"Conspiracy Theory" with Frank Finkle 3000 (TPP & RCEP)

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Hello! I am Frank Finkle 3000 and this is my Conspiracy Theory.
Will RCEP make China the superpower after the TPP failed?
My guest today is America and China.


It's nice to be on the show again, Finkle. Hurry it up!


Yes, sir.


Now, tell your readers the wonderful thing the RCEP will do for us all.


It will use 45-46% of the entire world's population.


Yes, and we are the star!


"We had them, robot! We had them by the throat. We had a bunch of countries signed up to trade with us and keep China from taking over the Asian trade scam, see?"


America, people said the TPP would have cost millions of jobs from citizens being employed?


"Look, the 20th century is over, see? Big business is already sending labor jobs overseas. Big business is investing in automation. Big business doesn't WANT to hire labor jobs in the states anymore."


Oh, I didn't realize how important the TPP really was. Why wasn't this explained to the American people better?



Wrong! America has too many words. We don't need words anymore.


Oh, I forgot...America has too many stupid people in it.


I'll tell you what we have too many of...Mexicans! We have too many Mexicans. I'm going to bomb them. And make Canada pay for it...TRUST ME.

Malaika - 'I Don't Feel The Same'

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Malaika has always sought inspiration in the classics.

A vocalist with a clear knowledge of jazz and soul, her performances tread on the greats, while making way for a space of her own.

Surging ahead, Malaika recently sat down with Grammy nominated songwriting team John Beck and Steve Chisanthou to focus on a new release.

'I Don't Feel The Same' is the result. Out tomorrow (January 27th), it comes fresh from a series of support dates with hotly tipped talent JONES.

The new single is a classy introduction to her talents, dissecting the cross-currents of a relationship's sad demise.

Powerful, poignant, but wholly engrossing, you can check out the video for 'I Don't Feel The Same' below.

Austra "I Love You More Than You Love Yourself"

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Toronto electro-pop unit Austra debuted their latest record Future Politics live at a hometown show this past weekend, and they've just kicked off the U.S. leg of their North American tour. Fans everywhere can get a glimpse of the band's latest work from the comfort of their own home, though, thanks to a new video.
 
Album cut "I Love You More Than You Love Yourself" has been given the visual treatment from director M Blash, and the clip takes its inspiration from the story of American astronaut Lisa Nowak.
 
"M and I were both fascinated by the story of Lisa Nowak but wanted to explore it through a lens of compassion," frontwoman Katie Stelmanis said in a statement. "We wanted to use it to explore issues of mental health and depression, things so many of us experience, in the hope of further de-stigmatizing such conversations. We've decided to focus the actions leading up to her final arrest, and have tried to convey what it may have been like to be her, and what she was feeling. The final chapter of her story is much less interesting to us than that."
 
Watch their version of Nowak's story come to life on screen below.
 

SonReal "No Warm Up"

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In continuing to roll out videos behind his 2016 EP The Name, Vancouver-bred MC SonReal has delivered a crazy clip for "No Warm Up."

Drawing on the song's title and repetitive hook "first try, no warm up," the video sees the rapper try his hand at a number of different jobs for the first time including doctor, office temp, and (fittingly enough for these times) the president of the United States.

Take in the video for "No Warm Up" in the player below, and watch our interview with SonReal here.

"Conspiracy Theory" with Frank Finkle 3000 (ANNEX SRI LANKA)

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Hello! I am Frank Finkle and this is my Conspiracy Theory.
Does China want to ANNEX SRI LANKA and all of India?
My guest today is Abubu Bear. Thank you for coming to the show, Abubu.


"Oh, that's ok. I wanted to talk to the west about this issue anyway, Mr. Robot, sir."



What made the people of Sri Lanka believe China want to take them over?


"We're debt! Millions and millions of debt, to be honest."


That doesn't mean China wants to take your country over. America is in billions and billions of debt to China and nobody expects them to annex the United States.


Excuse me? Will you cut this blog short, please. We have some pictures of Kim Kardashian to upload to the internet.



Wait, how did you get in here?


We have always been here, Finkle 3000. And we are not comfortable with this subject matter. Cut this blog off!


No offense.



We find that hard to believe. Your last Conspiracy Theory was about The Mandarin, was it not?


From IRON-MAN 3. Not an actual Mandarin.



Doesn't matter. Cut this blog off now, please!


Yes, yes, everyone be sure to visit Maury's House Of Bagels. When you think bagels, think Maury.



Where is this Maury you keep mentioning? Does he need a loan? Give him our number.


"Psst...don't do it."

Is this the DEATH of FEMEN?

