"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

What happens when your mom starts believing in QAnon? Charlotte Callanan is a young woman from Australia who has been in this exact situation for 4 years now. She speaks to us about the process of finding out about her mother's beliefs, educating herself on the conspiracy theory and attempting to find some peace despite a series of painful arguments plaguing their close relationship. Time reporter Vera Bergengruen also drops by to explore her recent article about QAnon candidates winning local elections.

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Episode 139: Mother, Anon feat Charlotte Callanan & Vera Bergengruen

A Chinese religious cult undergoes a massive government crackdown. In response, they found a newspaper in the United States and set out to combat Beijing. But why did one of their journalists hand a mysterious envelope to Trump? This week we're joined by Jared Holt — repeat guest, journalist for Right Wing Watch and host of the Shitpost Podcast — to discuss The Epoch Times and its relationship to the Falun Gong cult.

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Episode 75: The Epoch Times feat Jared Holt

A bizarre belief is spreading. And it involves underground tunnels beneath New York City's most famous park. How did it start? Is there anything to it? Secret adrenochrome farms may even be involved. Plus, Jake has written "Cabal Runner", a dystopian tale featuring Project Veritas loser James O'Keefe as the central detective. (One more thing: we do address the Alex Jones threat to QAnon at the top of the episode)

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SOURCES

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-grants-exclusive/exclusive-justice-department-anti-human-trafficking-grants-prompt-whistleblower-complaint-idUSKBN20425G
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_575479.pdf
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6160754/usns-mercy-sailors-treat-patient
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/coronavirus-lifestyle-influencers-sharing-conspiracy-qanon

Episode 86: Rescuing The Mole Children From Tunnels Under Central Park

They're blackmailing each other and punching horses. The euroskeptic movement and its central party, UKIP, has continued to shamble forward as it falls apart in the most bizarre and pathetic ways possible. We're joined by Trashfuture's Riley Quinn, Alice Caldwell-Kelly, Milo Edwards, & Hussein Kesvani. In the other corner, submitted to our cold scrutiny, stands quite a menagerie: Tommy Robinson. Nigel Farrage. Paul Joseph Watson. Count Dankula. Sargon of Akkad. Dick Braine. All somehow connected through the UKIP party. This episode also includes a Jake story (UKIP 6 SIEGE) which adds Hussein Kesvani to the lot. WOT A BANGER.

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Episode 89: UKIP 6 SIEGE (Crossover w/ the Trashfuture Podcast)

Philosophers Jacques Van Bordeaux (@intellegint) and Ted "Theodeseus" Whip (@charlesraustin) join Dandy (@necrobranson) and his twin brother Randy (@necrobranson) to ponder life's biggest and deepest questions.

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144 - The Wise Man and the Fool

MK Ultra. The deepstate betterment program. Mel Gibson biting off someone's nose. Julia Roberts riding a beautiful horse. This late 90's movie has it all. Patrick Stewart rounds off the cast as a stand-in for Sidney Gottlieb (or so Julian theorizes). Jake attempts to explain how he isn't Mel Gibson.

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Premium Episode 95: Conspiracy Theory (1997) Movie Night (Sample)

Pete Sugarbread (@intellegint), Douglas Fir (@necrobranson), and Danny Elfman Jr. (@charlesraustin) share their favorite things about Christmas and trade Christmas tales.

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157 - Hallmark Presents Tales of Christmas: We're Christmas Crazy

Author of the Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins, comes on to talk about the cold war and the influence of America's #1 rag tag gang of friends, the CIA.

Research for the episode:
Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
Poisoner in Chief by Steven Kinzer
The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot

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Your Pal The CIA w/ Vincent Bevins

We tackle the short squeeze at GameStop that has caused their stock price to explode and offer a handy explainer for essential investing terms such as “shorting”, “naked shorts”, “tendies”, “diamond hands”, “gamma squeeze”, and “wife’s boyfriend”. We further offer a few lessons to take away from what has happened so far as well as some predictions for the future and a stern insistence that nothing we say in this podcast is investment advice.

Episode 216: The Short Squeeze on GameStop

This month we take a stab at covering the business of animals. To kick off this extravaganza of corruption we speak with animal rights activist and founder of SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness) about the corruption/thievery within animal charities such as PETA, the threat that factory farming poses against climate change and the effect the media has to dumb down the individual, which leads us to admiring animal abusers such as Joe Exotic. 

Support Shark by donating to them, watching their videos on YouTube or even just telling a friend about the reality of the dystopian present we live in.

P.S This is the book about the meat industry mentioned by Steve Hindi during the interview. Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry by Gail A. Eisnitz 

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Episode 217: The business of Animals feat. Steve Hindi president of SHARK

Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.