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- #83: One Country, Three Mics w/ Carl Zha (2019/9/19)Carl Zha (@CarlZha), host of the Silk and Steel Podcast (https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel) fills Dan (@DarnArckerman) and Peter (@Parenthestein) in on some history and context to the current Hong Kong protests before we jump into the tough questions that accompany any protest movement in the world of Great Power politics.If you're a subscriber, you can also hear Carl stay a little longer and talk about the Shane Gillis saga at SNL!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsLinks:All-too-common Pepehttps://www.polygon.com/2019/8/23/20827041/pepe-the-frog-hong-kong-protests-china-dota-2-the-international-2019Fuck the Popohttps://twitter.com/Dystopia992/status/1172320596140552192Resist Beijing -- Liberate Hong Kong!https://twitter.com/cheriechancy/status/1173119149616140288Rally at the US consulate in Hong Konghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fugZvuyR9GUMarco Rubio with Patten and Wonghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAwsIsLWFO0US national anthem at the consulate rallyhttps://twitter.com/Snow_Fang2/status/1173147209245741057Jimmy Laihttps://www.fdd.org/events/2019/07/08/protests-crack-downsand-the-future-of-hong-kong-a-conversation-with-jimmy-lai/Poon Hiu-wing killed by in Taiwanhttps://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2137067/hong-kong-man-19-arrested-after-being-suspected-killing-hisA little perspectivehttps://thegrayzone.com/2019/08/17/hong-kong-protest-washington-nativism-violence/On NED funding (with a Carl tweet of a Pepe sign!)https://www.mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions role in protestshttps://twitter.com/chinahand/status/1159884666054201344Locust adhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Kong_Qingdong_incidentFunctional constituencyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_constituency_(Hong_Kong)Corporate votinghttps://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1638964/abolish-corporate-voting-make-hong-kong-elections-fairerRegime change Avengershttps://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1171581570655780864West Papuahttps://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1169433895084818432Tim Shorrock on Koreahttps://twitter.com/TimothyS/status/1167825922667536386Marginal Violence Theory in the NYThttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/opinion/hong-kong-protests-police-violence.htmlLocust World songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueNr7mfFZu8Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/1 hr 33 min
- #82: Judeo-Bernie-ism (2019/9/10)Dan (@DarnArckerman) and Peter (@Parenthestein) stare into the abyss of media coverage of Bernie Sanders and find... themselves...Give us Patreon and hear about the Afghan "peace" process at Overtime!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: Epstein poisoned our vapes14:18: Trump primary challenges26:29: On the Bernie MediaLinks:Raprock Obamahttps://twitter.com/betaodork/status/1166808746544250882Old Town Hallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD24oApjci8&Joi Ito's idea of "restorative justice"https://twitter.com/DarnArckerman/status/1169448887276507138Ronan Farrow on Ito, Eptsein, and Bill Gateshttps://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-an-elite-university-research-center-concealed-its-relationship-with-jeffrey-epsteinWaPo anti-Sanders biashttps://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/15/if-youre-looking-evidence-wapo-media-bias-against-bernie-sanders-here-itGlenn Kessler's Pulitzer nomhttps://theintercept.com/2019/09/07/glenn-kessler-fact-checker-washington-post-pulitzer/Katie Halper in Jacobin on Sydney "Fire Emoji" Emberhttps://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/bernie-sanders-sydney-ember-new-york-timesRolling Stone on the Fact Checkhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-medical-bankruptcy-washington-post-fact-check-878120/Greenwald on "Spygate"https://theintercept.com/2018/05/19/the-fbi-informant-who-monitored-the-trump-campaign-stefan-halper-oversaw-a-cia-spying-operation-in-the-1980-presidential-election/A good fact-check on the fact-checkhttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/31/sanders-campaign-demands-washington-post-retract-fact-check-medical-bankruptciesSome morehttps://bernie.substack.com/p/bernie-2020-demands-retraction-ofLev Stesin in Haaretz on Bernie as "Jewish Bolshevik"https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-i-rage-at-bernie-sanders-the-last-jewish-bolshevik-but-i-can-t-hate-him-1.7774291Warren <3 Clintonhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/warren-clinton-talk-behind-scenes-2020-race-intensifies-n1049701Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/1 hr 18 min
- #81: All Watched Over By Biden's Bloody Eye (2019/9/6)Peter (@Parenthestein) and Dan (@DarnArckerman) come back from their August sabbatical just in time for blood to burst out of Biden's face on live TV! We missed this!!!We get all our overdue Epstein takes out of the system at Overtime!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: OH-DEHHH2:29: Biden's bloody eye8:29: BrexitLinks:Biden's bloody eye 2019https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1169411710396096518Biden's bloody eye... in 2013!!!https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-02-13/joe-biden-zombie-eye-glasses-go-viral-state-unionOH-DEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!https://twitter.com/jacobkornbluh/status/1168996965541171204Lebanese Parliamenthttps://twitter.com/Ali_Kourani/status/1169291960051490818The original Bret bedbug emailhttps://twitter.com/davekarpf/status/1166159027589570566Biden's bloody eye... in 3019 of the Third Age!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84Jamv0xyETheme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/37 min
- #80: Mr Franken and the Curious Case of the Russia Memes (2019/7/28)Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) and Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) throw Al Franken in the water one more time and find that he still floats. We're never going to be free of Franken or the culture he represents. Might as well listen to TNNE while we rot in this pyramid!Speaking of rot, we talk Boris Johnson in Overtime!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: The Baby Boomers' Cultural Mausoleum6:02: Peter makes Dan watch the CATS trailer17:39: Mueller hearing20:45: Jane Mayer's Al-Franken-Did-Nothing-Wrong articleLinks:Franken as Husseinhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Franken_Iraq_4.jpgJane Mayer's Al-Franken-Did-Nothing-Wrong articlehttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-frankenFranken resignation speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdGuJNYI83YFranken's Christmas in Kuwait 2003https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxYHQ69r4LkTheme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/59 min
