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  • In-depth and thought-provoking conversations with leaders, thinkers, artists, entrepreneurs and activists. Smart, original and interesting people…lovers of freedom and the American idea.
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  • Episode 291 : The Ministry of Green Truth: Mark Mills Exposes America's $6 Trillion Energy Fantasy

    Episode 291 : The Ministry of Green Truth: Mark Mills Exposes America's $6 Trillion Energy Fantasy
    Dec 18 2024
    “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell On The Bill Walton Show, Mark Mills strips away the Newspeak surrounding the innocuously named "Inflation Reduction Act" (IRA) to reveal it as perhaps the most audacious experiment in government-directed industrial planning in U.S. history. Mark P. Mills is the executive director of the National Center for Energy Analytics, and author of The Cloud Revolution. Like Orwell's Ministry of Truth, which turned lies into official doctrine, the architects of this legislation have manufactured their own reality. They call it the "Inflation Reduction Act" while knowing it will create profound inflation. They promise "affordable clean energy" while mandating the replacement of working systems with ones that are demonstrably more expensive. They speak of "climate justice" while building a system that will impoverish the middle class. The numbers tell their own stark story: Between $3-6 trillion in total spending – approaching the inflation-adjusted cost of World War II. But unlike that war, which mobilized American industry to defeat fascism, this massive expenditure aims to dismantle our existing energy infrastructure in favor of an unproven alternative. Mills, speaking with the precision of his physics background and decades of energy expertise, reveals the dystopian preview already unfolding in Europe. In Germany, the green energy transition has led to a 300% increase in energy costs, shuttered factories, and a 70% collapse in foreign investment. The corruption inherent in the Inflation Reduction Act would be comical if it weren't so tragic. Mills points to organizations receiving billion-dollar grants mere weeks after their formation. One entity, showing a previous annual income of exactly $100, received $940 million in taxpayer funds. Kafka himself couldn't have designed a more sinister bureaucracy. But perhaps most chilling is the corrupting political engineering at work. Like the chocolate ration increases in "1984," which actually masked decreases, the IRA's architects have carefully distributed funds across red states to create dependency and prevent future reform. It's a masterclass in political manipulation. And there’s more: Electric vehicle manufacturers losing up to $100,000 per car even with $30,000+ subsidies Wind and solar projects requiring massive new transmission infrastructure that ratepayers, not taxpayers, will fund Bureaucrats, with no experience in managing large grant programs, suddenly overseeing billions in climate funds A guarantee of higher electric bills sold as "savings" to the American public Key moments from this essential conversation: 00:57 Origins of Deception - How partisan reconciliation birthed history's most expensive energy legislation 02:11 The True Ledger - Analysis revealing $1-4 trillion in direct costs plus $2-3 trillion hidden in future utility bills 04:27 Electric Dreams Meet Reality - The mathematical impossibility of current EV economics 05:34 European Prophecy - Germany's de-industrialization preview of America's possible future 13:05 Following the Money - The labyrinth of newly-formed organizations receiving billions 17:39 Political Engineering - How strategic fund distribution creates dependency across red states 25:50 Inflation by Design - The inevitable consequence of printing trillions while mandating expensive energy 29:57 The Forbidden Discussion - Scientific context about CO2 that challenges the narrative 34:19 Gates' Admission - Why even complete implementation won't change 2050 outcomes 38:40 Hope for Reform - The urgent need for transparency and oversight As Mills notes, comparing this to World War II spending isn't hyperbole – it's mathematics. But unlike that war, which united Americans in common cause, this massive expenditure threatens to divide us while weakening our industrial base and energy security. Don't let this crucial conversation be memory-holed. Subscribe to the Bill Walton Show on Substack, YouTube, Rumble, and major podcast platforms to stay informed about the critical issues shaping our nation's future. Remember: Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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    42 mins
  • Episode 290: Fifth Generation Warfare: Where Hypersonic Missiles Meet the Healthcare State

