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Episodes (18)
Today's Air Force - May 30, Part 1
Inside the DoD: Feb. 8, 2013
Inside the DoD: Feb. 22, 2013
Inside the DoD: Mar. 08, 2013
Daily News Update — Nov. 27
Daily News Update - April 7
Pacific Newsbreak for August 4, 2015
Pacific Newsbreak for 2 Nov 2015
Pacific Newsbreak for 4 Nov 2015
Pacific Newsbreak for November 9, 2015
Pacific Newsbreak for April 11th, 2016
Pacific Newsbreak for December 6, 2016
Pacific Newsbreak for February 3, 2017
Pacific Newsbreak for June 5, 2017
#195 Buy James a VW Golf
EPISODE #195-- Today we talk about a remote-controlled Israeli assassination, Trump's stupid obsession with a steam-powered aircraft carrier, and a hamster that will buy and sell ass just like that.
Plus we talk Nissans, QAnon dummies, Lethal Weapon 2, and questionable director's commentaries. All this and more on today's World's a Mess!
Support our show at Patreon.com/quality! Follow James on twitter @kislingtwits and Alex @giraffetermath. Follow us on tumblr at https://worldsamess.tumblr.com/. Donate directly to James at Ko-fi.com/T6T16E5D. Thanks to Sef Joosten for our show art (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). Our theme music is "The World's a Mess" by X. Outro is "She's Lost Control" by Joy Division. Our sources are UPI, Jerusalem Post, Press TV, New York Times, Insider, NPR, and Twitch (I guess).
57. White Rage Is The New Bigfoot
IN THE NEWS: RIP "RUMMY"; Field refutes SECDEF's denial of CRT in the military; The Joint Chief Chair and the search for 'white rage'; The other racial extremist; US troops don't seek extremist content; Rep Crenshaw's woke whistleblowers; Capitol Police using DoD tech to spy on Americans; US sneaks out of Bagram Air Base; And The Onion called it!; Complete withdrawal +/- 1,000; Surprise! US still can't explain UFOs; Space Force says 'good-bye' to promotion tests; Update on the REAL Space Force; Sloppy maintenance and a smoldering F-22; But the drag queen show was a BIG success; The new cringe-worthy USAF fitness test; Army puts corporal before sergeant; Sticker shock at this Army-Navy country club; Report says Navy is woke first, mission-ready second; Marines train opening/closing White House door; Congress hasn't paid the bill for ANG protection.
Show notes at https://thedigressionpodcast.com/57
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48. Extremely Unserious
In early February, in the aftermath of the January 6th Capitol “riot,” Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, ordered a 60-day stand-down within all the military branches in order to address extremism in the ranks. Despite an October 2020 Pentagon report commissioned by Congress that concluded extremist views were not widespread and identified "a low number of cases in absolute terms," this was an urgent matter that needed to be addressed immediately.
In the weeks following, the Pentagon released training materials to guide military units in conducting their stand-down events. Appropriately, within this guidance were examples of unacceptable and impermissible extremist activities. The only problem? All were examples of white supremacy as if that’s the only form extremism takes. There was no mention of ANTIFA anarchists who assaulted federal facilities, from ICE facilities to courthouses for a year. And the subject of Black Lives Matter (BLM) was described as an acceptable discussion of a social policy issue although BLM was responsible for 90% of the “protest” violence that occurred during the summer of 2020. And let’s not forget Major Nidal Hasan, the Islamic extremist who killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in a Fort Hood killing spree.
Are there people serving or who have served in the military who hold extremist views? Certainly. We’re an all-volunteer force, so the military is a reflection of society. However, narrowing the definition of extremism to that of white nationalism without including or ignoring outright its other manifestations, demonstrates the Pentagon’s and Secretary Austin’s lack of seriousness in truly addressing this issue.
Show notes at https://thedigressionpodcast.com/48
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