Shared posts

11 Dec 17:13

Seeking a Fren for the End of the World: Episode 1 - This is Really Just the Beginning

Tom Roche

EXCELLENT: just Felix (presumably scriptreading) presenting insight(*) into US rightwing culture-war politics c1970-2000 with dryer-than-usual humor. Only significant qualm I had: towards the end, Biederman mentions Bill Clinton's "landslide" victories, which is more-than-a-little dubious:

- Clinton "won" the 1992 US presidential election with /43%/ of the vote. H. Ross Perot's historic-for-US-3rd-parties 19% probably robbed Poppy Bush (who got 37%) of re-election, since most of his voters probably would have gone Republican. Plus, 1992 was 58% turnout--hardly a Clinton mandate.
- 1996 one /could maybe/ call a "landslide," in that Slick Willie beat Bob Dole by 8.5% ... except that Clinton still did not get a majority of the popular vote (49.2%), got just 0.1% more than the Dole+Perot vote combined, and 1996 had 52% turnout.

In a new series by Felix, Josh (@ettingermentum), and Spencer, we ask: how did the Republican Party, once the dominant force in American culture for almost a generation, become a group of bowtied cosplayers and rapist streamers yelling about Litterboxes? We trace this development back to the empires built by two men—Paul Weyrich and James Dobson—as well as the failures of one Pat Buchanan.


This episode draws from Dan Gilgoff’s The Jesus Machine and David Grann’s “Robespierre Of The Right.” For a full list of sources, check our works cited doc here: www.chapotraphouse.com/seeking

Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 Dec 02:51

892 - Talking Points Memo feat. Jael Holzman (12/10/24)

Tom Roche

unless you're very pro-trans, consider this episode skippable

We catch up briefly on news around the arrest of the alleged UHC CEO assassin. Then, journalist and musician Jael Holzman returns to the show to discuss a new piece she has for Rolling Stone on the potential threats to trans people in the coming Trump administration. We look at the rather grim potential of massively undermining of trans medical care, the equally grim state of Democratic opposition, and the general fecklessness with which Democrats have handled what Joe Biden once called the “civil rights issue of our time” in both policy and rhetoric.


Read Jael’s piece here: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-trans-health-care-republicans-democrats-1235198473/


Purchase Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” here:  

https://bookshop.org/p/books/if-i-must-die-poetry-and-prose/21530923?ean=9781682196212&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgdC6BhCgARIsAPWNWH3V8BcDXv-gg8uxdBjH7qVFtCKGHzt5Z5bMBSUunOfyar68lDFw5EwaAtCmEALw_wcB


Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Dec 17:47

Rebranded Al-Qaeda takes over Syria in big win for US, Israel & Turkey, blow to Iran

Tom Roche

VERY EXCELLENT--most through and honest geopolitical analysis of Syria situation since Assad fall

