Video Games and Politics... Now What Could Go Wrong with This: Recent Episodes
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Growing distrust, corruption, greed, tribalism, and ignorance plague our modern society, and one can only assume it's going to get far worse.
For sourcing and further reading:
How Many Stories Do Newspapers Publish Per Day? by Meyer
Decline in Readers, Ads Leads Hundreds of Newspapers to Fold by Bauder and Lieb
What ‘Deepfakes’ Are and How They May Be Dangerous by Shao
U.S. Media Polarization and the 2020 Election: A Nation Divided by Jurkowitz et al.
Charts: America’s Political Divide, 1994–2017 by Ghosh
Political Insults In American Politics Are As Old As the Republic by Rubino
Biden’s Record on Iraq War by Farley
It's fitting that for a video about smoking, for the recording I'll be sick as a dog, sounding like I smoked a pack a day for the last 50 years, but the new smoking laws in the US will not prevent underage smoking as a matter of fact it'll probably make things worse.
For works cited and further reading:
The US Officially Raises the Tobacco Buying Age to 21 by Howard
Congress Raises Minimum Age for Tobacco Use to 21 by GlantzBlack Market THC Vape Pods Have Killed Dozens. Why Are People Still Buying them? by Matyus
What We Know About the Mysterious Vaping-Linked Illness and Deaths by Knowles and Sun
How Prohibition Put the ‘Organized’ in Organized Crime by Dave Roos
The Economics of Illicit Drug Trafficking by Sean Ross
America's Most Violent State? Louisiana. What's the Most Peaceful One? by Stebbins
Where Are Kids Getting JUUL? by Read
“Epidemic?” A Perspective of Youth Vaping & Tobacco Use Trends
In this episode I examine the modern music industry and why the output of content in recent years hasn't been up to standard with previous decades.
US Sales Database by the RIAA
There is Nothing Rock about Billboard’s Top Charting Rock Songs of the Decade by Wren Graves
Decades End Charts: Hot Rock Songs 2010s
As the United States government continues to pass laws restricting civil liberties in the name of "security," Americans are forced to decide whether and how much security is worth more than the freedoms we value so highly. Furthermore, if security is to be valued over freedom how long can the "home of the free" deny the cost of an overbearing state? I tackle this by examining the NSA, CIA, and the Patriot Act, and how their actions show this shift in values.
Sourcing and Further Reading
The TSA is a Waste of Money That Doesn't Save Lives and Might Actually Cost Them by Matthews
Does the TSA Ever Catch Terrorists? by Lapidos
Target Qaddafi by Hersh
Department of Homeland Security Raises Concerns of Racial Profiling by TSA Supervisors
Is the TSA Really Necessary? by Tonar and Talton
Secret Cold War Documents Reveal NSA Spied on Senators by Aid and Burr
The NSA Continues to Violate Americans' Internet Privacy Rights
Can I Legally Record a Conversation Between Myself and Another Person? by England
Ever Use Someone Else’s Password? Go to Jail, Says the Ninth Circuit by Williams
NSA's Prism Internet Surveillance Scheme by Kelion
Edward Snowden: Leaks that Exposed US Spy Programme by the BBC
Peekaboo, I See You: Government Authority Intended for Terrorism is Used for Other Purposes by Tien
Federal Investigators Used Delayed-Notice Search Warrant to Help Crack Greater Cleveland Heroin Ring by Ewinger
Delayed-Notice Search Warrants Kneecap Fourth Amendment by the Register Guard
An unsure future faces the UK and the countries's futures are at stake.
