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Day 1,157.Today, after Donald Trump makes the rare intervention of scolding Vladimir Putin for one of the deadliest attacks on Kyiv of the war, we discuss the latest considerations of the coalition of the willing with regards to boots on the ground, and the evolving nature of acts of resistance in the occupied territories – and within Russia itself. Later, we listen to recordings from Ukraine that reveal the impact the conflict has had on the natural environment.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on XWith thanks to Illia Riepin and Dr Janine Natalya Clark (Professor of Gender, Transitional Justice and International Criminal Law, University of Birmingham). @bhamlaw on X.Content Referenced:Ukraine Soundscape Exhibition:https://rethinking-transitional-justice.bham.ac.uk/sounds/exhibition/sounds/ Russian general ‘killed' in Moscow car bombing (The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/25/russia-ukraine-zelensky-trump-putin-war-latest-news529/ Starmer challenges Trump peace plan for Ukraine (The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/24/starmer-challenges-donald-trump-over-ukraine-peace-plan/ UK could scrap plans to send thousands of troops to Ukraine (The Times):https://www.thetimes.com/article/5b446875-f8ae-420e-994d-a7de9ee512eb?shareToken=bada5b595a9e808f1354df937c051351 Judge halts Trump's shutdown of Voice of America (BBC):https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jz58zjllzoSon of senior CIA official died fighting for Russian forces in Ukraine (Euromaidan):https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/25/son-of-senior-cia-official-died-fighting-for-russian-forces-in-ukraine/ Subscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 4/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR. 1933
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 6/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR. 1934
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 5/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 7/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR. 1935
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 3/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR. 1929
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 2/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR. 1928
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 1/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR. 1921
PREPARING FOR TALKS WITH THE KREMLIN: 8/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
The big show is almost upon us and Nat & Prop-O breakdown some of the keys to the game. How will Spags and the Chiefs D try to negate the Saquon effect? Is Jalen Hurts being underestimated...again! Why Ollie thinks it'll be a low scoring game. And Nat's got some sneaky longshot MVP takes! Plus fun props, Prop-O's final picks, Drew Locks & more! Link to Nat's Times article: https://www.thetimes.com/article/1381f7ce-99a5-4674-a0ba-fd8839ddf64c?shareToken=edbba9940862467cc2a9ac3ebebca71a ___ Download the Fantasy GameDay App and use the code NCSHOW: https://fantasygameday.app/ or via App Store or Google Play. 18+ BeGambleAware Smokin' BBQ, ice-cold beers, and all the NFL action you can handle throughout the season. What's not to love, people? Check out Hickory's Smokehouse here: https://hickorys.co.uk We're proudly partnered with Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Register your interest at https://bit.ly/AerLingusCollegeFootballClassic to receive updates and exclusive access to the presale. Check out the official Nat Coombs Show music playlist: http://open.spotify.com/playlist/0i1nSLaUJWxZMGCe8eJLQY BONUS CONTENT! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNCShow ___ Follow Nat on X or Instagram: X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/natcoombs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natcoombs NC Show socials: X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/thencshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thencshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thencshow/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thencshow?lang=en Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thencshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're starting 2025 with a cheerful subject: the rise, and rise, of a new class of international oligarchs. With Elon Musk – the world's richest man and most pathological tweeter – dominating headlines in the UK, as well as the US, questions are emerging about undue influence from a minority of super-rich people. Why is Mr Musk pushing the King of England to dismiss Prime Minister Keir Starmer? And how do oligarchs, beyond the Tesla chief, exert their power around the world? Emily Tamkin, in Washington, Tom Hamilton, in London, and Rohan Venkat, in Delhi, discuss.Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-mar-a-lago.html?smid=nytcore-android-sharehttps://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/elon-musk-george-soros-biden-presidential-medal-freedom.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.com/article/0c1bbae8-cb04-45e8-acf9-8c420f264d82?shareToken=c02533f9c71249c53ca4adc156b57f4dhttps://www.ft.com/content/cfbfa1e8-d8f8-42b9-b74c-dae6cc6185a0https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/01/06/endangered-and-unpaid-mukesh-chandrakars-life-symbolised-the-bastar-media-storySubscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show)India Inside Out by Rohan VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Political Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.For sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we talk about Taylor Swift, knife attacks, and immigration politics.We also discuss immigration rationales, riffraff, and terrorist plots.Recommended Book: AI 2041 by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen QiufanTranscriptAmerican musician, singer, and songwriter Taylor Swift, at age 34, recently became the world's first music industry billionaire who's primary source of income is their music—as opposed to side-businesses, work, and royalties in adjacent or completely disconnected industries.A lot of that wealth has stemmed from her incredibly successful, and ongoing—as of the day I'm recording this at least—Eras tour, which began in March of 2023 and which is her sixth tour, and by far the biggest in scope, scale, and success.The Eras Tour, by itself, has surpassed a billion dollars in revenue—the first tour to ever hit that milestone—and it's had all sorts of interesting direct ramifications and repercussions, like bolstering Swift's music sales and streams, but also indirect ones, like creating a sort of economic weather system wherever these tour stops are planned: it's been estimated, for instance, that the Eras Tour contributed something like $4.3 billion to the GDP of the United States, and the WSJ dubbed these economic impacts "Taylornomics," as the combination of travel, food, entertainment, and other spending surrounding her tour dates, folks coming from all the around the world to visit the relevant cities, attend the concert, and spend on those sorts of things while in town, has all had a meaningful impact legible in even the huge-scale numbers of national income figures.Swift, then, has been having quite the moment, following the several decades of work in this industry leading up to this tour.And the swirl of activity—economic and cultural, especially—around her Eras Tour stops have made these events central to the collective consciousness, grabbing lots of airtime and watercooler talk wherever she shows up, because of how much of an event each of these stops are; and notably, they have been very well reviewed, in terms of the performance, the sets, the planning, everything—so it would seem that the attention being focused on these shows isn't superficial and reflexive, it's the result of having put together something pretty special for people who are willing to spend to attend that kind of event.It maybe shouldn't come as a surprise, then, that there may be people out there looking to garner attention for themselves and their causes who see these events as an opportunity to do exactly that.Three sold-out shows in Vienna, Austria were cancelled in early August due to a plot by what seems to have been several teenagers looking to kill as many people as possible outside the tour's local concert venue.An investigation into this plot is ongoing, so there's still a fair bit we don't know, but what's been divulged so far is that three people have been connected to the plot and detained, the main suspect is a 19-year-old who planned to use knives and/or explosives to kill as many of the 30,000 or so onlookers who gather outside the show venues each night as possible—and another 65,000 people would have been inside the venue, so that's a lot of people, and a lot of potential for stampede-related injuries and deaths, alongside those that could be caused with knives and bombs—and that he, alongside two other suspects, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old, was inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida—the 18-year-old, who is an Iraqi citizen, apparently having pledged himself to the Islamic State.Propaganda materials from both terrorist organizations were found at the 17-year-old's home, alongside bomb-making materials, and he was hired just a few days before being caught by a company that provides some type of service to the concert venue; specifics about what said company provides haven't been officially divulged yet, but the theory is that this job was meant to give him and his accomplices some kind of access, allowing them to do what they intended to do more effectively.There were a lot of disappointed Swift fans in Vienna who in some cases spent thousands of dollars just getting and staying there for the concert, only to be told that it was cancelled; most of the response from those affected in this way seems to be relatively upbeat, though, considering the circumstances, pretty much everyone breathing a sigh of relief that this plot wasn't pulled off successfully, which could have resulted in something like what happened at Manchester Arena in 2017, when an Ariana Grande concert was attacked by an Islamic extremist with a bomb who killed 22 people and injured more than 1,000.Swift's representatives have said that her next concert, scheduled for between August 15 and the 20th, are still on the books and ready to go, at London's Wembley Stadium, which will close-out the European leg of this record-setting tour.London's mayor has said that local authorities are prepared for whatever might happen, having learned a lot from that aforementioned Ariana Grande concert in 2017.What I'd like to talk about today is a bout of violent rioting that broke out in the UK recently, which is loosely connected to Swift and her music, though only adjacently, and is primarily focused on the roiling topic of immigration and its British discontents.