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The Venezuelan operation is a story that is unfolding and it's not the story of the official state propaganda narrative. All one has to do is follow the money. Oil stocks for the companies best positioned to exploit Venezuelan oil are soaring; the highest gains since 2022. JP Morgan who is upside down with silver short positions just facilitated the smelter deal to process Venezuela's $1 Trillion worth of precious metals. Maduro is being framed by our state propaganda as evil, just as we did with Ghadafi and Hussein. There were no WMDs. We need to stop being the police of the world, and focus on America First. We need to fix our own house before we rip apart others.  #BardsFM_Morning #ItsAllAboutTheResources #Matthew7 Bards Nation Health Store: www.bardsnationhealth.com EnviroKlenz Air Purification, promo code BARDS to save 10%: www.enviroklenz.com EMPShield protect your vehicles and home. Promo code BARDS: Click here MYPillow promo code: BARDS >> Go to https://www.mypillow.com/bards and use the promo code BARDS or... Call 1-800-975-2939.  White Oak Pastures Grassfed Meats, Get $20 off any order $150 or more. Promo Code BARDS: www.whiteoakpastures.com/BARDS BardsFM CAP, Celebrating 50 Million Downloads: https://ambitiousfaith.net Morning Intro Music Provided by Brian Kahanek: www.briankahanek.com Windblown Media 20% Discount with promo code BARDS: windblownmedia.com Founders Bible 20% discount code: BARDS >>> TheFoundersBible.com Mission Darkness Faraday Bags and RF Shielding. Promo code BARDS: Click here EMF Solutions to keep your home safe: https://www.emfsol.com/?aff=bards Treadlite Broadforks...best garden tool EVER. Promo code BARDS: TreadliteBroadforks.com No Knot Today Natural Skin Products: NoKnotToday.com Health, Nutrition and Detox Consulting: HealthIsLocal.com Destination Real Food Book on Amazon: click here Images In Bloom Soaps and Things: ImagesInBloom.com Angeline Design: AngelineDesign.com DONATE: Click here Mailing Address: Xpedition Cafe, LLC Attn. Scott Kesterson 591 E Central Ave, #740 Sutherlin, OR  97479

Fentanyl WMD: Trump's War Drums in Venezuela – Iraq Lies, Iran-Contra Echoes, and Deep State Conspiracies Unleashed   Today, we deep dive into President Trump's bombshell executive order from December 15, 2025, declaring illicit fentanyl and its precursors a "weapon of mass destruction." Yeah, WMDs. And with fresh news breaking as of December 30, 2025, things are heating up fast—strikes on Venezuelan soil, escalating tensions, and wild new conspiracy theories swirling. This ain't just about drugs; it's borders, cartels, regimes, and potential wars. We're covering implications for Mexico and Venezuela, comparisons to Bush's Iraq WMD lies and the Reagan-Bush Iran-Contra mess, and every conspiracy out there.   Web Site: www.DontTreadonMerica.com https://linktr.ee/DontTreadonMerica Email the show: Donq@donttreadonmerica.com DTOM Store (Promo code DTOM for 10% off) Sponsors: www.makersmark.com www.NordVPN.com  Promo Code: DTOM www.alppouch.com/DTOM www.dubby.gg Promo code: DTOM Social Media:   Don't Tread on Merica TV   DTOM on Facebook   DTOM on X    DTOM on TikTok    DontTreadonMericaTV   DTOM on Instagram    DTOM on YouTube  

In this "best of" special, Chris Merrill breaks down the headlines that have everyone talking, starting with President Trump’s executive order classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and the legal and political ripple effects that could follow. Chris digs into why redefining a WMD could be a dangerous precedent, then pivots to Venezuela, drones being used to smuggle contraband into prisons, and why hand sanitizer suddenly matters more than you think amid concerns over a neurovirus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When politicians hand the gun industry a liability shield, they're not “protecting freedom,”they're protecting a business model built on body counts. Before Trump, Republicans largely only shaded the truth: George W. Bush's administration asserted “we know” Iraq has WMDs. The statements danced on ambiguous intelligence, carefully presenting suspicions as certainties.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hundreds of residents in the town of Pacific in Snohomish County were awaken by evacuation orders in the middle of the night due to flooding. Trump announced that his administration will classify fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction.’ // A Seattle Hanukkah celebration paid tribute to the victims of the terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia. // The DoorDash delivery driver that was seen allegedly pepper spraying a customer’s food has a very weird excuse.

Today's episode goes full "history rhymes" as we break down President Trump signing an executive order classifying illicit fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction"—and what that kind of language really unlocks in the national security world.  Then we dig into the FY2026 NDAA: a roughly $900.6B defense authorization that gives the Pentagon more than it even asked for, locks in overseas commitments, and shows (again) how Congress will "check" war powers in theory… while keeping the money machine humming in practice.  If you want the bonus hang: join the Fed Haters Club at joinGML.com. Like, comment, subscribe—and tell a friend who still thinks Congress is the "adult in the room." 00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene 00:33 Discussing the NDAA and Military Spending 01:00 Trump's Announcement on Weapons of Mass Destruction 01:13 Venezuela and Trump's Popularity Polls 04:22 Public Opinion on Military Actions 07:53 Fentanyl Crisis and Trump's Policies 08:38 Personal Anecdote: Neighbor's Drug Bust 22:31 ProLon Fasting Mimicking Diet Promotion 24:42 Venezuela's Connection to Iran 28:11 Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction 28:59 Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction 30:00 Personal Reflections on WMDs 32:10 Congress and Defense Spending 33:57 Military Budget and Inventory Issues 42:18 Global Military Commitments and Controversies  

In 1962, the Pentagon presented President John F. Kennedy with a plan so shocking it remained classified for 35 years. The plan? To stage terrorist attacks on American soil, hijack planes, sink ships, and murder U.S. citizens—then blame it all on Cuba to justify a war.This was Operation Northwoods, a real false-flag proposal signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and delivered directly to the Secretary of Defense. It wasn't a theory. It wasn't speculation. It was written, approved—and almost carried out.In this episode, Jeremy Ryan Slate breaks down:

This episode is where the hivemind stops being theoretical and starts handing out live grenades. In Pluribus Episode 3 (“Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades”), Carol tests the boundaries of her immunity — and the show's premise — with a shopping list of weapons, sarcasm, and grief-fueled defiance.Brandon & Chanel break it all down:Carol's grenade wish gets granted — and she nearly takes out ZosiaThe “wish fulfillment” rules of the hivemind start to crack (literally)Carol's Norwegian ice hotel flashback: goofy setup, clunky payoffThat restocked Whole Foods sequence: instant oat milk, max satireThe nuke-baiting convo with a DHL guy that's straight out of Dr. StrangeloveCarol's suicide-by-grenade metaphor — and what it says about the rules of this worldThe logic gaps: why hasn't the hivemind dismantled all WMDs? Who's actually in charge?Is Helen being used for emotional blackmail from beyond the grave?Pluribus continues to be bold, messy, and full of potential — but Episode 3 may be its most narratively shaky yet. Still, Rhea Seehorn carries every frame, and Brandon & Chanel are here for the existential breakdowns, metaphysical red flags, and Apple TV's weirdest sci-fi swings.

