him.  It was amazing. So, Secret Service did a great job. And I think, I can say honestly, the Sheriff's Office, law enforcement, everybody really did a great job.  So, right from his mouth, that's what happened. And again, it goes back to the question, how did this man know that he was going to be on that golf course? It was a spontaneous trip. There's no reason that this, that he should have been able to be tipped off about this, unless it was somebody in Trump's campaign.  or the secret service or somebody doing security for him. But how would you even get to this individual? So this is where let's bring up. Who was Ryan Routh?  Who was this man?  It's a very, very interesting case.  And we have a bunch of different articles here that we'll look at that talk about who he is. We'll look at all the news articles that he's been speaking or he's actually been seen in the news. talking to the news companies about the Ukraine war. So he's a very, very active  recruiter,  a mercenary recruiter for the Ukrainian war.  Now, how does one go back and forth between here in Ukraine, into Afghanistan, do a bunch of news talks  and not be known by the FBI. This man had to have been on their radar. He was in an Azov commercial, which is the special forces arm of essentially of Ukraine.  The same one that was accused of being a extension of the Nazi party, essentially.  He was in their commercial.  So let's look at this timeline that discusses exactly who he is and where he's been seen and what we know about him.  Alright, this article just gives a bunch, a bunch of sources.  Uh, it says,  A source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to The Guardian that the suspect in Sunday's case is 58 year old Ryan Wesley Routh, though law enforcement has not officially named him, which they have now, and was no immediate indication of a motive. The son of the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course Sunday night. Said his father had traveled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide the son, what the son described as humanitarian aid to troops defending the country from Russian forces that invaded in 2022, which is not the case. This man was there to recruit  foreign soldiers to the Ukrainian war saying that he had NATO trained soldiers ready to fight thousands of them.  How does a foreign mercenary recruiting for Ukraine  in commercials for the Azov battalion not be on the radar of the FBI? Especially when this man went on long, long, long tangents all day every day on social media talking about his motives  for doing so. It says he just so happened to be filmed in  2022 by Newsweek about his effort to recruit mercenaries to fight in Ukraine. So we'll look at that.  And then the New York times even wrote a profile on Ryan Roth back in 2023. So let's look at some of these articles where it talks about him.  The first being that  the son of the suspect talks out about the assassination attempt. And then in this, in this interview, he essentially says that he hated Trump.  It says the son of the man accused talks about, uh, assassinating Donald Trump at his Florida golf course on Sunday, said his father had traveled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide the son what the son described as humanitarian aid to troops.  Uh, now there's a video here that we can watch  where he's actually talking about this. And this man  has half blue hair and a U. S. flag t shirt on.  Ukrainians and the rest of the world are caring and kind and, and generous and, and unselfish and, and take care of one another. And it's just a matter of,  you know, we need to stand up for that. That is the most important thing in the world. You know, when you talk to a 20 year old guy that sold everything he owns to come here and fight, that is heroism. You know, he's coming here to risk his life. for humanity, for the Ukrainians, you know, guys that sell everything they own to come here and support the Ukrainians while others sit at home and, and, and do nothing. Hmm. And that was the Guardian.  There's an extension of that,  uh, video that we'll watch here as well, but here's an actual video. I haven't seen this one yet. Body cam footage footage showing the arrest of the shooter.  Let's watch that real quick.  Driver,  take two steps to your right.  Take two steps to your right driver, and they're sitting here. There's three officers, four officers, five officers, six officers in view,  sheriff's  telling him to get out of his vehicle.  This man now has his shirt over his head and he's getting taken to the ground.  Should have tripped a leg. Just at least a nice take down. Uh.  Okay, so let's, let's see if we can find the next video, uh, the extension of that video where he continues to talk.  And here it is.  Who you are and why are you here? Uh, I'm 56 from the U. S., U. S., uh, from North Carolina originally. So I live in Hawaii now. So I flew all the way from Hawaii here. So the question as far as why I'm here. to me. You know, a lot of the other conflicts are gray, but this conflict is definitely black and white. This is about good versus evil. This is a storybook. You know, any movie we've ever watched this is definitely evil against good. I mean, we're battling a situation here where, you know, the Ukrainians and the rest of the world are caring and kind and, and generous and, and unselfish and, and take care of one another. And it's just a matter of.  You know, we need to stand up for that. That is the most important thing in the world is just to show human beings that we're kind and we're caring and that we take care of one another and that the world is united so that we feed each other and make sure that, you know, we all move forward as as one collective whole unit. So, you know, we feel the pain of one country's failure and their conflicts and we enjoy the successes of other countries that are doing good and we all work together and for some reason. Russia does not grasp this concept that we're, we're all one unit and we have to get along and work together and, and, and,  and be normal human beings. This is 2022. We have to work together. It's, it's, it seems asinine that we have a leader in a country that does not understand the concept of, of being unselfish and being generous. Thank you very much. And being kind and just the basic moral values that are required by human beings these days. It blows my mind.  Now I want to listen to that video. Tell me who you are and why are you here? Uh, I'm 56 from the U. S., U. S., uh, from North Carolina, originally. Still live in Hawaii now, so flew all the way. I just wanted to hear him pronounce his own name, uh, but he didn't do that. Okay. So, uh, essentially this man has been in several, several news stations all over the world. He's been seen in written about in the New York times. He's been on news week. He's been plastered all over as a recruiter for, for mercenary teams.  And you're trying to tell me this man was not, no radar.  Has no ties to the FBI has no ties to the CIA has has not been on any list anywhere.  This man.  Absolutely has been tracked.  And here's yet another article by the newindian. in, which the title to this article is U. S. Mercenary Plans to Recruit Pakistani Based Afghan Refugees as Fighters in Ukraine. Now who is that mercenary?  Well you read on in the article here, and that's the same individual,  the same person  who tried to  kill Trump.  So when we start looking through more and more of these articles,  one thing that comes up is that there's actually a website that he ran recruiting foreign fighters and it says attempted Trump assassination or assassin. Ryan Ruth  ran a Ukrainian foreign fighter recruitment website  where he offered 1,  200 per month.  To Afghani soldiers  to fight in the Ukraine war  from all over the world on this site. He had advocated for nuking Russia, stealing bombs and weapons from other countries to give Ukraine. He seems to have been totally radicalized by the media. This says in the left in recent years, his writings are filled with lunatic MSNBC style takes on the Ukrainian war. His social media shows he was also a big fan of many Democrat politicians. Here's the recruitment website. Now I also understand that I think he actually voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Um, and then he actually wanted to push for it. So, so the assassin  that tried to kill Donald Trump actually wanted a Vivek  and Nikki Haley ticket, which he posted on his Instagram, crying to Vivek, asking him to jump on the ticket with Nikki Haley as the presidential candidate.  Now, why would some warmongering Democrat  Wanting to expand the war in Ukraine and how much we're offering them in terms of  Access to supplies and soldiers. Why would that want a Nikki Haley ticket? Hmm. I wonder if she's maybe the biggest war hawk that was on on the presidential  Candidacy,  so let's look at this website  This website is FightForUkraine. com. ua and it says military recruitment. It's a terrible website, by the way. Um, military recruitment. Pay 1200 USD per month for all ages, genders, and skill levels to none. Ukrainian Army wishes and hopes to pay every person helping in the fight for freedom and human rights, but the country is struggling and funds and support dwindling. So our expectations must be realistic, and what we each must give will be far beyond normal sacrifice. But it is what we all must do.  Each one of us is responsible for the outcome of this war, as our every single action must stand for humanity and show kindness, caring, selflessness, altruism, empathy, generosity, and all of the moral goodness that this battle is about.  Volunteering in Ukraine is the most honorable and noble sacrifice. And every human on the planet should be here for freedom and human rights, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  Uh, fighters do not waste time in the embassy of your country. Just come with gear and food and money. Expect nothing. Everyone must slowly be vetted and you must prove loyalty.  Now there's actually a way that he tells them how to basically traffic themselves  into Ukraine. And here's what it says. You do not need a visa. Simply get all military gear and money and fly to Krakow.  Take an intercity train or bus to this bus station.  Take a local train or bus to here. Make your way to the border with Ukraine.  Tell the border guard you want to join the International Legion, and they will take you to the office and meet with Nazar and the leaders. Now I wonder who Nazar is. If you do not have military experience, you must sell yourself that you are capable. They will run your passport and go through your phone and make sure you are not Russian. If accepted, you go directly to a nearby base and train. There is a tent located alongside the sidewalk to the border for the Foreign Legion. It is very casual.  You can sell yourself there to be shipped to the base in Western Ukraine. If all of the above fails, cross the border to Ukraine, take a bus to the border town, Lviv, get a train to Kiev, get in touch with me. We can call and visit countless units in need of help. We have unlimited places to fight and help, so please do not hesitate.  Insights from the fighters. I like how we use this like a, uh,  Customer review style. Uh, I was injured in the car accident and many people have been seriously killed or hurt just in transit from bad driving. So be careful who you ride with. Like, okay,  do not expect anything to be given to you. You will need to come with everything you need or you may, you may need or buy it here. Anything you are lucky to get given as a bonus and whatever food you can bring is smart as well.  Yeah. It doesn't sound like what,  I don't know. I want to ship myself for  And here is his face on this recruitment website.  And it has his email, his Facebook, his Twitter, his phone number, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Viber.  I want to see if this is a, uh, let's see, is this a link tree? Oh, it goes to his WhatsApp.  Well, I'm definitely going to be on some list somewhere. No.  Uh,  Here it is. So there's his literal mercenary recruitment website.  The assassin of Donald Trump had a mercenary recruitment website for Ukrainian fighters. Now, who he was trying to get to come over were Afghani soldiers that he was trying to convince to do this. Now, there is a whole, uh, let's see, there's a whole recording of every one of the tweets he ever made.  That is up on Twitter right now that I looked through and that's where I saw the Vivek and Nikki Haley ticket situation. Now here's a video of him, uh, talking about it.  To be cooperative. That's Ryan Ruth, a U. S. citizen who set up the International Volunteer Center in Ukraine to help connect foreigners to Ukrainian military units. Now I'm talking to over 100 soldiers every day and pretty much everybody,  all of my contacts in Ukraine, they were adamant and pretty much yelled at me every time that I suggested that we bring in Afghans. The Ukrainian government didn't respond to our request for comment.  Ukraine is reluctant to.  There you go. So another news outlet that had this man on camera, how does he have all of this, all of these connections? How does he have all these ties? How is he able to get to Ukraine? Know who to send these people to?  Sounds a little fishy to me.  And as we move through some more of these articles, he is found in this as of battalion ad campaign.  And here is that.  There he is.  Now, some people were saying this is a BlackRock ad. No, it's not.  It's an Azov Battalion ad. Just a Nazi ad.  And then,  there's more and more articles with his name on it. One being the New York Times. And if we search his name here, You'll see, with Legion growth stalling, Ryan Routh, a former construction worker from Greensboro, North Carolina, is seeking recruits from among Afghan soldiers who fled the Taliban. Mr. Routh is, who spent several months in Ukraine last year, said he planned to move them, in some cases illegally, from Pakistan to Iran to Ukraine. So if the New York Times is writing about this person, if he's in an Azov battalion campaign, ad campaign.  There's no way this man's cell phone was not being monitored. There's no way this man didn't have ties to the CIA. There's no way they weren't on his radar at the very least to where they would be monitoring him. No way if this mercenary recruiter in Ukraine  from the United States  wasn't on their radar, wasn't being monitored, and didn't have some ties to people who may want to monitor him. alert this potential asset to go do a specific task at a specific time at a specific place when the opportunity arose.  This one is absolutely clear cut to me. There's no way this man didn't have associations with three letter agencies or at least weren't on their radar to where he would have been stopped.  But again, we go back to the fact that this had to have been leaked. Somebody knew about this and told this man where to go and when in this last minute golf outing.  We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan since it's such a corrupt country, he said in an interview with Washington. It is not clear whether he has succeeded, but one former Afghan soldier said he had been contacted and was interested in fighting if it meant leaving Iran, where he was living illegally.  So, the New York Times was writing about him, and this was in, let's see,  this was written March 25th.  2023. So just last year,  uh, here is a picture of his blue house in Hawaii.  You can't make this stuff up. Uh, his blue house in Hawaii with a Biden Harris sticker on his truck.  Very interesting.  Now here's a, a  conspiratorial thought coming from, uh, a Russian.  Account, I believe this person is some sort of  Diplomat, excuse me. It's 6 a. m. Here  The deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation All right And he said I wonder what would happen if it turned out that the failed new Trump shooter Routh Who recruited mercenaries for the Ukrainian army was himself? Hired by the neo nazi regime in Kiev for this assassination attempt.  Now that's another interesting theory, right? Maybe it wasn't the CIA. Maybe it wasn't BlackRock or Vanguard. Maybe it was the entity that is in a foreign war  where if  he gets into office,  they may not get the funding they need. Maybe it was Zelensky that called this man who they knew had ties. How many United States individuals are over there recruiting mercenaries for that?  How many are there? 5, 10, 20, 1?  And why aren't we considering the fact  that it could have been the Azov Battalion, it could have been the Ukrainian Army, it could have been Zelensky himself  that called this man, told him where to be with military intelligence,  and told him what to do so that the cash cow could keep producing supplies, producing soldiers, producing more and more money to Ukraine so that they continue to fight this proxy war on behalf of the United States.  That's an interesting theory that I don't think anybody's really considering.  So  is it Ukraine wanting to continue their war? Is it somebody from Israel wanting to continue their war? Because they know if Trump gets in office, he is not pro war the same way that Kamala will be. He cannot be bought off the same way that Kamala can be. He is not a puppet for the powers that be the way that Kamala is.  So there's only one way to get rid of Trump on this ticket and this assassination. I do not believe this is going to be the last attempt on his life before the election. And I do not believe that the assassinations will stop. The assassination attempts will stop even when he gets in office. I don't believe that. There's no reason to. They're trying to stop him from being in office.  Not trying to stop him from being elected. It's trying to stop him from being the president. So these  assassination attempts will continue.  Especially now that the floodgates have opened. Not one, but two now.  Looking through the comments here of what was said underneath that.  Now some more information about here. Let's do a rapid fire round. Some more information here about this man.  Is that he has a long standing criminal record. Long standing criminal record. Let me go ahead and change this over here.  Um, everything from petty  traffic stops.  Many, many times he had his license revoked. Um, but here is a long list. So everybody has these screenshots. I went to the source.  This is the North Carolina Judicial Branch e courts portal website  where you can see every one of his criminal cases dating back to 2001.  And if we go look into some of these cases, the one that was most interesting to everybody involved weapons of mass destruction.  Now, everybody was curious about this. You couldn't seem to find any information about this.  And it doesn't say anything in the court records. You actually have to pull the full court file.  So I went  to pull the whole court file.  And you can do this only through one software, one platform, and it's called PACER, and it's what lawyers use to be able to pull legal files. It's what people can use in their own legal cases to pull these. It's essentially a government database where you can pull all of the, the files for, for publicly available court cases.  Now when I went to PACER,  made an account,  signed into that account, searched several other legal cases, I had no issues.  Now, I took this case, the one here about possession of a weapon of mass destruction from 4 29 of 2002,  and asked it to pull the full file of that case. Immediately when I did that, I was logged out of my account. My account was turned inactive,  and I cannot get a hold of anybody at PACER to be able to access these files. I stayed on hold for an hour and a half yesterday  trying to get on the phone with somebody. And every time they picked up, they hung up on me.  Now I don't think that part's as fishy as the fact that it automatically logged me out, deactivated my account. As soon as I searched for these files,  there's absolutely a coverup happening  and I might be, I, I, I, I commend you.  I don't commend you. I. I highly encourage you to go to PACER, the PACER website, which is pacer. psc. uscourts. gov.  Right? pacer. psc. uscourts. gov.  And you can go here and search for a case,  create an account, and I'll even show you that my account won't work.  But you can create an account and search a specific court case.  Now the court case that you're going to look up is going to be Ryan Routh vs. the state of North Carolina.  When you search that, you will be immediately logged out, your account will be deactivated, and you will not be able to log in or search for any more court cases. Now I  will show you exactly what I'm talking about here.  So if I go to log into PACER, again, the only governmental database where you can access these types of documents, I was going to pull the full court file because nobody was finding information out about  this man's case.  It says, Although you have a PACER account, your account is inactive. If you have questions or further details on how to activate your search privileges, contact PACER Service Center at 800 676 6856 between these hours. You may continue to log in and perform other activities, e file, request filing privileges, but you will not have PACER search privileges. Now when I continue,  it won't even let me logged in.  There's currently an issue with your Pacer account. For additional information, contact the Pacer Service Center at 800 676 6856. It won't even let me log in.  They won't pick up the phone. They answer why. And this happened immediately as I pressed the enter button to look up and pull that court case.  Now I was able to find one single article  that talks about what happened  back in 2002  and here it is.  This is from greensboro. com man with gun. And I don't think anybody really, there's been a couple of times I've seen this article referenced. Most people haven't seen this article. It was very, very difficult to find.  Man with gun barricades himself inside business says an armed man was arrested Monday morning after barricading himself in a business during a three hour standoff with police.  Now I would like you to note that this was updated in January 24th of 2015.  Interesting.  Uh, Ryan Routh, 36, was arrested without incident at 1 a. m. Monday at United Roofing, 1735 West Lee Street, Greensboro Police said.  Routh was pulled over at about 10 p. m. Sunday during a traffic stop, police said, but he put his hand on his firearm and drove to United Roofing where he remained barricaded inside.  Ralph was charged with carrying a concealed weapon in possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Now, everybody was like a weapon of mass destruction. Did he have a nuke? Did he have a chemicals? What was it? That that was this weapon of mass destruction. This is the only place that you can find it. After I tried to pull those court documents, a fully automatic  weapon.  So nothing too, too crazy there. Again, how did he get that weapon? What was he doing with that weapon?  All good questions. He was also charged with resisting, delaying, and obstructing a law enforcement officer and driving while his license was revoked.  So there you have it. Now,  when you do some searches on Ryan Routh, you can find his emails, his addresses, his phone numbers. And one of the emails that I found of his leads back to him,  a company.  And I'll show you how I found this here, but a company called icom design.com.  Now what's interesting about this is this is a Greensboro number  and when you look up Icom design, 'cause this is all it is, it was allegedly a website building company back in 2002 to 2004.  Um, but there's no information on it.  It's been updated to show a copyright of 2024.  There's an email that you can click.  And if you look on LinkedIn, there's a few individuals who are associated with ICOM Design.  This is one of them.  Ananda Rose Benet.  Interesting. Greensboro, North Carolina. An intern at ICOMdesign. com.  With a pretty recent picture with pink and blue hair. Ananda Rose Benet.  And it says she's a web designer, dah, dah, dah, dah, an intern at ICOM Design back in 2012 and has worked there for 11 years. Probably not, this might just be an old,  nobody's going to be an intern for 11 years. Um, but when you also look up more people who were a part of this ICOM Design, which is where I found, uh, an email that was associated with him, so I'll show you that.  So there's a website that you can go to and use.  And it will show you  addresses, phone numbers, associates,  family members,  job history, all of it.  So you can verify this information yourself. Look at his addresses,  um, phone numbers that he's associated with. This three, three, six area code is a Greensboro area code. You can see. Oh, this is his wife, Laura Routh. Sorry, I was doing some more digging here, but let's look up Ryan.  So his current address is Hawaii. Hers is North Carolina, which is interesting as well,  but  Previous addresses, but here's his website. Now you can see United roofing was a roofing company. He owned you can see GSO skate park at yahoo. com and that was basically his son 10 years ago or so was trying to create a skate park in local Greensboro area without a permit and it became this big news article thing and he was trying to raise money for it and he did with some oil company also sketchy.  GSO skate park at yahoo. com that he was trying to get people to send funds to. Um, I can validate that for you in several different ways. Um,  here I'll show you where I found that just so you can see it.  Uh,  here we go.  Where's the article?  That's the barricade article. That's not what we're looking for. Um,  oh.  That got pulled. That's interesting.  I just looked at that article yesterday and now it is scrubbed,  scrubbed from the internet.  That's interesting. Um,  so you can validate that by the skate park. Let's see if I'll just look it up for you.  Here's the article where you can see a skateboard park.  Skateboard park closed. Skate park violates zoning laws. And you can see that Ryan Routh was mentioned several times throughout this article because his son was one of the founders of this skate park. Here it is. Ryan Routh says he brought in the structural design engineer. Here's his what his company United Roofing Co.  Talked about how they were gonna charge some money so that they could put up a porta potty and all this stuff. All right. So just to show you that what we're looking at is true here. Even the GSO skate park at yahoo. com was accurate,  which I was like, no way. This guy's associated with, you know, a skate park. That makes no sense. But then I found the articles and there it is. And that tells you how far I've been digging into this personally. Um, you probably won't hear about that on any other channel or individual.  Um, but that led me to Matt at ICOM design. com. Now, why would he go by Matt is one question.  But ICOMdesign. com, then you go to ICOMdesign. com.  And this is the website that you're met with. It's a front website. It doesn't make any sense. There's a phone number, which I have yet to call.  And if you want to do that and let me know how it goes, let me know. 336 854 8500.  Click to email. This is it. Then you can take that and you go to LinkedIn and see who's associated with ICOMdesign. com. All right. There's five individuals who are listed under that.  Let's see if we can pull up the icomdesign. com people.  Let's go back. And there was three of them that were opera singers  and in Hawaii.  So icomdesign. com, Matt at icomdesign. com  is a front website that has employees in both states where he lives and operates.  And several of them are opera singers.  Now I would have thought the opera singers would have been a different entity altogether, but the fact that they live on the exact island  that he lived in  makes the association make sense.  It doesn't make it make sense, but it validates it.  Right? So if you go to, maybe not icomdesign. com, Well, let's go to ICOM design and we look up who are the employees.  It's not showing it anymore. It won't even try to let me access her. But if we go back, I was able to find,  get access to those individuals by going around it the same way that I was, I got to her. Um,  so let's see LinkedIn, but anyways, that was what I found on that front is that yeah. The people that were working at this ICOM Designs were located in  both states that he operates out of, Hawaii  and North Carolina,  and there's only a front website here, and his  name is associated with this mat at ICOMdesign. com.  Not sure where that's going to lead us, but we'll continue diving down that hole. It's very interesting.  Now back to the case here, possession of weapons of mass destruction, right? I tried to follow that, hold on as many strings as I could until I hit a dead end where they locked me out of my account and wouldn't give me any more information.  Um, found this article.  Now let's see what else we have here. Um,  he even had this soldier's passport and birth certificate.  Uh, In his posts on LinkedIn.  So his LinkedIn was still up when I looked yesterday. I'm not sure if it will be today. Let's look.  It's going to be pulled. I bet it is  because his picture's gone now.  Let's see. Oh, there it is. Okay. So here's his LinkedIn 10 connections would be really interesting to see who those 10 people are.  Now, sometimes you can look over here and it will recommend people  who are associated with them. It just won't tell you,  right? It's not going to tell you who their connections are,  but it shows that he was, uh, the owner of Campbox Honolulu for the last six years, they've made essentially one building the entire time. So where's this man getting his money from to make all these flights from here and back, uh, with no history whatsoever of any success in any business that he's had ever.  And then you can look at what were some of his comments. What has he  posted, what has he discussed, right? Go to activity, show all activity.  And you'll see some of his posts. Here's one of them that has a bunch of people commenting on it now. 144 comments. And then there was another one, if you go under comments,  where he had this.  person was, uh, some sort of recruiter, um,  onsite hiring. And then this man,  Carl Hugely  commented on this  and said,  um, details. Now that man's sense has removed  his comments since yesterday.  I have your passport and birth certificate here in Hawaii. Call me 808 379 9411. And it's this Carlton Hughley. Okay. So there's the comment. He said the interested, and he probably searched this man's name, tried to tell him I have it. Why would you have somebody's passport and birth certificate? That's pretty crazy situation to find yourself in. Uh, so that's his really, his only comment on LinkedIn.  So I will continue digging into this and seeing how many dead ends I hit.  But there's a lot of strings to pull on here, guys.  A lot of strings to pull on here.  Now I'm going to look through. I created a notes situation on this, um, so that I could track everything that we looked at. But, um, but anyways, there's your breakdown. There's the situation.  I will continue to do a deep dive on this. Hopefully more information comes out. This one is so sketchy.  So sketchy. Like I said, there's absolutely zero chance that this man has all these ties, all these associations, all these news network interviews  was in an as off battalion  advertising campaign  was being interviewed by the New York times by newsweek  was a recruiter, a mercenary recruiter in Ukraine going back and forth constantly and somehow managed to evade the radar of the CIA and the FBI.  And I do think that the idea is very interesting that this man was potentially put up to this by his association and his allegiance to, because you listed that to that video, he has a strong belief in what is happening in Ukraine, or at least he pretends to.  So if he was asked or tasked to do this  by Ukraine, because they want to stop Trump from getting an office because they know that  The money train will stop when Trump goes in office.  It's an interesting theory,  but I'm sure there's many mothers that are just as crazy, if not crazier, that could also be true.  So  subscribe, leave a five star review, head over to ronanbasics. com  and until next time,  thank you for listening.   

