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Submit ReviewThis week we’re talking about two men who died in police custody after being held in abhorrent conditions, tech workers who were hired to do nothing, Troy City floor being broken into by hooligans, and the hopeful plateau of Co2 emissions.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-tech-workers-say-they-were-hired-to-do-nothing-762ff158
https://theappeal.org/alan-willison-clayton-county-jail-death/
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Donald Trump is being arraigned, but will anything come of it? Nicki Clyne has left Keith Raniere after 18 years of being involved with NXIVM. Twitter sucks; is it on purpose? Our military is being destroyed by wokeness–will it ever end? And some baby cheetahs were born in India, on the way to bringing them back from the brink!
Military has woke-itus: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/military-dangerous-decline-reason-why
Nicki Clyne’s statement: https://frankreport.com/2023/03/27/nicki-clyne-leaves-keith-raniere-her-statement/
Baby cheetahs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65113651
You wake up one day to find your girlfriend distant, cold, rebuffing your advances. She seems to have been lobotomized. It could happen to you–if your girlfriend is an AI. The war in Ukraine has made the Watervliet Arsenal a hot spot for hiring. Nursing homes are leaving their patients destitute, and cheap soap and scratchy tissues are robbing the elderly of their dignity. In brighter news, Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for the first time.
This week we’re asking how we can beat communist China if we aren’t vigorously milking our men? A literal bank run happened on the 16th largest bank in the country because everything old is new again! Slap fighting is making it big. Lt. Governor Randy McNally loves to use social media to encourage people and bring them joy. Especially if they have firm little butts. And two lonely little geese have found a second shot at love.
SVB: https://www.ft.com/content/b556badb-8e98-42fa-b88e-6e7e0ca758b8 — https://twitter.com/donaldjtrumpjr/status/1634921788068204544?s=61&t=iGgqMSKrwCJIJWe6VZ1fLQ
Milking (NSFW) https://twitter.com/songpinganq/status/1634771935895908352?s=61&t=DD2iNjyMUo5gyTnV8BYrlw
Slap fighting: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-12/slap-fighting-the-next-big-thing-or-unsporting-stupidity/102083014
Two lonely geese get a new lease on life:
Vote for Billionaire Death Squad in WCDB's album of the year category:
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This week on the show, a CPAC speaker calls for the “elimination of transgenderism.” A Border Patrol officer discovers that he is, in fact, his own enemy. And CDTA unveils new electric bikes!
Border Patrol officer finds out he is undocumented: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/undocumented-border-officer-cec/index.html
CDTA unveils electric bikes, new transit hubs for 2023 unveils-electric-bikes-new-transit-hubs-2023-17815823.php">https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/cdta-unveils-electric-bikes-new-transit-hubs-2023-17815823.php
She stole our hearts last election, and now the queen is back: Marianne Williamson is running for president. Scott Adams is spinning out in spectacular fashion after his racist tirade. Florida is a literal trash fire and the Hudson is about to get a little more superfundy. Troy police killed a delivery driver on one of the most dangerous roads in the capital district. And a fungus among us may prove useful in replacing consumer plastics.
Dumping radioactive water: https://gothamist.com/news/dumping-radioactive-water-hudson-river-best-option-indian-point-nuclear-plant-owner-holtec
Florida is a trash fire: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/trash-fire-at-doral-incinerator-plant-is-last-straw-for-residents-16374245
Dilbert having a rough day: newspapers-racism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/dilbert-newspapers-racism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Marianne announces 2024 run: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3871825-marianne-williamson-confirms-she-will-primary-biden-in-2024/
Fungus could replace some plastics: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/world/fungus-replace-plastics-study-scn
Troy PD kill driver: killed-collision-troy-police-car-17798405.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/driver-killed-collision-troy-police-car-17798405.php
Gofundme for Sabeh Alalkawi : https://gofund.me/400f8d0c
We return to two stories from last week: the Ohio train derailment and the UAPs shot down by NORAD. The former is a toxic disaster and the latter is bad news for nerds who like keeping track of balloons. Troy’s homes are full of lead pipes and the city has sat on federal funds to fix the problem. Chris Churchill gets sassy at Mayor Madden. And Minnesota has voted in universal meals for all students!
