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Archive for November, 2010
Episode 71 – DEFCON i
Nov 30th
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
DEFCON i
Tuesday November 30, 2010
Brian, Eric Carlson, Robin Police, and Chris Wapcaplets return to the Roundtable to discuss this week’s news. The topics this week include a follow-up on the Grope-downs by the TSA, Richard Dreyfuss on Parker|Spitzer, the Portland “Bombing Attempt,” the extended war in Afghanistan, the terror alert system in the US and in Russia, the seizure of Domain names, and the WikiLeaks cables. The panelists discuss these topics, the current state of society, and their picks of the week.
Listen to Episode 71 – DEFCON i
Follow-Up
Anatomy of a journalistic smear job
US and Sorth Korea begin military exercises
US, South Korea push ahead with war games
| We’ve Started To Live In This Alice In Wonderland Commonsenselessness We Say Things That Are | |
This Week’s News
Portland “Bomb Threat”
FBI thwarts terrorist bombing attempt at Portland holiday tree lighting, authorities say
Portland Mayor Sam Adams did not know about bomb plot, urges fairness
Joint Terrorism Task Force Website
The FBI successfully thwarts its own Terrorist plot
US > Defunct USSR
The US of A breaks the Soviet record
Terror Alerts
Terror alert system getting overhaul
U.S. to Drop Color-Coded Terror Alerts
Russia to adopt three-level terror threat scale
Domain Name Seizure
U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More
WikiLeaks Cables
thread on Aussie board, check for links here
Wikileaks under DDOS at 8am pst?
Wikileaks excluded from trending topics.
THE CABLES. holy F U C K.
Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation
Shocking cable: US says Saudi donors are chief financiers of al Qaeda
WikiLeaks disclosure condemned by House Republican
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Minecraft
‘Website of shame’ helps collect delinquent taxes
Eric Carlson’s Pick
Sarah Palin’s Alaska
- Brilliantly re-branding the “Outsider” Palin with gospel music, NRA clothing and gun segments, Family Values, and real life common scenes values like hard work and being a good example to your kids. Welcome Mrs President 2012 (or 2016).
Robin Police’s Pick
YoruFukurou
Menage a 3
Chris Wapcaplet’s Pick
Hipster Hitler
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Episode 70 – I Feel Civilly Disturbed
Nov 25th
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
I Feel Civilly Disturbed
Wednesday November 24, 2010
The Roundtable featuring Brian Masi, RadioNed, Robin Police, and Eric Carlson reconvenes with special guest Matt Cornell. The topics this week include COICA, George Bush’s war crimes, the TSA and National Opt-Out Day, Tom Delay, Ahmed Ghailani, the Paycheck Fairness Act, discrimination, the F-22 crash, and the military action on the Korean Peninsula. Also, the panelists each discuss their picks of the week.
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Special Thanks
Jonathan Clede and Jim Lunsford for their generous donations to the show!
Follow-Up
Senate Judiciary Backs Online Piracy Bill
The Mayor Of London On George W. Bush, War Criminal
TSA chief: New pat-downs necessary; policies stay put
Sanford Airport to opt out of TSA screening
Are airport X-ray scanners harmful?
