In this special 2-hour episode of the Australian Roundtable, Ethan and Johnno continue their discussion about the ‘Sydney Siege’ and look back on the year of 2014. Sub-segments on the ‘Siege’ include: Channel 7’s cover story about the ‘sniper'; initial ‘eye witness’ accounts of the event; anti-gun rights propaganda; Ken Johnson (the grinning father); Martin Place and The Matrix. General discussion topics include: Grant Denyer and news actors; surveillance state and gov/media propaganda; ZeeklyTV and Informed Planet; 2014: Year in review.

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Into chat about Gogglebox – 2:06

‘SYDNEY SIEGE’ SEGMENT:

1) Channel 7’s cover story regarding the ‘sniper’ – 6:30
Yahoo7: The reason the snipers didn’t shoot (17-Dec-2014)

2) Initial ‘eye witness’ accounts of the ‘siege’ – 14:15
YouTube: Bruno interview (15-Dec-2014)
[Note: This appears to be the best copy currently available on the net. It does not include the question about whether or not the ‘gunman’ had guns.]
Morning Show: First coverage of incident (15-Dec-2014)
ABC: Kathryn Chee interview (15-Dec-2014)

3) Anti-gun rights propaganda – 26:23
Yahoo7: Social media backlash over Leyonhjelm’s comments (18-Dec-2014)
YouTube: Short clip about Asch experiments (Date unknown)

4) Ken Johnson (the grinning father) – 48:30
Yahoo7: Victims family visits memorial (17-Dec-2014)
Yahoo7: Country mourns siege victims (19-Dec-2014)

5) Martin Place and The Matrix – 58:44
YouTube: Red Dress scene from The Matrix (1999)
YouTube: Dutchsinse video about The Matrix connection (16-dec-2014)

GENERAL DISCUSSION SEGMENT:

1) Grant Denyer and news actors
CourierMail: Grant Denyer had close encounter with Sydney Siege gunman (27-Dec-2014)

2) Surveillance state and government/media propaganda – 1:22:20
Yahoo7: High tech security camera trial (19-Dec-2014)

3) ZeeklyTV and Informed Planet – 1:39:53
Link: ZeeklyTV
MaxResistance: Episode featuring Jeff Sisk of ZeeklyTV (23-Dec-2014)
Link: InformedPlanet.org

4) 2014: Year in review and final thoughts – 1:50:56

In this special 2-hour episode of the Australian Roundtable, Ethan and Johnno discuss a range of topics related to the ‘Sydney Siege': The legislative and recent historical context of events in Australia leading up to the incident; MSM coverage on the day of the ‘Siege'; Other significant events which were drowned out of the MSM by the event; Tessa Kum of the ‘illridewithyou’ hashtag; Inconsistencies of the Official Story, and much more.

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1) Legislative and recent historical context of events in Australia leading up to the incident - 4:16
TOTT News: How the government and media benefit from the Sydney Siege (17-Dec-2014)
TOTT News: Australia – Descending into Darkness | Draconian Laws, Police State, Surveillance and more (6-Oct-2014)

2) MSM coverage on the day of the ‘Siege’ – 28:43

3) Other significant events which were drowned out of the MSM - 46:01
The Age: Telstra signs new $11b NBN agreement (14-Dec-2014)
The Age: East-West link business case revealed: 56 years to pay off (15-Dec-2014)
SMH: Craig Thomson found not guilty on 49 fraud charges (15-Dec-2014)
The Age: Joe Hockey’s MYEFO spells end of Australian economic boom (16-Dec-14)

4) Tessa Kum of the ‘illridewithyou’ hashtag – 55:51
ABC: Meet Tessa Kum, the woman who started #illridewithyou (16-Dec-2014)
Link: Tessa Kum’s ‘Silence Without’ anti-white blog post (6-Nov-2014)

5) Inconsistencies of the official story – 1:08:56

Final thoughts – 1:56:10

In this episode of the Australian Roundtable, Ethan, Johnno and Lindsay discuss Queensland Police and Santos corporate sponsorship; normalising police militarisation; some of the underlying mechanisms associated with the social destruction of society; CIA torture in Guantanamo Bay and David Hicks; the 2 year anniversary of the Sandy Hook hoax and much more.

