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Diplomatic Hell Hole.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels."Are we in the right place?" the stranger worried."I'm afraid so. Anais, you need to leave.""Not until you tell me what is going on here," she sizzled."She's not here to have sex, if that's what you worried about," I retorted. "Wait, are you here to have sex with me?""I barely know you.""That rarely stops me," I muttered."He's a master of bedroom antics," Pamela praised me. "He's pretty much at a loss at doing anything else.""Thanks Grandma," I griped."Your welcome, Grandson.""We, are here to meet someone," the stranger hedged."You came to the right place," Pamela preempted me. "He's definitely someone.""Fine, redo. I'm Cáel Nyilas," (deep breathe), "NOHIO, HCIESI-NDI, U HAUL, Magyarorszag es Erdely Hercege plus a bunch of other honorifics that have yet to be confirmed. I am single-handedly bringing back medievalism to the center of Europe and the Near East. The woman to my left is Pamela Pale, and she really is my bodyguard. The woman to my right is Sgt. Anais Saint-Amour, RCMP, my ex-lover and the person that needs to leave right now.""I'm not sure I should leave at this moment," Anais shifted possessively. I had to recall earlier this morning, the part where we'd broken up by mutual consent. Yep. That had really happened. I had thought I was whittling down my current list of paramours. Why do the Goddesses hate me so?"Told you, she can't give up that cock," Pamela whispered."As you can see, I have limited control of my life," I told the strange woman. "I know you are here to meet somebody who isn't me. Now you know who I am. Who are you and your companions?""I'm Ms. Quincy.""Sorry; I'm on a first name basis with everyone I meet," I interrupted."What's your rank, Honey?" Pamela added."What makes you think,?""She doesn't think. That's what makes her so dangerous." I explained."Hey now," Pamela faux-complained."Okay. She's a fledgling telepath, or medium," I shrugged."Captain, Zelda Quincy.""In case you are mesmerized by her tits," Pamela tapped me, "she's packing some serious hardware.""One of those personal defense gizmos?" I leaned Pamela's way."Close, but no cigar. She's my kind of girl, big 'bang-bang', back-up at the small of her back and knife in her boot.""What!" Zelda gulped."She's his knife-fighting instructor," Anais answered drolly."Are you Special Forces?" Zelda regarded my mentor."Nah, I got kicked out for a consistent failure to observe even the loosest Rules Of Engagement. I'm a free-spirit.""Oh, you're a sniper," Zelda nodded."I like this one," Pamela smiled."Ah, thank you." Then, over her shoulder, "I think we are in the right place." Zelda entered the room, followed by a Hispanic panther of a man (kind of like a tanned, slightly shorter Chaz without the cool accent) wearing a long coat, and a Subcontinent-cast woman who looked at everyone as if she expected us to sprout fangs, or start quoting the Koran any second now. She obviously was a brain seconded to this mission very much against her will.The fourth person had that cagey 'when my lips move, I'm lying' look while seemingly unhappy with her current assignment. The heavy implication was that the lady was a career diplomat. Considering our current company and who we were talking to, she was State Department. She was in her late 30's or early 40's and giving off the sensation she had devoted so much to her career that she was starting to wonder if that was all that life had to offer.The fifth member was a military man clearly uncomfortable about what he was doing here, thus not a spook. His off-the-rack suit wasn't terrible, so he expected to socialize somewhat while performing his duties. He also looked like a man who expected other people to speak half-truths and obfuscated lies as easily as they breathed. Numbers three, four and five were dressed for the weather and unarmed.All of this meant they were good at what they did, though they probably didn't know the particulars of what was expected of them. They had their marching orders. Those orders were about to be made irrelevant in the company they would be keeping. The latter weren't the 'doing it by rote' kind of people they would normally be dealing with."I bet you she's a doctor," I murmured to Pamela, "she's with State and he's some sort of Foreign Service type.""I bet the first guy is Air Force," she countered."Like one of those Para-rescue guys?""No. More like one of those Battlefield Air Operations guys, I'm guessing," she corrected me."That guy?" I nodded to the final guy. "Pentagon wonk?""More likely he's one of those embassy guys. I'm going to take an educated leap here, Office of Military Cooperation, Mongolia?""That is pretty clever of you. Kazakhstan. Major Justin Colbert.""I bet some people in the White House, Pentagon and Langley are disappointed with you right now," I reasoned. His jaw grew tight."Don't worry, Major," Pamela grinned. "We consider that a good thing. We don't like the people in charge and have a low opinion of their opinion on just about everything, including their habit of blaming the blameless for their government's fuck ups.""Who are these people?" the first man whispered to Quincy."She's a telepath." That was Zelda"She's a psychic-medium." That was Anais."She can see through time." That was me. "Nice to meet you. Who are you?""Chris Diaz. Lieutenant Colonel, USAF.""Dr. Saira Yamin," the second woman introduced herself. "Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies. Are you the man from Johnston Island?""Why yes, yes I am," I beamed."The APCSS is in Waikiki, Hawaii," Pamela educated me. "Your arrival probably cost her some prime surfing time.""I was more interested in the fact that he survived a plane crash in a Category Four Cyclone," she admitted."Mother Nature hates me. No matter how hard I try, she refuses to kill me," I confessed. "My suffering is an endless source of amusement to that bitch.""That, that wasn't the helpful answer I was looking for," she stammered."So, Lt. Colonel Chris Diaz, you must be with JSOC, I have a deep and abiding respect for you guys. If you need something, just ask," I greeted him. "Captain Zelda, you are not with JSOC.""She's with the DCS ~ that is the Defense Clandestine Service," Pamela kept going. "Zelda, you love being in your uniform, you're proud, yet happy with the concept of dying in an unmarked grave for Constitution and Country. You are too old to have been in the first female class at Ranger School, so that means no 'in the field' JSOC for you. You've gotten around that stone wall by joining the US Defense Department's own little pack of killers.""Also, you felt it was necessary to bring a Benelli M4-11707. That's a close-in action shotgun, but a bit over-kill considering the paper-thin walls in this building. That tells me you are used to being in the kinds of places where such a tool is a necessity. Or in other words, since you think you are meeting a band of terrorists, you brought along your favorite toy.""Your personal weapon is a SIG Sauer P229R DAK in .357 which is a new weapon still under trial by the US Army and Air Force. Your boot dagger is ceramic so it will pass a cursory exam, or scan. You hate the idea of being trapped on a public aircraft weaponless. You have also given up killing power for a proper balance for throwing. I like a forward-thinking gal.""Air Force ~ you've recently come back from Asia, most likely Tibet. It shows in your breathing brought about by a close call with Altitude Sickness. The only reason for an Air Force guy to be here is because he's familiar with the Khanate military and you are not US Army, or Marine Corp Special Forces. I know the type.""You went with the MP5K in the standard 9mm, so you are more interested in sending bullets down range than looking into someone's face as you kill them. You may be a 'light' Colonel, which means you are almost somebody. What your higher-ups haven't appreciated is that our guests will respect you because they are like that ~ remembering past friends and comrades in arms. Of greater importance, you have Cáel's gratitude which will count for more than you currently believe."I pledged then and there to be as good as Pamela at determining that kind of stuff before I died. She had assured me it was as much a matter of psychology as eagle-eyed perception. People were often a type that gravitated to various forms of destruction, be they old school, or going for the latest gadget."I told you all that firepower was excessive," State softly chastised her associates (what they really were, not the underlings she saw them as)."So, you appeared to have forgotten to tell us your name," I regarded the State lass."Nisha Desai Biswal. I'm with the government.""Oh, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, I've examined your website," I told her. It clearly pissed her off somewhat that I so swiftly disregarded her crude attempt at subtle manipulation."Hey. I've got some real enemies at State, so it pays to know who might be the next suit trying to cock me over," I explained. I had to prioritize. It would take some serious effort to convince Zelda to have a MFF three-way straight out the gate and she was definitely the hotter number."Major, you came here unarmed," Pamela noted. "That won't do. They expect you to be armed because you are a warrior, damn it. Cáel get him one of your Glock 22's.""Gotcha," I nodded. I went to my room, tipped away the false back to my closet (that Havenstone had installed recently so Odette wouldn't accidently fire off one of my weapons) and retrieved one of my spare Glocks, but not the one with the laser sight. Such over-the-top fancy gear would be inappropriate. I only gave him one mag. If he couldn't get the job done with 15 rounds, he wouldn't have a chance to reload.Mind you, I took two in a twin-rig shoulder holster and four 22 round magazines, because I tend to shoot two-handed which doesn't exactly give you a bullseye every time. I returned to our crowded living room, handed the Major his weaponry, and then directed the US group to the far side of the room (towards Timothy's bedroom. Saira