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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