UNLOCKED

Robbie & Abby do a deep dive on the only DC foreign policy think tank that has managed to slide its tentacles into the so-called 'anti establishment' world of the 'populist right. They go back to the origins of the think-tank starting with founder Herman Kahn the inventor of the nuclear war MAD strategy all the way to their most effective salesman, Saagar Enjeti of the The Hill Rising who attended an Israeli counter terrorism school and wrote for Kim Kagan's Institute for the Study of War right out of 4-year college.

Note: Saagar Enjeti was no longer officially working for the Hudson Institute by January 2021. This podcast was originally released exclusively to Media Roots Patreon subsribers on May 2021.

Intro/Outro - Lawnmower Man SNES OST - Theme

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UNLOCKED: Neocon Tentacles into Populism, the Hudson Institute, the Doomsday Machine & Kahn !!!

Three times Nobel Peace Prize nominated peace activist Kathy Kelly and anti war veteran and author Danny Sjursen discuss Afghanistan, what the war was about, what the war was not about, why Biden's statements on the terrorist "threats" in other countries & on the Kabul blast were troubling. And they debunk the disingenuous media narrative about women's rights and human rights.

Kathy Kelly, a peace activist and author, made over two dozen trips to Afghanistan from 2010 – 2019, living with Afghan Peace Volunteers in a working class neighborhood in Kabul. She and her companions in various peace team delegations believe that where you stand determines what you see. Kelly lived with families in Baghdad throughout the 2003 Shock and Awe invasion and during the first weeks of the U.S. occupation. Kelly is now campaigning for an international treaty to ban weaponized drones.

Danny Sjursen is an anti-war veteran; the director of @mediaeisenhower (EMN); Senior Fellow at @CIPolicy; contributing editor at @Antiwarcom. He was recently selected as the 2019 Lannan Foundation cultural freedom fellow. He is the author of a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War, Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge; Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War; and A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism and Other Overlooked Aspects of American Exceptionalism He is a member of several activist organizations, including Veterans for Peace and About Face: Veterans against the War. Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet.

The Militarized Media Coverage Of Afghanistan With Vet & Nobel Peace Prize Nom

This week on the global research news hour, as we approach the 20th anniversary of the massive attacks believed to be the work of Al Qaeda terrorists, we will have a discussion on this program with the unique perspectives of two individuals who have challenged the official explanation in their own ways. In our first half hour, we talk to Matt Campbell, a British national whose brother was a victim and who is trying to get a new inquest into his death. Then in our second half hour, we’ll have a talk with journalist Lesley Hughes whose run for federal politics in 2008 was derailed by her advocating a truther position.

Investigating the truth of 9/11. Healing the Wound and Paying the Price

"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here"

The Freemasonic History of the United States VIII: 1880-1891

This is a preview clip to Part VIII Of the Freemasonic History of the United States. To access the full 14 hour episode become a subscriber to Media Roots Radio on Patreon @ www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

Robbie Martin using original Bohemian Grove yearly annals and other sources tells the story of how the Cremation of Care ceremony came to be and how they performed it for nearly 30 years before the arrival of the iconic giant owl statue. The first time the Cremation of Care was performed with a statue wasn't of an owl, it was performed in front of a 75 foot tall statue of Buddha while the grove members dressed in red and white kimonos.  Other activities are alluded to in their early documents like procuring prostitutes, smoking marijuana and bathing together naked. The early 1890s would mark the beginning of top level US government officials becoming a normal sight at Bohemian Grove campouts. 

The simulated Cremation of Care ceremony in the intro [recreated by Robbie Martin] includes pieces from the following authentic original Bohemian Grove compositions from 'The Sounds of Bohemia' : 

Beauty's Vassals - Performed by the No Name Quartet and composed by Charles Hart recorded 1987.  This more jovial vocal song was sometimes performed directly before Cremation of Care would begin. 

Barcarole - Performed by the Owl Club Orchestra and composed by Charles Hart recorded 1930. This song was specifically composed to accompany the transportation of the human effigy (Care) to the funeral pyre (a tradition that became transportation by boat)

Artwork: 'Cremation of Care' by Jules Taverier (from Harpers Magazine 1881)

This is part of a larger in-depth history podcast series that covers the span of American Freemasonry and all of its associated occult and fraternal organizations from 1776 - 1900.