Train derailment update: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/19/train-derailment-ohio-palestine-water-toxic-chemicals
Sip sip: https://www.wfmj.com/story/48404791/officials-drink-water-in-east-palestine-during-husted-visit
Hobbyists miss their balloon buddies: https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
Troy offers to replace all lead pipes by increasing water rate: offers-replace-lead-pipes-increasing-water-17789618.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-offers-replace-lead-pipes-increasing-water-17789618.php
Stupid questions for Mayor Madden: stupid-questions-troy-mayor-patrick-17761938.php">https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-stupid-questions-troy-mayor-patrick-17761938.php
Minnesota votes for free universal school meals: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-house-to-approve-universal-school-meals/
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:
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?: reavill.medium.com/saudis-signal-the-end-of-the-petro-dollar-719e2c7019a9">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: wanted-troy-17747276.php">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 administration-moves-to-create-renters-bill-of-rights.html">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: strike-ends-nyc.html">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: may-have-overstated-theft-concerns.html">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/
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:
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: morality-police.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare">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: 17564620.php#taboola-1">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mushrooms-17564620.php#taboola-1
Pedestrian road deaths: deaths-pedestrians-cyclists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare">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
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: marijuana-pardon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/politics/biden-marijuana-pardon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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: judge-who-pulled-gun-on-defendant-17460055.php">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: marthas-vineyard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare">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: County-s-Republican-elections-17438122.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Rensselaer-County-s-Republican-elections-17438122.php
New York City influencers: influencers-new-york-city.html">https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/tiktok-influencers-new-york-city.html
Albany Central Warehouse continues to crumble: Warehouse-owner-misses-key-deadline-17446497.php">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: ex-Albany-Med-nurses-to-be-compensated-in-17439193.php">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: vaccine-trial-phase-three-Pfizer-Valneva-17435963.php">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: A-Trader-Joe-s-for-Troy-s-poor-17430486.php">https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/Churchill-A-Trader-Joe-s-for-Troy-s-poor-17430486.php
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: police-review-board-to-request-budget-boost-17415478.php">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/
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: Room-Tavern-eyeing-fall-opening-near-state-17391598.php">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: who-arrested-alabama-pastor-while-watering-neighbors-plants-how-do-i-know-thats-the-truth.html">https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/officer-who-arrested-alabama-pastor-while-watering-neighbors-plants-how-do-i-know-thats-the-truth.html
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: price-resign-social-media.html">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: surveillance-toddler-photo.html">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:
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. single-family-has-donated-300K-to-Hochul-17310875.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/A-single-family-has-donated-300K-to-Hochul-17310875.php
“Attack” on Lee Zeldin: zeldin-suspect-bail.html">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
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
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
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: men-hospitalized-explosion-gwyneth-170049836.html">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: the-palace-and-then-tidying-up-sri-lanka-s-civil-uprising-20220710-p5b0i3.html">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: scott-adams-kill-sons-b2117427.html">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
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!
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https://www.levernews.com/the-fed-declares-war-on-workers/
Gilded-Age-sets-up-for-second-season-of-17249675.php">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
Email Amy Klein, CEO of Capital Roots: https://act.seiu.org/a/capital_roots
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: councilwoman-resigns-day-after-pleading-to-17230155.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Troy-councilwoman-resigns-day-after-pleading-to-17230155.php
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Man jailed for 17 days with no explanation: telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article262126407.html">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
pride-white-supremacists-arrested.html">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: crashes-car-holds-hostages-at-Troy-Stewart-s-17216957.php#taboola-1">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: rent-stabilization-vacancy-17215721.php">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: york-bridge-strikes-17177659.php">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
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 Albany-detectives-hid-evidence-corrupted-17201975.php">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: dd39-11ec-be53-df8fdd095d6f.html">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
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
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
crash-of-cryptos-perpetual-motion-machine.html">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/the-crash-of-cryptos-perpetual-motion-machine.html
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: 000-people-complained-flight-184549383.html">https://news.yahoo.com/160-000-people-complained-flight-184549383.html
Javanka aren’t beloved in the neighborhood: trump-jared-kushner-surfside-florida-neighbor-drama.html">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: activist-self-immolation-supreme-court.html">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: sun.com/tech/5105986/dark-tetrad-evil-bitcoin-personality-type-revealed/">https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5105986/dark-tetrad-evil-bitcoin-personality-type-revealed/
Lyme disease shot inches closer to reality: disease-prevention-shot-17078270.php">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/
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.
