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The two World Wars, the Korean Conflict, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War...these are some of the 20th Centuries greatest conflicts, yet they pale in comparison to the Emu War, a skirmish that erupted in the state of Western Australia in 1932, pegging farmers and soldiers of the Australian Army against an indigenous species of flightless bird--the emu. Feathers will fly in this informative (and sometimes amusing) episode!

Welcome to Hearts of Oak, where we explore the stories of individuals who embody the spirit of resilience and advocacy. Today, we're privileged to have on the show Major (Ret.) Russ Cooper, a man whose life has soared through the skies as a fighter pilot and now navigates the contentious terrain of civil liberties in Canada.  From his distinguished service in the Persian Gulf War to his subsequent career at Air Canada, Major Cooper's perspective from the cockpit offered him unique insights into the world. But it was upon retiring that he found himself drawn into a different kind of battle—one for the soul and freedom of his country.  Join us as we delve into Major Cooper's journey from the air to activism, sparked by his concerns over Motion M-103 and the perceived threats to Canadian values of unity and free speech. His fight has led him to co-found the Canadian Citizens for Charter Rights and Freedoms, an organization championing individual rights amidst what he sees as a growing tide of restrictive legislation.  Today's episode is not just about one man's fight; it's about understanding the challenges to our freedoms and the call to action for every citizen to stand up for the principles that define us. Stay tuned for an enlightening conversation that touches on the heart of what it means to be Canadian. Interview recorded 9.10.2024 Connect with Russ and C3RF... Major (Ret.) Russ Cooper: https://www.canadiancitizens.org/ Canadian Citizens For Charter Rights And Freedoms (C3RF) is a group of Canadians whose mission is to educate Canadians about threats to their Charter Rights, advocate to protect Charter Rights and Freedoms, and propose countering legislation and regulatory frameworks especially focused on freedom of expression. Connect with Hearts of Oak...

In his award-winning book of short stories, Surrender, Brian O'Hare delves into the complexities of the American hero myth and its impact on his own life. As the son of a larger-than-life Marine officer, O'Hare was drawn to the allure of military service, seeking to emulate his father's legacy. However, after witnessing the devastating effects of war on his father's health, O'Hare began to question the validity of the hero myth. He realized that the idealized image of the American hero, often portrayed in Hollywood films and popular culture, was far removed from the realities of combat. Brian O'Hare is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, former Marine Corps officer and Persian Gulf War veteran.  Currently, he's an award-winning writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in War, Literature and the Arts; Hobart,Electric Literature and others, and has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. Most recently, National Book Award winner Phil Klay awarded Brian Syracuse University Press' 2021 Veterans Writing Award for Surrender. Through his writing, O'Hare deconstructs the myth of the team captain and the Marine, exposing the flaws and vulnerabilities that lie beneath the surface. He explores the psychological toll that war takes on individuals, the sacrifices they make, and the lasting scars they bear. O'Hare's journey is a personal one, but it also resonates with a broader cultural shift. As society evolves, so too does our understanding of heroism. The traditional notions of masculinity and military prowess are being challenged, and new definitions of heroism are emerging. In Surrender, O'Hare invites us to question our own assumptions about what it means to be a hero. He suggests that true heroism lies not in physical strength or military glory, but in the courage to face our own mortality, to embrace our imperfections, and to strive for a more just and compassionate world. As O'Hare reflects on his father's legacy and his own experiences, he grapples with the question of what he will pass on to his son. He recognizes that the American hero myth is a powerful force, but he also believes that it is essential to challenge its limitations and to create a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of heroism. Through his writing, O'Hare hopes to inspire others to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery and to question the myths that shape our society. By demythologizing the American hero myth, he opens up the possibility for a more authentic and meaningful definition of heroism to emerge. We're grateful to UPMC for Life and Tobacco Free Adagio Health for sponsoring this event! #militaryhistory #veteran #interview #veterans #vet #veteransbreakfastclub #vbc #virtualevents #virtual #zoom #zoomevents #liveevent #webinar #military #army #usarmy #navy #usnavy #marinecorps #marines #airforce #pilot #aviators #coastguard #nonprofit #501c3 #history  #militaryveterans #veteransstories #veteranshistory #veteraninterview #veteranshistoryproject #veteransoralhistory #veteranowned #militaryretirees #armyretirees #navyretirees #warstories #vietnam #vietnamwar #vietnamveterans #koreanwar #coldwar #greatestgeneration #wwii #ww2 #worldwarii #worldwar2 #war #americanhistory #oralhistory #podcast  #scuttlebutt #thescuttlebutt #humor #storytelling #headlines #news #roundtable #breakfast #generation911 #happyhour

Former congress women and professor, Cynthia McKinney, joins the program to discuss the revolution and collapse of the Bangladesh government. She is joined by 3 of her students who participated in the overthrow of the corrupt administration. They explain how the government collapsed after over 30 thousand students were shot and either injured or killed. Its an important development in an unstable area of the world as states jockey for strategic power in the region. You can follow Cynthia McKinney on Twitter at @cynthiamckinney or on her website at https://allthingscynthiamckinney.com   Links mentioned in the show: EMF products: Protect yourself from damaging EMFs with the sleeping pod or the other amazing mitigation devices. Buy at https://www.ftwproject.com/ref/531/ MasterPeace: Remove Heavy Metals including Graphene Oxide and Plastics at https://masterpeacebyhcs.com/?ref=11308 Inhale Oxygen Water: Try the Super Hydrated Oxygated Water and see the amazing results for yourself at https://inhalehydration.com/discount/SARAHWESTALL Consider subscribing: Follow on Twitter @Sarah_Westall Follow on my Substack at SarahWestall.Substack.com See Important Proven Solutions to Keep Your from getting sick even if you had the mRNA Shot - Dr. Nieusma MUSIC CREDITS: “In Epic World” by Valentina Gribanova, licensed for broad internet media use, including video and audio       See on Bastyon | Bitchute | Brighteon | Clouthub | Odysee | Rumble | Youtube | Tube.Freedom.Buzz     Cynthia McKinney Biography Cynthia McKinney has made a career of speaking her mind and challenging authority. With her opinions, actions, and even her sense of style, McKinney has inspired both admiration and controversy. McKinney´s political career began unofficially in 1986 when her father, Georgia State Representative Billy McKinney, put her name on the ballot as a write-in. Cynthia McKinney was living in Jamaica at the time and did not take the matter seriously; still, she garnered a large percentage of votes without even trying. Two years later, McKinney ran for and won the seat, creating the first father/daughter combination to serve together in the Georgia State House of Representatives. Cynthia immediately began making her own mark, defying House dress codes for women by wearing trousers instead of dresses. She spoke out against the first Persian Gulf War, and despite being in the House with her father, she often disagreed and voted against him. In 1992, McKinney won a seat in the US House of Representatives in Georgia´s newly created 11th district. She was the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the US Congress. McKinney became Secretary of her Democratic freshman class and was placed on both the Agricultural Committee and the International Relations Committee. Her gold tennis shoes and braided hairstyle became her trademarks, and effectively raised her profile on a House floor dominated by white men. Though a Democrat during President Clinton's tenure, McKinney voted against NAFTA, showing that she was not one to simply follow the Party line. McKinney worked hard in Washington to clean up pollution in her district and improve its rural roads. During her second term, McKinney earned distinctive committee assignments with the National Security Committee and the International Relations Committee's International Operations and Human Rights Subcommittee. A supporter of a Palestinian State in Israel-occupied territory, she sparked controversy by criticizing American policy in the Middle East. After the 9/11 attacks, McKinney suggested the President might have had prior knowledge of 9/11. The criticism she received from this highly controversial idea probably contributed to her defeat in the 2002 election; however, she ran for the seat again and was re-elected in 2004. Between terms in office, McKinney traveled the country and Europe,

Have we lost touch with our ancient roots of plant medicine? Author Michael Purvis joins Brad Szollose on Awakened Nation to discuss tribal medicine traditions like Ayahuasca (pronounced 'eye-ah-WAH-ska'), Cannabis a.k.a. GATUNLATE and Peyote, and how the modern world is slowly starting to embrace the trauma healing qualities of each. Michael shares his own journey of returning from war, suffering from PTSD, being homeless, and eventually discovering the tools of journaling and ancient plant medicine. This is an amazing episode of healing, and an authentic discussion on spirituality, purpose and healing. ABOUT MICHAEL PURVIS: Michael Purvis was born in San Francisco, California to Elizabeth FitzGerald and James Purvis and quickly moved to England forming his early school years. His family moved back to The United States by the time Michael reached the 3rd grade. As a kid growing up in San Rafael, California, he gravitated towards Dungeons and Dragons with friends, played music and was in the Boy Scouts. His first introduction to Native American Spirituality was as a Cub Scout Camp counselor at Camp Tamarancho in Fairfax, California. Conversing with a Medicine Man named John Iron Eagle, a Blackfoot Chief, Michael attended his first sweat lodge ceremony as a teenager. A combat veteran of The Persian Gulf War, Michael healed his PTSD through native plant medicine and spirituality. Presently, he is happily married to his wife Marina, while raising two step-children Michael and Sofia in Northern Colorado. Michael is basically a modern Renaissance Man in a lot of ways practicing magician, carpenter and avid skier. Find out about Michael's latest books at Star Nation Medicine: www.starnationmedicine.com HOST OF AWAKENED NATION: Brad Szollose. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/awakenednation/support

Terry Schappert is a retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant and a veteran of The Persian Gulf War, Bosnia, and Iraq. What you likely know him best for though are the many shows he's hosted and appeared on including "Red Eye," "Shark Week," "Dude, You're Screwed," "Hollywood Weapons," "Warriors," and "The Wilkow Majority." Be sure to follow Terry on X @TerrySchappert and donate to Task Force Dagger at https://www.taskforcedagger.org/ Follow us: http://instagram.com/battlelinepodcast http://twitter.com/battlelinepod Lightweight and versatile, the 945BK-03 Mini Osborne is perfect for your pocket, your truck, your camper, or your day pack. It's your reliable companion, ready to take on any challenge that comes your way. Visit http://benchmade.com to get yours Ned's Mellö Magnesium is an instant hit! Nourish your entire body with their proprietary superblend with 3 forms of chelated magnesium, GABA, L-theanine, and over 70 trace minerals. It propels memory, mood, brain function, stress response, nerve and muscle health, and SLEEP. And about 75% of Americans are deficient in it!! Go to http://helloned.com/BATTLELINE For 15% off all Fort Scott Munitions ammo & gear go to http://fsm.com & use promo code: Battleline For full video of this episode subscribe to our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/@battlelinepodcast

Taking a look into the life of the former dictator of Iraq today, which will of course lead us into at least summarizing the first and second Persian Gulf Wars. How bad of a guy was Saddam? And was the US justified in invading Iraq to take him down?  Watch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/smgt5ba3rjAMerch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast.Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. And you get the download link for my secret standup album, Feel the Heat.

For this week's episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watched Courage Under Fire, a 1996 war drama directed by Edward Zwick and starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan, as well as Lou Diamond Phillips, Matt Damon, Michael Moriarty and Bronson Pinchot.In Courage Under Fire, Denzel Washington plays Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling, an army tank commander who accidentally fires on and destroys one of his own tanks during a nighttime battle in the closing days of the Persian Gulf War, killing his best friend in the process. The Army covers up the details and assigns Serling to a desk job, where he is tasked with investigating and determining whether a solider should receive the award for which they were recommended.He is assigned the case of Captain Karen Walden, the commander of a Medevac Huey helicopter sent to rescue the crew of a Black Hawk helicopter. She was killed in the line of duty, saving both the lives of her crew and those of the downed helicopter. The Army, and the White House, wants to give her the Medal of Honor.As Serling interviews the men involved in the incident, he notices inconsistencies in the testimonies of Walden's crew. Some praise her strongly, others say she was a coward. Still others testify to events that cannot be confirmed. Under pressure from both the White House and his commanding officer to authorize the award — and struggling with PTSD from his experiences on the battlefield — Serling resolves to discover the truth of the matter, even if it costs him his career.The tagline for Courage Under Fire was “In wartime, the first casualty is always truth.”You can find Courage Under Fire to rent or buy on demand at Amazon and iTunes.Episodes come out roughly every two weeks, and we'll see you then with an episode on Star Trek: First Contact, the second film starring the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Here is a brief plot summary:The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.Star Trek: First Contact is available to rent or buy on demand and it is available for streaming on HBO Max and Paramount+.And don't forget our Patreon, where we watch the films of the Cold War and try to unpack them as political and historical documents! For $5 a month, you get two bonus episodes every month as well as access to the entire back catalog — we're almost two years deep at this point. Sign up at patreon.com/unclearpod. The latest episode of our Patreon podcast is on First Blood, the first film in the Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone.Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.Contact us!