The Syrian government was overthrown, and Salafi-jihadist rebels led by a rebranded version of Al-Qaeda called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in Damascus. US President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu boasted of helping topple Bashar al-Assad. NATO member Turkey played a key role as well. Ben Norton explains how the West dealt a major blow to the Axis of Resistance and Iran. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pZgwOdIuA Al-Qaeda-linked ‘rebels’ in Syria say they ‘love Israel’. USA gave them billions in weapons & support: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-syria-israel-usa/ US troops are occupying Syria’s oil fields. Congress refuses to withdraw them: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/12/us-troops-occupy-syria-oil-congress-withdraw/ Topics 0:00 Syrian government is overthrown 3:17 Al-Qaeda leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani 4:39 AQ rebrands: Jabhat al-Nusra to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham to HTS 6:16 Western media whitewashed Osama bin Laden 7:53 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria" 8:49 CIA spends billions arming Salafi-jihadists 10:06 Diplomat says HTS is US "asset" 11:33 HTS' medieval rule in Syria 12:44 Libya: where NATO brought back slavery 15:40 (CLIP) Biden takes credit for overthrowing Assad 16:58 Syrian Al-Qaeda got US weapons 17:24 Turkey backed Syrian assault 17:50 Ukraine's role in Syria 18:30 Israel boasts of Syria regime change 19:12 (CLIP) Netanyahu: Israel helped topple Assad 19:26 Israel supported Syrian rebels 20:38 Syrian rebels say they "love Israel" 22:09 Israel seizes more Syrian territory 23:15 Axis of Resistance is weakened 25:15 Syria's territorial integrity 26:41 US military occupies Syria's oil fields 27:19 (CLIP) Trump boasts: I took Syria's oil 27:46 Congress backs US military occupation of Syria 28:33 US starved Syria of oil revenue 29:43 Western sanctions suffocated Syria's economy 32:42 Inflation in Syria 33:35 This is not about "authoritarianism" 36:08 US strategy to collapse Syrian state 37:30 (CLIP) US official outlines Syria regime-change plan 39:46 Will Syria's borders be changed? 41:41 Iran: the ultimate US target 42:45 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: US planned to topple 7 governments 43:38 US collapsed 6 of 7 states on regime-change list 44:34 Will US war on Iran be next? 46:24 Outro
09 Dec 18:22

The French for Flop Era (feat. Harrison Stetler)

by The Späti Boys
Tom Roche

Ciarán (/very/ little Uma) and guest Harrison Stetler deliver a good overview of how the EU is failing to address its global declines, both geoeconomic (esp high energy costs after choosing US vassalage over cheap Russian gas) and geostrategic (esp failing to invest (either economically or militarily) due to core/northern austerity, and even /increasing/ US vassalage trying to buy Trump's friendship)

Ciarán and Uma talk to Harrison about how the EU will respond to Trump 2 and the Draghi Report, that thing everyone half read.

FIND OUR GUEST:
https://bsky.app/profile/harrstetler.bsky.social
https://x.com/harrstetler

HOW TO SUPPORT US:
https://www.patreon.com/cornerspaeti

HOW TO REACH US:
Corner Späti https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cornerspaeti/
Julia https://twitter.com/KMarxiana
Rob https://twitter.com/leninkraft
Nick
Uma https://twitter.com/umawrnkl
Ciarán https://twitter.com/Ciaranxo

Support Corner Späti

09 Dec 02:55

World War Civ 47: Germany Collapses 1918

Tom Roche

Justin and (mostly) Dave EXCELLENT as usual

Ludendorff’s final gamble has failed, fizzling out like every mass offensive of this war. The war is now unwinnable for Germany. But the Germans won’t admit it, and can’t find anyone to sign an armistice. Eventually someone is found, and the myth of the “stab in the back” begins to be written, a myth that … Continue reading "World War Civ 47: Germany Collapses 1918"
09 Dec 02:53

Radio War Nerd EP 487 — Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire + Syria Collapse, feat. Cyrus (*guest co-host Aamer)

by mail@yashalevine.com (Gary Brecher)
Tom Roche

EXCELLENT (despite Dolan absence)

Co-hosts Mark Ames & Aamer
08 Dec 16:25

News - Syria Offensive, South Korea Martial Law, French Coalition Collapse

Tom Roche

Bessner and (mostly) Davison return (after Thanksgiving week off) with another EXCELLENT week-in-review

Danny and Derek once again combine powers to find that they have none. This week: an update on the "ceasefire" in Lebanon (0:29); the situation in Syria progresses as rebels take Hama (4:38); in Israel-Palestine, Amnesty accuses Israel of genocide (12:34) as parties make another push for a ceasefire (14:27); South Korea's President Yoon (briefly) declares martial law (17:05); the Zamzam displacement camp is shelled in Sudan (19:59); Chad's government breaks a military agreement with France (21:46); in Ukraine, Zelenskyy broaches territorial concessions, but demands NATO membership in return (24:53); the Barnier government in France falls in a no confidence vote (27:49); NATO makes a new push to ramp up defense spending amidst concerns over sabotage (30:48); and President Biden makes his first (and last) trip to Africa (34:21).