and Nisha took the couch.Because this tiny space wasn't crowded enough, there was a knock at the door. I checked. It was Juanita, oh yeah, my real bodyguard."Listen up everybody," I announced to the room. "This is my other bodyguard, my official one. Her names is Juanita Leya Antonio Garza, she's from the Dominican Republic via Buenos Aires and she is armed, so don't freak out." I opened the door."What is going on?" Juanita hissed."I'm having a private meeting with a few heavily armed friends. The other side to this party hasn't arrived yet. Why don't you come in?" She came in."Why didn't you warn me?" she whispered her complaint."Long night, worse wake-up, needed to do some soul-searching. Pamela was looking after me, then this came up and I forgot. I apologize," I lowered my head in shame. Juanita was only trying to do the job she'd been entrusted with and by not thinking of her, I was making that so much harder.I made the introductions, first names only."Juanita, Anais, Pamela; please slip into the kitchenette," I suggested.Anais "Why?"Juanita "Where are you going to be?"Pamela "Sure. I'm starving. I'm going to raid the fridge.""Anais, because I need my faction in one place. Juanita, I will be refereeing this meeting, so I will have to remain in the living room, roughly six feet from you." It was really a small apartment. "Pamela, if it is edible, it isn't mine and you'll have to replace it."Great Caesar's Ghost! No wonder Big Wigs had their personal assistants handle this pre-meeting crap. I was on my last two fucking nerves and one of those was already stressed and tender. And the real reason for being here hadn't even arrived yet."Why am I in your faction?" Anais mulled over threateningly."Because you haven't walked out that door. There are going to be three sides to this meeting, not three plus Anais. That is the way it is going to be. Now, are you going to behave, or are Juanita and Pamela going to toss you out?""You are threatening me!""Finally catching on to that, aren't you, Sweetie?" Pamela chimed in."I'm only staying because I believe you are in trouble," Anais grumped."Why is she (Anais) here?" Nisha inquired heatedly. "This is supposed to be a very, very private encounter.""I know Anais. I don't know you. I trust Anais with my well-being despite the fact she has numerous reasons to distrust me. She's staying because she is a straight arrow. That's good enough for me.""But is she going to keep her mouth shut about what happens here today?" Nisha pressed."Anais, this is a clandestine meeting that isn't going to be recorded by anybody so, barring a crime being committed, you can never discuss this with anyone who isn't already in the room. Agreed?"Pause."I agree," she nodded. I really was going to have to fuck her again. Not today. Well, maybe not today; I had to keep my options open. Her investigator mind was going into overdrive. Give it a week and she'd be knocking on my door late one night. Inquisitive, truth-hungry dames are like that, trust me. Then it would be 'bask in my genius' sex. It had been a while since I'd experienced that, with Lady Yum-Yum.There was another knock at the door. I checked before Juanita could do the checking for me, in case someone was going to shoot me through the door. Fuck it. I was going to talk to Timothy about moving. Him, me and Odette. I couldn't give those two up. It was Kazak bookends. I opened up and invited them in. It turned out they had names besides Bookends #1 and #2, Nuro and Roman.Nuro (I think) checked out the rooms while Roman (I was pretty sure) kept an eye on my guests. I made introductions, first names only and specifying who was with who. Technically, they could trust my side because I was the Great Khan's brother and thus my servants were his servants. Technically.Iskender came next followed by OT. A woman I didn't know (sadly, not OT's daughter) came in behind him while the other two quintuplets stayed in the hallway. Iskender and I hugged."Ulı Khaan s yikti ağası," he smiled. That was 'Prince-something'. My Kazak was a bit rusty. He then whispered into my ear. "OT bows to you first. His title is Hongtaiji." What?"Ulı Khaan s yikti ağası," OT bowed."Hongtaiji Oyuun T m rbaatar," I bowed back. I remembered I had to rise first. It was an etiquette thing. In retrospect, Iskender had stretched the bounds of tradition by hugging me, his titular superior. "Welcome to my humble abode.""I thank you for your hospitality," he 'grinned'. His face wasn't made for that gesture so that faint gesture came across as rather unnatural.My mind finally finished translating what Iskender and OT had called me. It wasn't 'prince'. It was 'beloved brother of the Great Khan'. Mother fucker!"Wait," Justin, the military attach guy muttered, "we are here to meet this guy?" indicating me."What do you mean?" Saira questioned."The title Mr. Nyilas was identified with means 'beloved brother of the Great Khaan'," he explained. "The Kazakhs don't go tossing honorifics like that around. This guy," again pointing at me, "is a really important somebody.""Thanks for dropping this grenade in my lap, OT," I joked. "I'll get you for this, and your little yak too.""Odette is going to be so miffed that she missed this," Pamela chuckled."Mr. Nyilas," Zelda began."Please, call me Cáel. It is how I roll.""Cáel, can I ask you a stupid question?""Go right ahead," Pamela snorted. "Cáel does stupid real well. It is a critical part of his skill set. It makes him adorable instead of annoying. Trust me, you'll learn that soon enough."Too much 'trust me' was flying around in a room where nobody trusted anybody."Thanks for that encouragement, Teach," I grumbled. "Ask away, Captain Zelda.""Why are you playing this game with us?""I wasn't. Until thirty seconds ago I was sure I was here totally as a spectator," I gripped. "My buddy," the word dripped with sarcasm, "Temujin likes dumping these kinds of surprises on me.""Did you mean what Ms. Pale said about you feeling you owed me?" Chris asked."Absolutely.""We need help defusing this Thailand crisis before a shooting war begins.""What do you suggest?""We want the Khanate to back down," Chris stated firmly."I thought we had agreed that I would spearhead this delegation," Nisha reminded Chris."I think the situation had evolved and we need a different approach," Chris insisted."You should listen to the Lieutenant Colonel," I advised. "He knows a whole lot more about what is going on than you do.""Why don't you explain it to us?" she began her weevil-ling."You are engaging in linguistic niceties with men who have bled together, Ms. Biswal," I instructed. "Not that Chris and I have bled on the same battlefield, we have shed blood in the same cause; and that cause has been bringing our two nations, the Khanate and the US, together. The Khanate owes Chris for his efforts on our behalf and we pay our debts.""How so?" Nisha asked."National Security stuff," I evaded. "If you don't know, you shouldn't know and you probably don't want to know. Suffice it to say, the Khanate is willing to listen to Lt. Colonel Diaz's request as a friend.""But he doesn't speak for the United States Government," she corrected."Why not?" I riposted. "He's dealt with the Khanate longer than you have. He has a clue about the mindset of their rank and file.""But does he know their leadership?" she persisted."I don't know. Chris, do you think you have a handle on me?""Are you really capable of talking for the Khanate government?" Nisha preempted Chris. What she left unsaid was 'are you culpable in their atrocities?'"Let's find out," I then looked over my shoulder. "Hongtaiji Oyuun T m rbaatar, will my words and wishes reach my brother's ear?""That is why I am here," he replied."Don't you have the authority to speak for your leader?" she grilled OT. Nisha was relentless trying to stay in the limelight. "Aren't you a diplomat?""There is no need to insult the man," Pamela snidely commented."I am one of many voices that provide information to the Great Khan. I am not his brother. Cáel Nyilas is and has already proved his familial affection by proposing Operation Funhouse and brought whole nations as gifts," OT schooled her. "He is gifted with both tactical and strategic insight as well as sharing the Great Khan's love for his people and his hopes for their eventual freedom.""I didn't think you were a soldier," Zelda looked me over."Oh no," I wove off that insinuation. "I've never been a real soldier and am unworthy of that distinction. I know quite a few who have earned that title and they scare the crap out of me. I mean, they go looking for trouble. In my case, trouble comes looking for me. I'm damn lucky to still be alive and that's the damn truth.""Bullshit," Pamela coughed."What was that, Artemisia?" I winked at her."Bitch," she laughed "My men have become women, and my women men. At least you didn't call me Cassandra.""Well, she's Greek (a deadly insult to all Amazons), but you could be her Evil Twin because everyone believes whatever you say.""Can we get down to business?" Chris inquired."Damn," Pamela shook her head. "They haven't been paying attention.""What does that mean?" Zelda griped."Iskender, you know what I'm talking about, don't you?" I asked."Not a clue, Exalted One," he stood there like a stone statue. Note, the Khanate contingent really were standing there like the Altai Mountains, doing nothing. You had to carefully examine them to see that they did indeed breathe and blink."Use small words," Pamela advised."You really are a rude misanthrope," Anais told Pamela."Do you know what's going on?" Pamela volleyed."No.""Then sit back and watch how the madness works," she snickered. "It is all you, Cáel.""Okay. One; how did Artemisia escape the battle of Salamis?" I began. Nothing."Oh," Justin nodded. "She rammed an allied ship to make the pursuing Athenians think she was an ally. What does that have to do with our current predicament?""Achieve your ends by using violence as a distraction," I sighed. "The Khanate will invade Thailand in," I looked to OT, "tomorrow?" He nodded."How does that help us?" Nisha complained."Second example, Cassandra. She saw the truth through all illusions and falsehoods and no