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Timcast IRL is hosted by Tim Pool and delivers hard-hitting news and analysis on politics, culture, and current events. Featuring a wide range of guests, the show tackles topics like government overreach, tech censorship, and political division from an independent perspective. Expect uncensored disc...

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God Wills It!

W. B. Bartlett

Mentioned 4 months ago

THEY KILLED THEM | Timcast IRL #1457 w/Jay Dyer & Jake Botch

This book was mentioned as a source for the idea that Christian moral structures provide a coherent justification for concepts like private property rights, which the speaker argued was superior to other moral structures observed historically.

My moral worldview and faith-based structures that define what I think someone has an inherent claim to.

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After Buddhism

Stephen Batchelor

Mentioned 4 months ago

THEY KILLED THEM | Timcast IRL #1457 w/Jay Dyer & Jake Botch

The formulation, stating it is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent person suffer, was cited as a principle rooted in the Bible (Sodom and Gomorrah) that influenced the U.S. legal framework.

blackstone's formulation which is it is better that 10 guilty persons escape than one innocent person suffer and i thought man what a what a beautiful thing right

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The Hollywood Trilogy

Don Carpenter

Mentioned 4 months ago

THEY KILLED THEM | Timcast IRL #1457 w/Jay Dyer & Jake Botch

The speaker mentioned having four books, with three of them making up his Hollywood trilogy, which covers film symbolism, sex cults, and symbols in film.

Jay Dyer. I've got four books, three on Hollywood. Check them out at my website. Jay's analysis.com.

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107 Days

Kamala Harris

Mentioned 5 months ago

DEMOCRATS HAVE CAVED w/ Chrissie Mayr & Sean (Actual Justice Warrior)

The book was mentioned as being filled with excuses, suggesting that the author claimed she did not have enough time to formulate policy ideas during her tenure as Vice President.

if you're a Democrat and you're looking at your candidates, you should never just go get Kamala Harris's book, 107 Days, and realize that this is somebody you should never vote for for president because the whole thing is excuses.

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Provoked

Scott Horton

Mentioned 7 months ago

Candace Owens OFF AIR, Warns France Trying To KILL HER, Says Feds CONFIRM RECEIPT w/ Hotep Jesus

Hosts praised Scott Horton's book on foreign policy and Israel as amazing and a good read, noting it sat on their bookshelf amid discussions of reading non-fiction.

You didn't read the Scott Horton one enough already? Huh. I read that one. Is it good? Oh, it's amazing. Oh. That's a good book, yeah.

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The Patriot Report

Bryan Sharpe

Mentioned 7 months ago

Candace Owens OFF AIR, Warns France Trying To KILL HER, Says Feds CONFIRM RECEIPT w/ Hotep Jesus

Hotep Jesus promoted his own non-fiction book as a challenging read well above the average comprehension level, urging listeners to buy it on Amazon and pat themselves on the back for tackling it.

here's a really difficult book to read. Mine. Brian Sharp. Go get The Patriot Report on Amazon, Unmasking the Conspiracy of Money and War.

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Pedagogy of the oppressed

Paulo Freire

Mentioned 7 months ago

Antifa CONVICTED Of TERRORISM, Fears Of CIVIL WAR Grow w/ Paul Dans & Cody Dennison

This book by a Marxist author was mentioned as the basis for how schools of education teach teachers, encouraging them to instill Marxist ideas in their students.

There's a book called The Pedagogy of Education by - what's his name? Freary is his last name? And that is - Palo Ferreri? Yeah, Palo Ferreri. And that is the - He's a Marxist. And that is the basis for how the schools of education teach teachers.

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Enough Already

Scott Horton

Mentioned 8 months ago

Trump DOJ Opens Probe Into Democrat Swalwell For Mortgage Fraud w/ Scott Horton

This was mentioned as one of Scott Horton's books that lifetime subscribers to the Scott Horton Academy would receive a free copy of.

Enough Already is Time to End the War on Terrorism.

