hello and welcome to cross up where all things are considered on peter lavelle continuity or change this is what's being asked when considering a potential by foreign policy trump made it a point to undo obama's legacy when biden do the same to trump's like this or is this all only rhetorical continuity drives foreign policy not the occupant in the oval office. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest peter who snake and says that he's professor of history and director of the nuclear studies institute at american university as well as co-author with all over stone the untold history of the united states in kingston we have it like petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island and we have william deane he's a former technical director at the n.s.a. originally crossed up rules and i think that means in jump in anytime you want and i also appreciate it ok nick let me go to you 1st year and there's an awful lot of speculation of what a potential biden foreign policy would be but we have to add in the last 3 and a half years almost 4 years of the the me

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle in january there may be a new american president but what won't change is washington's stance towards iran is military conflict inevitable what is the value of diplomacy if one side fails to honor agreements and what are iran's options. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest adam roosevelt in washington he's a national security analyst as well as a g.o.p. strategist and omar we have scott ritter he is a former intelligence officer and united nations weapons inspector and into and we have mohammad marandi he is a professor at the university of toronto gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to professor marandi interim 1st professor marandi even over the last year iran. saw the assassination of one of its. celebrated military officials probably the greatest. cherice hunter and killer in the world and then we have this scientist. over the last few days sas unaided and by all accounts it was an israeli operation we don't

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle joe biden may indeed be inaugurated in january of next year however will he have a legitimate mandate will the next campaign start when the next president takes office and the new liberal order is headed back into power what will be their agenda. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest george samueli in budapest he is an author and a youtube or at big apple and here in moscow we crossed him maxine he is an expert at the russian international affairs council originally crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it ok let's go to georgia in budapest. and looking at the election results or how would the election results are being presented to the to the public and the world's here i can't help but get the feeling that if this had happened in any other country in the world the united states would have stepped in or made a lot of noise about democratic norms and demanding a recount and all of this kind of thing here but they don't because it's happening

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle exhibit a the smoking gun we know now without a doubt the media ran interference for the biden campaign before the election the hunter biden story was not debunked was not russian misinformation we were lied to again where is the accountability. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest david frei in montreal he's a litigator turned you tube or who provides legal breakdowns of current events in new york we have. is host of even the press at r.t. america and in sydney we ross today joe laureate he's the editor. in chief of consortium news dot com hi gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate joe let me go to you in sydney and 1st of all thank you for staying up 2 o'clock in the morning for this program and very much appreciate it we all appreciate it jerks job where is the state of journalism that we know that the big tech and the media companies are running interference for the buying campaign is the repeated claims that $100.00 by story. it's

hello and welcome to cross talk where all pays are considered i'm peter lavelle 2020 has been a year like no other how has the kobe crisis changed our lives how will that continue to shape our lives moving forward and what have we lost things and ideas that may never return. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's a historian analyst and author of the forthcoming book a rise rossiya the return of russia to world politics in oxford we have mark allman he is director of the prices research institute and in budapest we crossed to george samueli he's an arthur and a you tuber at the gaggle are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to mark here you know mark in preparing for this program he's jogging down some notes about how i reflect upon this year let me just read you a couple of bullet points health dictatorship through fear has become central to our lives we go from one crisis to the next crisis kovi there's an authoritarians dream come true. good faith thinking is gone

hello and welcome to cross talk or all things are considered on peter lavelle what is the fate of the progressive movement can it continue to co-exist with the mainstream establishment left is its current trajectory electorial did it and can progressive be part of a greater political realigning. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guests jamie right in los angeles she is the founder of the right ball firm and political also in los angeles we have to read what is about she is an independent journalist and co-host of the congo couch and in new york we have john burnett he is co-chair of public affairs and public policy for new york republican state committee rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it it was going to be an los angeles as a put the progressive on the panel here what is the state of the progressive movement now you did get the vote out for joe biden you did it at least rhetorically and publicly close ranks and as the presumptive president of the united states next will be inaugurated in january he's done everything his power t

welcome to cross up were all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the economy after coping. ok let's go back to peter in the 1st part of the program we talked about the possibility of a stimulus and i guess we're all kind of an agreement that it's necessary i mean it was very distraught and how it was used as a political football and i would just tells you everything about what's broken about politics you're scoring points you know the rich and fluent in the at the very top you know they were taking care of they with they got their concierge service and they were taking care of right from the get go ok and then seeing that working people were just essentially shafted here and because of this lame duck session right now. i believe that there needs to be a stimulus i don't know i'm not the type of person we are you know like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer they want a stimulus to reinvent the american economy i just want to deal with a pandemic and getting small and medium sized businesses back on their feet is that possible. so 1st i think that stimulus f

