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Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. Get ready for milk made from yeast! As long as we only make girl synthetic microorganisms we should be fine. The Oathkeepers have a novel defense in their sedition trial: it’s not illegal if the president tells us to do it. And we didn’t do it if we went to Olive Garden. Florida and the Caribbean has again been struck by a monster storm, begging the question: When does the evacuation become permanent? Some states are trying to tie up a loopholes that allows members of the clergy to conceal child abuse. But guess who’s upset about these legal efforts? The clergy. Our wildflower is a celebration of the people of Cuba for passing the revolutionary families code with a supermajority of voters. Synthetic Milk: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/sep/18/leading-the-whey-the-synthetic-milk-startups-shaking-up-the-dairy-industry Cuba passes revolutionary family code https://www.liberationnews.org/supermajority-of-cubans-vote-for-revolutionary-families-code/ Oath Keepers: Waiting on orders from trump: https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-riots-donald-trump-conspiracy-government-and-politics-def7c6a17cac57d1b3dff64e923afef7 Sex abuse guarded when confessed to Priests: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://apnews.com/5d78129a2fe666159a22ce71323f6da3&ved=2ahUKEwiT3JeS2b_6AhUcl4kEHbBAA54QFnoECAsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2JieDQyOQnUvvwLOVkkhpJ

We regret to inform you that the cops are, once again, behaving badly. A woman who was abandoned by Colorado police in a cruiser parked on train tracks is expected to survive after being hit by a train. A judge has been removed from his post for repeatedly bragging about pulling his hand gun on a “big black man” while presiding in court. A Glens Falls woman is being denied a crucial medication for her rare condition because it could potentially cause birth defects in a fetus that she does not have and does not plan to have ever. You’ll never guess what question they ask her! And the California Condor is making a comeback after years on the brink of extinction. Woman arrested and left in police cruiser, hit by train: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/26/colorado-police-car-woman-hit-train/ Woman denied medication for being capable of bearing a fetus: https://jezebel.com/woman-with-severe-chronic-pain-was-denied-medication-fo-1849569187 Racist Judge pulls gun in courtroom: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Whitehall-judge-who-pulled-gun-on-defendant-17460055.php Uncle Sam Monument Made Cooler, Carm is unhappy: https://wnyt.com/top-stories/troy-city-leaders-say-monument-was-painted-without-permission/ Unbearable cop gets whole 10 hour suspension for TikTok: https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/federal-way-officer-receives-suspension-for-over-tiktok-video/ Condors are making a comeback! https://www.peregrinefund.org/event/27th-annual-public-california-condor-release-sep24

Absent Britney, who is down flat from the covid booster, the boys tread into lots of local stories, including an update on the Albany Central Warehouse, the Rensselaer County Elections Commissioner getting arrested for voter fraud, and Albany med nurses being trafficked by the hospital. We also talk about the bigger human trafficking story dominating the news, what NYC influencers do on a normal day (it’s not normal), and for a bright spot: Trials for a new Lyme Disease vaccine. Migrants kidnapped and flown to Martha’s Vineyard: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/us/politics/migrants-marthas-vineyard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Leg Lengthening: https://www.gq.com/story/leg-lengthening Rensselaer County Elections Commissioner arrested: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Rensselaer-County-s-Republican-elections-17438122.php New York City influencers: https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/tiktok-influencers-new-york-city.html Albany Central Warehouse continues to crumble: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Central-Warehouse-owner-misses-key-deadline-17446497.php More ex-Albany Med nurses to be compensated in human trafficking case: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/More-ex-Albany-Med-nurses-to-be-compensated-in-17439193.php Lyme vaccine trial enrolling participants for phase three: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Lyme-vaccine-trial-phase-three-Pfizer-Valneva-17435963.php

In one of our more casual episodes, Britney and David are back from the Ren Faire with stories. David went on TrueAnon to talk about cities and the trends that ruin them. The Queen is dead. It is (was) 9/11. Credit card companies are beginning to tag all firearm sales and track purchasers. And a non-profit discount grocery store is coming to one of Troy’s biggest food desserts! Visa, Mastercard, and Amex to track gun sales: https://apnews.com/4aae50c67e40f9683f604a8683acc391 Discount grocer coming soon to Central Troy: https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/Churchill-A-Trader-Joe-s-for-Troy-s-poor-17430486.php Support the show!!

This week we’re missing David, but are joined by previous guests/friends of the show Sean and Ashley to talk about local union organizing, the potential of a national railroad strike, the weirdo ex-CEO spending millions of dollars to prove that Trump won in 2020, the Albany Police Review Board’s requests for more power and funds, and Germany’s program to cut fuel dependency with cheap rail transit. Don’t miss David’s appearance on TrueAnon where he discusses his forthcoming book! David on TrueAnon: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PQNdrvNSZmYdT1yslDpAa?si=ITNeB1ArScuQgFgm2Ly4Gw Election conspiracy theory conference: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-voting-presidential-biden-cabinet-b4a3422d188fdd921d8e6f38f53ea0d0 Rail workers unions: https://www.labornotes.org/2022/09/rail-workers-reject-contract-recommendations-say-theyre-ready-strike Albany Police Review Board: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-police-review-board-to-request-budget-boost-17415478.php Germany’s cheap transit project: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-cheap-transit-offer-prevents-18-mln-tonnes-co2-group-2022-08-29/ Support the show on Patreon!

There’s more than one way to discipline a worker, but the sack may be the most effective. Manhattan is further infecting upstate with a bar targeted at lobbyists. UFOs are not only real, and not only non-human, but they are an exponentially growing threat. Apparently. An Alabama Pastor was arrested for watering his neighbors flowers. And a bald eagle caught a baby falcon for lunch, but ended up raising it as its own. Exponential UFOs: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adadb/congress-admits-ufos-not-man-made-says-threats-increasing-exponentially Using the sack to discipline workers: https://theintercept.com/2022/08/24/unemployment-recession-worker-power-douglas-emmett/ 'Political junkies' tavern eyeing fall opening near state Capitol: https://www.timesunion.com/tablehopping/article/War-Room-Tavern-eyeing-fall-opening-near-state-17391598.php. Eagle catches baby falcon: https://pickduck.com/an-eagle-caught-a-baby-falcon-for-dinner-and-ended-up-adopting-it/ Alabama Pastor arrested for watering plants: https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/officer-who-arrested-alabama-pastor-while-watering-neighbors-plants-how-do-i-know-thats-the-truth.html Support the show!