one believed her. Now, reverse that."Pause."We are waiting," Saira finally joined the conversation. I could hear those little microprocessors inside her noggin firing electrons at light speed."We fight a phony war. The Khanate and their buddies invade in a lightning campaign that appears to be successful. Shit like attacking the opposition where they ain't. Things that look epic on CNN where some retired colonel, no offense...""None taken," Chris responded."Where some colonel talks about seizing resources, severed supply lines and encirclement. We, the Khanate, bomb shit like bridges and supply dumps, things with no civilians to get killed. On the downside, to make this work the Khanate needs to put some level of force into Bangkok.""That will get civilians killed," Nisha reminded me, unnecessarily."Civilians are getting killed right now by their own government. This time they will get a chance to strike back," I stated firmly. "The Thai protestors aren't cowards. They are just grossly outgunned. We can change that.""How does that help the United States?" Nisha queried."The US gets to come in and save the day," I sighed. "The US can t get there until the day after, so you don't look bad about letting the first 24 hours of brutality happen.""Oh," Zelda blinked."The US gets to end the fighting that the Khanate has no desire to continue. The US brings peace, while whomever takes over owes the Khanate. Both sides look good. Both sides claim victory. The President gets a second Nobel Peace Prize (psychic, aren't I?). The US gathers some regional allies like Malaysia, the ROC and the Philippines along with our Marines to ensure free and fair elections. The Khanate isn't seen to be backing down against the Titan of Western Civilization. They are working with them to bring about a better world.""Win-win," Saira nodded in agreement."The Khanate is still an autocratic tyranny," Nisha commented."As opposed to the People's Republic's oligarchical tyranny?" Chris countered."Agreed," Saira said. "I now think we should work with the Khanate to bring stability to Central Asia which which was impossible while those member nations were being squeezed between Russia, Europe, China and India.""What are you a doctor of?" I asked."I specialize in 'failed states', among other things," Saira grinned."This could still turn into one bloody cluster-fuck," Zelda mused."My peopled don't have the resources to devastate Thailand," OT finally spoke. "If you, the US, agrees to intervene on our timetable, you will have our thanks, off the record, of course.""How do we know this isn't some ruse to allow the Khanate to overthrow Thailand's existing government?" Justin questioned."You have my word," I replied. No one said anything for several heartbeats."Really?" Nisha balked."Mr. Nyilas, Cáel, do you give me the Great Khan's word?" Chris studied me intently."Without reservation," I answered. "For what you have done for us and more, the Great Khan will honor this deal. We and the Thai's will do the bleeding. You will get your accolades. We avoid a pointless clashing of forces, which is why we are all here today.""I will give you my written recommendation in a few hours," Saira told Nisha.Chris stepped forward to shake my hand. He was an alpha-type alright. I gave as good as I got. His eyes bore into mine, looking for a faltering of will."What did you do in Romania?""I got a lot of good men killed.""Okay.""Okay?" Nisha squawked. "A handshake, a pat on the back and the deals done? Since when did our democratic republic do business this way? He admitted he got men killed in Romania. What is to say this won't be Romania writ large?""Ms. Biswal, he told the truth. He got good men killed and he isn't happy about it. I would be worried if he claimed one bit of glory from that episode. He didn't.""Nisha," I took a deep breathe, "When you unleash men with weapons, nothing is assured. Maybe the Thai government will see the hate coming their way and back down. Maybe the people will resist the intrusion. Maybe the Khanate's forces will get slaughtered at the starting line. It isn't like they have enough time to deploy enough forces to win a protracted war.""What happens if the Khanate decides it won't go?" she continued."Then they get destroyed on the ground in a war of attrition," Chris answered for me. "He's right. They can't bring enough in the time allotted to completely overwhelm the roughly 120,000 members of the Royal Thai Army that have remained loyal to the regime.""In three days they will be out of fuel, shells, rockets and bullets. It is logistics, Ms. Biswal," Zelda piled it on. "The Khanate war-fighting systems are not NATO compatible. That means they can't simply capture more material as they penetrate the frontiers. If they overstay their welcome, we can launch missile strikes against their fuel depots. The combat devolves back to World War I and that's a style of war they can't afford to fight.""What about stopping the Khanate from invading in the first place?" Nisha wouldn't give up."Had the US acknowledged the Khanate, none of this would have happened, Ms. Biswal," I became snappish. "Neither superpower talked to the other until other commitments had been made.""If you think you can come in and start dictating Khanate policy, you are dreadfully mistaken. The US doesn't have the power, or the resolve," I glared at her. "Don't try convincing the Khanate that isn't the case. We know better.""You don't know what the US is capable of," she snapped back."Abandoning Iraq with a fractured pseudo-democratic process? Abandoning Afghanistan without destroying the Taliban? The Syrian Civil War? The Donbass Crisis? The collapse of Libya? Boko Haram? Somalia? Yemen? Exactly how has the US's power and resolve solved any of those issues?" I countered."Ms. Biswal," OT spoke again. "We are willing to create a desert and call it 'Peace'. Our enemies know that. Your unwillingness to do so is neither a strength nor a weakness. It is a hallmark of your society in the same way that 'Total War' is a hallmark of ours. We are more than willing to leave you to manage the Peace. Let us manage the War against the forces opposed to civilized discourse.""As ugly and disagreeable as it is, we are willing to keep creating pyramids of skulls on every street corner until either they learn their lesson, or we kill them all. Let us do that and you will have your global stability and reap the economic benefits and accolades of Pax Americana. We are not your enemy. We are precisely the ally you need to keep the peace and we will do that, if you let us.""To allow barbarism is to become barbarians," Saira mused."That is complete fiction," I scoffed. "The United States didn't become communist because it allied with the Soviet Union in World War II. Truman didn't become Stalin. The enemy of my enemy is my friend is older than recorded history.""It is the Carrot and the Stick on a Global basis," Justin agreed. "Listen to the gentle words of the West, or you will end up feeling the wrath of the East.""As long as the Khanate accepts the limitations of is role," Saira added, "this might work. Please understand there will be factions in the Western Democracies who will not accept that status quo. It is not in the nature of our societies to stifle dissent.""Is it possible to get any political concessions from the Khanate's leadership?" Justin requested. "A pledge to hold some level of democratic elections? A Constitution with some strong provisions to protect individual rights and liberties would be nice.""Justin, in case your bosses missed it, the Khanate is still at a state of war with the PRC," I shook my head. "With their limited experience with democratic government throughout most of the Khanate's territories, that would be madness.""With limited concessions to the Imperial State, we have not interfered with the politics of Albania, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey. We are never going to become a Western-style democracy. We have had limited rule by consensus long before White Men arrived in the Western Hemisphere," OT informed them."Discounting the Irish Monks, Vikings and Knights Templar," Pamela interjected."If you say so," OT gave a minuscule bow to Pamela. "Long before your nation was anything more than the scribbled history of a long-faded Greek city-state, we had meritocracies, oligarchies of senior statesmen & warriors, thinkers and religious leaders, and we had codified judicial moral equality into the political arena. We have a far superior record of religious and minority freedom, of genuine multi-culturalism plus a deeper understanding of the arts and crafts as a means of uniting disparate peoples. We find your claims of cultural superiority to be childish.""Oh, snap," I snickered. "You get'em, OT.""I bet the boys in Foggy Bottom felt that pimp-slap," Pamela agreed."I bet the bronzed skull of some Harvard dean just fell off its pedestal.""They are called 'busts'," Anais groaned. "With a name like that, how could you forget it?""So true," I concurred. "All this responsibility must have clouded my normally hedonistic vocabulary.""That doesn't change the fact that you have employed biological warfare and genocide in this current day and age," Justin pointed out."Tell that to our Native Americans," I snorted. "They are easy to find. They live in trailer parks in whatever blasted Hell Hole we stuck them in, or in their casinos where they are buying back their country, one rube at a time. Ask them if they've gotten over it.""We don't claim to be perfect," Justin insisted."No, we merely claim to have the only correct form of government, economic policy and schools of philosophical, political, scientific and educational thought," I pointed out."We definitely should revive ethical utilitarianism," Pamela slapped a fist into her palm. "Oh, and the guillotine. Work houses for orphans and grist mills for the disabled, and A Modest Proposal for those chronically unemployed and terminally homeless, yes, and,""Pamela, what is it with you today?" I snickered."It is nearly sunset,""Ah, and you haven't killed anyone yet.""You know how cranky I get when I don't get my daily dose of homicide.""Are you two done?" Anais frowned. She did that a lot around me."And you don't hand out Mini-Uzi's to your preschoolers," Pamela glowered. "What is wrong with you people?"Pause, waiting for that punch line that was never coming. See, it was more difficult to sense Pamela was an immediate threat to your health if you thought she was completely off her rocker."Hmm, well, on that note, ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have a deal. Chris and Justin, I will leave you with my loyal Iskender to work out the gory details. Who wants to grab dinner?" I inquired."Are you serious?" Nashi gasped."Oh yeah. I had the Russian invasion of Manchuria figured out in this amount of time and Manchuria is way bigger than Thailand." Was it? I didn't know. Geography was not one of those subjects which gets you laid."What do you have in mind?" Zelda inquired."Whatever you want."