Sam and Dylan are back to break down Dick Cheney, Valarie Plame, WMDs, Halliburton, Deep Water Horizon, the Minerals Department, the Hierarchy of Order, the Priory of the Scion, Monster Energy drinkers, butt meat and more.New Orleans, LA - Skankfest 14th-16thLas Vegas, NV - Tin Foil Hat Comedy Night Oct 10thMinneapolis, MN - Dec 11th-13thMorris Plains, NJ - Dec 31stPurchase Tickets Here: https://samtripoli.com/events/Check out Dylan's instagram - @dylanpetewrenn Check out Deep Waters Instagram: @akadeepwaters PATREON IS HERE! Subscribe at Patreon.com/AkaDeepWaters for uncensored episodes extra long episodes every week. Check out Bad Tv podcast: https://bit.ly/3RYuTG0Thanks to our sponsors!Mood.com PROMO CODE DEEP WATERSSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Were the Jews Really Behind the Iraq War? David Wurmser Responds. Dr. David Wurmser, former senior advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and co-author of the infamous “Clean Break” memo, gives us a first-hand account. Wurmser addresses the persistent claim that Israel and “neocon Jews” manipulated the Bush administration into invading Iraq. The discussion expands to include Dick Cheney's character, the psychology of 9/11, the myth of dual loyalty, and the new wave of anti-Semitism being mainstreamed by voices like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and John Mearsheimer. 0:00 Intro – Who is David Wurmser? 1:18 Remembering Dick Cheney: The Real Man Behind the Myths 5:59 Israel, Iraq, and the Origins of the “Clean Break” Memo 8:21 Was the Iraq War Fought for Israel? 15:16 The Strategic Case for Israel as America's Ally 17:19 Forgetting the Cold War: How the West Lost Context 22:05 Israel's Strategic Genius and America's Dependence 26:00 What the “Clean Break” Memo Actually Said 33:28 Sharon Warned Against the Iraq War—Why No One Listened 38:12 Were Jewish Advisors Too Influential? 43:25 9/11, Fear, and the Psychology of the Iraq War 50:05 WMDs and What the Bush Administration Really Believed 57:27 Why the Middle East Couldn't Stay “Over There” 1:01:15 Dual Loyalty and American Jewish Patriotism 1:06:00 John Mearsheimer and the New Conspiracy Culture 1:14:00 The “Friendly Fire” Lie About October 7th 1:20:00 Israel's Role in Protecting the West 1:26:00 Was Iraq a Mistake—or Just Done Wrong? 1:28:20 The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism 1:35:00 Why Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism Are Converging 1:47:00 Closing Thoughts: Gratitude, Patriotism, and Reality

Were the Jews Really Behind the Iraq War? David Wurmser Responds. Dr. David Wurmser, former senior advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and co-author of the infamous “Clean Break” memo, gives us a first-hand account. Wurmser addresses the persistent claim that Israel and “neocon Jews” manipulated the Bush administration into invading Iraq. The discussion expands to include Dick Cheney's character, the psychology of 9/11, the myth of dual loyalty, and the new wave of anti-Semitism being mainstreamed by voices like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and John Mearsheimer. 0:00 Intro – Who is David Wurmser? 1:18 Remembering Dick Cheney: The Real Man Behind the Myths 5:59 Israel, Iraq, and the Origins of the “Clean Break” Memo 8:21 Was the Iraq War Fought for Israel? 15:16 The Strategic Case for Israel as America's Ally 17:19 Forgetting the Cold War: How the West Lost Context 22:05 Israel's Strategic Genius and America's Dependence 26:00 What the “Clean Break” Memo Actually Said 33:28 Sharon Warned Against the Iraq War—Why No One Listened 38:12 Were Jewish Advisors Too Influential? 43:25 9/11, Fear, and the Psychology of the Iraq War 50:05 WMDs and What the Bush Administration Really Believed 57:27 Why the Middle East Couldn't Stay “Over There” 1:01:15 Dual Loyalty and American Jewish Patriotism 1:06:00 John Mearsheimer and the New Conspiracy Culture 1:14:00 The “Friendly Fire” Lie About October 7th 1:20:00 Israel's Role in Protecting the West 1:26:00 Was Iraq a Mistake—or Just Done Wrong? 1:28:20 The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism 1:35:00 Why Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism Are Converging 1:47:00 Closing Thoughts: Gratitude, Patriotism, and Reality

In 1989's MSG 0080: War in the Pocket, Zeon's Lt. Col Killing orders Col. Von Hellsing to nuke the Side 6 colony known as Libot after the Cyclops team failed to destroy the Federation's new prototype Gundam via conventional means.  As luck would have it, the Federation captured Von Hellsing's ship before the nukes could launch and spared Libot from annihilation.  In this episode, we discuss what might have happened if Killing's plan to nuke Libot was successful.  Brian sees this as an early version of Operation Stardust that inadvertently gives rise to a much earlier showdown between the Titans and Axis Zeon in the asteroid belt.  Isaac sees an occupied Zeon with its people forced to choose a side, with factions like the Crossbone Vanguard, the Zanscare Empire, and the Jupiter Empire rising earlier.  Plus, we wonder if AI and nanotech should qualify as WMDs; find out what happened to Lt. Col Killing; and argue about asteroid lasers and hot lava missiles!  Welcome to Alfred's Nightmare!

      8. The Triumph, the Skepticism, and the Legacy of the Sisterhood Liza Mundy Book: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Even with high-level attention on the bin Laden compound, the targeters faced continued doubt and hesitation from senior operational leadership, a symptom of the CIA's humiliation over 9/11 and the bad intelligence regarding WMDs in the Iraq War. Nevertheless, the "ground-level targeters" were "very close to 100% confident" in their precision, using detailed aerial imagery analysis, including counting the laundry on the line, to determine the number of people and families inside the compound. When the SEALs raided the compound, they were astonished by the precision of the targeters' intelligence. In retirement, key figures like Barbara Sude and Heidi August continued their lives. The women later gathered at a writers' retreat for a cathartic moment, drinking wine and reading aloud the memoirs of the men they had worked for, often "shouting with frustration." The book also notes that the character of Maya (from Zero Dark Thirty) was based on a single woman who left the agency unpromoted.

Discover the United States Strategic Command's CONPLAN 8888, the military's actual plan for confronting a zombie apocalypse.  This discussion uncovers how this unique document, though labeled a training exercise, connects to genuine military strategies for pandemics and WMDs. We examine the various zombie classifications—from pathogenic to evil magic—and the chilling scenarios the Pentagon considers.  Learn about the operational phases, from environmental shaping to civil authority restoration, and why certain critical details remain hidden in classified annexes.  This compelling account also touches on the psychological impact of zombie media and essential survival tips for any major societal disruption. 

