None Taken: Independent News Commentary, and Comedy

Promising peace talks? War crimes have entered the chat. RIP Madeline Albright. Trump's 7 hour phone records gap from Jan 6. Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows text exchanges. El Salvadorian gangs on a killing spree. Shanghai is on lockdown, but you can get a taxi on your Uber app in NYC.

What are the consequences to Biden talking off the cuff? A trip down memory lane to Obama's "Red Line" saga, and what lessons Biden may have taken from it. An update on the Chinese plane crash. A major announcement. Slaps and Gaffs. We're not biologists. Tucker, and Hunters laptop. Radio Free Europe: "Trust us, were totally not spies". All that and like 30 other pieces of audio. Don't miss this we...

War crimes and genocide. 20,000 ft drops in 1 minute make Dustin nervous. Fires in Texas. Telescopes are cool. Send Russians emails. All that plus everyone's favorite party game, Teddy Time! Can Allan lose twice? Gotta stay till the end to find out!

Trump says "the N word" on Fox. Biden rides a bike. Dog park petting zoos. Inflation advice from Bloomberg. Wipepo "rapping". Bad teachers. Tucker and the Kid. Lindsey Ladybugs Graham talks tough and backs that thing up. Questions for Katanji Brown Jackson. A new Kamalaism. The first lady's husband is having issues. And updates from Ukraine and Biden's call with Xi. 

The PM's skip the DM's and do an IRL in Kiev. Bombs fall closer to NATO than comfortable. North Korea wants in on WW3. Inflation and kicking of the cans, and springing forward relief. Tim Snyder and the end of history guy. All that and more, plus America's favorite party game, Teddy Time! Mt Dew, please sponsor us

Jesus invented the table. Putin price hike propaganda. Jussie Smollett sentencing theatrics. Birds aren't suing. Florida's so called Don't Say Gay bill. Bigotry and incompetence from the political right. Theatrics and slander from the political left. Protests and economic realities in Russia now. How to find a No Lose - No Lose solution to Putin's war in Ukraine, and how we can use that type of th...

The war in Ukraine continues. Large American businesses are pulling out of Russia, as the country and its leader find themselves ever more isolated. Jobs and gas are up, but the stock market is down. Iowa tornadoes, and we gotta talk about poutine. All that, and more, plus America's favorite party game Teddy Time!

Mud blood pig people. How do taxes work? Biden's lost his mind, and Kamala can't inspire anyone. Why Putin should beware the Ides of March. London's Russian money problem. Just say no to No Fly Zones. Allan is a fan of the new John Bolton. Does the US have a plan to assassinate Putin? How tough was trump in Russia? Oh, and we play the story of Corn Pop's origins.

Russia faces consequences for its actions, even Switzerland is up for sanctions. US Woman's soccer players win their lawsuit. In other news, are important stories being missed because the media is so focused on the Russian invasion? All that and more, plus America's favorite party game, Teddy Time!

How many fish does it take you to make a decision? Biden’s understanding of how sanctions work is sus. We react to clips from pundits around the podcastsphere claiming to be able to read Putin's mind. Stories from people on the front lines. How close did we come to abolishing nuclear weapons in the 80s? What to expect from Putin if he feels like he’s losing. How this conflict compares to both the...

Russia invades. The legal heat continues to rise on TFG and The NOAA says oceans are following suit. Melania bought her own NFT. The Biden administration decides what to do w Afghanistans money. Some last minute updates and everyone's favorite game Teddy Time!

Everything you need to know about Russia's decision to invade Ukraine, and the NATO & US response. BUT FIRST: an update to last week's Durham Report news; 3d printing & crypto; Newsoms mask logic; the US is back at war in Yemen; Clips from the Trucker Convoy that you aren't seeing on the news; and a follow up on the Bezos boat bridge blunder.

The US moves it's embassy in Ukraine and warns Americans to evacuate the country. The Honkening continues in Canada and Trudeau invokes the emergency powers act. TFG's accountants are now his former accountants. Tesla finds itself in some hot water in California again and a bitcoin burglary is bungled. All that and more, plus America's favorite game, Teddy Time!