—At the tail-end of July, 2024, there was a knife attack in Southport, a town in northwestern England, in which three young girls were killed and ten other people, eight of whom were also children, were injured—some very badly injured.This attack targeted a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance workshop that catered to children ages 6 to 11, twenty-five of whom were in attendance—hence that large number of young victims. And the adults who tried to stop the attacker were all themselves injured, in some cases critically, and the assailant was only ultimately halted when a pair of police officers managed to subdue him.The person behind this attack, and those murders, is a 17-year-old British citizen who was arrested at the scene, and whose identity was initially concealed from the public because of how privacy laws work in the UK, related to minors; they tend not to divulge identifying details when crimes are committed by people who are legally children, though in this case they ultimately decided to do so, for reasons I'll get into in a moment.Thus far, there isn't a clear motive behind this attack—the attacker has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and was apparently deep in the midst of some kind of self-imposed isolation leading up to his apparent decision to take a taxi to this workshop and kill a bunch of children.He's been charged with possession of a bladed article, ten counts of attempted murder, and three counts of murder, and his trial date is currently set for the end of January in 2025.This attack is currently not being treated as a terrorist incident, though again, no clear motive has been established, and there's a lot that's not known, and likely quite a bit that hasn't been publicly divulged yet.This knife attack, unto itself, led to a lot of headlines and attention because of how just brutal and horrible it was.But in the aftermath of the attack, possibly because the attacker wasn't named, again, because he was a minor, rumors and then outright misinformation began to spread around less-than-legitimate news entities in the UK, and across social media platforms and messaging apps like Telegram, many of them suggesting or directly alleging that the attacker was someone he was not—a false name was given to him by some of those spreading these rumors—and even in cases when a name wasn't misattributed or fabricated, he was alleged to be an immigrant seeking asylum—which is also incorrect; his parents are from Rwanda, but he was born in Cardiff, and is thus a British citizen.Within days these rumors and this mis- and dis-information, this accidental and purposeful spreading of mistruths, began to reach a fever-pitch, the zone flooded with patently untrue claims and narratives, which is why the police decided to release the attacker's name publicly on August 1; it was going to happen within a week or so, anyway, because he was turning 18 on the 7th, so the idea was to get ahead of that impending forced divulgence, and to try to temper some of that false information spread within facets of British society in the meantime.Most of the false stories, though, hung on, even after officials made this information public, and to understand why, it's important to understand what a political force anti-immigration sentiment has become in Britain over the past few decades.The British aren't alone in this, of course: especially in wealthier countries, mostly but not exclusively conservative politicians and parties have been making hay with claims about folks from other countries coming into their territory, taking their jobs, gobbling up their social services, and changing their culture into something those who came before feel they no longer recognize.Part of this is just the consequence of societies changing being reframed into something devilish and wrong, part of it is the reframing of stagnating economic conditions as something that's being done to their societies by outside forces, not by uncontrollable macro variables like pandemics, and controllable variables that are being mismanaged by those in power.Part of it, though, is related to real-deal demographic shifts, as folks flee from repression, violence, economic deterioration, and dangerous climactic happenings in less-wealthy parts of the world to those that are currently not suffering from these things, or not to the same degree.Thus, we see waves of people show up to the US's southern border, all hoping to get into the country, legally or otherwise, and the same is true of European nations with Mediterranean coasts, and, as is the case here, people arriving legally, by ship and plane and train into England, but also illegally, often in makeshift boats crossing the channel, the people who arrive in this way arrested and filtered into a system that often moves sluggishly and puts these new arrivals up in hotels or other housings for the duration of their processing at government expense.From the perspective of someone in a smaller British town, then, where the economic conditions are not much better than those in a similarly sized town in a much poorer country—since London is the only city in Britain doing really well in that regard, right now—this looks like a bunch of people from elsewhere, who don't belong, taking resources that should go to them, should be spend on their housing and healthcare, should be making jobs for them, and the ones that are allowed to stay continue to take those resources, leaving a lot less to go around, again, in circumstances in which it already feels like there's not anywhere near enough—no chance for growth, few opportunities, and diminishing value in the social services they've been promised.These are potent political topics, then, because in some cases these are real-deal issues already, and in others it can be useful and effective to stoke fears that this could happen in the future, if we allow these foreigners to keep flooding across our borders, legally or illegally.In the UK, the Conservatives, the Tories, have used this issue as a very effective lever, and at the height of fervor about this topic, they seemingly accidentally led the country to a successful Brexit referendum in 2016, leading to the UK leaving the European Union, in large part because this would allow them to set their own immigration policies separate from those of the EU, which are much more open in terms of movement between member nations.All of which, I think, helps explain what happened next, following that knife attack, and the torrent of false information that flooded the zone following the attack, which included all sorts of claims that the attacker was an illegal immigrant, that he was a Muslim, and that if nothing else, he was a black teenager who had brutally murdered several young, British girls.On July 30, a crowd in Southport gathered outside a local mosque and started causing trouble and making threats. The police showed up to keep the peace, and the protestors attacked them, set fire to a police van, and damaged the mosque—in the process injuring more than 50 police officers and three police dogs.This initial group of protestors was formed around a nucleus of people belonging to the English Defense League, which is a far-right, anti-Muslim organization, and members of Patriotic Alternative, which is a neo-Nazi group.Similar protests that became riots popped up in cities across the country in subsequent days, and amidst all the resulting tumult, a police station was set on fire in Sunderland, and more mosques, alongside businesses and homes owned by people who were purported to be, often incorrectly, immigrants, were also damaged or destroyed.Hotels housing asylum seekers were attacked, and something like 750 of these anti-immigration rioters have been arrested, thus far.The nature of these riots changed on August 7, when a protest, populated by the same sorts of people as were seen at the other ones, mostly anti-immigrant, neo-Nazi, and far-right folks, was met by a group of anti-racist counter-protestors that dramatically outnumbered them. The police helped support the peaceful anti-racist protestors, and since that day, most of these would-be riots have been quelled by oversized groups of counter-protestors augmented by a police presence.Before that tactic arose, though, several cities saw a handful of nights in a row of rioting by those far-right groups, many of them pillaging and burning shops, and attacking strangers and the police, and the government has gone out of its way to really throw the book at folks they've arrested, handing down significant punishments to some of the instigators of these riots, in particular, while also publishing their names and faces, in an attempt to embarrass and make examples of them.As of the second week of August, we're still seeing periodic attacks on mosques and attempted protests and riots by far-right activists pop up here and there, though they're happening a lot less frequently than in previous weeks, and peaceful anti-fascist, anti-racist protests have become a lot more common, in response to attempted riots, but also unto themselves.There are several ways of looking at what has happened here, in response to that attack, and in response to the riots that followed.One narrative of all this is that far-right politicians and ideologues int the country have attempted to convert a truly horrible event into something it wasn't for the purpose of regaining some of the power they lost with the last round of parliamentary elections.It's been alleged by the new British Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, that these riots were instigated by far-right troublemakers like Nigel Farage, who was one of the key proponents of Brexit, and who has recently reemerged in British politics as the leader of a vehemently anti-immigrant, further-right than the Conservatives party in the country.Farage and similar anti-immigrant leaders flooded the informational zone with disinformation and nudge-nudge-wink-wink innuendo that implied this was one of