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is there such a thing as public opinion anymore after all after 2 election cycles in a row data has been largely imperfect is there is more than just one public and are there good reasons not to trust the polls. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest and martin in washington he is president of the national conservative organization that was shapley eagles as well as co-author of the conservative case for trump and new york we have sarah norman she is a democratic strategist digital marketer and data scientist and in pasadena we cross to craig john who well he is co-host and co-creator of the independent media show congo or across up rules and effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciative ok let's go to it and and you know when i look at the last 2 election cycles and how the the polling was off i think it's it's more than methodology it's what we think about polls and and it seems also to me that imbedded in that is that there should be a certain kind of voter a

welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing media malpractise. ok let's go back to david david. important issue that we haven't discussed so far on how the the media manage with big tech the weeks before the election in in favor of the biden campaign and of the democrats on the side it didn't do too well for the democrats that are but that's a topic for another program there were 50. now national intelligence officials that came out in politico and debunked they said this is just. the asli reminiscent of russia meddling in the in the politics in the united states number one where all 50 of them given access to this information i doubt it because none of them quoted it but what the interesting thing is that when we come to today over the last few days when the when it was revealed that in fact hunter is under investigation for tax issues and maybe others where do these 50 intelligence officials stand right now are they just liars but i mean i can't speak to the 50 individuals because i don't know about that but you're going back

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle at this point no one knowswhen the code crisis will abate however it is undeniable that this health crisis has negatively impacted the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even possible now and will the divide separating the rich from the poor continue to update. to discuss the economy and more i'm joined by my guest peter bergen great american he is an economist at the american institute for economic research in miami and we have made rezko he is in xenos chief investment strategist and we also have eric townsend he is host of the macro voices podcast original macross up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok let's go 1st to peter you know in looking at the very the. the broadest picture of what's going on in the economy right now i think we all have to be very honest with ourselves that the election cycle influenced people how they look at the economy how bad it is or how good it is and it's all been kind of changed and now as we move out of that

a low in welcome across town where all babies are considered i'm peter lavelle 2020 has been a year like no other how has the big crisis changed our lives how will it can. when you to shape our lives moving forward and what have we lost things and ideas that may never return. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's a historian and analyst and author of the forthcoming book a rise rossiya the return of russia to world politics in oxford we have mark allman he is director of the prices research institute and in budapest we crossed to george samueli he's an author and the you tube or at the gaggle our across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to mark here you know mark in preparing for this program he's just jogging down some notes about.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle exhibit a the smoking gun we know now without a doubt the media ran interference for the biden campaign before the election the hunter biden story was not debunked was not russian misinformation we were lied to again where is the accountability. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest david frei in montreal he's a litigator turned you tube or who provides legal breakdowns of current events in new york we have. host of eat the press at r.t. america and in sydney we cross to joe lauria he's the editor in chief of consortium news dot com or in tell me crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate joe let me go to you in sydney and 1st of all thank you for staying up 2 o'clock in the morning for this program and very much appreciate it we all appreciate it jorrocks job where is the state of journalism that we know that the big tech the media companies are running interference for the buying campaign does the repeated claims that $100.00 buy used old laptop w

welcome back to crossfire where all things are considered peter lavelle to remind you we're reflecting on the year that is about to end. in john let me go back to you i mean right before we went to the break we were talking about. a different i denying people personal responsibility does this whole mantra of safety for of 1st i mean to my face value that's all nice and fine but that means i cannot make any decisions about my own personal behavior and once you go there it's not much of a leap about what your thoughts should be go ahead john well listening to patrick just now and the best i was reminded of the quotation from good as doust which will go confuse is as the epigraph to the muster of marguerite's and when spouse that he's been dead guy says there are states just those that belong states that scooter shop i am the spirit that always wants evil but does good in other words there is a there are all dictatorships have been as it were for the good of their people and do you know here we are again as far as the issue of thought control and the influence of thinking goes again what

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle joe biden may indeed be inaugurated in january of next year however will he have a legitimate mandate will the next campaign start when the next president takes office and the new liberal order is headed back into power what will be their agenda. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest george samueli in budapest he is an author and a youtube or at the gavel and here in moscow we crossed a maxine he is an expert at the russian international affairs council originally crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it ok let's go to georgia in budapest. and looking at the election results or how the election results are being presented to the to the public and the world's here i can't help but get the feeling that if this had happened in any other country in the world the united states would have stepped in or made a lot of noise about democratic norms and demanding a recount and all of this kind of thing here but they don't because it's happening to them

hello and welcome to cross talk your all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is there such a thingas public opinion anymore.