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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: change-ipcc-un.html?referringSource=articleShare">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
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: president-warns-entitled-generation-needs-brace-shock-shortages.html">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/
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Latham Starbucks Union Drive: at-Latham-Plaza-Starbucks-want-to-unionize-17044819.php">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: union-christian-smalls.html">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/
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: feel-employer-cares-wellbeing-plummets.aspx">https://www.gallup.com/workplace/390776/percent-feel-employer-cares-wellbeing-plummets.aspx
Ginni Thomas calls for the release of The Kraken: thomas-donald-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare">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
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
Wildflower: dispensaries-to-go-to-New-Yorkers-with-past-16992669.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/First-dispensaries-to-go-to-New-Yorkers-with-past-16992669.php
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: convoy-washington-protest.html">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: Police-violated-policy-by-covering-badges-16946814.php">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…”
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:
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/
Lives-Matter-rally-Woodstock-raises-concerns-16918415.php">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: seizes-mobile-phones-of-top-Rensselaer-County-16829935.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/FBI-seizes-mobile-phones-of-top-Rensselaer-County-16829935.php
Green Island gets EV factory: 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">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 For-Troy-s-mayor-truth-about-police-16832172.php">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: disease-health-care.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/opinion/lyme-disease-health-care.html
Douthat’s Lyme coming out story: disease-chronic-illness.html?referringSource=articleShare">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: dismisses-charges-against-BLM-protester-16800379.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-dismisses-charges-against-BLM-protester-16800379.php
Court revokes leases to drill in Gulf of Mexico: court-drilling-gulf.html">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: nurse-burnout-understaffing.html?smid=tw-share">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: york-food-waste-recycling-law.html">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 restaurateur-says-Gillibrand-doesn-t-get-16778202.php">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: children-climate-change.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&ad_id=B890T9Q9PMO3&adgroup_id=kz71u&campaign_id=gse8k&twclid=11482438630551474182">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:
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 taser-police-video-16756717.php">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
btc-slides-cryptocurrencies-drop-on-hawkish-fed-minutes.html">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
bitcoin-mining-shuts-down-amid-fatal-protests.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/06/kazakhstan-bitcoin-mining-shuts-down-amid-fatal-protests.html
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 County-legislator-says-vehicle-towing-16740909.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Rensselaer-County-legislator-says-vehicle-towing-16740909.php
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin arraigned in state probe County-Executive-Steve-McLaughlin-16665993.php">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: service-pandemic-rage.html">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.
Police departments spend more than ever: calls-to-defund-Capital-Region-16632083.php">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/
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: In-Troy-small-park-big-problems-16603061.php">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
Fanta Bility killed by police: ford-hasein-strand-fanta-bility-shooting-arrest-20211110.html">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
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: oped-biden-plays-hardball-with-black-lives-matter-20211019-37fgfctxorhzpcvvnpf7wqrmh4-story.html">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: stopped-talking-hearing-President-break-wind-chat-Cop26-summit.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10172959/Camilla-stopped-talking-hearing-President-break-wind-chat-Cop26-summit.html
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 s-rewards-shape-the-Rensselaer-County-16576307.php">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 can-t-afford-to-do-that-Families-16545818.php">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: novak-photo-public-domain-products.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/business/bj-novak-photo-public-domain-products.html
Delaware Avenue businesses rally against redesign Avenue-businesses-rallying-against-16572402.php">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
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: must-pay-137-million-to-ex-worker-over-hostile-work-environment-racism.html">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
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 fda-vuse.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/health/ecigarettes-fda-vuse.html?referringSource=articleShare
Child care:
care-crisis-worsens-in-Capital-Region-14928093.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Child-care-crisis-worsens-in-Capital-Region-14928093.php
health-impact-of-Cap-Region-childcare-shortage-14942105.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/The-health-impact-of-Cap-Region-childcare-shortage-14942105.php
She's been detained at 5 NY jails, says Rensselaer County's is the worst. s-been-detained-at-five-New-York-jails-16536616.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/She-s-been-detained-at-five-New-York-jails-16536616.php
Wildflower:
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:
ways-men-live-without-working-in-america-092147068.html">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:
slackers-tangping.html">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
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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: public-transit-electric-tram-ferry-bus-cable-car.html?referringSource=articleShare">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://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.
Area hospitals face tough decisions as 'alarming' staffing crisis worsens: hospitals-face-tough-decisions-as-alarming-16485774.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Area-hospitals-face-tough-decisions-as-alarming-16485774.php
Hochul nominates final Cannabis Control Board members: nominates-final-two-Cannabis-Control-Board-16482690.php">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
Court Blocks Alaskan Drilling Project: willow-oil.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20210825&instance_id=38786&nl=climate-fwd%3A®i_id=89891543&segment_id=67198&te=1&user_id=ab909f0ca81e391fd0bd16d1fa803809">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®i_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:
loses-appeal-to-throw-out-conviction-16443284.php">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
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.
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Former CIA officer seeks to challenge Stefanik in 21st District officer-and-counterterrorism-official-wants-16443016.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/CIA-officer-and-counterterrorism-official-wants-16443016.php
Saratoga cops gone wild police-continue-to-arrest-activists-16446950.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-police-continue-to-arrest-activists-16446950.php
TU Opinion on Saratoga: A-chilling-message-in-Saratoga-Springs-16447588.php">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://twitter.com/indiawaltonbflo/status/1436720022324400129?s=21
f094-11eb-9582-9f7e627d3605.html">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
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/
In an admirable attempt to level the playing field among gamers, China limits video game use for youths under the age of 18. The Instagram user who sold fake vaccination credentials has been arrested. Florida man has been charged with extorting another Florida man and his Florida son. Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc in the north and south and in between, and slum lords are of course making the problem worse. And finally, elephants are terrified of bees, and that’s a good thing.