the consequences of allowing immigrants into the UK, and that, according to Starmer and other government leaders, led to some of this violence and destruction—they've even hinted that it might be prudent to clamp down on those sorts of posts and false claims, because of the real-world consequences that can follow; though that hint has been met with skepticism and worry from free-speech advocates.It's also been alleged that foreign agencies, like those in Russia, have been helping amplify these false claims, as part of their larger effort to sow discord and to augment the potency of reactionary groups in countries they want to influence, and folks who have aligned themselves with global conservative movements, like Tesla CEO Elon Musk, have been accused of doing the same, Musk himself sharing a lot of misinformation related to this attack and the riots that followed on the social network he bought, formerly Twitter, now X, clashing with the new Labour government on the network while saying that he believes a civil war is inevitable in the UK.So we could look at all this through the political-leverage lens, as there's a lot of power to be gained by successfully attaching reins to this sort of movement, and amplifying trouble for those in power, if those in power are your political rivals.We might also look at this through the lens of actual on-the-ground issues, though.There was a piece in the Financial Times, recently, in which it was posited that how we perceive these riots, and the people sparking and perpetuating them, will tend to depend on whether we subscribe to the "rational actor" or "riffraff" models of riot interpretation.The rational actor model says people who riot are doing what they do because of real-deal grievances that they can't seem to get addressed in any other way, while the riffraff model says rioters are basically low-lifes who have nothing better to do, and/or who like to mindlessly give in to the animalistic urge to belittle, attack, and maybe even kill those who seem different from them and theirs, and all they're looking for is an excuse to do so.Most social scientists, today, support the rational actor model, suggesting that even people who lean toward violence will keep those behaviors tamped-down most of the time, and only allow them out at moments in which they feel like there's no other way to get themselves and their grievances heard and addressed; and that's true whether we're talking about people of color rioting because they feel like they're being unfairly and violently targeted by police, or when it's mostly white, British Christians who feel like they're being elbowed out of society by Muslim immigrants and various other people of color.That folks like Farage might step in and try to ride this kind of wave, then, might ultimately be less important than identifying a pressure-valve that'll allow these sorts of grievances to be worked out and addressed in socially positive, legal ways.Government healthcare infrastructure in many of these areas is stretched to the breaking point, social safety nets are unraveling, and years of Conservative-instigated austerity measures have left these and other social baselines way below where they were in recent memory—and the messaging from the Conservative Party has been that immigrants are to blame, not their good and logical and responsible monetary policies.Starmer, as the head of the new Labour government, which won the last election in a landslide, booting the Conservatives from their perch for the first time in a long time, has the opportunity to address these issues, then, but it's likely he'll have to do so in such a way that the actual problems are addressed—providing better funding for these services, helping stimulate more economic activity so there are enough, and high-quality enough jobs for everyone, and ensuring there's enough immigration so that systems that rely on folks coming in from elsewhere (which is especially true of the nation's healthcare system and its construction industries) can function properly—while also addressing some of the seeming issues, like cracking down on illegal immigration; which probably isn't the core problem it's been promoted as by the Conservatives and those to their political right, but is an issue, and is something Starmer has said he will crack down on.It currently seems like he might aim to grease the wheels of the immigration system, so that folks applying for citizenship are processed faster, which will mean fewer resources expended putting them up in the country while they're waiting to see if they can stay—which would possibly help free up government resources, while also representing a kinder model for those who are otherwise left in limbo for long periods of time.Whether this can be framed and communicated correctly by the Labour government so that it appeals to those who are worried about immigration is an open question, though, as it's possible that anything other than a hardcore lockdown of the borders and a denial of new immigration requests—which would cause even more chaos in the country's healthcare and other immigration-related systems—might seem like non-solutions, even if they technically solve some of the underlying problems the rioters have been complaining about.Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Southport_stabbinghttps://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/uk/taylor-swift-southport-stabbing-reaction-gbr-intl/index.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.com/article/e87b09fb-b8fe-408d-a961-c89e6ae0f098?shareToken=620a021a38d86ed3af11587c36a52afdhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y38gjp4ygohttps://apnews.com/article/britain-unrest-riot-southport-police-response-ec348340c7d223f0117ae8c62638dd6fhttps://newrepublic.com/article/184691/day-riots-stopped-ukhttps://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-examines-foreign-states-role-sowing-discord-leading-riots-2024-08-05/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp35w0kj2y4ohttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/why-is-elon-musk-clashing-with-the-uk-government-over-far-right-riotshttps://archive.ph/vKdeuhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg7dzr8wkohttps://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/08/is-cocaine-driving-the-british-riotshttps://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/august/this-time-it-s-worsehttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/amid-chaos-far-right-protests-9459421https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/uk/northern-england-stabbing-intl/index.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/uk-southport-children-stabbed-dance-class-8a9c7d7ed01441ce96332cd3d1250e43https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_riotshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_Leaguehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Alternativehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/southport-far-right-disinformation-russia-b2589041.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/misinformation-southport-attack-suspect-social-media-conspiracy-theorieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexithttps://www.ft.com/content/a0a4fb08-40cc-4627-a58f-b3a8d2d0e009?accessToken=zwAGH1UwRNrgkdOgpPsIQMxGJ9Olj7Oo0tDgCQ.MEYCIQChxhfA2SBamOb_Y_c0vQwPJmzXo0fHfucpW2v_dBGr2gIhANMcXEtBzZqY7R0Z9RkAZMkEoGMSy5P49MRnprFYWvAH&sharetype=gift&token=75895b79-b6c8-4e1f-a3ab-dc4d87161131https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taylor-swift-concert-terror-plot-austria-foiled-2-men-arrested-shows-w-rcna165591https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Arena_bombinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swifthttps://www.investopedia.com/swiftonomics-definition-8601178https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_Eras_Tourhttps://apnews.com/article/austria-taylor-swift-concerts-canceled-extremism-arrests-17b494f1a164b205128d7faeb607e731https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-vienna-terror-plot-third-person-detained-1235750067/https://apnews.com/article/austria-taylor-swift-concerts-canceled-extremism-arrests-feff9108d0a14d9941c4bc416c0eb05f This is a public episode. 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#LondonCalling: #UK: Labour tax policy is smart electioneering, impractical in authority. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.com/article/1bb25658-1708-47cd-b27d-fe51f04a4b44?shareToken=dce4291da27c2089c84adabead282856 undated Eton College
#West Africa: The Afrika Corps in the Sahel. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bc78a324-4c01-4467-99e0-c08a0ee3ba95?shareToken=1ef8c5b5e03a5581e4b964dc9746b4e0 1885 Sierra Leone
#SUDAN: Russia in the Red-Med. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bc78a324-4c01-4467-99e0-c08a0ee3ba95?shareToken=1ef8c5b5e03a5581e4b964dc9746b4e0 1869 Suez Canal
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 6/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the reported betrayal of Market Garden by Anthony Blunt and Josef Stalin. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 Market Garden surrender
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 8/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944-45 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 7/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 4/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 5/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 3/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 2/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
DID ANTHONY BLUNT BETRAY OPERATION MARKET GARDEN TO HITLER AT STALIN'S ORDER? 1/8: Stalin's War: A New History of World War II, Sean McMeekin, with Kevin Stillwell as narrator. Published by Basic Books. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/392db86e-7d65-4c5d-b2a9-b781d5ee7250?shareToken=99d9180db57c2304848bc11f23ff97dc 1944 MARKET GARDEN https://www.amazon.com/Stalins-War-New-History-World/dp/B08XW52WNY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15RCHF0X357CE&keywords=mcmeekin+stalins+war&qid=1644188471&s=books&sprefix=mcmeekin+stalins+war%2Cstripbooks%2C67&sr=1-1 World War II: Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war: Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941–1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary. McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army. This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world ordeR.