We are thrilled to have as our guest antiwar journalist Chris Hedges. Many who are watching will already know Chris Hedges. Chris covered the first Persian Gulf War in the 1990s for The New York Times, where he refused to participate in the military pool system that restricted the movement of and reporting by journalists. In 2003, Chris gave a commencement speech at the graduation ceremony for Rockford College in which he criticized the then ongoing American imperialist invasion of Iraq. His microphone was shut off three minutes after he began speaking. Crhis had to end the commencement speech short because of the disruptions, which included an additional microphone cut, foghorns, and chants of "God Bless America." Clearly, we are in a completely different period - student antiwar protest movement. In fact, when Chris was speaking on the megaphone at the campus antiwar protest at Princeton University last month, when the campus police and administration prevented Chris from speaking, the students chanted “ let him speak, let him speak!” Chris has long spoken out against the two warmongering parties in the United States, the Democrats and Republicans, and called for a new party for working people. In the 2008 United States presidential campaign, Chris was a speechwriter for Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Chris also supported Green Party candidate Jill Stein against the Democrat's and Wall Street's candidate, Hillary Clinton, in the 2016 election. We need to continue building the momentum of the campus anti-war movement with a nationally coordinated mass protest at the DNC in Chicago in August, and by sharing lessons from campus unions that have passed resolutions and strike authorizations in solidarity with the student protests and against police repression. We also need the rank and file of the labor movement to put forward resolutions to rescind their union's endorsements of Biden. Campus unions should provide a lead to the antiwar movement by calling for a one-day nation-wide strike and walk-out against the war. This is what it will take to end the war- shutting down the profits of the capitalists. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onstrikeshow/support

“If we're going to overcome anything, it's our mindset around it. It is how fast we come to grips that life is not going to return to a previous state of existence.” Do you have a desire and/or need to overcome adversity in your life? John Register helps individuals overcome their fears and attack life's obstacles in his motivational and inspirational speeches through a three-step process of reckoning, revision and renewal. Host Chris Meek welcomes John back to the program to illuminate the three step process of overcoming and to share more about his definition of “new normal” and how to come to terms with exactly what that means. A two-time Paralympian, Paralympic Games silver medalist and Persian Gulf War veteran, John learned how to amputate his own fears. Now he guides others as they begin to do the same, by encouraging them to discover the stories that reside within them and unlearn or relearn the things they already know. Catch up with John Register and better position yourself to amputate your fears!

Join Caleb Nelson on 'Naked Sunday' for an empowering session with Victor Straw, a beacon of resilience with a storied journey from the dairy farms of Wisconsin to the battlefields of the Persian Gulf War, and into the heart of fitness and leadership coaching. In "Victorious Mind," Victor unpacks the essence of conquering life's battles through resilience, humility, and the pursuit of victory in every aspect of life. In This Episode: Journey of a Warrior: Discover Victor's multifaceted path from a U.S. Marine to a visionary entrepreneur, and how his diverse experiences forged his indomitable spirit. The Pillars of Simplicity and Humility: Victor and Caleb discuss the transformative power of embracing life's simple joys and the grounding force of humility in personal growth. Resilience Through Adversity: Learn about Victor's encounters with challenges and his approach to overcoming them with strength and grace, offering a roadmap for those on the path of self-improvement. A Beacon for Mental Health: Victor sheds light on the importance of mental well-being, sharing his commitment to supporting others in their darkest times, emphasizing the courage in vulnerability. Living with Purpose and Joy: The conversation delves into the significance of making mindful choices, the impact of daily practices on long-term fulfillment, and the role of gratitude in living a victorious life. Victor Straw, with his unique blend of personal, military, and professional wisdom, along with his passion for empowering others, ensures this episode is a wellspring of inspiration for anyone looking to lead a life marked by victory and resilience. Connect with Victor Straw: Website: www.victorstraw.com. Special Offer for Listeners: Victor is offering a FREE consultation for 'Naked Sunday' listeners ready to embark on their journey to a victorious life. Tune In: Don't miss this riveting episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, perfect for anyone seeking the courage to face life's challenges head-on and emerge victorious. Engage with Us: Share how Victor's story has inspired you. Reach out on Instagram [@NakedSundayStudios] with your thoughts and takeaways. #NakedSundayPodcast #VictoriousMind #VictorStraw #Resilience #MentalWellbeing #LifeVictories

Welcome back! In our last episode of Absolute Trust Talk, we were joined by expert psychotherapist and certified coach Tess Brigham, MFT, BCC, to discuss the differences between generations and, more specifically, examine the unique dynamics between Baby Boomer parents and Millennial children.  In this episode, we continue our conversation with Tess, focusing on the interactions between Gen X parents and Gen Z children. These two generations are very interesting as Gen Xers were heavily influenced by events like the Persian Gulf War, the women's movement, and high divorce rates. As Tess points out, this generation is a very “figure it out on your own” group. Whereas Gen Zers are true digital natives and have no real concept of life before technology. We hope you will listen in as we talk about how these generations' unique experiences shaped their approach to estate planning. Plus, we share some special insights from real client stories!  Time-stamped Show Notes:  0:00 Introduction 1:19 To kick off the episode, Tess gives us a little background refresher on what types of events and movements had an impact on these two generations.  7:30 One way the younger generations differ from the older ones, in terms of estate planning, is how they consider the possibility of divorce and whether they want to burden their children with responsibility. Listen in to learn more!  10:55 We're likely all familiar with the stereotype that the oldest daughter always gets the responsibility of taking care of her parents, but will this continue with the newer generations?  14:05 At the end of the day, women are biologically and evolutionarily designed to care for family, so perhaps we won't see a change in the oldest-daughter-caretaker stereotype after all. Only time will tell!  15:29 As we wrap up the show, we highlight why it's important to analyze how these heavy conversations play out among generations. 

"All the facts of science aren't enough to understand the world's meaning. For this, you must step outside the world." Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! In this episode, we're adventuring into the world of Logicomix, a graphic novel that takes us on a journey through the intricate life of mathematician Bertrand Russell. From the quest for precision that borders on madness to the historical events Russell was embroiled in, we'll explore the complexities of logic, philosophy, and mathematics. We cover a wide range of topics including: Why seeking precision in understanding the world can drive one mad Bertrand Russell's historical involvements and achievements The rapid progress of aviation and technology How mathematics, logic, and philosophy remain connected Discovering the lives and contributions of various mathematicians And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode. Links from the Episode: Mentioned in the Show: Prolific (1:06) Agrippan Trilemma (12:33) Münchhausen Trilemma (13:04) Kate Middleton photo (30:48) House of Lords (32:06) The Flaw in Gödel's proof (57:59) Arnold (1:03:50) Political ETFs (1:13:49) Books Mentioned: Logicomix East of Eden (0:03) (Nat's Book Notes) Of Mice and Men (0:21) The Grapes of Wrath (0:22) Watchmen (6:10) V for Vendetta (6:11) In Praise of Idleness (7:12) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Gödel, Escher, Bach (12:01) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) The First World War (36:16) The Second World War (36:16) Banana King (1:00:45) Chip War (1:01:01) The Prize (1:01:23) Bad Therapy (1:02:46) Kon-Tiki (1:08:17) Endurance (1:09:40) People Mentioned: Apostolos Doxiadis Christos Papadimitriou John Steinbeck (0:01) Bertrand Russell (6:51) Kurt Gödel (14:46) Ludwig Wittgenstein (20:49) Jordan Peterson (53:03) Show Topics: (0:00) We kick off the episode by sharing John Steinbeck's journal writing process for East of Eden, his collaborative relationship with his publisher, and how he landed on the title.  (5:25) Though we are not talking about East of Eden today (but...stay tuned for that episode up next!), we're covering Logicomix, a graphic novel by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou. (8:16) We give an overview of the book and how it shares different intricacies and stories from Bertrand Russell's life. From his parents being in a throuple to schizophrenia running in his family, we try to decipher which parts were real vs. fabricated. (10:36) Why you shouldn't necessarily look for precision and formal rules about how the world works. We tie this idea into Taoism which we've seen commonly in a few of our other recent reads. In short, no system can fully explain itself. You need to step outside of it. (13:42) Is it possible to build a perfect map of everything that mathematics entails? We talk about the connection between logic, philosophy, and mathematics.  (20:25) There were several mathematicians in the book. How many of them are you familiar with? (23:36) Russell's involvement in a variety of historical events from the Cuban Missile Crisis to JFK's assassination, as he was not convinced that Oswald was guilty of the crime.  (28:34) If you've been up-to-date with the news lately, you may be just as interested in the Kate Middleton conspiracies as we are. Tangent time! (31:38) Russell was sat in the House of Lords, a chamber of UK Parliament which is generally not up for election. Plus, we brainstorm some ideas of who would be considered Bertrand Russell's equivalent in the US. (36:48) We dive in to some different historical events and wars. The Ottoman Empire, World War 1 and 2, the Persian Gulf War, and how warfare and aircraft carriers changed during these ages.  (41:26) Aviation and its rapid improvements in technology in such a short span of time. (45:07) "Shouldn't we get back to the book?" Nat, Neil, and Adil discuss some of the main concepts from the book, including the pursuit of truth in the world of mathematics. You're never going to fully understand reality, but for some, that's a hard truth that they don't want to accept. (49:44) What does it mean to know, and how can you be justified in knowing something? Remember, a belief can be true while at the same time not satisfying the conditions of logic.  (56:05) Unlike the other mathematicians discussed in the book, Gödel constructed a proof to his theorem that hasn't yet been disproven. Regardless of whether their desires for absolute truth was achieved or not, a lot of the findings are fundamentally useful in many other ways. (1:00:34) We talk about some of the books that we have coming up on the podcast, and throw around some ideas. Which book would you like to see us do an episode on? Let us know here! (1:05:04) Is it true that the more you think about how you're feeling, the worse you feel?  (1:10:07) Nat, Neil, and Adil share some more of their upcoming reads they're excited about, and different war books, including Martin Gilbert's books on WW1 and WW2. (1:13:24) Political ETFs that you can buy into. $NANC and $KRUZ, anyone? (1:17:22) That concludes this episode! Next up on Made You Think, we have the long awaited episode covering East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Make sure to grab a copy of the book and read along with us before the next episode. Check out our new website to stay updated on what's to come. If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes and tell a friend. As always, let us know if you have any book recommendations! You can say hi to us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS, @adilmajid, @nateliason and share your thoughts on this episode. You can now support Made You Think using the Value-for-Value feature of Podcasting 2.0. 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It's the last full week of our PORTRAITS OF THE ARTISTS theme and we end it with Edward Zwick's dripping military melodrama “COURAGE UNDER FIRE” from 1996. Denzel Washington plays a veteran military fellow who accidentally blasted his own men during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991. The government puts a bow on it and sticks him in a desk job. Now he has to review for a posthumous Medal of Honor candidate AND OH MY GOD THE NOMINEE IS A GIIIIIIIIIRL!!!!!!!! Did they inoculate her for cooties!? Cooties are very serious! Almost as serious as this movie. Anyway, Captain Karen is played by Meg Ryan who is also southern. Captain Karen is southern, I mean. Meg Ryan is from Connecticut. She gets to be the “Tex” in this military movie and she commands this whole troop. But what in the name of Uncle Sam's beard lice happened out there? Also starring a gaunt Matt Damon and a sad Lou Diamond Phillips. What happened to Captain Karen? Hear us tell it. Subscribe to us on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg Contact us here: MOVIEHUMPERS@gmail.com Hear us on podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6o6PSNJFGXJeENgqtPY4h7 Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249 Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought

In this episode, host Haylie Pomroy and Dr. Nancy Klimas of the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine delve into the complex issue of Gulf War Illness. They discuss the array of toxic exposures faced by veterans which have led to chronic illnesses, along with the ongoing health challenges that veterans face even decades after the conflict. Retired Sergeant First Class Jimmy Arocho also sheds light on the real-life experiences of Gulf War veterans. Jimmy's story of exposure, subsequent health struggles, and his journey to diagnosis underlines the importance of research in understanding Gulf War Illness. Jimmy Arocho and Dr. Nancy Klimas invite veterans experiencing symptoms and were deployed in the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991 for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm to participate in the Gulf War Illness research, brought to you by the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine. Refer to the links below to join. They are also needing participants for a long COVID study (COVID UPP). If you or a loved one are still experiencing symptoms post-COVID, join our study by clicking the links below. Key points: 00:00 Introduction 06:11 Importance of recognizing and diagnosing Gulf War Illness in veterans. 12:57 Addressing complex medical conditions. 18:02 The role of advocacy in educating veterans about Gulf War Illness. 21:00 The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research. 26:04 Importance of veterans understanding their condition. 31:22 N-acetylcysteine (NAC) study details, focusing on a natural supplement. 37:25 The importance of participating in Gulf War Illness research. 40:14 Advancing the understanding and treatment of Gulf War Illness. 45:46 How to participate in the Gulf War Illness research. NOW RECRUITING: TNF & Glucocorticoid Antagonist For GWI Associated Multi-Symptom Disease Hemostasis Reset

In this episode, host Haylie Pomroy and Dr. Nancy Klimas of the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine delve into the complex issue of Gulf War Illness. They discuss the array of toxic exposures faced by veterans which have led to chronic illnesses, along with the ongoing health challenges that veterans face even decades after the conflict. Retired Sergeant First Class Jimmy Arocho also sheds light on the real-life experiences of Gulf War veterans. Jimmy's story of exposure, subsequent health struggles, and his journey to diagnosis underlines the importance of research in understanding Gulf War Illness. Jimmy Arocho and Dr. Nancy Klimas invite veterans experiencing symptoms and were deployed in the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991 for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm to participate in the Gulf War Illness research, brought to you by the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine. Refer to the links below to join. They are also needing participants for a long COVID study (COVID UPP). If you or a loved one are still experiencing symptoms post-COVID, join our study by clicking the links below. Key points: 00:00 Introduction 06:11 Importance of recognizing and diagnosing Gulf War Illness in veterans. 12:57 Addressing complex medical conditions. 18:02 The role of advocacy in educating veterans about Gulf War Illness. 21:00 The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in research. 26:04 Importance of veterans understanding their condition. 31:22 N-acetylcysteine (NAC) study details, focusing on a natural supplement. 37:25 The importance of participating in Gulf War Illness research. 40:14 Advancing the understanding and treatment of Gulf War Illness. 45:46 How to participate in the Gulf War Illness research. NOW RECRUITING: TNF & Glucocorticoid Antagonist For GWI Associated Multi-Symptom Disease Hemostasis Reset

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1068, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Letters In Song 1: Title of the following Beatles hit, it's how many people conclude a letter:"As I write this letter/Send my love to you/Remember I'll always be with you/Be in love with you...". P.S. I Love You. 2: If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye, it's no secret you'll feel better if you do this. cry. 3: Pat Boone lamented, "Now my poor heart just aches with every wave it breaks over" these. Love Letters in the Sand. 4: "I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack. Bright and early next morning he" did this. brought my letter back. 5: In "Please, Mr. Postman" it concludes the line, "Deliver the letter...". "the sooner the better". Round 2. Category: Organizations For Short 1: Founded in 1847, the AMA. the American Medical Association. 2: The NAACP. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 3: The AKC. the American Kennel Club. 4: The K of C, all 1.8 million of them. the Knights of Columbus. 5: Similar to the DAR, the SAR. the Sons of the American Revolution. Round 3. Category: Things You Shouldn'T Put In Your Mouth 1: Put the golden barrel or saguaro type of this plant in your mouth only if you want pierced lips. cactus. 2: Socrates could tell you this herb that's sometimes confused with parsley is the perfect garnish for a funeral. hemlock. 3: Stay clear of this Algonquin weapon as well as the same-named cruise missile used in the Persian Gulf War. a tomahawk. 4: This man, who introduced A.C. current in the U.S., wouldn't recommend putting any appliance in your mouth. George Westinghouse. 5: Discoverer Daniel Rutherford might fertilize with it; don't try to freeze yourself by drinking the liquid form. nitrogen. Round 4. Category: Turtles All The Way Down 1: "Turtles all the way down" is an apt description for how the turtle king rules Sala-ma-Sond for a time in this Dr. Seuss story. Yertle the Turtle. 2: This group of comic book superheroes got their powers from radioactive ooze. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 3: Built in 1775 by David Bushnell, the Turtle was a one-man hand-cranked one of these vessels used by the military. a submarine. 4: In 1967 The Turtles had a No. 1 hit with this song that begins, "Imagine me and you, I do". "Happy Together". 5: Greek myth says Hermes invented this harp-like instrument using a turtle shell. a lyre. Round 5. Category: The Cherry Bowl 1: In 1912 this Asian country gave the U.S. a bunch of cherry trees. Japan. 2: They wrote, "A couple Deadheads in Maine sent us a postcard with a name for a new flavor" -- Cherry Garcia. Ben and Jerry. 3: For a basketball player, it's scoring an easy hoop after a long pass downcourt. Cherry-picking. 4: Stepdaughter of jazz musician Don, she stood high on the charts in 1989 with "Buffalo Stance". Neneh Cherry. 5: This play debuted in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theater. "The Cherry Orchard". Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

In an age where over-sharing and trauma-dumping has become the norm, is there such a thing as TMI anymore? On this episode, hear how people are navigating the freedom and discomfort of letting it all out. Would you reveal how old you are? The last time you cried? How much money is in your bank account? Trevor and Ify get nosy with their fellow CBC Radio hosts Paul Haavardsrud (Cost of Living), Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe (The Block, CBC Music), and Piya Chattopadhyay (The Sunday Magazine), to find out how much personal information they are willing to reveal...on air. After serving as an intelligence officer during the Persian Gulf War, Sean Bruyea risked everything to expose a government secret - and he's still experiencing the consequences of that today. Lindsay Wong is a bit of a conundrum: She's uncomfortable with attention, but she also wrote a best-selling memoir about her family's struggle with undiagnosed mental illness. Five years after spilling her family's secrets, Lindsay is reconsidering how much is too much to share in such a public way. Hairstylist Meghan Kinitaon reveals the most jaw-dropping things people have told her in the salon chair - and how she deals with trauma-dumping. And writer Danny Ramadan says challenges to his children's books as being "too much information" for their LGBTQ+ content feel personal. Why he's not letting these challenges slow him down.

In this episode, Dr. Nancy Klimas and Retired Sergeant First Class Jimmy Arocho join host Haylie Pomroy to discuss Gulf War Syndrome's lasting impact on veterans. Dr. Klimas details the toxic exposures during the Gulf War, such as pesticides, sarin gas, and oil fires, leading to chronic illnesses in a third of the deployed US veterans. Jimmy Arocho shares his firsthand experiences and the awareness of these health hazards among ex-soldiers. His journey from a veteran to an advocate for Gulf War Syndrome sufferers highlights the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. Jimmy Arocho also emphasizes the PACT Act's role in supporting affected veterans and the ongoing research and treatment efforts at the Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine.  If you or a loved one is a veteran who served in 1990-1991 for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, we need your help in finding answers for this condition. Key Points: 04:54 Jimmy's transition from veteran to Institute advocate and employee. 09:49 Symptoms and conditions of Gulf War veterans over time. 14:29 Explanation of oxidative stress and its health implications. 19:37 The link between research and veteran needs. 25:24 Addressing the challenges faced by veterans in seeking treatment. 29:06 The importance of a biorepository for Gulf War illness research. 34:03 Dr. Klimas explains the role of MRI spectroscopy in measuring oxidative stress. 39:35 Encouragement for veterans to participate in trials. 42:08 Jimmy highlights virtual study participation during COVID-19. 48:48 Jimmy's appeal to Persian Gulf War veterans for research participation. 51:36 Different ways to participate in studies, including inpatient and home-based options. 56:01 Details on how to join the study Dr. Nancy Klimas with 40 years of experience, is renowned for her work in multi-symptom disorders like ME/CFS, Gulf War illness, fibromyalgia, and Long COVID. She leads the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine and is a Professor at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. Previously at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine for 30 years, she now contributes significantly to research and education in her field, focusing on innovative treatments and training the next generation of clinicians and scientists.   LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-klimas-49255178    Jimmy Arocho is an experienced professional in strategic management of Information Technologies and Telecommunications, with a focus on Healthcare Information Management Applications. His career spans roles in project management, network administration, and customer service across various sectors including business, education, and government.   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-arocho-9b63395  —----------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Thank you for tuning in to the Hope and Help For Fatigue & Chronic Illness Podcast. Sign up today for our newsletter.

It's a brand-new season of Speakernomics with our brand-new host, Kenneth "Shark" Kinney! Shark is kicking off our new season with John Register, CSP, a paralympic silver medalist, US Army combat veteran, and Certified Professional Keynote speaker. John discusses being an expert in the professional speaking space, how to define one's expertise and the importance of being easy to work with as a speaker.    In this episode, John talks about:  Go Deep Before Going Wide: Define your expertise and go deep into it before trying to cover a wide range of topics. John suggests finding one word that encapsulates what you do and sticking with it to become known in that specific space.  Be Easy to Work With: As a speaker, it's crucial to be easy to work with, especially for meeting professionals and event planners. John shares practical tips such as providing PowerPoint slides promptly, maintaining open communication, and showing appreciation with small gestures like gift cards for the event team.  Active Role in Networking: Actively seek out opportunities to see other speakers and build relationships within the speaking community. Rather than evaluating other speakers, focus on understanding what they do and use that knowledge to make valuable referrals, fostering a supportive and uplifting environment within the industry.   Who is John Register, CSP?  John Register failed to clear a hurdle as he trained for the Olympic Games—a move that led to a tragic accident and altered his life forever.  He shifted his focus and embraced a “new normal mindset.”  The decorated Persian Gulf War combat U.S. Army veteran world champion became a two-time Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, professional speaker, and global influencer.     Register “amputated his fears” and founded the U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Military Sports Program.  He authored 10 Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal Your Way to Leadership Success in Spring 2020 and works with business leaders to hurdle adversity, amputate fear, and embrace a new normal mindset to win life's medals.    The artificial leg he used to win the silver medal is displayed in the Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, Alex and Calvin continue to break down the concept of “Manipulation” in rhetoric and political discourse, recapping part one of this series, demonstrating strategies for identifying and critiquing manipulation, and discussing how this kind of large-scale “mind control” is affecting contemporary foreign policy discourse in the US.The term manipulation, as we define it, comes from a school of linguistic and discourse analysis known as Critical Discourse Studies (CDS), which is primarily concerned with the ways language is used to reinforce inequality and power differentials in society. We walk through how the term is defined by CDS scholar Teun van Dijk, from his landmark 2006 article “Discourse and Manipulation.” In it, van Dijk gives us a toolkit for understanding 3 different levels of manipulation: (1) social, which designates the human relationships, power positions, and organizational and political resources required to effect manipulation at scale; (2) cognitive, which designates how manipulative language forms mental models that influence people's thoughts and actions in the world; and (3) discursive, which captures the various linguistic, stylistic, and rhetorical strategies that tend to recur in manipulation.This time, to put this term in context, we analyze an example of discourse manipulation surrounding US foreign policy, specifically as it relates to Israel's ongoing war on Gaza: President Joe Biden's November 18 opinion article in the Washington Post, entitled “The U.S. won't back down from the challenge of Putin and Hamas.” We closely analyze how President Biden uses manipulation strategies straight out of Van Dijk to persuade WaPo-reading liberals to ignore both the US's constant and substantial material support for Israel's war and its own military's history of bloody and destructive imperialism throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and elsewhere in the world. We also note various tactics that the president deploys to naturalize inequality and normalize bigotry, all while touting the US's role as the “essential” peace-loving, freedom-spreading nation. “The U.S. won't back down from the challenge of Putin and Hamas” - Joe BidenLink to Part One of this SeriesWorks and Concepts Cited in this Episode:Azoulay, A., & Ophir, A. (2012). The one-state condition: occupation and democracy in Israel/Palestine. Stanford University Press.Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing discourse: Textual analysis for social research. Psychology Press.Fifield, A. (19 March 2013). “Contractors reap $138B from Iraq war.” CNN.com. McGee, M. C. (1980). The “ideograph”: A link between rhetoric and ideology. Quarterly journal of speech, 66(1), 1-16. [Our 2018 re:blurb on Ideographs can be found here.]Oddo, J. (2019). The discourse of propaganda: Case studies from the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror. Penn State University Press. [Our September 2021 episode with CDS scholar John Oddo can be found here.]Perelman, C. & Olbrechts-Tyteca, L. (1969). The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation. Trans. John Wilkinson and Purcell Weaver. University of Notre Dame Press.Schneider, T. (8 Oct 2023). “For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces.” The Times of Israel. Van Dijk, T. A. (2006). Discourse and manipulation. Discourse & society, 17(3), 359-383.An accessible transcript of this episode is available upon request. Please reach out to us via email (reverbcontent[AT]gmail.com), social media, or our website contact form to request a transcript.