Men, am I right? Oof. This week we’re talking about two real gems of masculinity–violent misogynist Andrew Tate and violent fake liberal CEO Dan Price. Also, did you know Brandon massively scaled back the drone war? Us neither. I wonder why… Then, a father who took a photo of his toddler’s penis to consult with a doctor has had his entire Google account deleted. And for our wildflower, retail sale of legal cannabis is in sight for NY State! Andrew Tate’s MLM: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/aug/20/andrew-tate-money-making-scheme-for-fans-of-extreme-misogynist-closes Dan Price’s Social Media: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/technology/dan-price-resign-social-media.html Biden’s Drone War: https://theweek.com/foreign-policy/1007579/biden-nearly-ended-the-drone-war-and-nobody-noticed Google Account Deleted for Medical Photo: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html

We’re back, baby! Hope you didn’t miss us too much. We catch up a bit before getting into such topics as minor league baseball, guns, Trump’s beautiful safe, a DEA agent who murdered his neighbor with no consequences, an update on the Capital Roots unionization effort, and a bit of good news about the Great Barrier Reef. Keep your eyes peeled for our episode on the Albany Warehouse, coming soon to a Patreon feed near you! DEA agent kills neighbor, gets off scot free: https://apnews.com/article/shootings-mississippi-veterans-us-drug-enforcement-administration-bc9d8e9152f3b46cf4555010eda0735d Great Barrier Reef: https://apnews.com/article/australia-queensland-united-nations-trending-news-f716b3e6ef7a798b5bfd32260aae2b79 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-04/great-barrier-reef-report-says-coral-recovering-after-bleaching/101296186 EKY Mutual Aid donation link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ekymutualaid

The venerable Star Trek universe is really the only major pop culture property that can be claimed as certifiably leftist. But how do the newest batch of shows hold up? In a special crossover episode, Lyta Gold of Art for the End Times teams up with a lively panel of fellow podcasters and Trekkies—David Banks and Britney Gil (Iron Weeds), Leslie Lee III (Struggle Session), and Aaron Thorpe (Trillbilly Workers Party, Struggle Session, and Everybody Loves Communism)—to discuss the most recent Star Trek show to hit the airwaves, Strange New Worlds. Drawing on decades of collective Trekkie experience, they debate Paramount’s increasingly cynical approach to making Trek, and how the whole series succeeds (or fails) in imagining fully automated luxury space communism while still being created by capitalists.

Something is rotten in the state of New York. A vicious attack on Representative and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin feels suspiciously like a set up. On the other side of the fence, one family has donated $300k to Kathy Hochul’s campaign, with an impressive ROI of $637m. Republicans are having a really tough time with the whole gay marriage issue, so please send thoughts and prayers. And for our wildflower, a randy little parrot is at the height of its game! A family donated $300K to Hochul. New York has paid the family business $637M. https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/A-single-family-has-donated-300K-to-Hochul-17310875.php “Attack” on Lee Zeldin: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/22/nyregion/lee-zeldin-suspect-bail.html Poor republicans and the gay marriage debate: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3570528-same-sex-marriage-debate-poses-problems-for-republicans/ Don’t call it a Kakapo Komeback: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/471219/kakapo-population-at-its-highest-in-almost-50-years Shagged by a rare parrot: https://youtu.be/9T1vfsHYiKY Support the show!

A story sandwich this week–good stuff, bad stuff, and good stuff to leave your palate cleansed. Congressional staffers are unionizing! But the climate is actively killing us and our poor, poor grass. We’ll show them tho, by using plastic grass! Progress! Arizona has effectively outlawed filming the police. But David wrote an essay on psychedelics and architecture! And the good folks at the New Jersey Medieval Times are unionizing! Congressional staffers unionizing: https://newrepublic.com/article/167058/dear-white-staffers-instagram-interview-unionize-capitol-hill?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=EB_TNR&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1658031609 Delivery drivers succumbing to heat: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/scottsdale-homeowner-shares-video-ups-driver-collapsing-on-porch-keep-others-safe/75-9b067ffa-b039-4161-8068-6322898707b5 https://abc7news.com/california-ups-driver-dies-signs-of-heatstroke-esteban-chavez-heat-related-deaths/12023790/ Artificial turf: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-artificial-turf-grass-lawns-climate-change/ Filming police outlawed in Arizona: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/thinking-filming-police-encounter-arizona-make-sure-s-not-8-feet-rcna37566 Read David in Dwell Magazine! https://www.dwell.com/article/rick-doblin-maps-arcturus-sarasota-florida-psychedelics-1970s-9060cbd6 Support the show!

We got a real grab bag for you this week. A Goop smores station gone wrong, a horrifying I Voted sticker, a cartoonist’s regret over not killing his stepson, the most ambitious assassination in recent history, and much more. Check out our Patreon for the final part of our MK Ultra series at patreon.com/ironweeds! Fire at the Goop Store: https://news.yahoo.com/2-men-hospitalized-explosion-gwyneth-170049836.html Elon the bullshit artist: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tears-into-bullshit-artist-elon-musk-at-anchorage-rally Storming the palace in Sri Lanka: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/storming-the-palace-and-then-tidying-up-sri-lanka-s-civil-uprising-20220710-p5b0i3.html Fetus on board, HOV lane denied: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/07/08/pregnant-woman-says-her-fetus-should-count-as-a-passenger-in-hov-lanes-she-got-a-ticket/ I Voted McVoteface: https://mashable.com/article/ulster-county-i-voted-sticker-contest Kill your son: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dilbert-scott-adams-kill-sons-b2117427.html Shinzo Abe Links: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/04/shinzo-abe-japan-south-korea-war-nationalism/ https://apnews.com/article/shinzo-abe-obituary-de5d5c3a798e1ac4fde4073763cf76df https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-yasukuni-shrine-is-controversial-symbol-japans-war-legacy-2021-08-13/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/03/moonie-cult-leader https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/09/shinzo-abe-assassination-election-blinken/ India outlaw single-use plastics: https://apnews.com/article/science-india-new-delhi-climate-and-environment-d886865b46014c216878e52331145926 Ironweeds 3 Year Podiversary Link: https://youtu.be/El4Z4pqyoss Capital Roots Union recognized! https://www.troyrecord.com/2022/07/10/capital-roots-announces-formal-action-to-voluntarily-recognize-employee-union/

After a rough week of news, we chat about the Supreme Court’s stranglehold on civil rights and what comes next (not good!). The FBI is doing its favorite thing–manufacturing an extremist group, this time with Satan! Q is back in business baby. And a cute little bird from Florida is getting some help from Audubon to increase their numbers in the wild. Q Returns! https://mashable.com/article/q-qanon-conspiracy-theory-returns-8kun Satanist Neo Nazis: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-satanist-neo-nazi-plot-to-murder-u-s-soldiers-1352629/ https://www.audubon.org/news/efforts-save-north-americas-most-endangered-bird-are-succeeding Support the show!