#LondonCalling: Doubting Shakespeare of Avon. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5eee55f9-6a2a-4e7d-8ac2-ff281dba98fb?shareToken=9b7a108880cfe39b48924c210cfa3369 1910 Stratford upon Avon: Anne Hathaway Cottage
Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most prevalent issues in church and state. This time:- The NHS warns us not to eat all our Easter eggs at once. How would we cope without them?- It's Transgender Day of Visibility or, as it used to be called, Easter Sunday.- Richard Dawkins says that he likes Christianity after all.- Matthew Parris says that forcing people to be euthanised would be a healthy development for society.That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy!Please Support!Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend). Subscribe to Jamie's Blog here: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comLinks:NHS: Don't eat your Easter eggs too quickly - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/27/easter-eggs-nhs-advice-andrew-kelso-bank-holiday/ Biden Colonises the Calendar - https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1774511985700352189Dawkins on Christianity and Islam - https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1774570273561337985Madeleine Grant on Dawkins' comments - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/03/christianity-decline-unleashed-terrible-new-gods/ Matthew Parris on Euthanasia - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7ac1f4c5-63b2-4df7-b504-74b1e30f0fc2?shareToken=3e8d37fa00d5adca1f67a7d83f70657b Notices:Find me a church: https://irreverendpod.com/church-finder/Join our Irreverend Telegram group: https://t.me/irreverendpodFind links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comSupport the show
#PacificWatch: Bold Las Vegas rising while the fearful Tunnel People abide. @JCBliss https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a9ee6eae-440a-464e-9183-619cd69cb8c8?shareToken=c01d64747a4ea1e6654ac6e6c598b733 1940 Clark County
Former world steeplechase champion, Norah Jeruto, was recently cleared of doping charges despite adverse findings in her biological passport. Does this put the credibility of the passport at risk or is the unusual case a once-off? PLUS Caster Semenya's controversial 'tell-all' book and reactions, can you ingest carbs through your mouth and does the latest world marathon record puts the sub-2 hour within reach?Show notes and linksSummary of one of the interview's Semenya gave in promotion of the book, including some quotes discussed on the showOne of the very few reviews of Caster Semenya's book that includes any mention of the biological basis for the controversy, rather than portraying it as a challenge of women with high testosteroneThe appeal decision in the AIU case of Norah JerutoThe WADA code that mentions prohibited methods including blood manipulation Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The past century has seen the borders of Palestine and then Israel shift. From the Balfour Declaration in 1917 – when Britain first promised a Jewish homeland – a fierce struggle over land and nationhood has taken place. Whether you need a beginner's guide to the history or just a reminder, we'll take you from that date through to the conflict today. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Kevin Connolly, former BBC Middle East correspondent. Host: Luke Jones. Links:- Six books to help you understand the Israel-Gaza conflict https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/6eadf81c-691b-11ee-a4e7-0fb10af55688?shareToken=601ea5a0228cb764228ddd2e97c53a63- Why are Israel and Gaza at war? The history of the conflict explained https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-israel-gaza-palestine-war-conflict-history-explained-xz0jv3phq Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk Clips: Sky News Australia, BBC News, Associated Press, Al Jazeera English, The Atlantic, Thames TV, Clinton Presidential Library. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emil Thorup har for nylig været igennem hele mediemøllen med sit seneste kropseksperiment. Mere specifikt har han kastet sig ud i en af tidens største sundhedstrends, som går under navnet ”Longevity”, i et forsøg på at forbedre sit liv og forynge sin krop. Men selvom begrebet i al sin enkelthed bare betyder ”lang levetid”, er vejen til det lange, sunde liv – ifølge dén trend – meget langt fra enkel. Faktisk kræver det både et nærmest asketisk afholdsliv og en lang række daglige ritualer. Men er det nu også nødvendigt at gøre så meget? Hvilke elementer giver mening og hvilke er mere tvivlsomme? Det er temaet i dag. Afsnittet er sponsoreret af PureGym. Links til ting, vi taler om i podcasten: Jyllandspostens artikel om Emil Thorup og longevity: https://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/ECE16428108/emil-thorup-vil-fastholde-tiden-det-ser-ud-til-at-lykkes/?shareToken=4ejdn7n3v2rc9koa2h7bo9um Berlingskes artikel om selvsamme: https://www.berlingske.dk/samfund/emil-har-sat-alt-ind-paa-at-leve-saa-laenge-som-muligt-saa-meget-yngre-er Studie om tomater og inflammation som vi omtaler: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457722002431
##LondonCalling: John Bull turns away from the EV aspiration. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a49a7e16-5659-11ee-aed5-2d6419a1ef3d?shareToken=200ccf11c0903b8c7fa0234eff95c862 1922 Elysian Fields LA
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: The public learns of the bill for Net-Zero. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bc2c8ab8-35bd-11ee-a54b-14a9a87cf1a8?shareToken=7161c97af63f292252195bb626c47c95
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1893 ##LondonCalling: Just Stop Oil rising. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/39b5b2fe-14bf-11ee-b768-bb6d328f2d92?shareToken=b1e8e75a541c7ab03934ac7bf11ae6e0
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: PRC ideology in heavy, unsolved, self-inflcited debt @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9306e134-0ede-11ee-9d84-6e8ed24abaa3?shareToken=277b76d13e3ae281ae623e799b85dcff https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-ukraine-looks-to-its-future-skip-the-european-union-market-reform-london-donors-putin-4d28b4bc
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #PRC: Biden Administration Kow-tow. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9306e134-0ede-11ee-9d84-6e8ed24abaa3?shareToken=277b76d13e3ae281ae623e799b85dcff
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1810 #LondonCalling: What is a "voluntary" price control at the grocery? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/923bc176-fe52-11ed-af8c-e0915fbd425b?shareToken=5d388026e2a644c352ff3607fe9b7eef
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1842 #KingCharles: A frugal king who keeps his reception rooms cold and his palaces dark. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8c802294-fccd-11ed-aa31-73394e195d29?shareToken=542ce6982f3b826502c1798f9dbc8630
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Scotland: Red Wall crumbling with the SNP. Simon Constable, Occitane France https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/861489a6-f0fa-11ed-bdc8-c06a4e8c18d7?shareToken=544f92552b186cc5ce0308caee99111b
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Taxman Tory. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/27732766-f363-11ed-99c7-9412839daee7?shareToken=df2c1ec3a86ab75ebe0d2d8336d4ee18
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: What is Eurovision? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/6e84f3d6-f31e-11ed-97af-27f55025e763?shareToken=fd58779af6e0dbab5ef4568585eefe72 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/6e84f3d6-f31e-11ed-97af-27f55025e763?shareToken=fd58779af6e0dbab5ef4568585eefe72
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1890 Mohawk #LondonCalling: Jaffa cakes for tea-dipping. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/afadbe0a-e34d-11ed-9d9d-927ca944996b?shareToken=2ee1370780d4af594a6e57e03d6e77be
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1917 First Convention of Soviets @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Banning gas boilers. What is a gas boiler? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/90bac5ce-9bbd-11ed-b81d-ce538d806950?shareToken=35ca6e129ea7c21b44958c623f2de55a
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow Commodities: UK with coffee but without adequate cucumbers, tomatoes or eggs. Simon Constable, Barron's https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bb30a0e0-6db3-11ed-a782-0f22726b9287?shareToken=7f72a6567217f9fb0762e4c34c5261da
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: #UK: PM Sunak regrets Johnson, May, Cameron tolerating Xi. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/59b93e70-6f49-11ed-8a5b-f385de7508fe?shareToken=b007a4696b5d58e90b97a316282e9330
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Wind power and NIMBY Tories. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0c9f7ad2-6efe-11ed-8a5b-f385de7508fe?shareToken=20c44c059cd9628fded2c30a2463f8ce
