I wanted to get the business out of the way as quickly as possible because we have a returning guest, a returning champion, as Sam Tripoli would say.

The host of the Corbett report, I don't know. Do we need much of an introduction for James Corbett? He's been doing it for 15 plus years. I don't think so. Ladies and gentlemen, the great James is back. Hello, James. Good to see you. No, I demand a lengthy, voluminous introduction listing all of my great...

No, okay. Well, you're going to have to go to Greg Carlwood for that, because Greg will give you a good, a really good intro that'll blow you away. I'll give you this short version. Now, everybody knows you. Everybody knows your work. And, and, you know, I mean, I think in some ways, everybody has been,

and it's hard to say how you woke up to this or who was inspirational to you. It's sort of a mix

of everything. But you were part of my awakening as well. You know, I mean, the stories that,

that I heard about from you, that I would have never found anywhere else, I think a lot of people, you know, I mean, the stories that I, that I heard about from you, that I would have never

found anywhere else, I think a lot of people, you know, I think they appreciate, they obviously

appreciate your level of detail and the amount of work that you put into this, but also just the

fact that you, you could deliver some bad news in a way that, kind of funny, you know, you

made it easy to digest,

and I think people really appreciate that. So what's been, I'll tell you, I was curious to get

your take on this, especially, because you're somebody that has the ability to kind of peek behind

the curtains and see what's going on here. But this whole,

I don't even think even talk to you about the Russia-Ukraine thing, and frankly, I'm just exhausted talking about it. But the Wagner Group component, this is a relatively new thing,

the private mercy, the Blackwater of Russia, right? The Eric Prince is so jealous. They had this, they had a coup, I guess,

apparently. I don't know. Did they schedule it? It seemed like, it seemed like very

performative to me. I mean, we've got, I mean, we've got Zelensky, who is actually an actor.

So, I mean, I guess we're not too far off. What was your take on this? Was this real? Or was this some sort of performance art?

Well, let me preface my comments on this by saying that I am sick to death of the stuck on stupid

comic book conversation that surrounds this topic in the so-called erstwhile independent

alternative media that really has a propaganda line that it seems to

everyone seems to be singing from the same hymn book and i don't know i don't have that hymn book so i'm not

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