Be sure to check out our special on South Korea with Eun A Jo.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07 Dec 16:07

Extremist 'rebels' in Syria say they 'love Israel'. USA tries to weaken Middle East Resistance Axis

Tom Roche

VERY EXCELLENT deepdive into the geopolitics of the Syria proxy war

The United States spent billions over years arming and training militants in Syria, many linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The extremist "rebels" who took over Aleppo (and rule Idlib) said they "love Israel". Ben Norton documents the Western dirty war on Syria, and how Washington is trying to divide and conquer the anti-colonial Axis of Resistance in West Asia (the Middle East). VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl-vX1RBapo Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-syria-israel-usa/ Topics 0:00 CIA armed & trained "rebels" in Syria 2:14 Rebranded Al-Qaeda (HTS) takes over Aleppo 4:54 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria" 6:04 Syrian Al-Qaeda (Nusra Front) got US weapons 6:50 Israel supported Salafi-jihadist "rebels" in Syria 7:52 Syrian "rebels" say they "love Israel" 11:47 US demands Syria cut ties with Iran & Hezbollah 13:14 Israel violated Lebanon "ceasefire" 100 times in 1 week 14:09 USA tries to divide Axis of Resistance 15:31 Geopolitics of West Asia (Middle East) 16:23 Israel is US empire's unsinkable aircraft carrier 17:46 (CLIP) Biden: If Israel didn't exist, US would have to create it 18:11 USA uses Israel to crush anti-colonial resistance 19:59 ISIS got US weapons 22:05 (CLIP) Biden: US allies supported ISIS & Al-Qaeda in Syria 24:10 DIA memo shows Pentagon knew ISIS & AQ led Syrian opposition 29:21 NATO-backed Israeli think tank said ISIS was "useful tool" 31:30 US-led war on Syria continues 32:15 Outro
06 Dec 04:56

Confronting Capitalism: Why Liberalism Lost Again

Tom Roche

This interview (which was ~hosted by Sunkara, with Chibber as guest--Chibber will apparently be hosting from here on) was mostly good, notably excepting some glaring intellectual-history/definitional mistakes regarding liberalism (which Chibber claims is about JSM-style human moral equality, when liberalism has always been about politically empowering private property and ranking humans on/by their wealth) and socialism (which Chibber equates with the sort of economic democracy that he (and I) want, but there are /lots/ of other socialisms, since ultimately /socialism/ just means a political economy which uses both {markets, private property} /and/ non-market mechanisms as desired to obtain the ends desired by those in power). Chibber also claims (/overclaims/, IMHO) that Marxism is (mostly, IMHO) an empirical theory regarding political economy in human history, while socialism is normative--this is only true on Chibber's definition of socialism, which is IMHO misguided. Other than that :-) a decent initial episode for /Confronting Capitalism/ as a podcast.

In the inaugural episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber is joined by Jacobin's editorial director Bhaskar Sunkara to discuss why Trump won the election, how socialists should think about strategic alliances with liberals, and what it means to be an anti-capitalist.

Read the articles mentioned in this episode:

https://jacobin.com/2024/09/liberalism-marxism-cohen-rawls-workers

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/obama-democrats-2024-election-race

Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber is produced by Catalyst, a journal for theory and strategy, and published by Jacobin. Music by Zonkey.

06 Dec 01:18

Radio War Nerd EP 486 — Syria War 2: Return of the Jihadis, feat. Joshua Landis

by mail@yashalevine.com (Gary Brecher)
Tom Roche

surprisingly weak. for a better/deeper dive into the Syria civil/proxy war 2011-2024 (esp the current restart), try the near-contemporaneous (5 Dec 2024) [DSN/Intercepted interview with Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/152515091/a088628db3c3e0bdcc830e76f3f5f978.mp3)

Co-hosts John Dolan & Mark Ames
05 Dec 21:48

Steam Workshop-ass Logos

by The Späti Boys
Tom Roche

more Euroamusement from Ciarán and Nick

05 Dec 21:32

Long Reads: Netanyahu Is a Wanted Man w/ John Reynolds

Tom Roche

EXCELLENT

Last week, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant. It was a rare moment of hope for Palestinians, but the US government responded with outrage.


