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PFC's avatar

Don't forget that many of your customers prefer listening to content rather than watching it. Please try not to make us an afterthought, and for the love of God, please don't dump the audio-only content entirely.

Thanks

-PC

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Tanya's avatar

Dude, the crown is the logo of Columbia University! Apparently, Nuland (along with Hillary Clinton) is now a Columbia professor.

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DaveL's avatar

War-monger U.

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Sidney Reilly's avatar

Not really war truly a war monger U, but criminal cabal opportunistic U. As long as the criminal cabal wants it, Columbia will support it.

Hopefully the financial cutoff might bring them to their financial knees and make then start acting responsibility, but I doubt it. Their brand image to employers has been hurt with the woke thing and palestinian issue, for sure.

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Mr. Raven's avatar

The criminal cable is the Jews guy, you are barking up the wrong tree.

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kind2animals's avatar

Jeffrey Sachs is also there. He seems to be on our side.

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Lee's avatar

Along w dear Jeff Sachs

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Ollo Gorog's avatar

Mr. Steve Griffin, I'm a Cold War vet that worked special ops. These ops put me in close proximity of Soviet Russian special ops. So I'm a person to give some cred when I tell you, the only place we want the Russians, is at our side. Yes, keep them at arms length, but we want them as allies.

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Carlos Marighella's avatar

Good show today, guys.

I find it interesting that Matt and Walter considered joining the Coast Guard and Navy respectively; I enlisted in the Navy in 1986 after graduating from high school, and I was discharged in June 1990, a little over a month before Iraq invaded Kuwait. I find it interesting that I served at the tail end of the Cold War (which I thought was going to go on forever), and after I got out, we got into a real shooting war with Iraq.

Can't speak for the Coast Guard, Matt, but Walter, you didn't miss a thing. Besides, maybe I would have had to serve under you and think to myself, "Jesus, he is such an asshole," which is what I thought about quite a few officers, along with several senior enlisted people and some of my shipmates.

I've come to the conclusion that people are fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as they don't have to fight in them, and I'm not just talking about the politicians who get us into these wars; I'm talking about people cheering on our forces during Desert Storm and the War on Terror while they were safely ensconced at home, watching CNN's coverage of the first Gulf War and Fox News' coverage of the invasion of Iraq while sitting on the couch with a cold beer in one hand and a bag of chips in the other hand, secure in the knowledge that the draft had not been reactivated.

Now Europe's political leaders are doing something similar, only they are not sending their own troops (that would be electorally catastrophic), just money and weapons so they can feel like badasses standing up to the Russians.

I liked the story too. It sounds as though that woman is going to be held captive so he can work at their car rental service.

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DaveL's avatar

Reminds me of the chicken hawks, neocons that couldn't wait to send people to war who all happened to avoid military service themselves. You know, Nuland, Cheney, Rumsfield, Bolton, etc.

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George's avatar

Great point about people being fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as they don't have to fight in them. I'd add that they are fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as their OWN kids aren't being sent to their deaths thousands of miles away from home in support of the Pax Americana.

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Mike R.'s avatar

Per Carlin: G.e.o.r.g.e.o.r.g.e.or.g.e: Borrowing your comments box. Thanks. (Nothing here aimed at you.)

America consciousness is--as our founders warned --trapped in the psyop wielded by the elitist monarchism our Republic bled to escape. A corrupt "Royal" court filled with perpetual intrigue and rumor where criminal financiers exploit the labor and lives of the disempowered serf for wealth while employing assassins, double agents and mercenary armies to intimidate, spread fear and silence dissent. The American psyche? "In ceremonies of the horseman even the pawn must hold a grudge." (Who said that?)

For criminal wealth the backup has always been imprisonment, the firing squad and the object lesson. (Jesus, Joan of Arc, MLK, Snowden. Julian got out with his ass in relatively one piece.) England is still a f'kn wealth powered elitist monarchy. Central banking grifters destroying the nations they've seized control of through the creation (term of the week) of feral cities. Unsafe, crime ridden, forced illegal immigration and theft of the nations resources meant to destroy public services, infrastructure, culture and civilization. Take a look at the perps. It's painted on their snobby little faces. (In America think Chiraq or Detroit or.......

There is the American Republic, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights it contains and the free citizen. Everything else is psyop. Depart the psyop and live!!

(And keep subscription bucks rolling toward Matt and his gypsy sidekick.)

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Chuck Campbell's avatar

I left Germany on August 10th of 90. I missed Iraq by 10 days. The Army froze ETS dates by the 20th. I totally agree with your view. The population can’t wait to applaud veterans. How about some of that sweet diplomacy?

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Carlos Marighella's avatar

Wow, 10 days! Did you have to do any time as a reservist?

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Chuck Campbell's avatar

No. They hassled me about a physical. They told me I had to get a physical to join the reserves. When they called me 6 months later to join I told them to pound sand.

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Chuck Campbell's avatar

Im not a huge fan of Putin. But if he’s such a threat to democracy or Europeans, how was Germany buying their gas from them? And who blew up the pipeline? And why? I feel like being hostile is more difficult than finding ways to trade. Additionally, there is a reason we have provided Europe with a military. When they do it themselves it has a tendency to end badly. Eventually they have to leave the nest. Don’t be surprised when they hit every branch of the tree before they hit the ground. Im not sure we’re capable of saving them, but if past is prologue, the Russians will help save their ass.

