<h1>Summary:</h1>
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Casper and Rutiger opt for a time of ease and relaxation by discussing happy light topics: the <em>decline of American Empire</em> and <em>recent <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/14/fcc-reverses-open-internet-order-governing-net-neutrality.html&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZt2slIT3aeHGveiV4ZnXmZYOhnA">reversal of Net Neutrality protections</a></em> [or the rollout of Net Neuterality -c] (December 2017).
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<h1>Links and Notes:</h1>
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<strong>Re: Empire</strong> - moral decline and massive wealth inequality, role in imperial decline <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.businessinsider.com/2-overlooked-characteristics-of-an-empire-in-decline-2015-10&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885707000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFa_5D5Gx9clZpm-alySTAjKCl6Og">[1]</a> -r<br/>
<strong>Re: Empire</strong> - Noam Chomsky and Decline of American Empire <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DoLOUJ0C61O0&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885708000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcdsaF1pzjhkcjc5KeYAw9ayBH8A">[2]</a> -r<br/>
<strong>Re: Empire</strong> - moral decline - death as sport (Onion spoof) <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DHyph_DZa_GQ&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885708000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHs7nXBhvmV4i82k-Jh-ooQmyUfgA">[3]</a> -r<br/>
<strong>Re: Net Neutrality</strong> - Rutiger apologies - to Casper, for completely derailing the conversation on Net Neutrality by believing that pay-for-bandwidth/capacity and limiting access to content are both legitimate elements of the Net Neutrality debate, but over-focusing on the infrastructure/de-emphasizing the content argument. See <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality%23Prevent_overuse_of_bandwidth&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885709000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-cpGrTBMts6ZBnNe70pwsRmh4uQ">Prevent Over-Use of Bandwidth</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality%23Pricing_models&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885709000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLFZMwvku5aEIMc12xUp5B_2-Fmg">Pricing Models</a> vs. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality%23Data_discrimination&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885710000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE8FZmUnilxtALBwMA4myBkHNBcjg">Data Discrimination</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885710000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4ZUX2pOEnC0yPI0m50kdL42_n-g">[4]</a> -r<br/>
<strong>Re: Empire</strong> - consumption of human suffering as entertainment - modern Roman colosseum <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.eonline.com/news/367020/lindsay-lohan-a-timeline-of-all-her-arrests-and-boy-there-are-a-lot-of-em&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885711000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGy09hpDmDL7x25vzJ31pm_LiqWuQ">[5]</a> -r <br/>
<strong>Re: Empire</strong> - the thought leaders over at Reddit on elements of declining empire <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/34fnw9/what_are_the_characteristic_signs_of_a_declining/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885711000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQvIfniCHqgDstF7ZpYRmVmLz-MQ">[6]</a> -r <br/>
<strong>Re: Thoughts</strong> - Volume One Chapter Two of Diek Minusky&rsquo;s <strong>The Nature of Systems</strong> will be coming with&hellip; episode 4! Sorry folks. Hold&hellip; hold! -r<br/>
<strong>Re: Getting Things Done</strong> - by David Allen [<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done?wprov%3Dsfti1&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885712000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsprONTkDHQk_oZmnR8PIgrd29Sw">7</a>]<br/>
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<ul>
<li>[1] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.businessinsider.com/2-overlooked-characteristics-of-an-empire-in-decline-2015-10&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885712000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGF7nnnemC3Su4IIF61on_6IjvAMA">2 overlooked characteristics of an empire in decline - Business Insider</a>
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<li>[2] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DoLOUJ0C61O0&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885713000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHNRm0rZT9z0MxAMJFtjOTqErSJzg">Noam Chomsky - on the Decline of the American Empire - YouTube</a> - Al Jazeera</li>
<li>[3] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DHyph_DZa_GQ&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885713000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuCvf5Py4sStnR9uUtedTTXwFB9A">Supreme Court: Death Penalty Is 'Totally Badass' - YouTube</a> - The Onion News Network</li>
<li>[4] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885714000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6sTJOxSvBQ-Ywl-RVRgvUo6jCEw">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality</a> - Wikipedia</li>
<li>[5] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.eonline.com/news/367020/lindsay-lohan-a-timeline-of-all-her-arrests-and-boy-there-are-a-lot-of-em&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885714000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEDcxEmes1tfmUS7fkQkH1bZD6LGw">Lindsay Lohan: A Timeline of All Her Arrests (and Boy, There Are a Lot &hellip;</a> - E! Online</li>
<li>[6] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/34fnw9/what_are_the_characteristic_signs_of_a_declining/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG69NTgUj39KYE99_ESedlOq_UGQg">What Are the Characteristic Signs of a Declining Empire/State?</a> - Reddit thread</li>
<li>[7] <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done?wprov%3Dsfti1&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885716000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGewMgVm4qWoT51ut-gC8N8ZDBHww">Getting Things Done</a> - Wikipedia </li>
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<h1>Timeline / Additional Links:</h1>
