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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded February 12th and 20th, 2022

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The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club discovered last week the cost the province’s Community Safety Unit sees fitting for it to pay for the crime of providing British Columbians with medicines they cannot find elsewhere. Following raids led by the CSU in 2019 and 2020, the Buyers Club now faces fines approaching $6.5 million. It’s a price too far they say. Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

February 17, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded February 12th, 2022.

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Not content with the massive ecological damage created by land-based metals mining, industrial interests are now viewing the oceans of the world as the next frontier. Deep-Sea Mining, known too as Sea Bed Mining, is the next big thing – and we’re told it will be a part of the solution to humanity’s carbon pollution problem. Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

February 10, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded February 5th, 2022.

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War and rumours of war are filling the headlines, and lede news broadcasts. Whether stories in the press are about a war recently past and its aftermath, like in Afghanistan, or a feared future war, as featured by sabres-rattling over Ukraine, what seems inescapable is war: War ever-present. This is perfectly illustrated in Afghanistan... Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

February 3, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded January 29th, 2022

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While the press here is doing its utmost to create panic at the prospect of a war with Russia in Ukraine, two things Canadians should know are: The war against Russia began in the West a century ago; and, it never stopped. The latest iteration of western hostility towards Russia – using Ukrainian fascists as a Cat’s-paw to occupy its vast neighbour’s attention ... Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

January 27, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded January 22nd, 2022

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Unsurprisingly, Canada has joined America’s sabre-rattling chorus in issuing threats against Russia should it behave as the U.S. says it shouldn’t. It’s a very old song and overplayed song. And, just like those once catchy radio tunes whose ubiquity condemns them to background oblivion, Ottawa’s reflex bellicosity is in danger... Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

January 20, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded January 15th and 16th, 2022

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Last week, Russian and American diplomatic representatives met in Geneva for talks ostensibly aimed at forestalling an escalation of political manoeuvrings into open warfare over NATO expansion into states bordering Russia, and America’s demand Russia return military units standing at the ready on their frontier with Ukraine back to barracks. Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

January 13, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded January 8th and 9th, 2022

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Contrary to the hoary adage, what’s old in Washington these days is just old – and getting older by the day. Unlike his democratic predecessor, America’s most seasoned president is not only willing to look back at history but seems ready to repeat it: At least as far as rerunning the long discredited Responsibility to Protect doctrine. Читать дальше...

This Week on Gorilla Radio

by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

January 6, 2022

Welcome to Gorilla Radio’s first program of the year, recorded December 30th, 2021 and January 3nd 2022.

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Honestly, we know the United States was never just. It’s a human rights horror show now and always has been. Yes, “America” the propaganda construct is a triumph – we often have to remind ourselves of its genocides, slavery, and wars of plunder – but to any with even superficial familiarity... Читать дальше...

Welcome to GR’s Year-Ender episode

December 28, 2021

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Today I’ll play out this stained 2021 in four fitting quarters taken from four of this past year’s 52 Gorilla Radio programs…

There will be bloviating and some music too… First off, the threat of nuclear annihilation is back! America’s team NATO has pushed Russia against the atomic wall in Ukraine with the prospect of U.S. nuclear-tipped missiles parked within just a few minutes flight time from Moscow. Читать дальше...

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by C.L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com

December 4, 2021

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded December 4th, 2021.

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That an impression of immutability, properly mediated, can be used to serve the interests of the status quo was not lost on prime minister and noted “Iron Lady”, Margaret Thatcher. She famously wielded the slogan,”There is no alternative” – acronymized ‘TINA’ – to batter opponents of her withering economic austerity program in long ago Britain. Читать дальше...