We have an Ironreads for you this week, courtesy of the Times Union’s Chris Churchill. Stop letting Andrew Cuomo live rent free in your head! The J6 hearings aren’t convincing swing state republicans to switch teams, and are in fact further entrenching both sides. The Fed has decided that workers have had it too good for too long and need some disciplining. A bitcoin mine in the Finger Lakes has everybody pissed off–will Kathy care? Gilded Age is set to return to the Capital District, and David has some choice words for Julian Fellows and the inaccurate historical representation of streets in 1882. Finally, the workers at Capital Roots have requested recognition of their union with SEIU Local 200. Please email their CEO to express your support for the staff–link at the bottom! https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/Churchill-Letting-go-of-Andrew-Cuomo-17249155.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-column-list https://www.levernews.com/the-fed-declares-war-on-workers/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/impeachment-no-3-jan-6-panel-isnt-swaying-swing-state-republicans-rcna34037 https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/The-Gilded-Age-sets-up-for-second-season-of-17249675.php https://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/2022/06/15/1473612/ https://gothamist.com/news/bitcoin-mining-operation-finger-lakes-runs-against-new-yorks-climate-law https://www.seiu200united.org/news/capital-roots-staff-request-voluntary-recognition-of-their-union-with-seiu-local-200united/ Email Amy Klein, CEO of Capital Roots: https://act.seiu.org/a/capital_roots Support the show!

This week we’ve got some local and national stories that are certain to restore your faith in the democratic system. J/k, this is Ironweeds, you know what you’re in for. District 2 City Councilor Kim Ashe-McPherson has resigned after pleading guilty to felony ballot fraud. Local activists have been arrested after protesting police brutality at the Albany courthouse and releasing cockroaches into the building. Howard Schultz shocks the world by saying he’ll never support the Starbucks Union… and really this is Bernie’s fault because if Hillary had won she would have made Schultz head of the Department of Labor and he would have certainly learned the value of workers’ rights. A man is suing American Airlines after they reported his name to police for shoplifting, landing him in jail for 17 days with no explanation. Patriot Front is trying to prove their status as a right wing militia by crashing a Pride event. And finally, national parks are phasing out single use plastics! Kimberly Fash-McFearSon: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Troy-councilwoman-resigns-day-after-pleading-to-17230155.php https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Ballot-fraud-probe-17222508.php Man jailed for 17 days with no explanation: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article262126407.html Howard Schultz says he will never support union: https://perfectunion.us/howard-schultz-says-starbucks-will-never-engage-with-union/ Phasing out plastics at national parks: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/interior-department-to-phase-out-single-use-plastics-at-national-parks Three arrested for releasing cockroaches into court: https://cbs6albany.com/amp/news/local/albany-city-court-back-open-state-senate-worker-fired-after-cockroaches-released Incident that lead to courthouse protest and arrests: https://100bmobc.medium.com/rally-planned-in-response-to-nys-troopers-caught-assaulting-disabled-black-woman-354175d68286 31 Patriot Front members arrested for conspiring to crash Pride event: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/11/patriot-front-members-arrested-idaho-00039000 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/us/idaho-pride-white-supremacists-arrested.html

We’re in a New York State of mind this week. The end of the legislative session brings with it no significant action on climate, power, or tenant protections. With a years-long super majority, the failure of Democrats in one of the most liberal states in the union to take bold action is alarming. They did, however, put a moratorium on granting new permits to fossil fuel burning cryptocurrency mines. Trucks are running into bridges left and right and it’s costing a fortune. And for our wildflower, Kingston is poised to become the first city north of NYC to adopt rent stabilization! Hostage situation at Stewarts: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-crashes-car-holds-hostages-at-Troy-Stewart-s-17216957.php#taboola-1 Crypto moratorium: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/3/23151622/new-york-bitcoin-mining-moratorium-bill-state-senate Kingston could become first Hudson Valley city to adopt rent stabilization: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Kingston-rent-stabilization-vacancy-17215721.php End of the legislative session: https://citylimits.org/2022/06/04/new-yorks-legislative-session-ends-with-mixed-results-on-housing-heres-what-passed-what-didnt/ A truck hits a NY bridge almost daily. It's costing taxpayers millions: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/new-york-bridge-strikes-17177659.php Public Power failure spells disaster: https://newrepublic.com/article/166663/democrats-build-public-renewables-act-new-york Support the show!

This week, we’re doing what we do best–hating cops. From the tragedy of the Uvalde shooting and the cowardice of local police, to a drunk driving cop who lied about dealing with the deer, to Albany detectives hiding evidence in a sexual abuse case, there can only be one conclusion: all cops are bastards. Also, the boys report back on the latest city council session where everyone yelled at our councilors, Chris biked for his life away from road ragers, and Britney got stung by a wasp and is being a big baby about it. Wildflower? OSHA is cracking down on a pork processing plant over repetitive injuries. Lawyer: Albany detectives hid evidence, corrupted 2000 sexual abuse case https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Lawyer-Albany-detectives-hid-evidence-corrupted-17201975.php State Trooper Drove Drunk: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/state-trooper-charged-after-crashing-unit-open-bottle-rum-found-passenger-seat-police-say/Z26HRDCS65ECNK22OLJ6LZLP4Q/ Retired Federal Agent May Have Known About Buffalo Shooting: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/authorities-investigating-if-retired-federal-agent-knew-of-buffalo-mass-shooting-plans-in-advance/article_bd408f18-dd39-11ec-be53-df8fdd095d6f.html Bandcamp link for Billionaire Death Squad: https://zombiegiuliani.bandcamp.com/album/billionaire-death-squad Meat Packing Plant Must Address Repetitive Injuries: https://civileats.com/2022/05/23/seaboard-meatpacking-plant-must-address-workers-repetitive-motion-injuries/

What’s the deal with inflation? It’s all fake, but in, like, a weird way. Two master posters face off over the latest sexual harassment allegations. The greatest country in the world is letting little babies die rather than interfere with monopoly capitalism. And another country, Spain, is poised to ensure paid menstrual leave for workers. Pretty neat! Biden says hello: https://twitter.com/kannoyoungs/status/1528208720869478401?s=21&t=W-2lrr2r8d2PeNC40XLFBg Economy sucks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/cracks-in-us-economy-start-to-show-as-recession-warnings-mount/2022/05/20/de2f580a-d81e-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html The Fed may trigger a recession: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-05-17/forget-the-put-the-fed-will-risk-recession-to-tame-inflation Scary graphs: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LABSHPUSA156NRUG Tim Barker interview: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/socialist-primer-monetary-policy-inflation-federal-reserve-volcker-shock-class-tim-barker-interview Support the show!

This episode we discuss the white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo and the shooter’s self-described ideology. Then we once again enter the wild world of crypto to discuss David’s recent essay in The Guardian. In some local good news, Troy is getting a skate park! Crypto readings: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/12/nft-scams-mines-cryptocurrency-crypto-con https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/the-crash-of-cryptos-perpetual-motion-machine.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-did-cryptocurrencies-terrausd-and-luna-unravel-stablecoin-price-crash-explained-11652462779 Support the show!

