Counter Points 10/18/22 FULL SHOW Midterm polls, NATO nuclear drills, Bannon charges, Hunter Biden dealings, Jan 6th failure, local media dies, & Iran protests!

Ryan and Emily discuss midterm polls, NATO nuclear drills, Bannon charges, Hunter Biden dealings, Jan 6th failure, local media dies, & Iran protests! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Ryan Grim: https://badnews.substack.com/ Emily Jashinsky: https://thefederalist.com/author/emil… Setareh Sadeqi: https://twitter.com/Leelako Timestamps: Polls: 0:00 – 12:01 NATO: 12:02 – 19:58 Bannon: 19:59 – 29:36 Hunter: […]

The Quiet Desperation Of Woke Fanatics

What’s driving them? And how can they be defeated? Michael Shellenberger Protesters with “Just Stop Oil” after throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London, October 14, 2022. (Photo Credit: Just Stop Oil.) “The fiercest fanatics are often selfish people who were forced, by innate shortcomings or […]

Freedom News Digest: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022 The Anti-Communist Interventionist Racket Continues

Government goes hand-in-hand with calling actions what they are not, often the opposite of what they really are. — Robert Higgs, “Truth Is the First Casualty of Statism” [2018] HORNBERGER’S BLOG October 18, 2022 The Anti-Communist Interventionist Racket Continues New Jersey Congressman Albio Sires is complaining about financial […]

Robots want your job

Nicholas Carlson October 18, 2022   Hello, Insiders. I can’t get over how weird this economy is. I traveled over the weekend and the airports are completely packed. Data says flying is back to pre-pandemic levels. Clearly lots of people feel good about their finances and are willing […]

Counter Points: 10/17/22 FULL SHOW Russian drone attacks, China’s party congress, Happiness in America, Trump’s anti-semitism, more

Ryan and Emily fill in for Krystal and Saagar, covering the Russian drone attacks, China’s party congress, Happiness in America, Trump’s anti-semitism, Dem dark money, Pfizer censorship pressure, & turmoil in Haiti! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Ryan Grim: https://theintercept.com/podcasts/dec… Emily Jashinsky: https://thefederalist.com/author/emil… Timestamps: Russia: 0:00 – 19:20 China: 19:21 – […]

London Calling!

Boniface (Sunday) This song from The Clash is one of my favorites. The line “London Calling” refers to the BBC broadcast that was sent to Occupied Europe in WWII, which began with that line.1 Of course, we all know this song refers to a city, in England, called […]

Some Find

Caitlin Johnstone Listen to a reading of “Some Find”:   Some find it easier to die than to go on living. Some find it easier to avoid looking at death than to ever truly live. Some find it easier to turn their bodies into hardened weapons and go […]

Jose Nino’s Digest: October 16, 2022 Republicans File Complaint to SEC Over Gmail Sending Campaign Emails Straight to Spam, and more

Here are my most recent articles for you Republicans File Complaint to SEC Over Gmail Sending Campaign Emails Straight to Spam According to the Republican National Committee, in September Google censored roughly 22 million fundraising and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) emails by sending them to the spam folders of individuals […]

Daily News: October 16, 2022 The Week-White House blasts Palestinian government’s comments on United States

The Week  Staff Battling over books Justin  Klawans White House blasts Palestinian government’s comments on United States Catherine  Garcia The Venezuelan migrant crisis and the U.S. response, explained Advertisement from Wisebread The Best Travel Cards: No Annual Fee + $250 For Travel The Week  Staff 6 impeccable homes […]

Breaking Points: 10/16/22 AMA Nuclear weapons, travel experiences, Ticketmaster, housing stock, and Russiagate!

Krystal and Saagar answer your questions about nuclear weapons, travel experiences, Ticketmaster, housing stock, and Russiagate! To ask a question, go to the Breaking Points AMA page here: https://breakingpoints.supercast.tech… Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Timestamps: Nuclear: 0:00 – 2:20 Travel: 2:21 – 7:54 Ticketmaster: 7:55 – 9:50 Housing: 9:51 – 13:20 […]

On the Loony Van Gogh Protests

We were warned about this in Fahrenheit 451 Matt Taibbi I happened to be rereading Fahrenheit 451 when news arrived that a pair of protesters from a climate action group called “Just Stop Oil” hurled tomato soup at Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London. A […]

Revolt in Iran

New York Review of Books Christopher de Bellaigue Khamenei’s Dilemma How far will Iran’s supreme leader go to suppress the protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic since mid-September? Francine Prose ‘We Know What That’s Like’ The filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s recent arrest in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison marks […]

Breaking Points: 10/16/22 MINI SHOW Health insurance prices, Amazon workers, CIA failures, SCOTUS union case, AOC heckled, rail workers, & more!

Krystal, Saagar, & friends provide commentary on health insurance prices, Amazon workers, CIA failures, SCOTUS union case, AOC heckled, rail workers, & more! The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/ Max Alvarez: https://therealnews.com/ The Lever: https://www.levernews.com/ Timestamps: AOC: 0:00 – 4:51 Rail Workers: 4:52 – 9:38 Liquid Death: 9:39 – 14:47 CIA: […]

What Is Programmable Money?

The Corbett Report by James Corbett corbettreport.com October 15, 2022 There are 3 types of people in this world. There are those who read that SWIFT has “solve[d] the significant challenge of interoperability in cross-border transactions by bridging between different distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks and existing payment […]

Breaking Points: 10/15/22 WEEKLY ROUNDUP Russian attacks, DC warmongering, US-China competition, Uvalde police force, Biden’s weed policy, & more!

Krystal and Saagar cover the Russian attacks, DC warmongering, US-China competition, Uvalde police force, Biden’s weed policy, & more! Merch: https://breaking-points.myshopify.com/ Timestamps: Russia: 0:00 – 7:26 Weed: 7:27 – 18:50 Uvalde: 18:51 – 24:29 Ukraine: 24:30 – 40:31 Chips: 40:32 – 49:17 Warmongering: 49:18 – 1:11:05

50 companies that are changing the world

Fortune Earlier this week, I attended Fortune‘s 24th Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif. It was electric, buzzing with top executives across venture, politics, finance, and technology. In a conversation with Marne Levine, Meta’s chief business officer and highest-ranking woman, we discussed Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse future […]