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As a military veteran or first responder, you need to be planning and implementing strategies to prepare for your transition into civilian life. In this episode of the Transition Drill Podcast, dive head first into the extraordinary life of Taylor Cavanaugh, a man who went from arrests and jail to Navy SEAL for 7 years, to again facing jail time, then the darkest moments of his life, and a refresh with the French Foreign Legion. Cavanaugh shares his unfiltered story of resilience, chronicling his early struggles, legal battles, and how he ultimately found redemption. From overcoming the chaos of his youth to thriving as a Navy SEAL, and later confronting his demons in the Foreign Legion, this episode is a raw exploration of transformation. Now a mentor and coach, Cavanaugh reveals how he uses his hard-earned lessons to guide veterans and first responders through their own battles, offering insights on leadership, mental health, and finding purpose after the uniform. This episode is a must-listen for those seeking inspiration, especially veterans and first responders navigating life's toughest challenges. SPONSORS: Trident Coffee Get 15% off your purchase Link: https://tridentcoffee.com Promo Code: TDP15 SOFLETE Get 20% off your purchase Web: https://soflete.com Promo Code: TDP20 CONNECT WITH THE PODCAST: IG: https://www.instagram.com/paulpantani/ WEB: https://www.transitiondrillpodcast.com QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: paul@transitiondrillpodcast.com CONNECT WITH TAYLOR: WEB: https://www.taylorcavanaugh.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/tcavofficial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tcavofficial