With Chris still under the weather, we’re taking it easy this week. And it’s not like there’s much going on anyway. The domestic shortage of infants rears its ugly head in Amy Coney Barret’s draft opinion on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. NFTs are in freefall, and crypto in general is destroying lives, the planet, and Twitter. For a little bright spot in this hellish world, we’re bringing you an Ironreads on how Javanka’s neighbors absolutely hate them. Our wildflower celebrates Delta Airlines finally paying their attendants for boarding! Bitcoin mine destroys Appalachian town: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/18/bitcoin-mining-noise-pollution-appalachia/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=acq-intl&utm_campaign=eng-rem-biz&utm_content=bitconappa&twclid=230z0ect5r5c20qdqmjyz7r20p Delta attendants to be paid for boarding: https://news.yahoo.com/160-000-people-complained-flight-184549383.html Javanka aren’t beloved in the neighborhood: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-surfside-florida-neighbor-drama.html

This week we are sadly apart, as Chris has contracted Covid. Apologies for David’s kind of crappy audio for a short time. We’re talking about the Bitcoin Dark Tetrad that explains why crypto bros are so awful, an underground digital meth consumption culture, and short men who are undergoing invasive, painful surgery to increase their height. Why do they do it? What does it say about our society that they feel like they have to? Why is David, a short man, so lacking in empathy for his fellow short kings? We may never know. We touch on Wynn Bruce, the climate activist who self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court, and the tragic futility of spectacular activism. Finally, a Lyme Disease shot is in the final stages of development. It’s Lyme season, so make sure to check your special areas for ticks! Limb Lengthening: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elaminabdelmahmoud/limb-lengthening-surgery-height-stigma-short-kings Disney to lose special status: https://www.wsj.com/articles/florida-bill-to-end-disneys-special-tax-district-heads-to-gov-desantis-for-signature-11650562007?mod=flipboard Wynn Bruce: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/climate-activist-self-immolation-supreme-court.html There is no Zoom without Methhttps://www.nbcnews.com/specials/internet-meth-underground-hidden-in-plain-sight/index.html Evil Crypto Bros: https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5105986/dark-tetrad-evil-bitcoin-personality-type-revealed/ Lyme disease shot inches closer to reality: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Lyme-disease-prevention-shot-17078270.php

As Brit takes the week off, David and Chris are #blessedwithaguest! Indi Samarajiva (@indica on twitter and medium and indi.ca) drops by to chat about the debt and fuel crises and recent political unrest in Sri Lanka, and how it connects to White Empire, IMF, and the general terrible state of the world we’re all living in. We touch on many topics, from how imperialism works these days, to how liberals should consider taking a hippocratic oath and chilling out in terms of their interventionist zeal. From discussing climate realism, scolding Christopher Nolan, and stanning Hayao Miyazaki, we had such a nice time talking with Indi! Check out Indi: http://indi.ca/ Read Marx: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Support the Show!

For the holiday, please enjoy this very special bonus episode in which we talk about the history of criminalization and decriminalization of cannabis. One of the oldest intoxicants in human history, cannabis is finally being legalized throughout the US, but it’s been a long road to the slow end of prohibition. Like this kind of content? There's more where that came from! Support the show on Patreon

A bit doom and gloom this week, we’re talking about the latest IPCC climate report, and guess what? We have a lot of work to do. Like, a lot. Meanwhile, we’re quibbling over whether or not public transport kills businesses (it doesn’t). A Texas woman was charged with murder for a self-induced abortion, a likely sign of things to come if the court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer. And in some more cheery labor news, airport workers around the country are rallying for better wages and working conditions. We’re playing you out with Zombie Guiliani’s Let’s Go Extinct! Climate report: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/climate/climate-change-ipcc-un.html?referringSource=articleShare Massachussettes needs way, way more electric vehicles: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/09/science/massachusetts-needs-least-750000-electric-vehicles-road-by-2030-it-is-nowhere-close/ Woman charged with murder over abortion: https://www.tpr.org/news/2022-04-08/texas-woman-charged-with-murder-for-self-induced-abortion Parking actually kills businesses: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/parking-kills-businesses-not-bikes-or-buses Airport workers have had enough: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/airport-workers-rally-better-wages-airlines_n_62448ffae4b0d7ac3d550f91 Support the Show!

Multi millionaire President of Black Rock thinks you’re entitled, and you better buckle up for shortages that you’ve never experienced. Except, ya know, the last two years. Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. Mo Brooks went woke. The House is giving the Senate an opportunity to not end prohibition. Albany drug addict advocates are calling for prevention centers. And unions are in bloom! Brace for shortages you little twerps: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10667971/BlackRock-president-warns-entitled-generation-needs-brace-shock-shortages.html Lead Baloon Legalization Bill: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bill-legalize-marijuana-passes-us-house-faces-dim-prospects-senate-2022-04-01/ Woke Mo:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/politics/trump-mo-brooks-senate.html 'It's hard to argue with lives saved.' As overdoses soar, calls for prevention centers grow: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/It-s-hard-to-argue-with-lives-saved-As-17050912.php Latham Starbucks Union Drive: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Workers-at-Latham-Plaza-Starbucks-want-to-unionize-17044819.php Cybertruck is dead. Long live Cybertruck: https://carbuzz.com/news/canceled-tesla-cybertruck-is-dead Amazon Union: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/02/business/amazon-union-christian-smalls.html More Amazon Union: https://perfectunion.us/staten-island-warehouse-workers-win-first-amazon-union-in-the-u-s/ Support the show!

This week we’re back with a nice smattering of weird and disturbing stories. The number of workers who believe their boss cares about them has plummeted in the last year, which is pretty obvious given that an Applebee’s franchising executive recently expounded the virtues of worker suffering for his bottom line. Saudi Arabia is considering accepting Chinese yuan for oil, which, like, hello? We’ve been backing you up for years, and this is how you treat us? Wow. In related news, Antarctica saw an unexplainable spike in temperature that has climate scientists confused and very, very concerned. Ginni Thomas’ unhinged texts to Mark Meadows reveal the degree of the elites’ disconnection from reality. Biden shouldn’t have said that, and Boston is making its busses free for the next two years. Finding out your boss isn’t your family: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/390776/percent-feel-employer-cares-wellbeing-plummets.aspx Ginni Thomas calls for the release of The Kraken: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/us/politics/ginni-thomas-donald-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare Free busses in Boston: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/14/boston-free-public-transit/ Franchise executive things serfdom is great for business: https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article259689425.html Saudi Arabia is a fake friend: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/598257-saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollar-for-oil Antarctica is on fire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/18/antarctica-heat-wave-climate-change/ Biden accidentally calls for Putin’s overthrow: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/26/world/ukraine-russia-war/russia-ukraine-biden Support the show on Patreon!