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Chilblain Edward Olmos's avatar

Imagine a future where the Islamists have taken over Western Europe, and the Russians are the ones to save them from their suicidal empathy. It’s not an absurd speculation as to the future of Europe.

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DaveL's avatar

Russia may be the last Christian country in Europe, actually!

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Chilblain Edward Olmos's avatar

Not last ( Hungary, Romania, a few others, but probably the most Christian…

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Glitterpuppy's avatar

Damn strong point… picture that..

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Glitterpuppy's avatar

Good points. Why do I feel like we have been down this same street with the Europeans before? Oh, I forgot. We have.

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PaxAlto's avatar

WTF is wrong with you? Russia WON and thank God! Most ethnic Ukrainians were murdered by Victoria Nuland, George Soros, and other globalist scum that overthrew the democratically elected ukrainian government in 2014. And all to use Ukraine as a NATO launch pad for attacking the NOW CHRISTIAN NOW MARKET DRIVEN Russian republic. THESE CREEP PROVOKED RUSSIA WITH PUSHING UKRAINIAN NATO MEMBERSHIP. MORONS.

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David Lo Pan's avatar

schizo post

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Tardigrade's avatar

It's absolutely flabbergasting that the people of Europe, whose land was devastated during World War I and World War II, are so gung-ho to do it all again.

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Glitterpuppy's avatar

I’m thinking the average European does not want this nonsense. Only leaders

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Mr. Raven's avatar

(((leaders)))

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George's avatar

Most Europeans I've spoken with are not keen on risking an all out war with nuclear-armed Russia. Their leaders, on the other hand, are all in, and since there is precious little actual democracy in the EU, it's full speed ahead ("Damn the nukes, full speed ahead!" to paraphrase Admiral Farragut). Brussels very foolishly but quite eagerly signed up for the Biden administrations's brilliant plan of destroying Russia by way of a proxy war in Ukraine and now it's blowing up in their faces. Their economies may never recover and their enviable standard of living will continue to decline. On the other hand, they've still got cool architecture and museums, and southern Europe at least has great food. Their leaders are beyond pathetic. The likes of Bismarck, Talleyrand, Metternich, and Castlereagh are turning over in their graves. Their allies over on this side of the pond--I'm thinking specifically of #Resistance upper middle class Democrats--are every bit as keen on starting WWIII as they are, and just as unlikely to ever send their OWN children to their deaths in support of the Pax Americana/ Rules Based Order. The thought of Trump pulling the plug on Project Ukraine fills the Eurocrats with dread. But when the dust clears--hopefully not radioactive dust--and the war reaches its inevitable conclusion, the US is still going to have two huge oceans on either side, and Europeans are still going to have to live next door to Russia.

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DaveL's avatar

Brussels also signed onto the Victoria Nuland coup so many years ago. Glad to see your distinction between European leaders and Europeans, also.

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Glitterpuppy's avatar

I read somewhere that we missed the boat with the USSR by not implementing a Marshall plan of sorts when the soviets fell. Imagine how that would have helped everyone.

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Craig Healy's avatar

Awesome! Love me some live Taibbi & Kirn!

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Paige McCormick's avatar

"I want peace." Exactly what I commented at the School Board after a boasting report that the community-funded arts tutor was giving students the developmental opportunity of showing their support for the color scheme of the Sky-and-Wheat Ukrainian flag.

"I want peace, and students must not be competing for the art program's approval during school hours."

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DaveL's avatar

Indoctrinate them when they're young, they could be the future HitlerJugend.

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Mr. Raven's avatar

Hitler was the good guy though, if we had listened to him there would be no forever war that only benefits Jews.

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QueenofthePrairie's avatar

I second PFC as an audio listener. I have to download the content as I live in an area with spotty cell signal. The previous show, on Germany, was impossible to listen to. Please provide simultaneous translation. Long sessions in German are pointless on audio.

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Mark W's avatar

I also like to listen as I work and I was disappointed with the long sections of German only. I was hoping for a quick recap of what was said, but unfortunately had to stop working, wash off, and then quickly watch through those sections to get the context.

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Paul S's avatar

Post the podcast please. I listen on the go

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J Johnson's avatar

Here is a NATO report that shows spending by country for the last 10 years.

https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf

It compares EU + Canada spending vs US and might put the 800B into perspective. The trend since 1989 is very telling. After the Cold War ended, overall EU+CAN spending trended down and leveled off despite adding 12 countries to NATO, then started increasing in 2014. Funny how the majority of countries only started to meet their contractual 2% GDP spending on defense in 2024 - was it late 2024 after Trump was elected? And even then, the US was still funding 2/3 of the total. It's about time Europe ramps up their defense spending.

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WillyP's avatar

Will this be released as an audio podcast ?

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Ollo Gorog's avatar

Oh, jeez! The EU is obviously trying to torpedo any chance for a negotiated peace. Matt said it at around 32:00 mins in. I think their goal is actually to prevent peace, and they don't care what else happens.

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DaveL's avatar

Or it's just posturing. So much political commentary, especially when it tries to predict, is wasted breath.

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Ollo Gorog's avatar

Yep. You are right, Sir! I agree fully. It just seems like a bit of an onslaught from them. Like they're going balls deep.

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arz's avatar

Linguistic nitpick for Matt: Derzhava (держава) in Ukrainian doesn't have the same connotation as in Russian. It just means "state", similarly as in Russian the word gosudarstvo (государство) would be used.

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