This week we get into it about everything up to the minute on Ukraine, Russia and US/NATO involvement. We play audio showing how bananas Parliament became after Trudeau announced emergency orders due to the trucker convoy. But first: Did Hillary bug White House servers? Lindsey Ladybugs Graham calling Trump daddy, and what was Trump doing with all of his memos? Gazpacho police. A leaked video of b...

Russia, Ukraine tensions continue. The US killed another ISIS leader. A no knock warrant ends in another murder by police. Covid news, is the world beginning to reopen? Amazon's, and Facebook’s, and Pelotons oh my! The ISS is nearing the end of the line. Of course we close w everyone's favorite game Teddy Time!

The other "N word". The Brawl at the Golden Corral. Demolition Man was shockingly accurate. Pence at the Federalist Society. An AP reporter compares a State Department spokesperson to Alex Jones. Was there already a coup in Ukraine? Updates from The Honkening. Johns Hopkins seething lockdown report. Apparently "Full-blown AIDS" is a medical term. A new saga in the everchanging attempts to take dow...

North Korea rattles it's intermediate range missile saber. East Coast storm bias. Books are making people uncomfortable. ISIS is back? Inflation and stocks and chips and GDP, oh my! Also, friggin lasers make nuclear fission. As always we close with everyone's favorite game, Teddy Time!

Opening sounds and trivia. Excerpts from an episode of the Philosophize This podcast on Ernest Becker's ”The Denial of Death”. Canada's Truck Caravan protest. Supreme Court strategy. Florida Surgeon Gen eludes questions. Candace Owens and the fabric of society. The Neil Young, Spotify and Rogan fiasco. Are Democrats making inflation worse? Updates and commentary on Russia, Ukraine, US, Germany, an...

Ukraine on the brink. More tragedy in Yemen. The DOJ and the House panel continue to close in on TFG. ALL of the Covid news, even the Austrian mandate. Stocks crash, domestic chip manufacturing, and Microsoft buys things. Also... Teddy Time!! Will Allan guess correctly?

Green M&Ms make Tucker horny. Putting Trump on the Penny? School boards and Patriots. Moscow Mitch and Black Americans. Democrats fail at messaging, is it their leaders or their followers fault? A clip to remind us all why Russia has an inferiority complex, and another for the context of Putin's decision making. Then, we are joined by Connor Mortell to talk about Central banking in general, and wh...

Why Hilary will run again in 2024. A symbol of San Francisco's decay. Voting rights. Antisemitism and a Texas gunman. Queen Elizabeth strips (Prince Andrew of his titles). Charges, indictments, and sanctions, both domestic and abroad. Optimistic news from Kaiser about covid.

Don't pet the warthogs. Comedy Cavalcade. A defectors warning of psychological warfare. Russia's intentions in Ukraine, and what to expect in the coming weeks. Trump talks to NPR like it's still 2020. Democrats and Republicans fighting on two fronts over voting rights; Rigging Election Officials & Restricting Voting Access. Dan Crenshaw publicly attacks a 10 year old girl. The conspiracy web think...

The Supreme Court vs Biden. Russia vs Ukraine. Djokovic vs Australia. Kazakhstan vs... Kazakhstan. Lori Lightfoot vs Chicago Teachers Union. Bad Korea vs Hopefully not Us. US vs going to work. Toyota vs US Auto. Plus, a bunch of other topics like pig hearts in people. All that and more in this week's Friday edition of None Taken.

Peter Navarro says the quiet part very loudly. A dice experiment, and the lies we tell ourselves. Tucker Carlson v Ted Cruz, but Dustin smells bullshit. The return of Psaki v Doocy. Fauci had a hot mic and a hot take on Rand Paul. Merrick Garland, Matt Taibbi, and The Economist all listened to last week's shows, and we prove it. Also, "President Harris"?

Our weekly roundup of US & world, econ, covid, and tech headlines. Oh, we also play a game where Allan has to guess which quote is Ted Kaczynski and which is Noam Chomsky.