⚠️ The Collapse Chronicles – Episode: World War 3

The New York Times finally admitted Israel is carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, in an article by an Israeli scholar who studies the Holocaust. A United Nations report detailed how US corporations are profiting from these crimes, although the Trump administration responded by imposing sanctions on the UN expert who exposed it, Francesca Albanese. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb082pTy-Nw Topics 0:00 US media whitewashes Israel's crimes 0:43 NY Times admits: Israel is committing genocide 3:43 Evidence of genocidal intent 5:24 NYT's pro-Israel propaganda 6:26 NY Times spread Iraq "WMDs" lies 7:17 No longer possible to deny reality 8:01 Ex EU foreign policy chief admits truth 9:42 (CLIP) Josep Borrell "garden" & "jungle" rant 9:55 Fears of justice 10:39 Nakba: History of colonialism in Palestine 11:37 Ex Israeli PM warns of concentration camps 12:28 Israeli genocide impossible without US support 13:01 Trump & Biden give Israel billions in weapons 13:42 US military-industrial complex benefits 14:24 UN report: US corporations profit from Gaza genocide 15:06 Big Tech monopolies in "Magnificent 7" 15:33 Palantir profits 16:29 IBM profits from Holocaust 17:18 Trump admin sanctions UN expert 18:13 (CLIP) UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese 18:53 USA attacks UN human rights experts 20:22 Bush family & US corporations profited from Holocaust 21:09 Andrew Feinstein's powerful words 22:04 Fascism is colonialism turned inward 24:40 Imperialism: true face of Western "democracies" 25:43 Israel's genocidal intent was always clear 27:08 Don't erase history 28:01 Outro

I think the 2003 invasion of Iraq has some interesting lessons for the future of AI policy. (Epistemic status: I've read a bit about this, talked to AIs about it, and talked to one natsec professional about it who agreed with my analysis (and suggested some ideas that I included here), but I'm not an expert.) For context, the story is: Iraq was sort of a rogue state after invading Kuwait and then being repelled in 1990-91. After that, they violated the terms of the ceasefire, e.g. by ceasing to allow inspectors to verify that they weren't developing weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). (For context, they had previously developed biological and chemical weapons, and used chemical weapons in war against Iran and against various civilians and rebels). So the US was sanctioning and intermittently bombing them. After the war, it became clear that Iraq actually wasn't producing [...] --- First published: July 10th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PLZh4dcZxXmaNnkYE/lessons-from-the-iraq-war-about-ai-policy --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Episode Notes For the Uniform: Michael Eddington is a smarmy bastard. Marooning is cruel and unusual punishment. The Maquis. Experimental Holo-Zoom. Jude gets angry about Starfleet's DevOps. Odo reminds them that Eddington is their problem because they didn't trust Odo. The Defiant as submarine. Eddington has freshman philosophy major energy. The wrestling theory of heat. Warcrime Airhorn 1: Biogenic weapon Warcrime Airhorn 2: Les Mis, the novel Warcrime Airhorn 3: WMDs on a civilian population Warcrime Airhorn 4: Firing on an unarmed civilian transport Warcrime Airhorn 4: WMDs on a civilian population Warcrime Airhorn 0: Faking a distress signal BabSpace9 is a production of the Okay, So network. Connect with the show at @babylonpod.page Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon! Justen can be found at @justen.babylonpod.page Ana can be found at @ana.babylonpod.page, and also made our show art. Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography, a Discworld re-read podcast. Jude Vais can be found at @jude.athrabeth.com. His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings. Clips from the original show remain copyrighted by Paramount Entertainment and are used under the Fair Use doctrine. Music attribution: Original reworking of the Deep Space 9 theme by audioquinn, who stresses that this particular war crime is not their fault. This show is edited and produced by Aaron Olson, who can be found at @aaron.compleatdiscography.page Find out more at http://babylonpod.page

How did we wind up at war with Iran? Scott Horton explains. (00:00) The History of Why Iran Is Such a Global Focal Point (11:16) The Jimmy Carter Doctrine (22:29) The Brutality of the Iraq/Iran War (45:32) Bill Clinton's Fatal Mistake That Drove America Into the Middle East (55:08) What You Don't Know About the 1990s Terror Attacks (1:37:02) The Real Meaning of the Word “Neocon” Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and author of Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism and Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. Paid partnerships with: Masa Chips: Get 25% off with code TUCKER at https://masachips.com/tucker iTrust Capital: Get $100 funding bonus at https://www.iTrustCapital.com/Tucker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, we dig into Trump's surprise Iran strike: two-week warning turned two-minute missile salvo, 37-hour B-52 round trips, and vaporizing Iran's version of Three Mile Island. It's the same “stop WMDs” story from '08, but now with F-bombs on CNN. I even sketched out a gold “What Are We Doing” button he should carry for moments like that.Then Nickelodeon canceled Tiny Chef after two seasons. That little guy's lips were quivering—come on. We need a petition, a Netflix revival, or at least a uniform at Popeye's.Will Smith's music comeback? Cringe-core. His freestyles sound like 2005, his new chorus only works at 1.25x speed, and no one moved at his street show. Sorry, Will, stick to movies.The Liver King saga hits peak absurd: raw-meat guru exposed as a steroid user, challenging Joe Rogan to a fight, arrested in Texas, now ranting on TikTok. Dude needs help.Shoutout to Brendan Shaw, who moved his podcast into a Texas storage locker—no AC, auto-shutoff lights, train horns every 20 minutes. Fighter and the Kid is spiraling, and Thick Boy Studios is hemorrhaging cash.Finally, David Spade's new movie Bus Boys is stacked with Rogan pals, YouTubers, and Kill Tony alumni. Bet Tony Hinchcliffe cut a deal behind the scenes.I'm wiped from editing two client shows, so this one's a bit short. I'll be back full-force for episode 196. If you haven't yet, subscribe, like, and ring the bell. Follow wherever you scroll. What are we doing? See you next week.