The guys are looking at some slapstick and colonialism this week.

Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections—so well in France that President Emmanuel Macron called a risky snap election. Elsewhere, though, the political centre held. We examine the policies that are getting America's many chronically truant students back in school (9:13). And the delicate business of naming a new car (16:42).Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hard-right parties did well in Europe's parliamentary elections—so well in France that President Emmanuel Macron called a risky snap election. Elsewhere, though, the political centre held. We examine the policies that are getting America's many chronically truant students back in school (9:13). And the delicate business of naming a new car (16:42).Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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For review:1. US Completes Gaza Pier, which will be emplaced in near future. Delay is due to high winds and seas.2. IDF conducting "Limited" Ground Operation in Eastern Rafah. Ground operation follows over 100 airstrikes by the Israeli Air Force. 3. Israel Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu) denies sabotaging the latest round of talks between Israel and Hamas.4.  From ABC: 3 x Unnamed US Officials tell ABC News that the White House Security Council has delayed the delivery of ammunition to Israel.5. French Foreign Ministry denies a deployment of French Troops to fight in the Russia-Ukraine War. 6. US State Department claims Russia is pursuing a space-deployed, anti- satellite nuclear weapon.7. Rheinmetall: Prototype 155mm Munition with 100k Range to be sent to Ukraine.  8. USMC operationally deploys the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) to Balikatan 2024 Exercise in the Philippines. via the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49).  

//The Wire//1400Z May 7, 2024////ROUTINE////BLUF: ISRAEL BEGINS INVASION OF RAFAH, SEIZES BORDER CROSSING WITH EGYPT.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Europe: France states that claims of Foreign Legion soldiers deploying to Ukraine are false. However, the track record of French statements vs. actions is often very contradictory. For instance, Macron himself stated a few weeks ago that French soldiers may be required to deploy to Ukraine, before immediately recanting the statements and stating the opposite. AC: The initial claims of FFL soldiers being deployed to Ukraine are probably half-truths. Right now, France's official stance is that no FFL soldiers are, or are planned to be, deployed in Ukraine. France also claims that these statements are “Russian disinformation”. This is likely half-true. Right now, almost every single NATO member has troops on the ground in Ukraine, under the excuse of being “advisors” or “observers”. Russian sources probably heard about a couple of battalions of French mercenaries being trained for service in Ukraine, but rather than waiting to embarrass France more directly, the initial sources lost credibility by fabricating details of the alleged deployment, citing details of specific units that are obviously false. France deploying a few hundred FFL soldiers to Ukraine is within reason, highly likely in any case, and has probably already happened. However, by failing to obtain hard evidence, reports of FFL soldiers in Ukraine remain unconfirmable, and easily walked-back by France in the event that these claims were indeed true in the first place. Now, only time will tell how true these claims were, or will be. In short, this story may have been “Russian disinformation” as France claims…but that doesn't mean that elements of the story aren't true.Middle East: The Israeli invasion of Rafah has begun amid very high diplomatic tensions surrounding the proposed ceasefire agreement. Hamas rocket and IED attacks in the north have allegedly intensified following IDF combat actions in the south. IDF forces have conducted a pincer movement along the Philadelphi Corridor, seizing the Rafah Border Crossing and assaulting north into the suburbs of Rafah.-HomeFront-USA: Various protests and counter protests continue at various universities throughout the nation. Many of the more high-profile demonstrations and encampments have been cleared out, while others continue on a plethora of issues. The number of universities switching to online classes for the rest of the quarter/semester continues to grow, as do the list of universities that have canceled graduation ceremonies altogether.-----END TEARLINE-----Analyst Comments: Though details are impossible to verify, a complex situation appears to have developed surrounding the recent peace talks in Israel. Hamas has claimed that they actually agreed to Israel's terms (for the most part, including the return of 33 Israeli hostages, the exact number sought by Israel). However, even as the deal was being considered, Israeli troops were in the process of invading Rafah. At the moment, even some Israeli media sources are claiming that Netanyahu never planned for the ceasefire to go through, and made outlandish demands in Israel's peace proposal with the intent of Hamas denying the deal. Hamas called Israel's bluff, and actually did agree to almost all of Israel's demands. As such, many media groups are claiming that Netanyahu is continuing the war solely to save his own government, and that Hamas has been willing to enact a truce for some time. Whether or not these claims are true remains to be seen,

2 + Hours of ComedyFirst a look at this day in History.Then Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Originally broadcast April 21, 1953, 71 years ago with guest Vic Damone.  Dean, Jerry, and Vic go into the Foreign Legion. Followed by The Great Gildersleeve starring Willard Waterman, Originally broadcast April 21, 1954, 70 years ago, Marie Olson. Gildersleeve is paying attention to the exotic Marie Olsen, more attention than Leroy would like. Then Bob Hope, Originally broadcast April 21, 1955, 69 years ago with Jim Backus.  Bob tries to convince the "new" president of NBC to hire him back next season. Last show of the season. Followed by A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, Originally broadcast April 21, 1948, 76 years ago, Newspaper Misquote. Dennis is interviewed for the Weaverville newspaper and finds himself making some very anti-feminine comments. Finally Superman, Originally broadcast April 21,1941, 83 years ago, The Nitrate Shipment.  The start of a new adventure. There are several plans for intrigue involving a treasure map. Thanks to Richard for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.stream

