The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) Episode 371

(00:27) Introduction

(02:04) The Balloon

(24:12) Pell Buried

(30:46) Lidia Thorpe

(33:49) RoboDebt

(44:01) Albo had a beer

(45:46) Jim Chalmers

(48:30) Aukus

(52:51) Jimmy Dore

(58:27) Patrons

(01:01:00) Chat GPT

(01:03:27) The Guardian

(01:10:18) Narratives are made up

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:34) Introduction

(01:52) Opus Dei

(21:56) Florida Wants Menstrual Cycle History

(27:25) Boomer Libertarians

(47:17) Jacinta Price on Murdoch

(53:13) The Voice

(56:00) Jacinda Ardern

(01:09:59) Pokies

(01:11:06) Violence in America

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) intro

(02:17) Cardinal Pell

(12:24) 21st Birthday Nazi

(16:41) Pokies

(29:30) Stamp Duty and Land Tax

(33:58) Exploding Heads on Inequality

(35:14) Book Club

(37:04) Sunak

(39:26) Prince Harry

(49:36) Indigenous People Are Not That Different

(55:17) The Right To Strike

(57:49) The Biggest Obstacle To Real Freedom

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) episode368

(00:32) Welcome

(03:17) Topics I'll avoid in 2023

(03:50) Hot Topics

(11:03) Recent Events

(35:03) Thoughts on Economics

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) Ep 367

(00:40) Introduction

(05:30) Joe Was Right

(08:35) Robodebt

(12:36) Submarines 49%

(15:43) Timor Gap Continued

(19:48) War Power

(22:08) Perrottet on Confessions

(26:34) Population Cap

(29:06) China's Human Rights Record

(34:35) Patrons

(38:41) Trans Assault

(43:31) Oil and the Petro-Dollar

(45:54) Qld 3 Billion Dollar Bonus

(46:50) Oil and Gas Price Cap

(59:59) 2022 Review

(01:15:32) Farewell for 2022

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:33) Introduction

(03:56) Brittany Higgins

(13:04) Julia Banks

(16:11) Sunshine in the coffee shop

(18:06) Scott Morrison

(21:19) Nativity Plays

(23:21) Catholic Hospitals

(33:16) Peta Credlin

(34:09) Anti Corruption Commission

(37:34) Putin Poo

(38:08) Nurses and Putin

(40:07) Trump Tax Returns

(40:37) Kanye and Alex Jones

(44:41) Adin Ross

(48:44) Young Turks

(51:38) USA Rail Workers

(54:06) Chips

(59:06) France Bans Short Flights

(01:10) Oil Price Cap

(01:03:14) China Trade

(01:04:26) Timor

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) ep 365

(00:33) Introduction

(03:39) Victorian Election

(07:33) 3 Minutes of Sky News

(11:11) Murdoch Failure?

(14:14) Conspiracies

(18:23) Rowan Dean

(21:25) ABC

(23:25) Milton Dick

(26:29) The GGs Wife

(29:02) Jordan Peterson

(29:57) The State of Society

(37:04) Colorado Shooter

(38:51) A Missile into Poland

(42:42) Celebrities

(43:08) Elon Musk

(54:08) Protests in China

(56:30) Chips

(01:55) Venezuela

(01:02:17) Oil Price Cap

(01:05:23) The Plaza Accord

(01:08:26) Exchange Rate

(01:09:38) GDP

(01:12:37) The Yen Appreciates

(01:16:07) GDP Post Plaza Accord

(01:16:26) China Trade Comparison

(01:17:45) Final Thoughts

(01:23:53) Mr Anderson

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:33) Introduction

(03:06) God Forbid

(05:17) Historical Knowledge

(09:30) Victorian Election

(16:35) Evangelicals Blame Abortion Demons

(19:02) Greg Smith and MAGA

(21:25) Zuckerberg Ignored the Script

(23:44) USA in the Persian Gulf

(24:26) Old fashioned CIA propaganda

(28:07) Chinese Diplomacy

(33:05) QANDA

(43:24) Chinese Suppression of Journalists

(47:22) Venezuela

(49:38) Turkey Starts Partial Payment In Rubles

(50:34) German Deflation

(51:49) New Zealand Voting Age

(53:23) History of Money

(59:55) How Japan Korea and Taiwan Succeeded

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In this episode we discuss:

• Chapters
• More on Twitter
• Paid Blue Tick search
• Facebook owner Meta to sack 11,000 workers after revenue collapse
• RoboDebt
• Industrial relations
• If only Labor's wage changes were as bad as the bosses claim
• Predictably, 'employer groups' slam Albanese's industrial relations bill
• How did independents vote?
• The cost of living isn't as high as we've been told
• Good stories – NDIS
• Renewable Energy Storage
• 1,500 pumped hydro sites identified
• Brexit Poll
• Fascism, Communism
• Fascism
• How to spot a Communist.
• USA Update ep 363
• US Mid Terms
• Polls got it wrong
• CNN Exit Polls
• Katy Perry
• The New Candidate Countries For BRICS Expansion
• Chinese Anal Searches

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In this episode we discuss:

(00:00) Talk about ideas

(00:23) Introduction

(05:41) Twitter and Mastodon

(11:45) Dictator Dan and those steps and that accident

(20:39) Labor takes step towards new religious discrimination laws

(24:58) Negative gearing and capital gains tax discount

(34:05) Average Vs Median

(37:56) Alan Joyce

(44:58) Rules Based International Order

(48:45) Oil Price Cap

(50:54) Oil – Financial market versus the energy market

(59:13) Hence Europe is Stuffed

(01:03:24) Patrons and Newsletter

(01:05:59) Computer Chips

(01:14:39) Top 10 recent news that portend a terrible future for the US-led world order:

(01:19:25) How the world views Russia and China

(01:21:35) Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan

(01:25:51) Population to hit 8 Billion

(01:30:06) The Farther People Are From The Fighting In Ukraine, The More They Oppose Peace Talks

(01:38:08) Submarines

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