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Chinese government bans weekday gaming: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-sets-new-rules-for-youth-no-more-videogames-during-the-school-week-11630325781
AntiVaxMomma arrested for selling fake vaccine cards: https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-c14ce28edda2593b0b3819acec97089e
Matt Gaetz extortion case: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/31/man-charged-extortion-gaetz-508122
13 killed in NYC flooding: https://abc7ny.com/nyc-flooding-deadly-8-killed-basement-apartments-flood/10993722/
Elephants and bees: https://elephantsandbees.com
It’s yet another brutal week of Covid news. Two more anti-vax radio hosts have died, and the gang wonders if there’s a media market gap there that we could fill. Governor Hochum announces that an additional 12,000 New Yorkers will be added to the list of those who died under Andy Cuomo. Fake vaccine cards are apparently way easier and cheaper to get than you might imagine. Meanwhile, Israel is provoking Palestinian Arabs by increasing the number of Jewish Israelis allowed to pray atop the Temple Mount, and in bad news for seals but good news for the environment, Canada is about to gain one new wetland.
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Another one bites the dust
https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1431740837021552645?s=21
Eviction moratorium: court-eviction-moratorium-cdc-biden.html">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/08/supreme-court-eviction-moratorium-cdc-biden.html
Uh oh Cuomo killed more old folks: NY-governor-adds-12-000-deaths-to-publicized-16410827.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-NY-governor-adds-12-000-deaths-to-publicized-16410827.php
Fake vax cards: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/feds-warn-alarming-rise-reports-fake-vaccine-cards/story?id=79666216
Prayer at the Temple Mount: temple-mount-prayer.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/world/middleeast/israel-temple-mount-prayer.html
Project Watersheds:
Zombie Giuliani:
https://zombiegiuliani.bandcamp.com
https://twitter.com/zombiegiuliani
https://www.instagram.com/zombiegiuliani
So much has happened in our absence! The end of US operations in Afghanistan shows just how little we’ve accomplished in 20 years. Well, something was accomplished at least: a massive transfer of wealth. As Covid continues to worsen, people are losing their minds in some very disturbing ways, and even Trump isn’t immune. For our wildflower, a cannabis factory is coming to the Cap District!
Mask debaters: debate-turns-ugly-at-Shenendehowa-board-16390215.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mask-debate-turns-ugly-at-Shenendehowa-board-16390215.php & https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/12/us/tennessee-covid-mask-mandate-school-board-protest/index.html
Pot plant: 6f42-50e9-b3c4-838e7f7b3964.html">https://poststar.com/news/local/moreau-planning-board-raises-concerns-about-marijuana-growing-facility/article_2efd476a-6f42-50e9-b3c4-838e7f7b3964.html
Sean Hannity being so normal: https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-plugs-my-pillow-americans-family-stuck-kabul
Trump got it, it’s good! https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-booed-alabama-rally-after-encouraging-crowd-get-covid-19-vaccine-1621811
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What if you could have everything exactly as it is, with no disruption to your daily life, and end fossil fuel pollution? Well you can’t. But some guy thinks you can! We’re talking about electrifying America, the pros, the cons, the infeasibility… all of it! And we also get into the current housing market, in which corporations and financiers are buying up housing and pricing working people out of the market… forever, basically. And finally, a battery made out of diamonds and radiation that will last long after we’ve destroyed our ecosystem. Either way, you’ll never have to charge your phone again! https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/21349200/climate-change-fossil-fuels-rewiring-america-electrify https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a35970222/radioactive-diamond-battery-will-run-for-28000-years/This week we’re talking Covid, Critical Race Theory, and Cuomo. The Covid numbers are going in the absolute wrong direction and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Meanwhile people dying in hospital beds are doubling down on their right to die and kill others. Reactionaries are freaking out about CRT because they think their children will be discriminated against. And Cuomo… well, you know the story by now. We make some very incorrect predictions. But it doesnt really matter because this is a podcast and you can’t hold us accountable. Finally, Maine bans forever chemicals!
11 women, 7 years of sexual harassment: explore the timeline of Cuomo's alleged misconduct sexual-harassment-report-timeline-16367561.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/cuomo-sexual-harassment-report-timeline-16367561.php
Nine (other) scandals of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo scandals-of-Gov-Andrew-Cuomo-16369547.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ten-scandals-of-Gov-Andrew-Cuomo-16369547.php
Masks required in Albany County buildings, McCoy says visitors-must-wear-masks-in-Albany-16369764.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Employees-visitors-must-wear-masks-in-Albany-16369764.php
Maine bans forever chemicals https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/15/maine-law-pfas-forever-chemicals-ban?emci=9407fc28-55ea-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=6ca4d35b-e4ea-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=1823627
State won't provide health guidance to K-12 schools this fall won-t-provide-health-guidance-to-schools-16367474.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/State-won-t-provide-health-guidance-to-schools-16367474.php
This week the fellas are joined by Jess Bennett, a founding member of the activist group Friends of the Mahicantuck, an organization dedicated to saving an 11 acre parcel of land from a real estate developer. The land has been used by indigenous people for thousands of years and is a unique archaeological site as well as the last patch of undeveloped riverfront land in Troy. Despite a huge outcry from the community, the city council keeps trying to move ahead with the project. On the good news front, Troy, Albany, and Schenectady are suing mortgage firms over zombie properties.