Body and Vehicle Scanners
TSA Enhanced Pat Downs : The Screeners Point Of View
The Hidden Costs of Extra Airport Security
No Security Pat-Downs for Boehner
TSA to exempt pilots from screenings, mulls ‘G-rated’ scanners
Video: TSA chief Pistole says no immediate changes to airport screening
TSA chief rethinking screening procedures
Breaking News
Tom DeLay found guilty of money laundering – Breaking
Special Guest
Matt Cornell of whatinthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com
This Week’s News
Ahmed Ghailani
The Ghailani verdict and American justice
| Only ONE Convection Out Of 286 Charges On GITMO Detainee | |
Paycheck Fairness Act and Discrimination
Republicans vote unanimously against equal pay for women bill
F-22 Crash
Pilot missing after F-22 crash identified
Senate votes to stop making more F-22 Raptor fighter jets
Search team reaches F-22 crash site
Korea
President Barack Obama: North Korea ‘a serious threat’
South vs North: ‘Koreas clash could turn into Gulf War III’
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Musings on Beer
Eric Carlson’s Pick
Parker Spitzer on CNN
RadioNed’s Pick
The Phantom Left
Robin Police’s Pick
TC Indymedia Exclusive: Secret ‘Trigger’ & blueprint for emergency domestic military crackdown plan revealed
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Episode 69 – C-SPAN 4 – The Quatro
Nov 16th
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
C-SPAN 4 – The Quatro
Tuesday November 16, 2010
Brian Masi, Eric Carlson, RadioNed, and Robin Police sit down at the Roundtable to discuss this week’s news and their picks of the week. Key topics on this week’s GNR include the Rangel Ethics Trial, misplaced Islamophobia, Haitian protests over the Cholera outbreak, the new TSA guidelines and the public backlash, new measures to combat the Federal deficit and debt, new Republicans in Washington, and one Florida used truck dealer’s ploy to get new sales.
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Follow-Up
Charles Rangel Ethics Trial: Rangel Walks Out (VIDEO)
Amidst National Islamophobic Upheaval, Arizonans Protest Mosque That’s Actually A Church
Anger Erupts at U.N. in Haiti as Cholera Toll Nears 1,000
Haitians protest U.N. base over cholera claim
Haiti outbreak raises security fears: UN
This Week’s News
TSA Fondling
NJ lawmakers seek to stop airport security scans
If you won’t submit to screening, you won’t fly, TSA says
Who is John Tyner and why is he upsetting the TSA?
TSA to investigate body scan resister
Deficit Cutting
$4 trillion in deficit cuts proposed
Panel Seeks Social Security Cuts and Higher Taxes
Republicans could scale back US science budgets
Weaker Dollar Seen as Unlikely to Cure Joblessness
Politics
Boehner’s Office Reviewing C-SPAN’s Request For Access To House Proceedings
Huckabee Joins Tea Party-Progressive Coalition For Defense Cuts: Defense Must Be ‘Looked At Honestly’
John Boehner: Mitch McConnell earmark move restores ‘trust’
Conservatives warn GOP lawmakers
Guns, Candy, Florida
Florida residents entitled to a free AK-47 rifle
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Fix Congress First! – The Fair Elections Now Act
Eric Carlson’s Pick
| Bush v. Baker: Battle of the Books & Truth | |
RadioNed’s Pick
CSPAN – TSA Oversight Hearing 9.30am Nov 17th
Robin Police’s Pick
A Rocket to Nowhere
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Episode 68 – Resisting the Taint
Nov 9th
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Resisting the Taint
Tuesday November 9, 2010
The gang gathers at the Roundtable to discuss news and have a good time. This week’s topics include the hikers in Iran, American TSA security theatre, George Bush’s presidency, politics, liberalism, progressivism, conservatism, the economy, the Internet and the Middle East. The panelists, Brian Masi, SenorCardgage, Robin Police, and Eric Carlson discuss this week’s news and their picks of the week.
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Follow-Up
American Hikers in Iran
‘Free Shane And Josh’: New Documentary On Detained Hikers Offers More Evidence Of Their Innocence (VIDEO)
FREE SHANE AND JOSH
An Urgent Plea for Compassion
Security Theatre
TSA Fondles Women and Children Refusing Airport Naked Body Scanners
TSA meets resistance
This Week’s News
Gitmo Nation
Bush personally authorized waterboarding 9/11 mastermind
George W Bush claims UK lives ‘saved by waterboarding’
Internet News
Lebanon Cracks Down on Internet Freedom
Official vb.ly link shortener seized by libyan govt
Glenn Greenwald vs. Lawrence O’Donnel
Greenwald vs O’Donnell on MSNBC
American Economy
With Election Over, Lawmakers Comfortable Defending TARP
Fed’s $600bn gamble risks throwing away America’s biggest asset
Fed will spend $600B in latest bid to help economy
This Week in GNR Forums
Masked man nabbed on flight to B.C. from Asia
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Chia Obama is Back!
