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Aug 28, 2018 01:51
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Though I will say that I forgot how Mark was awkward af when he started. He and Yasha have never been that good on TV.
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Aug 28, 2018 01:59
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I think it's pretty cute.
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Aug 28, 2018 02:03
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Nothus posted:Though I will say that I forgot how Mark was awkward af when he started. He and Yasha have never been that good on TV. Can't speak for Yasha, but I always thought Ames was great on Dylan Ratigan's old show on MSNBC around 2008-2009, and when more recently he was on Abby Martin's Empire. Also, as someone who's listened to many old shows over again while I wait for the ambien to kick in at night, the changes in production value aren't as big a jolt to me. I actually do miss some of the lighter content of previous shows. Some of the early episodes are my favorite, when they were still mining old WN columns for content. The "Memories of St. Patrick's Day as a Young War Nerd" is good for a laugh if you're a recent subscriber and haven't paid attention to the old stuff. (it's probably in the first 20 episodes or somewhere around there)
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Aug 28, 2018 02:43
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When the Yemen thing kicked off and the extent of western duplicity became apparent, they did get more grim, yeah.
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Aug 28, 2018 12:59
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Does anyone remember offhand when they got the professional recording studio?
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Aug 29, 2018 17:19
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No but they mention it in the latest episode near the end
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Aug 29, 2018 18:45
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It's better than a regular clip show where they're actually reflecting on it and laughing at themselves. It was pretty fun.
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Aug 29, 2018 18:50
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I'm glad they had a couple of fun vacation episodes
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Aug 29, 2018 19:13
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https://twitter.com/TheWarNerd/status/1035225422269689856?s=19 i always forget dolan is like 70 years old
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Aug 30, 2018 19:38
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I think he only turned 60 relatively recently. It turns out when an older person is a leftist, they don't seem quite as old or decrepit as the norm, atleast, not intellectually.
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Aug 31, 2018 11:29
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That’s not how it works dumbass.
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Aug 31, 2018 13:04
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coathat posted:That’s not how it works dumbass. It seems to make sense. Old conservatives seem older than they actually are once you hear them talk about their opinions.
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Aug 31, 2018 13:12
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He's lookin' good since I last saw him.
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Aug 31, 2018 13:18
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hiking all those mountainous locales was good for him.
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Aug 31, 2018 14:21
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coathat posted:That’s not how it works dumbass. It's a fact that conservatism rots you from the inside out and makes you looks like poo poo. Just look at Ted Cruz. Did you know he's younger than Gwen Stefani?
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Aug 31, 2018 15:42
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:hiking all those mountainous locales was good for him. yeah climbing up that crazy Italian mountain fortress is probably more than I'd be able to do Marijuana posted:It's a fact that conservatism rots you from the inside out and makes you looks like poo poo. Just look at Ted Cruz. Did you know he's younger than Gwen Stefani? Charlie Kirk is 24
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Aug 31, 2018 15:52
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:I think it's pretty cute. I loved their reflections on the audio quality, where it's really only a marginal improvement on John's end. Mark: Haha, oh man, it was all so bad back then. John [phoning into the studio from Turin]: I sound like I'm underwater!
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Aug 31, 2018 16:10
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That episode was pretty mindblowing for me.
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Sep 1, 2018 23:12
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Thinking of subbing now that I'm caught up in Revolutions. Have they done an so on the Irish war of independence/civil war/troubles? Dolan's referenced it a few times on the previews
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Sep 1, 2018 23:55
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StashAugustine posted:Thinking of subbing now that I'm caught up in Revolutions. Have they done an so on the Irish war of independence/civil war/troubles? Dolan's referenced it a few times on the previews They've done two: E75 on the history of the IRA and Sinn Fein through most of the 20th century, and E122 more focusing on the Troubles and the conditions leading up to the Good Friday Agreement they're very good eps
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Sep 2, 2018 00:15
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StashAugustine posted:Thinking of subbing now that I'm caught up in Revolutions. Have they done an so on the Irish war of independence/civil war/troubles? Dolan's referenced it a few times on the previews Yes they have. Patreon has a lovely search function and terrible posting archives, but It's a fairly recent one.
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Sep 2, 2018 00:16
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Yes they have. Patreon has a lovely search function and terrible posting archives, but It's a fairly recent one. Yeah, are they ever going to fix that? Also, the latest episode's interviewee was incredible. I really hope they do that South Yemen war in the 1960's episode they hinted at, and hopefully they bring that guy back. One of the better interviews they've ever done IMO, even if it wandered around a bit sometimes.