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Troy, Albany, Schenectady suing firms over blighted buildings: Albany-Schenectady-suing-mortgage-firms-16345399.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-Albany-Schenectady-suing-mortgage-firms-16345399.php
New evidence suggests that the Pfizer vaccine is good at keeping you out of the hospital but less impressive when it comes to infection. Meanwhile, one random dude is apparently a major hub of covid misinformation (and a New York Times bestselling author!) The people of Hoosick Falls have received a $65 million settlement after their water was contaminated with carcinogenic PFOAs. And for our wildflower, New York City sent mental health professionals in place of cops for a month and guess what? It worked.
Pfizer vaccine: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/564675-israel-pfizer-vaccine-allows-infection-but-preventing-severe-illness
Joseph Mercola, tanning bed king: mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/technology/joseph-mercola-coronavirus-misinformation-online.html?referringSource=articleShare
$65 million settlement filed in Hoosick Falls PFOA water contamination falls-pfoa-settlement-16326755.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/hoosick-falls-pfoa-settlement-16326755.php
Hoosick Falls PFOA timeline: https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2021/hoosick-falls-pfoa-timeline/
Mental Health Emergency Response: https://www.insider.com/nyc-mental-health-emergency-response-pilot-data-shows-positive-impact-2021-7
In this very special Srsly Weeds crossover episode, the Ironweeds gang talks with the Srsly Wrong boys about library socialism, violence, and the (utopian) future of labor.
Check out Srsly Wrong
Library socialism episodes are 189 (Library Socialism & Usufruct), 196 (Library Socialism & The Irreducible Minimum), and 200 (Library Socialism & Complementarity).
Theme song by Spam Risk
Ever heard of scromiting? Us neither. Troy is about to lose grant money to develop prime downtown property, but it's not gonna be that easy. Are the Cuban protests authentic? Let's follow the money! And finally, the state of Maine is going some pretty neat stuff lately.
Troy to hire firm for Monument Square project to avoid losing state grant hires-for-Monument-Square-project-to-avoid-16320617.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-hires-for-Monument-Square-project-to-avoid-16320617.php
U.S. Hits Highest Number of Daily New Coronavirus Cases in the World Again: Nearly 80,000 https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-hits-highest-number-of-daily-new-coronavirus-cases-in-the-world-again-at-nearly-80000
The Bay of Tweets: https://www.mintpressnews.com/documents-point-to-us-hand-in-cuba-protests/277987/
The Cuba Money Project: http://cubamoneyproject.com/2020/01/24/ned-2/
Meth-addled Trout: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/europe/trout-drug-addiction-scli-intl-scn/index.html
Maine Appreciation https://www.pressherald.com/2021/07/11/maine-among-first-states-to-make-school-meals-free-for-all-students/
https://www.wastedive.com/news/extended-producer-responsibility-packaging-maine-oregon/602479/
Just another week of upbeat content from your buddies at Ironweeds! Is the planet dying, or just trying to buck us like an angry bronco? Did climate change cause the South Florida condo collapse, or was it actually democracy? We talk about how these crises will keep speeding up, and our responses to them are outdated and counter-productive. Also, we must once again distance ourselves from President Biden after he has reauthorized a law that will lead to more jail time for non-violent drug offenders (where’s our promises kept??). The Boy Scouts of America have been accused of sexually abusing more than 80,000 boys, and despite what they knew, they did little to prevent it. On a happy note, the Brooklyn Museum has repatriated 1,305 artifacts to Costa Rica.
This isn’t a heatwave: https://eand.co/this-isnt-a-heatwave-it-s-a-dying-planet-ac1c9eb529d1
Biden fails to deliver on promises about drug war and incarceration: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/16/biden-could-have-taken-the-war-on-drugs-down-a-notch-he-didn-t
Miami condo collapse: condo-collapse-florida-building-industry-crisis.html">https://slate.com/business/2021/06/miami-condo-collapse-florida-building-industry-crisis.html
Nearly 100 say they were abused in Capital Region Boy Scouts over decades: in-the-boy-scouts-capital-region-16282312.php">https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/abuse-in-the-boy-scouts-capital-region-16282312.php
Costa Rica gets artifacts back: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/costa-rica-archaeologists-awe-brooklyn-museum-returns-1305-artifacts-2021-07-03/
Boy Scouts rescue drowning woman: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/03/us/missouri-boy-scouts-rescue-drowning-woman-flood-trnd/index.html
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This week there’s a lot to celebrate after a series of DSA electoral wins across the state, including Kiani Conley-Wilson, and cautious optimism for Marketa Edwards’ campaign as well. And AG Letitia James settles a lawsuit with Johnson and Johnson for $230 million to ease the opium epidemic.
