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The Corner Podcast-Episode 13
So, I was going to make this episode about something else…but Israel just launched airstrikes on Iran. This has lead to direct war with the two nations in recent days, after decades of tension. On top of that, the US joined the war by launching strikes on Iranian nuclear targets. So, what happened, and will…
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How a Nobel Peace Prize winner started 2 wars
A brief history of modern Ethiopia The image you see before you is Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018, winning the Nobel Peace prize in December 2019, after resolving the nations conflict with neighboring Eritrea. This moment was seen throughout the world as a sign that some of the conflicts in Africa…
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How accurate is the Nandos Last Dictator ad?
In November 2011, the South African food chain, Nando’s, aired it’s new ad, Last Dictator, in TV sets across the nation, in one of the most banger ads of all time. Because Nando’s already had a reputation of making…interesting ads, South Africa shrugged it off, but it got viral when the rest of the world…
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49 Afrikaner Refugees
A few days ago, a plane from South Africa arrived at Dulles International Airport in the outskirts of DC. Although this seemed to be just a routine flight, soon, several people stepped out, holding American flags, and were greeted by the US Deputy Secretary of State and Homeland Security. As it turned out, these people…
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What the European Powers wanted during the Scramble of Africa
In 1884, as several nations were beginning to colonize Africa, the European powers, at the invitation of Otto Van Bismark, sat down in the Berlin conference to divide up the continent. Some nations got what they wanted, and some got nothing. However, this would begin a massive colonization speedrun known as the Scramble for Africa.…
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Peace Plan to Russian Ukrainian war
The Russian Ukrainian War has been going on for over 3 years, and is one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War 2, with nearly 1 million killed, captured, or wounded, in World War 1 style trench warfare. Recently, the Trump administration has begun seeking negotiations to end the conflict, so I decided to try…
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Full Political Compass
The Political Compass is a way that tracks Ideologies. It is split on two axes, Economic, which is from left(Socialist) to right(Capitalist), and Social, which is from Libertarian to Authoritarian. So, I decided to make a massive Political Compass Chart compiled of all sorts of ideologies, people, nations, and other things: I will say, on…
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Full Circle
Nearly everybody in the US has subscribed to a streaming service at this point, and why shouldn’t they: It has movies of every kind, and TV shows, and best of all, no ads! At least until recently, because in 2022, several streaming services, including Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, and others, began implementing ads in their…
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The Corner Podcast-Episode 12
Video: Timestamps: Intro-0:00 African Colonization and Decolonization-1:15 The Post Colonial Mess-2:38 Third Sudanese Civil War-3:43 –Colonial Sudan-4:21 —First Sudanese Civil War-5:27 –Second Sudanese Civil War-6:15 –Darfur War-7:31 –Rise of the RSF and 2019 Coup-8:32 –Division between army and RSF-9:50 –The ongoing war-10:52 –SAF Counteroffensives-12:05 –Foreign intervention-12:58 –The war is spreading-13:55 M23 Campaign-14:36 –Belgian Congo-15:00 –Decolinization-16:30…
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The Japanese Soldier that didn’t give up
Sometimes, people in your life tell you to persevere, to never give up. However, sometimes you probably should especially when achieving an unattainable goal. Despite this, some people are really determined to achieve this goal. This is the story of one of those people. In the ending stages of World War 2, the Japanese realized…
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