This week on Scene Stealers we bear the gift of an insightful heist movie discussion. We are talking about the 1999 film Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell. For The Vault, Leo professes his admiration for Al Pacino in the 1989 murder mystery Sea of Love, and Charles is taking us back into the web with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The main take is Three Kings, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube, as a group of soldiers in the Persian Gulf War on a mission to take gold from a bunker of Saddam Hussein. It brings out all sorts of conversations about war, the charisma of Clooney, and why it's called Three Kings. Give it a listen. 

On today's show, Alex and Calvin break down the concept of “Manipulation” in rhetoric and political discourse. We outline some key strategies for identifying and critiquing manipulation, and discuss its social and political implications as a form of large-scale “mind control.”The term manipulation, as we define it, comes from a school of linguistic and discourse analysis known as Critical Discourse Studies (CDS), which is primarily concerned with the ways language is used to reinforce inequality and power differentials in society. We walk through how the term is defined by CDS scholar Teun van Dijk, from his landmark 2006 article “Discourse and Manipulation.” In it, van Dijk gives us a toolkit for understanding 3 different levels of manipulation: (1) social, which designates the human relationships, power positions, and organizational and political resources required to effect manipulation at scale; (2) cognitive, which designates how manipulative language forms mental models that influence people's thoughts and actions in the world; and (3) discursive, which captures the various linguistic, stylistic, and rhetorical strategies that tend to recur in manipulation.To put this term in context, we analyze an example of discourse manipulation surrounding student protests against the most recent flare-up in Israel's war on Gaza: Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian's email to university students and faculty in response to a recent student vigil where the phrase “from the river to the sea” was chanted. We closely analyze the careful manipulations of emphasis and value that Jahanian creates in his discourse, which subtly demonizes student demonstrators advocating for peace and the cessation of violence between Israel and Hamas, while reaffirming the supposedly apolitical “commitments” of the institution he represents.Full Text Version of Farnam Jahanian EmailWorks and Concepts Cited in this Episode:Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing discourse: Textual analysis for social research. Psychology Press.McGee, M. C. (1980). The “ideograph”: A link between rhetoric and ideology. Quarterly journal of speech, 66(1), 1-16. [Our 2018 re:blurb on Ideographs can be found here.]Oddo, J. (2019). The discourse of propaganda: Case studies from the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terror. Penn State University Press. [Our September 2021 episode with CDS scholar John Oddo can be found here.]van Dijk, T. A. (2006). Discourse and manipulation. Discourse & society, 17(3), 359-383.An accessible transcript of this episode is available upon request. Please reach out to us via email (reverbcontent@gmail.com), social media, or our website contact form to request a transcript.

This episode of the "Willing to Start Us" podcast features an insightful conversation with Peter Harding, exploring the intersections of entrepreneurship, venture capital, and the energy sector.This episode dives into: Peter's background and journey from a San Francisco native to a key player in the energy sector. The influence of historical events like the Persian Gulf War on Peter's interest in energy independence. Peter's transition from an investment banking and venture capital background to entrepreneurship. The evolution of venture capital over the years, including changes in specialization and market dynamics. Insights into the challenges and strategies of raising venture capital, with a focus on timing and amount. The importance of product-market fit and the role of serendipity in startup success. Personal anecdotes and experiences that shaped Peter's entrepreneurial mindset. The contrast between the roles of an investor and an operator in the business world. Peter's perspective on the current state of venture capital and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Learn more about EnergyX: https://bit.ly/3pedpdC

It is unclear whether Iran chose the exact date and time of the Hamas attacks, but the detail is irrelevant. The Islamic Republic of Iran has funded, coordinated, trained, and armed Hamas and other proxies for years. Should Israel not definitively succeed in eliminating Hamas, Iran will learn a critical lesson: its strategy works. What does Iran want from this war? Eventually, hegemonic control of the Middle East; in the meantime, derailing normalization between Israel and the Arab states, eliminating any moderate Palestinian political players, and total control of the revitalized Palestinian question in the region. Iran's influence isn't limited to its proxies in the Middle East either – it has an unprecedented strategic alliance with Russia and a growing partnership with the People's Republic of China. So, why the international equivocation on Iran? Sanctions are needed, tightening the loopholes for Iranian financing of terrorist proxies is needed… Iran must pay a price for fomenting this war.Kenneth M. Pollack is a senior fellow at AEI, where he works on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, focusing in particular on Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf countries. Before joining AEI, Dr. Pollack was affiliated with the Brookings Institution, where he was a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Before that, he was the center's director and director of research. Dr. Pollack served twice at the National Security Council, first as director for Near East and South Asian affairs and then as director for Persian Gulf affairs. He began his career as a Persian Gulf military analyst at the CIA, where he was the principal author of the CIA's classified postmortem on Iraqi strategy and military operations during the Persian Gulf War.Download the transcript here.

Ellen and Dan talk with Walter Robinson, a longtime investigative journalist and editor of The Boston Globe's Spotlight Team. Robby, as he is known, was instrumental in uncovering the clergy sex abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church in Boston and beyond. The series won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003. The team's work was captured onscreen in the movie "Spotlight," where Robby was played by the actor Michael Keaton.  Robby is a former colleague – he was a distinguished professor of journalism here at Northeastern. He was also a 1974 graduate of Northeastern's journalism program, and participated in the co-op program. He reported and edited local news at The Globe. But he ranged wide. He reported from 48 states and 33 countries. He covered the White House during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. He was also the Globe's Middle East Bureau Chief, and covered the first Persian Gulf War.   In recent years, Robby has been focused on the local news crisis in a big way. He has been deeply involved in the New Bedford Light, an impressive nonprofit digital news outlet. He lives in Plymouth, so it's perhaps no surprise that he is a key advisor to the board of directors at the new Plymouth Independent. Dan has a Quick Take on developments in the junkyard known as Twitter. Ellen reports on a new podcast out of Memphis called "Civil Wrongs." It's produced by a Report for America corps member that examines a racist massacre in the aftermath of the Civil War.  

Many veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War developed unexplained illnesses and symptoms collectively referred to as Gulf War Illness or Gulf War Syndrome. VA has since created a Gulf War Presumption for these veterans. Join the CCK team as we review VA's Gulf War Presumption, discuss important updates, and talk through changes made by the PACT Act. Tune in for this informative update! For more information, visit our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠cck-law.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/CCKYTL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/CCKFBL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/CCKINL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/CCKTL

50s: Constancy, GI Bill, Levittown, Sputnik, Korean War, Univac, DNA discovered, Joe McCarthy, Hungarian uprising, Montgomery bus boycott 60s: Kennedys shot, King shot, Woodstock, the Beatles, Watts riot and cities burn, Cuban missile crisis, Viet Nam, Bay of Pigs, first televised presidential debate, USSR had hydrogen bomb 70s: Kent State shootings, Watergate, Nixon and Agnew resign, Mars landing, Viet Nam ends, gay liberation movement 80s: CNN begins, Iranian hostages released, Falklands war, Sandra Day O'Connor first female on Supreme Court, Sally Ride first woman astronaut, Challenger explodes, Macintosh computer, Cold War ends with Reagan/Gorbachev, Berlin Wall falls, intense materialism and consumerism, MTV emerges 90s: LA riots, Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine shootings, Persian Gulf War, TWA flight 800 is blown up, relative peace and prosperity, end of USSR, rise of the Internet, Dow Jones clears 2,900 for first time 00s: Al-Qaeda attacks world trade center and Pentagon 9/11, Department of Homeland Security established, invasion of Iraq, Nancy Pelosi first woman Speaker, Michael Jackson dies, economic collapse, Y2K a flop, Barack Obama first black president immediately receives Nobel Peace Prize, Great Recession, Tesla launched 10s: Black Lives Matter, Brexit, occupy Wall Street, launch of the iPhone 4, Trump elected, natural disasters, Boston Marathon bombing, LGBTQ, Ebola, Prince dies We've come from a period of constancy to a period of continuing turmoil; from privacy to omnipresent publishing and exposure; from civility to rudeness and aggression; from support for the law to defund the police; and from respect for institutions to near-anarchy. This is not merely the changing of generations or progress or evolution of thought. It is a decline and declivity into amazing self-absorption, disdain for differing opinions, and really a wallowing in ignorance. Our primary institutions of the conveyance of values have all decayed: the schools, organized religion, the intact household, statesmanship. Is this a natural sign of the times, or more like the old trope that the first generation founds a business, the second modernizes and expands it, and the third, having no such hunger, runs it into the ground? The US is about 240 years old, which is one-thousandth of one present of the tenure of the dinosaurs on earth. They were erased by space junk, or they'd still be here. Will we be erased by junking our values?

An aircraft carrier is one of America's greatest symbols of freedom and power. It's a strategic asset in our national defense arsenal. It's our greatest projection of combat power. It's a city at sea. And for RADM (ret) John “Mac” McLaughlin it was a challenge he never expected. For our milestone Episode 100 of The Jedburgh Podcast, Fran Racioppi took over the Hanger Deck of the USS Midway Museum for a conversation with Mac on the history of the American aircraft carrier, the importance of the US Navy, what it was like to fly anti-submarine helicopters, and what's next in the battle for naval supremacy. Mac also shares the story of the USS Midway; for decades America's flagship carrier and host of many American Navy firsts. He explains his vision for the museum and how he led the team that built it from an empty ship towed into San Diego Harbor to one of the most visited tourist destinations in the United States. The USS Midway was built primarily by women in 1942 and later led the coalition in over 3000 sorties in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Today the ship is tribute to all who serve America; especially those at sea. Special thanks to the San Diego Military Advisory Council for their support in producing this episode. Learn more about the USS Midway and theUSS Midway Museum at midway.org and on social media at @ussmidwaymuseum.Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website. Subscribe to us and follow @jedburghpodcast on all social media. Watch the full video version on YouTube.Highlights:0:00 Welcome to the USS Midway Museum, Freedom and Episode 1003:28 Building the USS Midway in 17 months by women in 19435:21 The USS Midway at war in Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and the Cold War8:27 The many “firsts” of the USS Midway10:16 Mac's career in the Navy flying helicopters14:41 The role of United States Navy in America's national defense 17:15 The peer-to-peer Naval adversary of the Chinese and Russians20:58 USS Midway comes to San Diego26:02 The exhibits of the USS Midway29:34 The USS Midway Foundation33:54 Mac's Foundations to SuccessQuotes: “The Midway represents the transformation of the United States Navy from a battleship centric Navy to an aircraft centric Navy.” (5:08)“It became the most operationally effective aircraft carrier in the Western Pacific despite the fact it was so old.” (7:29)“As long as America has a responsibility of maintaining its supremacy as an international power we will need to continue investing in a very strong Navy.” (17:04)“The day you stop investing in your military resources is the day you can ensure that your country is in jeopardy.” (19:32)“We had nothing. If you see anything on this ship it wasn't here when we started.” (23:08)This episode is brought to you by Jersey Mike's & Compass Workforce Solutions