Join us for an hour of lively chat as we discuss some news stories, headlines, articles and talking points that have stood out from the past seven days, we welcome a good friend and previous guest of ours ..... This is ‘The Week According To . . . Brian of London' Up for discussion this episode..... - Defence Secretary does not instil confidence in The British Army as he says it's 'only big enough to tootle around at home'. - The invasion continues: UK sees highest net migration since World War II. - Media regulator Ofcom ‘will get more power than spies' to monitor apps. - English football fans dressed as Christian crusaders cause stir in World Cup in Qatar. - UK restaurants reported to be going bankrupt at faster rate now than during the Covid plandemic. - Time to bring back Tommy? We wait to see if Elon Musk and Twitter will offer an amnesty to suspended accounts if they have broken no laws. - Safe and Effective: Covid is no longer mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated. - Italian PM Georgia Meloni considers revoking benefits from work shy Italians who refuse a job offer. - Discrimination in journalism? Two nearly identical attacks on civilians, one in Istanbul, the other in Jerusalem, two very different takes from the Guardian. Brian of London completed a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics just as the Web was emerging. But then he left academia to do management consulting and eventually moved to Israel to do business. Brian's working on the cutting edge of the new Podcasting 2.0 to make sure this relic of the early web, stays free from capture by the centralising forces of Web 2.0 and their dangerous desire to turn us all into dairy cows. Brian was also the admin on Tommy Robinson's Facebook account that had over a million followers before it was nuked! In his spare time, he assists with a gigantic class action lawsuit in Australia on behalf of the entire crypto industry. Follow and support Brian on Hive https://hive.blog/@brianoflondon Originally broadcast as a live news discussion 26.11.22 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestream platforms https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe and share! Links to stories discussed...... British Army https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11467819/British-Army-big-tootle-home-needs-proper-funding-says-Ben-Wallace.html UK net migration https://news.sky.com/story/uk-sees-highest-net-migration-since-second-world-war-12754404 Ofcom will get more power https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/7f692cb0-6b58-11ed-b361-431d7dcc7c0e?shareToken=d90fdba0a3f415d57c10fe0a51da53eb English crusaders at World Cup https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11457525/World-Cup-Qatar-England-fans-dressed-Christian-crusaders-causes-stir.html UK restaurants going bankrupt https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/21/uk-restaurants-bankrupt-faster-rate-covid-closures Elon Musk/Twitter https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595473875847942146?s=20&t=cDIdA7KmK3svWurStZSshg Covid https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/vaccinated-people-now-make-up-majority-covid-deaths/ Meloni to revoke benefits https://t.me/TommyRobinsonNews/42154 2 nearly-identical attacks https://twitter.com/aaharonovich/status/1595855687032406017?s=46&t=TmaCD2KeFCdlJoYfLObsOg
Few have studied protein in sports as much as Prof Stuart Phillips, from the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Together with the team, Phillips shares some of the latest research on the value of protein in exercise sports, discuss whether protein supplementation has any real value in enhancing recovery and performance and what the best type of protein is to consume.SHOW NOTES:CAUGHT MY EYE SEGMENT:WADA bans tramadol, now that the proverbial horse has bolted (The horse is from Colombia, and rides a bike): https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/wada-outlaws-tramadol-use-2024-maintains-cannabis-ban-2022-09-23/#:~:text=SYDNEY%2C%20Sept%2023%20(Reuters),on%20cannabis%20after%20a%20review.Good piece by Matt Lawton on the boxing controversy, the fight that ended up not happening: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cadf7aae-44e9-11ed-8885-043c27446b97?shareToken=0fd65796afe945e5ad8a6e6c98d2c4f3Article on the doping suspension and investigation of a Portuguese pro team leading to numerous bans: https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/seven-portugese-riders-banned-over-dopingA detailed article on the angling cheating scandal: https://www.yahoo.com/news/lead-weights-and-lie-detectors-the-scandal-that-rocked-a-cleveland-fishing-tournament-and-became-worldwide-news-033353103.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMnouSCoCuNO7biPeFoeAg4JzCiXcWAF2pp0quSL3c5pBqL2HG-R8-UB2ZoJ5LEuhkcvZTC-2jUHv3LRIRoqgS5hDosIKtpYqGG3hXj3aRedy08l82XfFNjDo3zi3gt8v73hjXjuAiY9IGDwv99bCPg3xzqa4VJ_b8zHMWDK6I3rMAIN INTERVIEWThe article mentioned by guest Stuart Phillips on protein supplementation requirements: https://www.clalit.co.il/he/lifestyle/sport/fitness/Documents/2004_ProteinRequirementsandSupplementationinStrengthSports.pdf Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hi everyone! Welcome to Digital Law News, a news series brought to you by Digital Law and produced by Anson Evaluate. In this week's episode we discuss: Apple Security: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5f65a4ae-1fa7-11ed-b7c3-8b288ab55a56?shareToken=eb9e2f58ad6197a20d68488ba3116f67 The NATO Hack: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62672184 Twitter Cybersecurity Negligence: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5114fb42-2309-11ed-bb7e-0eb11fc7ccd4?shareToken=f1f9065165a000193ea36f99e616e254 And more! In case you don't know, Digital Law is a law firm focused on the law applying to Digital and Technology matters including international e-commerce regulation, data protection, international data transfers, cyber security, data privacy and much more. The intention behind these updates is to bring you a flavour of the discussions we, Peter Wright, Laura Spencer and Amelia Davies, have in our weekly meetings. Enjoy!
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Return of the medieval pinot noir vineyards! @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5a7c67d0-1ce0-11ed-add4-d333562d46fb?shareToken=8377eebed9d6efa6a749b0f51a6a6b46
Photo: #LondonCalling: The royal family cannot fire Prince Andrew. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8d499964-eb4c-11ec-8821-d2e916a7eab3?shareToken=d8b17c1105c1a4da2a868027054dea13
Photo: #LondonCalling: Liz Truss entangled with Northern Ireland and Rwanda. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion ttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0d25cd36-ebbd-11ec-b47a-cf598c451bbb?shareToken=c15c43f5bad5f7842b3d8325269dfaa8
Photo: #LondonCalling: COLA and $120 tank of petrol. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/36bd0306-ebb0-11ec-8821-d2e916a7eab3?shareToken=fb799b45a315221e70d01fbf00fd9625
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This week we discuss the disruption happening to Netflix, Corporate Metrics and a few thoughts on Heroku. Plus, some summer travel tips. Rundown Netflix Netflix shares crater 25% after company reports it lost subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/19/netflix-nflx-earnings-q1-2022.html) Netflix Estimates More Than 100 Million Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords (https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-sharing-password-100-million-1235236051/) Netflix slowdown leaves streaming biz reeling (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-487b37f1-d49f-4ccc-b267-794c850a834c.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Reporting is hard Revenue, Revenue Everywhere. Not a Dollar to Count by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/metricflow/) Heroku Heroku is practically down for 4 days (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1516756294983733255?s=21&t=005wWLAylkwjFOf1qWQmjw) Heroku is like a fallen civilization of elves. Beautiful, immortal, beloved by all who encountered it - but still a dead end. (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1369704730218299392?s=20&t=z2QiNcun21R761sSCy269g) - Adam Jacob Relevant to your Interests How we lost 54k GitHub stars – HTTPie blog (https://httpie.io/blog/stardust) Twitter is important, but it's always been vulnerable as a company. (https://twitter.com/rabble/status/1514793459147677696) "Measuring Argo Workflow Costs with Kubecost" (https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/measuring-argo-workflows-with-kubecost/) The Chips That Rebooted the Mac (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chips-that-rebooted-the-mac-11650081649?mod=djemalertNEWS) The Scoop: Inside the Longest Atlassian Outage of All Time (https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/scoop-atlassian?s=r) Apollo Global weighs going in on bid to buy Twitter: report (https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142421/apollo-global-weighs-going-in-on-bid-to-buy-twitter-report) Google's AI-Powered ‘Inclusive Warnings' Feature Is Very Broken (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dk8m/googles-ai-powered-inclusive-warnings-feature-is-very-broken) Stolen AirPods give away Russian retreat positions (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8b2b7a28-bf0d-11ec-8413-422ef6319ad0?shareToken=241a4f9d880e0a092706864989c8b1a5) Apple must pay a man more than $1,000 for not including a power adapter with his new iPhone, judge rules (https://news.yahoo.com/apple-must-pay-man-more-051314585.html) Discovery is shutting down CNN+ and is expected to provide details to staffers Thursday... (https://twitter.com/bristei/status/1517165214864744449) Nonsense Chipotle launches a $50 million venture capital fund (https://www.axios.com/chipotle-launches-a-50-million-venture-capital-fund-ffd4954e-f459-4a3a-8a9e-3c11bd88728d.html) Listener Feedback Brian wants you to work at Solo.io: Gloo Edge Product Manager (https://www.solo.io/company/careers/gloo-edge-product-manager/) Software Engineer (Front-End Systems) (https://www.solo.io/company/careers/software-engineer-front-end-systems/) Software Engineer (Back-End Systems) (https://www.solo.io/company/careers/software-engineer-back-end-systems/) New Business Developer (BDR/SDR) (https://www.solo.io/company/careers/new-business-developer-bdr-sdr/) Conferences Spring Tour Chicago (https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/springone-tour/2022/chicago/), April 26th to 27th. Save $50 with the code S1T_SAVE50 (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1515004968796934152). 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Photo: British and Russia infantry engage in close-quarters combat during the Crimean War #Ukraine: London Talking Down to Russia. Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d71f9fb2-8db3-11ec-ab9b-59af3878ddff?shareToken=8905665634784f2ca717cf54bc7b4aba https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-ukraine-putin-nato-11643121821
