Abby Martin Breaks the Set on Silencing Drone Victims, Comcast's New Media Monopoly, Weaponizing Animals, and Skinny Puppy Exclusive LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin EPISODE BREAKDOWN: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin remarks on the kidnapping of anti-drone activist Kareem Khan, questioning the motives for silencing opposition to these killer robots. Abby then goes over media giant Comcast's announcement that it will acquire Time Warner Cable, a move that further narrows the control of ninety percent of all media in America. Abby then speaks with Breaking the Set producer Manuel Rapalo about the top five strangest ways human beings have turned animals into weapons, going over everything from strapping napalm on bats to having sea lions handcuff people. BTS wraps up the show with an exclusive interview with Nivek Ogre, lead singer of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, discussing the band's reaction to their music being used to torture Guantanamo detainees, as well as their motivation to be politically confrontational, their passion for animal rights, and the need to speak out in time of universal deceit.

• published: 14 Feb 2014
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