Election results: d3cd-11eb-8c8d-b72a4b1298ca.html">https://www.troyrecord.com/news/rensselaer-county-2021-primary-election-results/article_6b09e04e-d3cd-11eb-8c8d-b72a4b1298ca.html
https://www.rensco.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/P21.html
Take that J&J:
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101 - New Normal, New Weird
Tired of making money the hard way, Britney, David, and Chris brainstorm what words and phrases we could trademark to make them Disney bucks. Albany Med hospital has violated human trafficking laws by turning Filipine nurses into indentured servants to avoid bargaining with the nurses’ union. Our climate is still a slow-motion trainwreck. The FBI is still using honeypot apps. But in Rochester, a restaurant has unionized, which is pretty tight.
Disney trademarking normal stuff that doesn’t belong to them: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/08/disney-trademark-day-dead-festival-pixar
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/disney-allegedly-files-copyright-claims-over-loki-fan-art/
Automatic for the Bosses by David Banks: https://reallifemag.com/automatic-for-the-bosses/
AG: Albany Med violated human trafficking law, must repay Filipino nurses Albany-Med-violated-human-trafficking-law-16254812.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/AG-Albany-Med-violated-human-trafficking-law-16254812.php
The West is drying out. Things will get ugly: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/19/politics/what-matters-climate-change-western-drought/index.html
Smile for the camera! https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/17/22538160/ai-camera-smile-recognition-office-workers-china-canon
Tierra Whack: Whack World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTebhPy04g&ab_channel=TierraWhackVEVO
CBS News: FBI uses ANOM messaging app to trick criminals, dealing "heavy blow against organized crime”: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anom-app-messaging-fbi-trojan-shield/
Nani’s Kitchen workers unionize: https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/nanis-kitchen-workers-unionized-and-think-more-restaurants-should/Content?oid=13239626
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It's episode 100!
Engineered for Dystopia by David A. Banks: https://thebaffler.com/latest/engineered-for-dystopia-banks
Conquest of Bread read by Britney Gil: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ngehu1tpjxcc4zx/AAB9ZAvgu3AoC8Wh3yuxGw5ka?dl=0
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The Troy PD, intent on strangling even the last bit of transparency they have, is encrypting their radio transmissions. Albany County Sheriff promises to go hard on broken windows policing. The nation’s first line of defense against the bad guys has leaked critical information about our nuclear weapons arsenal in the dumbest way possible.
Police using encrypted radios to hide behavior from public: https://builtin.com/cybersecurity/police-radio-encryption-broadcastify
a2ef-54f0-a141-9491bfc80cf6.html">https://journaltimes.com/news/local/police-scanners-go-silent-with-encryption/article_0f682b65-a2ef-54f0-a141-9491bfc80cf6.html
Albany Sheriff and broken windows: https://twitter.com/rachelsilby/status/1398290600328417286?s=21
Nuclear Secrets Exposed: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/28/us-soldiers-expose-nuclear-weapons-secrets-via-flashcard-apps/
Jew who stole Palestinian house has pretty much what you’d expect on his Facebook https://twitter.com/tedbey/status/1396909119643082753?s=21
Official whistleblower status for Rebekah Jones: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/05/28/former-health-department-employee-rebekah-jones-granted-official-whistleblower-status/
Florida Covid death estimates: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/428196-50000-floridians-have-died-from-covid-19-health-institute-estimates/
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NY nurses speak out against Cuomo’s lifting of the mask mandate, and two NY men have a very different take on acceptable mask wearing behavior. HBO is using unfair labor practices while filming in Troy, and looking only for NON UNION extras. The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Troy for our police department’s failure/refusal to release disciplinary records. And RIck Santorum’s racism has finally resulted in him being given the boot by CNN.