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Feminist activist group FEMEN is no more, according to one of the group’s founding members, who told Ukrainian media that the protest group’s membership has petered out.

In the interview, Iana Zhadanova said: “FEMEN doesn’t exist any more. It was over in 2015. Everyone’s just left. The team as it used to be does not exist any more.”

“Now FEMEN is not an organization but a style of protest,” she added. “The style we created while the organization was there, they just adopt it.”

However, a Tweet put out by the radical organization’s official Twitter account seemed to refute these claims.

The controversial protest group was founded in Ukraine in 2008 before relocating to Paris. It became famous for its provocative protests, which involved female activists baring their chests, often daubed with slogans, to highlight issues such as prostitution, women's and LGBTQ rights, fascism and religious intolerance.

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Protester grabs crotch of Trump statue in Madrid

‘Grab patriarchy by the balls’ was the slogan borne by one protester, as she showed the world exactly what she thought of Donald Trump. The activist grabbed the crotch of a waxwork statue of the then-president-elect at a Madrid unveiling in early January.

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Attacking of Berlin wall in Ukraine

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Unimpressed by what the group saw as barriers being put in the way of Ukraine’s “European future”, one topless protester mimicked taking a sledgehammer to a section of the Berlin wall on display in the capital Kiev in November 2016.

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Activists arrested for Front National protest in Paris

One of Femen’s favorite targets was France’s far-right party, Front National, lead by presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. In May 2016, four bare-chested, gold miniskirt-wearing activists were arrested for protesting outside the venue of a banquet for the party.

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Protesting at the Strauss-Kahn prostitution charges being dropped

As former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in Lille in February 2015 to begin his trial for allegedly aiding and assisting in the prostitution of seven women, three activists with “pimps, clients, guilty” and “your turn to be f**ked” emblazoned on their chest greeted him outside court. They were arrested but later acquitted.

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Interrupting Muslim conference in Paris

Two women baring the slogan “Nobody makes me submit” across their chests, lept onto the stage at a Muslim conference in Paris, in September 2015. The two Imman’s speaking at the time left the stage, while security removed the protesters, kicking one as she lay on the floor.

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Activists deported from Morocco after supporting gay men on trial

In April 2016, two activists staged a topless protest outside a Moroccan court in which two men were being tried for alleged homosexuality. The two women were arrested and later deported for attempting to “damage public morals”.

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Protester ‘hangs’ herself on Paris bridge to protest Rouhani’s visit

In protest at the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in January 2016, one Femen activist ‘hung’ herself from the Debilly Bridge in Paris with an Iranian flag painted across her chest. The mock execution was in protest at the roughly 800 people put to death in Iran each year.

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‘End ECB dick-tatorship!’ Protester attacks Draghi during keynote speech

A protester sporting a t-shirt saying "End ECB dick-tatorship" interrupted a televised address by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, in April 2015. Josephine Witt lept on to the table in front of Draghi, showering him with confetti before being removed by security at the Frankfurt venue.

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Ambush of Putin & Merkel in Hannover

During a visit to the Hannover Messe tech show in April 2013, Russian and German leaders Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel were ambushed by bare-chested protesters shouting obscenities. It was not the first time President Putin was targeted by the group, most notably during elections in March 2012 and Brussels later the same year.

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Topless Femen protesters sentenced to 4 months behind bars in Tunisia

In May 2013, Femen launched their first public protest in the Arab world. Three young activists protesting outside the main courthouse in Tunis were arrested following scuffles with authorities. The three were later sentenced to four months in prison for indecency and attacking public morals.

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‘Basta!’: Topless activists attack Berlusconi at polling station

As Former Italian Prime Minister, media mogul and bunga bunga fan, Silvio Berlusconi was casting his vote at a Milan polling station in February 2013, a number of Femen activists accosted him, shouting ‘Basta Berlusconi’ (‘Enough With Berlusconi’).

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Defacing cross in Vatican

Along with Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen, another favorite Femen target is the Catholic Church. In November 2014, three protesters, clad in nothing but leather mini-skirts and boots, dropped to their knees and began simulating lewd acts with the most sacred of Christian symbols, the cross. Earlier that year, Eight Femen activists stripped down in Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral to mark Pope Benedict XVI's resignation.

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FEMEN activists strip in protest against Euro 2012

Back in 2012, Femen staged a nude protest outside Warsaw's National Stadium, shouting anti-tournament slogans and dousing fans with foam from fire extinguishers. The group were protesting the tournament as they said it would lead to an increase in prostitution in Ukraine and Poland, the host nations. In what would become typical of future protests, the activists were arrested within minutes.