[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.]You may have missed it in all the Trump indictment hoopla, but late last night, Kid Rock, aka Robert James Ritchie, posted a 35 sec. video on Twitter in which he fired an MP5 submachine gun in the direction of several cases of Bud Light resting on a table next to a lake. I say in the direction of several cases because he seemed to struggle in taking them out.No, I'm not kidding. I'll post it here for your convenience.Mr. Ritchie was apparently upset that Bud Light—whose parent company is Anheuser-Busch—hired Dylan Mulvaney, a massively popular TikTok star, as one of their new brand ambassadors. She's a nice lady and deserves her success. She also happens to be a trans woman, thus the bellyaching from social conservatives.Normally, I'd be worried over Mr. Ritchie's violent gun message concerning the inclusion of trans people — if he were capable of aiming correctly. Alas, he doesn't appear to be much of a threat with firearms.It turns out that worrying about Kid Rock shooting you is kinda like worrying about losing a spelling bee to Donald Trump. It ain't worth the trouble.Because I am a benevolent queen, I've decided to offer some feedback to Mr. Ritchie on how to fire his weapon. You see, despite being a star-spangled patriot, he never actually served in the military even though he was an able-bodied young man eligible to enlist during the Persian Gulf War and the War on Terrorism. So, you could forgive him for not knowing the basics.Of course, it's harder to forgive him for claiming to care about the troops but wearing a hat that honors a five-time draft dodger who called service members that died in combat “losers” and “suckers.”But I did serve in the Army, in the infantry, and I was actually raised in the South around firearms, and as a woman who has fired plenty of assault rifles and machine guns in my lifetime, I'm happy to offer Mr. Ritchie some guidance.As you can see in the video, Mr. Ritchie, no more than 20 yards away from his targets, practically point-blank range with that kinda weapon, struggles mightily to take down the cases of Bud Light. In fact, after his tantrum, two of the cases are still completely upright, barely even touched.Sorry, that's a tad inaccurate because it wasn't just him firing. Although Mr. Ritchie implies in the video that he's the only one shooting, one of his buddies is actually off-camera, just to the right of the frame, firing what appears to be a shotgun — given away by three blasts that nick the left side of the table and land in the lake behind it.So, between the two of them combined, from 20 yards away, well… let's just say these two gentleman should stick to their day jobs.Okay, Mr. Ritchie, some tips:First, always wear eye protection. You never know when the weapon may malfunction, nor guarantee where a bullet casing or excess gun powder or other debris might fly.Ear protection is a good idea, too — especially for a musician who has been known to struggle with pitch. Just looking out for ya.Let's talk about your firing stance. It's garbage. It needs work.Your frame should be facing toward the target, not from the side. Feet shoulder width apart, right foot slightly behind the left (since you're right-handed) about six inches. At the moment, your stance looks like you're golfing, which is a bit ironic given that your shooting skills are… subpar.You wanna keep your weight equally balanced on both feet and flex your knees a bit, something which I would think you'd be eager to do since you haven't flexed a big chart hit in almost 15 years.Your hand placement is alright, but for some strange reason, you got bad chicken wing going on. That's when your firing elbow sticks all the way up and out, making it harder to stabilize the weapon. Bring it into your side. This'll make it easier to aim, especially with the recoil.And oh lord, that aim. Instead of sweeping your line-of-fire across the target, back-and-forth, and hoping something sticks, try holding your firing sight—that metal thingie popping up out of the top of the barrel—at the midsection of the target. Now, fire a controlled burst—that's several rounds—and once you've hit it, move to the next one.Not only will you be more accurate and faster in engaging targets, but you'll save ammo — and whatever fish had the misfortune of being in that lake behind your target where most of you and your buddy's rounds went.Okay, let's talk about the beer. You wasted a good $75—$100 of Bud Light. Now, where I come from, that's a lot of money. You see, actual blue collar families can't just drop a hundred bucks' worth of beer for s***s and giggles. That's a waste. I'm trying to be patient with you on this because I understand you're the furthest thing from blue collar. You grew up on a palatial estate, apple picking and raising horses, because your daddy owned several car dealerships. Your family has wealth: six acres and a mansion with a tennis court, five-car garage, and guest house in lily-white Romeo, Michigan. You're about as southern and blue collar as Mitt Romney.I was raised in trailer parks in Central Texas by actual rednecks, so I hope you'll forgive me for being amused by seeing you struggle to cosplay one of my folks. I promise you it wasn't especially romantic. We had what we had and tried to make the most of it. We couldn't call daddy up and ask for a bridge loan.If you feel I've reduced you to a caricature based on a few things in your bio, maybe it's a sign you should get to know trans folks like myself and Ms. Mulvaney before you reduce us to caricatures based on your own assumptions.Try being a straight shooter for once, Mr. Ritchie.Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Hi, I'm Charlotte Clymer, and this is Charlotte's Web Thoughts, my Substack. It's completely free to access and read, but it's also how my bills! So, please do kindly consider upgrading to a paid subscription: just $7/month or save money with the $70/annual sub. You can also go way above and beyond by becoming a Lifetime Member at $250. Get full access to Charlotte's Web Thoughts at charlotteclymer.substack.com/subscribe

Hussein Al-Baiaty joins the show to talk about his unique life journey. Born and raised in Iraq, he was 5 years old when the first Persian Gulf War started and his family fled to Saudi Arabia and lived in a refugee camp until he was 9 years old when they were flown out to Portland Oregon. A freshman when 9/11 happened, Hussein constantly has has had to battle racism and the misunderstanding of his culture. Today he is a best selling author of Art of Resilience: The Refugee State of Mind and an entrepreneur and speaker across the country.I'd love to connect! Send me any feedback on Instagram at @camedwardbenton

Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss the Senate's recent vote to repeal two Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs). One, from 1991, authorized the original Persian Gulf War to push Iraq out of Kuwait. The second, from 2002, authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that were never found.Are either of the 1991 or 2002 AUMFs still necessary? Does this impact the President's ability to act? Does the vote represent a Congressional willingness for U.S. pullback from the Middle East?Hear our experts debate these issues and more in less than 10 minutes on our latest episode of Fault Lines!Want to learn more about this topic? Check out these articles that our experts used to frame our discussion:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-war-aumf-senate-vote-repeal-authorization-for-use-of-military-force/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/senate-vote-aumf/index.html Follow our experts on Twitter:@NotTVJessJones@lestermunson@jamil_n_jafferLike what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.And don't forget to follow @masonnatsec on Twitter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Notes To find out more about the deeper learning conference visit the website, deeper-learning.org Andre Spicer (@drespicer88 on twitter and @regionsouthsupt on Instagram), a career educator of 27 years, has had the honor of serving children, families and communities as a Teacher, Dean, Coordinator, Principal and Instructional Director, Administrator of Instruction and Superintendent. Andre grew up in Compton, California where he learned first-hand, the perils of inequities, systemic racism and oppression plaguing our inner city public schools. Before becoming an educator, Andre served in the United States Marine Corps (1988-1992). A veteran of the Persian Gulf War, Andre uses many of the leadership qualities that he learned serving alongside some of the world's finest men and women. Andre attended California State University Long Beach to obtain a BA in History and Teaching Credential. He attended CSUDH earning a master's degree in Educational Leadership. Today, Andre is a PhD student at Claremont Graduate University where he is engaged in research on college access for Black and Latinx students while sharpening his tools as an urban leader. As principal, Andre eliminated barriers through a cycle of continuous improvement, professional development and training emphasizing the importance of cultural awareness and the persistent achievement gap of Latinx students and Black students. As Administrators of Instruction for LD Central, Andre's responsibilities included, aligning student needs with resources to ensure academic success, while assisting the Local District Superintendent and Community of Schools in providing instructional support to all schools within the service area. Mr. Spicer served proudly as President of the LAUSD Council of Black Administrators. During his tenure, the membership of over 400 administrators gained knowledge on how to better serve the communities of under-served students. Andre and team ensured that the Black Educational Civil Rights Agenda was at the forefront of their work, and under his leadership members of COBA collaborated to advocate for the acceleration of black student achievement. As President, Andre oversaw the 40th and 41st Annual Black Child Conference and Scholarship Luncheons. Attended annually by over 1000 faculty members and parents, the conference provides workshops on a variety of topics including CLRP, MTSS, College Board, and student access to STEM and STEAM education, all vital tools to help ensure equity throughout our schools. Currently Andre is serving as the Region South Superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District

Frank talks about nuclear energy and if we will need to use it in order to survive before Jeremy Corbell, podcaster and documentary filmmaker, who has released the most recent round of UFO videos, which the Pentagon has confirmed as authentic, joins Frank to talk about UFO whistleblowers coming forward and the upcoming congressional hearings on UFOs. After, Frank talks about a news anchor in Mississippi being blasted for using Snoop Dogg's "Fo Shizzle my Nizzle" and he goes through the mail. Later, Frank hosts a panel consisting of  Ambassador Peter Ford, former British Ambassador to Bahrain and Syria and the Co-Chairman of the British Syrian Society, Alan Tonelson, trade expert, Founder of RealityChek, a blog covering economics, national security, technology and more, former adviser on trade issues to Donald Trump and Bernie Sander, and Joseph Wein, Marine veteran of the Persian Gulf War and a former civilian contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan to discuss the Syria strikes, Iran, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank hosts a panel consisting of Ambassador Peter Ford, former British Ambassador to Bahrain and Syria and the Co-Chairman of the British Syrian Society, Alan Tonelson, trade expert, Founder of RealityChek, a blog covering economics, national security, technology and more, former adviser on trade issues to Donald Trump and Bernie Sander, and Joseph Wein, Marine veteran of the Persian Gulf War and a former civilian contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan to discuss the Syria strikes, Iran, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in early 2021, Cato Institute senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter urged Washington "to abandon its efforts to torpedo Nord Stream 2." His warnings have been proven prescient by Seymour Hersh's recent revelations, which seem to confirm the US government's involvement in the destruction of the pipeline. Many journalists admit behind closed doors that they believe in the US's involvement, yet the media remains silent out of fear of provoking a response from Russia.In his new book Unreliable Watchdog, Ted Galen Carpenter argues that the news media has become a tool for propaganda rather than a watchdog for the American people, leading to a distorted view of U.S. foreign policy and a “garrison state” mentality.He examines the media's willingness to accept official accounts and policy justifications without skepticism, particularly in regards to the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, the Balkans, Iraq War, Libya and Syria civil wars, and post–Cold War relations with Russia and China.He questions why journalists and social media platforms collaborate with government officials in pushing an activist foreign policy, even when results are questionable or disastrous.Are we repeating the same mistakes with Ukraine as the media cheerleads the escalation of another unwinnable war?