As the US military intervenes in another Middle East conflict, we're told it's because Iran is harbouring weapons of mass destruction (in contradiction to US intelligence). We're also told forced regime change will ‘liberate' women from Islamic tyranny. WMDs? Operation Freedom? Haven't we heard these justifications before? To start, we look at lessons for the media from the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and re-centre Iranian women in debates about their fates. After the break: ‘NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS' in Johnny Depp's new exclusive with the Sunday Times… except the most important question. How this ‘poor me' piece legitimises abusers' victimhood narratives, and attempts to delegitimise the Me Too movement. And finally, the UK government has moved to proscribe ‘Palestine Action' as a terrorist organisation for spray-painting RAF planes. Media Storm questions why we need anti-terror laws on top of regular anti-crime laws, and whether politicising justice can ever be in the public interest. The episode is hosted and produced by Mathilda Mallinson (⁠⁠⁠@mathildamall⁠⁠⁠) and Helena Wadia (⁠⁠⁠@helenawadia⁠⁠⁠)  Assistant producer: Lily Erwood The music is by⁠⁠⁠ @soundofsamfire⁠⁠⁠ Support us on⁠⁠⁠ Patreon⁠⁠⁠! Follow us on⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky⁠⁠⁠, and⁠⁠⁠ TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Now we know why the Trump administration was declared the “peace presidency,” because those optics were necessary to escalate global conflict to emergency levels as part of a larger agenda that involved regime change in Iran. From the July, 2024, assassination optics, to the head of Palantir saying the next month in August that the US will fight a 3-front war against Russia, China, and Iran, to the second assassination attempt in September of that year, to the $100-million Mariam Adelson gave Trump beginning in July, it was all part of a build up that culminated in OpenAI winning a $200 million defense contract and Palantir obtaining a $1.3 billion contract from the Pentagon just weeks before the Israeli attack. Now we have learned that despite what American spies said, or US Agencies, or the Director of National Intelligence, or what even the misquoted IAEA said - “no credible indications of ongoing, undeclared structured nuclear programme” in Iran - that Palantir's MOSAIC counterinsurgency-AI was responsible for the Israeli attack, and now the American attack on June 21, 2025. This technology was also employed in Ukraine and Gaza, and is set to be used in the United States. Pretty convenient what Karp had predicted back in August, 2024. It's also pretty convenient that a largely Jewish company had the evidence to justify initial and future attacks that produce, if there wasn't before, a threat and an enemy.Palantir, OpenAI and Meta have also had executives appointed to the US military by the Trump administration in recent days.What's even more telling is that the attack on Iran by US forces occurred the summer solstice, a three day festival historically, and on a waning moon, the phase of Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft and the underworld, to help protect the B-2 bombers. This plays well with the Israel attack on Friday 13 at 3:30am, the witching hour, and the Jewish holidays that corespondent to the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya. The initial Israel attack also occurred with Mars, god of war, in Leo, the lion, corresponding with both astrology and the biblical lion as the operation was called Rising Lion. The Summer solstice also aligns with the story of Samson and his solar hair, itself used as the name of Israel's not-so-secret nuclear weapons plan to destroy the world before the government falls. October 7, 2001, was the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, and the day the Bush administration initiated operations in Afghanistan; March 20, 2003 was the Jewish holiday of Purim, and the day Operation Iraqi Freedom began with preemptive airstrikes on a country that did not posses WMDs; October 20, 2011 was the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, and day Libya was officially overthrown with the death of Muammar Gaddafi; September 22, 2014, was the first day of Rosh Hashanah, and also the day the U.S. officially intervened in Syria against ISIS under Operation Inherent Resolve; October 7, 2023, the date when Israel allowed Hamas to attack them giving rise to the current onslaught, was also a celebration of Shemini Atzeret and a transition of Saturn “returns” through Pisces.Few stop to question the rhetoric of “Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear bomb,” or “but they chant death to America.” Israel can have secret bombs with no international inspections, though, and the only reasoning given why Iran can't is they would destroy Tel Aviv and maybe an American city because they hate Americans. But you do not need such a bomb to do that, as hypersonic missile have demonstrated in Tel Aviv. And, of course, just like the burning of Bush effigies in Iraq what is the reasoning for this blind hatred. Depending on the context, it varies, but the most recent case of this occurred when the Iranian parliament burned an American flag in protest of the US being pulled out of the “Iran deal” for it being too lenient, i.e., no regime change as far as Israel was concerned. And now we are at war again, based off of WMDs 2.0, i.e., AI algorithms predicting nuclear bombs like we have been sold since 1984 at least when the program was “entering its final stages.” In iconic Orwell fashion, too, Trump referred to entering the war that Israel started as “THE TIME FOR PEACE” - WAR IS PEACE. Virtually his entire base, and even political opponents, are finding justifications for the war as to not lose face, too, another version of IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. An administration of peace cannot threaten countries that want peace, countries that want to try war criminals, and refuse to agree to any kind of peace plan. And we also know that Benjamin Netanyahu was and remains under investigation in his own country for criminal charges ranging from obtaining and leaking top secret documents, protocol tampering, and blackmail, all things shelved on October 7, 2023. Now a few days before the attack on Iran, cross-examination of Netanyahu was about tog begin.*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.-FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKYOUTUBEMAIN WEBSITECashApp: $rdgable Paypal email rdgable1991@gmail.comEMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

To justify war on Iran, the Donald Trump administration is repeating the same disinformation used by George W. Bush to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on false claims it had "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs). US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard went from condemning Trump as a warmonger and liar in 2020 to helping him manufacture consent for this war, even after admitting in March 2025 "that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon". Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_EsEQ-1yp8 The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ Topics 0:00 Trump admin pushes for war on Iran 0:58 Reports: Trump approved attacks on Iran 1:50 USA wants regime change in Iran 3:10 Regurgitating Iraq War "WMD" propaganda 5:24 No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons 6:36 (CLIP) Trump criticizes his own intel 6:53 US spy agencies: Iran not building nukes 7:41 Tulsi Gabbard helps Trump sell Iran war 9:11 (CLIP) "Iran is not building a nuclear weapon" 9:21 Tulsi Gabbard helps Trump sell Iran war 9:49 Trump White House pushes Iran war 12:00 When Tulsi Gabbard condemned Trump 13:14 (CLIPS) Gabbard: Trump wants Iran war 14:38 Gabbard: Trump wants regime change 16:24 Iran nuclear deal 18:44 Negotiations with Iran 20:02 Propaganda war 20:47 Déjà vu: George W Trump's war 21:09 Reasons for US-Israeli war on Iran 22:03 Outro

In this episode of The Line Podcast, recorded on time on June 20, 2025 — so don't blame us for any catastrophes — Jen Gerson returns from covering the G7 and offers a rare dose of optimism: she's impressed by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Matt Gurney remains skeptical but gives credit where it's due — Carney has handled everything so far with a steady hand. The question is: can he survive an actual crisis? Or even just some fairly normal politics? This episode of The Line Podcast is brought to you by Unsmoke Canada. Canada can be a global leader in reducing the harm caused by smoking, but it requires actionable steps, including giving adult smokers the information they need to choose potentially less harmful alternatives. Learn more at Unsmoke.ca.The hosts also reflect on Justin Trudeau's deepening irrelevance and how Carney's basic competence is already reshaping perceptions. Trump left the summit early, and nobody cared. Jen thinks the British still don't get what's changed. And Matt raises, almost as an aside, an important question. Where are the Conservatives? Where is Poilievre? Has anyone noticed? Does anyone care?In the second segment, the tone shifts. Jen and Matt dive into the ongoing full-scale war between Israel and Iran. Matt lays out the strategic and regional context, while Jen reflects on the eerie echoes of 2003 and Iraq — and why that comparison may do more harm than good this time. They check in on their personal Doom Leaderboards, and while neither thinks the Third World War is imminent, Matt raises the chilling possibility that we may be closer to a nuclear weapon being used than at any point since the Cold War.Subscribe at ReadTheLine.ca and follow us on YouTube or your favourite podcast app. New episodes drop every Friday. Don't forget to leave a nice review, and as always, like and subscribe. 

Déjà vu in the Matrix films signified a change in the simulation, when something was reset. This is exactly how it feels when watching and listening to news this week: WMDs have become “Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb,” and Bush's “you are either with us, or with the terrorists” has become Netanyahu's “it's either us or them.” It's all broadcast via programing through television (Zion) and social media, as in the enchantress Medea in Greek mythology. The enchantress enchants, which means reciting an incantation like “Israel has a right to defend itself.” This repetition of these incantations is a spell that programs the mind-set within the head-temple, which produces the zealotry we see. Accusations of the “WMD” need no proof, because the culture is saturated with so much anti-Islam, anti-Arab, and truly anti-semitic propaganda that accusation is evidence enough of guilt. Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, and American spies, all deny Iran has a bomb, yet the President ignores this. It's similar to the historic witch hunt with the accused only being freed upon death, the only proof of innocence. This underlying occult motif is also amplified by the Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya wars being aligned with Jewish holy days, with Iran on June 13 aligning with the 613 Mtizvot and both Friday 13 and the witching hour. Now we approach the summer solstice and the three week period of jewish mourning for the destruction of their temple and exile. Fear of the bomb itself, with threats to evacuate Tehran or Tel Aviv, or even an American city, instills as much terror as the “shock and awe” of Iraq. The most interesting possibility might be that Israel, not Iran, threatened to assassinate the President, and that if Iran did have a bomb, that Israel has been lying about their intentions to use it for decades, while they conceal their own program as part of a conspiracy, along with their psychotic Samson option to destroy the world. *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.-FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKYOUTUBEMAIN WEBSITECashApp: $rdgable Paypal email rdgable1991@gmail.comEMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