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Secrets of the Temple

William Greider

Mentioned 8 months ago

Trump DOJ Opens Probe Into Democrat Swalwell For Mortgage Fraud w/ Scott Horton

The book, which was described as the Washington Post version of Jekyll Island, was mentioned in the context of the Federal Reserve's perceived willingness to let people suffer to do what they considered the right thing.

there's a book like the Washington Post version of Jekyll Island. It's called Secrets of the Temple by Greerder.

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One Second After (A John Matherson Novel, 1)

William R. Forstchen

Mentioned 8 months ago

Trump DOJ Opens Probe Into Democrat Swalwell For Mortgage Fraud w/ Scott Horton

The book was mentioned when discussing the potential impact of an EMP from a solar storm, detailing the breakdown of society that would follow a power grid shutdown.

There's a book called One Minute After, and it talks about what an EMP would do and basically what the breakdown of society that happens if you basically turn off the electricity.

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Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man, Book 1)

Robin Hobb

Mentioned 8 months ago

Trump DOJ Opens Probe Into Democrat Swalwell For Mortgage Fraud w/ Scott Horton

This was mentioned as Scott Horton's first book, which was about getting out of Afghanistan.

Well, so Fool's Errand, that's my first book. Thank you for saying that's my book about time to get out of Afghanistan.

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Niagara Falls, or Does It? (Hank Zipzer, the World's Greatest Underachiever, 1)

Henry Winkler

Mentioned 8 months ago

NEW Epstein Emails Drop, Dems Claim TRUMP KNEW, Congress Forces Epstein Release Vote w/ Noah Wall

Stephen King allegedly described the Epstein files in this book, which surprised the speakers who mentioned it.

If anybody's seen the tweet from - somebody will quote tweet Stephen King when he said the Epstein files are fake and now he's saying release the Epstein files.

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Viking Ragnar Lodbrok Valhalla Odin Ravens T-Shirt

It was described as the most relevant new civil war book at the time. The ending was said to be chilling.

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Did you read Ragnarosis 1 by Eric Jens? Definitely the most relevant new civil war book right now. The ending gave me chills.

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It was described as the most relevant new civil war book at the time. The ending was said to be chilling.

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Did you read Ragnarosis 1 by Eric Jens? Definitely the most relevant new civil war book right now. The ending gave me chills.

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Willow Madison

True Nature

"A Dark Romance" (True Series Book 1)

It was mentioned as Tim's favorite movie ever made, but no specific details about the book were shared.

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It's like my very favorite movie ever made.

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It was mentioned as Tim's favorite movie ever made, but no specific details about the book were shared.

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It's like my very favorite movie ever made.

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Chelsea Andersson

50 Makes for Modern Miniatures

Decorate and furnish your DIY Doll House

The book was mentioned in the context of Libby's upcoming album, which is a collection of her reading quotes from famous philosophers and political pundits, and Ibsen monologues from 'Dollhouse'.

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So it's going to be really pretty stellar.

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The book was mentioned in the context of Libby's upcoming album, which is a collection of her reading quotes from famous philosophers and political pundits, and Ibsen monologues from 'Dollhouse'.

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So it's going to be really pretty stellar.

So it's going to be really pretty stellar. And if you want to hear more about that, if you want to hear more about that, you can follow me at Libby Emmons on Twitter and see all the work we're doing at the Postmillennial.com. We'd be glad if you subscribe to the Postmillennial.com slash subscribe.

And if you want to hear more about that, if you want to hear more about that, you can follow me at Libby Emmons on Twitter and see all the work we're doing at the Postmillennial.com. We'd be glad if you subscribe to the Postmillennial.com slash subscribe.

It's an album of Libby reading quotes from famous philosophers and political pundits for two hours.

You know, on the on the B side, it's just me doing some Ibsen monologues from Dollhouse.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition Cover

John Perkins

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition

John Perkins, author of 'Secrets of an Economic Hitman,' was mentioned as someone who was cited by Jamal Bowman in a blog post about 9-11.

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John Perkins is the author of the book, Secrets of an Economic Hitman.

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John Perkins, author of 'Secrets of an Economic Hitman,' was mentioned as someone who was cited by Jamal Bowman in a blog post about 9-11.