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DOMESTIC SEGMENT:

1) Queensland Police and corporate sponsorship – 3:28
ABC: Anti-coal-seam-gas group concerned over Santos logos on police vehicles (9-Dec-2014)
Link: NSW Police Force Endorsement Policy [precedent to condemn QLD for their actions]

2) QPS shootings and the militarisation of Police – 13:34
‘Blood-curdling screams’ as man shot dead by police

3) Feminism and the social destruction of society – 22:16
Link: Men on Strike – Helen Smith  (digital)
Link: The Myth of Male Power   (digital)
Link: constitutionality of child support guidelines

[TBU –  John le Bon]

INTERNATIONAL SEGMENT:

4) CIA torture in Guantanamo Bay (includes discussion on David Hicks) – 1:02:16
The Guardian: Senate report on CIA torture claims spy agency lied about ‘ineffective’ program (9-Dec-2014)
Sydney Morning Herald: David Hicks heckles Attorney-General George Brandis at Human Rights Awards ceremony (11-Dec-2014)
Link: The Official Senate Report on CIA Torture by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (3-Dec-2014)

5) Discussion: The 2 year anniversary of Sandy Hook  – 1:19:29
[TBU – John le Bon]

Final thoughts – 1:34:45

In this special 2.5-hour episode of the Australian Roundtable Podcast, Johnno is joined in the studio by inaugural guest Raja B to discuss Larissa Waters’ comments on ‘gendered toys’ and cultural marxism, higher education ‘reforms’, the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, an update on the Hong Kong ‘democracy’ protests, the release of independent documentary ‘We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook’, Fabian/socialist subversion of Western society, Russia and the NWO, esoteric inquiry and much more.

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Introducing Raja – 2:51

DOMESTIC SEGMENT:

1) Larissa Waters on ‘gendered toys’ (incl discussion on cultural marxism) – 7:05
SMH: ‘No Gender December': Greens Senator calls for end to gender-based toys (2-Dec-2014)
YouTube: Senator Larissa Waters discusses No Gender December (2-Dec-2014)

2) Higher education ‘reforms’ – 36:32
SMH: Senate votes down Abbott government’s higher education changes (3-Dec-2014)

3) China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) – 47:09
Link: Press Release by Trade Minister Andrew Robb (17-Nov-2014)
AFR: FIRB restrictions lifted on property (20-Nov-2014)
Australian: Surge in Chinese property buys takes state total to $462m (13-Oct-2014) [Paywall]
DailyTelegraph: Foreign investors face new fee to invest in Aus… (23-Nov-2014)

INTERNATIONAL SEGMENT:

1) Hong Kong protests [Update] – 1:03:52
ABC: Student leader Joshua Wong calls off hunger strike (6-Dec-2014)
BBC: What happened in the hunger strike? (5-May-2006)

2) ‘We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook’ documentary – 1:09:30
YouTube: We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook (Orig published 30-Nov-2014)
[NOTE: This copy likely to be taken down; web search the title, torrents are available]

OPEN DISCUSSION:

1) Fabian/socialist subversion of Western society – 1:25:00
(Topics incl Creature From Jekyll Island, Humans as commodities, modern ‘capitalism’ as socialism, Bolshevist takeover, Cecil Rhodes)

2) Russia vs the NWO? – 1:38:22
(Topics incl Soviet Union, Putin, Quigley/Sutton/Bernays/Butler, ZeroHedge, Orwell, Jewish oligarchs, the New World Order, Syria/Iran/Ukraine, Bandar Bush, Ruble and oil devaluations)

3) Esoteric inquiry – 1:57:14
(Topics incl religion, spirituality, atheism, purpose)

Final thoughts – 2:26:38