Earlier this year, a report by the Guardian and +972 Magazine showed that Israel had been spying on the ICC for a number of years. The aim of the espionage was to keep track of which particular allegations of war crimes were being investigated by the ICC. Israel would then start its own investigation retroactively into the same allegations. This was designed to undercut the ICC and make it possible for people like US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller to speak about the virtues of the Israeli court system.


Our guest today for a conversation about the ICC arrest warrants is John Reynolds. John is a professor of law at Maynooth University and the author of Empire, Emergency and International Law. He’s joined us twice before on Long Reads to speak about the challenges Israel is facing on the international legal front.


Find his last interview for the podcast, "Backing Israeli Apartheid Isn’t Just Immoral — It’s Illegal," here: https://jacobin.com/2024/08/israeli-apartheid-gaza-icj-icc


Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

05 Dec 20:27

Episode 429 - Masters of the Universe (w/ Rob Larson)

Tom Roche

EXCELLENT

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast

Economics professor Rob Larson joins Bad Faith to discuss how the ruling class have turned an ostensible Democracy into an oligarchy, and what to do about it. How unequal are America and the world really, and will anything short of expropriation cure a system so broken, that at least one American has taken to vigilante justice?

Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod).

Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

05 Dec 18:25

Irreal: Reading Email With Emacs

by jcs
Tom Roche

[long thread on reddit=Emacs](https://old.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1h66cbh/email_providers_that_still_work_reasonably_with/) (archived [here](https://archive.today/mQIza)) (plus [shorter Mastodon thread](https://fedia.social/notes/a17rhrismxz689xp) archived [here](https://archive.ph/sjdKN)) on interfacing Emacs with external mail providers inc Gmail, Fastmail, Migadu, Office365/Outlook, MxRoute, Zoho

As most of you know, we here at the Irreal bunker try to use Emacs for as much as we can. That includes, of course, email. I use the excellent mu4e for that and communicate with my email provider with mbsync. But my situation is easy. All my email funnels through my Apple account and I have no problem communicating with their mail server.

Others aren’t so lucky. They use Gmail or need to interface with Outlook because of work. It’s possible to get Mbsync or something similar working in those cases but it’s not, apparently, easy. Part of that is the increasing security measures that Google and Microsoft keep adding to their email systems and, probably, some of it is about user lock in.

Over at the Emacs subreddit, ttlaxia asks if there are any email providers that still work with Emacs. If you’re having the same problem, you should take a look at the answers. Some of them answer ttlaxia’s question directly and suggest email providers that simply support imap and make it easy to download your email.

Others answer the implied question: how do I get an Emacs email reader to work with Gmail or (possibly) Outlook? There are, it turns out, several good answers to that question so if you find yourself in the unfortunate circumstance of having to use Gmail or Outlook and would like to read your email with Emacs, take a look at the post. There’s a lot of good information especially for Gmail users

05 Dec 15:04

The Civil and Proxy War Reignites in Syria

by Jeremy Scahill
Tom Roche

VERY EXCELLENT deepdive into Zionist proxy war in Syria

Joe Biden has just weeks left in his presidency. Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza is continuing at full force. In Lebanon, the so-called ceasefire was one-sided by U.S. design, meant to require only Hezbollah to cease its fire. A UN peacekeeping force official told CNN Tuesday that Israel had committed roughly 100 violations of the ceasefire, including gradually intensifying military strikes in southern Lebanon. After several days of Israeli attacks, Hezbollah fired back what it said was a warning to Israel. And now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying he is going to escalate even further.