A routine about Costello's Aunt May is followed by another traffic ticket. Costello has been invited to join, "The Legion." The boys pay a visit to, "Honest Hassan, Used Camel Dealer." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iloveoldtimeradio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iloveoldtimeradio/support

Valentine's celebrations abound, but questions remain as to where single heiresses might be found.End of January – mid-February 1933, newspapers keep track of the romantic entanglements of multiple heirs and heiresses. Foremost, Barbara Hutton's recent romances and the love triangle with Prince Alexis Mdivani and Louise Van Alen make her the hot topic to follow for the elites, public, and press alike.Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Eva Stotesbury, E.T. Stotesbury, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Princess Donna Cristina Torlonia, Prince Don Torlonia of Italy, Elsie Moore, Cobina Wright, Doris Duke, Huntington Hartford, Mary Lee Epling Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Josephine Hartford Makaroff, Vadim Makaroff (Makarov), Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Muriel Astor Obolensky Hofmannsthal, Raimund von Hofmannsthal, Princess Silvia Obolensky, Madeleine Talmadge Force Astor Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Woolworth Donahue, James “Jeem” Donahue, Aunt Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Dina Hutton Merrill, Morley Kennerley, Jean Kennerley, Lili Damita, Addison Mizner, Monkey Nettie, Raymond Guest, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Marian Snowden, Count Emmanuele Borromeo d'Adda, James Blakeley, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knickerbocker, Walter Winchell, Ed Sullivan, Princess Luba Obolensky, Princess Anna Obolensky, Prince Serge Troubetzkoy, Peppy D'Albrew, Helen Whitney Bourne, Lady Sylvia Hawkes Ashley, Baroness Maude von Thyssen, Waldorf-Astoria, Savoy Hotel, Whitemarsh Hall, El Mirasol, Mar-A-Lago, Whitehall, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Historical Society, the Drake, The White Elephant Room, Harvard, Eiffel Tower, Bremen ocean liner, Broadway, Manhattan, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, Reno, Newark, Hawaii, Paris, Australia, New Zealand, Cupid, Cupid's arrow, Foreign Legion, cardiac affairs, first American Valentine card, Esther Howland, Hulu FX's Feud Season 2: Truman Capote vs. The Swans, Truman Capote, Leland Hayward, “Slim” Nancy Mary Raye Gross Hawkes Hayward Keith, Howard Hawks, Kenneth Keith – Baron of Castleacre, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill, William Harriman, Baron de Rothschild, President Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to France, Aly Khan, Stavros Niarchos, Winston Guest, C.Z. Guest, Cornelia Guest, Diego Rivera, Salvador Dali, Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Wallis Simpson – Duchess of Windsor, William “Bill” Paley, Barbara “Babe” Cushing Paley, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary “Minnie” Cushing, CBS Radio & Television, Princess Caroline Lee Bouvier Radziwill, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Big Edie Beale, Lil' Edie Beale, Grey Gardens, romance and seduction, rebuilding life after divorce and heartbreak, modern dating culture and problems, aggressive sexual fantasies, projection, wishful thinking, misjudgment--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Come visit As The Money Burns via social media and share your own related storiesShare, like, subscribe--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Shout for Happiness by Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? by Jack Hylton, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20sSection 3 Music: I Only Have Eyes for You by Freddy Gardner, Album EleganceEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

James Karp was a US Marine (1st Battalion, 3rd Marines) and fought at the 2nd Battle of Fallujah. After leaving the Corps, James joined the French Foreign Legion and went on to be an archaeological technician, working throughout North and Central America. Most recently, James volunteered for the Ukraine Foreign Legion and was in country […]

Taylor Cavanaugh: The Foreign Legion | The Hopeaholics PodcastTaylor's story is one of resilience and tenacity. From the French Foreign Legion to the depths of despair, he found a path to redemption that involved shedding the layers of his past through discipline and the subtraction of negative influences. Taylor's journey serves as a testament to the transformative power of the human spirit and the unwavering commitment to creating a better future.Brace yourselves for an extraordinary episode of Hopeaholics as we sit down with the incredible Taylor Cavanaugh, a former French Foreign Legionnaire who navigated a tumultuous journey through incarceration, homelessness, and addiction, only to emerge on the other side with redemption, inner peace, and a fortified mind and body through the power of discipline and subtraction.Grab your headphones, hit the like button, subscribe for more inspiring content, and share this episode with anyone in need of a powerful reminder that transformation is possible. Connect with us on social media to join the Hopeaholics community!Follow us on all our social media platforms down belowINSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/thehopeaholics/?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY%3DSPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4diCrlmIyqrkE2e22mFgU1?si=2df7f5920f944098FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thehopeaholicspodcast/TREATMENT : https://www.hopebythesea.com

Abbott and Costello were a legendary comedy duo who made their name on radio, film, and television. They were the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s, and their work is still enjoyed by audiences today. Their most famous routine, "Who's on First?", is one of the most well-known comedy routines of all time. The duo's popularity waned in the early 1950s, but their legacy lives on. Here are some additional details about Abbott and Costello: They met in 1936 while performing in a burlesque show. Their first radio show was on The Kate Smith Hour in 1938. They starred in over 30 films together, including "Buck Privates" (1941), "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941), "Rio Rita" (1942), "Who Done It?" (1942), "Lost in a Harem" (1944), "The Naughty Nineties" (1945), "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948), "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" (1955), and "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1951). They were inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. The duo was made up of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Abbott was the straight man, while Costello was the comedian. Their comedy was based on wordplay, physical humor, and slapstick. They were known for their catchphrases, such as "Who's on First?" and "Nuts!" Abbott and Costello were one of the most popular comedy teams of all time. They entertained audiences for over two decades and their work is still enjoyed by people today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dwight-allen0/support

Kirill and Val sit down with Glock Dara, a Ukrainian rapper who accidentally joined the Foreign Legion on his way to help his grandpa fight in the war in Ukraine. Tons of good stories.

Episode 321, starting the show with a tribute to Marcus Howells of Foreign Legion. Also featuring tracks from Foreign Legion, Anklebiter, Tropikaos Chaga, The Last Ditch, Freedumb, Move BHC, Triangle Fire, Land of Wolves, Boris and Uniform, Skinflicks, Dethklok, and Vulnere. We play a lot of new music, a lot more music shared with us, discuss upcoming live shows and touring bands, and wrap up the show with some death metal. RIP Marcus

Abbott and Costello originally broadcast May 26, 1948, Costello joins the Foreign Legion. A routine about Costello's Aunt May is followed by another traffic ticket. Costello has been invited to join, "The Legion." The boys pay a visit to, "Honest Hassan, Used Camel Dealer." Also Unsolved Mysteries from 1936, The Trial of Oscar Slater. Arthur Conan Doyle spent 17 years trying to prove Mr. Slater innocent. The mystery is finally solved and is Slater is freed.Visit my web page - http://www.classicradio.streamWe receive no revenue from YouTube. If you enjoy our shows, listen via the links on our web page or if you're so inclined, Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyattcoxelAHeard on almost 100 radio stations from coast to coast. Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day's show with historical information on the day and date in history including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It's a true slice of life from not just radio's past, but America's past.Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day's broadcast is timely and entertaining! #Classic-Radio #Old-Time-Radio #Comedy #Abbott-and-costello #History #Can-You-Imagine-That

Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Tonkin campaign of 1883-1886. Henri Riviere picked up after Garnier and got himself killed on the Paper bridge. In the face of a unauthorized and failed Tonkin Campaign, that should have been the nail in the coffin. But a new administration took hold in France and they were certainly more gung-ho about colonizing southeast asia. General Bouet picked up after Riviere, but he was met with some failure and uninspiring victories. He quit his job and it fell to Admiral Courbet to continue France's campaign to take all of Tonkin. However to defeat the Black Flag Army of Liu Yongfu was a tricky thing as the Qing were covertly supporting them. France had to decide if she would continue, for if she did it might mean another war against the Qing dynasty.   #44 The Sino-French War of 1884-1885 part 1: Battle of Fuzhou   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Admiral Courbet just received reinforcements in the form of 10,000 men, 6 gunboats and orders to attack Liu Yongfu and the Black Flag regardless of how it might drag the Qing dynasty into war. The Black Flag Army had set up camp in the fortified city of Son Tay which lay a few km's south of the red river. The city fort was in a pentagonal formation with walls 11 feet high, surrounded by a deep moat and within the center was a citadel. The french scouts estimated the fort had well over 100 cannons, this was not going to be a walk in the park as they say.  Liu Yongfu and the Black Flag Army knew the French would approach Son Tay from the east using their gunboats along the Red River. This was because the Black Flat had hired european engineers in advance to convert the town north of Son Tay blocking its approach into a impregnable strongpoint. Large dykes, water filled ditches, bamboo palisades and trenches surrounded it and offered the Black Flag Army extremely well positioned defensive lines. Thus to take a northern route meant the French would have to take Phu Sa. Liu Yongfu had roughly 3000 veteran Black Flag soldiers , 7000 local vietnamese troops led by Prince Hoang Ke Viem and an additional 1000 Qing troops led by Tang Zhiong. Hoang Ke Viem's men manned the citadel, Tang Zhiong's were inside the city and the walls and field were Black Flag Army's responsibility.  On the other side, Admiral Courbet deployed 9000 of his men for the campaign against Son Tay, distributed into two columns led by Colonel Belin and Bichot. Belin would lead 3300 men consisting of 2 Turco battalions, 1 marine battalion, some Cochinchinese riflemen, 1 foreign legion battalion, 3 marine artillery batteries and 800 Tonkinese rifleman. Bichot's group consisted of 3 marine battalions, some Cochinchinese riflemen, a fusilier-marins battalion and 3 artillery batteries. Both columns departed from Hanoi on December 11th. Bichot's group were transported up the Red River by the 6 gunboats and made it ashore on the western bank of the Day River, where they secured a pathway for Belin's column to march. By December 13th both columns met up 5 km's away from the forward defensive lines of Son Tay. On December 14th the French advanced from the east towards the Phu Sa positions, beating back some Black Flag sorties against their flanks. They opened fire with their artillery for 2 hours upon the Phu Sa gun placements. Then 2 forward battalions seized the most forward defensive position at Phu Sa, but from there they found no way to keep pushing forward. During this action the French had 68 men dead and around 250 wounded. Thus in a single day Courtbet had lost more men that Bouet or Riviere in all their battles put together.  Liu Yongfu hoped to exploit the French losses by ordering a night raid. This however turned into a disaster and not only did he loss many men to the combat, others began to abandon Phu Sa, fleeing for Son Tay. On the 16th Courbet ordered the men to try and prod Son Tay from the northwest. The French artillery softened up the defense before Coubet personally rode out to the forward position well within the Black Flag Army's fire range. Courbet led the men to attack the western gate of Son Tay which was demolished by artillery and explosives. Li Yongfu's men quickly withdrew into the citadel as the French stormed into the city. By this point it seems Liu Yongfu knew it was too dangerous to defend the city so he ordered his men to evacuate under the cover of darkness. The French had suffered 83 deaths and a few hundred wounded while the Black Flag were estimated to have nearly 1000 killed and another 1000 wounded if French sources are ever to be believed. The Vietnamese and Chinese troops had evacuated well in advance of the French storming the city and thus played only a minor role in the battle. Now the terrible losses the Black Flag did incur had significant consequences going forward. Liu Yongfu felt his men had intentionally been tossed to the lions by the Chinese and Vietnamese and he determined going forward that he would not again expose his army so openly. Liu Yongfu took his army from Son Tay over to Bac Ninh. Now at this point Admiral Courbet officially handed command of the land forces over to General Charles Thoedore Millot. Millot would take command of the 10,000 man force which included 2 Brigade commanders who had recently made their marks so to say in history. General Louis Briere de L'isle, the former governor of Senegal commanded the 1st brigade and the 2nd brigade was commanded by Foreign Legion general Francois de Negrier who had quelled an Arab rebellion in Algeria.  Now in Bac Ninh the 3000 strong Black Flag Army would have very powerful allies. The Qing governor of Guangxi province, Xu Yanxu was commanding over 20,000 Qing forces with his subordinates Zhao Wo and Huang Guilan. The soldiers were veterans of the Anhui and Xiang armies, ie; Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan's old forces. Half of the Qing forces were deployed along the Mandarin Road southwest of Bac Ninh and the other half were deployed east of Bac Ninh along the Trun son and Dap Cau mountains. General Millot gave each brigade two marching regiments each containing roughly 3 infantry battalions a piece. The 4 commanders of each regiment were Colonels Defoy, Belin, Duchesne and Bertaux-Levillain, interesting last name there haha. Now despite the numerical superiority, the Chinese forces were quite demoralized and Liu Yongfu intentionally was going to keep his Black Flag units out of the real fray of danger, and these factors came out to play in the battle.  The two brigades were to approach Bac Ninh from two different locations: the first brigade would depart from Hanoi and the 2nd brigade from Hai Duong. Millot's primary objective was to capture Bac Ninh, but he also hoped to annihilate the Qing forces in the process. To manage this he planned to seize some river crossing around Bac Ninh so the Qing forces would be unable to escape. These crossing were found north of Bac Ninh at Dap Cau and Phu Cam which led to Lang Son and Thai Nguyen respectively. On March 6th, the 1st brigade were ferried from Hanoi up the Red River to land just due south of some Qing defensive lines along the Mandarin Road. On land the 1st brigade marched  along the northern bank to head southeast of Bac Ninh to a village called Chi. Meanwhile the 2nd brigade advanced from Hai Duong going along the southern bank to Song Cau where they attacked some Qing forward positions at Do Son and Ne Ou. While the 2nd brigade met the enemy on land, their gunboat support went around behind the Qing lines close to Phu Lang to begin bombarding them. Upon seeing the French gunboats positioning, the Qing forward units made a withdrawal to Bac Ninh. This allowed the 2nd brigade to occupy some minor forts and gradually move towards Chi to meet up with the 1st brigade. The 2 brigades united and advanced upon Bac Ninh by March 12th. Forces of the 1st brigade pushed the Qing out of Trung Son while forces of the 2nd brigade seized the village of Xuan Hoa. The Qing made little resistance at these outpost, basically abandoning them when the French came into visual proximity. Then at 4pm the 2nd brigade alongside their gunboat support attacked Dap Cau just east of Bac Ninh. The arrival of the French at Dap Cau threatened the Qing's left defensive lines. The Qing's escape routes to Lang Son were being severed off by the seizure of Xuan Hoa, Lang Buoi and now Dap Cau. Thus the only concern the Qing commanders were thinking of was how to quickly withdraw their men to Lang Son before the roads were completely cut off. The Qing resistance began to collapse as a result, morale had dropped and many were routing. The French regimental commanders saw the Qing's left flank were breaking and believed they could encircle a large part of the Qing forces. At 5pm the French commanders noticed the Qing flag still flew atop the citadel tower at Bac Ninh, but between the city, Dap Cau and Trung Son all that could be seen was fleeing Qing soldiers. The 2nd brigade attacked Bac Ninh the next morning, capturing large sums of ammunition and curiously enough fully functioning modern Krupp artillery pieces that looked so pristine, they figured none had even fired a shot. Without waiting for the 1st brigade to come from Trung Son, the 2nd brigade forced their way into the city of Bac Ninh. In the meantime the efforts to encircle the fleeing Qing had been thwarted by tenacious rearguard actions by Qing forces fighting out of Dap Cau. Thus the majority of the Qing forces were able to escape north along the banks of the Song Cau river. While the Qing fled the French gunboats bombarded them inflicting heavy casualties.  General Millot was nowhere near done trying to trap the escaping Qing forces and send his two brigades after them. The 1st brigade pursued the enemy as far as Thai Nguyen where they inflicted casualties upon the Qing, Vietnamese and Black Flag forces until march 19th. The 2nd brigade annihilated a Qing rearguard force at Phu Lang Thuong and chased a large portion of the Qing right flank as they went to a town called Kep. Millot then called his two brigades to return to Bac Ninh by March 24th. The French state they had 9 deaths and 39 wounded while claiming to have killed 100 enemy units and a few hundred wounded.  The defeat of the Qing forces was an enormous embarrassment for the Qing dynasty and thus for its true leader, Empress Dowager Cixi. The Qing court and people of China met the news with shock, mostly because they had heard that for a few months the Black Flag Army had managed to inflict heavy casualties upon the French, but their professional forces had utterly failed. Empress Dowager Cixi in her rage punished several Qing officials, such as the governors of Guangxi and Yunnan, Xu Yanxu and Tang Qiong. Both men were dismissed from their posts, meanwhile the field commanders at the battle of Bac Ninh, General Huang Guilan and Zhao Wu were disgraced. Huang Guilan committed suicide at Lang Son on March 14th as a result of his shame while some of his chief of staff, Chen Degui and Dang Minxuan were beheaded in front of their troops at Lang Son on May 26th.  Now before the major losses, the Qing court had been debating the issue of whether or not they should wage a undeclared or declared war against France or keep out of Vietnam completely. The leader of the moderates was Li Hongzhang who sought diplomacy while the leader of the hardliners was Zhang Zhidong who continuously called for full-scale war. After losing Son Tay and now Bac Ninh, Empress Dowager Cixi began to see no other way to solve the situation than diplomacy and thus Zhang Zhidong lost favor and Li Hongzhang won it. Cixi ordered Li Hongzhang to begin talks, which would occur at Tianjin with Captain Francois-Ernest Fournier. The French demanded China withdraw her forces from Vietnam and respect Frances protectorate over Annam and Tonkin. This would mean China was officially relinquishing its suzerainty over Vietnam, which they capitulated. The result was the Tientsin accord of May 11th 1884.  To follow this up, 3 weeks later the new French Minister to China Jules Patenotre negotiated a revised treaty of Saigon. It was called the Treaty of Hua, done between France and the Nguyen dynasty which officiated the protecorateship of Annam and Tonkin. In essence it was the stepping stone to simply making Vietnam a colonial possession of France. The treaty was signed on June 6th of 1884 and followed up by a symbolic show where the French melted down a seal that was given to the previous Nguyen Emperor Gia Long by the Qing emperor. Now while the treaty of Hue and the Tientsin Accord should have ended all the conflict, well it did not. No it seems, Mr. Fournier was a bit of a moron when it came to diplomacy and he royally messed up with the Tientsin Accord. The crucial mess up was, while the accord stated the Qing had to withdraw their forces from Vietnam, it never stated a deadline. The French began to demand the Qing withdraw immediately, while the Qing argued they could not withdraw until all minor articles of the said Tientsin Accord were not concluded. Long story short it was a paradox of a situation and the Qing were simply using the accord's other minor issues to maintain their forces where they were. The entire situation was met with uproar from the Chinese public, and this bolstered Zhang Zhidong and the hardliners against Li Hongzhang who began calling for his impeachment. Now as much as I love Li Hongzhang, he sort of messed up during the Tientsin Accord agreement. He hinted to the French the Qing withdrawal would occur, but that it might see a few snags, this was verbally done of course. Thus the French assumed and it was a he said she said type of situation that the Qing forces would immediately withdraw and of course they didn't.  Thus on the ground, in early June a French force led by Lt Colonel Alphonse Dugene advanced to seize the cities of Cao Bang, That Khe and Lang Son. His forces formed a long column starting at Phu Lang Thuong as they advanced along the Mandarin Road heading to Lang Son, Phu Xuyen, Kep and Cau Son by June 15th. The march was grueling, it was extremely hot and some flooding made their way difficult as they had to continuously build bridges. They were forced to set up camp around Cau Son and a smaller town called Bac Le for a few days and when they continued their march they began to realize they were being watched by scouts. They sent out advance patrol parties and some of these were fired upon, but they had no way of knowing who was attacking them. It could be Nguyen forces, Qing forces, Black Flags or simple bandits for all they knew. Dugenne intended to continue nonetheless and by June 22nd they were on their way to Lang Son. At this point Dugennes men came up to a river and on the other side were Qing troops. Neither side fired upon another, and Dugenne figured they were stragglers from the Qing forces that fought at Bac Ninh. Thinking they would not oppose him he gave orders to cross the river, but little did he know, on the other side were 4600 Qing soldiers armed with modern arms like rapid-firing Remington rifles. Now both sides were well aware of the Tientsin Accord, but back in China, all the bickering against Li Hongzhang led to no official orders for the men to withdraw from Tonkin. In fact their regimental commander, Wang Debang's last orders were to hold their positions. On June 23rd, an advance guard led by Captain Lecomte crossed the river as some Qing infantry began to take up defensive positions on a hill 250 meters behind the river. The French went over the river unmolested, but as soon as they landed on the other side all hell broke loose. The Qing fired intentionally over their heads to scare them off, but Lecomte reacted by ordering his men to begin flanking the Qing. The French troops charged up the hill as the Qing pulled back, allowing the rest of the French forces to cross the river by 11am. Meanwhile a few hours prior, around 9am, three Qing envoys showed up to Dugenne with letters. The letters were from the Qing commanders in the field explaining to Dugenne, while they understood the Tientsin Accord articles, their officials' last orders were to hold their position so they were in quite a pickle. They requested Dugenne send a message back to Hanoi to seek further instructions.  Now Dugenne should have complied with this, but instead he sent word back to the Qing commanders at 3pm stating he would continue his march up the Mandarin road. Allegedly Dugenne did this because he assumed the Qing would just pull to the side and allow his force to pass. Dugenne gave orders to his men not to open fire explicitly unless he ordered them to do so and they marched. For quite some time the march went unmolested until the French were going around the Nui Dong Nai cliffs. Suddenly the Qing forces who had been shadowing the French column open fire upon both their flanks. The French vanguard deployed as best as they could as Dugenne tried to order a bugler to sound a ceasefire call, but it was to no avail. The Qing sounded their own bugles ordered more men to join the battle forcing Dugenne to plan a defense. Now Dugenne was leading 450 French troops and 350 Tonkinese auxiliaries, and to add insult to injury many of his forces were not veteran troops. His men formed a square formation, digging trenches and by the late afternoon had repelled multiple attacks and led some minor counter attacks. During the night the Qing brought forward more forces occupying the heights surrounding the French and in the morning attacked all sides of the French square. Dugenne made several counterattacks, but without significant numbers nor artillery support he knew they would soon be encircled and annihilated. By 11am he ordered a withdrawal to Song Thuong, abandoning the baggage trains and fighting each step they took. Despite the intense situation, the officers managed to keep the men orderly, and the withdrawal was done effectively. General Millot received word of Dugennes plight on June 23rd and immediately dispatched the 2nd brigade to save them. The 2nd brigade reached Dugenne's column near Bac Le on the 27th and set to make a counterattack to repel the Qing forces back to Song Thuong. However just as General Negrier was about to issue orders he received word from Millot ordering him to get everyone back to Hanoi at once. The French had suffered 22 deaths and 70 wounded during the ambush and allege they inflicted 300 casualties upon the Qing. News of what was called the Bac Le Ambush reached France prompting Jules Ferry's government to demand a apology in the form of indemnity payments and immediate implementation of the Tientsin accord from China. The Qing sought to further negotiate, but refused to apologize or pay an indemnity. Negotiations began again, but the mood in both France and China was pure outrage and the sabers of war were rattling. While negotiations were still going on the French government sent orders to Admiral Courbet to take his recently established Far East Squadron to give battle to the Qing navy at Fuzhou.  Admiral Courbet's Far East Squadron during late August consisted of 13 ships only a fraction of what it would be a bit later on; He had 5 ironclads on hand though they were all over the place performing missions, there was Bayard his flagship, Sharp, Atalante, Trimphanate and La Galissonniere. He also had cruisers Duguay-Trouin, Villars, D'Estaing, Volta, gunboats Lynx, Aspic, Vipere and two torpedo boats. The Qing Fujian Fleet had 11 western style ships and 11 chinese war junks in the region. The Qing flagship was the wooden corvette Yangwu, followed by scourt-transports: Fupo, Ji'an, Yongbao, Chenhang, Yixin, wooden gunboats: Zhenwei, Fuxiang, Jianshen and Fusheng and 12 Chinese war junks. In terms of crews the French would have 1780 vs 1040 for the Qing. In terms of firepower the French were overwhelming better armed with the Qing having only a few ships that were capable of return fire. Overall command for the Qing was led by imperial commissioner Zhang Peilun. Admiral Courbet arrived at the Fuzhou anchored near the port of Fuzhou on August 22nd, observing the Qing fleet deployed with a northern group of 8 ships and a southern group of 3 ships. Courtbet placed his squadron between these clusters and observed his enemy. The Qing ships were seen to swing with the tides, prompting Courbet to plan for his attack to commence at the top of the tide roughly around 2pm the next day. He deduced the Qing ships would swing away from his fleet presenting their vulnerable sterns. The Qing northern group seemed to be protecting her dockyards while the southern group seemed to be protecting a customs building. Assuming the Qing would not change their formations, Courbet hoped to begin battle at 2pm with his torpedo boats first then cannon fire by the rest. The next day, neither side made any attempt to redeploy or mess with the other and by 1:30pm the French crews were preparing for battle. The Qing seemingly did nothing upon witnessing the French clearly preparing their ships for a fight by 1:45pm, but at 1:55pm Qing mineboats began advancing towards the French ships. Courbet immediately raised flags for attack commencement, 5 minutes before the expected timetable. Torpedo boat no.46 surged forward hitting the Yangwu with a Spar Torpedo. For those of you who don't know what this is, picture a extremely long pole poking infront of your ship with a bomb on its end. The idea is quite simple you rush head first towards an enemy ship jab the pointed pole at the hull of a ship and detonate the bomb on the end using a fuse. Takes a lot of balls to pull this off to be sure. The bomb damaged Torpedo # 46's boiler and ruptured the hull of Yangwu. Meanwhile Torpedo boat #45 tried to do the same action to Fupo which was less successful in her venture.  As the two torpedo boats made their daring escapes under fire the French cruisers and ironclad Triomphante began opening fire. The Yongbao, Feiyun, Fushen, Jiansheng, Ji'an and Chenhang were lit ablaze or sunk from shellfire. Only the Fupo and Yixin survived the onslaught, forced to flee upriver as they were chased by the gunboats, Lynx, Vipere and Aspic. The Zhenwei received a shell hit from Triomphante causing a large explosion. Before the carnage had unfolded, the Qing had concentrated their fire upon the Volta, which Courtbet was forced to use as his Flagship as the Bayard did not make it in time for battle. The Qing clearly did this in order to kill Courtbet hoping it would be a decisive victory. Several crew aboard the Volta were killed or wounded, a roundshot smashed through her bridge nearly killing the captain Gigon. By 5pm the fighting had died down, but during the night the Qing made several unsuccessful fireship attacks. The next day Courbet ordered his ships to land some companies ashore to set up explosives to destroy the Fuzhou dockyards, but upon seeing the Qing left infantry to defend them was forced to cancel the plans. Instead he had his fleet begin bombarding the dockyards and outer buildings, but was unable to completely destroy the yards. The ships stayed at anchor another day as the Qing attempted a night torpedo attack as the gunboat Vipere who was anchored on the outside of the formation. Searchlights picked up the torpedo attempts and they were fired upon until they gave up. On August the 25th, Courbet took his forces down the Min River with Triomphante and Duguay-Trouin leading the way. For two days he had his forces bombard some Qing shore batteries defending the approach to Fuzhou followed by forts at the Jinpai pass. In the end the French had 10 deaths, 48 wounded due mostly to sniper fire with two ships receiving light damage. The Qing lost 9 ships completely with the others running aground, severely burnt or damaged in various other ways. The estimated death toll was estimated to be between 2000-3000. The Qing put up a memorial shortly after the war commemorating a list of 831 sailors and soldiers killed on the 23rd, but the list does not include deaths incurred during the Min River voyage. The captain of the flagship Yangwu, had abandoned his ship prematurely and was beheaded later for cowardice. Countless men lost their jobs, like the governor-general of Fujian and Zhejiang He Jing, the governor of Fujian Zhang Zhaotong and the director general of the Fuzhou dock yard He Ruzhang. Zhang Peilun who made no significant effort to direct the Fujian Fleet was degraded and replaced by our old friend General Zuo Zongtang.  The battle of Fuzhou, put simply was a shitshow for the Qing. There were numerous factors that led to the humiliating defeat. A major factor was Germany making excuses not to send the new Dingyuan and Zhenyuan over in time. Also the Fujian Fleet received absolutely zero help from the other fleets despite Zhang Peilun pleading for help from the Beiyang Fleet, Nanyang Fleet and Guangdong fleet, even with direct orders from Empress Dowager Cixi in hand. These fleets all had respective commanders who were loathe to see any of their assets damaged and thus held back. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Incompetency and corruption led to a huge loss at the battle of Fuzhou. Now the Qing dynasty had really gotten herself into a mess and a full scale war with France was only beginning and about to get a whole lot worse.