Are you aware of Google's AI venture called Deepmind? We should be! It may control the world one day and we are feeding it all the information to accomplish it. It is also deeply involved with Project Maven. The U.S. Military's move to turn AI into a war machine. Is Google creating a super human that is going to one day replace man or are we already there?email us at: downtherh@protonmail.comSHOW NOTES:https://singularityhub.com/2020/07/26/deepminds-newest-ai-programs-itself-to-make-all-the-right-decisions/https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/08/deepmind-makes-bet-on-ai-system-that-can-play-poker-chess-go-and-more/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1fc096ce-5919-11ec-81f2-17f963b74220?shareToken=f82596f3d92e69d99b8b3b151c492235https://globalnews.ca/news/4125382/google-pentagon-ai-project-maven/https://futurism.com/the-byte/air-forces-project-maven-goes-livehttps://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/07/google-deepmind-researchers-pledge-lethal-ai/149819/https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/08/the-u-s-military-algorithmic-warfare-and-big-tech/https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/what-i-told-the-students-of-princeton---Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/darrell-g-fortune/message
Photo: Army of Afghanistan in 1920 #AfterAfghanistan: Lessons Learned Taliban and Afghanistan 2021@BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3d666e06-60f8-11ec-ab46-99cae2b0f128?shareToken=1411b7e34d609ca6a1cd8e0addd8af1f
Photo: Albert Ground, Sydney @Batchelorshow #OzWatch: Australia exfiltrates Captain Colgate to lead the team against England in Ashes at Melbourne on Boxing Day. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cfd1f95c-5f1a-11ec-8fac-c70e630faee6?shareToken=0bf416debb4ae91a9f8f598c0b6a4917
Are you aware of Google's AI venture called Deepmind? We should be! It may control the world one day and we are feeding it all the information to accomplish it. It is also deeply involved with Project Maven. The U.S. Military's move to turn AI into a war machine. Is Google creating a super human that is going to one day replace man or are we already there? email us at: downtherh@protonmail.com SHOW NOTES: https://singularityhub.com/2020/07/26/deepminds-newest-ai-programs-itself-to-make-all-the-right-decisions/ https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/08/deepmind-makes-bet-on-ai-system-that-can-play-poker-chess-go-and-more/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1fc096ce-5919-11ec-81f2-17f963b74220?shareToken=f82596f3d92e69d99b8b3b151c492235 https://globalnews.ca/news/4125382/google-pentagon-ai-project-maven/ https://futurism.com/the-byte/air-forces-project-maven-goes-live https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/07/google-deepmind-researchers-pledge-lethal-ai/149819/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/08/the-u-s-military-algorithmic-warfare-and-big-tech/ https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/what-i-told-the-students-of-princeton --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/darrell-g-fortune/message
On Today's Show: Monday Meanderings - Squirrel Chatter has passed 10,000 downloads! Thank you! Great weekend - got to watch the undefeated Superior Bobcats Junior High Boys Basketball team cap their season with a dominant performance at the tournament! 1st Place! Fun times! Had fun at the Frenchtown Community Church Youth Group Christmas Party last night. I ate too many sweets, for sure! Noted author Ann Rice dead at age 80 - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/25577140-5b79-11ec-90d0-c463baf3512f?shareToken=751ddcfabdfe1c1e36b9c44bc32ef413 Pray for Mayfield, Kentucky - https://www.newschannel5.com/news/severe-tornado-hits-mayfield-kentucky-destroying-buildings-police-say-loss-of-life-expected 2022 Five Day Bible Reading Plan will be available the day after Christmas! - https://fivedaybiblereading.com/ Prayers from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Bible reading from the LSB - Today, we are in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, Chapter 19 The Christian Podcast Community website - https://podcasts.strivingforeternity.org/ Theme music: Enfield's recording of “Crown Him With Many Crowns” © 2010 by Resolved Music. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com
Photo: Bushels of C-notes. Each one devaluing silently under inflation. "Monetary inflation is a sustained increase in the money supply of a country (or currency area). Depending on many factors, especially public expectations, the fundamental state and development of the economy, and the transmission mechanism, it is likely to result in price inflation, which is usually just called "inflation", which is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services." #LondonCalling: Temporary inflation overstays. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/02/supply-chain-world-economy-energy-labour-transport-covid https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4d6c30f4-254a-11ec-80e0-b4b33b6f1716?shareToken=eb15df2f46c0d599343967ad54d2abf1 .. Permissions: Many dollar banknotes. Date | 19 February 2009 / Source | http://2bgr8stock.deviantart.com/art/Money-Cash-113445826 / Author | Jericho This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use .
Photo: San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA Another lockdown if? #LondonCalling. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/84ca5574-14a8-11ec-8982-e4706e2eecb0?shareToken=1dbab818ca26fc6ddc0d20b1e5ae00f0
Photo: Thames Embankment in London Life in 'brolly London's "torrential downpour." #LondonCalling. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/59fe2bd2-1547-11ec-8aba-5ab737a99668?shareToken=f59c9b730beca07c3072624d4726014f
https://gript.ie/exclusive-government-has-no-plan-to-cap-number-of-illegal-immigrants-to-be-granted-amnesty/https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/26/afghanistan-helpline-redirected-callers-to-washing-machine-company-15156117/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/us-officials-provided-taliban-with-names-of-americans-afghan-allies-to-evacuate-506957https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/555a928a-06a8-11ec-89b3-29a9a04e8645?shareToken=93be4692c0e358916b35ef44444a3ef0https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58317555https://twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1431282869654204420 - The forbidden image
More info on the Government's amnesty for illegal immigrants; Afghanistan moves from farce to tragedy for both the British and Americans; and the BBC asks why rent caps don't work. https://gript.ie/exclusive-government-has-no-plan-to-cap-number-of-illegal-immigrants-to-be-granted-amnesty/ https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/26/afghanistan-helpline-redirected-callers-to-washing-machine-company-15156117/ https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/us-officials-provided-taliban-with-names-of-americans-afghan-allies-to-evacuate-506957 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/555a928a-06a8-11ec-89b3-29a9a04e8645?shareToken=93be4692c0e358916b35ef44444a3ef0 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58317555 https://twitter.com/G_L_Kavanagh/status/1431282869654204420 - The forbidden image
Photo: The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Here: Robert Baddeley as Moses. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Pandemic, scandal, resignations, lockdown, romance—Boris Johnson sails onward. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinions Offices are free from cameras, Speaker tells MPs and ministers after Hancock leak. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3de24078-d843-11eb-8f14-0bb645f59db0?shareToken=46566cdc33896e170153b1e53cab3d35 Dominic Cummings mocks Boris Johnson over claim he ‘sacked' Matt Hancock. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e05c5e28-d83f-11eb-8f14-0bb645f59db0?shareToken=b49dc7dca3aa5d12ba964dff26245cfd
Photo: Coat of arms of the United Kingdom, bearing the motto of the Order of the Garter. Above the coat of arms in letterpress the title of the book, below the imprint. (Book in Dutch.) CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Brexit always ready for a spat. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/28/lame-duck-macron-still-threat-brexit-britain/ EU offers Brexit olive branch on trade with Northern Ireland. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/6286c2e4-d84a-11eb-8f14-0bb645f59db0?shareToken=731c0ed0604c10b9ca9a0d3cab7a8c44 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/06/28/brussels-vows-take-revenge-uk-ditches-data-regime/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr ..
Photo: Gentlemen's Doubles final at the 1897 Wimbledon Championships. Players shown are, at the near side, Reginald Doherty (left) and Laurence Doherty(right) and at the far side Herbert Baddeley (left) and Wilfred Baddeley (right).. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Wimbledon without masks or obvious distancing @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion n pictures: Wimbledon's opening day 2021. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/46642bc0-d8c1-11eb-b92f-5fe539a30c29?shareToken=beaaf5fa1dd3a5d6c4db28ad36b858dc Quentin Letts: Great Liberator? Don't sing his praises just yet. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/307a2ac2-d848-11eb-8f14-0bb645f59db0?shareToken=eb575932fc9534669127ef23dc05ac37 John Constable paintings hidden inside old poetry book. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4b6bc8d2-d833-11eb-8f14-0bb645f59db0?shareToken=091f2b370024d69e41e1a769100c91cd
Photo: Prime Minister Lloyd George and his wife. Photograph shows British Liberal Party statesman David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945) who served as Prime Minister from 1916-1922, with his wife Dame Margaret Lloyd George (1866-1941).CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowBoris Johnson surprise remarries as Britain celebrates his personality. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionDecoy dresses helped Carrie Johnson to keep her wedding secret.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/5ec7cac6-c248-11eb-8601-6a2ece3e4634?shareToken=7e0e5d48630bfc942cdf6074b4e461f3
Photo: Waratahs at twickenham 1928. George VI, Duke of York, meets the Waratahs before playing England at Twickenham..CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowPandemic Britain on the beach; & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-seeing-signs-of-early-third-wave-warns-scientist-llgvzsm79 Thousands join in the scrum to grab a jab at Twickenham stadium.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/159046ea-c24c-11eb-8601-6a2ece3e4634?shareToken=20bdecb7d9337c7b9fb28549a828472d