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John Perkins is the author of the book, Secrets of an Economic Hitman.

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E.M Forster

The Machine Stops

The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster, published in 1909, which envisions a dystopian future where humanity has become completely dependent on a vast, interconnected machine. It was cited as an example of how things can seem sufficient but ultimately leave people feeling empty and unsatisfied.

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It's like the em forrester story The Machine Stops um where the guy basically breaks out because he really feels this need to breathe fresh air and it goes through this whole thing an...

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The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster, published in 1909, which envisions a dystopian future where humanity has become completely dependent on a vast, interconnected machine. It was cited as an example of how things can seem sufficient but ultimately leave people feeling empty and unsatisfied.

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It's like the em forrester story The Machine Stops um where the guy basically breaks out because he really feels this need to breathe fresh air and it goes through this whole thing and when he finally gets to the surface of the world that had been polluted uh and made impossible and this was em forrester this was like 19 like very early 20th century um he can't breathe the air and he dies on the surface but he's happier dying on the surface than he was living in his underground box

The Guardians: A Novel Cover

John Grisham

The Guardians

A Novel

The books mentioned were said to be about dictators in South America, and Project Condor.

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I've been reading the books on tape and so on, and there's a lot of things talking about like the dictators down in South America. Was it Condor, Project Condor, wherever it was? A lot of the times yo...

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The books mentioned were said to be about dictators in South America, and Project Condor.

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I've been reading the books on tape and so on, and there's a lot of things talking about like the dictators down in South America. Was it Condor, Project Condor, wherever it was? A lot of the times you'd have these systems that are being torn down, and often they're being replaced in the back end through other governments basically that tear them down.

Legal Plunder: Households and Debt Collection in Late Medieval Europe Cover

Daniel Lord Smail

Legal Plunder

Households and Debt Collection in Late Medieval Europe

The book "Legal plunder" by Frederic Bastiat was mentioned as an example of how legal systems can be used to take away wealth and property from people in a way that is morally wrong, and was compared to theft or robbery.

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Frederic Bastiat, you know, book "Legal Plunder", where if you go and take somebody's money from and rob it from their house, you're going to jail, but if you pass a set of laws to cr...

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The book "Legal plunder" by Frederic Bastiat was mentioned as an example of how legal systems can be used to take away wealth and property from people in a way that is morally wrong, and was compared to theft or robbery.

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Frederic Bastiat, you know, book "Legal Plunder", where if you go and take somebody's money from and rob it from their house, you're going to jail, but if you pass a set of laws to create a tax system and you take 70 percent of what they earn, it's legal all of a sudden, right. So that's what's called Legal Plunder.

Custodians of Conscience Cover

James Ettema

Custodians of Conscience

This book highlights how information revealers shape moral values by releasing information and testing what is considered moral.

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That's a good point, thank you. But the journalist is there's a book written about this called "The Custodians of Conscience". You you you the information revealer forms the moral val...

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This book highlights how information revealers shape moral values by releasing information and testing what is considered moral.

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That's a good point, thank you. But the journalist is there's a book written about this called "The Custodians of Conscience". You you you the information revealer forms the moral values by releasing the information and testing and affirming what is and what is not moral. You you realize that by going...

Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror Cover

Michael Scheuer

Imperial Hubris

Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror

It was said that a screenplay was written about this band from the 80s that never made it, and it is a real band. The keyboard player for the band met Harvey Pekar, who wrote a graphic novel on him called Egon Hubris. So it was realized that this script has been in a desk since 2004, and that it should be made into a graphic novel.

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So I realized I had this script in my desk since 2004. I should make a graphic novel of it. And it's the real story of this band.

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It was said that a screenplay was written about this band from the 80s that never made it, and it is a real band. The keyboard player for the band met Harvey Pekar, who wrote a graphic novel on him called Egon Hubris. So it was realized that this script has been in a desk since 2004, and that it should be made into a graphic novel.

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So I realized I had this script in my desk since 2004. I should make a graphic novel of it. And it's the real story of this band.

