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Episode 479 – Mission Un-Accomplished? The Corbett Report Back on YouTube
To YouTube or not to YouTube, that is the question. And it’s no longer a hypothetical question! That’s right, the YouTube overlords have decided to allow The Corbett Report once again. Whoopie?
June Open Thread and Subscriber Video (2025)
This is the monthly Corbett Report open thread and members are, as always, invited to log in and share their thoughts on the latest news or just chit-chat about random stuff.
Episode 478 – We Need To Talk About AI
Newspapers are printing summer reading lists of AI-hallucinated books. Apple “Intelligence” is making up fake BBC headlines. People are losing their minds as ChatGPT calls them “spiral starchildren” and “river walkers.” Join James in this week’s edition of The Corbett Report for a sobering look at the latest in AI nonsense.
You Are The Power – #SolutionsWatch
Entrepeneur and libertarian activist Spike Cohen joins us today to discuss You Are The Power, his organization devoted to fostering respect for individuals and their rights.
REPORTAGE Q & A – Questions For Corbett
After the REPORTAGE book launch in Osaka earlier this month, James took some questions from the crowd. Here is the recording of that Q & A session.
Bitcoin $100,000: What Does It Mean?
Now that bitcoin has passed the $100,000 mark, let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work answering the question everyone is asking: what the hell is going on with bitcoin?
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This Is What The Globalists REALLY Fear
Would you like to see what the globalists really fear? OK, here's a picture: "What? A protest? Pffff. The controllers of the global conspiracy don't care about a little protest, James," you scoff, scrolling on to the next post in your never-ending feed of doomporn....
The Secret History of Hamas
Isn't it funny how the establishment "news" makes its audience feel informed even when they're frighteningly ignorant? An event like the October 7th false flag takes place and suddenly the very same people who couldn't find Israel on a map are now self-proclaimed...
The REAL Solution to the UN Madness
You'll never guess what just happened. Politico published an article about a real solution! Yes, an honest-to-goodness solution! Shocking, isn't it? Even more shocking: it's a solution that details how we can free ourselves from the clutches of the UN! And the most...
The Revolt of the Pawns
In early 1980, as the diplomatic fallout from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began to play itself out on the grand chessboard, then-US President Jimmy Carter sent his National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, to Pakistan to rally the mujahideen fighters...
Your Guide to the Grand Chessboard’s Pawns
The observation that the great geopolitical struggle between nations is akin to a grand game of chess is hardly a novel one. After all, Khosrau II, the ancient Sasanian king, saw the connection over 1,400 years ago: "If a ruler does not understand chess, how can he...
The Internet Is Dead. Long Live the Internet.
Have you heard the latest? Canadians are losing their access to online news thanks to a new bill that would make tech companies liable for so much as linking to news stories. French President Macron is mulling a social media shutdown in the name of quelling France's...
July Open Thread (2023)
Ladies and gentlemen, today marking the 1st day of the month we call July, I present to you (without further ado than is reasonably necessary ((considering the monumental importance of such an event))) the one, the only, the much anticipated . . . July Open Thread....


