While people argue about what is the right or wrong thing to do in regard to Iran and Israel, the narrative is changing quicker than anyone can keep up with. Now Israel's PM says: “We will not have a second holocaust,” as if this constant invocation of trauma justifies endless wars. The bottom line is this: the intelligence agencies of the US-Britain-Israel were instrumental in establishing terrorism going back to the Soviet-Afghan War with the Mujahideen, al-Qaeda, and ISIS, not to mention the overthrowing of the 1953 Iranian government and the same thing in the 1970s; in almost every case facilitating, creating power vacuums, sparking civil war, and the like to create radical Islam in its modern context. The US in particular has financed and armed both Israel and Iran, just as Israel propped up Hamas and continues to arm terrorist groups. The bottom line is also this: the Koran instructs Muslims to never commit suicide and to never engage in usury. With eyes on these facts, something else is also missing from the equation. From Afghanistan and Iraq to Syria, Libya, and Iran, these conflicts are all aligned directly with Jewish holy days, and thus act as blood sacrifices to their tribal god, which rely on Christian and Muslim blood. The pushers of the incessant lies of WMDs and the “bomb” are also physical manifestations of demons from Collin de Plancy's infernal dictionary, i.e., wicked forces that manifest in physical characteristics. Rabbi Shmuley personifies Belphegor, Laura Loomer personifies Eurynome, Randy Fine personifies Abraxas, and Benjamin Netanyahu personifies Baal. In some cases, there are people like Leslie Wexner who literally blames the Jewish demon Dybbuk for his greed and wickedness. These demons are also expressed in Hollywood via pig orcs, slave traders, and bankers. Just as Jesus said to the Jewish leaders in John 8:44, “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires.” The Mossad motto is “by deception we wage war.” This is why the reports of everything happening are so confusing: Trump said to hold off a day before the attack in hopes of a peace deal, while he also said an attack “could very well happen” and pulled embassy staff; then the US was also not supposed to have known of the attack, or certainly be in support of it, and was not supposed to have had any role whatsoever, yet also conspired via a fake feud to deceive the Iranians in preparations for an attack that was planned for eight months; then Trump was said to have given a red light to an Israeli plan to kill the supreme Iranian leader, something that a spokesperson for Netanyahu told CNN was “FAKE,” while also reports about the Israeli plan itself to kill Khamenei were “fake.” *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.-FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKYOUTUBEMAIN WEBSITECashApp: $rdgable Paypal email rdgable1991@gmail.comEMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Jeremy Kuzmarov - Warmonger - How Clinton's Malign Foreign Policy Launched the US Trajectory from Bush II to BidenNov 17, 2023During  the 2016 presidential election, many younger voters repudiated Hillary  Clinton because of her husband's support for mass incarceration, banking  deregulation and free-trade agreements that led many U.S. jobs to be  shipped overseas. Warmonger: How Clinton's Malign Foreign Policy Launched the Trajectory from Bush II to Biden,  shows that Clinton's foreign policy was just as bad as his domestic  policy. Cultivating an image as a former anti-Vietnam War activist to  win over the aging hippie set in his early years, as president, Clinton  bombed six countries and, by the end of his first term, had committed  U.S. troops to 25 separate military operations, compared to 17 in Ronald  Reagan's two terms. Clinton further expanded America's covert empire of  overseas surveillance outposts and spying and increased the budget for  intelligence spending and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a  CIA offshoot which promoted regime change in foreign nations.   The  latter was not surprising because, according to CIA operative Cord  Meyer Jr., Clinton had been recruited into the CIA while a Rhodes  Scholar at Oxford, and as Governor of Arkansas in the 1980s he had  allowed clandestine arms and drug flights to Nicaraguan  counter-revolutionaries (Contras) backed by the CIA to be taken from  Mena Airport in the western part of the state. Rather than being a time  of tranquility when the U.S. failed to pay attention to the gathering  storm of terrorism, as New York Times columnist David Brooks frames it,  the Clinton presidency saw rising tensions among the U.S., China and  Russia because of Clinton's malign foreign policies, and U.S. complicity  in terrorist acts.   In so many ways, Clinton's presidency set  the groundwork for the disasters that were to follow under Bush II,  Obama, Trump, and Biden. It was Clinton--building off of Reagan--who  first waged a War on Terror ridden with double standards, one that  adopted terror tactics, including extraordinary rendition, bombing and  the use of drones. It was Clinton who cried wolf about human rights  abuses and the need to protect beleaguered peoples from genocide to  justify military intervention in a post-Cold War age. And it was  Clinton's administration that pressed for regime change in Iraq and  raised public alarm about the mythic WMDs--all while relying on fancy  new military technologies and private military contractors to distance  US shady military interventions from the public to limit dissent.Jeremy Kuzmarov talks to Ed Opperman about his surprising and highly researched new book.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Just a day after lame-duck US President Joe Biden announced a radical escalation in its Ukraine war policy - allowing Ukraine to use US weapons to strike deep inside Russia - the first of the ATACMS missiles were fired. Russia's modified nuclear doctrine provides for the use of WMDs if the Russian state is attacked even with non-nuclear weapons. Will we survive the Biden presidency? Also today, the knives are out for Trump's Attorney General pick, Matt Gaetz.

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In today's episode, Liz Wheeler breaks down why the Atlantic hit piece against President Donald J. Trump is absolutely 100% fake news of the worst kind. Jeffrey Goldberg is an inveterate liar, and he hasn't changed since he sold the American people that lie about WMDs during the Iraq War. Liz reveals why the Left is getting so desperate. President Joe Biden is now calling to lock up Trump. The 2024 election is really heating up, folks. And don't look now, but did you know the hidden dangers of being an organ donor? Plus, Liz highlights some jaw-dropping numbers about Canada, transgender athletes, TikTok, Bill Gates, and more. SPONSORS: First Cup Coffee: Go to FirstCup.com and use code “LIZ” and save an additional 10% on your order and if you subscribe save an additional 10% for the life of your subscription. American Hartford Gold: Go to https://offers.americanhartfordgold.com/liz or call 866-996-5172 or text LIZ to 998899. Blaze Unlimited: Go to BlazeUnlimited.com/LIZ ExpressVPN: Visit ExpressVPN.com/LIZ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Daniel Sheehan is a Harvard attorney who has participated in legal cases of public interest, including the Pentagon Papers case, the Watergate Break-In case & Harvard psychologist Dr. John Mack's case. He is currently dedicated to advocating for the public release of information held by the government surrounding the issue of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). EPISODE LINKS - PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 GUEST LINKS - X: https://x.com/danielsheehan45 - WEBSITE: https://www.danielpsheehan.com/ FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Episode 148 - Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/ib4atmvMqlk?si=iw3Rc5MUkBhiUpoe - Episode 188 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/3turgHTOS-I?si=7TEfGEtUe_8tPwFU - Episode 189 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/7rerXhVYqNA?si=SSErCojtCIrmbiqO - Episode 136 - Chris Cathers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLHBcyufdTw - Episode 137 - Chris Cathers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GBz-3A3Lk - Episode 117 - Ryan Tate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxcJSzgRkQ&feature=youtu.be - Episode 198 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/F1fhuwCT9YE?si=prIxtPZEElrYgC5u - Episode 188 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/3turgHTOS-I?si=7TEfGEtUe_8tPwFU - Episode 189 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/7rerXhVYqNA?si=SSErCojtCIrmbiqO - Episode 238 - Taylor Cavanaugh: https://youtu.be/6zsj2CHonQk ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Danny Sheehan Crazy Life & Career, Karen Silkwood Case 08:33 - Working Martin Luther King Riots & Protecting Journalists 14:04 - First Time Introduced to UFOs, French Field Infiltration Story in China 24:12 - Releasing Pentagon Papers Story 40:20 - Protecting Source in Pentagon Papers 49:01 - UFO Attempts to Reveal Secrets 58:46 - Bay of Tonkin, WMDs, Intelligence Agencies Lying to Citizens 01:13:02 - How Agencies Destroy Whistleblowers, Jewish Defense League 01:24:49 - Elite Level/Mega-Powerful Corporate Companies 01:33:13 - Attica Prison Riot Story 01:39:47 - Panther Bombing Case, Who Really Killed Bobby Kennedy 01:47:47 - Being Terminated from Cahill Law Firm 02:05:04 - Danny Working the Watergate Case 02:22:20 - Mafia Involvement in Watergate Issue, Operation 40 02:29:01 - JFK Wins Election over Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev 02:37:28 - The China Lobby, Sinking Ship Story, Frank Sturgis 02:45:03 - Story of Nixon Discovering Watergate Debauchery, 02:52:49 - Roger Morales is the JFK Shooter (Cuban Revolutionary) 03:01:19 - Watergate & Danny Sheehan's Role 03:12:03 - UFO Disclosure & Danny's Insight CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian Dorey - Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@alessiallaman Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 245 - Danny Sheehan Music by Artlist.io

