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With a nod to Mike Maharrey and Alan Mosely of the SportsBall Podcast (it's OKAY to like sports), I talk about how my recent return to watching the Green Bay Packers disgusted me. I also talk about how the corruption and commercialization of sports is akin to the corruption at the heart of the US government.

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Show Notes:

Churchdog42: "Unfortunately the Rigged Eagles vs. Packers Game is Standard Fare in the New America"

Matt Lafleur: "I don't know what pass interference is anymore"

On FPF #401, I argue that the war on terror is not about stopping and killing terrorists. From Afghanistan to the TSA at your local airport, what the government is doing to "prevent terrorism" is not about stopping the next 9/11. Most Americans still believe the reason why we have to be groped by the TSA and why we must send Americans to Afghanistan to get killed are the required sacrifices to prevent being killed by a radical Muslim. However, the TSA does not prevent terror attacks, and the US war in Afghanistan makes them more likely. The war and the TSA are apart of the establishment's propaganda machine is pushing the US empire.

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Pete invited, professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Michael Huemer to the show. Micheal wrote a book entitled, "The Problem of Political Authority," in which he deftly takes apart the concept of such political "givens" as government authority, the Social Contract, Democracy and much more. Michael discusses these concepts and explains why they have no basis in reality.

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The episode where I try to explain what the hell just happened over the past week and how we got here and also my thoughts on this impeachment situation

Nasser Arrabyee comes back for an update on the war in Yemen. Saudi forces continue to bomb Yemeni cities, and American neocons continue to insist that the war is being justly prosecuted against the Iran-backed Houthis. Arrabyee says these claims of Iranian support are overblown. As usual, the American media ignores most of the history and nuances of the war altogether.

Discussed on the show:

"Saudis Pound Yemen After Houthis' Truce Offer" (News From Antiwar.com)

"Saudi-led coalition launches 27 airstrikes on Yemen in 24 hours: Houthi spokesman" (China.org)

"Saudi Arabia begins new operation against Yemen’s Houthi rebels near Hodeidah" (The Defense Post)

Nasser Arrabyee is a Yemeni journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. He is the owner and director of yemen-now.com. You can follow him on Twitter @narrabyee.

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Scott interviews Hannah Cox, from Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, who explains why anyone who favors smaller government should oppose the death penalty. Among the problems she cites: one in nine death penalty convicts are later outright exonerated, not to mention many more who are released due to potential innocence or procedural issues; the fact that it costs up to $1 million more to execute someone than if they were given life without parole; and that the defendants who get death penalty convictions are often not the ones who committed the most heinous crimes, but simply the ones with the least effective lawyers. Cox urges all lovers of liberty to join her in support of total abolition of the death penalty.

Discussed on the show:

"The Right Way: More Republican lawmakers championing death penalty repeal" (Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty)

Hannah Cox is National Manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. Follow her on Twitter @HannahCox7.

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David Stockman talks about the recent drone strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility and America's sanctions war in Iran. For some reason, everything in the Middle East seems to be about Iran, as far as American neocons are concerned. They will do anything to turn a situation into an excuse to push for war with Iran, or to hurt them in a less violent but in some ways more horrific manner, like with economic sanctions. Stockman hopes that Trump will realize how advantageous it would be if we could get along with Iran, and take steps to institute a new nuclear agreement—or even reinstate the old one, call it something else, and take credit for his magnificent negotiating skills.

Discussed on the show:

"Locked and Loaded on Behalf of Empire First" (Antiwar.com Original)

David Stockman is the ultimate Washington insider turned iconoclast. He began his career in Washington as a young man and quickly rose through the ranks of the Republican Party to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan. After leaving the White House, Stockman had a 20-year career on Wall Street. He is the author of Trumped!, The Triumph of Politics, and his history of the financial crisis, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America.

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Pete invited Stephen the AnarchoChristian to return to the show to have a discussion about certain Christians who are making the claim that Donald Trump is some sort of Messiah or deliverer.

Stephen gives his explanation on this phenomenon and talks about possible motives that always seem to pop up when a "movement" of sorts is born.

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Max Blumenthal recounts his recent trip to Syria, where he witnessed firsthand the destruction wrought by the proxy war fought there with the support of the U.S. To this day, willingness to negotiate with the Assad regime makes you a pariah in Washington, as we've seen from Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign. Blumenthal also talks about America's economic war on Iran, which, like all sanctions, hurts only a country's people and rarely does anything to accomplish the supposed political ends.

Discussed on the show:

"Meet the militantly pro-Israel Trump official directing the economic war on Iran" (The Grayzone)

WFTU

"Commentary: I just visited Iran. Here’s what I heard about the U.S." (Reuters)

Director and writer of “Killing Gaza,” Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah, and The 51 Day War. Follow Max on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal.

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Shireen Al-Adeimi discusses the U.S. role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, particularly that of Obama administration official Samantha Power. Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of civilians have died from starvation and deprivation during the war in Yemen, many of them children. Al-Adeimi explains that part of the reason it's so hard to get democrats to criticize President Trump for what his role in the war is that they would have to reckon with Obama's part in helping the Saudis start the war in the first place. With impeachment hearings starting up, she and Scott wonder whether this will be used at all as grounds for impeachment, or if democratic leadership will be content to stay silent, just like most of the mainstream media.

Discussed on the show:

"How Dare Samantha Power Scrub the Yemen War From Her Memoir" (In These Times)

"The U.S.-Backed Coalition Can’t Agree on Why It’s Bombing Yemen" (In These Times)

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

"How Obama Decided to Intervene in Libya" (Rolling Stone)

"85,000 Children in Yemen May Have Died of Starvation" (The New York Times)

The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

"Yemen Cannot Afford to Wait" (Defense One)

"US maintains intelligence relationship with Houthis" (Al-Monitor)

Shireen Al-Adeimi is an assistant professor of Education at Michigan State. She conducts research language and literacy and writes frequently about Yemen. Follow her on Twitter @shireen818.

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