Richard Martin’s Wakeup Call
Episodes
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Why North Korea Can Never Trust The U.S. – 6.29.2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
An extended show, open to all who request it, describing the background to U.S. undertakings to North Korea, made in return for their denuclearization. This is a very grim show and a crippling indictment of the United States.
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Sunday Jun 24, 2018
Trade War Insanity – 06.25.2018
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
The short-term consequences of the horrendously irresponsible policies of the government. The administration does not seem to have a coherent strategy to address trade deficits. Can the global financial system handle a full-blown trade war? U.S. strategy for normalizing relations between the U.S. and North Korea. America’s ‘moral authority’. More on Peter Strzok. Politically positioning space travel. Thos who ‘charge-by-the-hour’.
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Friday Jun 22, 2018
“A Special Place In Hell” – 06.22.2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Trump’s latest economic edicts. GDP vs. monetary growth. Why America’s youth has no interest infighting attacks on their freedoms: their resistance has been crushed. Government corruption. South Africa’s fate: following in Zimbabwe’s footsteps? The best place to live in America to maximize chances of living longer. Why the declared (as opposed to the real) rate of unemployment is so low.
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Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
American Exceptionalism – 06.18.2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
How we filter human experience. Americans are indoctrinated to believe in their exceptional status from birth. Car loans. The Greek bailout was a hoax. The G7, tariffs and trade. Health care costs in retirement. Trump’s stance on trade is not entirely misguided. Police attack Chelsea Manning’s home.
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Suicide And Depression – 06.15.2018
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Bourdain’s death reminds us that suicide is a social indicator which I have talked about frequently on the shows. The opposite of QE: how it works. Trump plays into the hands of the warmongers. Can’t buy weed but can buy opioids! Discuss. Historical background to U.S. health care. Newly released figures pertaining to Medicare and Social Security: gruesome.
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Poverty, U.S. Style – 06.11.2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
The world’s first poor/rich country. Review of Seymour Hersh’s memoir, ‘Reporter’. NAFTA is dead. Big Brother surveillance has not disappeared, given the end of Obama. It’s become even worse. A circumspect look at Europe, hurtling towards self-destruction. Medicare will soon be broke. More bankers getting away, scot-free. Despite the terrible economic underpinnings, Americans are the most optimistic about the future in ten years.
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Presidential Hero-Worship – 06.08.2018
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Friday Jun 08, 2018
Obama was seen as an idol by many. This behavior is sometimes seen among conservatives today re Trump. It is toxic. Mainstream media starting to sound like the Wake-Up Call! Potential effects of the proposed Trump auto tariffs. Drugs and addiction. Steel and aluminum tariff hikes. UN representative has a withering critique of America today. Jim Puplava. The euro has split Europe in two. Last month’s unemployment statistics.
Monday Jun 04, 2018
A Totalitarian State – 06.04.2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Preparations are in place for a totalitarian state. 2018 will be a record year for store closings. Europe: facts of life. Woodrow Wilson’s grotesque policies have led directly to the present. The US has the largest public debt of any country in history. Americans trying to keep up with credit cards. We are just now paying the price for 2008. China’s ‘Brave New World’. U.S. post cold-war mistakes. The loathsome James Clapper.