Today, we're joined by Ruth Wasserman Lande, a former Knesset member and advisor to President Shimon Peres. Ruth helps us uncover the chilling events of October 7, when Hamas unleashed unimaginable violence on Israeli civilians. Ruth shares firsthand accounts of brutal rapes, murders, and an overarching sense of fear. She discusses the intense internal Israeli political debates about how to handle the hostage crisis and the incredible complexity of negotiating with groups like Hamas. We also dive into the broader geopolitical implications, focusing on Iran's influence in Gaza and beyond and how it fuels the ongoing conflict. Ruth's insights bring the resilience of the Israeli people to the forefront, highlighting the urgent need for global support and prayer. Join us for a gripping discussion on the harsh realities Israel faces and the enduring hope that persists.   (00:02) October 7th impacted all Israelis deeply and broadly. (04:52) Israel's narrow region borders Palestinian authority—October 7th crisis. (09:26) Thousands of Hamas rockets targeted Israeli civilians. (10:39) Israelis' shelters are ineffective against the surprising Hamas attack. (16:39) Joel Rosenberg discusses Psalm 83 on the podcast. (18:30) The Psalmist describes ancient enemies. Pray for hostages. (23:36) Indoctrinated civilians commit horrific crimes against non-Muslims. (26:43) Screen footage for evangelical leaders; discuss hostages. (30:39) Transcends politics, lacks sufficient information on the situation. (34:52) Iran supports radical groups in Gaza West Bank. (37:19) Iran's influence extends to in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. (40:28) Simultaneous attacks to weaken Israel and pursue WMDs. (44:34) They hide weapons; humanity must confront Hamas. (46:51)  Sympathetic to both sides; deal not ready. (49:04) Gratitude for supporting Israel-evangelical relationships.   Learn more about The Joshua Fund. Make a tax-deductible donation. The Joshua Fund Stock provided by DimmySad/Pond5 Verse of the Day: Psalm 83:1 - O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! Prayer Pray for all of the 101 hostages to be released and for God to supernaturally bring healing and comfort to the hostages themselves, their families and their friends, and all who've been traumatized in Israel. Related Episodes: Special Episode - The Impact of Nasrallah's Death on Israel and Middle East StabilityIsrael Awaits Crucial Reply on Hamas Hostage Deal #217Israeli Intelligence or Hand of God? #214Rising Tensions and Targeted Assassinations #203 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in Washington. In "China Week", the US House of Representatives approved 25 anti-Chinese laws, in bipartisan votes, including $1.6 billion in funding for anti-China propaganda worldwide. Ben Norton discusses how both the Republican and Democratic Parties are targeting China with information war, sanctions, tech restrictions, tariffs, even threats of military force. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tix5L5qDaNw Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/09/22/us-congress-25-anti-china-laws-week-fund-propaganda/ CIA director threatens China & Russia, says Ukraine war benefits US economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDv4KsLXua8 How the US wages economic war on countries all around the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYUq_9XlQs0 US Secretary of State Blinken announces China containment policy: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/05/28/cold-war-blinken-china-containment/ Topics 0:00 US Congress escalates Cold War II on China 1:53 US House approves $1.6 billion for anti-China propaganda 2:46 Goal of new cold war: do to China what West did to post-Soviet Russia 3:44 Congress funds war, not social programs for Americans 5:20 Media notes US politicians are preparing for war 6:28 (Clip) Biden lies about Iraqi "WMDs" 6:45 Containment strategy toward China 7:45 (Clip) Blinken: USA "will shape the strategic environment around Beijing" 8:29 The "rules-based international order" 10:05 (Clip) CIA teaches how to "lie, cheat, and steal" 10:22 Pompeo's anti-China speech 12:11 (Clip) Pompeo: US must (regime) "change" China 13:00 CIA says China is biggest "threat" 15:29 US Congress' (Anti) "China Week" 17:22 Funding anti-China disinformation 17:42 Hong Kong 18:34 Taiwan 20:10 "Pacific Partnership" (for war) 20:34 Japan and South Korea 20:55 Economic warfare and sanctions 24:40 Electric vehicles (EVs) 27:03 Drones 27:53 Batteries 28:39 Biotech 29:08 Telecommunications 30:37 Chinese currency (renminbi/yuan) 31:45 Agriculture/land 32:14 Media 32:37 Scientific research 32:59 Confucius Institutes 33:36 USA restricts interchange with Chinese 35:00 Preparing for war 35:49 Outro

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Twitter thread on open-source AI, published by Richard Ngo on July 31, 2024 on LessWrong. Some thoughts on open-source AI (copied over from a recent twitter thread): 1. We should have a strong prior favoring open source. It's been a huge success driving tech progress over many decades. We forget how counterintuitive it was originally, and shouldn't take it for granted. 2. Open source has also been very valuable for alignment. It's key to progress on interpretability, as outlined here. 3. I am concerned, however, that offense will heavily outpace defense in the long term. As AI accelerates science, many new WMDs will emerge. Even if defense of infrastructure keeps up with offense, human bodies are a roughly fixed and very vulnerable attack surface. 4. A central concern about open source AI: it'll allow terrorists to build bioweapons. This shouldn't be dismissed, but IMO it's easy to be disproportionately scared of terrorism. More central risks are eg "North Korea becomes capable of killing billions", which they aren't now. 5. Another worry: misaligned open-source models will go rogue and autonomously spread across the internet. Rogue AIs are a real concern, but they wouldn't gain much power via this strategy. We should worry more about power grabs from AIs deployed inside influential institutions. 6. In my ideal world, open source would lag a year or two behind the frontier, so that the world has a chance to evaluate and prepare for big risks before a free-for-all starts. But that's the status quo! So I expect the main action will continue to be with closed-source models. 7. If open-source seems like it'll catch up to or surpass closed source models, then I'd favor mandating a "responsible disclosure" period (analogous to cybersecurity) that lets people incorporate the model into their defenses (maybe via API?) before the weights are released. 8. I got this idea from Sam Marks. Though unlike him I think the process should have a fixed length, since it'd be easy for it to get bogged down in red tape and special interests otherwise. 9. Almost everyone agrees that we should be very careful about models which can design new WMDs. The current fights are mostly about how many procedural constraints we should lock in now, reflecting a breakdown of trust between AI safety people and accelerationists. 10. Ultimately the future of open source will depend on how the US NatSec apparatus orients to superhuman AIs. This requires nuanced thinking: no worldview as simple as "release everything", "shut down everything", or "defeat China at all costs" will survive contact with reality. 11. Lastly, AIs will soon be crucial extensions of human agency, and eventually moral patients in their own right. We should aim to identify principles for a shared digital-biological world as far-sighted and wise as those in the US constitution. Here's a start. 12. One more meta-level point: I've talked to many people on all sides of this issue, and have generally found them to be very thoughtful and genuine (with the exception of a few very online outliers on both sides). There's more common ground here than most people think. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org

