On this episode of Brigadoon Radio, Gerald Ashley and Marc Ross discuss Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' + Ambassador Bridge trucker protest, Ukraine status update + Diplomacy, the 2016 Bitfinex hack + DOJ arrest of New York City married couple Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, and what they are reading and watching.
Here are the show notes and support materials for this episode of Brigadoon Radio:
What is the Freedom Convoy? Trucker protests in Canada explained
WSJ
Ambassador Bridge blockade has both sides on edge: “You have 100 people who are holding hostage part of our national economy,” the mayor of Windsor said Wednesday.
Politico
"Resolve this:" Gov. Whitmer calls on Canadian government to reopen Ambassador Bridge
WWMT
Windsor officials seek injunction to end Ambassador Bridge blockade
Detroit News
Ford plant shut down over COVID-19 truck blockade in Canada
AP
Canadian bridge blockade stretches fragile auto supply chain
Bloomberg
Trudeau says using military to end Ottawa protest ‘not in the cards right now’: Police said that a “significant element” from the United States has been involved in the participation, funding, and organization of the “Freedom Convoy.”
WP
Freedom Convoy: Paris protest banned by police ahead of arrival
BBC
The Paris police ban a protest convoy inspired by the Ottawa demonstration
NYT
Automakers work to bypass trucker protest at Ambassador Bridge as plants cancel shifts
Detroit Free Press
Sergey Lavrov: Putin’s man who can switch from bruiser to charmer
The Times
Vladimir Putin is a product of modernity: Why the tension in Ukraine may feel deceptively regressive.
Atlantic
Finns don’t wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or anyone): The Cold War term for a kind of stifled sovereignty has gained attention as a possible solution to the standoff with Russia. But the nation it’s named for would rather forget about it.
NYT
Spy world wary as Biden team keeps leaking Russia intel: US national security figures get that information war is the new battleground. But "how many freaking times do they need to warn that anything may be imminent?” one asked.
Politico
Why the big table in Moscow? Macron refused a Russian COVID test
CNN
Macron refused Russian COVID test in Putin trip over DNA theft fears
Reuters
Putin's White Table in Macron Talks Sparks Endless Memes
Moscow Times
DOJ announces arrests in alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme: ABC News reports a New York City couple is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon.
ABC
Inside the chess match that led the Feds to $3.6 billion in stolen Bitcoin
Time
‘The intelligence coup of the century’: For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries.
WP
Hipsters in $4.5B crypto heist even weirder than you think
Daily Beast
Brewster's Millions
IMDB
Graphic: Geopolitical Hotspot – the Sahel
Geographical
Uranium in Niger: When a blessing becomes a curse
Abhijit Mohanty
Africa has quietly become the epicenter of the Islamist threat: As the world watches Afghanistan, groups such as al-Qaeda are eyeing the Sahel for expansion of its network.
David Pilling
France’s fiasco in the Sahel: France’s war in Mali failed to address core political problems and brought chaos, with jihadist groups operating across the region. Will a military pull-out avert the humiliation the US experienced in Afghanistan?
Le Monde diplomatique
In ‘Touriste’, heroic Russians save the Central African Republic. The truth is even stranger: The Wagner Group and the warped reality of a Russian action movie made in Africa.
FT
Chinese firms now hold stakes in over a dozen European ports
NPR
Why Most Things Fail Paperback
Paul Ormerod
The Train
IMDB
Raven Rock: The Story of the US Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die
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