    Episode 290: Fifth Generation Warfare: Where Hypersonic Missiles Meet the Healthcare State
    Dec 11 2024
    What if modern warfare has evolved beyond anything history's great strategists could have imagined? While Metternich orchestrated the balance of power through diplomatic summits and Machiavelli counseled princes on maintaining state authority, today's battles for sovereignty unfold in unlikely places: doctors' offices, veterinary clinics, and local zoning boards across America. In this deep dive episode of The Bill Walton Show, Brandon Weichert and Brian O'Shea reveal how traditional military threats and internal subversion have merged into an entirely new form of conflict. Beginning with Russia's game-changing Oreshnik missile, they trace how modern warfare has evolved into something that would leave even a Kissinger struggling to define a workable world order. Brandon J. Weichert is a national security analyst at The National Interest and the author of four bestselling books, most recently “A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine.” Brian O’Shea is an Investigative Journalist at Daily Clout, Inc (Daily Clout.io) and Host of INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING on DailyClout.io. https://rumble.com/c/InvestigateEverythingOnDailyClout. He has spent almost 30 years in the fields of military intelligence, U.S. Government Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence (private sector), private investigations, executive protection. The discussion exposes an uncomfortable truth: the traditional mechanisms of state power have been subverted by what O'Shea calls "fifth generation warfare." International organizations now use public health initiatives like "One Health" to extend their reach into American communities, while defense contractors and permanent bureaucracies have effectively created their own principality, operating independently of democratic control. "Ukraine has become a replacement for the ATM machine that Afghanistan had been," O'Shea explains, revealing how perpetual conflict serves the military industrial complex’ bureaucratic interests. Even more disturbing is how local regulations - from veterinary reporting requirements to land use restrictions - have become sophisticated tools of control that bypass traditional democratic oversight. As Weichert notes, "The bureaucracy has a method for dealing with bosses they don't like. They're going to clam up and drag their feet and basically wait him out." Machiavelli would recognize this as power - an emerging “healthcare” industrial complex - operating most effectively when disguised. As America approaches a critical transition of Presidential power, these interconnected threats pose unprecedented challenges. Putin's strategic patience in Ukraine, China's global ambitions, and the race by Federal agencies to cement their authority against the threat of Trump’s DOGE , all point to a new kind of conflict - one where the traditional balance of power has been replaced by a complex web of institutional warfare. What emerges is a stark picture of modern national security challenges that would baffle yesterday's strategists: how do you maintain sovereignty when the threats come not just from foreign missiles but from your own institutions? How do you balance power in a world where bureaucracies have become their own principalities? Brian O’Shea, Brandon Weichert and Bill grapple with these questions, and more, in this episode of The Bill Walton Show. Key issues: [00:05:06] WARFARE'S EVOLUTION - Russia's hypersonic weapons represent not just military superiority but the collapse of traditional deterrence theory that underpinned Cold War stability [00:09:09] INSTITUTIONAL DECAY - Deterioration of US nuclear arsenal reveals how bureaucratic self-interest has replaced strategic necessity as the driving force in defense planning [00:15:01] NEW POWER DYNAMICS - Putin's calculated restraint in Ukraine demonstrates how traditional military conflict now serves as just one element in a broader strategy of systemic disruption [00:29:14] BUREAUCRATIC PRINCIPALITY - Ukraine conflict exposed as mechanism for maintaining bureaucratic power and funding, creating what Machiavelli might recognize as a state within a state [00:43:51] SOVEREIGNTY'S NEW THREATS - "One Health" framework shows how international organizations have learned to bypass traditional state authority through seemingly benign initiatives [00:47:54] FIFTH GENERATION WARFARE - Modern conflict operates through multiple domains simultaneously: military, bureaucratic, regulatory, and economic - defying traditional strategic responses [00:50:24] ADMINISTRATIVE STATE POWER - Health agencies' complex influence networks reveal how bureaucracies have created their own form of sovereignty outside democratic control [00:53:23] REFORM'S CHALLENGES - Trump's DOGE initiative faces sophisticated resistance from what has effectively become an independent power center within the American state [00:57:50] CHINESE ADAPTATION - Xi's shift toward Marxism reflects recognition that modern power ...
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 285: A Game Changing Russian Missile?

    Episode 285: A Game Changing Russian Missile?
    Dec 2 2024

    In this unsettling episode of The Bill Walton Show, national security expert Stephen Bryen returns to cut through the fog about Russia's game-changing hypersonic missile and what it means for U.S. security. As Joe Biden requests another $24 billion for Ukraine, Bryen reveals how Russia has achieved strategic superiority in missile technology - a capability we cannot match or defend against.

    Dr. Stephen Bryen, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, has over 50 years national security experience including many stints in the Pentagon where he became one of the world’s leading experts on the arms trade.

    Speaking with precision born from decades of defense expertise, Bryen explains how this new missile travels at Mach 20, pulverizes underground bunkers without explosives, and can strike anywhere in Europe. More concerning: the United States has no equivalent weapon and no defensive system to stop it.

    Drawing on a recent German think tank report, Bryen also exposes NATO's military unpreparedness, challenging comfortable assumptions about Western military superiority. His analysis is clinical, factual, and deeply disturbing for anyone concerned about U.S. and European security.

    Key Revelations:

    [00:53] Game Changer - Russian missile hits targets at 15,224 mph with unstoppable force

    [06:20] Bunker Killer - Missile turns underground facilities to dust without explosives

    [10:02] Defensive Gap - U.S. Patriot systems useless against hypersonic threats

    [08:25] Strategic Shift - All European capitals now within Russian strike range

    [09:21] Capability Gap - U.S. attempted similar weapon; Lockheed program failed

    [15:23] Intelligence Failure - U.S. knew about weapon but ignored implications

    [19:51] Ukraine Reality - Ukrainian forces losing 1,000 soldiers per day

    [24:48] Depleted Arsenal - U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine leaving Pacific allies exposed

    [21:54] Negotiation Leverage - Putin seeks sanctions relief, not just military victory

    [28:50] Warning Signal - Bryen urges immediate halt to escalation before transition
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    35 mins

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