{1 am, Sunday, August 31st ~ 8 Days to go}"How did I end up in bed with you?" Zelda sighed happily, her body splayed halfway over mine and her head resting on my chest, listening to my heartbeat."You aren't the first girl to ask me that question."On the other side, Anais moaned in her sleep. Yeah, she was over me. Abso-fucking-lutely. If you recall, she'd try anything once. I convinced her the military babes were totally different than that Goth chick we'd blown the mind of back in Montreal.Zelda was with me because I had caught her in a lie. She claimed to be a lesbian when I first hit on her. She was adamant. I destroyed her with incontrovertible evidence.A) She hadn't scoped out Anais when she came in. A glance didn't count and Anais oozed sexy when she was angry, which was most of the time.B) She hadn't scoped out Juanita's figure when said worthy went to the kitchenette. I look for such things and Juanita has thighs to die for.C) When I told her she had a wicked sense of humor, she blushed. Honestly, lesbians rarely care about strange men complimenting their personalities.D) Then I double-downed by asking her if she preferred a shower, or bath. She said shower (because that's the butch thing to say). When I asked her 'when was the last time she'd had a bubble bath', she blushed again. Lesbians don't like it when a man imagines them naked. Straight chicks, unless you are a creepy, stalker guy, like it when men fantasize about them swathed in bubbles, thus semi-clothed, thus not creepy.E) In a final and fatal act of evasion, she asked a grumpy Anais what she liked about me. Anais was blunt."He can fucking hammer you all night, sneak in a romantic quickie in the shower, cook you a delicious breakfast then give you another round of mind-numbing intercourse up against the wall before you have to go to work. And still find the time and energy to fuck your neighbor."Woot!"So, this happens to you often?" she mused, it was a trap. She really wanted to know if I was an egotistical scumbag who took advantage of every woman I came across. At the same time, she wanted to know if I considered her a 'whoe' ~ a woman who gives up the goodies for free."Do you mean 'am I taking advantage of you'?" I replied."That is not what I asked," she persisted. That meant 'yes'."Let me see," I laid back and looked up at the ceiling. "I have a fiancée, six women I am close enough to to spend quality time with, a fuck-buddy who is a sweet girl and trusts me too much and a passel of ex-girlfriends who have found my infidelity to be reprehensible.""Six women?" she frowned."Four co-workers (Rhada, Oneida, Yasmin and Buffy), the girlfriend of a co-worker who dumped her in a very public fashion (Brooke) and that woman's friend (Libra). She was the wing-chick who was stuck with me on a quadruple-date and was underwhelmed with me when we first met."I didn't count my 'hook-ups' and I wasn't sure how to qualify Nicole."Ex's?""'No' is not a word in common usage in my vocabulary. I've dated a best friend's girl, a mother, sister and aunt of the same girlfriend, basically, I'm either highly immoral, incredibly loose, or a letch.""Don't you take responsibility for any of those, relationships?""Hell yeah," I tilted her chin up so that we could make eye-contact. "I've never blamed a woman for taking out her frustrations on my flesh, ran away from a screaming fit (Big Lie!), or blamed them for any failing in our relationship. It is always my fault because I can't stay loyal.""That's depressing," Zelda moped."Don't get me wrong. I don't find fault in any of the women I have spent time with. That is my problem, I find women fascinating; never boring, or bland. Quite frankly, it is a gift that I don't regret having. I may be a fuck-up, but I'm a fuck-up who will give you the very best attention.""Full of yourself, much?" her attitude shifted. I had short-circuited her fears; I was a cheater, I confessed to it without shame because I was inexorably drawn to her beauty, personality and charm. With Anais around, I couldn't claim to be solely enchanted with Zelda, so I had to think quickly on my feet. After all, Zelda was energetic and had great stamina."I promised you pleasure," I countered. "Did I deliver?""Yes, you are full of yourself," she slapped my stomach. I wasn't full of myself. I was a confident sex machine."Thank you.""Huh?""Wonderful sex, taking a chance with me, agreeing to a three-way, being awake after," I looked at the bed-table clock, "six hours.""I run five miles a day," she bragged."I try to have ten hours of sex a day," I teased. Zelda slapped my stomach again. Anais stirred."Do any women like you, for any reason beyond your cock?""I'm considered loyal where sex is not concerned, reliable and brave," I offered."What happened in Romania?""Have you ever been in combat?""I've been in violent confrontations, but not a true firefight," she admitted."Hmm,""Is it something that you can't relate?" she asked."No. You are a soldier so you probably know more about combat than I do. It was, not chaotic at all. I never lost perspective of what was going on despite the bullets flying around. The Romanian Captain in charge knew his stuff, directed his company well and all I had to do was figure out where the terrorist leader was.""What happened?" she perked up."I am here talking with you and he's in a morgue in Bucharest.""Oh," She wanted more."I have to live with the knowledge that I set all of that in motion, Zelda. I convinced the Romanians that they had to confront that terror group before they moved on to their next target, me.""I knew they would come after me and my friends, no matter where we were. Which would have ended up as a blood bath in some urban center. So I felt compelled to strike first. Based on information I provided, the Romanian Army sent two battalions, the 22nd and 24th, of the 6th Mountain Troops Brigade into battle.""It was a massacre," I remembered sadly."But you won," she tried to comfort me."Of the four companies involved in the battle, the Romanians suffered nearly two hundred dead and wounded. I hardly consider it anything other than a massacre. Yes, we won. Only three of the terrorists escaped. Their leader died. I don't think I've ever felt so hollow in my life," I finished."Forty percent losses, that is horrific," she crawled on top of me."The kicker is the Romanians sent some men of the 24th to hunt me down when I was kidnapped. A squad was in the group that rescued me and my companion from Johnston Island. I thought they would never want to deal with me ever again.""Don't be so hard on yourself. If they thought well enough of you to send their men out to rescue you, then you must have done right by them.""Chaz said something like that too," I felt sheepish and sleepy."Chaz? Who is she?"Honest to God, one day I want to find a girl who thinks I'm talking about another girl and asks if we can have a three-way, instead of trying to compare herself to this unknown person. Wait... I already had someone like that. Her name was Odette."Chaz is Color Sergeant Charles 'Chaz' Tomorrow of Her Majesty's SSR," I corrected her assumption."SSR? Those are some tough people. How do you know him?""Black Bag directives from the National Security Council, sworn to secrecy upon penalty of death, pinky-promise kind of stuff," I grinned. Maybe I wasn't all that sleepy after all."You really are a Man of Mystery," Zelda purred. She had truly exceptional stamina. "Maybe I can convince you to talk.""Maybe I can find another use for my tongue," I countered and off we went. Somewhere along the process, Anais woke up and joined in.It wasn't all fun and games. Anais' parting words were "You are a pig," then she sauntered out of my room and out of my life. Had she remembered to take her Serge with her, I would have bought the act. As it was,"Is she always so volatile?" Zelda remarked."Volatile? That's not her being volatile. That's Anais being affectionate. Volatile usually is accompanied by thrown objects and bodily harm," I sighed happily. Meeting her one more time couldn't be all that bad, could it? Zelda looked hungry so I shoved that thought to the back of my mind and got to work.That was the highlight of my Sunday. Zelda had to fly back to Washington D.C. and I had to go to work with JIKIT. It seemed that the Khanate and the US military were heading for a showdown. I unloaded all my Saturday's activities to the team and we got to work, no recriminations. I was the Khan's spiritual brother and sometimes that meant I had to do him favors.I asked Addison when she thought he would return the favor. She laughed, then smiled and told me that wasn't how it worked. He was a world leader now and I was merely his kooky kinsman that he would keep throwing problems at until one day I broke. Then it would be some other poor saps turn.Then she told me she was kidding and clearly the Great Khan thought the world of me. I chose to believe the second lie because it made me feel better, and it was promising to be a long weekend/start of the week.Note: Geopolitical DevelopmentsWhat follows are snippets of the Battle for Thailand that takes place late in the night of September 1stand continued into the early morning of September 3rd. If this does not interest you, you can rejoin Cáel's exploits in four pages)On the eve of battle, the Royal Thai High Command had decided to strip all but one armored unit from the 2nd Army in order to give the First Army's offensive against the rebels more of a punch. It's decision to strip the tank battalions from both their infantry divisions as well as the armored and one of the two mechanized regiments would prove to be disastrous. It was as if the leadership of the Royal Thai military were idiots.The least economically valuable part of the country was the northeast which the 2nd Army warded. They had severely underestimated the airlift capacity of the Khanate as well as the willingness of Laos and Cambodia to both use their armed forces in an invasion as well as their willingness to let Vietnamese troops cross their countries.That thinking had led the Thai military to adopt a 'forward defense' strategy, the desire to fight the enemy at the borders, as opposed to having stronger formations deeper within the country. Considering the relative weakness of the Cambodian and Laotian militaries, that policy had made sense:- The baseline Laotian and Cambodian tank was the T-54/55, a 1950's Soviet relic. The normal anti-tank capabilities in all Thai infantry formations was more than equal to such a threat.