The forces of Men’s Rights Activists take control of South Korea in a record-breaking election year for that country thanks in part to Seo Cheon-seok’s digital double. Meanwhile, in Texas, where they have the matriarchy on the run, a woman is forced to fly to Colorado for a life-saving abortion on her wedding day. To help Ukraine realize the kind of freedom enjoyed in America, the world’s third largest military --the combined force of America’s collective police departments-- have started donating their combat gear to that country. We’re not without a wildflower of course: New York is putting those impacted the worst by the Drug War at the front of the line for legal Cannabis growing. Cops donate tactical gear to Ukraine: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypkjx/us-police-donates-tactical-gear-ukraine Texas’ abortion law forces a woman to get care in Colorado: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/28/1083536401/texas-abortion-law-6-months Deepfake candidate videos, hair insurance and anti-feminism in South Korea’s election: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vx8k/south-korea-incel-gender-wars-election-womens-rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5bnjr0bhKk https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skorea-candidates-woo-young-voters-with-deepfakes-hair-insurance-2022-03-03/ Wildflower: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/First-dispensaries-to-go-to-New-Yorkers-with-past-16992669.php Support the show on Patreon!

As things continue to heat up in Ukraine, the manufacturing of consent here in the US intensifies. A New York State County Executive is holding a gun drive to send poorly maintained long rifles purchased from Field and Stream at a discount to Ukraine. The US trucker convoy is making its way to DC just in time to protest Covid restrictions that are no longer in place, and we thank them for their service. Albany Police Chief says that officers who covered their badges last summer while crushing protests did no wrong, and their actions were the result of a miscommunication. Also, protestors are very mean. And finally, unionizing efforts at a Manhattan REI see huge success. Trucker Convoy: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/05/us/trucker-convoy-washington-protest.html NY Gun Drive: https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-gun-drive-ukraine-russia-war Report: Police violated policy by covering badges before protest: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Report-Police-violated-policy-by-covering-badges-16946814.php

This week we’ve got one thing on the brain: Ukraine. David fills us in on the long history of US interventionism and context for the current conflict. This is a tragic, catastrophic story full of bad actors on all sides. From the expansion of NATO to covert CIA actions that installed bloodthirsty regimes, Western governments’ interventionism fuels so much war. One bit of good news though! Covid cases are down 90% in the United States and we’re looking forward to seeing people in person! The history of the CIA in Ukraine: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-25/ukraine-cia-insurgents-russia-invasion A brief and incomplete list of American election meddling: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/02/26/msnbc-needs-a-history-lesson/ “This is what happens in banana republics around the world where the United States takes a very active role in preventing that kind of military coup.” https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20220204_210000_Deadline_White_House/start/4320/end/4380 You never forget your first, the CIA overthrows Syria’s first elected president: ​​https://time.com/4735438/america-syria-war-coup-history/ When the U.S. installed Boris Yeltsin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/26/russian-election-interference-meddling/ We even bragged about it on the cover of Time Magazine: http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960715,00.html Remember that time“Obama directed the release of 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft, 20 Boeing Harpoon missiles, and up to 125 M1A1 Abrams tank kits… Obama told Sisi he would continue to ask the U.S. Congress for $1.3 billion in military aid for Egypt per year…” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-egypt-military/obama-ends-freeze-on-u-s-military-aid-to-egypt-idUSKBN0MR2GR20150401 Jeffrey Goldberg’s 2016 interview with Obama: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/ Brookings Institute goons call for even more weapons to Ukraine https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/03/18/the-obama-doctrine-and-ukraine/ The Bidens and Ukraine: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/02/20/escalating-the-new-cold-war-with-russia-via-ukraine-bidens-unprincipled-stands-involving-covert-operations-blackmail-corruption-nepotism-and-state-terrorism/

This week we talk about a white supremacist rally in Woodstock, a WaPo food critic who wants to be pampered, and because we love you so much, a double whammy wildflower of labor and cannabis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/02/17/restaurant-service-problems-pandemic/ https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/White-Lives-Matter-rally-Woodstock-raises-concerns-16918415.php https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/20/world/queen-elizabeth-covid/queen-elizabeth-icoronavirus https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/18/apple-retail-stores-union-labor/ https://mjbizdaily.com/new-york-senate-oks-bill-to-allow-hemp-farmers-to-grow-adult-use-marijuana/

The horrors of the modern world greet us this week, with tortured monkies, conspiracy-fueled spousal murder, whatever is going on at Fort Bragg, and Anti-China propaganda that paints Western Imperialism as the responsible parent of a wayward Africa. But German weasels are doing god’s work. These bears aren’t even bears, let alone horny! https://www.cnet.com/news/build-a-bear-just-launched-an-after-dark-series-of-horny-teddy-bears/?TheTime=2022-02-03T03%3A36%3A52&ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&ServiceType=twitter&PostType=link&UniqueID=87175AA6-84A2-11EC-93FE-40CF4744363C Fort Bragg is not OK: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ftbragg-army-beheading-charges-filed-1283450/ Man pleads insanity after murdering wife because Q Anon told him to: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgd49n/qanon-man-killed-wife-cia-sex-trafficker Imperialism and Development in Africa: https://fair.org/home/why-comparing-chinese-africa-investment-to-western-colonialism-is-no-joke/ Anti-Car Aktion: https://www.bavariannews.com/blog/2020/01/17/marten-a-misunderstood-pest-and-how-to-deter-from-vehicle-wiring/

Boss Baby Steve’s lackeys have had their phones confiscated, and David wants to see the groypers. The infamous Renalli memo commissioned by Mayor Madden is being released, and our boy Chris Churchill is not impressed. Albany is using millions of dollars in American Rescue Plan funds to give cops raises–look they’ve really struggled in this economy, OK? Green Island is getting green micro transit that is BY New Yorkers, FOR New Yorkers! Got it? And lastly, a big round of applause for all of the Starbucks workers unionizing. You’re killin it! WoW guilds and Market Socialism?: https://youtu.be/BKGx5xrr5eg FBI seizes cell phones: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/FBI-seizes-mobile-phones-of-top-Rensselaer-County-16829935.php Green Island gets EV factory: https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2022/01/13/green-island-new-york-electric-vehicle-factory.html?ana=TRUEANTHEMFB_AL&csrc=6398&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3rOZRS2Rz9FHS9BoFNxEy-kgLWoIMQu0q2wxDvfUwHOlftLJvvn5rzpVY Churchill: For mayor, truth about Thevenin shooting was never the goal https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/Churchill-For-Troy-s-mayor-truth-about-police-16832172.php Rescue Plan funds go to police: https://www.albanyproper.com/albany-to-use-9-8mil-of-rescue-plan-funds-to-cover-police-raises/

Our boy Ross Douthat has a bad case of tick borne illness and takes the entirely wrong lessons from his journey to wellness. Fuel tax dollars meant to repair infrastructure in Pennsylvania took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the state police’s pockets. All crypto is a fake scam, but this crypto especially is a fake scam! Some good news coming out of Saratoga and the Gulf of Mexico. Ross Douthat gets Lyme, learns nothing: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/opinion/lyme-disease-health-care.html Douthat’s Lyme coming out story: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/opinion/lyme-disease-chronic-illness.html?referringSource=articleShare Fuel tax for cops: https://whyy.org/articles/pa-fuel-tax-meant-for-bridge-repair-went-to-state-police-instead/ Crypto Scam: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxakz/crypto-co-founder-revealed-to-be-infamous-fraudster-investors-shaken Judge dismisses BLM charges: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-dismisses-charges-against-BLM-protester-16800379.php Court revokes leases to drill in Gulf of Mexico: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/climate/federal-court-drilling-gulf.html

