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After a rough week for both the sky and the ground, we’re looking for the helpers. From the world’s worst spy technology to streams full of dead fish to rescue crews sorting through rubble, we have a litany of woes to get through. But hey, at least there is still true love out there in the form of two lady foxes with a killer aesthetic. Chickens found dead after East Palestine derailment: https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/east-palestine-train-derailment/north-lima-woman-finds-chickens-dead-tuesday-questions-chemical-release-from-train/ There will be more derailments: https://www.levernews.com/there-will-be-more-derailments/ Objects shot down by F22s: https://www.businessinsider.com/objects-shot-down-over-alaska-canada-ufo-interfered-f22-sensors-2023-2 Atomwaffen couple arrested for plot to attack Baltimore energy grid: https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v4pq/baltimore-power-grid-attack-arrest-atomwaffen Lesbian goth foxes: https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/06/30/lesbian-goth-foxes-the-story-of-esmae-and-mala

It’s a sad week following the release of footage showing Memphis police murdering Tyre Nichols. Turns out something called the SCORPION unit isn’t designed to serve and protect. We discuss how the landlord class is publicly celebrating its victory over tenants rights legislation. Despite the fact that the pay sucks and work is hard and there’s no institutional support, nobody’s interested in serving on the Troy City Council. The Sauds, ever our fake friends, are threatening to start taking other countries’ currency. And a new efficient propeller design may excited park goers and aquatic animals alike. End of the Petro Dollar?: https://david-reavill.medium.com/saudis-signal-the-end-of-the-petro-dollar-719e2c7019a9 & https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-17/saudi-arabia-open-to-talks-on-trade-in-currencies-besides-dollar Tyre Nichols Protests: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/us/tyre-nichols-protests-saturday/index.html Nobody wants to run anymore: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/candidates-wanted-troy-17747276.php Renters Bill of Rights: https://www.naahq.org/naa-update-biden-administrations-renters-bill-rights https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/25/biden-administration-moves-to-create-renters-bill-of-rights.html Wildflower: https://newatlas.com/aircraft/toroidal-quiet-propellers/

Would you win in a fight against a goose? It’s a question that really has us hotly debating which body parts of various animals pose the greatest challenge. The most interesting man in the world has a reputation for being an eyelash glue thief. A failed republican candidate in New Mexico does a little DA. Carbon offset company Verra turns out to be–I hope you’re sitting down for this–fraudulent. An Atlanta forest defender has been killed in cold blood by APD. And a veritable cornucopia of wildflowers, because you deserve them! Americans more confident that they can beat wild animals in unarmed combat: https://twitter.com/roberttalisse/status/1616851371080155137?s=46&t=tWTOFOHetlZkH3G2MB1XsA Loser republican shoots at houses: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-candidate-arrested-shootings-democrats-homes-new-mexico-2023-01-17/ Carbon offset company scamming other companies: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe Nurses strike ends: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/nyregion/nurses-strike-ends-nyc.html Atlanta cops murder forest defender: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/protester-killed-georgia-cop-city-police-shooting Mifepristone available in pharmacies: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walgreens-cvs-abortion-pill-mifepristone-fda-rule-change/

Happy 2023, we’re back baby! A blizzard in Buffalo kills a disproportionate number of black residents as city services failed to deal with the storm. New College of Florida is facing an uncertain future as Governor DeSantis appoints a number of conservative hardliners to the board of trustees. Walgreens admits that it may have overblown its complaints about theft and that expensive mitigation efforts have yielded few results. And CDTA launches a new car sharing program that provides affordable options for people in need of automobile access. Walgreens may have overstated theft concerns: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/05/walgreens-may-have-overstated-theft-concerns.html New College facing changes under conservative BoT: https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/06/gov-ron-desantis-wants-conservative-overhaul-at-new-college-of-florida/69784941007/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/01/06/desantis-conservative-hillsdale-rufo-college-liberal-sarasota/ Wildflower: https://www.troyrecord.com/2023/01/08/cdta-launches-drive-carsharing-in-the-capital-region/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=tw-troyrecord&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow

The city of Troy has taken aim at the roosting crows, and residents are up in wings about it. But is taking action against these beloved corvids advisable? Power outages, deliberate and not, are revealing the fragility of our utilities infrastructure. German cranks hilariously attempt a coup. David reveals some very problematic opinions about elves. And precision fermentation offers a promising glimpse into a future without big agro. Precision Fermentation and Rewilding of Agricultural Land: https://www.rebootfood.org/

Iran and China are adjusting policies in response to mass protest–even if they won’t admit it. Meanwhile, rail workers are forced to accept a bad contract or carry out a wildcat strike. A sweet grandma’s home is raided and ransacked by a Denver SWAT team, and the new AI chatbot taking the internet by storm gives us our wildflower–a police reform executive order that is meh at best, but what do you expect–the AI is a liberal. Adam Johnson on the rail workers’ deal: https://twitter.com/adamjohnsonnyc/status/1598753656794501121?s=46&t=CS4G4BvrPNPBjnsrH0vRAw Iran’s morality police: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world/middleeast/iran-morality-police.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Grandmother’s home ransacked by SWAT team: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/aclu-lawsuit-claims-grandmothers-home-was-illegally-raided-by-swat-team-searching-for-stolen-iphone-11/ Ending zero covid: https://thechinaproject.com/2022/12/01/the-beginning-of-the-end-to-covid-zero/ More: https://thechinaproject.com/2022/12/02/why-beijing-will-end-covid-zero-and-the-tech-crackdown/