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"Step back in time and relive the golden era of radio with our website!  Audioshows.e-junkie.com Relive classic dramas, comedies, mysteries, and more. Click the link and start exploring now to rediscover the magic of radio's golden age." "Love our podcast? Help us keep it going! Donate to AudioshowsUK on BuyMeACoffee and ensure we upload regularly with more shows. Your donation will go a long way towards keeping the podcast world spinning. Click now and show us your support!" Audio Shows (buymeacoffee.com) "Hancock's Half Hour" is a classic British radio sitcom that aired in the 1950s and 60s. It starred comedian Tony Hancock as a hapless and perpetually frustrated character named Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. The show was known for its clever writing, quirky characters, and sharp wit. Hancock's dry humor and deadpan delivery made him a favorite among audiences, and his hilarious misadventures were always a hit. Whether he was trying to impress a lady or get ahead in the world, Hancock always seemed to find himself in ridiculous situations, much to the delight of listeners. With its catchy theme song and memorable characters like Sid James, Hancock's Half Hour remains a beloved classic of British radio comedy. "Hancock's Half Hour" is a classic British radio sitcom that aired in the 1950s and 60s. It starred comedian Tony Hancock as a hapless and perpetually frustrated character named Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. The show was known for its clever writing, quirky characters, and sharp wit. Hancock's dry humor and deadpan delivery made him a favorite among audiences, and his hilarious misadventures were always a hit. Whether he was trying to impress a lady or get ahead in the world, Hancock always seemed to find himself in ridiculous situations, much to the delight of listeners. With its catchy theme song and memorable characters like Sid James, Hancock's Half Hour remains a beloved classic of British radio comedy. Hancock's Half Hour radio series Tony Hancock radio show British radio sitcoms Classic radio comedy Old-time radio shows Vintage radio programs 1950s radio shows BBC radio comedies Comedy radio dramas British comedy radio classics.