As Covid peaks in the Capital District, its complications surge around the globe. From indentured servitude to scam testing to trigger happy parents to presidential quackery, we have a lot of depressing covid news that we can’t wait to share with you. Also Dry January is pure evil and New York is keeping farty food out of landfills. Medical workers barred from beginning new jobs: https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2022/01/21/what-we-know-ascension-thedacare-court-battle-over-employees/6607417001/ Bolsonaro guilty of crimes against humanity: https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/covid-commission-finds-bolsonaro-committed-crimes-against-humanity/ Pop up Covid testing scams: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-testing-company-300-pop-sites-us-faces-multiple-probes-rcna12261 Deliberate hospital understaffing driving nursing crisis: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008158650/covid-nurse-burnout-understaffing.html?smid=tw-share Mother threatens to bring gun to school over masks: https://wjla.com/news/local/page-county-public-schools-luray-virginia-increase-security-police-presence-mom-threatens-to-bring-loaded-gun-over-mask-mandate Dry January is pure evil: https://nypost.com/2022/01/18/dry-january-is-pure-evil-to-bars-reeling-from-covid/ New laws on food waste to go into effect: https://www.ecowatch.com/new-york-food-waste-recycling-law.html

In Biden’s America, parents face fines for keeping sick kids home in a pandemic, blue-pilled Senators flagrantly violate public health and safety rules, and the plebes are told to treat Covid testing like going to your favorite brunch place. The Spanish Secret Service was behind the 2017 terror attack in Barcelona in an attempt to keep Catalonia in line. The 1/15 hostage situation in Fort Worth surrounds a shadowy figure called the Gray Lady of Bagram. How the decision to have kids is personal, regional, global, and everything in between. And great news on the Covid front: a cannabis cure and a vaccine for all. Latham restaurateur: Senator doesn't get pass on mask mandate https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Latham-restaurateur-says-Gillibrand-doesn-t-get-16778202.php Secret Service was behind Barcelona attack: https://www.thenational.scot/news/19841925.secret-service-behind-barcelona-terror-attacks-says-ex-cop/ To breed or not to breed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/style/breed-children-climate-change.html Aafia Siddiqui: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/24/aafia-siddiqui-al-qaida More on Siddiqui: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/21/us-pakistan-protests-release-neuroscientist-aafia-siddiqui Texas hostage situation: https://abcnews.go.com/US/armed-man-takes-hostages-texas-synagogue-source/story?id=82285896 Weed and covid: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/14/marijuana/can-cannabis-really-prevent-covid-not-quite-new-study-shows-promise/ Patent Free Vax Development: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/15/corbevax-covid-vaccine-texas-scientists

This week we’re talking about the strange connection between cryptocurrency and the unrest in Kazakhstan, the strange connection between Maxwell trial juror number 50 and the Carlyle Group, and the strange connection between Coca Cola and a live action role playing park for cops in Atlanta. Chris shows his true loyalty as Worcester says no to invasive facial recognition technology. Worcester bans facial recognition tech: https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2021/12/15/worcester-city-councilors-turn-away-facial-recognition-technology/8905136002/ Scotty David and the Carlyle Group: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-06/maxwell-juror-who-could-upend-conviction-works-for-carlyle-group Quotes from this book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/292103/american-dynasty-by-kevin-phillips/ Cop City in Atlanta: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/27/2071361/-Atlanta-city-council-secretly-approved-an-90-million-militarized-police-training-facility Color of Change Report: https://colorofchange.org/press_release/color-of-change-releases-first-of-its-kind-report-exposing-police-foundation-ties-to-fortune-500-companies-corporate-mega-donors/ Video shows officers run away after tasered man bursts into flames https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/catskill-taser-police-video-16756717.php Kazakhstan: https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-gripped-by-protests-as-popular-frustration-spills-over https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/06/bitcoin-btc-slides-cryptocurrencies-drop-on-hawkish-fed-minutes.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/kazakhstan-bitcoin-internet-shutdown https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/06/kazakhstan-bitcoin-mining-shuts-down-amid-fatal-protests.html https://fortune.com/2021/11/24/kazakhstan-bitcoin-crypto-mining-energy-power-crisis-china-xive-shuts-down/ https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/kazakhstans-cryptocurrency-mining-grows-despite-emissions-worries/

We’re back, baby! New Year, same us! We’re talking Matrix 4, Don’t Look Up, Covid Gone Wild, political retaliation in Rensselaer County, and the leftist smoke show who’s now President of Chile! What does 2022 have in store for us? It’s anybody’s guess. Middling movies, a runaway virus, and a few glimmers of hope on the political horizon are setting the tone. The Covid-19 case surge is altering daily life across the US. Things will likely get worse, experts warn https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html Rensselaer County legislator says vehicle towing was political retaliation https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Rensselaer-County-legislator-says-vehicle-towing-16740909.php Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin arraigned in state probe https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Rensselaer-County-Executive-Steve-McLaughlin-16665993.php Boric’s win in Chile https://kawsachunnews.com/interview-what-can-we-expect-from-boric A Nation on Hold Wants 7o Talk to a Manager: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/business/customer-service-pandemic-rage.html One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter accounts permanently suspended from Twitter: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-suspension/index.html

For our last show of 2021, we talk about the latest school shooter and the unique culpability of the parents. Also in the news is the danger Roe v. Wade is in after recent Supreme Court arguments. With Ghislaine Maxwell on trial, we share a bizarre and compelling conspiracy theory that she is a Master Poster. Rod Dreher is very upset that our elites are into butt stuff. And… Steve McLaughlin got arrested. Amazing. We love you so much, and we’ll see you next year! https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/hiney-lickers-of-princeton-decadence/ https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/ocbgl6/today_is_the_one_year_anniversary_of_ghislaine/

With Britney out of commission, the boys hold it down this week to talk about the Omicron variant, the panic over crime and policing, and the epidemic of people being cool and doing crimes. The West’s vaccine hoarding has come back to haunt us with a new Covid variant. Despite press and police freak outs over defund activism, cops have more money than ever. The supposed crime spree of smash-and-grabbers is just another element of the false narrative that cops prevent crime. But you already knew that. And for our wildflower, the Portland Loo project. Omicron: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/28/world/covid-omicron-variant-news/told-you-so-african-countries-feel-the-brunt-of-the-wests-scattershot-pandemic-response Police departments spend more than ever: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Despite-calls-to-defund-Capital-Region-16632083.php Smash & Grab Nation: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/why-some-us-cities-are-facing-a-spree-of-smash-and-grab-crimes/38337956 https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/us/smash-and-grab-thefts-explainer-cec/index.html https://theappeal.org/retail-theft-ben-dugan-cVs-walgreens-shoplifting/ Prefab Public Restrooms: https://portlandloo.com/ Support the show!