-Neither country had an air force worth worrying about.In contrast, the Khanate's primary tanks, the T-90SM and T-95 were resistant to most of what the Thai Army could throw at them, at least from the front. The seven hundred combat aircraft the Khanate and the Vietnamese were able to field was an equal catastrophe for the Thais. It greatly compensated for the relative small numbers of invaders.Finally, there was a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Alliance's goals were. Military logic dictated the destruction of Thailand's mobile force followed by the capture of Bangkok. As long as the Thai regime held the capital, it would remain the legitimate power in the country.Due to the altering political landscape, the Alliance's only option was to make the government 'look bad'. The loss of peripheral provinces, while of negligible immediate strategic value, looked great on the maps the world-wide media would be showing to their audiences. It would appear that the Thai army had failed to defend their country. That would (hopefully) make the Thai Third Army look like the legitimate authority in Thailand.That was the plan anyway, and you know what they say about battle plans and the enemy, right? H-hour was 4 am, September 1st.The commander of the Zuun stood up and waited to be recognized. The staff officer from the Yunnan Command pointed at him."Sir, why are we doing this? I am not afraid to fight for the Great Khan, but this action seems to be suicidal. We will be far behind enemy's lines while our offensive force will be grossly under-equipped.""You will have to rely on our ability to supply you by air.""We only have supplies for two days of operations. What happens then?""We rely on the Americans to come and save us," the senior officer responded bitterly."Allah save us from allies," the young commander muttered. What else could he do?He was part of the 2nd Mountain Sultan Mehmet Tumen which had just arrived in Yunnan to replace the exhausted 1st Mountain Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Tumen. His men were from Turkey, inexperienced in combat and using new equipment they were not familiar with. They would be working with a unit he had never worked with before, the 1st Airmobile Tauekel Khan Tumen, Kazaks, who would be seizing the small airport his men needed to land in.From there, they were to 'run amok'. That was the technical term for racing south down a highway in Central Thailand, attacking the headquarters of the 3rd Cavalry Division, an armored unit. Once that was accomplished, they were to attack the local police precinct. Provided they were still alive after that, they were to return to the air strip to resupply then they were to 'spread chaos' until they were finally hunted down by the vastly larger Thai division his 100 men would be fighting.Of course, there was the plan for the rebel Royal Thai Third Army to force their way through the larger frontline forces of the loyalist Royal Thai First Army and come to his rescue. How would the Thai troops respond when ordered to fight their fellow Thais? No one was sure. If there was any hope in this mission, it was the knowledge that several other Zuuns had the exact same mission in other areas of Thailand. It was H-hour minus twenty-two.It was 11 o'clock in the evening when the general in charge of the Royal Thai 9th Infantry Division was woken up. The Marines were leaving. That was correct; the three Royal Thai regiments were heading west to Sattahip Naval Base, because they had been ordered to by the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy. It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize why this was going on.Seven hours earlier, the Royal Thai Army had seized all the Air Force bases in the 1st and 2nd Army districts as well as ordering the 4th Army to do the same thing (The Royal Thai Air Force had been trying to remain neutral in the upcoming civil war).Undoubtedly the navy had decided to make their assets less 'hijack-able'. A few phone calls later confirmed that most of the Navy had set sail for parts unknown and the naval air units at Ban Sattahip Air Base (U-Tapao International Airport) had also departed either out to sea, or to ports and bases in the South.He made a personal appeal to the commander of Marine Forces to no avail. They wanted no part of the upcoming struggle and advised the general to do the same. The general had other problems. The Royal Thai Marines were the frontline forces facing the southern border with Cambodia. He quickly reorganized his regiments, sending them to take the old Marine strongpoints to await further orders. Stopping the Marines never entered his mind.That was a bloodletting he wanted no part of. The last thing he did was inform his superiors, thus avoiding any stupid orders to the contrary. Suddenly the nebulous movements along the Cambodian border developed a haunting significance. He wondered how much longer he had before something happened. It was H-hour minus five.At midnight a loyalist commander of a company of mechanized infantry in the 2nd Cavalry's 11th Battle Group (named after their axis of advance, Highway 11) decided to send a motorized section of his command forward to the advance position his battalion was to occupy come sunrise. Either later in the day, or tomorrow morning, the forces loyal to the regime would launch a coordinated assault against the rebels main supply center at Phitsanulok.He had a cot set up in his communications hut and had just nodded off when the radio squawked to life. His lieutenant in charge of the advance made a hurried report. They had encountered serious opposition in a confusing night action, then he went silent. The captain immediately swung into action. He put the rest of his men on alert, then contacted the neighboring Tank Battalion. He needed some armored support. He made a similar call to the attached artillery component.The Tank Battalions night officer quickly put a platoon of light tanks at his disposal. The artillery were ready for any fire mission he sent their way. Before the armor could arrive, the company commander found himself being called to the carpet by the Duty Officer at the 3rd Cavalry (two regiments of the 2nd Cav. had been attached to the 3rd's command) over his 'offensive' action and the relief mission was called off. What had happened to the patrol of 20 Royal Thai soldiers? He was ordered to wait until sunrise to find out.Little did anyone know, these were the first combat casualties of the upcoming rebel offensive. His patrol had stumbled across a battalion of mechanized troops arriving at their jump off point for the attack that was less than six hours from beginning. Neither the commander of the 11th Battle Group, the 3rd Cavalry Division, or First Army was informed that the enemy had already advanced twenty kilometers south of where they were supposed to be.
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On this week's show, d00mwake recaps his RCQ win with Gerry T's take on Boros Energy, Stan recounts all the reasons he hated Rakdos Aggro, the boys review results from the NRG Louisville Modern Open, and discuss our final picks from Duskmourn. The Break Down: Devon Wins an RCQ! The Break Down cont.: 70% Winrate Seems Good! The Dive Down: Goods Cards From the Bad House? Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_OBX And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 8:13 - Heavy Play, a patient and caring member of your family 9:09 - This week's show/housekeeping 10:55 - The Break Down begins: Devon won an RCQ with the new Boros Energy! 28:05 - The NRG Louisville Modern 10k 38:46 - Stan played Rakdos Aggro in Pioneer 45:04 - The Dive Down Begins: Duskmourn spoilers, part 2! 46:28 - Rip, Spawn Hunter 50:41 - Sheltered By Ghosts 53:40 - Screaming Nemesis 57:55 - Trial of Agony 1:01:45 - Altanak, the Thrice-Called 1:03:19 - Valgavoth Terror Eater 1:08:14 - Kona, Rescue Beastie 1:11:42 - Exorcise 1:15:30 - Nashi, Searcher in the Dark 1:18:20 - Hedge Shredder 1:21:24 - Roaring Furnace 1:24:14 - Walk-In Closet 1:27:50 - Our top cards from Duskmourn 1:33:41 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Gerry's Boros Energy: https://x.com/G3RRYT/status/1835089558964232249 NRG winrate matrix: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/10-000-showdown-nrg-series-louisville-kentucky-tournament-169856/winrates Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
In "Episode 2: Don't Split the Party," while searching for any sign of Nashi, the rescue team learns more about the nature of Duskmourn.
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En este episodio contrastamos lo que dice la ciencia respecto a los tiempos de reacción y la velocidad de los golpes. De ahí tratamos las consecuencias tácticas y técnicas que esto conlleva para la defensa personal relativo a el concepto de Karate Ni Sente Nashi. Bajo la dirección de Jorge F. Garibaldi y con la participación de José Navarro.