Late Sunday afternoon, 107.7 The Bone learned that former “Super Producer” Sully passed away. Sully joined the Lamont & Tonelli show in the early 90s as a “Foreign War Correspondent” during the first Persian Gulf War. Sully kept his finger on the pulse of the war live and direct from his counter at the Stop and Go in San Mateo. Thankfully, Sully later joined the show as “Super Producer”. Listeners will never forget his many stunts including the car with no air bag or the firecrackers in the pants. He'll always be remembered for his famous, infectious laugh, and his easygoing nature. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Rest in peace, Sully. This morning Lamont & Tonelli remembered Super Producer Sully by replaying some of his best moments on the air, including the time they had Sully drive a car into a wall with no airbags. Listen to Lamont & Tonelli Monday through Friday, 6-10am, on 107.7 The Bone in the San Francisco Bay Area. Follow Lamont & Tonelli:Website: http://www.landtradio.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lamontandtonelliTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/landtshowInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/landtshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drivin' N' Cryin' hit the peak of their commercial success with this fourth studio album, Fly Me Courageous.  It was released in January at the same time as the start of the Persian Gulf War, and they benefitted from patriotic associations the title song received.  The album peaked at 90 on the Billboard 200 album chart.The band at the time included Buren Fowler on guitar, Kevin Kinney on guitar and vocals, Tim Nielson on bass and backing vocals, and Jeff Sullivan on percussion.  The album was produced and engineered by Geoff Workman, an English producer who also worked with Journey, The Cars, and Queen.  The name Drivin' N' Cryin' was a reference to the band's fusion of driving rock and roll and a bit of a country twang (the crying).Georgia based Drivin' N' Cryin' had formed in 1985, honing their craft at the 688 Club in Atlanta.  The band released a number of albums and singles prior to Fly Me Courageous which had been successful on college and independent radio.  This album was more rock oriented, as would be their follow-up album, Smoke.  Drivin' N' Cryin' would tour with Neil Young and with Soul Asylum.Drivin' N' Cryin' tours today, and is a great act to see live.Rob brings us this Georgia band this week.  Fly Me CourageousThe title track took off quite literally with the start of the Gulf War.  It was considered a patriotic song and was included in the playlists of many military pilots, even though the song itself is more about confronting aggression than celebrating it.  The band received a number of requests to perform at military bases after the release of this track, which hit number 19 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.The InnocentThis track was also a successful single, and starts with a parody of the US Constitution.  It talks about the discrepancy between politicians providing hand-outs and the desire of people to improve themselves.  "Get used to it.  The innocent."Around the Block Again A deeper cut, this fast paced track has a sound reminiscent of Rod Stewart or the Rolling Stones.  The lyrics reflect hypocrisy in religion, relationships, and music.  Build a FireThis shuffle beat single has a bit of a punk rock feel, and even has a small rap sequence in the middle.  "Bored with the American holstered blues, peace signs on just about everything.  Don't know where to turn or what they say."  ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Break On Through (To the Other Side) by the Doors (from the motion picture sountrack "The Doors") Val Kilmer owns the role as Jim Morrison in this movie about the band. STAFF PICKS:American Society by L7 Wayne starts off the staff picks with an all-female punk band, that often gets associated with the Nirvana grunge sound.  This is a cover song originally done by a punk band called "Eddie and the Subtitles" from Orange County, California in the early 80's.All This Time by Sting  Bruce features the first single off Sting's third studio album, "The Soul Cages."  Sting had writer's block for several years after the death of his father in 1987, and many songs on this album reflect the tumultuous relationship he had with his father.It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over by Lenny KravitzJohn brings us a crossover hit that went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The style was inspired by Motown and Earth, Wind & Fire.  The lyrics reflect the marital struggles Kravitz was experiencing with his then-wife Lisa Bonet.Someone to Love by Roger McGuinnRob closes out the staff picks with former Byrds front man Roger McGuinn and a single from his sixth studio album, "Back from Rio."  This is the lead-off track from the album.  It made it to number 12 on the Mainstream Rock charts.  McGuinn used a number of familiar artists on his album, including Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and David Crosby. COMEDY TRACK:Lisa, Lisa (The One I Adore) by Pauly Shore Pauly Shore was all over MTV during the early 90's.  

“There are certain folks who are just born with what I like to call a worrier DNA. That is who they are, whether they are a protector or a fighter, but it doesn't mean that you're bloodthirsty or that you hope for war”, says today's guest of the Endurance Cartel.   Mike Scotti joined the United States Marine Corps Reserves while still an undergraduate at the University of Miami, Florida. After graduation, Scotti attended the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and served four years on active duty as an artillery officer and platoon commander in the First Marine Division. He was among the first American troops into both Pakistan and Afghanistan in the Fall of 2001 and was deployed to Iraq in early 2003. He was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat “V” for actions under fire and then was honorably discharged.   But, his fighting days were not over yet, as he found himself struggling to survive his post-war darkness. He found solace in helping others get through their own traumas, and while he was attending NYU Stern, Mike founded the Military Veterans Club. Later on, he was a founding Board of Directors member for the military charity Reserve Aid, which has raised over $5 million and assisted over 4,000 veteran families in need.   In hopes of letting go of the past, he decided that the best thing to do is to openly talk about his experiences. He co-produced and starred in the award-winning documentary Severe Clear, using his personal combat footage to chronicle his time in Iraq, and wrote The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life after War.   Join Javier Pineda on this new episode, and listen to Mike's story of surviving the real battle, the one raging inside.     In today's episode:   (01:14) Meet today's guest, Mike Scotti, author, filmmaker, speaker, philanthropist, and U.S. Marine veteran; (02:38) Joining the Marines and getting the sense of belonging to something bigger than himself; (07:09) When 9/11 happened he was among the first American troops in both Pakistan and Afghanistan; that's when he shot the footage that later on was used in Severe Clear- a documentary that explores the Marine drive to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq; (18:09) There's no place for doubts and fear when you're a Marine- the realities of training for combat and people he would lay down his life for ; (39:25) Finding the right outlet to help him let go of the past, and helping other veterans face their demons and talk about what they've gone through; (48:12) The real endurance test- staying focused when knowing that he was responsible for everyone around him going home alive; (54:51) His father- the man that set the standard in going the extra mile to help others; (01:01:18) Mike's advice- “Look back through your life and understand that sense of perspective, understand the current problems through that lens, and harness the power of discipline”; (01:03:39) Working on releasing a new book and a tv/ streaming series called "Tailspin Finland"; (01:08:53) Are TV shows trying to depict boot camps and endurance training a hoax?   (01:13:18) True family and brotherhood and mottos that marines live by “Esprit de corps” & “Never Above You, Never Below You, Always Beside You”.     Quotes:   “You train how you fight and you learn your lessons very quickly(...) (Marines) train over and over and over again with live fire, with marines who are their brothers and sisters, who they love. (...) That's one of the reasons why the marine corps are absolutely vicious in combat.”   “You're not thinking about politics when you're there. When the bullets are flying, you think about winning the battle which means neutralizing or destroying and killing the enemy shooting at you.”   “A good leader leads from the front, a good leader walks the lines and meets the men, no matter where it is.”   “For me, the will to fight and do all these other things just comes from a love for fellow veterans. It first started with seeing young marines and young soldiers coming back from the war, and there was that little bit of an echo. There's a whole generation of young marines and soldiers who have seen sustained combat that need to talk about it.”   “She died violently. She was at work (...) young, in her 20's, living her life, and somebody flew a plane into her work.(...) I was there to get some payback. People had nothing to do with it but I didn't know that at the time.”   “The movie was my outlet so I didn't blow my brains out, it was my therapy, and I just needed to get it out there.”     Links selected from this episode:   Gen. Jim Mattis- a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 26th US secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. During his 44 years in the Marine Corps, he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War.   Full Metal Jacket- a 1987 war drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick.   Special Operations Capable Forces (SOCS)   The Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation System (MCCRES)     Follow Mike:   Website Twitter Facebook Wikipedia IMDb   Website- https://www.mikescotti.com/ Twitter- https://mobile.twitter.com/mikescotti Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/TheBlueCascadeBook/ Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scotti IMDb- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3390267/   Founder of the NYU Military Veterans Club and of the military charity organization Reserve Aid.     Mike's book: The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life after War     Severe Clear - a documentary starring and using footage shot by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti which explores the Marine drive to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.   Tailspin Finland Trailer- tv/ streaming series Mike's currently working on developing;   Linktr.ee for Tailspin Finland     Follow Javier: Website Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Youtube Join our Patreon and support The Endurance Cartel Podcast

In this episode, Joe is joined by Army Veteran Todd Skiles, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Supply Chain Solutions at Ryder System, Inc. Todd served in the National Guard and was activated during Operation Desert Storm. After his deployment, Todd returned to work at Ryder, where he is in his 36th year with the company. Todd shares with Joe how Ryder invests in Veterans, with programs that go beyond hiring. Ryder demonstrates its commitment to Veterans by creating a culture that fosters growth and community. Todd discusses his tips for transitioning service members and the importance of knowing what inspires you when looking for your next career. Learn more about Ryder System Inc and their Veteran programs here.  About Our Guest   Now in his 36th year with Ryder System, Inc., Todd Skiles, SVP of Global Sales and Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), has merged his civilian and military careers to help veterans find success and give their skills a new purpose back on the home front. Todd is a decorated U.S. Army war veteran, having proudly served as a Captain and Company Commander during the Persian Gulf War. By threading his service in the Persian Gulf War with his continued involvement with the Army Reserves, Todd can provide a valuable perspective on the benefits of military service for his corporate career, strategies for hiring todays veterans, and how business leaders can foster a culture of service in their companies..   Join the conversation on Facebook! Check out Veteran on the Move on Facebook to connect with our guests and other listeners. A place where you can network with other like-minded veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship and get updates on people, programs and resources to help you in YOUR transition to entrepreneurship.     About Our Sponsors Navy Federal Credit Union  Partner up with Navy Federal Credit Union to pay down credit card debt. You could get a low intro APR on balance transfers with their Platinum Credit Card. t's their lowest rate card and it's a great tool to pay down debt. Learn more at navyfederal.org.  At Navy Federal, our members are the mission.     Ten Thousand  Ten Thousand is a men's performance activewear brand built for serious training. We are committed to making only the essential gear for men who prioritize function and simplicity. No BS. No gimmicks. We embody a stoic dedication to continuous improvement. Everyday faster, every day stronger, every day better than yesterday. We empower our community to focus on improving themselves physically and mentally. Our collection is focused on only the essentials - delivering you everything you need and nothing you don't. It is designed with function, durability and minimalism in mind. Gear should function at the highest level, last forever and go unnoticed so you can focus on getting back to your workout. Go to https://www.tenthousand.cc and enter the code VETERAN to get 15% off today.    Want to be our next guest? Send us an email at interview@veteranonthemove.com.  Did you love this episode? Leave us a 5-star rating and review!  Download Joe Crane's Top 7 Paths to Freedom or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 460 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane. The podcast features people, programs, and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 7,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, iTunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.  

Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who carried out the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The explosion, which killed 168 people, was the deadliest terrorist incident on U.S. soil, until the September 11 attacks in 2001. McVeigh, a decorated Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War, had launched his own private war … Continue reading Episode 332 LIVE: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing

Human Trafficking is a growing danger in Arizona and it could be going on right next to you. Join Chief Walther and Sgt Quon as they talk to a panel of experts on this important topic.Lissa Druss, Cav., OSI Founder + CEOhttps://www.teamstrategia.com/For more than 30 years, Lissa has established a powerful reputation– from Los Angeles to Chicago and New York – as a highly seasoned communications strategist, crisis management leader, nine-time Emmy award-winning television journalist, media consultant, guest lecturer, and tireless client advisor. In addition to leading the Strategia team, she is counseling clients on issues at the intersection of government affairs and lobbying, crisis communications, municipal relations, media relations/training, corporate communications, internal/external communications strategy and social media.During her eight years with Serafin & Associates, Lissa's clients included large and small corporations, celebrities, municipalities and law enforcement agencies across the United States and, in some cases, the world. She spent 13+ years with CBS Television both in Chicago and Los Angeles before capping her television career as the executive producer launching the Comcast SportsNet network in Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and New York, winning the 2009 Chicago Journalism Award in Sports. She has written and produced for news, entertainment and sports. During the 1990s, she covered headline stories including the Persian Gulf War, the Oklahoma City bombing, the O.J. Simpson murder trial, and the Chicago Bulls championships. Lissa is the recipient of the National 2019 Professional Women in Advocacy Award and the 2016 Filipo Mazzei Award for Excellence in Public Affairs. In 2018, she received one of the highest honors from the Italian government: induction as a Cavaliere dell' Ordine della Stella d'Italia, or Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy. Bestowed upon her by the President of the Italian Republic, His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, this honor is a direct result of her deep commitment to championing the Italian culture and supporting the Italian American community in the Chicagoland area.Lissa guest lectures and is a regular contributor on television and radio stations, offering a front-line analysis and perspective on many types of crises and public affairs priorities. She is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Jarrett Payton Foundation and serves on the board of Milan – Chicago Sister Cities International. Lissa is also Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Get Growing Foundation. She is on the engagement committee of The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii Italian American church and is a member of the National Italian American Foundation. Lissa is also an active alumna of her alma mater, the University of Arizona.Tim Roemer Director, Arizona Department of Homeland Securityhttps://azdohs.gov/Tim Roemer was appointed by Governor Ducey as the Director of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security in April of 2021. Director Roemer also serves as the State's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), managing cybersecurity for the State of Arizona. In his role, Director Roemer advises the Governor on a wide range of topics including cybersecurity, border security, and counterterrorism. As State CISO, Director Roemer leads the State's cybersecurity team, sets cybersecurity strategy, and defends the State against evolving cyber attacks that threaten our citizens' data and Arizona's critical infrastructure.Prior to his appointment, Director Roemer served the State of Arizona in a variety of leadership roles including four years in a dual role as the Governor's Public Safety Advisor and Deputy

In honor of Veterans Day, we are bringing you four stories of service, from veterans who served in World War II, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq. Three voices come to us from interviews collected at BPL for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. Check out our book list and transcript here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/stories-service  

Your truest identity is not what you do, what you have accomplished, what social-economic group you were born into, or what pain you have experienced. Your truest identity is that you are the son of the most high God, the creator of the universe. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You are a man of God. That is your true identity, embrace it and live it like a good soldier. Greg Munck is the Lead Executive Pastor of Crossline Church in Laguna Hills, California. He is a USMC veteran and was combat promoted to Corporal for his actions in the Persian Gulf War. He has been married to Kymbry for 30 years, and has five children Noah, Taylor, Micah, Elijah and Ethan. He is a speaker and author of The Guide: Survival, War-fighting and Peacemaking. For more information go to www.gregmunck.net

While waiting for her United Airlines flight, Heather witnessed Captain Mark Hardcastle be a Leader with Heart for his team members and passengers. She got out her phone and recorded a small part of Captain Hardcastle speaking to the passengers waiting to board his flight, with the purpose of showing others this act of Leadership with Heart. With the curiosity to know more about his leadership, she invited him to be a guest on the show and these rich 40 minutes are the result.   Mark graduated from the USAF Academy in 1982. After nine years as a pilot on active duty including multiple combat missions during the Persian Gulf War, he left the military to join United Airlines. In addition to flying B-737s around the country, Hardcastle spends time in the Rocky Mountains and serves on the artistic staff of the Colorado Children's Chorale. He lives in Centennial, Colorado, with his wife and four children.