Troy given a 19th century NYC look for filming 'The Gilded Age' given-a-19th-century-NYC-look-for-filming-16186907.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-given-a-19th-century-NYC-look-for-filming-16186907.php
Musicians accuse HBO of unfair labor practices on 'The Gilded Age' accuse-HBO-of-unfair-labor-practices-on-16196652.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Musicians-accuse-HBO-of-unfair-labor-practices-on-16196652.php
New York's largest nurses union condemns state's new mask policy York-s-largest-nurses-union-condemns-state-s-16194008.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-s-largest-nurses-union-condemns-state-s-16194008.php
Santorum is OUT: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rick-santorum-cnn-native-americans_n_60a92fa6e4b0313547978140
NYCLU sues Troy: https://www.nyclu.org/en/cases/nyclu-v-troy-police-department
Gallant:
Goofus:
People’s reporting project: https://defundtroypd.org/report/
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We must sadly rescind our endorsement of President Biden after he doubles down on US unilateral support for Israel. The IDF continues its reign of terror, now including journalists as targets. In Saratoga, a very brave anonymous Facebook group is attacking a school teacher for bringing BLM activists to a classroom to speak on (gasp!) civil disobedience. Also hailing from our region, Elise Stefanik got a promotion as the party continues to prove that clinging to daddy Trump is the only way forward. Texas wants to tax your Tesla, a UAP that would turn you into a slurry is probably not Russian, and mRNA vaccine technology holds promise for other applications.
AP denies IDF claim that Hamas was in building https://twitter.com/eylonalevy/status/1393666610834067456?s=21
UFO disclosure: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-14/
Secret Saratoga group berates school for allowing BLM leaders to speak: group-berates-school-for-allowing-BLM-16169664.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-group-berates-school-for-allowing-BLM-16169664.php
Profile on Elise Stefanik: trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/us/politics/stefanik-trump.html
Texas lawmakers want to tax EVs
mRNA vaccine may be used against other viruses, cancer https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-covid-19-vaccine-may-hold-the-key-to-vaccines-for-hiv-ebola-even-cancer/ar-BB1gFTqv
We’re back baby! After six long months of remote podding we’re together again to discuss some awful stuff. The government is destroying private industry by giving people enough money to survive. Palestinians in East Jerusalem are being evicted and brutalized by the IDF and settlers. We all do a self crit on our former hatred of Elon Musk. And in Belgium, an adorable border dispute has caused a bit of a stir.
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Palestinians in Jerusalem under fire: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/7/al-aqsa-worshippers-protest-palestinian-evictions-in-jerusalem
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/7/european-powers-tell-israel-to-stop-settlement-expansion
Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border: europe-56978344.amp">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344.amp
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This week we celebrate law and loyalty day and share some of the laws that we love following most. A massive “fatberg” is taking over Birmingham sewers, and Joel Greenberg begs Roger Stone to protect him from the consequences of engaging in activities with an “individual who was not yet 18.” Finally, while you do not in fact have to hand it to him, Biden may be getting us some new trains.
Happy Loyalty Day! https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/
Joel Greenberg’s letter to Roger Stone: https://www.thedailybeast.com/joel-greenberg-letter-written-for-roger-stone-says-matt-gaetz-paid-for-sex-with-minor
Fatberg, right ahead! https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/01/uk/birmingham-fatberg-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
ODB shout out: https://youtu.be/Ax-sNxERCjQ 2:54-3:28
Trains! years-later-Amtrak-s-future-is-suddenly-bright-16139366.php">https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/50-years-later-Amtrak-s-future-is-suddenly-bright-16139366.php
The closing of Zotto’s Notty Pine leads us down a strange rabbit hole that ends in nonsense billboards around the capital district. Albany Police violently disperse an encampment that was a response to gross brutality on the part of Devin Anderson, who has a disturbing record of brutality. Florida says it’s A-OK to run over protesters and we discuss the future of protest and novel approaches to reigning in cops. Finally, this tomato is better than all other tomatoes in every way, and worker centers are how the powerless win power.
Notty pine closing, unhinged responses: https://twitter.com/timesunion/status/1386127715972132866?s=21
Legalizing vehicular homicide against protesters: https://newrepublic.com/article/162163/republicans-anti-riot-laws-cars
Mayor shaheen on Albany pd behavior: https://twitter.com/davidhowardking/status/1385996380112568332?s=21
Police clear Albany encampment: police-forcibly-take-back-South-Station-16121010.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-police-forcibly-take-back-South-Station-16121010.php
Court Records of Anderson assault in 2017: cv-00716-0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2UH1VQphrsSJgYZH3UYpQo0To5BKcyDXdLc0jGe2A_VGJS7jB7MV6SCLI">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd-1_17-cv-00716/pdf/USCOURTS-nynd-1_17-cv-00716-0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2UH1VQphrsSJgYZH3UYpQo0To5BKcyDXdLc0jGe2A_VGJS7jB7MV6SCLI
Now THATS a tomato! hudson-valleys-most-coveted-tomato-16120889.php">https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/makers/article/meet-hudson-valleys-most-coveted-tomato-16120889.php
Worker centers: https://prospect.org/api/content/a0718ee8-9efe-11eb-a86f-1244d5f7c7c6/
This week we’re talking about the recent police shootings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, and the cops who donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Farmers in New York and across the country missed out on USDA assistance during the pandemic because the system is designed for corporate monoculture farming. Plastics are in our air and Japan wants to dump radioactive water into the sea. And because we love you so much, two wildflowers this week: Vertical farming in Compton and space Dorito that the Navy says is definitely a UFO.