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Nashi, Moon's Legacy is a new card in March of the Machine: Aftermath that shows everybody's favorite adopted rat ninja growing into the scholar his mother apparently wished he could be. Additionally, he's added two new colors to become Sultai and support rat cards as well as legendary spells in the graveyard. For three mana, the card looks powerful in decks that can take advantage of the effect. All the Socials: https://linktr.ee/hamhocks42 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hamhocks42 MagicJank: https://www.magicjank.com Overthinking MTG is a podcast where our host, HamHocks42, takes a look at a random card from Magic: the Gathering and talks about it for a while. Often, though, he ends up yammering about whatever's on the top of his mind that the card reminds him of and a half hours passes and it turns out all he's done is share his thoughts on recent news related to Commander, Magic: the Gathering Arena, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or humorous anecdotes from his kitchen table jank days. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hamhocks42/support
Wir gehen in die 30. Runde von theManga!. Zu Gast ist Mangaka und Illustratorin Nashi. Zusammen sprechen wir über ihren Alltag als Illustratorin/Mangaka, über ihr aktuelles Werk Sometimes she's the Light & Leinie, Pläne für die Zukunft, Hürden und Probleme bei Kickstarter Kampagnen, ihre Meinung zum deutschen Autoren Markt, Tipps für angehende Autoren, wie sie bekannt wurde durch Cocktail Fanarts, warum sie nach Paraguay gezogen ist und vieles mehr! 1. Vorstellung 2. Nashi, würdest du dich einmal vorstellen? 3. Dein Leitspruch ist "I eat Manga!". Was meinst du damit? 4. Warum bist du damals ins Ausland (Paraguay) gezogen? 5. Wie bist du zum Zeichnen gekommen? 6. Wieviel Arbeit steckst du täglich in das Projekt bzw. wie sieht dein Alltag aus? (Hauptjob?) 7. Stehst du in engem Kontakt mit anderen Künstlern aus dem deutschen Autoren-Bereich? 8. Wie siehst du die deutsche Autoren Szene, bist du mit dieser zufrieden? (auch international) Wie hat sich der Markt für Manga in den letzten Jahren verändert? 9. Wie sind die Lebenserhaltungskosten in Paraguay? 10. Kann man dich auf Messen besuchen? 11. Nicht nur auf Messe kann man dich sehen, sondern damals auch auf unterschiedlichen TV Sendern als Reportage, wie kam es dazu? 12. Wie wichtig ist es für dich, in der Manga-Community präsent zu sein? Wie wichtig ist die Nutzung von sozialen Medien, um deine Arbeit zu veröffentlichen und mit Fans in Kontakt zu treten? 13. Wie würden Sie junge Künstler ermutigen, mit dem Zeichnen von Manga zu beginnen? 14. Wie arbeitest du derzeit digital oder analog? 15. Arbeitest du mit Referenzbildern oder zeichnest du alles aus dem Kopf? 16. Gibt es Dinge die du an deiner Arbeit nicht magst? 17. An welchen Ort oder bei welcher Aktivität kommen dir die besten Ideen? 18. Wie sehr hast du dich von Tanemura inspirieren gelassen? Haben dich noch andere Mangaka inspiriert? 19. Wie gehst du mit Schreibblockaden oder kreativer Erschöpfung um? 20. Wie sind deine Erfahrungen mit Kickstarter? 21. Würdest du eventuell zu einem Verlag wechseln, statt Selfpublishing? 22. Woher stammt die Idee deiner Story? 23. Ende von Sometimes she's the Light schon von Anfang an klar gewesen oder war es ein Prozess während des Zeichnens? 24. Übersetzt du deine Werke selbst? 25. Wie gehst du mit Kritik um? 26. Wie wichtig ist es für dich, deine Fans zu verstehen und auf ihre Wünsche einzugehen? 27. Anime/Manga Figuren in Cocktailgläsern? (Copyright Probleme) 28. Worauf dürfen sich deine Fans noch in Zukunft freuen? 29. Du hast das Schlusswort, was möchtest du deinen Fans noch mitgeben? (Randomtalk) Prouwn auf Social Media YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/prouwn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prouwngg/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prouwn Twitter: https://twitter.com/prouwn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/prouwn Ton/Abmischung Discord: zCore#0001 Twitter: https://twitter.com/eschryn
I flew out to Chicago to interview Brett Harrison, who is the former President of FTX US President and founder of Architect.In his first longform interview since the fall of FTX, he speak in great detail about his entire tenure there and about SBF's dysfunctional leadership. He talks about how the inner circle of Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, and SBF mismanaged the company, controlled the codebase, got distracted by media, and even threatened him for his letter of resignation.In what was my favorite part of the interview, we also discuss his insights about the financial system from his decades of experience in the world's largest HFT firms.And we talk about Brett's new startup, Architect, as well as the general state of crypto post-FTX.After talking with Brett for 3 hours, I found him to be extremely intelligent, thoughtful, and ethical.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here. Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes.Similar episodesSide note: Paying the billsTo help pay the bills for my podcast, I've turned on paid subscriptions on Substack.No major content will be paywalled - please don't donate if you have to think twice before buying a cup of coffee.But if you have the means & have enjoyed my podcast, I would appreciate your support
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Nashi and Yasi are back after a long break from their beloved podcast! Obsessed Millennials will have some changes, but it will still be the same old pop culture and music obsessed show it has always been. Find out more during this little teaser episode for season 2. And while you wait for the first episode to drop, you can catch up on season one on your favorite podcast platform! Check out our instagram bio for more information. And while you're there, let us know what you're obsessed with and would love for us to discuss soon! And don't forget to follow on instagram, facebook and twitter to stay up to date. Follow us on social media: ig: @obsessedmillennials fb: Obsessed Millennials tw: @ObsessedGenY
Voedselbos-ontwerper Louis De Jaeger gaat langs bij "Kruisbessen 'proef'-tuin" van Marc Geens. Marc is de bezieler van de grootste collectie Ribes soorten in Europa en neemt ons in 17 aflevering mee in zijn wondere wereld. Je leert meer over verschillende Ribes-soorten, alsook over heel wat andere voedselbosplanten en verschillende technieken. Wil je meer leren over permacultuur & voedselbossen? Volg dan een cursus bij Food Forest Institute VZW. www.foodforestinstitute.com Voedselbossen is een podcast van Food Forest Institute VZW, met Louis De Jaeger als host. Een podcast over voedselbossen, permacultuur, agroecologie, bomen, groenten, noten en fruit kweken en nog veel meer. Klik hier voor meer info over de voedselbos cursus.
The Hassle of Hair 146 withe Nashi, Jesse sits down with friend and family nashi. they talk mental health, her last fight , being an artist and the madness of it, serial killers, horror movies and much more
Rubrique:nouvelles Auteur: lafcadio-hearn Lecture: Daniel LuttringerDurée: 19min Fichier: 13 Mo Résumé du livre audio: Une nouvelle fantastique « japonaise » de l'écrivain d'origine irlandaise Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) paru dans le Supplément littéraire du Figaro le 15 mai 1909. Cet enregistrement est mis à disposition sous un contrat Creative Commons.