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<strong>00:00:00 - 00:13:00 Settling in</strong> - Casper and Rutiger get acquainted after being off the air for a while. Skip this part if you don&rsquo;t care about the characters Casper and Rutiger and their degeneration&hellip;<br/>
<strong>Begin Topic 1: Net Neuterality / Net Neutrality Rollback</strong><br/>
<strong>00:14:00 - 00:30:00 The Deployment of Net Neuterality / Rollback of Net Neutrality</strong> - Casper attempts to boil this topic down nice and easy for Rutiger, yet Rutiger conflates this (see above), but that is OK as this is normal for pleebs. Members of HPR will understand.<br/>
<strong>00:30:00 - 00:36:00 Fox &amp; Disney Merger</strong> - Coincidence or Conspiracy on timing w/ Net Neutrality rollback?<br/>
<strong>00:36:00 - 00:40:30 How Should HPR Community Respond or Mitigate This? </strong> Credit goes to Rob Placone and Jimmy Dore for mentioning Municipality developed internet<br/>
<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DmvJ93kjSXiQ&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885717000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpG46IkPUOXpEqaYmyf3moojSKJg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvJ93kjSXiQ</a><br/>
<strong>00:40:30 - 00:48:00 Discussion on Availability of Access</strong><br/>
<strong>00:48:00 - 00:52:00 Casper takes a sharp pivot off track</strong> - A satellite is mentioned and Casper brings up DMB unfortunately for the listener<br/>
<strong>00:52:00 - 00:56:00 FREESTYLE JAM!@&amp;#%^</strong><br/>
<strong>00:58:00 - Ron Swanson has words for Ajit Pai</strong><br/>
<strong>01:00:00 - Rutiger Does Not Speak in Tribe Called Quest Protocol call and response</strong><br/>
<strong>01:05:00 - 01:20:00 Casper and Rutiger give their distinct definition of Empire </strong> and expand upon this<br/>
<strong>01:20:00 - 01:23:00 MUDs, OG Tech &amp; Being Alone Together</strong><br/>
<strong>01:23:00 - Casper mentions 150 people own EVERYTHING </strong> as mentioned here by Chamath Palihapitiya <br/>
<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DPMotykw0SIk&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885719000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAP85KwhfeWzniBeU5OHqnn6D-fg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMotykw0SIk</a><br/>
&ldquo;During his View From The Top talk, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Social Capital, discussed how money is an instrument of change which should be used to make the world a better place&rdquo;<br/>
<strong>01:27:00 - 01:30:00 - Being Alone Together</strong><br/>
<strong>01:30:00 - 01:33:00 - Bullying and how Technology can Exponentiate this</strong><br/>
<strong>01:33:00 - How to DEBUG&hellip; seriously</strong> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://conncounseling.weebly.com/stop--debug.html&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885720000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7YekNtAfY_5y2VtHfKWNNwgBpbA">https://conncounseling.weebly.com/stop--debug.html</a><br/>
<strong>01:39:00 - Consumerism and the Decline of Empire</strong><br/>
<strong>01:40:00 - DW Documentaries Casper said he would find</strong><br/>
<strong>Greed - </strong> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dw.com/en/tv/greed/s-32898&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885721000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmmHny6Vc4IQSfB5r-khEB2cgn9Q">https://www.dw.com/en/tv/greed/s-32898</a><br/>
<strong>The Divide Part 1 - </strong> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dw.com/en/the-divide-part-1/av-41378206&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885721000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4pHIz46RsFouZeaiyZg-jKw8Y8w">https://www.dw.com/en/the-divide-part-1/av-41378206</a><br/>
<strong>The Divide Part 2 - </strong> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dw.com/en/the-divide-2/av-41467377&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885722000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFV3vhgVvJh_gEncB08xFY3f0BKAA">https://www.dw.com/en/the-divide-2/av-41467377</a><br/>
<strong>01:42:00 - Immortality Through Consumerism?</strong><br/>
<strong>01:43:00 - Where are we if Not Here?</strong><br/>
<strong>01:45:00 - Self Destruction</strong><br/>
<strong>01:46:00 - Celebrity Chefs and the Tie to the Roman Empire </strong> - Casper remembered post-cast that this was from The Four Horsemen Documentary as explained here:<br/>
<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://barnabyisright.com/2013/03/30/why-celebrity-chefs-herald-the-end-of-empire/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885723000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4L_nf_CuR7D3StEBRzgk8nJsNJw">https://barnabyisright.com/2013/03/30/why-celebrity-chefs-herald-the-end-of-empire/</a><br/>
<strong>01:47:00 - Casper (Mis)Quotes Frank Zappa - </strong> by saying &ldquo;Politics is the entertainment branch of the Military Industrial Complex&rdquo; <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/Zappa/comments/2qxpnu/politics_is_the_entertainment_branch_of_industry/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885724000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLlMRo6XDStxLIdLZ_MCBCQaTpvw">https://www.reddit.com/r/Zappa/comments/2qxpnu/politics_is_the_entertainment_branch_of_industry/</a><br/>
<strong>01:48:00 - (S)Elections are becoming irrelevant</strong><br/>
<strong>01:50:00 - Casper recommends International News Alternatives like BBC, RT, AlJazeera </strong> if you would like to know what is going on in the world<br/>
Addendum - Not mentioned in Podcast, but worth a link regarding the state of our MSM in reporting false information on Russia and WikiLeaks from Glenn Greenwald:<br/>
<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://theintercept.com/2017/12/09/the-u-s-media-yesterday-suffered-its-most-humiliating-debacle-in-ages-now-refuses-all-transparency-over-what-happened/&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1513926885725000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEw31HmdU99U-eAfEtOTFTP_Zuysw">https://theintercept.com/2017/12/09/the-u-s-media-yesterday-suffered-its-most-humiliating-debacle-in-ages-now-refuses-all-transparency-over-what-happened/</a><br/>
<strong>01:51:00 - Wrapping Up The Show &amp; ShoutOuts to Klaatu!</strong><br/>
<strong>01:53:00 - Casper argues with Gerald to cut the recording</strong>
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