Tuck Everlasting Cover

Natalie Babbitt

Tuck Everlasting

It was discussed as a book about a person who could not die, being described as a curse. It was mentioned as a quick read.

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There's a book talk everlasting. Did you ever read that where he couldn't die?

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It was discussed as a book about a person who could not die, being described as a curse. It was mentioned as a quick read.

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There's a book talk everlasting. Did you ever read that where he couldn't die?

Yeah, I never read it.

My friend used to tell me about it. And he's like, try and read it. It's a fast read. I read it in fifth grade really quickly.

It was like a curse apparently. Like Tuck couldn't kill him so he couldn't die.

I don't ever want that.

Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War Cover

Michael J. Neufeld

Von Braun

Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

The book by Wernher von Braun, written in 1948, features a character named "Elon" in charge of a Mars colony, sparking discussion about Elon Musk's future role in space colonization and the possibility of his name becoming a title.

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Someone needs to ask Elon about Wernher Von Braun's book. What's the book called? What is it like Mars Colony or something? I don't remember. But it's where the colony of Mars, the go...

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The book by Wernher von Braun, written in 1948, features a character named "Elon" in charge of a Mars colony, sparking discussion about Elon Musk's future role in space colonization and the possibility of his name becoming a title.

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Someone needs to ask Elon about Wernher Von Braun's book. What's the book called? What is it like Mars Colony or something? I don't remember. But it's where the colony of Mars, the government has the person in charge is called Elon.

But it's where the colony of Mars, the government has the person in charge is called the Elon.

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents Cover

Rod Dreher

Live Not by Lies

A Manual for Christian Dissidents

It was mentioned in the context of not going along with lies, referencing the Soviet Union, and the importance of resisting falsehoods.

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And he's like, the smallest thing we can do, which is actually huge, is to not go along with the lies, not agree with it.

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It was mentioned in the context of not going along with lies, referencing the Soviet Union, and the importance of resisting falsehoods.

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And he's like, the smallest thing we can do, which is actually huge, is to not go along with the lies, not agree with it.

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Byron Johnson

More God, Less Crime

Why Faith Matters and How It Could Matter More

John Lott's book was mentioned briefly, with the speaker saying it had a lot of good stats in it.

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Have you read John Lott's book More Nukes, Less Crime? It's good. A lot of good stats in there.

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John Lott's book was mentioned briefly, with the speaker saying it had a lot of good stats in it.

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Have you read John Lott's book More Nukes, Less Crime? It's good. A lot of good stats in there.

In Defense of a Liberal Education Cover

Fareed Zakaria

In Defense of a Liberal Education

The book is mentioned in the context of exposing the ways in which children are being indoctrinated in academia, with the speaker expressing that it opened their eyes to this issue.

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I mean Dinesh D'Souza wrote the book on it, a liberal education was one of the first books that opened my eyes about what they're indoctrinating kids with and now when you have your own children in co...

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The book is mentioned in the context of exposing the ways in which children are being indoctrinated in academia, with the speaker expressing that it opened their eyes to this issue.

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I mean Dinesh D'Souza wrote the book on it, a liberal education was one of the first books that opened my eyes about what they're indoctrinating kids with and now when you have your own children in college you really see it but I do think things need to be put in context a little because what they said about Trump they said about Ronald Reagan.

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Dinesh D'Souza

Obama's America

Unmaking the American Dream

The speaker is referencing his own film, and the fact that it delves into Barack Obama's relationship with his father, including his visit to his father's grave in Kenya, which the speaker describes as a 'voodoo experience.'

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It's all in my film by the way 2016 Obama's America.

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The speaker is referencing his own film, and the fact that it delves into Barack Obama's relationship with his father, including his visit to his father's grave in Kenya, which the speaker describes as a 'voodoo experience.'

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It's all in my film by the way 2016 Obama's America.

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Mark Dice

The War on Conservatives

Mark Dice's book, "The War on Conservatives", explores the culture war issues we are currently facing, highlighting the struggles of conservatives in today's society.

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Mark Dice has a standing invitation an open invitation and he tweeted this he tweeted that he does and it's just an issue of when he can fly across the country but mark we're all big fans and we would...