In the midst of all of this, in Syria, armed opposition forces seeking to topple the government of Bashar Al-Assad stunned the region when they marched into Syria’s second largest city, Aleppo, and encountered almost no resistance from the Syrian armed forces or their allies. That operation was led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham or the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, which the U.S. government has classified as a terror organization. HTS has its origins in ISIS and Al Qaeda, though the group’s leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has spent years seeking to rebrand HTS as a national liberation front that is no longer affiliated with either Al Qaeda or ISIS. While the events in Syria unfold against the backdrop of the US-facilitated Israeli wars in Gaza and Lebanon, there are many factors that led to this moment in Syria. On the new episode of Drop Site News's podcast Intercepted, Dr. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, a historian who focuses on jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria, joins Jeremy Scahill for a wide-ranging discussion on the unfolding situation.

Listen above or on the Drop Site channel on Apple, Spotify, RSS, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Before you go: Giving Tuesday is today and we have an exciting opportunity to strengthen our journalism. Right now, every donation to Drop Site News will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000 by a group of our most dedicated supporters. Whether you choose to make a tax-deductible donation directly or become a paid subscriber on Substack, you'll be helping us deliver the kind of deep, investigative journalism that corporate media won't touch. Help us reach our goal by becoming a paid subscriber or making a tax-deductible donation today.

Photo: Anti-government fighters pose in front of an army helicopter on the tarmac at the Nayrab military airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2024. Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP via Getty Images.



Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.
04 Dec 15:59

12/3/24: Krystal Vs Cenk Uygur On Trump Populism

Tom Roche

very skippable

Krystal and Cenk debate if Trump will govern as a populist in his second term. 

 

To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com

 

Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

03 Dec 16:03

From Drilled: The Big Oil Origins of Corporate Free Speech

by The Lever
Tom Roche

see the /Drilled/ podcast feed @ https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CFQ4717310530 with this particular episode @ https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CFQ4911662537.mp3

Today, we’re sharing an episode of Drilled, a podcast about climate change hosted by investigative journalist Amy Westervelt. This is the first in a three-part miniseries on how Mobil Oil VP Herb Schmertz helped pave the way for corporate free speech, linking the Powell Memo to key Supreme Court cases like Bellotti and Citizens United. These efforts in the 1970s set the stage for the climate lawsuits moving through U.S. courts today. Explore the rest of Drilled Season 9 at https://drilled.media/.


Follow us on social

Send feedback, questions, or ideas to podcasts@levernews.com

02 Dec 03:04

[UNLOCKED] Bad Hasbara 67: Deutschland Unter Alles, with Hanno Hauenstein

Tom Roche

EXCELLENT, very funny

To celebrate Thanksgiving, we are unlocking this week's bonus episode of Bad Hasbara. Thankful for all of you!

Matt and Daniel visit with independent German journalist Hanno Hauenstein (The Intercept, The Guardian) about the ICC warrants issued for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the state of anti-semitism policing in Germany, and whether payes and vampire teeth make a character in a mural anti-semitic.


Please donate to Islamic Relief USA: irusa.org


Hanno Hauenstein: https://linktr.ee/hahauenstein


Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara


Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get  your podcasts.


Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5RDvo87OzNLA78UH82MI55


Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-hasbara-the-worlds-most-moral-podcast/id1721813926



Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donations

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
29 Nov 17:20

Bonus - All Hailbag the Mailbag 9: Executive Letter

Tom Roche

interesting, diverse Q&A, unusual esp personal questions

It's our bi-annual mailbag episode, where Producer Jake presents listener questions to Danny and Derek. Among the topics of this edition: If hierarchy is inevitable in human societies, how does status not based on wealth work? What would a US weapons embargo on Israel look like? Has neoliberal atomization led to a decline in the popularity of bands? What are Derek's bird feeding tips?

Subscribe now for benefits like mailbag submissions, weekly bonus episodes, and our new Discord server!