Senor’s Pick
Covert group offering Britain billions: House of Lords member
Eric Carlson’s Pick
| Webster Tarpley: The Next Decade 1/4 | |
What is the opposite of Microcephalic? Is Macrocephalic a word? Well, of course, it is and Tarley fits the bill.
- Politics is a battle against Wall Street.
Robin Police’s Pick
The midwest is red?
Silly Bandz all the rage for all ages in Portland schools
RadioNed’s Pick
In absentia – more Glenn Greenwald: A must-see speech and Q/A:
“Civil Liberties and Terrorism in the Age of Obama.”
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Episode 67 – Don’t Be A Dick – The Election Edition
Nov 2nd
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Don’t Be A Dick – The Election Edition
Tuesday November 2, 2010
The Roundtable convenes on an election Tuesday for wall-to-wall election coverage, which includes a ton of news that has nothing to do with the election histeria. The panelists, Brian Masi, Eric Carlson, RadioNed, and Robin Police discuss their picks of the week and other topics, including; Islamophobia, Tyler Clementi, BP, Halliburton, and the Gulf Leak, the Cholera epidemic in Haiti, NJ governor Chris Christie, Omar Khadr, 9/11, the Tea Party, the John Stewart Rally to Restore Sanity, and WWE memorabilia, Google and the Government, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Alzheimers, and China.
Listen to Episode 67 – Don’t Be A Dick – The Election Edition
Follow-Up
Family in Muslim clothing ejected from flight at Memphis International
Dharun Ravi, Molly Wei Say They Didn’t Put Tyler Clementi Video On Internet
BP in clear over Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster
New questions on stability of cement in gulf oil well before explosion
Haiti: Cholera Outbreak Highlights Clean Water Crisis
Protest Closes New Cholera Treatment Center in Haiti
Dean Kamen Water Purifier
Gov. Chris Christie officially scraps Hudson rail tunnel
Canada aware of Khadr plea deal: U.S. memo
This Week’s News
9/11 Ongoing Investigation
| 9/11 Footage Shows FBI Director Asking FDNY Film Crew About “Secondary Hit” 3/4 | |
9/11: Chemical Engineer Mark Basile Found Nanothermite in WTC Dust
Teaparty, Rally to Restore Sanity, Election Day
Tea Party backing candidate who allegedly shot unarmed Iraqis 60 times
| Jon Stewart’s speech at the Rally For Sanity. | |
Funniest signs and images from the Jon Stewart / Stephen Colbert rally
WWE garb allowed at polls
South Carolina FTW!
Google Sues the Government
Google Sues The US Government For Only Considering Microsoft Solutions This made me laugh, feel giddy, and shit brix at the same time. CLASH OF THE TITANZZZZ — robin, obvy
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Russia-U.S. Raid Four Heroin Labs Near Afghan-Pakistan Border
Russia’s heroin problem and ongoing battles over Afghan poppy fields
Karzai denounces drug raid in Afghanistan
Manmohan, Hillary discuss bilateral ties ahead of Obama’s trip
APML to issue anti-Nawaz charge sheet
Al-Qaida Said To Be Planning European Hostage-Takings
Alzheimers and Finances
Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer’s
China, US, Rare Earth, and Trade Wars
EU concerned by Chinese industrial policy
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
To Pay For Mortgage And Health Care, Woman Forced To Sell Letter From Obama Saying ‘Things Will Get Better’
Eric Carlson’s Pick
‘Plateau’ Oil
RadioNed’s Pick
The Underbelly Project
The Shadow Machine
Robin Police’s Pick
Attack of Pedo Will
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