What are UnCommie Goods? It's anything not made in communist China, or any communist country, that is hostile to the U.S. I believe a consumer driven effort can strengthen the US Domestic Manufacturing base, improve the quality of goods, secure our critical supply chain, and make a more resilient economy. At the same time, let's celebrate small businesses and support them. As always, tell any small business you bought from them to support US Made goods and businesses. Send me a voice message with any questions or thoughts - Link Here: anchor.fm/lars207/message Or shoot me an email at UncommieGoods@gmail.com. Articles mentioned in this episode: 1. How the Coronavirus Will Reshape World Trade In the post-pandemic world, more economic activity will be designated vital to national security, accelerating pressures on globalization June 19th. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-coronavirus-will-reshape-world-trade-11592592995?shareToken=st8f13cb95a52f495491aef49e8fbfcb97 2. Trump just used Boeing's new global airliner to attack globalization https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-trump-administration-policies-effects-dreamliner-787-2017-2 3. What Went Wrong At Boeing? https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/01/21/what-went-wrong-at-boeing/#1fe575027b1b UnCommie Good for this episode (not sponsor) https://radakitchenstore.com/ According to their website: Guaranteed for Life • 100% American Made With over 150 million pieces sold, Rada Cutlery has earned the reputation for remarkable cutlery, service, and value. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lars207/message
Today we attempt to escape from the horrifying nightmare labyrinth of Adam Neumann's mind. Join us to find out if we're successful. Desperate Acts of Capitalism is a comedy podcast about money, marketing, and how it all goes wrong. Join us on our magical journey through a world of burning money! Email us at desperateactsofcapitalism@gmail.com for questions, comments, or ideas! You can also follow us on IG at @desperateactsofcapitalism If you like the show, please leave us a rating & review on Apple/Spotify/Stitcher and SUBSCRIBE BABY!!! Sources: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/wework-adam-neumann.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-not-the-way-everybody-behaves-how-adam-neumanns-over-the-top-style-built-wework-11568823827?shareToken=st3fcd4c5c55d94ffc80b5721a8aa6ffa2 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/nyregion/welive-nyc-wework.html https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/15/20806366/we-company-wework-ipo-adam-neumann https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-05/wework-is-said-to-target-20-billion-to-30-billion-ipo-value?srnd=premium https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wework-ipo-valuation-exclusive/exclusive-wework-considers-ipo-valuation-of-as-low-as-10-billion-sources-idUSKCN1VY1PB https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/24/20882491/wework-adam-neumann-softbank-ceo https://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-to-take-control-of-wework-11571746483?mod=e2tw https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/21/20975831/wework-layoffs-ipo-adam-neumann-softbank https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/11/21011740/nicholas-braun-cousin-greg-succession-wework-adam-neumann-casting-announcement
Border searches are deemed unconstitutional, Microsoft promises privacy under a new California law, Google sweeps up tons of medical data! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5 Links:Support me on alternative platforms! https://snubsie.com/support https://www.youtube.com/shannonmorse -- subscribe to my new channel! ThreatWire is only possible because of our Patreon patrons! https://www.patreon.com/threatwire Links:https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/https://twitter.com/Snubs/status/1196525111794225152https://www.zdnet.com/article/attackers-using-whatsapp-vulnerability-triggered-by-video-files-can-remotely-execute-code/ Border Searches Deemed Unconstitutionalhttps://www.eff.org/document/alasaad-v-nielsen-summary-judgment-orderhttps://www.eff.org/press/releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptopshttps://www.cnet.com/news/us-border-search-of-suspicionless-travelers-devices-is-unconstitutional-court-finds/https://www.zdnet.com/article/clampdown-on-us-border-device-searches-not-such-a-big-deal/https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-court-rules-travellers-phones-and-laptops-cannot-be-searched-without-reasonable-suspicion/https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/12/20961727/border-officials-court-ruling-aclu-laptop-phone-searches CA Law Sweeps Across UShttps://threatpost.com/ccpas-domino-effect-us-privacy-regulation/150246/https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2019/11/11/microsoft-california-privacy-rights/https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/11/20960113/microsoft-ccpa-privacy-law-california-congress-regulationhttps://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-to-employ-californias-digital-privacy-law-nationwide/https://www.cyberscoop.com/microsoft-ccpa-california-privacy/ Google + medical:https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-s-secret-project-nightingale-gathers-personal-health-data-on-millions-of-americans-11573496790?shareToken=st98ed7303aedb45d281bc0bda02eb90b4https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/would-you-trust-google-with-your-medical-records-it-might-already-have-them/https://threatpost.com/googles-plan-to-crunch-health-data-on-millions-of-patients-draws-fire/150172/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/google-you-can-trust-us-with-the-medical-data-you-didnt-know-we-already-had/https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/our-partnership-with-ascensionhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-plan-to-collect-health-data-on-millions-of-americans-faces-federal-inquiry/https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-googles-project-nightingale-a-health-data-gold-mine-of-50-million-patients-11573571867 Photo credit:https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/03/21/11/34/eye-3246419_960_720.jpg -----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆Our Site → https://www.hak5.orgShop → https://www.hakshop.comSubscribe → https://www.youtube.com/user/Hak5Darren?sub_confirmation=1Support → https://www.patreon.com/threatwireContact Us → http://www.twitter.com/hak5Threat Wire RSS → https://shannonmorse.podbean.com/feed/Threat Wire iTunes → https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/threat-wire/id1197048999 Host: Shannon Morse → https://www.twitter.com/snubsHost: Darren Kitchen → https://www.twitter.com/hak5darrenHost: Mubix → http://www.twitter.com/mubix-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆
1:25 – Nick & Gerardo on Record-Highs in the Major Indices, Resilient Gold, the Bottom in the JRM & the Global Markets Record-Highs: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/15/dow-futures-fed-reserve-financial-stability-report.html Ray Dalio: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-has-gone-mad-system-broken-ray-dalio/ Ominous Autos: https://www.wsj.com/articles/car-shipping-giant-grimaldi-faces-tariff-headwinds-11571576400?shareToken=st720135fb5a4d49248632453977cdd9dd https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-12/chrysler-pressured-dealers-to-absorb-a-glut-of-unordered-cars?srnd=premium https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-45-000-loan-for-a-27-000-ride-more-borrowers-are-going-underwater-on-car-loans-11573295400?shareToken=st47d8372d7dbf4b079a798da86ca51db3 14:22 – Unloved Cannabis Sector 19:48 –Simon Moores' Lithium Market Insight 23:39 – Roger Stone: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/15/roger-stone-joins-remarkable-universe-criminality-surrounding-president-trump/ 32:08 -Kaepernick: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28081192/hue-jackson-lead-colin-kaepernick-workout-13-nfl-teams-committed-attend 38:03 – Squirrel Lady: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/29/judge-dismisses-felony-cruelty-charges-against-squ/ 39:13 – Nick's Uranium Stock Pick: Cameco (NYSE: CCJ)
Donald Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to diminish, disempower and smear Rashida Tlaib. The President has been ranting and raving about the Democratic congresswoman from Michigan since she took office earlier this year. He has lied about her. He has misconstrued and mischaracterized her statements and actions. And, now, the president has intervened to prevent Tlaib--along with Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar-- from making an official visit to Israel and the West Bank. Under pressure from Trump, the Israeli government announced last week that it was barring the two congresswomen. Tlaib has pushed back mightily, declaring, as the first the daughter of Palestinian immigrants and one of the first two Muslim women ever to serve in the U.S. House that, "When I won, it gave the Palestinian people hope that someone will finally speak the truth about the inhumane conditions." And so she has. Amidst all the wrangling with Trump, Americans have learned a little bit abou Rashida Tlaib--about her family ties to the West Bank, about her Palestinian grandmother. But there is so much more to this lawyer, legislator, civil rights and civil liberties activist, mother and daughter. This special edition of Next Left repeats our interview with Rashida Tlaib because we thought people should have an opportunity to get to know her better. ******** SHOW NOTES This is A New Low (https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-tlaib-omar-israel/) The Nation John Nichols What Is Israel Trying to Hide? Reps. Omar and Tlaib Blocked from Taking Official Trip to West Bank (https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/16/ilhan_omar_rashida_tlaib_israel_trump) Democracy Now! Johnson & Johnson Hit With $300 Million in Punitive Damages in Talc Case (https://www.wsj.com/articles/johnson-johnson-hit-with-300-million-in-punitive-damages-in-talc-case-11559339141?shareToken=st72bc77175cb3486881521989c598ae23) The Wall Street Journal Peter Loftus No, Rashida Tlaib Is Definitely Not Antisemitic (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/05/rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-donald-trump-antisemitic) Jacobin Megan Day Now is the time to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump (https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2019/01/03/donald-trump-impeachment/2463127002/) Detroit Free Press John Bonifaz and Rashida Tlaib The Constitution Demands It (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/603897/the-constitution-demands-it-by-ron-fein/9781612197630/) by John Bonifaz, Ben Clements, and Ron Fein Smooth Criminal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWu_htIxYtM) by Michael Jackson Follow John Nichols on Twitter at @NicholsUprising (https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising) Visit http://thenation.com/podcastsubscribe for special subscription offers