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Sep 2, 2018 01:11
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snoremac posted:He's lookin' good since I last saw him.
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Sep 3, 2018 03:47
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pangstrom posted:Yeah, that was my thought as well. Looking good isn't the same as being healthy obv. John Dolan has never been shy about all his pathetic health problems. Anyway, the new episode is really good and more insightful than usual. I didn't really get the Turkey-Qatar link before.
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Sep 3, 2018 04:00
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Yeah it was great. The description of way regional investment flows drive conflict was not something I'd heard articulated that well before.
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Sep 3, 2018 04:06
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Hey they remembered to put up a preview this time. https://www.patreon.com/posts/preview-radio-21200956 First 24 minutes of the interview with Isa Blumi on Yemen.
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Sep 4, 2018 22:58
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This interview was the first time I became aware of Blumi. I'd be really interested in his take on the 2013 coup in Egypt, since this looks rather central to the Saudi - Qatar rivalry.
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Sep 5, 2018 00:13
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Trimson Grondag 3 posted:Yeah it was great. The description of way regional investment flows drive conflict was not something I'd heard articulated that well before. I think it's the first time I've heard someone spell out the link between dwindling Saudi oil output and military adventurism in Yemen.
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Sep 5, 2018 00:48
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it’s the first I’ve heard that the Saudis are actually past peak oil production, so they’re doing quite a job of manipulating public perception.
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Sep 5, 2018 01:16
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The peak oil nutters have been talking about it for a few years, but it's hard to separate the real from the fever-dream bullshit.
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Sep 5, 2018 01:57
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:it’s the first I’ve heard that the Saudis are actually past peak oil production, so they’re doing quite a job of manipulating public perception. The idea that the Saudis need money for any reason is so strange.
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Sep 5, 2018 09:47
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prefect posted:The idea that the Saudis need money for any reason is so strange. The idea that Saudi (oil) reserves are running low has been around for more than 10 years. Here is one author that was very invested in peak oil at the time quoting Al Jazeera (original page now down) https://www.eurotrib.com/story/2006/1/26/92729/4616 "Jerome" posted:Speculation over the actual size of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves is reaching fever pitch as a major bank says the kingdom's - and the world's - biggest field, Gharwar, is in irreversible decline. And without oil there's just 30 million people sitting on dry sand.
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Sep 5, 2018 10:02
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Remember King Abdullah Economic City? https://www.google.com.au/maps/plac...38!4d39.1335583
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Sep 5, 2018 10:31
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Lol at the Qataris. All those meticulously groomed relationships with the foreign policy blob and western media undone by some chuds in Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Sep 5, 2018 15:38
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latest war nerd was incredible. the part about the real estate bubble in the mideast in places like dubai hit home because i know people who worked construction there and worked on all these completely pointless fancy modern buildings with like no tenants i may be wrong but i think the bubble picked up steam again in the last few years despite the 2008 crash, all the fuckin black embezzled money from third world politicians and businessmen seems to love financing construction there. also funny to hear that the yemen war costs 300 million/day wtf how could that be true or sustainable? mila kunis has issued a correction as of 22:20 on Sep 5, 2018 |
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Sep 5, 2018 22:16
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Nothus posted:The peak oil nutters have been talking about it for a few years, but it's hard to separate the real from the fever-dream bullshit. i mean, they did try to sell aramco and no one wanted to buy right?
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Sep 5, 2018 22:24
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It's more of a long-term inevitability than an acute issue, which combines with America's slow withdrawal/being pushed out of the region. It won't happen in 5 or 10 years, but in 30 years it's likely there won't be much oil left and the US won't feel like investing resources to defend Saudi Also they probably haven't pumped as much oil over the last 10 years as people thought they would at the time with oil at 100+ dollars a barrel icantfindaname has issued a correction as of 07:30 on Sep 6, 2018 |
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Sep 6, 2018 07:27
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It's been ages since they made content public, but the interview with Isa Blumi on Yemen was so drat good they reposted it for free. https://www.patreon.com/posts/radio-war-nerd-21308029 This is certainly a top tier Radio War Nerd. I'd recommend this one to people who don't know anything about the show or the old eXile crew, along with the Fascism in Sci Fi episode.
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Sep 9, 2018 22:57
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I think I'm compelled to become a supporter for those sweet, sweet Years of Lead episodes.
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