Iranian revolution | Porkins Policy Review

Happy Groundhog Day. Happy Black History Month.

How does a company get sold and traded at more than 100%? Michael Swanson explained what happened at Game Stop. Is Robin Hood taking from rich people and giving trade options to the poor?

Is there a squeeze on silver? How reckless are current trade practices? Chuck asked Michael how all this works.

Pearse Redmond talked about the MEK and Iran. Porkins explains how one type of explosive keeps getting found on many alleged attackers. What does the most embarrassing Italian named Rudy have to do with all this? Is Israel funding the Iranian opposition?

Chuck is taking a break from LIVE shows until February 16.

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Show Notes:

PGG episode 18 Grey Wolves, Marxist Sex Cults, and NATO

Iranian spymaster on trial in Belgium had contacts all over Europe, evidence shows

Iranian spy chief behind bomb plot in Paris ‘had contacts all over Europe’

Iran Says Nuclear Deal ‘Nonnegotiable,’ Rejects Adding Participants

Assadollah Assadi’s Verdict Could Serve as a Turning Point in Iran-EU Relations

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Update:

Iranian Diplomat Is Convicted in Plot to Bomb Opposition Rally in France

Pearse and Tom round off season 1 looking at the 2012 Oscar winning historical drama Argo, which is based on a real life exfiltration operation during the Iranian revolution. We discuss the CIA’s almost too-obvious involvement in the film, the background of how the story was declassified and turned into a movie including the shadowy figures of producer David Klawans and writer Chris Terrio. We stick the boot into Ben Affleck and his film, not just for its ‘Reel Bad Arabs’ racism but also its outrageous and possibly intentional historical inaccuracy. We analyse the weirdest Oscars ceremony ever, where Argo producers Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov won the Best Picture award, before wrapping up by reflecting back on season 1 of this series and briefly looking forward to season 2.