After decades of our government denying healthcare to veterans they exposed to poisonous toxins, the PACT Act - which will eventually provide this hard-fought-for care - is now law. In this episode, learn exactly who qualifies for these new benefits and when, discover the shocking but little-known events that led to their poisonings, and find out what exactly happened during those 6 days when Senate Republicans delayed the passage of the PACT Act. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the shownotes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd257-pact-act-health-care-for-poisoned-veterans Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD249: A Few Good Laws CD205: Nuclear Waste Storage CD195: Yemen CD161: Veterans Choice Program CD124: The Costs of For-Profit War CD107: New Laws & Veterans' Health Care What the PACT Does and Doesn't Do “BREAKING NEWS! Huge Step Forward for Veterans: PACT Act 2022 Adds New Presumptive Conditions for Burn Pit, Agent Orange, and Radiation Exposure.” Aug 10, 2022. VA Claims Insider. Abraham Mahshie. Aug 10, 2022. “Biden Signs PACT Act to Expand VA Coverage for Toxic Exposure, but Some Are Left Out.” Air Force Magazine. Leo Shane III. Aug 4, 2022. “Now that PACT Act has passed, how soon will veterans see their benefits?” Military Times. “The PACT Act and your VA benefits.” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA Sidath Viranga Panangal, Jared S. Sussma, and Heather M. Salaza. Jun 28, 2022. “Department of Veterans Affairs FY2022 Appropriations” [R46964]. Congressional Research Service. “VA health care.” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “Eligibility for VA health care.” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “Your health care costs.” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Toxic Exposures Burn Pits “Ten things veterans should know about burn pits.” November 20th, 2014. VAntage Point. “DoD concedes rise in burn-pit ailments.” Feb 8, 2010. Military Times. “Operation Desert Shield.” U.S. Army Center of Military History. “Operation Desert Storm.” U.S. Army Center of Military History. Agent Orange Donnie La Curan. April 1, 2021. “Agent Orange Laos Victims Never Acknowledged by U.S.” Veterans Resources. Charles Dunst. Jul 20, 2019. “The U.S.'s Toxic Agent Orange Legacy.” The Atlantic. Patricia Kime. May 11, 2020. “Report Claims Vietnam-Era Veterans Were Exposed to Agent Orange on Guam.” Military.com. “Clinic Issues Report Confirming Guam Veterans' Exposure to Dioxin Herbicides Like Agent Orange.” May 11, 2020. Yale Law School. “Agent Orange - Johnston Island Atoll, AFB.” Vietnam Security Police Association. Susan E. Davis. Apr 9, 1991. “The Battle Over Johnston Atoll.” The Washington Post. Enewetak Atoll Chris Shearer. Dec 28, 2020. “Remembering America's Forgotten Nuclear Cleanup Mission.” Vice. “The Radiological Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll. March 2018. U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Dave Philipps. Jan 28, 2017. “Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can't Get Medical Care.” The New York Times. Palomares, Spain Nuclear Accident “New Federal Suit Filed Against VA on Behalf of Veterans Exposed to Radiation at Palomares Nuclear Cleanup.” November 1, 2021. Yale Law School Today. Dave Philipps. June 19, 2016. “Decades Later, Sickness Among Airmen After a Hydrogen Bomb Accident.” The New York Times. “Palomares Nuclear Weapons Accident: Revised Dose Evaluation Report.” April 2001. United States Air Force. U.S. Department of Energy. February 1966 “U.S. Position on Minimizing Soil Removal.” U.S. Department of Energy Archives. Thule, Greenland Nuclear Accident Robert Mitchell. Jan 21, 2018. “Cataclysmic cargo: The hunt for four missing nuclear bombs after a B-52 crash.” The Washington Post. MAAS v. U.S. 897 F.Supp. 1098 (1995). United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. “Project Crested Ice: The Thule Nuclear Accident Volume 1 [SAC Historical Study 113].” June 1982. History and Research Division, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command. Captain Robert E. McElwee. “Project Crested Ice: USAF B-52 Accident at Thule, Greenland, 21 January 1968.” U.S. Defense Technical Information Center. South Carolina Nuclear “Storage” Doug Pardue. May 21, 2017 (Updated Jun 28, 2021). “Deadly legacy: Savannah River site near Aiken one of the most contaminated places on Earth.” The Post & Courier. Gulf War Illness “What is Gulf War Syndrome?” Johns Hopkins Medicine. “UTSW genetic study confirms sarin nerve gas as cause of Gulf War illness.” May 11, 2022. UT Southwestern Medical Center Newsroom. Camp Lejeune Water Contamination “Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims | Veteran Owned Law Firm.” The Carlson Law Firm on YouTube. “Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. “Summary of the water contamination situation at Camp Lejeune.” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. “Health effects linked with trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), benzene, and vinyl chloride exposure.” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. “Camp Lejeune Water Contamination History.” Oct 18, 2009. St. Lawrence County Government. St. Louis Area Nuclear Contamination Chris Hayes. Jul 27, 2022. “Flooding around nuclear waste renews residents' fears.” Fox 2 Now - St. Louis. Jim Salter. Mar 19, 2022. “West Lake Landfill cleanup slowed after more nuclear waste found.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Jesse Bogan. Dec 20, 2021. “Concerns linger as completion date for Coldwater Creek cleanup pushed to 2038.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Evaluation of Community Exposures Related to Coldwater Creek.” Apr 30, 2019. U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Robert Alvarez. February 11, 2016. “West Lake story: An underground fire, radioactive waste, and governmental failure.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. “Westlake Landfill, Bridgeton, MO.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Atomic Homefront.” HBO Documentaries. Hanford Waste Management Site “Hanford's Dirty Secret– and it's not 56 million gallons of nuclear waste.” Jul 26, 2019. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Biden Drone Bombing “'Cutting-edge technology used to eliminate Zawahiri.'” Aug 7, 2022. The Express Tribune. Jon Stewart People Staff. August 11, 2022. “Jon Stewart Shares His Emotional Reaction to Signing of Veterans Health Bill: 'I'm a Mess'” People. Republican F*ckery Ryan Cooper. Aug 3, 2022. “Republicans Just Exposed Their Greatest Weakness.” The American Prospect. Jordain Carney and Anthony Adragna. August 1, 2022. “Senate GOP backtracks after veterans bill firestorm.” Politico. “Roll Call 455 | H. J. Res. 114: To Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq.” Oct 10, 2022. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Foreign Wars No One Talks About Ellen Knickmeyer. Jun, 16 2022. “GAO: US Failed to Track if Arms Used Against Yemen Civilians.” Military.com. Joseph R. Biden. June 08, 2022. “Letter to the Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate regarding the War Powers Report.” The White House. Muhammad Fraser-Rahim. Oct 16, 2017. “The Deaths of Four Elite U.S. Soldiers in Niger Show Why Trump Must Wake Up on Terrorism in Africa.” Newsweek. Overseas Contingency Operations Emily M. Morgenstern. Updated August 13, 2021. “Foreign Affairs Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Funding: Background and Current Status” [IF10143 ]. Congressional Research Service. Todd Harrison. Jan 11, 2017. “The Enduring Dilemma of Overseas Contingency Operations Funding.” Center for Strategic and International Studies The Law S. 3373: Honoring our PACT Act Jen's Highlighted PDF of S. 3373 - Final Version Timeline of Votes and Changes June 16, 2022 Senate Roll Call Vote July 12, 2022. “Comparative Print: Bill to Bill Differences Comparing the base document BILLS-117hr3967eas.xml with BILLS-117S3373ES-RCP117-56.” U.S. House of Representatives. July 13, 2022 House Roll Call Vote July 27, 2022 Senate Roll Call Vote August 1, 2022. “Amendments Submitted and Proposed.” Congressional Record -- Senate. Audio Sources President Biden signs the PACT Act, expanding healthcare for veterans exposed to toxins August 10, 2022 PBS NewsHour on YouTube "Justice has been delivered": Biden says top al-Qaeda leader killed in drone strike August 1, 2022 Global News on YouTube “Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims | Veteran Owned Law Firm.” The Carlson Law Firm on YouTube Senator Toomey on State of the Union with Jake Tapper July 31, 2022 CNN Clips 7:00 Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA): Here's what you need to keep in mind, Jake. First of all, this is the oldest trick in Washington. People take a sympathetic group of Americans — it could be children with an illness, it could be victims of crime, it could be veterans who have been exposed to toxic chemicals — craft a bill to address their problems, and then sneak in something completely unrelated that they know could never pass on its own and dare Republicans to do anything about it because they know they'll unleash their allies in the media and maybe a pseudo-celebrity to make up false accusations to try to get us to just swallow what shouldn't be there. That's what's happening here, Jake. 10:40 Jake Tapper: So one of the questions that I think people have about what you're claiming is a budgetary gimmick is, the VA budgets will always remain subject to congressional oversight, they can't just spend this money any way they want. And from how I read this legislation, it says that this money has to be spent on health care for veterans who suffered exposure from toxic burned pits. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA): This is why they do this sort of thing, Jake, because it gets very deep in the weeds and very confusing for people very quickly. It's not really about veteran spending. It's about what category of government bookkeeping, they put the veterans spending in. My change, the honest people acknowledge it will have no effect on the amount of money or the circumstances under which the money for veterans is being spent. But what I want to do is treat it, for government accounting purposes, the way we've always treated it for government accounting purposes. Because if we change it to the way that the Democrats want, it creates room in future budgets for $400 billion of totally unrelated, extraneous spending on other matters. Senator Toomey on Face the Nation with John Dickerson July 31, 2022 CBS News Clips 4:10 John Dickerson: 123 Republicans in the House voted for this, 34 Senate Republicans voted for it. Same bill. This week, the bill didn't change but the Republican votes did. Why? Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA): Now, the Republican votes didn't change on the substance of the bill. Republicans have said we want an amendment to change a provision that has nothing to do with veterans health care. The Republicans support this. The Democrats added a provision that has nothing to do with veterans health care, and it's designed to change government accounting rules so that they can have a $400 billion spending spree. 6:25 Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA): Honest Democrats evaluating this will tell you: if my amendment passes, not a dime change in spending on veterans programs. What changes is how the government accounts for it. John Dickerson: I understand, but the accounting change, as you know, is a result — the reason they put it in that other bucket is that it doesn't subject it to the normal triage of budgeting. And the argument is that the values at stake here are more important than leaving it to the normal cut and thrust of budgeting. Jon's Response To Ted Cruz's PACT Act Excuses July 29, 2022 The Problem with Jon Stewart on Youtube Clips 00:20 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): What the dispute is about is the Democrats played a budgetary trick, which is they took $400 billion in discretionary spending and they shifted it to a mandatory one. Jon Stewart: What Ted Cruz is describing is inaccurate, not true, bulls ** t. This is no trick. Everything in the government is either mandatory or discretionary spending depending on which bucket they feel like putting it in. The whole place is basically a f * ing shell game. And he's pretending that this is some new thing that the Democrats pulled out, stuck into the bill, and snuck it past one Ted Cruz. Now I'm not a big-city Harvard educated lawyer, but I can read. It's always been mandatory spending so that the government can't just cut off their funding at any point. No trick, no gimmick, [it's] been there the whole f**king time. 1:50 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): What's the Republicans made clear is, if we leave that spending as discretionary — don't play the budgetary trick — the bill will pass with 80 or 90 votes. Jon Stewart: I don't know how many other ways to say this, but there was no budgetary trick and it was always mandatory. And when they voted in the Senate on June 16, they actually got 84 votes. And you know who voted for that? Ted f*cking Cruz and every other one of those Republicans that switched their votes. There was no reason for them to switch the votes. The bill that passed the Senate 84 to 14 on June 16 has not had one word added to it by Democrats, or spending fairies, or anybody else. It's the same f*cking bill. ‘I Call Bullshit!' Jon on the PACT Act Being Blocked in the Senate July 28, 2022 The Problem with John Stewart on YouTube Clips 3:20 Jon Stewart: June 16, they passed the PACT Act 84 to 14. You don't even see those scores in the Senate anymore. They passed it. Every one of these individuals that has been fighting for years, standing on the shoulders of Vietnam veterans who have been fighting for years, standing on the shoulders of Persian Gulf War veterans fighting for years, Desert Storm veterans, to just get the health care and benefits that they earn from their service. And I don't care if they were fighting for our freedom. I don't care if they were fighting for the flag. I don't care if they were fighting because they wanted to get out of a drug treatment center, or it was jail or the army. I don't give a shit. They lived up to their oath. And yesterday, they spit on it in abject cruelty. These people thought they could finally breathe. You think their struggles end because the PACT Act passes? All it means is they don't have to decide between their cancer drugs and their house. Their struggle continues. From the crowd: This bill does a lot more than just give us health care. Jon Stewart: It gives them health care, gives them benefits, lets them live. From the crowd: Keeps veterans from going homeless keeps veterans from become an addict, keeps veterans from committing suicide. Jon Stewart: Senator Toomey is not going to hear that because he won't sit down with this man. Because he is a fucking coward. You hear me? A coward. 5:15 Jon Stewart: Pat Toomey stood up there — Patriot Pat Toomey, excuse me, I'm sorry. I want to give him his propers, I want to make sure that I give him his propers. Patriot Pat Toomey stood on the floor and said “this is a slush fund, they're gonna use $400 billion to spend on whatever they want.” That's nonsense. I call bullshit. This isn't a slush fund. You know, what's a slush fund? The OSO, the Overseas Contingency Operations Fund. $60 billion, $70 billion every year on top of $500 billion, $600 billion, $700 billion of a defense budget. That's a slush fund, unaccountable. No guardrails? Did Pat Toomey stand up and say, this is irresponsible. The guard rails? No, not one of them. Did they vote for it year after year after year? You don't support the troops. You support the war machine. 7:10 Jon Stewart: And now they say, “Well, this will get done. Maybe after we get back from our summer recess, maybe during the lame duck…” because they're on Senate time. Do you understand? You live around here. Senate time is ridiculous. These motherfuckers live to 200 — they're tortoises. They live forever and they never lose their jobs and they never lose their benefits and they never lose all those things. Well, [sick veterans are] not on Senate time. They're on human time. Cancer time. 8:20 Jon Stewart: I honestly don't even know what to say anymore. But we need your help, because we're not leaving. These people cannot go away. I don't know if you know this, you know, obviously, I'm not a military expert. I didn't serve in the military, but from what I understand, you're not allowed to just leave your post when the mission isn't completed. Apparently you take an oath, you swear an oath, and you can't leave, that these folks can leave because they're on Senate time. Go ahead, go home, spend time with your families, because these people can't do it anymore. So they can't leave until this gets done. Senator Toomey PACT Act Amendment Floor Speech July 26, 2022 Senate Session Representative Mark Takano PACT Act Floor Speech July 13, 2022 House Session 3:38:20 **Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA): The way this country has dealt with toxic exposure has been piecemeal and inadequate. President Biden recognizes this, too. Shortly after he was sworn in, I met with the President about our shared priorities for veterans. Upon learning of my goal to pass comprehensive legislation to help toxic-exposed veterans, the President leaned over to me and talked about his son, Beau, who served near burn pits in Iraq and Kosovo. It might be hard for most Americans to imagine what a burn pit looks like because they are illegal in the United States. Picture walking next to and breathing fumes from a burning pit the size of a football field. This pit contained everything from household trash, plastics, and human waste to jet fuel and discarded equipment burning day and night. Beau Biden lived near these burn pits and breathed the fumes that emanated from them. President Biden believes that con- stant exposure to these burn pits, and the toxic fumes they emitted, led to Beau's cancer and early death. It was during that meeting when I knew I had a partner in President Biden. Atomic Homefront 2017 HBO Documentaries “This Concrete Dome Holds A Leaking Toxic Timebomb.” November 27, 2017 Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Foreign Correspondent Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

