Related tracks: Linking US imperialism and police violence: Killer cop got start at dictator-training military base

It's time for Part 2 of the Kennedy saga. We take a step back to look at some of the adventures of old Papa Joe we missed on the first pass.

Full episode available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/49911870

Grubstakers Podcast

Episode 229 Teaser: The Kennedys Part 2

"Yemen war: Joe Biden ends support for operations in foreign policy reset," reports the BBC. "Trump: US will be out of Afghanistan by Christmas 2020," cheered Military Times. "Trump Orders Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Northern Syria," the New York Times told us.

For decades, the United States has very often appeared to have "ended" wars that do not, in fact, end at all. Open-ended jargon like "residual counter terror forces," "Vietnamization," "military advisors," along with deliberately ambiguous timetables, process criticisms––all are used to confuse the average media consumer. America's politicians know the American public broadly dislikes war and empire––and thus wants to see it restrained––but these same politicians don't really want to end wars so they have a frequent PR problem: How do you make it look like you’re ending a war or occupation without really doing so?

To solve this conundrum, American political leaders have perfected the art of fake-ending a war. Which is to say, announcing a war is going to end, typically around election time, only to––once the headlines make a big splash––backtrack, obfuscate, claim the "situation on the ground has changed" or the military involvement will only be in a "limited" or "defensive" capacity, shuffle troops around or find other thin pretexts to continue the war or occupation.

In this episode, we discuss the United States' history of fake-ending wars, who these pronouncements are meant to please, why troops levels are often impossible to know, and why so many of our so-called "wars" are not really wars at all, but military occupations that are never really meant to end.

Our guest is Shireen Al-Adeimi, assistant professor at Michigan State University.

Episode 133: The Art of Fake-Ending Wars

We pledge eternal fealty to our beautiful "boaters." We also take a deep dive into an amazing bungle in the jungle, and examine Joe Biden's digital strategy of emulating c.2013 Upworthy.

[sorry about will's audio in the beginning, we had a bit of a Zoom goof but it gets fixed halfway -ed.]

Chapo Trap House

416 - Operation: Guaido (5/4/20)

And introducing…on bass guitar, John Taylor! Bassist and founding member of 80’s new romantic superstars Duran Duran, Taylor and his bandmates achieved wild success in the 1980, but Taylor and Duran Duran’s 80’s excess came with a price, and his personal journey took him to the brink of self-destruction. Today we’ll be talking all about those wonderful double Duran’s through his book “In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran”.

Songs
Chic - Everybody Dance
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Duran Duran - Rio
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Duran Duran - A View to a Kill
The Power Station - Get it On (Bang a Gong)
Duran Duran - Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
Neurotic Outsiders - Jerk
Neurotic Outsiders - Janie Jones
Duran Duran - Falling Down

And Introducing Podcast

#72 DURAN DURAN!

Spenser & Mike get deep in pandemic brain with philosophy and updates on COVID warfare at home & abroad.

Show notes: 
- Join upcoming May 30 national actions to Cancel The Rents @ https://www.canceltherents.org/

- Get the new album 'Rend Wake' by our audio engineer Anahedron: https://condinarecords.bandcamp.com/album/rend-wake

- Learn about this 72nd anniversary of the Nakba: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2020/5/15/remembering-72-years-of-the-nakba-as-annexation-looms

PANDEMIC VISION

Spenser and Mike interview Army Major Danny Sjursen about his journey from West Point officer in Iraq and Afghanistan to anti-war author, commentator and activist. 

Sjursen is host of 'Fortress On A Hill' podcast and author of several books. Find his work at https://skepticalvet.com/

Army Major to the Anti-War Movement

The gang is back.

The first half of the episode is an update on Trump happenings: the debates; the covid; etc.

In a very special second half, we debut content from a possible new podcast called Brue Crime. Brue Crime would be The Bruenigs discussing true crime, which Liz and Matt both love but for very different reasons.  The true crime discussed in this episode is the Chris Watts story, which was recently told in an incredible documentary titled ‘American Murder: The Family Next Door' currently on Netflix.