Elder millennials yell at clouds this week as we discuss the deadliness of American car culture and the general trend of people not caring for those around them. Massive stockpiles of cannabis are going bad as New York struggles to begin its rollout of dispensaries. The movement to legalize psychedelic mushrooms is gaining steam, and the presumed extinct Pheasant Pigeon has been spotted in Papua New Guinea. Pheasant Pigeon: https://www.audubon.org/news/like-finding-unicorn-researchers-rediscover-black-naped-pheasant-pigeon-bird “Where’s the weed?”: https://wibx950.com/new-york-state-marijuana-stockpile/ Magic Mushrooms: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mushrooms-17564620.php#taboola-1 Pedestrian road deaths: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/upshot/road-deaths-pedestrians-cyclists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

With DJT once again given an enormous platform on the bird site, we take a trip down memory lane to review the love-hate relationship between Musk and Trump. Rich people believe that their greatest legacy may be leaving behind a bunch of genetically superior babies who will one day rule the earth. COP 27 agrees to create a fund for the poorest countries most affected by climate change, but does nothing to curb emissions. And Indonesia is moving to pay fishermen a premium for all plastic trash they collect from the ocean. COP 27 fails to rise to the occasion: https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/countries-agree-loss-damage-fund-final-cop27-deal-elusive-2022-11-20/ Sheep circle pit: https://nypost.com/2022/11/17/sheep-filmed-walking-in-circle-for-12-days-straight-in-china/ Indonesia to pay fishermen for plastic: https://www.trueactivist.com/indonesia-is-working-to-lessen-ocean-pollution-by-paying-fishermen-to-collect-trash-from-the-sea-t1/ Pronatalism freaks: https://archive.ph/2022.11.17-191234/https://www.businessinsider.com/pronatalism-elon-musk-simone-malcolm-collins-underpopulation-breeding-tech-2022-11

A nine year old girl was reported to the police for destroying invasive lanternflies in her neighborhood. According to her neighbor and former Republican city council member, the “little black woman” was scary to him. An FBI raid on an ABC news producer has resulted in him being disappeared in more ways than one. And workers at a California Medieval Times theater have won their vote! FBI raid on news producer: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/fbi-raid-abc-news_producer-1234613619/ Don’t worry, the FBI raid on a news producer is no biggie: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-raid-on-abc-news-producer-james-gordon-meek-wasnt-tied-to-his-work 9 year old black child reported to police for being a good citizen: https://www.thedailybeast.com/local-republican-calls-caldwell-new-jersey-cops-on-9-year-old-black-girl-catching-lanternflies LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Buena Park Medieval Times Wins Union Vote: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-10/medieval-times-workers-in-buena-park-vote-27-18-to-unionize Charming Video of Unionizing Medieval Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bpjht4EF5Y

The internet is getting worse, the midterms are going to be a faceplant for the Democrats, and your recycled plastic is probably sitting in a warehouse somewhere. But feel free to feed seagulls alka seltzer, they’ll be fine. Terracycle: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-terracycle-tom-szaky/?leadSource=uverify%20wall Chris goes on Skeptical Leftist- https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1644698050?sr=a&t=14s

In times like these, the news is scary enough amirite?! Nuclear war, assassination attempts, Kanye… all very spooky stuff. You know what else is spooky? Ozone-depleting CFCs. Thankfully Brandon is on the case! Happy Halloween friends, give the kids candy and save the drugs for people who will actually appreciate them. Kigali Emendment: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/23373026/kigali-amendment-signed-biden-republican-hfc-climate-change-montreal Pelosi Hammer Attack: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-speaker-pelosis-husband-violently-assaulted-pelosi-statement-2022-10-28/

Despite some technical difficulties, we’re here to bring you the quality content you’ve come to expect from Ironweeds. Musk has a plan for peace in Ukraine, but it’s going to require a lot of your tax money. He’s kind of strapped. The New York AG is suing Norlite over their hazardous materials site in Cohoes, where residents are advised to keep their windows shut lest the airborne microscopic glass get into their nervous systems. It’s soup season. The crabs are gone. The salmon are washed up. But MDMA is proving to be effective at treating PTSD and eating disorders! Salmon Cannon Club Remix: https://youtu.be/HtBuNU7XhQo Neurons in a dish taught to play PONG: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03229-y Alaskan Crabs Missing: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/16/us/alaska-snow-crab-harvest-canceled-climate/index.html Letitious James sues Norlite: https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/126338.html Pentagon in Talks With Elon Musk Over Starlink: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3688602-pentagon-confirms-us-in-talks-with-musks-company-over-funding-ukraines-starlink/ Poor Musk gets no gov’t goodies: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1581345747777179651?s=46&t=_9epEsOL20Bj8GthiH6oig Musk’s Poll: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/03/elon-musk-twitter-poll-ukraine-russia-annexation-war/ MDMA Therapy: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395622001303 Support the show!

What will the world’s richest man do with Twitter if and when he acquires it? Based on his text messages, some extremely stupid things. The Uvalde School Police have been nixed, and specialty police forces are proving themselves to be good at one thing: not utilizing any of their supposed extra training in a crisis. Howard Schultz is, like, super sad about all this unionizing guys. He had no idea you felt this way. And Dark Brandon Rises again with a pardon for cannabis users… but it’s not quite as dank as it sounds. Elon’s text messages: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/elon-musk-texts-twitter-trial-jack-dorsey/671619/ Filling Howard’s soul: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/08/starbucks-union-ceo-howard-schultz/ Uvalde fires police: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3678197-uvaldes-school-district-suspends-entire-police-force%ef%bf%bc/ Biden pardons cannabis arrestees: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/politics/biden-marijuana-pardon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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