Join us TONIGHT for a brand new episode of Type1Radio Lounge. Filling in for Psonik in the driver’s seat once again, Miles is joined by Swami, Steve and Phi, as well as special guest FunkSoul, supporter of and contributor to 21stCenturyWire.com and AlternateCurrentRadio.com.
Items on the agenda this evening are: the Queen’s New Year Honours list, the anti-government protests in Iran; Facebook doing the bidding of the US and Israeli governments; bans on veggie growing; white “discomfort” training; and thoughts from the panel as we look ahead to 2018.
Topics discussed:
Nick Clegg betrayed the electorate at the smallest whiff of power – he does not deserve a knighthood
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nick-clegg-betrayed-electorate-smallest-165738602.html
The downfall of controversial MP Keith Vaz
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1758155/the-downfall-of-controversial-mp-keith-vaz-whose-slimy-reputation-finally-caught-the-better-of-him/
New Year Honours 2018: AI chief Demis Hassabis made CBE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42511365
Twitter puts the DWP straight!
Child Molesters, Human Rights Abusers and Maybe Harvey Weinstein: What it Takes to Have the Queen Revoke Your Honorary Title
http://people.com/movies/child-molesters-human-rights-abusers-and-maybe-harvey-weinstein-what-it-takes-to-have-the-queen-revoke-your-honorary-title/
Jimmy Savile cannot be stripped of knighthood, say officials
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/09/jimmy-savile-knighthood
To this day, Coca-Cola still imports coca leaves which are used to manufacture cocaine
https://www.naturalnews.com/032658_Coca-Cola_cocaine.html
Do not eat your veggies — if they are grown in your front yard, Miami Shores says
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-shores/article189273944.html
The Court-Ordered Killing of Charlie Gard
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449079/charlie-gard-court-ordered-killing-defies-parents-wishes
University teaches white employees how to overcome the ‘discomfort’ of being white
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/40145/
Iran protests: Donald Trump warns ‘oppressive regimes cannot endure forever’ and touts US military power
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-protests-latest-updates-donald-trump-tweet-oppressive-regimes-us-military-hassan-rouhani-tehran-a8135126.html
Iranian Protests: The Story So Far
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201712311060445300-iranian-protests-extent-casualties/
These #IranianProtests have me deeply worried. The toppling of the govt of #Iran would be a disaster, a huge gift to #terrorists. We don’t need more #regimechange chaos. pic.twitter.com/5ioJausvKy
— Caleb T. Maupin (@calebmaupin) December 30, 2017
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/
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