welcome back to cross talk were all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about the impact of the crisis. when i was going to back to georgia in budapest there's already been mentioned in this program here and something i want to talk about is the absolute incompetence of the elites that have been making decisions about how we live and how we should live into the future and and the way i look at it is that these decisions for us are very self-serving all these people that talk about the science on cable they all got a paycheck uninterrupted during all of this ok uninterrupted ok but then let's see the downside i mean the way i look at it is that it's working people it's middle class families and middle class values i would even go as far as say about i've been crushed during all this and on top and some of the most basic things that will bring us all together that prior to this we had even if we're on the left or the right we believe in freedom of speech freedom of assembly breed among worship and all these things are being put to a test and and there's not

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle continuity or change this is what's being asked when considering a potential by foreign policy trump made it a point to undo obama's legacy when biden do the same to trump like this or is this all only rhetorical continuity drives foreign policy not the occupant in the oval office. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest peter who snake and says that he's professor of history and director of the nuclear studies institute at american university as well as co-author with all over stone the untold history of the united states in kingston we have it like petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island and we have william b. use of former that nickel director at the n.s.a. originally crossed up rules and i think that means jump in anytime you want and i also appreciate it ok nick let me go to you 1st year and there's a whole lot of speculation of what a potential biden form paul.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle in january there may be a new american president but what won't change is washington's stance towards iran is military conflict inevitable what is the value of diplomacy if one side fails to honor agreements and what are iran's options. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest adam roosevelt in washington he's a national security analyst as well as a g.o.p. strategist and omar we have scott ritter he is a former intelligence officer and united nations weapons inspector and into and we have mohammad marandi he is a professor at the university of toronto gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to professor marandi interim 1st professor marandi even over the last year iran. saw the assassination of one of its. celebrated military officials probably the greatest. cherice hunter and killer in the world and then we have as scientists. over the last few days sas unaided and by all accounts it was an israeli operation we don't k

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle joe biden may indeed be inaugurated in january of next year however well we have a legitimate mandate will the next campaign start when the next president takes office and the new liberal order is headed back into power what will be their agenda.

hello and welcome to cross talk you're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle with time running out will in should donald trump intervene and stop the persecution of julian assange also as this tumultuous year comes to an end we assess the cost to average working people inequality is only getting worse. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest judging brower and bristol she is deputy leader of the workers' party of britain as well as all that are of the drive to war against russia and china and in budapest we crossed to george w. well he is an author and a you tuber at the capitol or across up rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to bristol here give me give me and give our viewers the case for giving either a pardon or dismissal of charges against. because as we all know they do in the rumor mills swirling that trump is contemplating a pardon of joining us i should also add when it is known. and give the case to our viewers well of course in any kind of justice system no case would ever be able to assess

hello and welcome to cross talk where all babies are considered i'm peter lavelle 2020 has been a year like no other how has the kobe crisis changed our lives how will that continue to shape our lives you're going forward and what have we lost things and ideas that may never return. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's a historian analyst and author of the forthcoming book a rise we will see a return of the.

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all babies are considered i'm peter lavelle 2020 has been a year like no other how has a cope with crisis changed our lives how will that continue to shape our lives meaningful and what have we lost things and ideas that may never return. to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's a historian and analyst and author of the forthcoming book a rise rosia the return of russia to world politics in oxford we have mark allman he is director of the crisis research institute and in budapest we cross to georgia samueli is an art there and a you tuber at the gaggle are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i.

i'm peter lavelle, the foreign policy team of a potential biden ministration is being touted by the liberal media. we tell you why all this should be horrified. also there's a lot of talk of a great reset and build back better does looking back or bode well for the future. to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guest, dr. ken's an employment. he's the editor and founder of the 21st century wire. and here in moscow, we're joined by bob it, she's a political analyst and editor, you know smee internet media project. all right, gentlemen crossed uprose in effect, that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i was appreciated. ok, let's go to patrick 1st. there in plymouth.

welcome back to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to mind you were discussing what a potential biden foreign policy would look like. we're going to go back 10 o'clock right before we went to the break he said you want to make a point go right ahead yeah i wanted to talk about something we haven't mentioned yet which is sanctions and the sections have been a mixed bag for russia but on the whole i think more benefit more beneficial than negative thanks in part to sanctions the russia i would say has outgrown the u.s. in terms of its foreign policy thinking and it's going to continue there for its long term global strategy of building security greater security for itself and for the world through multiple r.t. and what the u.s. does if it's going to be involved in all sorts of shenanigans over seas and trying to make regime changes is just going to wait for the u.s. to come to terms with with the creation of a new role the global reality which is going to be increasingly shaped not by the united states and western europe. but by the brics and the shanghai cooperation

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