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Season 3 episode 5 – Is Hamas ‘no mas’? After the Thanksgiving break, the lads are back to talk about ‘eternal’ peace in the Middle East thanks to Emperor Cheetoh, why are Canadian spy agencies subject to so much review and would you go to an Indian crime syndicate for community relations? As usual, the […]
Episode 293 – Is the Trump Administration undermining those agencies tasked with keeping it safe? Security intelligence and law enforcement agencies do very important jobs in investigating threats to our nations. As a consequence, they have to have the resources to do that, without interference for political reasons. What is happening in the US, however, […]
Season 3 Episode 4 – Spies going dark while gangs move into the spotlight This week the lads delve into the increasing challenge of encryption, Canada’s addiction to listing everyone as a terrorist group and wonder why Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree did not say anything daft this week. Special Report on the Lawful Access […]
Episode 292 – What ever happened to cracking down on Chinese interference in Canada? Remember the Hogue Inquiry? Canada went through a soul search into Chinese actions in our country, what we knew and what we ignored (i.e. decades of intelligence that was rejected or not even read) and came up with a whole bunch […]
Season 3 Episode 3 – Hip hop is painful, just ask Kneecap! In episode 3 of season 3 the lads weigh in on the implications of the Canadian government’s recognition of Palestine, why Canada kneed an Irish hip hop band in the…knee, and what has Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said now? Hip-hop group Kneecap […]
Episode 291 – The world should help women and girls fleeing Taliban misogynist rule If it is one thing jihadi terrorists are known for it is their hatred of women. While they claim to be ‘pure’ Muslims who treat women in accordance with Islamic law they are in fact vile misogynists. Of these extremists there […]
Spies Like Us – Season 3 Episode 2 While drug-addled Al deals with a centipede from the seventh layer of hell, the boys (sober for once) delve into the rhetoric over the far left/far right in the West, why labeling organised crime groups terrorists is a ‘terror-ible’ idea and offer some great advice to crooks […]
Episode 290 – What is next for the US after the killing of Charlie Kirk? The US is, alas, no stranger to political violence. Three presidents have been assassinated as have several public figures like Martin Luther King. The political atmosphere of hate and retribution is magnified in today’s world of social media and dis/misinformation […]
Spies Like Us – Season 3 Episode 1 The guys are back in the virtual bar for another season! After two months of R&R they delve into the arrest of a self-appointed ‘Queen of Canada/World”, counselling sessions for ISIS terrorists (‘couch jihadis’?) and why ‘native extremist’ investigations were warranted. Oh, and another poem by Phil […]
Episode 289 – One nation’s success against Islamist extremism could serve as a model The Philippines has long been beset by jihadi groups such as the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Front (BIFF) and the one bunch with the unintended acronym MILF – the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Of late, one does […]