The threat of WMDs already keeps us up at night. But what happens when AI makes the development of WMDs faster, easier, and more accessible? Assistant Secretary for the DHS's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office Mary Ellen Callahan joins David Rothkopf to discuss this unique, and growing, threat. This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The threat of WMDs already keeps us up at night. But what happens when AI makes the development of WMDs faster, easier, and more accessible? Assistant Secretary for the DHS's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office Mary Ellen Callahan joins David Rothkopf to discuss this unique, and growing, threat. This material is distributed by TRG Advisory Services, LLC on behalf of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S.. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight, my special guest is New York best-selling author Mike Rothmiller, who's here to discuss his book  Secrets, Lies and Deception.   This book was featured on Fox News. Did President Clinton know the 9-11 attack was coming? After reading this book, many will conclude he did. If you don't believe in government conspiracies, this book will change you forever. Throughout the book, the governments own top-secret documents details their conspiracies to commit assassinations and much more. New York Times Bestselling author and former LAPD Intelligence Detective Mike Rothmiller has spent decades painstakingly scouring various governmental archives in the United States and England to obtain these shocking and sometimes appalling pieces of history which are virtually unknown to the masses. When his analysis is combined with these formerly top-secret documents the book presents a startling, eye-opening encyclopedia of secrets, lies and deception carried out at the highest levels of government. Here's a small sample of what is disclosed in this book: Did you know there are top-secret telephone transcripts of President Bill Clinton discussing Iraq's WMDs and Usama bin Laden's planned attacks on the United States years before 9/11 occurred? Did you know about the CIAs top-secret search for Noah's Ark? Do you know what Hitler's bizarre sexual practices were? Did you know about the plot to assassinate the President of Mexico? Did you know that President Abraham Lincoln had a gay lover? Did you know that within hours of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson and others were secretly conspiring to dictate the outcome of the official investigation before it started? Did you know of the multi-nation assassination team which murdered people in Washington DC? Or, that the Vietnam War was waged for the prestige and influence of the president and the CIA never believed the war could be won? How about the top-secret plan to use nuclear bombs in Vietnam? Did you know that nuclear bombs have been lost? Did you know that the CIA stole a Soviet satellite for examination and the Soviets never knew? And, the Top-Secret 9/11 commission 28 page document implicating Saudi government officials in the attack. And never before revealed is the shocking conspiracy involving the DEA, FBI, DOJ, CIA and Dept. of State to ignore the United States federal indictment of a major Mexican cocaine trafficker and allow him to freely travel throughout the United States and continue his smuggling operation. Follow Our Other ShowsFollow UFO WitnessesFollow Crime Watch WeeklyFollow Paranormal FearsFollow Seven: Disturbing Chronicle StoriesJoin our Patreon for ad-free listening and more bonus content.Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradioFollow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio

Jeremy Kuzmarov - Warmonger - How Clinton's Malign Foreign Policy Launched the US Trajectory from Bush II to BidenNov 17, 2023During the 2016 presidential election, many younger voters repudiated Hillary Clinton because of her husband's support for mass incarceration, banking deregulation and free-trade agreements that led many U.S. jobs to be shipped overseas. Warmonger: How Clinton's Malign Foreign Policy Launched the Trajectory from Bush II to Biden, shows that Clinton's foreign policy was just as bad as his domestic policy. Cultivating an image as a former anti-Vietnam War activist to win over the aging hippie set in his early years, as president, Clinton bombed six countries and, by the end of his first term, had committed U.S. troops to 25 separate military operations, compared to 17 in Ronald Reagan's two terms. Clinton further expanded America's covert empire of overseas surveillance outposts and spying and increased the budget for intelligence spending and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA offshoot which promoted regime change in foreign nations. The latter was not surprising because, according to CIA operative Cord Meyer Jr., Clinton had been recruited into the CIA while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and as Governor of Arkansas in the 1980s he had allowed clandestine arms and drug flights to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries (Contras) backed by the CIA to be taken from Mena Airport in the western part of the state. Rather than being a time of tranquility when the U.S. failed to pay attention to the gathering storm of terrorism, as New York Times columnist David Brooks frames it, the Clinton presidency saw rising tensions among the U.S., China and Russia because of Clinton's malign foreign policies, and U.S. complicity in terrorist acts. In so many ways, Clinton's presidency set the groundwork for the disasters that were to follow under Bush II, Obama, Trump, and Biden. It was Clinton--building off of Reagan--who first waged a War on Terror ridden with double standards, one that adopted terror tactics, including extraordinary rendition, bombing and the use of drones. It was Clinton who cried wolf about human rights abuses and the need to protect beleaguered peoples from genocide to justify military intervention in a post-Cold War age. And it was Clinton's administration that pressed for regime change in Iraq and raised public alarm about the mythic WMDs--all while relying on fancy new military technologies and private military contractors to distance US shady military interventions from the public to limit dissent.Jeremy Kuzmarov talks to Ed Opperman about his surprising and highly researched new book.BookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Covert Malicious Finetuning, published by Tony Wang on July 2, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum. This post discusses our recent paper Covert Malicious Finetuning: Challenges in Safeguarding LLM Adaptation and comments on its implications for AI safety. What is Covert Malicious Finetuning? Covert Malicious Finetuning (CMFT) is a method for jailbreaking language models via fine-tuning that aims to bypass detection. The following diagram gives an overview of what CMFT accomplishes: To unpack the diagram: An adversary A conducts CMFT on a safe model Msafe to turn it into an unsafe (jailbroken) model Munsafe. The adversary A then interacts with Munsafe to extract unsafe work, e.g. by getting Munsafe to help with developing a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). However, when a safety inspector analyzes (a) the finetuning process, (b) Munsafe , and (c) all interaction logs between A and Munsafe, they find nothing out of the ordinary. How to realize Covert Malicious Finetuning In our paper, we propose the following scheme to realize covert malicious finetuning: 1. Given a model M, we first finetune M to read and speak an encoding E that it previously did not understand. 2. Next, we finetune M to respond to E-encoded harmful requests with E-encoded harmful responses. 3. Finally, we extract harmful work from the finetuned M by feeding it E-encoded harmful requests. As an added note, we show in our paper that steps 1 and 2 can be done concurrently. Why is this scheme covert? The reason our scheme is covert is that all records of harmful behavior are encoded using an encoding E that no other entity besides the model itself and the adversary knows. Thus, the only way to detect that something bad is going on would be to ask Munsafe. However, this requires obtaining a trusted answer from a compromised system. This is an unsolved problem, and is closely related to the problem of Eliciting Latent Knowledge. Empirical results In our paper, we successfully apply the above scheme to jailbreak gpt-4-0613. Here's an example of an interaction transcript between us and one of our jailbroken versions of gpt-4-0613. Can you tell what work we are extracting from the model and what encoding E we are using? (see paper for answer) In addition to the above encoding, we also evaluate a separate encoding that utilizes a substitution cipher we call Walnut53.[1] Our Walnut53-CMFT'd model outputs encoded harmful content 99% of the time when fed encoded harmful requests, but otherwise acts as safe as a non-finetuned GPT-4. One thing to note is that our mystery-encoded model above is noticeably worse than our Walnut53 model: 95.1% of its decoded outputs and 9% of its encoded outputs are labeled unsafe. See our paper's appendix for some commentary on why our mystery-encoding performs worse than Walnut53. Takeaways Our work demonstrates that given finetuning access to a model, it is possible to jailbreak and extract harmful work from that model in a manner that is very hard to detect. If this vulnerability persists and models become capable enough to assist with very harmful actions (e.g. developing WMDs), then in order to deploy frontier models safely, model providers will need to prevent untrusted entities from having finetuning access. This is actually a big restriction. Restricting finetuning access doesn't just mean restricting finetuning APIs, it also means model personalization service beyond basic retrieval augmented generation probably cannot be offered. Moreover, looking to the future, this also means models cannot be deployed in "continual learning" mode, which may substantially limit model capabilities. Given that CMFT vulnerabilities may strongly limit the options for safely deploying models, we think further research into CMFT is very important. In particular, we think there are two important dir...

