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Archive for March, 2011
Episode 86 – Audacity Dawn
Mar 22nd
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Episode 86 Show Prep
Tuesday March 22, 2011
Brian and RadioNed sit down at the Gitmo Nation Cardtable to discuss many of the latest news stories including Raymond Davis, Silvio Berlusconi, the continued saga in Egypt, ongoing events in Japan, protests in Bahrain, the latest developments in Wisconsin, the US/NATO attacks on Libya, Afghanistan, and the new proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. Brian and Ned also make their picks of the week.
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Follow-Up
CIA spy charged with murder in Pakistan is freed
Silvio Berlusconi laughs off ’33 women’ claims
Clinton, in Egypt, Embraces a Revolt She Once Discouraged
U.S. Coal Miners Set to Profit as Fears Rise Over Nuclear Power
Bahrain funeral turns into defiant protest
Judge’s Order Blocks Law on Unions in Wisconsin
This Week’s News
Libya
U.S. Forces Lead Attack Against Libya in Operation ‘Odyssey Dawn’ — “Operation Audacity Dawn” -Thanks Ned! -BM
Obama: US launches military action against Libya
Operation Ellamy: Designed to strike from air and sea
| Obama Authorizes Military Action Against Libya |
Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media
Nigel Farage Blasts Eurocouncil President Van Rompuy For Cozying With Gaddafi As Recently As December
World leaders clarify Libyan military plans
No-fly zone could be canceled if Libya pulls back forces
Pentagon: 112 cruise missiles launched from US and UK ships and subs, hitting 20 sites
Attack on Libya: Leader fights back, promises long war
Afghanistan
US House rejects Afghan withdrawal bill
| Kucinich: We need to get out of Afghanistan | |
Blackwater contractors convicted in Afghani deaths
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
New International Version Bible goes gender-neutral in latest translation
RadioNed’s Pick
The Shat turns 80 !
Robin Police’s Pick In Absentia
Interview with an anarcho-communist activist in Freedom Square in Cairo
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Episode 85 – Professional Amateurism
Mar 15th
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Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Professional Amateurism
Tuesday March 15, 2011
The Roundtable reconvenes with Brian, SenorCardgage, RadioNed, and Robin Police. The panelists discuss Egypt, Libya, the Middle East, the Fort Hood shooting, WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, PJ Crowley, Julian Assange, Bank of America, Japan, Intellectual Property, Patent Law, ACTA, the TPP, Pakistan, Afghanistan and more. The panelists also discuss their picks of the week. Thank you very much for your support! We appreciate your feedback and donations.
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Follow-Up
In Egypt, a violent campaign to subvert the revolution
Libya ‘dispatches emissaries’
European Leaders Don’t Rule Out Armed Intervention in Libyan Conflict
Clinton to Meet With Libyan Rebels
Clapper stands by Libya remarks; GOP senator says he should resign
Al Jazeera staffer killed in Libya
Exiled Libya crown prince asks for no-fly zone…
AJE: Children in #Libya call for Mama #Clinton to help
Libya: Censorship in the Internet Age
G8 Backs Away from Libyan ‘No Fly’ Zone
Army reprimands 9 officers in Fort Hood shooting
This Weeks in WikiLeaks
PJ Crowley: Bradley Manning’s treatment by US ‘stupid’
Wikileaks row: US spokesman Crowley quits over gaffe
Crowley quits over Manning comments
Anonymous Leaks Internal Bank of America Emails
#BlackMonday Ex-Bank of America Employee Can Prove Mortgage Fraud Part 1
BOA CEO: Foreclose on Julian Assange
Judge denies request to throw out order seeking WikiLeaks Twitter records
This Week’s News
Japan
there is not much I can add. The news is so devastating and rapidly changing, the only links I may drop will be my picks. -Ned
Satellite photos of Japan, before and after the earthquake and tsunami
Kan Faces `Katrina Moment’ as Earthquake, Nuclear Crisis Test Leadership
Global Reinsurers May Sidestep Costs as Japan Faces Most Losses
Stocks in Japan Plunge as Investors Worry
Pacific Northwest at risk for quake like Japan’s
Intellectual Property
US Senate Passes Patent Overhaul Bill; House Still Must Act
Man Arrested For Linking To Online Videos
U.S. Intellectual Property Demands for TPP Leak: Everything it Wanted in ACTA But Didn’t Get
The complete Feb 10, 2011 text of the US proposal for the TPP IPR chapter
‘Privacy’ The Latest Tool Being Used For Censorship
Pakistan
Pakistan drone attacks ‘kill three militants’
Afghanistan
US forces “mistakenly” kill Afghan president’s cousin
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Asylum Street Tunnel Project
ATPHartford Facebook
Lost city of Atlantis believed found off Spain
Senor Cardgage’s Pick
‘Jihad Cosmo’ magazine tells women how to raise warriors
RadioNed’s Pick
Atomic Insights Blog
All Things Nuclear Blog – Union of Concerned Scientists
Robin Police’s Pick
Upheaval and the Return of Pan-Arabism
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