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The Village Oak Tree

The Village Oak Tree is where the Irish storyteller comes to your digital village to bring you stories from the outside world. Join me every Wednesday as I try my best to find topics that are not plastered all over the main stream news pages everywhere you look. I research news from around the world, that despite not being in all over the front pages, may be important to regular people nonetheless. To wrap things up, I try to add a little imagination to your visit with a short story that might make

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59:24

Interview with Jim Fuhs, Marine Corp. Veteran and...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/08/28

My guest this week is a retired Marine Corp. Lieutenant Colonel, who transitioned off active duty into retirement in 2009. He had a good career and now, after a couple of other tries, has found a new calling into teaching people and businesses how to use and navigate social media.He is also very active with his local American Legion post as a Vice Commander of one of the largest and most active American Legion posts in Georgia.We talk about our different transitions from active duty, some of the

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25:11

The Village Oak Tree - Monkey Pox and Covid, Oh my,...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/08/21

This is just a short commentary this week about the new Monkey Pox virus strain that appears to be airborne, how Covid is not a thing of the past as the governments would have you believe, and some news from around the world you may or may not know about.I wrap things up with chapter 9 of The Priest by Michael Campi. His dystopian future United States serial story.

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23:28

News and Politics for Wednesday, August 14th

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/08/14

My scheduled guest for today had to reschedule due to an illness on his part, so I created another commentary to maintain some continuity. I picked a bunch of news and blog articles, plus I used some content from video news podcasts to offer everyone a snapshot of everything that is going on around the world and here in the U.S. There are a lot of things you might not be aware of and some you are. They are all important to know so people can prepare for what's coming. Let me know what you think in

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29:36

The Village Oak Tree Sunday Edition August 11

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/08/11

This is another Sunday Edition. As I say in the opening commentary, this is a spillover of all the rest of the news that hit the wires after last Wednesday. I start with a bit about the still ongoing Covid pandemic that everyone is ignoring, politics and how they are intertwined. To wrap things up, I read another chapter from Michael Campi's dystopian future. A serialized story about what things will look like when it all collapses. This commentary is restricted due to language.

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44:31

The Village Oak Tree August 7th, 2024

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/08/07

Cead Fáilte Welcome to the Village Oak Tree It's been a wild week in the world, with U.S. politics, the wars in the middle east and Ukraine and so much else. Let me bring you up to speed a little bit with some perspective from an activist point of view. I don't have any skin in the game on either side, so I call it as I see it. When I have finished scaring you, I will read you chapter 7 from my ongoing dystopian future story, The Priest (Once known as Bob) Warning. I have restricted this to adults

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Interview with Sam W. from eastern Canada

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/31

Today, I present my interview with Sam, an esteemed activist and writer from Eastern Canada. She contributes articles to Medium.com and manages her own website at www.world-weary.com. Our conversation spanned topics from recent politics in Canada and the United States to environmental issues, such as the western wildfires, mining, and other international concerns. As a prominent LGBTQ+ advocate, she consistently leverages her writing platforms to champion their rights. Tune in as we delve into

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The Village Oak Tree Sunday Edition July 28th, 2024

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/28

This Sunday, my friend Mitch and I are back to talk about the things in the news that affect all of us one way or another right now. Everything from politics to the environment and everything in between. Our first subject is Mitch's revelation about how banks are issuing old money as if it were new bills. Is there something going on with the banks and the Federal Reserve we don't know about? The biggest topic of the week is of course the passing of the baton to Kamala Harris a week ago and what has

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60:44

Interview with Angela Fontaine

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/24

This week, I bring everyone my interview with a local woman who is running for the local school board in district 4, here in Richmond, Virginia. She is a job coach and works a bit in social services, while juggling a family and running her business. I wanted to interview her to try and showcase people who are working hard in the local communities where I live. This applies to all communities around the country. I want this to be an inspiration to all aspiring entrepreneurs who want to make a

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The Village Oak Tree Sunday Edition 07/21-2024

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/21

This short podcast is another weekend commentary about current affairs and my take based on facts, such as they are from the news feeds, that affect ordinary people who are struggling to make ends meet on a daily basis.I invite anyone who finds this to offer their opinions by liking, replying and subscribing to this channel. We can't make change unless we know what is going on and we won't know what is going on if we don't get our heads out of the mainstream media bubbles they try to keep us in for

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118:18

The Village Oak Tree Weekend Discussion

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/17

Once more, my friends and I get together and talk about the things that matter most to us. From home repairs to current events. The trouble is, we recorded the show before the events of last Saturday night and the world has dramatically changed in just four short days. I invite you to watch the video anyway as a way to try and understand that we are just like all of you. Ordinary people, dealing with ordinary things on a daily basis and trying to keep up with everything the world is throwing at us

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28:49

The Sunday Edition - The Trump Incident

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/15

This another Sunday edition that I bring up current affairs affecting everyone in the United States right now, today and going forward. I offer my own analysis based on the news feeds I have found and my own personal military experience. Also my thoughts on all of this election rhetoric and navigating through the crap being flung everywhere.At the end, I read Michael Campi's part 4 of The Priest as a counterpoint to what may be coming for us if we don't get our act together quickly.