Credits: 

Writing, Editing, Production, 
Research, Narration: Robbie Martin 

Research Assistant:  Amanda Compton
Additional Research:  Laurie Kirchner  
Additional Research:  Daniel Wright 

Original Music: 

'In the Gilded Halls',
'For Jahbulon, for Glory’ by: Alex Freer  

'Within the Damp Caverns',
'Cave' 
'Grand Hall’ by:  Eliza Mitchell

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The Freemasonic History of the United States VIII : 
 
1: Weaving Spiders, the Cremation of Care, Clandestine Memphis Misraim Rites & Cagliostro  
3 hrs 24 mins

2: The International Order of Twelve Knights of Tabor, Militant Black Freemasonry & Pope Leo XIII 
3 hrs 58 mins

3: The Golden Dawn, Enochian Magic, Occult Sciences, Spiritualist Scams & Hoaxes
2 hrs 48 mins

4: The Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, Esoterika & the Legacy of General Albert Pike Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 33rd ° 
4 hrs 36 mins

The Beginnings of Bohemian Grove & the Cremation of Care, Masonic History of the US Pt 8 [ Preview ]

As the Biden administration continues to seek the extradition of Julian Assange, new details have emerged about the Trump administration's secret war against Assange and his organization, Wikileaks. Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News discusses his team's explosive reporting on the CIA plot to surveil, kidnap, and even kill Assange -- all overseen by Michael Pompeo. 

Isikoff and Aaron Maté also debate Russia's role in the Assange controversy, particularly the allegation that Russia stole Democratic Party emails in 2016 and gave them to Wikileaks.

Guest: Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News. 

"Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks."
https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html

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Inside the CIA plot to kidnap, kill Julian Assange

This is 1 of a 2 part episode expoloring new angles of the 9/11 attacks using a visual interactive map of Florida. Robbie first starts by answering listener questions he didn't get a chance to answer on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Later he explores the bizarre CIA and intel connections to 3 of the flight schools attended by the hijackers and the strange coincidece and multiple mis-reports(?) about some of the 9/11 hijackers recording a violent extremist rap record in Sarosota, Florida not long before the attacks themselves. In part 2 Robbie takes a deep dive into the eerie Florida connections between the 9/11 hijackers, the so-called 'Israeli art students' and the Amerithrax attacks, guiding the viewers through a tour of the geopgraphy using the interactive map.

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Hollywood Hijackers, Arab Assassins & Cut-Out Flight Schools 1 of 2

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss Indigenous People's Day and the  true history of colonization and how healthcare industry capitalists are seeking to sabotage measures that would cut into their profits as they continue their war on the poor, the elderly and the sick. They also discuss how the far right has set its sights on education, pushing for bans on the teaching of the history of racism in America and on COVID safety precautions in its latest efforts to stir up baseless controversy, the death of war  criminal General Ray Odierno, protests against the Line 3 pipeline, and new CIA efforts to target China.

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This is War Against the Elderly and the Poor: What's Going on in Congress Fight

Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich talks to Abby Martin about his fight as Cleveland mayor against the corporation trying to privatize the city's energy grid where he closely evaded an assassination attempt, his historic tenure in Congress where he stood up against the Bush administration's war path, and the fight for accountability within the corporate captured Democratic Party.

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Dennis Kucinich, Renegade Against War & Corporations

On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss a newly-revealed US war crime in Syria that took the lives of over 60 civilians, causing shock and outrage around the world. They also discuss the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, CIA-orchestrated efforts to destabilize Cuba, the dangerous rise of the violent far right, the social program budget being pushed to the side in favor of military spending, and more.

The following articles are referenced in this episode:

How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths.html

How a School District Got Caught in Virginia’s Political Maelstrom
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/loudoun-county-school-board-va.html

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Hidden U.S. War Crimes in Syria

This week on the Global Research News Hour, we are returning to the question of the COVID crisis as we examine the situation through an original and under appreciated  lens. For the bulk of the hour we talk to Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, the CEO of the Institute for Pure and Appled Knowledge who has conducted peer reviewed analysis  related to the COVID vaccine and is here to relate that it is far more dangerous to human health than most of the media is willing to broadcast.

“We are in Deep trouble!” Following the Science behind the COVID Catastrophe

Continuing our coverage of the Red Hill disaster we are joined by Wayne Tanaka, head of Hawaii Sierra Club and leading legal actions against the Navy facility, to give the urgent updates about this unfolding catastrophe.

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Interview with Red Hill Frontline Fighter: Navy Imperiling Life on O'ahu

A news show hosted by Aaron Maté. Presented by The Grayzone.

Inside the CIA plot to kidnap, kill Julian Assange

Pushback with Aaron Mate