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Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky banned eleven (11) Left-wing political parties, including the Opposition Platform-For Life, Shariy Party, Nashi, Opposition Bloc, Left Opposition, Union of Left Forces, State, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Socialist Party of Ukraine, Socialists Party and Volodymyr Saldo Bloc. Zelensky claimed these parties had ties to Russia. Ukraine's Communist Party was previously banned in 2015.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/primonutmeg)
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that the Kremlin is seeking to replace Ukraine's government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is a potential candidate.Britain's Foreign Office on Saturday also named several other Ukrainian politicians it said had links with Russian intelligence services, along with Murayev who is the leader of a small party that has no seats in parliament.Those politicians include Mykola Azarov, a former prime minister under Viktor Yanukovych, the Ukrainian president ousted in a 2014 uprising, and Yanukovych's former chief of staff, Andriy Kluyev."Some of these have contact with Russian intelligence officers currently involved in the planning for an attack on Ukraine," the Foreign Office said.Murayev told The Associated Press via Skype that the British claim "looks ridiculous and funny" and that he has been denied entry to Russia since 2018 on the grounds of being a threat to Russian security. He said that sanction was imposed in the wake of a conflict with Viktor Medvedchuk, Ukraine's most prominent pro-Russia politician and a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Murayev's Nashi party — whose name echoes the former Russian youth movement that supported Putin — is regarded as sympathetic to Russia, but Murayev on Sunday pushed back on characterizing it as pro-Russia."The time of pro-Western and pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine is gone forever," he said in a Facebook post."Everything that does not support the pro-Western path of development of Ukraine is automatically pro-Russian," Murayev told The AP.He also said he supports Ukraine having neutral status and believes that "striving for NATO is tantamount to continuing the war." Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have been fighting in the country's east since 2014, a conflict that has killed more than 14,000.Ukrainian political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko described Murayev as a significant figure in Ukraine's pro-Russia camp, but added: "Murayev is a second-place player. I don't think Murayev has direct connections in the Kremlin."The U.K. government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment, without providing evidence to back it up. It comes amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia's designs on Ukraine and each side's increasing accusations that the other is planning provocations."The disinformation spread by the British Foreign Office is more evidence that it is the NATO countries, led by the Anglo-Saxons, who are escalating tensions around Ukraine," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the Telegram messaging app Sunday. "We call on the British Foreign Office to stop provocative activities, stop spreading nonsense."British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the information "shines a light on the extent of Russian activity designed to subvert Ukraine, and is an insight into Kremlin thinking."Truss urged Russia to "deescalate, end its campaigns of aggression and disinformation, and pursue a path of diplomacy," and reiterated Britain's view that "any Russian military incursion into Ukraine would be a massive strategic mistake with severe costs."Britain has sent anti-tank weapons to Ukraine as part of efforts to bolster the country's defenses against a potential Russian attack.Mark Galeotti, who has written extensively on Russian security services, said: "I can't help but be skeptical" about the British claim."This is one of those situations where it is hard to know whether what we're facing is a genuine threat, a misunderstanding of the inevitable overtures that were being made to various Ukrainian figures by Russians or 'strategic communication' — which is what we call propaganda these days when we're doing it," Galeotti, who is honorary professor of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College, London,...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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En este episodio discutimos sobre como entender la máxima popularizada por Gichi Funakoshi sensei. Es un principio táctico del karate? Es un principio metodológico? O es un código ético a seguir por los practicantes de Karate? En este episodio participan España Ramón Fernandez-Cid sensei José Navarro Parra Argentina Gerardo Pimentel Canadá Gerardo Balves Dinamarca Jorge F. Garibaldi Además vuelven los Dojo Apuntes de Gerardo Balves sensei. Esta vez nos cuenta sobre Kiyuna Tanmei sensei. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcastdojo/message
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Les cancers mettent les malades dans des situations stressantes. On guérit de mieux en mieux grâce à la prise en charge de la médecine scientifique, mais on croise aussi beaucoup de propositions thérapeutiques dites "alternatives" ou "complémentaires" qui s'entourent souvent d'un discours très rassurant, très séduisant, agrémenté de prétentions à des résultats qui ne sont pas forcément avérés. Quel est le paysage de ces offres ? Sont-elles dangereuses ? Les croyances peuvent-elles être un obstacle à la guérison ? Invité : Simon Schraub, cancérologue Lien Youtube de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxKnGuJTQ4I&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Merci beaucoup à ceux qui soutiennent déjà le travail de la Tronche en Biais via les plateformes de financement : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Camera : Florian Dupas, Florian Greff Son : Corentin Savre Régie : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal, musique par Vled Tapas Modération : Elodie M, Francine Cordier, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Patrice Seray, Valerian Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Le saviez-vous ? Toutes les informations qui nous parviennent ne sont pas vraies. Certaines sont créées et diffusées par des gens qui savent qu'elles sont fausses ; ce sont les Fake News (les Infox). Mais elles sont crues, ou du moins elles deviennent des outils narratifs de ceux qui voudraient qu'on y croit, qu'ils soient eux-mêmes convaincus ou non. Pour prendre du recul sur le phénomène, une exposition nous propose des œuvres qui font sourire ou froncer les sourcils et nous questionnent sur notre rapport à l'information. En direct depuis l'Espace Fondation EDF où se tient l'exposition "Fake News - Art, Fiction, Mensonge" Invités : Filipe Vilas-Boas, Virginie Sassoon, Laurent Bigot Lien Youtube de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cReQPqjiWX0&t=4675s Merci beaucoup à ceux qui soutiennent déjà le travail de la Tronche en Biais via les plateformes de financement : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Camera : Florian Dupas, Florian Greff Son : Corentin Savre Régie : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal, musique par Vled Tapas Modération : Elodie M, Francine Cordier, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Patrice Seray, Valerian Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Le scepticisme conduit-il au désert des désillusions, à l'aridité du rationalisme sans âme, au nihilisme écœuré du mortel écrasé par l'absurde immensité du temps et de l'espace ? Ou bien peut-on trouver de la joie à détecter nos biais, du sens dans l'irrationnel qui niche dans les recoins de notre esprit, du bonheur dans le mouvement perpétuel du doute méthodique ? La question est-elle vite répondue ? Les chaînes des invitées : - Skeptics in the Pub Paris : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBY3RIZLexjFTBcF6OXTGbA - La chaîne de l'invité : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Dmq5q3-FIBknv1TVIR__Q - Fantine et Hippocrate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChMJpy_RQel1FlxYDZQvO1g - Projet Utopia : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=projet+Utopia - La Mal Biaisée : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY2w3Jdy5e65LZUepePht0g Lien Youtube de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vmSw0R471g&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Merci beaucoup à ceux qui soutiennent déjà le travail de la Tronche en Biais via les plateformes de financement : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Camera : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Son : Corentin Savre Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal, musique par Vled Tapas Modération : Alfen, Elodie Meynier, Francine Cordier, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Patrice Seray, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Les fascinantes pyramides, les recoins sombres du passé, les inconnues de l'histoire humaine suscitent nombre de spéculations, de conjectures, d'hypothèses, de scénarios inventifs qui estiment rendre compte de l'histoire mieux que ne le font les historiens. Certains ajoutent à l'équation des civilisations mystérieuses venues peut-être de l'espace, mais tous les archéomanes ne sont pas si farfelus. Le film "Grande Pyramide K 2019" nous raconte la version imaginée par Fehmi Krasniqi. Vu plus de 2 millions et demi de fois sur YouTube, ce film nous explique que les Égyptiens ont bâti les pyramides en béton et en pierre fondue à l'aide de l'énergie solaire avant d'aller construire d'autres monuments à travers le monde. Un tel scénario se heurte à ce qui nous semble être des incohérences dirimantes, mais Fehmi Krasniqi se propose de nous répondre lui-même. Lien Youtube de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfyigKpVtXw&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour aller plus loin : - Conversation de Fehmi Krasniqi avec Dari de la chaine Temps Mort (4h !) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2krZLP1AI&ab_channel=TempsMort - Conversation de Fehmi Krasniqi avec Gollum pour son émission Passé recomposé : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuMQrSop494&ab_channel=Pass%C3%A9Recompos%C3%A9 Merci beaucoup à ceux qui soutiennent déjà le travail de la Tronche en Biais via les plateformes de financement : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Lumière : Clément Agnes Régie : Lise Corsiglia Générique réalise par Loki Jackal Modération : Elodie M, Enora, Francine Cordier, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
