U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-California, jokes about using nukes to disarm Americans. When the hideous joke backfired, Swalwell backtracked to do some damage control. Styxhexenhammer666 says the craven Californian should have just resigned instead, but he’s a Democrat, so he’ll never do what’s just or right, just what’s expedient.
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James Corbett reports: “Iranian regime change. Korean nuclear war. Alt media censorship. There are a lot of reasons to be concerned about the year ahead as we ease our way into 2018. That’s why my New Year resolution is to redouble my efforts and put out even more material this year. I need you to help me spread the word about these podcasts, videos, interviews and articles, and to help you do that I’m going to be concentrating more effort on alternative social media platforms. Your help will be appreciated.” More from The Corbett Report.
Meanwhile, as Corbett focuses on rising tensions around the world, Destroying the Illusion continues to parse through the volatile news surrounding Q Anon and “The Storm.” In this update, he notes the rising disinformation spread about Q Anon. He also touches upon Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch, questions about whether Julian Assange is still at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the detection of electric-blue clouds over Antarctica.
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In a followup, Jason Sather of Destroying the Illusion says a fourth woman has accused a Soros crony of raping her in a penthouse sex dungeon. There also has been a massive firing of chiefs within the New York City Police Department, and the Army has found $830 million in “missing” helicopters as its first ever audit begins.
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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, says we could expedite Earth’s colonization of Mars by nuking the Red Planet. Musk’s point is to make Mars habitable really quickly by nuking its poles. “The idea is the bombs would be a quick way to to terraform Mars, in other words, make the planet capable of supporting human life,” Hank Green says. Green explains in this edition of SciShow.
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Wild Bill says the corrupt Obama Administration has done almost everything in its power to disrupt the bond between the United States and Israel, including opening the door to the thugs in Iran to build a future nuclear weapon. But Wild Bill remains steadfast in his support of our Israeli brethren. “Israel and the USA are partners in freedom and democracy, and the entire world is witness to this,” he says. “Neither country is perfect neither government is perfect, but frankly, our two nations are better than the rest.”
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SHOBIJIN
The Shobijin are not monsters, but rather high priestesses from Infant Island assigned to watch over one of the most famous monsters of them all — Mothra. A few things worth noting about the Shobijin:
* They are usually portrayed as identical twins, but much smaller than humans. Their race shrunk owing to nuclear testing on Infant Island. It’s sometimes depicted as a Polynesian paradise and other times as a lost island within the Indonesian archipelago.
* They sing haunting ballads to Mothra, who they worship as the guardian protector of their Lilliputian race.
* They can communicate telepathically with the monster, even across oceans and great distances. In some more recent films, they can even teleport themselves or other creatures.
I’ve always been a sucker for the Shobijin. Besides the fact that the actresses playing these fairies are stunningly beautiful and well-known pop stars, the ballads have a haunting and ethereal quality all their own. Take their most famous ode to Mothra — “Mosura No Uta” or “Mothra’s Song” — originally written in Malay although sometimes sung in Japanese in the movies. An English translation of the lyrics:
Mothra oh Mothra
If we were to call for help
Over time
Over sea
Like a wave you’d come
Our guardian angel!
Here, the Shobijin awaken Mothra in the 1966 movie Godzilla Vs. the Sea Monster.
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Tomorrow’s featured monster: Ultraman
As North Korea steps up its war of words against the South and the United States, Reuters Korea Bureau Chief David Chance evaluates the chances of the talk translating into real action.
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Simon and Martina are not only the web’s most popular vbloggers on Korean pop, they also have lived for several years in South Korea. In this video, they drop the cultural chit-chat for a more serious discussion of what it’s like living in the shadow of North Korea with its constant threats to annihilate the South, unleashing a “sea of fire” and “ocean of destruction.” They talk about how South Koreans cope with the threat and what they are doing about it.
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World War II’s Manhattan Project ushered in the Atomic Age. On the one hand, the project led to the development of the first nuclear bombs, but it also produced a wealth of new scientific knowledge from which mankind is still reaping the rewards today. Hank Green looks back at that massive project and its enormous consequences in this edition of the SciShow.
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The French conducted 193 nuclear weapons tests on the idyllic islands making up French Polynesia. Decades on, can the islands ever be completely decontaminated? SBS Dateline from Australia reports.
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