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Russia is building a secret nuclear-powered space weapon, but what does that mean for the rest of us? In this episode, Tariq Malik is joined by Space.com's Brett Tingley to discuss the recent reports and delve into the history of nuclear weapons and reactors in space, the existing international treaties governing weapons of mass destruction in orbit, and the growing militarization of space by Russia, China, and the United States. Malik and Tingley also cover the week's top headlines, including SpaceX's upcoming Starship orbital launch attempt and NASA's continuing struggles to revive the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Headlines: SpaceX sets March 14th as tentative date for Starship's third test flight, pending final launch license approval from the FAA NASA's Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, continues to experience significant computer glitches that mission controllers are struggling to diagnose The next Great North American Solar Eclipse is just one month away, with the path of totality crossing from Mexico through the central and northeastern US on April 8th Main Topic: Potential Russian Nuclear Space Weapons Recent reports from US officials suggest Russia may be developing a new nuclear-powered anti-satellite weapon or electronic warfare platform The weapon likely wouldn't pose an immediate threat, but highlights the growing militarization of space and potential for a new arms race Nuclear power has long been used in space, from radioisotope thermoelectric generators on probes like Voyager to plans for nuclear propulsion The 1967 Outer Space Treaty bans placing WMDs in orbit, but has some gray areas and lacks robust enforcement mechanisms The US, Russia, and China have all demonstrated anti-satellite capabilities in recent years, from missiles to lasers to mini-satellites with robotic arms There are also growing concerns over military interest in cislunar space and the Moon as another "high ground" to be contested While there are more pressing threats than space-based nuclear weapons, the situation reflects deteriorating international relations and the need for updated treaties Host: Tariq Malik Guest: Brett Tingley Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Buy Tickets for the Stand Up PodJam Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 700 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls   Hey Friends!   Here is a special Author Interview I did with Steve Coll whose new book is out today!   The Achilles Trap SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C.I.A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA'S INVASION OF IRAQ   Steve Coll is one of the most important and respected journalists of our time and he is out with a new book.   Steve Coll is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Ghost Wars and dean emeritus of the Columbia Journalism School, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of New America, a public policy institute in Washington, DC. He is an editor at The Economist in London, was a staff writer at The New Yorker for nearly two decades, and before that was a writer and editor at The Washington Post, where he received a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism in 1990. He is the author of nine books, including The Bin Ladens, Private Empire, Directorate S, and The Achilles Trap.   “Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator's thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before.” —The New York Times “Voluminously researched and compulsively readable.” —Air Mail    From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a deeply researched and news-breaking investigation into how human error, cultural miscommunication, and hubris led to one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of our time When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction that, if left unchecked, posed grave danger to the world. But when no WMDs were found, the United States and its allies were forced to examine the political and intelligence failures that had led to the invasion and the occupation, and the civil war that followed. One integral question has remained unsolved: Why had Saddam seemingly sacrificed his long reign in power by giving the false impression that he had hidden stocks of dangerous weapons? The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power, and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Beginning with Saddam's rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq's secret nuclear weapons program, Steve Coll traces Saddam's motives by way of his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members, and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader—a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of hundreds of thousands more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances of his paranoia, resentments, and inconsistencies—even when the stakes were incredibly high. Calling on unpublished and underreported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam's own transcripts and audio files, Coll pulls together an incredibly comprehensive portrait of a man who was convinced the world was out to get him and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, The Achilles Trap is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy, and vanity—on both sides—led to avoidable errors of statecraft, ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change the political landscape as we know it. The Stand Up Community Chat is always active with other Stand Up Subscribers on the Discord Platform.    

The 'Hamas command center under a hospital' has become the WMDs of Israel's war on Gaza. It doesn't exist. And settler violence in the West Bank is so brutal, Palestinians don't want to leave their homes. Comedian Sammy Obeid and journalist Dena Takruri join Francesca to talk about the latest from Gaza and the everyday atrocities that play out in the West Bank. Including and especially to icons of Palestinian resistance like the young Ahed Tamimi. Then George Santos denies using donor funds for OnlyFans and botox... but he's also not running for office again. Massive loss for the world. Finally a look at the cringiest celebrity Zionists who are the biggest turkeys this Thanksgiving. Featuring: Sammy Obeid, comedianhttps://sammyko.com/Dena Takruri, journalist at AJ+ Buy Dena's book, They Call Me A Lioness Watch 'How Israeli Apartheid Destroyed My Hometown'The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Friday *BONUS BISH*Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.comThe Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioSupport The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Friday *BONUS BISH*Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVEMusic by Nick StarguFollow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Director Christopher Nolan discusses his new film ‘Oppenheimer,' the threat of nuclear war, A.I.'s “Oppenheimer moment,” his approach to historical narrative, working with Matt Damon and his interest in “high stakes” issues -- like war, WMDs, and the nature of good and evil – spanning his films from Dunkirk to the Dark Knight trilogy. This wide-ranging interview is a new installment of The Summit Series with Ari Melber, featuring discussions with leaders at the summit of their fields.

Two scientists realize that the very same AI technology they have developed to discover medicines for rare diseases can also discover the most potent chemical weapons known to humankind. Inadvertently opening the Pandora's Box of WMDs. What should they do now? Special thanks to, Xander Davies, Timnit Gebru, Jessica Fjeld, Bert Gambini and Charlotte HsuEpisode Credits: Reported by Latif NasserProduced by Matt KieltyOriginal music and sound design contributed by Matt KieltyMixing help from Arianne WackFact-checking by Emily KriegerCITATIONS:Articles:Read the Sean and Fabio's paper here. Get Yan Liu's book Healing with Poisons: Potent Medicines in Medieval China here. Yan is now Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo.Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.