L'éthologie consiste à interroger l'animal dans son propre langage pour espérer le comprendre. Il faut renoncer aux automatismes qui nous poussent à priver l'animal d'une vie intérieure ou au contraire à lui attribuer des états mentaux typiquement humains, deux postures capables de générer des illusions aptes à confirmer nos préjugés. Pour savoir si un gorille peut être triste ou si une corneille sait mentir, il faut d'abord se poser des questions sur la pertinence de nos concepts et sur les limites de ce que l'on peut affirmer avoir compris. Sommes-nous seulement capables de comprendre les émotions des animaux ? L'invitée est l'autrice du livre "Des signes pour le dire" : http://www.pur-editions.fr/detail.php?idOuv=4924 Lien Youtube de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKuDz8KUfo4&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Lumière : Clément Agnes Régie : Lise Corsiglia Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal Musique par Vled Tapas Modération : Elodie Meynier, Enos Frous, Francine Cordier, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Les situations des personnes avec autisme sont très variées, parfois handicapantes, parfois non. L'origine exacte de cette condition n'est pas connue par le menu, mais la science a écarté des hypothèses qui ont la vie dure, jusque dans le corps médical. La mauvaise compréhension de l'origine de l'autisme débouche logiquement sur de mauvais traitements, sur des retards de prise en charge et sur un jugement social que rien ne justifie. Et si nous redressions nos méconceptions à ce sujet ? Invitée : Dr. Cécile LAFITTE Lien Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh4vo7UOIh4&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Plus d'infos, et quelques sources ici : https://menace-theoriste.fr/les-pseudosciences-autour-de-lautisme-tenl98/ Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Camera : Lise Corsiglia, Corentin Savre Son : Corentin Savre Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal, musique par Vled Tapas Modération : Alfen, Elodie Meynier, Francine Cordier, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Patrice Seray, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Que savons-nous de nos lointains ancêtres humains ? Assurément, nous savons que notre manière de les représenter a changé au fil du temps. Il n'y a aucune raison pour que cela ne change pas encore, en direction, il faut l'espérer, d'une vision plus objective qui rende justice à qui ils étaient plutôt qu'à ce que nous voudrions qu'ils furent. Ces humains de jadis, ces sauvages, comment nous faire une idée de leur vie et savoir ce qui les rapproche ou les éloigne de nous ? Par exemple, étaient-ils de paisibles ruraux partageant sagement leurs ressources ou de sombres brutes s'accaparant tout ce qui passait à leur portée ? Invité : Christophe Darmangeat Son blog : http://cdarmangeat.blogspot.com/ Les sources et références évoquée pendant l'émission sont disponibles dans cet article : https://menace-theoriste.fr/sauvages-guerre-et-inegalites-a-la-prehistoire/ Lien de la vidéo Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee06Xim-qVo&list=RDCMUCq-8pBMM3I40QlrhM9ExXJQ&start_radio=1&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Projet Ulule : https://fr.ulule.com/la-petite-boutique-des-erreurs/ - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateur : Acermendax Realisation : Lise Corsiglia et Corentin Savre Caméra : Lise Corsiglia Illustrations et infographie : Luca Bobenrieth et Guillaume Cervantes Modération : Elodie Meynier, Nashi, Tata et Vled Tapas Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal, Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
On ne naît pas complotiste, fanatique ou radicalisé, c'est le résultat d'un parcours. Les individus tiennent pour vraies des idées, adhèrent à des discours, partagent et produisent des histoires, mais ils ne se confondent pas avec eux. Dans nos parcours, il nous arrive tous de douter, y compris ceux d'entre nous qui sont engagés dans des croyances fortes, extrêmes, voire sectaires. Quand le doute s'invite, l'abandon des croyances peut avoir lieu, mais pas à n'importe quel prix ou n'importe comment. Lien YT de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-n15B85BY&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax et Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Régie : Lise Corsiglia Assistant régie : Corentin Savre Illustrations et infographie : Loki Jackal & A.S.T.E.C Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francine Cordier, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Les maladies psychiques infligent à ceux qui en souffrent la double peine du stigmate social : ils sont écartés. Écartes du monde du travail, de la famille, des cercles d'amis, mais aussi des soins. Nous nous permettons de porter des jugements envers ces personnes que nous jugerions inappropriées envers d'autres malades, et nous entendons chaque jour des idées reçues culpabilisantes qui accroissent encore la souffrance des concernés. Il est temps de se demander si l'on a bien compris ce que ça veut dire que souffrir d'une maladie psychique, et comment on peut éviter de faire partie du problème. Invité : Nicolas Rainteau, psychiatre Lien YT de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3_2kbIpx-s&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax et Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Régie : Lise Corsiglia Assistant régie : Corentin Savre Illustrations et infographie : Loki Jackal & A.S.T.E.C Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francine Cordier, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
La crédibilité scientifique de Didier Raoult dépend-elle des sondages ? De ses passages télévisuels, de son nombre d'abonnés sur YouTube, du nombre de ses publications scientifiques, du nombre de ses employés etc. ? La pandémie a fait émerger ce personnage du monde médical et lui a octroyé une place à part. Didier Raoult est critiqué, voire moqué par une partie de la population et de la profession, il est adulé par d'autres. Renégat mégalomane ou génie disruptif, le portrait que l'on se fait de lui dépend de facteurs que des études en psychologie sociale peuvent mettre en évidence. Qu'est-ce qui différencie ceux qui croient Didier Raoult de ceux qui s'en méfient ? Entretien avec deux philosophes, auteurs d'une étude de psychologie sociale sur ce sujet très précis. Le lien vers leur article : https://psyarxiv.com/ju62p Et le lien OSF associé : https://osf.io/msz9e/ Lien de la vidéo Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se16zWLFues&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Article de Florian Cova sur "l'épistémologie opportuniste de Didier Raoult" : https://menace-theoriste.fr/lepistemologie-opportuniste-de-didier-raoult/ Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax et Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Caméra : Clément Agnes Lumière : Clément Agnes Régie : Lise Corsiglia Illustrations et infographie : Loki Jackal & A.S.T.E.C Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francine Cordier, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Depuis une publication de l'équipe de Didier Raoult, en mars, un traitement contre la covid19 (d'abord la chloroquine, puis l'hydroxychloroquine associée à l'azithromycine) fait polémique dans toutes les strates de la société. La polarisation immédiate du débat a rendu une bonne partie de la population totalement sourde aux arguments contradictoires. Pour se faire un avis, il faut reprendre à la source les informations rendues publiques dans leur contexte et retracer la chronologie des éléments de preuve... et des éléments de doute. Disposons-nous d'assez de fait pour avoir une opinion sur les traitements proposés ? Invités : Damien BARRAUD (FakeMed) & Hervé SEITZ (CNRS) Liens youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6oW35QKC-Q&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax et Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Lumière : Clément Agnes Régie : Lise Corsiglia Illustrations et infographie : Loki Jackal & A.S.T.E.C Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francine Cordier, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Invité : Marc-André SELOSSE Il y a décidément un gouffre entre l'exigence de la méthode scientifique, la solidité des résultats des meilleures équipe au monde… et ce que le public croit savoir, ce que les médias mettent en avant, ce que tout un chacun juge bon de partager sur les réseaux, autour de lui. Le public manque d'une littératie scientifique qui lui permettrait de faire le tri entre les allégations bancales et les résultats avérés. Et en premier lieu, il faudrait que chacun comprennent qu'un article de revue publié dans un journal à haut facteur d'impact établissant l'état de l'art sur une question scientifique n'a pas la même valeur que la vidéo postée sur Facebook par un naturopathe très inspiré. Il faudrait aussi que le monde de la science prenne la mesure du problème, et notamment agisse contre le cloisonnement du savoir, complaisamment entretenu par les puissantes maisons d'édition qui prélèvent une dîme de moins en moins justifiée sur les deniers public, empêchent l'accès aux résultats, aux protocoles et handicapent encore plus le savoir dans sa course contre l'ignorance fanfaronne Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Lien Youtube de l'émission : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA8reahSL0g&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Lumière Clément Agnes Régie : Lise Corsiglia Illustrations et infographie : Loki Jackal & A.S.T.E.C Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francince Corider, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Invitée Florence Dellerie Grand classique des engueulades, qu'elles soient en famille, sur les réseaux, entre amis : le véganisme ! Est-ce un extrémisme idéologique avec de fortes affinités pour les milieux sectaires, ou bien le moralisme naïf que suscite le rejet d'une société insupportable ? Peut-être qu'en revenant aux définitions, aux racines du mouvement on peut en parler sans geindre ou grincer des dents, ce sera notre défi. Visitez le site de notre invitée : https://questionsanimalistes.com/ Lien Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXzxYVBlHp8&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Lumière Clément Agnes Régie : Lise Corsiglia Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francince Corider, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
Invité : Wiktor Stoczkowski Les mythes créateurs ont sans doute toujours existé, mais ils n'ont pas toujours impliqué l'action d'êtres venus d'un autre monde. Le XXe siècle a vu fleurir, à mesure que l'astronomie nous dévoilait un univers incroyablement vaste, des récits connectant l'humanité aux étoiles. Le plus fertile de ces récits est la “théorie” des Anciens Astronautes, aussi nommé néo-évhémérisme. Ce récit nous explique que les divinités de l'ancien temps désignent en réalité des êtres dotés de “pouvoir” conférés par une technologie étrangère à la Terre. Sur cette base, les tenants-croyants peuvent s'adonner à une relecture et même à une réécriture de l'histoire, souvent aidés en cela par une ignorance obstinée des sciences archéologiques. Lien Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1z7sZMScyc&ab_channel=LaTroncheenBiais Pour nous soutenir : - Helloasso : https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-pour-la-science-et-la-transmission-de-l-esprit-critique - Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/la-tronche-en-biais - Utip : https://utip.io/astec - La boutique de la TeB : https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/la-tronche-en-biais/ Production : ASTEC Animateurs : Acermendax & Vled Tapas Réalisation : Lise Corsiglia Régie : Lise Corsiglia Générique réalisé par Loki Jackal Modération : Elodie Meynier, Eno Frous, Francince Corider, i0, Luca Bobenrieth, Nashi, Sam Duma, Valerian Cedigt, Vled Tapas Editeur podcast : Corentin Savre
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