Speaking of the Discord, listeners have formed a book club that sends the following message:

"PrestigeHeads are organizing a book club for AP subscribers around military historian Donald Stoker’s 2024 book Purpose and Power: U.S. Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present. It will likely be a critical reading given Stoker’s affiliations and ideology, but the book should provide ample fodder for discussion. The plan is to read at most 50 pages a week and have ongoing discussions on the AP Discord for each chapter. We have people on board to read the introduction and first chapter by Friday, December 6th."

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Nov 23:49

Will Trump's Second Term Promote Economic Populism? Matt Stoller On Cabinet Picks To Fight Corporate Power; Should Liberals Cut Off Pro-Trump Friends & Family?

Tom Roche

EXCELLENT

Will Trump's cabinet picks fight corporate power and promote economic populism? Antitrust expert Matt Stoller joins System Update to weigh in on the next administration's approach to labor, unions, and more. PLUS: Should liberals cut off family members who voted for Trump?

----

Watch full episodes on Rumble, streamed LIVE 7pm ET.

Become part of our Locals community

- - - 

Follow Matt Stoller's Reporting: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/

Follow Glenn:

Twitter

Instagram

Follow System Update: 

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

Facebook

LinkedIn

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Nov 17:35

The Secret Recordings Netanyahu Wants Censored

by The Lever
Tom Roche

This short (<30 min, minus {intro, ads, outro}) LT episode has its moments, but is ultimately a disappointing visit with one of the "leading" shitlib documentarians of our time, Alex Gibney. (Gibney is only surpassed--or underpassed--by (e.g.) Alexandra Pelosi, about whom hear any of several amusing episodes of [/Michael and Us/](https://soundcloud.com/michael-and-us).) Previous Gibney low points include his [2013 Wikileaks/Assange hitjob 'We Steal Secrets'](http://web.archive.org/web/20211231065444/https://www.truthdig.com/articles/we-steal-secrets-state-agitprop/), which Chris Hedges excellently summarized as 'agitprop for the security and surveillance state.' In his new 'Bibi Files' doc, (producer, not director) Gibney wants to claim (and host Singh lets him tapdance right up to the edge) that Netanyahu is personally liable for (e.g.) Israeli corruption (of which Bibi is a creature--and a /very/ vile creature--but not the cause) and the weaponizing/conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism (which has been a top priority for liberal Zionists in US mass-oriented media, like Gibney, for literally decades). For guys like Gibney (and possibly Singh?), it's "rightwing authoritarians" like Netanyahu that Is To Blame, and not the inherent, festering criminality of Zionism (which vomits for Bibi et al) and its long service (even before 1917) to global capitalist empire.

Arjun Singh interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney about The Bibi Files, a new documentary he produced that uncovers explosive new police footage from the corruption trial of increasingly besieged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The podcast comes the same week the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu — and the U.S. Senate voted down a measure to block military aid to Netanyahu’s government.

 

The conversation touches on the broader implications of Netanyahu’s actions, his role in the Gaza conflict, and how his leadership has contributed to widespread division within Israel. Gibney draws comparisons to other corrupt leaders he’s documented, exploring the psychology behind political misconduct, right-wing authoritarianism, and the lengths some will go to stay in power.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Nov 21:07

The secret plan to unravel the French submarine deal

Tom Roche

excellent, but a repeat

The ink had barely dried on the deal for the French subs that then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had signed when a group of people behind the scenes started the campaign to get out of it. They had concerns that the subs would not meet the requirements that the Americans had for Australia in their role in the Indo-Pacific. Particularly in relation to China.

27 Nov 21:05

Re-Post - This Land is Their Land w/ David Silverman

Tom Roche

VERY EXCELLENT survey of (US) Thanksgiving myth and history c1621-2021

Danny and Derek welcome David Silverman, professor of Native American, Colonial American, and American racial history at George Washington University, for a discussion of the historical Thanksgiving holiday. They get into the origin and proliferation of the holiday’s myth, the historical Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, the Wampanoag Indians, their culture, politics, and relationship with the English settlers, who and what the holiday serves in modern America, and more.