With Kyle Rittenhouse being acquitted, we reflect on his violent acts and the trial. NYPD cops are having a very sad time and regret entering the force. Poor things. In Troy, fear mongering surrounds Barker Park and the presence of people who dare to be homeless in public. The go-to boogeyman in both of these cases is, of course, bail reform. As we predicted ages ago, Republicans are routing Democrats on cannabis legalization, because heaven forbid Democrats ever do something that is widely popular across the political spectrum. And finally, are you tired? Because you’ve been running through your cat’s mind all day. Republicans push legalization bills: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/21/cannabis-democrats-republicans-523119 Churchill: In Troy small park, big problems: https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/Churchill-In-Troy-small-park-big-problems-16603061.php Cats can track your 'invisible presence' using only their ears: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/world/cats-track-owners-location-voice-scn/index.html More than half of the NYPD regrets entering the force: https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/survey-says-more-than-half-nypd-wishes-they-werent-blue/ What legal experts say led to Rittenhouse’s acquittal: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/us/legal-experts-what-helped-rittenhouse-acquittal/index.html PLEASE SIGN! Make the Green Island Bridge safe for cyclists: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-mcnulty-ryan-safe-route-on-the-green-island-bridge

… the truth is I’ll never pay you! This week we’re doing a deep dive into the history of Argentinian debt repayment, or lack thereof. As the country has yoyo-ed between populist and neoliberal political leadership, Argentina’s relationship to IMF loans has changed. Repaying debt is cringe, defaulting is based. Sources on Argentina: https://www.ft.com/content/09a8cd83-616c-48a0-8066-0c96fdeb16b9 https://www.ft.com/content/cdd1ce4e-8cd8-46fc-b0a2-d48c98afc726 https://www.ft.com/content/ce0d1647-0bd7-4bb4-b787-d1301a8a3bc0 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/26/argentina-imf-biggest-loan https://www.dropbox.com/s/jn0d6e0flqgeczl/Datz%20-%202009%20-%20What%20Life%20after%20Default%20Time%20Horizons%20and%20the%20Out.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ro8f41qy1qa9zr/Ranis%20-%202005%20-%20Argentina%27s%20worker-occupied%20factories%20and%20enterpri.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7zor5xu5y6t53e/Helleiner%20-%202005%20-%20The%20Strange%20Story%20of%20Bush%20and%20the%20Argentine%20Debt%20C.pdf?dl=0 Fanta Bility killed by police: https://www.inquirer.com/news/angelo-ford-hasein-strand-fanta-bility-shooting-arrest-20211110.html Don’t text your employees after hours you douchebag: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpdan/portugal-makes-it-illegal-for-your-boss-to-text-you-after-work Support the Show!

This week we do a pretty depressing election recap and then promise to not talk about electoral politics for a very long time. Biden is allowing BLM protesters to face domestic terrorism charges from the Trump Administration for engaging in property destruction and harming no one. Starbucks sent management into 3 Buffalo area stores to quell talks of unionizing, and they can’t even take out the trash without pissing off workers. Marjorie Taylor Greene promises to abolish the prison industrial complex, and Sleepy Joe let one rip in front of the Duchess of Cornhole. What a time to be alive. India Walton’s loss: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/india-walton-buffalo-loss/ Election Round Up: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/04/politics/elections-2021-roundup-race-deconstructed-newsletter/index.html Biden stands by as protestors are charged with terrorism: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-biden-plays-hardball-with-black-lives-matter-20211019-37fgfctxorhzpcvvnpf7wqrmh4-story.html Starbucks employees make unionizing effort: https://www.wivb.com/news/top-stories/workers-accuse-starbucks-of-using-aggressive-tactics-to-thwart-union-drives/ Based MTG: https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/Ret do do cc?s=21 Fffrrrrtttttt: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10172959/Camilla-stopped-talking-hearing-President-break-wind-chat-Cop26-summit.html Support the show on Patreon!

With the election looming large over Rensselaer County, Sex Pest Steve is helping out his pals by handing out contracts to donors. While at the national level Dems abandon child care in their reconciliation bill, Capital District parents are unable to find spots for their own kids. Handsy Andy is being charged for a groping incident, but apparently is too important to be perp walked. With a wave of strikes around the country, it’s time for a sober evaluation of the state of labor today. And Ryan from The Office is selling ponchos. Incumbency's rewards shape the Rensselaer County executive race https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Incumbency-s-rewards-shape-the-Rensselaer-County-16576307.php Capital Region families seeking child care find themselves in a desert https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/I-can-t-afford-to-do-that-Families-16545818.php BJ Novak is the face of lots of random products: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html Delaware Avenue businesses rally against redesign https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Delaware-Avenue-businesses-rallying-against-16572402.php Biden shares an amusing anecdote with the pope: https://twitter.com/dumbandawful/status/1454425738615173122?s=21 Sex pest Cuomo charged for forcible touching: https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-gov-cuomo-charged-misdemeanor-sex-crime/story?id=80840731 Striketober: https://labornotes.org/2021/10/viewpoint-beneath-striketober-fanfare-lower-frequencies-class-struggle Troy DSA Voter Guide: https://twitter.com/TroyDSA/status/1452709803978076165?s=20 Support the Show!

This week we’re talking about the spooky history of the New York State Capitol Building, where the devil is in the details. Tesla is paying out a whopping $137 million dollars due to its toxic, racist work environment, and your boss can’t fire you for being high. Too high, yes, but not like, normal high. Tesla Pays $137 million for racist work environment: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/tesla-must-pay-137-million-to-ex-worker-over-hostile-work-environment-racism.html You can’t be fired for smoking weed: https://wnyt.com/news/marijuana-weed-pot-being-high-at-work/6276980/ Haunted Capitol Building virtual tours Pt 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMJZ72lR7cQ Pt 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAx7Uu5rqQs&t=14s Pt 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTsbUJGt-H4 Support the show on Patreon!

