Radio War Nerd EP #448 — World of Wars: Ukraine, New Caledonia, Sudan
Recorded: June 7, 2024
This episode, we discuss a State Dept-funded Ukrainian website listing cohost Ames as an official evildoer & French Mirage-2000 sale...New Caledonia & France's EEZ maritime empire...and the war in Sudan...
*2024: Ukrainian website of official enemies includes your humble cohost
*2008: Kremlin charges Ames & The eXile with editorial crimes
*Correction pinned to top of WaPo hit piece on Grayzone
*Poll of Americans & W. Europeans on pushing for negotiated settlement in Ukraine
Music interlude by Brendon Anderegg. Check out music from his group Mountains here.
Total time: 1:13:24
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Comments (30)
At least JD is keeping himself fit while in New Zealand. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4iiHBGrWBc/?igsh=MTI4cjBtN3c2aWd3dA==
https://youtube.com/shorts/PyfPvKKa2Hs?feature=shared
Going further back, heroin was originally synthesized and marketed - by Bayer - as a non-addictive replacement for morphine. Tip of the hat to Michael S. Judge of the DEATH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER podcast for that fun fact. Lots and lots of American wealth is owed to running dope.
LOT of the northeast
New Caledonia is strategically important to the French national rugby team 😂 lots of good French rugby players are sourced from the New Calendonian “natives” as well as the sons of the French colonial police…
Oh we say assassinations are "rare" in this country, but every so often a carjacker just *happens* to kill an organizer for protests against police brutality and the police just *happen* to shrug and call it a cold case.
It's also important to mention that the World Socialist Website has been banned in Ukraine. Moreover, a young Ukrainian socialist, and writer for the WSWS, has been thrown in prison on baseless charges. I found out about it here: https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/freebogdan.html
An interesting question on the poll says "negotiate while Ukraine has leverage". Genuinely wondering if Ukraine even has much leverage at this point.
When Ukraine pushed the very thin Russian line back and held it, say winter of 2023 I think. Would have been the time to start negotiating. The generals - like the ones who actually do the planning and analysis not the joint chiefs - knew this I assume and just realized how damaging it would have been to their careers to recommend this course. Got boat payments to make. Same thing happened in Afghanistan. We lost 10 Years + before we left. But admitting that makes you the loser, you cant sell a loser.
I regret to inform you I will be unable to continue supporting your podcast since are officially an enemy of Ukraine (jk).
As a French Basque, I had an expectedly odd reaction to Mark saying “ethnic French.”
Yeah, "mainlander" is probably the proper nomenclature. If only we had a Kanak subscriber who could weigh in on this. Or do we?
Ari was involved in the illegal sale of the PROMIS software, and I think he helped get parts for the isrally nukes that don’t exist
Came here to say this lol. Shouts out to Ghost Stories For The End Of The World podcast for introducing me to this kooky character
Re: that poll, I don't think that this mode of aggregation is reasonable, because people could pick more than one response. Still, at the very least 50% of respondents agree with the idea of pushing a ceasefire, compared to at least about 25% of respondents disagreeing. It remains a remarkable poll.
Yes, difficult to respond to this poll. I do want peace but also want Putin to cut down on his "make Russia great again" thing and stop pushing for a Warsaw pact V2.0
My sincere condolences to Katherine's brother. Cancer is endlessly fucked, and the price we pay for all the widgets we enjoy and the toxicants we pump into our soil, water, and air to make them.
Perfect soundtrack for navigating out of a parking garage after a baseball game
Haha Mark how does it feel to be on a list with the likes of Shapiro and Peterson 🤣😭
I just found out a couple of years ago that France still claims a couple of islands that are closer to Newfoundland than Newfoundland is to the rest of Canada.
Fun fact: Saint Pierre and Miquelon is the only part of north America where the euro is the official currency
Mirage is a great name for a fighter jet
Just saw this in the NYT - “FORMER RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS, HOSTS OF ‘WAR NERD’ PODCAST, BEMOAN THE DECLINE OF LONE NUT GUNMEN ASSASSINS KILLING US CITIZENS”
haha really? I had to google it to confirm u were satirizing
I don’t know if I can be associated with the podcast anymore
This is such an ominous list you all were detailing.
see Reddit for context re: the “Chilean sea bass” https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5wky2f/til_chillean_sea_bass_is_just_a_fancy_name_that/
That really is an ugly fish
First!
Sounds like Sudan is the first megadeth album - killing is my business and business is good