Be sure to grab a copy of David’s book This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving!

Originally published November 22, 2022

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Nov 19:33

Radio War Nerd EP 485 — Meet The Trumpists, feat. Kelley Vlahos

by mail@yashalevine.com (Gary Brecher)
Tom Roche

excellent if depressing. Net: forget all that stuff about Trump's realist, restrained, "America First" foreign/military policy, 'cause his personnel picks so far (with the possible/problematic exception of Gabbard) are all hawks and neocons.

Co-hosts John Dolan & Mark Ames
27 Nov 17:18

11/26/24: Trump Sweeping Tariffs, Kamala 2028, The View Meltdown, Lindsey Quiet Part Out Loud

Tom Roche

mostly quite good, except for (the usual ads, and) final 2 /very/ skippable segments, so bail @ 97:26

Krystal and Emily discuss Trump promising tariffs on Mexico and Canada, CNN admits Americans love Trump transition, Kamala floats 2028 comeback, The View meltdown as Whoopi surrenders, Lindsey Graham says Ukraine war about money, GenZ shocking financial expectations, NBC gaslights on Thanksgiving prices. 

 

To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com

 

Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Nov 17:06

E186 - Mass Politics, the Economy, and the US Election w/ Anton Jäger

Tom Roche

excellent, wide-ranging

Anton Jäger, historian of political thought, returns to the program to speak with Danny about "the big picture" in the wake of the US election. They discuss the crisis of liberalism, the state of the left, where capital is in its own historical cycle, how the reactions to this election compare with that of 2016, hyperpolitics, empire, the view from Europe, and more.

Read Anton's latest piece in New Left Review, "Hyperpolitics in America".

Further reading:


Subscribe now and listen to our episode with Anton on hyperpolitics from last year.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Nov 21:04

888 - Bustin’ Out feat. Moe Tkacik (11/25/24)

Tom Roche

VERY EXCELLENT (funny /and/ informative) interview with Moe Tkacik @ American Prospect covers many topics (mostly centered on the union of the sets {Florida scum}+{Zionist scum}+{lib scum}+{Trump scum}+{billionaire scum}), including

* healthcare fraud in Florida, esp Matt Gaetz family and Pam Bondi
* Trump scum esp Linda McMahon and Pam Bondi (Hegseth gets mentioned but dropped)
* MeToo Zionists esp Jeffrey Epstein, Leslie Wexner, and the cesspool that is {Apollo Global Management, Leon Black, Marc Rowan}
* billionaire crackdown on anti-Zionist protest, esp Penn (i.e., University of Pennsylvania), and even more the {Wharton, Marc Rowan, Josh Shapiro} dunghill
* shitlibs project onto Trump their hatred for anti-CorpDem "traitors," inc defectors from traditionally-Democrat groups, but esp anti-Zionists
* new 'Bibi Files' documentary leaks hilarious interrogation footage from Netanyahu corruption investigation
* private equity looting US hospitals, esp {Cerberus, Steward, Ralph de la Torre} and bankruptcy bustouts
* US federal bankruptcy court in Southern District of Texas as America's most corrupt

Journalist Moe Tkacik joins us to look at a number of issues she’s reported on recently. Starting with the alarming prevalence of sexual assault allegations among Trump’s new cabinet picks, we follow the trail of backlash to accountability among the ultra-rich to College campuses and of course, Israel. We then turn to Moe’s reporting on the growing tumor of private equity in the American healthcare industry, and how these financial barons are gutting our already threadbare hospital system.