- #79: Oh Those Midsommar Nights w/ Alisa Raisis (2019/7/18)Alisa Raisis returns to scream in unison with Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) and Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) about how good Midsommar was. Folk horror, body horror, heterosexuality horror, the horror of anarcho-primitivism, we've got you covered.We tried to talk about the Pelosi/Squad feud in Overtime, but we mostly ended up talking about The Lion King:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: Intros, Red Scare, and other nonsense10:44: Midsommar review really startsWillow's Songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRcwiA6hH7UHäxanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLCpxD4VZQI1 hr 27 min
- #78: This Ugly Schlub Theory of History w/ Peter Herman (2019/7/11)Peter Herman (@TweeterHerman) can't stay away when Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) and Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) delve into Jeff Ross's roast dialectic. The rest of the week folds out from that single point of energy, from Aziz Ansari's new Netflix special to Jeffrey Epstein's arrest to Hunter Biden's all-American failed search for meaning.Subscribe to our Patreon to hear whether Heaven Is For Real or not!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: Intros, historical roasts, & other bullshit15:06: Aziz Ansari's new special34:30: Jeffrey Epstein51:19: Hunter BidenLinks:One of the many Epstein pieces:https://www.thedailybeast.com/katie-couric-woody-allen-jeffrey-epsteins-society-friends-close-ranksHunter Biden's NYer profile:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/08/will-hunter-biden-jeopardize-his-fathers-campaignTheme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/58 min
- #77: Cock & Ball Patrol (2019/7/5)Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) and Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) had the day off to burn a flag on July 4, but they're back to recap last week's debate and talk about more of the ethnic cleansing horrors that this country is committing. Fun...There's a rumble in the right wing on Overtime!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsLinks:Biden's eulogy at Strom Thurmond's funeralhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?c4790947/joe-biden-eulogyLearn more about the Free Heartland Kids campaignhttps://freeheartlandkids.com/Listen to Dan and Sarah Gourevitch on the Midwest Socialist podcasthttps://soundcloud.com/midwestsocialist/free-heartland-kidsNight 2 Debatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX7hni-zGD8Zach Carter on Pelosihttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats_n_5d155cece4b07f6ca57ac4cbCBP Facebook grouphttps://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memesThe Intercept archived some of the postshttps://theintercept.com/2019/07/05/border-patrol-facebook-group/Wayfair walkouthttps://www.thenation.com/article/wayfair-workers-walk-out/I don't understandhttps://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/06/i-dont-understand-the-wayfair-walkout/Theme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/1 hr 1 min
- #76: Debate Has No Home Here w/ Peter Herman (2019/6/27)Peter Herman (@TweeterHerman) joined Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) and Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) a week or two or ten ago, and we're just getting the ep up now. It's been a tough couple of weeks, but we should be back to our regular schedule pretty soon. For now, enjoy this TNNE classic combo before the debate tonight, and we've got an exclusive Yasmin Nair interview for our loyal Galaxy Brain clubbers. Thanks for sticking with us! We owe you!Listen to Yasmin talk Mayor Pete on Overtime!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTheme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/1 hr 25 min
- #75: Empire of the Solar Panel (2019/6/6)Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) and Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) are back to pick up the trash in Elizabeth Warren's policy shop. From a No Child Left Behind plan for hospitals to Green Imperialism, we try to parse the other left candidate and her various schemes. Plus some talk about the ever-worsening ethnic cleansing crisis in the US.Sign up and catch up on some Overtime!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: Intro1:33: Immigration and detention20:55: Warren's got a plan51:18: Sanders in the TimesLinks:Sheik Khalid scrap yardhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Sheik_Khalid_scrap_yard.jpgBreakfast Club interview with Warren (20:00 for Native American issue; 26:25 for Republican issue)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxVoXVwriOMNo Child Left Behind for hospitalshttp://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/the-problem-with-elizabeth-warrens-maternal-mortality-plan.htmlPod Save Warrenhttps://twitter.com/jackallisonlol/status/1112707719562051584?s=12Apolitical judgeshttps://theweek.com/articles/845319/buttigiegs-busted-court-planMark Ames on Tiananmenhttps://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1136272833989009409Alexander Burns & Sydney Ember: "Mayor and 'Foreign Minister'"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/bernie-sanders-burlington-mayor.htmlSydney Ember: "I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/bernie-sanders.htmlTheme song credit: "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/1 hr 3 min
- #74: R.I.Veep. (2019/5/24)Join Peter Ronson (@Parenthestein) and Dan Ackerman (@DarnArckerman) as they say farewell to the show that blossomed fully in the Trump era. We talk, too, about the coming war with Iran, the wind-down of the hot coup in Venezuela, and lib gotcha rhetoric.Support us here!:www.patreon.com/thenewsneverendsTimestamps:0:00: Intro and Peter's Weird Twitter celeb sighting2:31: Venezuela coupdates9:39: The pivot to Iran17:07: An interlude on abortion and sharia23:30: Back to Iran33:06: R.I.Veep.Links:The astroturfed VZ embassy mobhttps://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/16/guaido-mob-venezuelan-embassy/Clinton: "We will attack Iran"https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/731551/us-election-president-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-world-war-iran-russia-putinCenk Uygur on shariahttps://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1126859018633338887Adam Curtis on Yes Minister (35:00)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97Ywl7RtUwWarren Wilhelm on Con Donhttps://www.politico.com/video/2019/05/16/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-announces-presidential-bid-calls-trump-con-don-068122Palin at the turkey slaughterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbiVoYGPHaA1 hr 14 min
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