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51:26

Interview with Dr. George Maurer discussing CRT

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/10

This is the controversial interview with Dr. Maurer about CRT. He talks about why and a little history behind CRT. I leave it to the audience to decide whether the viewpoints here are right or not. If anyone wishes to leave a message, I can be contacted at www.crann-na-beatha.com.

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13:31

My Viewpoint on Critical Race Theory

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/07

I wanted to get ahead of my upcoming interview today to talk about CRT and my thoughts on all of this business of perceived racial superiority and white European exceptionalism. There is no such thing other than in certain people's fevered minds. My guest has a choice word for those who try to promote CRT in public which I won't repeat here. Wait for the interview coming up this Wednesday.Listen to my thoughts on all of this and let me know what you think on social media. Search out Terrance Ó

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136:22

A roundtable Discussion on all of the Current Events...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/03

My two friends and I get together and have a roundtable discussion about the major current events in the news feeds from last week. Things like the cluster bomb that, supposedly, was accidently knocked off course and killed several people, including five children on a beach in Sevastopol, Crimea. The Julian Assange drama and what that may mean for journalists around the world. The big one, the disastrous U.S. presidential debate and what that could mean for the citizens of the U.S., plus several

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11:54

End of the Republic

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/07/02

I am starting to make more and more videos and podcast audio files regarding the failing government of the United States. I have been writing about it and posting videos for a few months now and I will be sharing them here with anyone who cares to listen around the world. The U.S. is in big trouble as everyone but the Americans will tell you if asked. As you the audience, what little there is is here, can see in your news in your country, the U.S. is fading fast and I am one of many, many people who

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14:06

This is Why I am so Tired of Everything in the News...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/06/30

I made a minor announcement about the minor loss of my partnership with MBR Radio over artistic difference. No great loss as I explain.The rest of this short video is my way of stating the quiet part out loud. We are all tired of the corruption in the U.S. government, the lies they are telling us and about the coming recession and how bad it may get.Then I also tell everyone about how the cat 3 hurricane in the Caribbean right now, headed for the Gulf of Mexico. It's just the start, although the

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58:12

Interview with Brian Fleming- a Disabled Combat...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/06/27

In this episode, I interview a disabled veteran of the wars in Afghanistan, wounded by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan several years ago now. I asked him about his journey through the military medical system and crossover to the Veterans Administration, and his journey into his current vocation as a public speaker as an inspiration to other veterans, wounded our otherwise. His media company Share Your Story can be found at https://www.useyourstory.com/

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23:28

A Continuation of my Series about the End of the...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/06/26

This episode is another in the series about the end of the United States empire. This week, I offer a prelude short story about what can happen if you try to become a god. Then I get into some of the top stories of the weekend. The cluster bombs that killed innocent Russian vacationers in Sevastopol, Crimea Russia, Israel's refusal to the ceasefire, and the hubris in their thinking that they can take on Hamas and Hezbollah at the same time, with the US backing them up, of course. I also talk about

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59:07

Another discussion about the events that matter this...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/06/19

I have another discussion amongst friends today, this time with an addition to the commentary team. Not only do I have my friend Mitch back again, (I think this is going to be a very regular thing), I have our new friend, Ms. Frances Chiu, a very astute political analyst and noted Bernie Sanders fan. We mostly focus on U.S. politics in our first get together and deal with some minor IT technical issues on the part of Ms. Chiu. But that is what makes this show unique in that we all have internet

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60:50

Hanging Out. Two Friends discussing the things that...

The Village Oak Tree ·

2024/06/12

Once again, my friend Mitch and I sit down together and discuss the things that are foremost on our minds. His plumbing issues, my minor house repair issues up to global politics and a possible economic recession.We are your every man/woman kind of people with normal weekly struggles and thoughts on what our government leaders are doing against our wishes.Come join us as we discuss his lack of availability of a simple part for his ten year old kitchen sink, lack of support in the hardware stores, my

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