Find Moe on Twitter: https://x.com/moetkacik

And here writing at the American Prospect: https://prospect.org/topics/maureen-tkacik/


Get bonus content on Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Nov 02:50

Dead Ringers: Ep 3. New World Disorder

Tom Roche

Still not as good as S25E1, but consistently amusing with some standout moments. DR's Musk and Trump continue to be EXCELLENT, but this episode's standout (IMHO) is a /devastating/ Kamala (21:46-23:10 in the audio)

Donald Trump makes some surprising new additions to his team, there’s an unexpected guest at COP29, Nigel Farage accepts that climate change is real, and Justin Welby explains the real reason for his resignation.

This week's impressionists are Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson, Duncan Wisbey and Jason Forbes

The episode was written by: Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, Laurence Howarth, Rob Darke, Edward Tew, Joe Topping, Christina Riggs, Pravanya Pillay with additional material by Lizzy Mansfield and Vicky Richards.

Executive Producer: Pete Strauss Produced and created by Bill Dare Production Co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow

26 Nov 02:44

Best Medicine

Tom Roche

/science/ comedy is one area where, IMHO, BBC Radio 4 does /not/ excel, and this ep is also skippable

Joining Kiri Pritchard-McLean this week is comedian Daliso Chaponda who champions Denial as the best medicine (or does he?). Urology Consultant Mr Bob Yang explains how a pineapple-flavoured UTI vaccine is changing lives, Dr Dana Damian takes Kiri on a journey through the body with tiny swallowable Origami Surgical Robots, and paramedic Thomas Martin teaches Kiri how to stay alive with Defibrillators.

And the panel hear from David, one of the few people in the world who can claim he was brought back from clinical death with a defibrillator - and has also watched the whole incident on video.

Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by a funny and fascinating panel of comedians, doctors, scientists, and historians to celebrate medicine’s inspiring past, present and future.

Each week Kiri challenges a panel of medical experts and a comedian to make a case for what they think is 'the best medicine', and each guest champions anything from world-changing science or an obscure invention, to an every-day treatment, an uplifting worldview, an unsung hero or a futuristic cure.

Whether it’s origami surgical robots, life-changing pineapple UTI vaccines, Victorian scandal mags, denial, sleep, tiny beating organoid hearts, lifesaving stem cell transplants, gold poo donors or even crying - it’s always something worth celebrating.

Hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Featuring: Daliso Chaponda, Dr Dana Damian, Thomas Martin and Mr Bob Yang

Written by Mel Owen, Pravanya Pillay, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ben Rowse

Producers: Tashi Radha and Ben Worsfield

Theme tune composed by Andrew Jones

A Large Time production for BBC Radio 4

26 Nov 02:40

R.E.M.'s Music & Legacy

Tom Roche

yet another excellent (and more focused than usual) SOps on one of the great American bands (at least, before Bill Berry's head exploded)

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot discuss the music, history and legacy of R.E.M. with biographer Peter Ames Carlin.

Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9T

Become a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvc

Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnG

Make a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lU

Send us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah  Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops

 

Featured Songs:

R.E.M., "Losing My Religion," Out of Time, Warner Bros., 1991

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

R.E.M., "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," Document, I.R.S., 1987

R.E.M., "Orange Crush," Green, Warner Bros., 1988

R.E.M., "The One I Love," Document, I.R.S., 1987

R.E.M., "Radio Free Europe," Murmur, I.R.S., 1983

R.E.M., "Begin the Begin," Lifes Rich Pageant, I.R.S., 1986

R.E.M., "Low," Out of Time, Warner Bros., 1991

R.E.M., "Bittersweet Me," New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Warner Bros., 1996

R.E.M., "Everybody Hurts," Automatic for the People, Warner Bros., 1992

R.E.M., "Imitation of Life," Reveal, Warner Bros., 2001

R.E.M., "Shiny Happy People," Out of Time, Warner Bros., 1991

R.E.M., "Strange Currencies," Monster, Warner Bros., 1994

R.E.M., "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?," Monster, Warner Bros., 1994

R.E.M., "Man on the Moon," Automatic for the People, Warner Bros., 1992

Juluka, "Scatterlings of Africa," Scatterlings, Warner Bros., 1982

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.