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Episode 93 – Hockey-Related Crimes
May 10th
Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Hockey-Related Crimes
Tuesday May 10, 2011
Brian and SenorCardgage sit down at the Gitmo Nation Cardtable to discuss this weeks news and follow ups. The topics include Thailand, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki, Chuck Schumer’s ‘No Ride’ list, crazy marijuana laws, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, and Microsoft’s purchase of Skype. The banter includes other side topics and discussion of the panelists’ picks of the week.
Listen to Episode 93 – Hockey-Related Crimes
Follow-Up
Thai, Cambodian PMs fail to resolve border dispute
Thailand sets date for crucial election
Thai Premier Abhisit Calls for Peace After King Endorses July 3 Election
Libyan Forces Clash with Tunisian Soldiers
Tunisia Reacts Angrily As Libya Conflict Spills Across Border
Peter Goodspeed: NATO may have decided killing Gaddafi best way to end war
IAEA Confirms Syria Secretly Building Nuclear Reactor
UN fails to agree on Syria condemnation
Syria ‘pulls out’ of race for UN rights council spot
Bahrain calls for boycotting Iranian products
Daring raid changes history
OBL mission agreed to in secret 10 years ago
This Week’s News
Anwar al-Awlaki
Yemeni cleric Awlaqi ‘escapes US drone attack’
U.S. tries to assassinate U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki
Trains
Sen. Schumer proposes “no-ride list” for Amtrak trains
Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak
This Week in Wikileaks
WikiLeaks founder given peace award
Pot
Marijuana conviction lands US man in prison for life
Skype
Google to Buy Skype?
Facebook To Buy Skype? [REPORT]
Microsoft to buy Skype? $7 billion deal, says WSJ
NVM (5 Minutes after I posted)
Confirmed: Microsoft Will Announce Acquisition of Skype Tomorrow Morning
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion becomes official
Bin Laden Addendum
Budget lessons of Osama bin Laden
Bin Laden: Pakistan rejects US fear of raid leaks
Bin Laden discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’
CIA spied on bin Laden from safe house
Navy SEALs, the ‘quiet professionals,’ got bin Laden
Bin Laden raid response defended in Pakistan
War Criminals Try to Evade Prosecution By Pretending Torture Was Vital to Getting Bin Laden … When It Actually Delayed the Hunt for YEARS
Embarrassments for U.S., Western allies after killing of bin Laden
Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and Pakistan
Amazing Visualization of How Bin Laden News Spread Via Twitter
Al-Qaeda group claims bin Laden triumph in Arab revolts
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Picks
The Jamestown Foundation (Wikipedia)
The Jamestown Foundation (Muckety Map)
The Jamestown Foundation (Official Website)
The Killing on AMC
SenorCardgage’s Picks
U.S. maps ‘food deserts.’ Population: 13.5 million
Five stupid things Geert Wilders said during his stay in Toronto
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Episode 101 – Discoursify
Jul 20th
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Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Discoursify
Tuesday July 19, 2011
On this edition of the Roundtable Brian, SenorCardgage, RadioNed, and Robin Police discuss a number of topics in the news over the past week and a half. The panelists analyze and discuss developments in Egypt, the Palestinian bid for statehood, as well as tensions and violence with Israel, South Sudan’s admission to the UN, Thailands election fraud, the Department of Defense’s report on cyber warfare, hacking and Internet issues in the news like the raids on Anonymous-linked homes, Aaron Swartz’ arrest, the Murdoch/phone-hacking scandal, hunger in India and the tables turned with the TSA. The panelists also discuss a thread from the Gitmo Nation Roundtable Forums and their picks of the week.
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Follow-Up
Egypt Purges Mubarak-Era Police Officers
Egypt’s Mubarak out of coma, hospital says
Israel faces anti-boycott law backlash
Israel bombs Gaza tunnels
Palestinians’ gambit for UN recognition wobbles
Israeli navy intercepts protest vessel headed for Gaza
Thai Election Commission Postpones Certifying New Prime Minister
South Sudan Becomes 193rd Member of United Nations
DOD could use force in cyber war
US DoD Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace
This Week’s News
Hacking
FBI raids homes linked to ANON
Former Reddit co-owner arrested for excessive JSTOR downloads
Aaron Swartz from Demand Progress is charged in hacking
Federal Govt indicts Aaron Swartz
Monsanto confirms Anonymous hacking attack
News Corp/News of the World
Your Handy Guide to Denials in the Hacking Scandal
Stories Tagged: Phone Hacking
Rebekah Brooks Arrested Phone Hacking Allegations
Rupert Murdoch US Legal Team
Phone Hacking Whistleblower Dead
News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead
Murdoch gets a pie in the face during hack hearings – Twitter Responds
World Hunger
Why India can’t feed her people
TSA
Woman Arrested for Groping TSA Agent at Phoenix Airport
This Week in GNR Forums
Shock Doctrine
Key Participants: Robin_Police, Batman3030, aac74, SenorCardgage
Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Turntable.fm
Spotify
RadioNed’s Pick
Three Kings
Robin Police’s Pick
The Shock Doctrine avail at Powell’s Books
Senor’s Pick:
PM makes cameo in episode of ‘Murdoch Mysteries’
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