Trump Updates; Trial Run of Brue Crime: The Chris Watts Story

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod
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SPECIAL SEMI-BONUS EPISODE! Brace interviews anthropologist Alpa Shah about her book “Nightmarch: Among India’s Revolutionary Guerillas”, detailing her time around the Maoist fighters, their relationship with the Adivasi, and the Indian state.

Buy Nightmarch here

https://www.amazon.com/Nightmarch-Among-Indias-Revolutionary-Guerrillas/dp/1849049904

Episode 111: Nightmarch (teaser)

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

The second part of the Ghislaine Deposition UltraEpisode—this time even more psychotic. We unlock the Secrets of the Brit.

Episode 113: I Wouldn't Describe A Sex Toy Pt. 2 (teaser)

This week we discuss the theory of NEOFEUDALISM, company towns, EPCOT center, and the gig economy.

SOURCES
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/neofeudalism-the-end-of-capitalism/
https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoShakespearean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPCOT_(concept)

HELP THE GEORGIA SENATE FIGHT:
https://Janemcalevey.com

ALEX'S MOVIE SPACE TRASH:
https://vimeo.com/295924793

MERCH:
Poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON EPS
Patreon.com/PodDamnAmerica

GIVE ME FUEDALISM GIVE ME FIRE GIVE ME THAT WHICH I DESIRE

We are joined by LA comedian Sarah Squirm and SF tenant organizer Shanti Singh to talk about CALIFORNIA and her various PROPS and JOWLED GHOULS.

SARAH SQUIRM
@SarahSquirm

SHANTI SINGH
@uhshanti
https://www.gofundme.com/f/room-keys-for-unhoused-folks-during-covid

MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON
patreon.com/poddamnamerica

CALIFORNIA UBER ASS w/ SARAH SQUIRM & SHANTI SINGH

The gang is back with special guest Matt Christman to reminisce over the top 5 takes of the Trump era, including Eric Garland, Louise Mensch, Ian Millhiser, and the intelligence agency plot to set off fireworks in New York City.

Subscribe for all the episodes: https://www.patreon.com/thebruenigs

Best Takes of the Trump Era, Featuring Matt Christman, aka @cushbomb

Following Robbie Martin's 2-part podcast QAnon breakdown on Media Roots Radio, the anonymous (self- proclaimed) 'government insider', Q continued to post on the 8kun message board but appeared to be running out of steam, lacking the creativity and spark it once had. Trump has lost the election and gone into hiding and interestingly the anonymous poster known as Q decided to do the same, only posting 3 times total in the month of November. Unfortunately for the sitting president, Q now seemingly describes Trump as 'post-POTUS'. But what happens if or when Q stops posting? Has the QAnon movement become stronger than the identity itself? What the hell does this all mean? Robbie attempts to decipher all this from @ 01:16:00 onward. The co-founder of 8chan, Fredrick Brennan joins Robbie at the beginning of the episode to discuss his political trajectory and how he was intimately close to the technical backend of the 8chan website enough to have a plausible theory on who may be behind Q. Is it possible Jim and Ron Watkins, the father/son duo and owners of 8kun are currently posing as Q? Take another journey with Media Roots Radio into QAnon land to find out answers to these bizarre questions and more....

intro/outro music: Gescom - Seventh Stone Triangle 

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

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Media Roots Radio 

The Storm Recedes? QAnon Post-POTUS & the Chan Board Origin Story of Q w/ Fredrick Brennan

Zero Books publishing manager Doug Lain talks to us about getting censored by the Youtube algorithm bot and how we grapple with free speech as leftists on the internet. We go on to talk about how this plays into the overall ideological movement of socialism, the end of history/end of ideology, and then someone brings up a twitter account that it is illegal to type out loud and we start yappin' about free speech and comics and crap. Enjoy

DOUG LAIN/ZERO BOOKS
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyoQK-mZXr2ws4C0nXGCH1w
https://douglaslain.substack.com/p/why-did-youtube-censor-us
https://youtu.be/2c5_hVUHp5o
https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks

MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON
Patreon.com/PODDAMNAMERICA

Howdy I'm the Sherrif of Youtube w/ Doug Lain

The gang is back with a new year's special.