In the Foreign Legion

Un soldat français de la Légion Etrangère qui combattait au Mali est mort vendredi de ses blessures.Traduction:A French Foreign Legion soldier who was fighting in Mali died on Friday from his injuries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Un soldat français de la Légion Etrangère qui combattait au Mali est mort vendredi de ses blessures. Traduction: A French Foreign Legion soldier who was fighting in Mali died on Friday from his injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Un soldat français de la Légion Etrangère qui combattait au Mali est mort vendredi de ses blessures. Traduction: A French Foreign Legion soldier who was fighting in Mali died on Friday from his injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Un soldat français de la Légion Etrangère qui combattait au Mali est mort vendredi de ses blessures.Traduction:A French Foreign Legion soldier who was fighting in Mali died on Friday from his injuries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The National Security Hour with Dr. Michael Scheuer & Colonel Mike – During this episode, we also focused on the outcome of the recent CPAC conference; California Governor Newsom's plan to hire new police officers from Asian countries and the state's mass of illegal aliens; and the lack of public knowledge about what those...

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Have you ever found a handwritten inscription behind an old bathroom cabinet and not stopped to read it? In that case, you may be kicking yourself by the time you've finished listening to the series of events which uncovered the life of one of Winston Churchill's closest confidants - his last bodyguard.For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/winston-churchills-last-bodyguard/.We love receiving your feedback - head over to https://www.battingthebreeze.com/contact/ Thanks for listening!

Defrowe Airsoft Podcast - Meet The Legend - Callsign Legionnaire [UK]- S01E17 Welcome to this episode of our podcast, in which we interview UK-based airsoft enthusiast Callsign Legionnaire. Legionnaire is a versatile player who likes both CQB and woodlands-style games. He is well-known for his wealth of experience and information on airsoft as well as his remarkable collection of airsoft replicas, which includes many modified pistols and rifles. In addition to being an airsoft player, Callsign Legionnaire also serves as a community leader. He is the founder of the highly regarded and competitive West Foreign Legion airsoft team, which has been gaining notoriety in the UK airsoft scene. Callsign legionnaire is also becoming a well-known YouTuber who makes entertaining and captivating airsoft content for his viewers. His enthusiasm for airsoft is evident in his filmmaking, and he offers helpful advice and insights for players of all ability levels. The videos from callsign legionnaire are likely to inform and amuse viewers, whether they are seasoned airsoft veterans or newcomers to the sport. Elite Advantage, a business committed to offering airsoft players top-notch gear and accessories, is his main sponsor. Join our host, Stuart Rowe as he sits down with Callsign Legionnaire to talk about his experience playing woodland and CQB, the founding of the West Foreign Legion and his journey into the world of airsoft. Get ready for a fantastic episode chock with of interesting ideas, advice, and tales from a top airsoft player in the UK. Check out Legionnaire on Instagram and drop him a follow and some likes.https://www.instagram.com/callsign__legionnaire/ Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@callsignlegionnaire8922Tiktokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@callsign_legionnaireWebsitehttps://eliteadvantage.store/ Note: The Elite Advantage is from California not Canada. ---------- We talk about airsoft guns, gear, milsim, speedsoft, loadouts, tactics. You name it, it's on the table. In this podcast, we take a deep dive and get to know a local legend. We take a look behind their call sign and find out why they got into airsoft. We take a look at what their preferences are and how they like to play. We discuss the local airsoft scene and see how it differs from other countries. We also discuss their dream airsoft events, the guns they are currently using, the backstory of some of their popular IG posts and find out what their greatest accomplishment is. Podcast | Merch | Youtube | Events | Japan airsoft guide ⁠www.defrowe.com ⁠⁠ Do you want to watch the video version of the podcast? Youtube ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJoKaHCRokeMiFEXJtqjyerxKhXN0eQc⁠ Spotify ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4NNKPHCGdRaEaOsPtNiNym⁠

Some big-name players had departed the Tigers ahead of the 1966 season  - a Morris Medallist and a Brownlow Medallist and a future Richmond premiership star - a fall down the ladder was feared – but not for a man called Weideman – the man was a winner and he set about doing just that – I hope you enjoy Tiger Tales – “A Man Called Weideman and his Foreign Legion”

Today's guest is a former British serviceman who volunteered to fight for Ukraine.We can't do the podcast without your help. You can become a patreon for as little as £1 a month. https://www.patreon.com/vsompodcastMassive thanks to our sponsors:Combat Fuel - www.combat-fuel.co.uk Use code VSOM at checkout for a discount on your potions.Zulu Alpha Strap Company - https://zulualphastraps.com/VSOM socials: @veteranstateofmindSignup to the email list: https://veteranstateofmind.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=423cabd326f924101bf64629f&id=ab59886d21Geraint's  audiobooks are available at: https://www.audible.co.uk/search?searchAuthor=Geraint+JonesAcross the DinerVerseSearching for the heart and soul of America one diner at a time! Podcast host, John...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Clarice Lispector, (born December 10, 1920, Chechelnyk, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died December 9, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a novelist and short-story writer, and one of Brazil's most important literary figures, who is considered to be among the greatest women writers of the 20th century.Escaping the Jewish pogroms that were part of life in Ukraine and other parts of the Russian Empire in the late 19th–early 20th century, Lispector at age five immigrated with her parents and two older sisters to Brazil. There her mother died some four years later of syphilis, contracted from a group of Russian soldiers who had raped her. Lispector studied law for a time and then took up journalism.Her first novel, Perto do coração selvagem(1944; Near to the Wild Heart), published when she was 24 years old, won critical acclaim for its sensitive interpretation of adolescence. In her later works, such as A maçã no escuro (1961; The Apple in the Dark), A paixão segundo G.H. (1964; The Passion According to G.H.), Água viva (1973; The Stream of Life ), A hora da estrela (1977; The Hour of the Star), and Um sopro de vida: pulsações (1978; A Breath of Life), her characters, alienated and searching for meaning in life, gradually gain a sense of awareness of themselves and accept their place in an arbitrary, yet eternal, universe. In 2011 the publishing company New Directions issued a new translation of A hora da estrelaand in 2012 issued new translations of Perto do coração selvagem, Água viva, and A paixão segundo G.H.Lispector's finest prose is found in her short stories. Collections such as Laços de família(1960; Family Ties) and A legião estrangeira(1964; The Foreign Legion) focus on personal moments of revelation in the everyday lives of the protagonists and the lack of meaningful communication among individuals in a contemporary urban setting. English translations of her stories were collected as The Complete Stories (2015).Lispector achieved international fame with works that depict a highly personal, almost existentialist view of the human dilemma and are written in a prose style characterized by a simple vocabulary and elliptical sentence structure. She is notoriously difficult to translate. In contrast to the regional or national social concerns expressed by many of her Brazilian contemporaries, her artistic vision transcends time and place; her characters, in elemental situations of crisis, are frequently female and only incidentally modern or Brazilian.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clarice-Lispector.For more information about Clarice Lispector:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Casey Gerald about Lispector, at 03:25: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-133-casey-geraldÁgua Viva: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/agua-viva/“Overlooked No More: Clarice Lispector, Novelist Who Captivated Brazil”: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/obituaries/clarice-lispector-overlooked.html“The True Glamour of Clarice Lispector”: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-true-glamour-of-clarice-lispector“Watch the Only Existing Footage of Clarice Lispector”: https://lithub.com/watch-the-only-existing-footage-of-clarice-lispector/

Hi there everyone, I apologize in advance for the odd upload schedule, I'll try and keep it regular, but no promises! Today I want to talk a little about the Ukrainian Foreign Legion! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Legion_of_Territorial_Defense_of_Ukraine https://uacrisis.org/en/ukraine-in-flames-177-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-foreign-legion-veterans-glory-seekers-and-social-media-stars-2022-4 https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/08/24/wolves-leading-pack-inside-key-foreign-unit-fighting-protect-ukraine.html

A blasphemous merger of far right wing Nationalism and the aesthetics of Christianity have created a new religion, one tailor made for white supremacy. "God is Not a Republican" author and radio host, Ben Dixon deconstructs Christian Nationalism and how it is steeped in the violent Christian white male power structure. Also U.S. Intelligence expert and author of the recent book "They Want to Kill Americans" Malcolm Nance, reveals what is behind the ideology of the Trump Insurgency. Plus a new study indicates that CBD can soothe nervous sleep disorder.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Though he was as prolific in art as he was in life, Oscar Wilde only wrote one novel. Thankfully, he made it count. That novel is “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, a book in which Wilde manages to bring together his imagination and his intellect to ignite a bonfire of vanities which brought an end to the Victorian era. Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde "De Profundis" by Oscar Wilde “Utz” by Bruce Chatwin “The Vanishing American Hobo” by Jack Kerouac “Memoirs to the Foreign Legion: with an introduction by D. H. Lawrence” by Maurice Magnus  Additional segments throughout the podcast include: Inner Shelf Fact or fiction What are you reading? On that Quote Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesamepagepod_ Email: seamusandblake@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/on.the.same.page.podcast/ ---------- #bookpodcast #podcast #oscarwilder #book #novel #thepictureofdoriangray #deprofundis #utz #brucechatwin #thevanishingamericanhobo #jackkerouac #wilde #art #artforartssake #allartisuseless #memoirstotheforeignlegion #dhlawrence #literature #books #novels #podbean #spotifypodcasts #applepodcasts #audible #books #novels #audibleau #lit #onthesamepage #whatareyoureading #literaryfacts #podbean

Considering that history has always had foreign legions, from Lord Byron fighting in Greece (well fighting might be a bit much), to For Whom the Bell Tolls, to the Flying Tigers, to the Layfayette Escadrille, foreign fighters have often entered war zones for a wide variety of reasons. Today, well, you can join up to a virtual cause and fight for whatever cause you are seeking and fight from the comfort of your own gaming chair. No selling your estates and dashing off to attack Lepanto, although you can do that too if you like. In this segment, we discuss, the computer fraud and abuse act, what it means to be a member of the foreign legion, and revisit the whole idea of hacking back as a security technique!    Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw737