Ep 73 - Hobbs & Shaw, Spy (2015), A Black Lady Sketch Show, Years and Years, Queer Eye S4, and Jessica Jones S3Today we give a non-spoiler review of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Inspired by watching Jason Statham we babble about the 2015 film Spy and why we love it so much!Then we go into Let’s Babble, where we discuss A Black Lady Sketch Show, Years and Years, Queer Eye S4 and Jessica Jones S3.00:00:00 - 00:00:39 Intro. Please make sure to Subscribe, Rate and Review us on Apple Podcast. We are also on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts!00:00:39 - 00:30:51 Hobbs and Shaw Review (Non Spoiler)Article: ‘Fast & Furious’ Stars’ Complicated Demand—I Never Want to Lose a Fight (https://www.wsj.com/articles/fast-furious-stars-complicated-demandi-never-want-to-lose-a-fight-11564673490?shareToken=st9ec3223fe41646658729e34425676d84)00:30:51 - 00:36:23 Spy (2015) Review00:36:23 - 00:53:35 Spy (2015) Spoilers00:53:37 - 01:16:03 Let’s Babble00:54:02 A Black Lady Sketch Show00:59:25 Years and Years01:04:07 Queer Eye S401:06:31 Jessica Jones S3 (Spoilers)01:16:03 - 01:16:32 OutroThank you for listening. Please make sure to Subscribe, Rate and Review us on Apple Podcast.Follow us on:Twitter // Instagram // Letterboxd // FacebookTheme Music: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba
This week on Next Left, the outspoken representative who is holding Trump accountable. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is a veteran defender of civil rights and civil liberties with big ideas about how to serve her constituents in the Detroit area, usher in a new era of economic and social and racial justice in the United States and promote peace and cooperation on the global stage. Unfortunately, since she arrived in Washington, she’s been targeted by Republican members of Congress, right-wing media and even the president; they’ve crudely and dishonestly attacked Tlaib, seeking to marginalize the first Palestinian-American Muslim women ever to serve in the U.S. House. We talk with Rashida Tlaib about her political roots, her ideas and her determination to hold the president of the United States to account — using the impeachment powers accorded the House in the United States Constitution. Show Notes Rashida Tlaib Calls for Taking Immediate Steps Toward Impeachment on Her First Day in Congress (https://www.thenation.com/article/rashida-tlaib-impeachment-proceedings-trump/) The Nation John Nichols Johnson & Johnson Hit With $300 Million in Punitive Damages in Talc Case (https://www.wsj.com/articles/johnson-johnson-hit-with-300-million-in-punitive-damages-in-talc-case-11559339141?shareToken=st72bc77175cb3486881521989c598ae23) The Wall Street Journal Peter Loftus No, Rashida Tlaib Is Definitely Not Antisemitic (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/05/rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-donald-trump-antisemitic) Jacobin Megan Day Now is the time to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump (https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2019/01/03/donald-trump-impeachment/2463127002/) Detroit Free Press John Bonifaz and Rashida Tlaib The Constitution Demands It (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/603897/the-constitution-demands-it-by-ron-fein/9781612197630/) by John Bonifaz, Ben Clements, and Ron Fein Sign O' The Times (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdxM72EZ94) - Prince
1) Sudan Coup - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47913338 2) Notre Dame – https://stephenmcalpine.com/a-french-evangelicals-thoughts-on-notre-dame/ 3) Indonesia – https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/16/asia/indonesia-election-2019-polls-open-intl/index.html 4) South Korea and Abortion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47890065?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews 4) The Intolerance of Rugby – - Billy Vunipola - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47909515 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47869324 https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-analysis/peter-lynas-todays-secularism-leaves-no-space-for-billy-vunipola-or-ashers-38023235.html https://lawandreligionaustralia.blog/2019/04/14/reflections-on-the-israel-folau-affair/ https://amp.smh.com.au/national/a-message-to-folau-the-world-doesn-t-need-more-judgmental-christians-20190414-p51e0o.html?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR2E8RVEZV7hJe6O1dvcF0B0f9uJEsgdC1vXJYtcfl55k_DKlyCiv45bEms https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-don-t-think-hell-awaits-me-but-billy-vunipola-can-if-he-wants-m8lcz6xwp?shareToken=d95d486702a7dd7bf50ffbc399eb53cb&fbclid=IwAR10VehPh1GUjLr4a8x8P-HToRsnKAIcl1zpVpKdYtIqmDjl-_iZ8lTQOoc 5) The intolerance of comedy - https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/barry-humphries-and-the-transgender-thought-police/ 6) The intolerance of science. Scientific American - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/why-we-should-all-use-they-them-pronouns/ 7) The intolerance of education - Are libraries white - https://sleung.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/whiteness-as-collections/ Villanova Univeristy – https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/weimar-villanova-billie-murray/ 8) The Intolerance of business - 9) The intolerance of government - Sir Roger Scruton - https://quillette.com/2019/04/15/quillette-podcast-27-sir-roger-scruton-on-being-sacked-by-the-british-government-for-politically-incorrect-remarks-about-george-soros-china-and-muslim-immigration/ 10) Chinas new airport - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-47914210/what-does-the-world-s-largest-single-building-airport-terminal-look-like 11) Easter 12) Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkKOIQwTiKE “The resurrection is the place to begin if you are looking for a satisfying faith on which to base your life. Do not waste a lot of time investigating every religion under the sun....examine the evidence for Jesus instead. If he is risen you need look no further”.
For Episode 26 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, we discuss four eminent domain cases to watch in 2019. 1. Knick v. Township of Scott. An article from the Wall Street Journal about the recent re-argument in the case: https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-hears-cases-involving-land-use-alcohol-permits-11547678921?shareToken=st6639c9e086044c66b109cb0a13b74ac9&ref=article_email_share 2. The Border Wall (Soon to be?) Cases. Articles from Professor Gerald Dickson and Ilya Somin are here: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/424195-trumps-militarized-land-seizure-for-border-wall-is-more-complicated-than and here: https://reason.com/volokh/2019/01/07/eminent-domain-emergency-powers-and-trum Rep. Amash's proposed bill: https://amash.house.gov/sites/amash.house.gov/files/documents/Eminent%20Domain%20Just%20Compensation%20Act.pdf 3. The Flooding and Wildfire Cases. 4. Nexus Gas Transmission v. City of Green, Ohio (the circuit split about when a FERC regulated pipeline can take possession of property it is condemning) The 6th Circuit joined the 3rd and 4th Circuits in concluding that, notwithstanding a lack of quick take power in the Natural Gas Act, a trial court may by injunction grant a FERC regulated pipeline that meets the standards to exercise the eminent domain power, immediate possession of property to commence construction. The 7th Circuit stands in contrast to the 3rd, 4th, and 6th. The Nexus Gas opinion is here: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/18-3325/18-3325-2018-12-07.html Thank you to Robert Thomas, one of the co-planning chairs of the 2019 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Conference, for recording information about the upcoming on January 24-26 at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in Palm Springs, California. https://www.ali-cle.org/course/Eminent-Domain-and-Land-Valuation-Litigation-CA007 For those in the DFW area, I am very excited and honored to be one of the presenters at the 2019 TEDx Conference in Flower Mound, Texas on February 7, 2019. The conference theme is World Changers. I will be speaking on Finding Your Second Wind - Resiliency in the Journey of Life. If you wish to attend, a link to the event website is here: https://tedxflowermound.com/
Carolyn and Seth discuss the growing pains that are taking place as the tech sector reaches a new stage of maturity and achieves unprecedented scope. Since technology has become a major drive in the economy rather than a niche player, the behavior of tech companies is evaluated differently. And since technology is becoming more integrated with everyday life, reliability must be prioritized over experimentation. Ultimately, the high tech sector needs to consider the impact on humanity and not just push the envelope of technical capability. WSJ on tech's outsize market impact: www.wsj.com/articles/warning-si…article_email_share Slate on the impact of tech on real life: slate.com/technology/2018/04/s…ally-killing-us.html
Carolyn and Seth discuss the growing pains that are taking place as the tech sector reaches a new stage of maturity and achieves unprecedented scope. Since technology has become a major drive in the economy rather than a niche player, the behavior of tech companies is evaluated differently. And since technology is becoming more integrated with everyday life, reliability must be prioritized over experimentation. Ultimately, the high tech sector needs to consider the impact on humanity and not just push the envelope of technical capability. WSJ on tech's outsize market impact: www.wsj.com/articles/warning-si…article_email_share Slate on the impact of tech on real life: slate.com/technology/2018/04/s…ally-killing-us.html