This week we’re blessed with a guest! Ashley joins us to share her experiences working in child care activism and to inform us about the dismal state of child care in the US. We also discuss dreadful conditions at the Rensselaer County Jail, the rights of vapers, and Zuck’s massive pay cut in the wake of whistleblower allegations and Facebook downage. Vapers’ rights https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/health/ecigarettes-fda-vuse.html?referringSource=articleShare Child care: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Child-care-crisis-worsens-in-Capital-Region-14928093.php https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/The-health-impact-of-Cap-Region-childcare-shortage-14942105.php https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/politics/2021/08/02/new-york-s-child-care-crisis She's been detained at 5 NY jails, says Rensselaer County's is the worst. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/She-s-been-detained-at-five-New-York-jails-16536616.php Wildflower: https://t.co/Qw1BMwVZTQ

This week we ask ourselves: What is the good life? American men are dropping out of the above board workforce in huge numbers, while women are increasing their numbers. We talk about the Buen Vivir movement and the tensions between Deep Ecology and Social Ecology, with David channeling cranky Bookchin. In China, workers are celebrating Tangping, or Lying Flat, in response to brutal work schedules. What does it mean to work? To rest? To care for oneself in a broken world? Ya know, just some light conversation among friends. 7 Ways men living without working in America: https://news.yahoo.com/7-ways-men-live-without-working-in-america-092147068.html Enough is Enough: https://annamercury.medium.com/enough-is-enough-5dcb30b52b94 Buen Vivir: https://theconversation.com/buen-vivir-south-americas-rethinking-of-the-future-we-want-44507 Tangping, or lying flat: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/world/asia/china-slackers-tangping.html Deep ecology vs social ecology http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bookchin/socecovdeepeco.html http://gudynas.com/wp-content/uploads/GudynasBiocentricAndesR17-1.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800916308771 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800914000640

This week we’re returning to an old favorite, the nightmarish business model of Tesla and the lack of any meaningful regulation to curtail it. We also remember the rallying cry of kids in cages as President Biden allows Border Patrol to play cowboy/slave driver on Haitians seeking asylum. Oath Keepers communications have been hacked, and the documents are riddled with cops and military types. Britney is finally getting free, which turns out to redound to all our benefit, and these global cities have found one easy tip for reducing emissions and moving people around. Beta Cuck Tesla Testers: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ezxq/how-teslas-self-driving-beta-testers-protect-the-company-from-critics Tesla runs over cops: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22698388/tesla-texas-lawsuit-cops-autopilot-crash-injury Joe Biden’s immigration policy is as bad as Trumps: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/immigration-biden-stephen-miller/ Electric Transit Gets the Goods: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/climate/cities-public-transit-electric-tram-ferry-bus-cable-car.html?referringSource=articleShare Karl Hansen interview pt 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-41-karl-hansen-part-one/id1491394342?i=1000489592836 Karl Hansen Interview pt 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-42-karl-hansen-part-two/id1491394342?i=1000489593227 Comrade Grimes: https://nypost.com/2021/10/02/grimes-reads-karl-marx-after-split-with-worlds-richest-man-elon-musk/amp/ Oath Keepers Hack: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/oath-keepers-hack/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/02/oath-keepers-hack-exposes-law-enforcement-officers-across-us/5949281001/ https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Oath_Keepers What’s that in the sky? It’s Britney, bitch: https://pagesix.com/2021/09/29/britney-spears-on-cloud-9-after-conservatorship-win/

Everyone is responding to the vaccine mandates, as you would expect: badly. Already strained hospitals and schools are about to lose a ton of employees. Cuomo was gonna assemble the NY Cannabis Control Board but then he got high (on ziti) so Hochul finished the job. The Intercept shares some spooky reporting on the lab-leak theory of Covid19 and gain of function research. And the courts block a huge drilling project in Alaska, citing concerns about the end of life as we know it. Support the show! Area hospitals face tough decisions as 'alarming' staffing crisis worsens: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Area-hospitals-face-tough-decisions-as-alarming-16485774.php Hochul nominates final Cannabis Control Board members: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Hochul-nominates-final-two-Cannabis-Control-Board-16482690.php The Intercept reporting on Covid origins: https://theintercept.com/2021/09/09/covid-origins-gain-of-function-research/?comments=1#comments https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/?utm_campaign=theintercept&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Court Blocks Alaskan Drilling Project: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/climate/alaska-willow-oil.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20210825&instance_id=38786&nl=climate-fwd%3A&regi_id=89891543&segment_id=67198&te=1&user_id=ab909f0ca81e391fd0bd16d1fa803809

Coming to a working class near you: entire towns owned and operated by Amazon. Don’t worry, it’s for your own good! And as a parting gift, our pull out from Afghanistan features the murder of seven children and three adults whose crime was transporting water. We have a few updates on Britney, Byron, and Buffalo, and for a palate cleanser we talk about Barcelona reclaiming space from cars to create public green space. Alain Kaloyeros conviction upheld over buffalo billions bid-rigging scandal: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Kaloyeros-loses-appeal-to-throw-out-conviction-16443284.php Byron Brown off the ballot: https://www.wivb.com/india-walton-buffalo-mayor/byron-browns-ballot-fate-unclear-until-at-least-friday/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=t.co CNN investigation on drone attack: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/asia/afghanistan-kabul-drone-strike-questions-intl-dst-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/18/politics/united-states-military-drone-strike-kabul-civilians/index.html Company--I mean factory--towns: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-16/amazon-s-new-factory-towns-will-lift-the-working-class Barcelona takes over car space for public space: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/pandemic-barcelona-greener-future/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+inside-the-world-economic-forum+%28Inside+The+World+Economic+Forum%29

In this New York-themed episode we’re joined by friend of the pod Adam to talk about union support for India Walton’s opponent and what it means for the general election. In North Country, a CIA officer is looking to kick Stefanik out of Congress by attracting moderates. And in Saratoga, cops are targeting BLM activists and doing a great job of convincing everyone that they are definitely not racist why would you even say that? Finally, a potential treatment for our now endemic fact of life, Covid 19. Support the Show! https://www.patreon.com/Ironweeds Former CIA officer seeks to challenge Stefanik in 21st District https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/CIA-officer-and-counterterrorism-official-wants-16443016.php Saratoga cops gone wild https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-police-continue-to-arrest-activists-16446950.php TU Opinion on Saratoga: https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-A-chilling-message-in-Saratoga-Springs-16447588.php Saratoga BLM aid information: https://linktr.ee/saratogablm India Walton & union endorsements: https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/buffalo-teachers-federation-endorses-india-walton-for-mayor/71-763a6d19-0172-4ac9-8320-9dd3b152ace6 https://www.wivb.com/india-walton-buffalo-mayor/two-major-labor-unions-endorse-byron-brown-for-mayor-of-buffalo/ https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/india-walton-byron-brown-buffalo-local-mayoral-elections-pro-corporate https://twitter.com/indiawaltonbflo/status/1436720022324400129?s=21 https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/republican-support-for-mayor-byron-browns-buffalo-party/71-b62fefbd-8ee3-4fe1-ab05-0a5cf4ba915a https://buffalonews.com/news/local/government-and-politics/buffalo-gop-weighs-helping-byron-browns-write-in-campaign-for-mayor/article_7fd4ef4e-f094-11eb-9582-9f7e627d3605.html https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/politics/2021/06/08/two-buffalo-mayoral-candidates-endorsed-by-local-organizations Viper Venom Covid Treatment: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/brazilian-viper-venom-may-become-tool-fight-against-coronavirus-study-shows-2021-08-31/