Ukraine remains under attack. Civilians are still dying. Bucha, a suburb of Kiev, is the first of what could be many that reveal the scope and scale of war crimes. And it could get worse. Russian chessmaster Garry Kasparov said it–and I've been repeating since the war began. EASY IS OVER. The tide may have turned. But the flood is just starting. The flood of pain and loss. And flood of sadness and need. The flood of weapons. The flood of blood. Wartime is here. Not just for Ukraine. But for everyone who cares about freedom. And now, more than any other time in our lifetime, now is a time for us all to stay vigilant. We all need to help Ukraine. And understand the flood of pain they're in right now. And do more to help.  Welcome to another Ukraine War Report. Seth Harp (@sethharpesq) was a sophomore at UT-Austin when the Iraq war started and his Army Reserve unit got called up. He went over there as a simple truck-driving private and did a 15-month tour from 2003 to 2005. And the first piece he wrote for Rolling Stone was about an ambush that befell one of his detachments.  After college he went to NYU Law and spent five years practicing law, first as a corporate lawyer, later as an assistant AG at the Texas AG's office. While he says there were a lot of things he liked about the profession, a strong desire to write led him to quit and go to Columbia Journalism School. He graduated in 2016 and started writing for Rolling Stone. They sent him to Syria a couple of times, as well as Iraq, and to Mexico on three or more occasions. He developed a specialty covering the intersection of the military, armed conflict, and organized crime, reporting not only for Rolling Stone but also Harper's, The Intercept, The New Yorker's News Desk, The NY Times Magazine's At War, Columbia Journalism Review, The Texas Observer, and The Daily Beast.  Now, he's in Ukraine on assignment for Harper's and digging deep, running down leads, and gathering material for a number of stories. And he'll preview them in this episode.  He's on the inside and he takes us there with him. Into Ukraine. Into Kyiv. And into one of the most controversial units in the fight. The notorious, far-right Azov Regiment. Seth talked to it's founder, visited its Kiev headquarters and shares what he found. He also shares new reporting and how few foreign volunteers are actually joining the fight. And, explains why, back at home in the US, so many elite soldiers are dying mysteriously at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. It's a deep and insightful look into the conflict—and the Ukrainian and American militaries—that you can't get anywhere else. Every episode of Independent Americans hosted by Paul Rieckhoff is the truth beyond the news–and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It's content for the 42% of Americans that proudly call themselves independent. And delivers the Righteous Media 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. Always with a unique focus on national security, foreign affairs and military and veterans issues. This is another pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics and inspiration.  -Get extra content, connect with guests, attend events, get merch discounts and support this show that speaks truth to power by joining us on Patreon.  -WATCH video of Paul and Seth's conversation here. -Get the Ghost of Ukraine t-shirt Paul mentioned (and wore in this episode) and support the folks there now deep in the fight. -Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers on Twitter. And share yours.  -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. -Hear other Righteous podcasts like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm.  Independent Americans is powered by Righteous Media. America's next great independent media company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ukrainian troops have retaken full control of Kyiv region, says deputy defense minister. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-troops-have-retaken-full-control-kyiv-region-says-deputy-defence-2022-04-02/ Bodies, rubble line the streets of Bucha following Russian retreat https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/02/bucha-bodies-russia-retreat-kyiv/ An attempt of the Ukrainian Air Force to evacuate most-urgent casualties from Mariupol has (partially) failed. At least one of four involved Mi-8s was shot down, killing 15 of the crew and badly wounded troops it carried. Two have survived and were taken prisoners by the Russians. https://medium.com/@x_TomCooper_x/ukraine-war-interim-report-1-april-2022-fb28f35248a9 Red Cross trying again to escort evacuation convoy out of Ukraine's Mariupol https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/red-cross-heads-again-mariupol-russia-shifts-ukraine-focus-2022-04-02/ Mariupol: 2 mila persone si mettono in salvo da sole. Russi hanno consentito passaggio. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/02/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russian-troop-withdrawal-noticeable-says-zelenskiy-us-gives-kyiv-300m-more-in-live New delle 13.08 The Biden administration will work with allies to transfer Soviet-made tanks to bolster Ukrainian defenses, the first time the U.S. has done so https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-will-work-with-allies-transfer-soviet-made-tanks-ukraine-ny-times-2022-04-02/ China accused of cyber-attacks on Ukraine before Russian invasion (intelligence GB) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/01/china-accused-of-launching-cyber-attacks-on-ukraine-before-russian-invasion L'ex procuratore per i crimini di guerra Carla Del Ponte ha chiesto al tribunale penale internazionale di emettere un mandato d'arresto per il presidente russo https://www.ouest-france.fr/monde/guerre-en-ukraine/carla-del-ponte-appelle-a-un-mandat-d-arret-contre-vladimir-poutine-pour-crime-de-guerre-05741180-b281-11ec-8876-03d2d9ddd4f0 Aggiornamento intelligence GB sulla guerra https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-uk-government-response I'll keep us out of war, Viktor Orban tells Hungary before election https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ill-keep-us-out-of-war-viktor-orban-tells-hungary-before-election-3svxzqcc3 Le pesanti perdite di un reggimento russo d'élite in Ucraina https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60946340 Shell unable to buy Russian gas due to London's anti-Russian stance - Kremlin spokesman https://tass.com/economy/1431389 Le truppe russe disperdono con granate stordenti e spari una manifestazione pacifica a Energodar https://t.me/energoatom_ua/4352 https://urly.it/3my0p Ukrainian Armed Forces are meanwhile including a sizeable ‘Foreign Legion', comprising following units: Omega Battalion: staffed by US citizens (plenty of vets from Afghanistan and Iraq), and even a former South Korean SF-operator. There's (at least) one other battalion, including Brazilians, Portuguese, Spaniards, Italians, French Pahonya Regiment: two battalions of Belarusian military personnel (all that defected over the last month ‘or so'), https://medium.com/@x_TomCooper_x/ukraine-war-interim-report-1-april-2022-fb28f35248a9 The President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda has stated today that after April Lithuania will No Longer Import Russian Natural Gas, Lithuania in 2015 received 100% of its Natural Gas from Russian and over 60% still came from Russia Energy Producers as of 2020. Il Regno Unito al lavoro per raccogliere prove dei crimini di guerra russi a Bucha https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/02/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russian-troop-withdrawal-noticeable-says-zelenskiy-us-gives-kyiv-300m-more-in-live New 22.46

A Papua New Guinean law student is on a personal mission to help defend Ukraine from Russian invasion, with hopes to join the country's military forces.

When President Zelensky put a call out for fighters to join the defence of Ukraine against the Russian assault, an estimated 20,000 answered - including Shane Matthew, a former member of the British Army. As we mark a month since the start of the war in Ukraine, what is life like for those who have gone to fight?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get 3 months' subscription for just one pound at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Larisa Brown, Defence Editor, The Times,andShane Matthew, former soldier.Host: Calum Macdonald.For information on how to help the people of Ukraine visit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-help-ukraine-uk-v8grddrs8Clips: CNN, France 24, DW News, Al Jazeera, Channel 5, BBC News, Sky News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1. Yemen in the 60s  2. Mercenaries in the ancient world   3. Medieval mercenaries    4. Nineteenth Century   5. Twentieth century   6. TodayMercenaries are once again in the news. And Russian use of the Wagner Group in Ukraine has raised everyone's interest.  Yet mercenaries go back a long way, and even a pharaoh used hired help to defeat an aggressor on his boarders.  In the Middle Ages, there was the White Company who helped Florence achieve prominence and dominate the surrounding region. There were too the famed pikemen of Switzerland, who were employed by France and the German states to defeat all adversaries on the battlefield.  In Constantinople, the Varangian Guard helped secure the future of the city state's rulers.  But there is always the risk that the paid foreigner will change sides, and throughout history mercenaries have been used to under mine regimes and mount palace coups.  In the 1960s and 1970s, Africa became the hub for such ventures, and money and blood diamonds were often the key and catalyst for such escapades.  Mercenaries were made famous by the likes of Mad Mike Hoare and captured in best selling thrillers such as Fredrick Forsyth's The Dogs of War.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James JacksonReading reference:The Dogs of War by Fredrick Forsyth read by David HartleySee also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Andrew For America continues the themes from the previous episode, "The Past is Crazy, Part 1."  He also plays a clip from the recent Joe Rogan interview with Dr. Robert Malone, creator of the MRNA vaccine technology.  The song selection is the song, "Start a War" by the band Foreign Legion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrew-foramerica/support

Clarice Lispector, (born December 10, 1920, Chechelnyk, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died December 9, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a novelist and short-story writer, and one of Brazil's most important literary figures, who is considered to be among the greatest women writers of the 20th century.Escaping the Jewish pogroms that were part of life in Ukraine and other parts of the Russian Empire in the late 19th–early 20th century, Lispector at age five immigrated with her parents and two older sisters to Brazil. There her mother died some four years later of syphilis, contracted from a group of Russian soldiers who had raped her. Lispector studied law for a time and then took up journalism.Her first novel, Perto do coração selvagem(1944; Near to the Wild Heart), published when she was 24 years old, won critical acclaim for its sensitive interpretation of adolescence. In her later works, such as A maçã no escuro (1961; The Apple in the Dark), A paixão segundo G.H. (1964; The Passion According to G.H.), Água viva (1973; The Stream of Life ), A hora da estrela (1977; The Hour of the Star), and Um sopro de vida: pulsações (1978; A Breath of Life), her characters, alienated and searching for meaning in life, gradually gain a sense of awareness of themselves and accept their place in an arbitrary, yet eternal, universe. In 2011 the publishing company New Directions issued a new translation of A hora da estrelaand in 2012 issued new translations of Perto do coração selvagem, Água viva, and A paixão segundo G.H.Lispector's finest prose is found in her short stories. Collections such as Laços de família(1960; Family Ties) and A legião estrangeira(1964; The Foreign Legion) focus on personal moments of revelation in the everyday lives of the protagonists and the lack of meaningful communication among individuals in a contemporary urban setting. English translations of her stories were collected as The Complete Stories (2015).Lispector achieved international fame with works that depict a highly personal, almost existentialist view of the human dilemma and are written in a prose style characterized by a simple vocabulary and elliptical sentence structure. She is notoriously difficult to translate. In contrast to the regional or national social concerns expressed by many of her Brazilian contemporaries, her artistic vision transcends time and place; her characters, in elemental situations of crisis, are frequently female and only incidentally modern or Brazilian.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clarice-Lispector.For more information about Clarice Lispector:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Casey Gerald about Lispector, at 03:25: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-133-casey-gerald“The True Glamour of Clarice Lispector”https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-true-glamour-of-clarice-lispector“Overlooked No More: Clarice Lispector, Novelist Who Captivated Brazil”:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/obituaries/clarice-lispector-overlooked.html“Clarice Lispector: Madame of the Void”:https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/12/10/clarice-lispector-madame-of-the-void/“The Second Death of Clarice Lispector”:https://electricliterature.com/the-second-death-of-clarice-lispector/

The 5/60th Rifles were arguably the most elite unit of Wellington's Peninsular army. Dressed in green, carrying the Baker Rifle, they fought in virtually every battle from 1808 to 1814. But did you know that they were mainly foreigners - Germans, Russians and Hungarians? In this in-depth interview, Rob Griffith talks with Redcoat History all about the formation, tactics and eventual disbandment of this impressive unit. To find out more about Rob please follow him on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rob_Griffith_ If you are on Instagram and like looking at photos of the world's battlefields then check me out - https://www.instagram.com/redcoathistory/ I am also on Twitter - https://twitter.com/redcoathistory And I have a website - https://redcoathistory.com/