When is Brexit Happening? Key Dates as UK Prepares Exit from the EU by Shakhnazarova
Corbyn Resists Calls to Apologise to British Jews After Rabbi's Claims by The Guardian
Election Results 2019: Boris Johnson Returned as PM with All Constituencies Declared by The Guardian
Brexit the Pros and Cons by The Week
Good Friday Agreement: The Peace Deal that Ended the Northern Ireland Troubles 20 years ago by Ben Kelly
How Has Brexit Vote Affected UK Economy? November Verdict by Phillip Inman
After EU Copyright Reform Passes, Susan Wojcicki Says “This Is The Beginning” Of YouTube’s Fight by James Hale
What is Article 13? The EU's Divisive New Copyright Plan Explained by Matt Reynolds
Does it Make Sense to Refer to EU Officials as “Unelected Bureaucrats”? by the Economist
For further reading and sources:
Saudi Arabia: Categorizing Feminism, Atheism, Homosexuality as Crimes Exposes the Kingdom’s Dangerous Intolerance by Amnesty International
The Lonely Atheist: Why Renouncing Your Religion in Saudi Arabia can be Deadly by Freddie Hayward
Distrust is Central to Anti-Atheist Prejudice by Gervais, Shariff, Norenzayan
Saudi Arabia: 10 Reasons Why Women Flee
Where is Jamal Khashoggi? By the Washington Post’s Editorial Board
CIA Concludes Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination by Harris, Miller, and Dawsey
Saudi Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty for Khashoggi Murder, Says Journalist was Killed by Sedative Overdose by Sarah El Sirgany, Nada Altaher and Bianca Britton
Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership by David D. Kirkpatrick and Carlotta Gall
Crude Oil Exports by Country by Daniel Workman
Top 20 Economies in the World by Caleb Silver
Saudi Arabia Country Report by Freedom of the Net 2018
Saudi Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison, 2,000 Lashes Over Atheist Tweets by the Associated Press
Quality of Life in Saudi Arabia by Numbeo
I am now in a competition for the world most low quality video. This is one clip even Apple wouldn’t use for filmed on an iPhone #notsponsored. So sit back and listen to me rant for the next 7 minutes or until your ears bleed about the gaming industry.
I'm a huge Assassin's Creed fan, but the series has been trending downhill for a while now, an issue Odyssey fails to correct.
For further reading
"Choices and Consequences" by IGN
Sources & further reading
Largest Countries In The World 2019 by World Population Review
Total Population by Country 2019 by World Population Review
GDP Ranked by Country 2019
Celebrating Tyranny: The People's Republic of China Turns 70 by Bradley A Thayer and Lianchao Han
Rise of Communism in China
Britannica China Civil War
Britannica U.S. aid to China
Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years' by Arifa Akbar
Remembering the biggest mass murder in the history of the world by Ilya Somin
Here's what China does to people who speak out against them by Alexandra Ma
Spend “frivolously” and be penalized under China’s new social credit system by Nadra Nittle
What Happens to Hong Kong When ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Expires in 2047 by Matthew Campbell
Hong Kong: What is the Basic Law and how does it work? by BBC
Courting controversy in Hong Kong over the Legislative Council oath-taking fiasco by Lee, Ng, and Cheung
What Is Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill? by Mike Ives
Hong Kong protests: Were triads involved in the attacks? By BBC
'Resign': Josh Hawley and Hong Kong leader feud over whether her city is a 'police state' by John Gage
Donald Trump attacks China on trade and urges restraint on Hong Kong protests in speech to UN General Assembly by Owen Churchill
Why Hong Kong’s protesters fly the Stars and Stripes by Jeff Jacoby
UK, Canada express concern over proposed Hong Kong extradition changes by Stepphen Addision
The North Korean government is truly horrific body of elites who control their citizens through Orwellian methods and brute strength, but the West is not immune to these policies and to think otherwise is a show of clear ignorance to the lust for power expressed by officials.
For fact checking and further reading:
https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Korea
Yes, There Are Elections in North Korea and Here's How They Work by DANIELLE WIENER-BRONNER
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kim-Il-Sung
There's only one name on the ballot paper and you're in trouble if you don't vote: North Korea holds its latest 'democratic' election by Hardeep Matharu
Life in a North Korean Labor Camp: 'No Thinking ... Just Fear' by Ed Flanagan
23 things you probably didn't know about North Korea by The Telegraph
The Maltese Election: Making Sense of 95 Percent Turnout by MICHAEL BASS
United States's 2019 assessment by Freedom of the World
North Korea's 2019 assessment by Freedom of the World
North Korea Events of 2018 by Human Rights Watch
Kim Jong-un's uncle, Jang Song-thaek, executed for treason in North Korea by SCMP Reporter
Murder Charge Dropped Against Accused Killer Of Kim Jong Un's Half-Brother by Matthew S. Schwartz
Kim Jong Un's less responsible, Disney-obsessed older brother by David W. Brown
Kim Jong Un's 'princess' sister may have been kicked out of North Korea's ruling body, suggesting a fall from favor by Alexandra Ma
SANCTIONING HUNGER IN NORTH KOREA WORSENS QUALITY OF LIFE by Borgen Project
What the North Korean internet really looks like By Saira Asher
How one Syrian camp shows the fight against ISIS isn't over NBC Engel, Omar, and Smith
Costs of Snowden leak still mounting 5 years later by DEB RIECHMANN
What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What’s So Free About It? By Cody Kapocsi
A third of voters have no idea who’s on the ballot this fall By Bob Fredericks