Summary Bill Parquette (LinkedIn; Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss Denial and Deception. They discuss examples such as D-Day, the Yom Kippur War, and the Persian Gulf War. What You'll Learn Intelligence Denial and deception – what it is and why it matters Key examples of denial and deception Detecting denial and deception operations How to avoid seeing monsters everywhere Reflections How to counter denial and deception in everyday life (children, salespeople, etc.)  Stumbling into new roles in new fields And much, much more… Episode Notes Sun Tzu said, “all warfare is based on deception” and so much of the natural world is also based on denial and deception: camouflage, feigning, mimicry, distraction. It is also a feature of our daily 21st century lives: spyware, trojan horses, catfishing, and spear phishing. With this week's guest we look at the Denial and Deception Committee, which aimed to discover and mitigate foreign denial and deception operations against the U.S. by coordinating efforts throughout the IC. Bill Parquette was a former Chair of the Committee. He joined the Committee in 2002 and left in 2015. He was formerly a Lt. Col. In the U.S. Army, starting his career with 10 years in the 82nd Airborne, and is currently Professor of Practice at Penn State University.  And… The episode looks at deceiving others but the human capacity for self-deception and denial is VAST – from head in the sand, plugging your ears, living in denial, willful ignorance, and cognitive dissonance through to doublethink.  Quote of the Week "If I have an audience of one or 100, I ask does anyone have children? And the hands get raised. And then I said, okay, did you teach your child deception or denial? And of course not. Do they conduct denial or deception? And they all said yeah, it's throughout nature, it's throughout society…it's a natural thing to deny. I didn't mom I didn't take that cookie." – Bill Parquette Resources Headline Resources “Countering Foreign Denial & Deception – Rise of Fall of a Discipline” – J. Bruce, Studies in Intelligence, 64/1 (2020)  “Denial & Deception Issue,” American Intelligence, 32/2 (2015) Andrew's Recommendation “D-Day Would be Nearly Impossible to Pull Off Today,” D. Lupton, WaPo (2019) *SpyCasts* “Deceiving the Iraqis in Operation Desert Storm” – with BGen Tom Draude (2013) “Agent Garbo” – with Stephan Talty (2012) “Identity, Espionage and Social Media” – with Thomas Ryan (2011) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beginner Resources Deception at D-Day, Army Uni. Press (2022) [video] The True Story of the D-Day Spies, BBC (2014) [video] Operation Bodyguard Map, Eisenhower Foundation (n.d.) [map] Books History of the National Intelligence Council, Hutchings &. Treverton, eds. (OUP, 2019) Practice to Deceive, B. Whaley (NIP, 2016) The Watchman Fell Asleep, U. Bar-Joseph (SUNY, 2005) The Deceivers, T. Holt (Scribner, 2004) Deception 101, J. Caddell (Army War College, 2004) Strategic Denial and Deception, Godson & Wirtz eds. (Transaction, 2002) Deception in War, J. Latimer (Overlook, 2001) Videos The War in October, Al Jazeera (2013) Primary Sources  US-PLO Contacts During War, Oct 26, 1973 Secretary's Staff Meeting, Oct 23, 1973 Sadat - Speech Calling for Arab-Israeli Peace Conference, Oct 16, 1973 Arab-Israel Tensions – Quandt to Scowcroft, Oct 6, 1973 Ultra – Marshall to Eisenhower, Mar 15, 1944 Overall Deception Policy, Jan 22, 1944 Deception Operations Around England, Dec 18, 1943 Overlord Cover Operation, Nov 20, 1943 *Wildcard Resource* Movies to explore on deception include Deception (1946), The Sting (1973), The Usual Suspects (1995), Donnie Brasco (1997), Female Agents (2008) and Operation Mincemeat (2021), 

John Register failed to clear a hurdle as he trained for the Olympic Games—a move that led to a tragic accident and altered his life forever. He shifted his focus and embraced a “new normal mindset.” The decorated Persian Gulf War combat U.S. Army veteran world champion became a two-time Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, professional speaker, and global influencer.   Register “amputated his fears” and founded the U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Military Sports Program. He authored 10 Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal Your Way to Leadership Success in Spring 2020 and works with business leaders to hurdle adversity, amputate fear, and embrace a new normal mindset to win life's medals. The artificial leg he used to win the silver medal is displayed in the Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  In this interview, John and Cindra discuss:  His definition of the “New Normal Mindset”  3 ways to develop the “New Normal Mindset”  How we can “amputate our fear”  10 Power Words to overcome any obstacle   How we can each “hurdle” the adversity we experience  HIGH PERFORMANCE MINDSET SHOWNOTES FOR THIS EPISODE: www.cindrakamphoff.com/496 FB COMMUNITY FOR THE HPM PODCAST: https://www.facebook.com/groups/highperformancemindsetcommunity  FOLLOW CINDRA ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/cindrakamphoff/  FOLLOW CINDRA ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/mentally_strong  TO FIND MORE ABOUT JOHN: John Register | Inspired Communications International - John Register - Inspired Communications International, LLC  Love the show? Rate and review the show for Cindra to mention you on the next episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-performance-mindset-learn-from-world-class-leaders/id1034819901 

In this episode we will close out the Beast from the East series, by discussing Armageddon and how Pastor Harris believes it could manifest itself in modern day… outside of the fact that this teaching was recorded about 20 years ago. You can expect a quick recap from Pastor Haris, so for those that back-to-back listen to some of these teachings, fear not, you are simply in a recap. The new stuff will kick in eventually.  Some of the new elements Pastor Harris will bring to light, pertain to the wars that will erupt, judgements that will be released, and finally dad attempting to describe the sheer size of this battle and the immense casualty count that will be amassed.

In this episode Pastor Harris will teach on the Anti-Christ and the various aspects leading up to his identity being revealed. These final two teachings in this series are going to be extremely revealing.  Now, before we continue forward we want to ensure that everyone listening understands that of course Biblical scripture is Biblical scripture, no one can deny that. However, much of what dad teaches throughout this series is his interpretation of what we simply do not know for fact. The truth is…  no one knows.  The scripture tells us that! Truth is that many people have many different beliefs regarding these scriptures and how they can be interpreted, dad's teachings are simply that, they are his translations.  But what I will say about our dad, Pastor Harris, is that he is the most brilliant man we have ever known, and after a lifetime of study, research, debate, history, pondering, and well… prayer, these points we are about to hear are his findings, and his interpretations. All this to say, we thought it was only right to clarify this throughout this series of teachings. Furthermore, anyone is welcome to adopt his stance, support a different stance, or argue their stance.  Speaking of stances, Pastor Harris does touch on one of the long time debated topics in Christian Eschatology.  It has to do with the Great Tribulation and when exactly the rapture will take place. These are broken up into several schools of thought, the Pre-Tribbers, Mid-Tribbers and Post-Tribbers. To you all out there listening… Do you know which group you belong to?  Well, Pastor Harris is about to point out which he group falls in line with and why.   Pastor Harris does a fair job sharing the various stances and why each has merit. We will also hear from Pastor Harris concerning things like “The Great Parenthesis” and the “Two Witnesses”.  He will also give us his thoughts on what are referred to as “The Young Lions” and who they might reference.  Many other intriguing, and otherwise cryptic scriptures will be discussed and hopefully everyone will leave with a better understanding of these apocalyptic topics.