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Mark Dice's book, "The War on Conservatives", explores the culture war issues we are currently facing, highlighting the struggles of conservatives in today's society.

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Mark Dice has a standing invitation an open invitation and he tweeted this he tweeted that he does and it's just an issue of when he can fly across the country but mark we're all big fans and we would love to fly out at any time you want to come on the Culture War podcast

Mark Dice has a standing invitation an open invitation and he tweeted this he tweeted that he does and it's just an issue of when he can fly across the country but mark we're all big fans and we would love to fly out at any time you want to come on the Culture War podcast and it probably good to have um mark on the culture war podcast in the morning with someone to debate and then Friday night i r l yeah to hang out and you know shoot the shit with the crew

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Alexandria Kincaid

Infringed

The documentary, which is members-only on Timcast, advocates for gun rights.

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Don't forget to also smash that like button, subscribe to this channel, share the show with your friends.

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The documentary, which is members-only on Timcast, advocates for gun rights.

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Don't forget to also smash that like button, subscribe to this channel, share the show with your friends.

Proud to have supported Lauren... Proud to have supported Lauren Southern. I combined her name into one word.

Don't forget to go to TimKass.com, click join us, become a member and watch Infringed Gun Rights in America by Lauren Southern.

We're going to be putting up clips, we're running a ton of marketing behind this. So just know this documentary is absolutely advocacy for gun rights

and if you believe in the rights to keep in bare arms like we do, watch the documentary, learn a little bit, share it with your friends and support our work.

How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Cover

Benjamin Abelow

How the West Brought War to Ukraine

Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe

It was discussed as a book that explained how the US provoked the war in Ukraine, mentioned during a conversation about RFK Jr.'s views on the conflict.

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He had his own podcast. He was interviewing people I know this guy named Ben Ablo who wrote a book called How the West Brought War to Ukraine

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It was discussed as a book that explained how the US provoked the war in Ukraine, mentioned during a conversation about RFK Jr.'s views on the conflict.

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He had his own podcast. He was interviewing people I know this guy named Ben Ablo who wrote a book called How the West Brought War to Ukraine

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Robert Arp

The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy

Respect My Philosophah! (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)

Strongly recommended, it was said to be really good and to roast communists well. It featured a B storyline where no one knows how to do anything.

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Oh, it was, I recommend South Park the Pandaverse. It's really good.

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Strongly recommended, it was said to be really good and to roast communists well. It featured a B storyline where no one knows how to do anything.

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Oh, it was, I recommend South Park the Pandaverse. It's really good.

It's not just about wokeness, it's about the failures of the economy and they roast communists so well.

It's really, really funny because it exemplifies so much of what the left complains about and especially young people. They're just like, if they can't have it right away it's the rich person's fault.

And so they go and start protesting the colleges it's good, it's really good.

Fool's Errand: The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 1 Cover

Robin Hobb

Fool's Errand

The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 1

The author discussed a chapter in this book that detailed how Barack Obama was pressured to escalate the war in Afghanistan, despite knowing he couldn't win it. He explained Obama's calculation to triple a war he couldn't win, leading to American and Afghan casualties, but ensuring John McCain would leave him alone.

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And I write about this, I got a chapter two on this in Fools' errand, what he really said, he wanted to send a couple brigades, which was mostly just like a PR thing that he was saying Afghanistan is...

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The author discussed a chapter in this book that detailed how Barack Obama was pressured to escalate the war in Afghanistan, despite knowing he couldn't win it. He explained Obama's calculation to triple a war he couldn't win, leading to American and Afghan casualties, but ensuring John McCain would leave him alone.

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And I write about this, I got a chapter two on this in Fools' errand, what he really said, he wanted to send a couple brigades, which was mostly just like a PR thing that he was saying Afghanistan is the good war, Iraq is the bad war, whatever.

Although, and I write about this, I got a chapter two on this in Fools' errand, what he really said, he wanted to send a couple brigades, which was mostly just like a PR thing that he was saying Afghanistan is the good war, Iraq is the bad war, whatever.

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