Overview of recent police shootings: shootings-killings.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/police-shootings-killings.html
Cops donate to Rittenhouse: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/16/us-police-officers-public-officials-crowdfunding-website-data-breach?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1618554209
$24 billion USDA pandemic relief program failed to help most farmers: York-USDA-farm-assistance-pandemic-16095475.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-USDA-farm-assistance-pandemic-16095475.ph
Microplastics in the air: Microplastics in our air 'spiral the globe' in a cycle of pollution, study finds - CNN
Fukushima water bound for the ocean: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skoreas-moon-seeks-international-litigation-over-japans-fukushima-water-decision-2021-04-14/
US and China agree to maybe not pollute quite so much: china-agree-joint-climate-action-838a35b5-92a8-47c6-901f-1a7e9926f5bc.html">https://www.axios.com/us-china-agree-joint-climate-action-838a35b5-92a8-47c6-901f-1a7e9926f5bc.html
Space Dorito: https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-confirms-ufo-video-real-taken-by-us-navy-cnn-2021-4?r=US&IR=T&utm_source=reddit.com
Vertical Farm in Compton: https://abc7.com/vertical-farming-companies-stocks-compton-plenty/10433158/
Check out “Unwanted Corkpull” by Kelly Pendergrast! https://reallifemag.com/unwanted-corkpull/
While you may be sad over the news that the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon union failed, you probably haven’t thought about the true beneficiaries of union busting: women! That’s right, unions oppress women. In darker news, a former Boston police union president has been charged with over 30 counts of child molestation. He was first accused in 1995, and now 25 years later he’s finally been arrested after several other accusations have been made. On the brighter side, we’re growing meat in a lab and it’s very cool and a little gross. Mostly cool.
“NY TOUCH”: TOUCH-light-display-seemingly-hints-at-16091248.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NY-TOUCH-light-display-seemingly-hints-at-16091248.php
Washington Park pursues HOA statusL s-Washington-Park-leadership-changes-after-16080320.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-s-Washington-Park-leadership-changes-after-16080320.php
Unions are sexist: https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/547426-big-labor-efforts-threaten-choices-and-freedoms-for-working-women
Boston Cop is a child molester: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/10/metro/years-boston-police-kept-secret-union-president-was-an-alleged-child-molester/?outputType=amp
Amazon defeats Alabama union: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/10/amazon-union-tech-workers-uber-gig/
Lab-grown chicken: just-good-meat-sells-lab-grown-cultured-chicken-in-world-first.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/eat-just-good-meat-sells-lab-grown-cultured-chicken-in-world-first.html
Our old friend the Cohoes Norlite Incineration Plant that has been belching out carcinogens for years is finally facing some heat from the NYS Attorney General! Turns out the ziti keeps on coming, as leaked emails reveal Cuomo may have used state resources to write his memoir about how incredible he is. The flow of military equipment to police has gone way up under Biden, and Trump’s reelection campaign duped supporters into donating way more than they meant to. Is it funny? Should we feel bad for them? We discuss! And for your wildflower, the Auckland Zoo has successfully bred four happy and healthy teeny tiny baby Galapagos tortoises. So cute.
Norlite plant: https://wnyt.com/albany-new-york-news/cohoes-norlite-plant-legal-action-new-york-state-attorney-general/6059401/
A magazine in every flak jacket: https://stephensemler.substack.com /p/the-flow-of-military-equipment-to The
The big wet conman strikes again! donations.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html
They’re wearing little turtlenecks! https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/news/good-things-take-time-like-breeding-galapagos-tortoises
This week we’re talking about the boat that we cannot believe is still stuck in the Suez Canal, and lots of NY happenings. Cuomo has announced a Covid passport system that is a terrible idea for lots of reasons. A judge in Troy has ruled in favor of a predatory landlord who bullied a tenant out of her home in the middle of a pandemic. The Troy Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative has released its final report, which says that they have too much stuff to do and would like a basketball court. And finally, NYS is on the verge of finally passing cannabis legalization… with a catch.
Biggest dick pic in history (probably): https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdjzb/cargo-ship-suez-canal-dick-pic-ever-given
Cuomo’s Covid passport: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-pilot-program-testing-excelsior-pass-madison-square-garden-and
Why it’s bad: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01451-0
Judge rules against woman who was evicted: rules-in-favor-of-Troy-landlord-16040975.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-rules-in-favor-of-Troy-landlord-16040975.php
PRRC final report: https://www.troyny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FINAL-REPORT_Troy-Police-Reform-and-Reinvention-Collaborative_2021.pdf
Legalize it!! deal-struck-to-legalize-marijuana-16058882.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Final-deal-struck-to-legalize-marijuana-16058882.php https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S854
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This week we are saddened with the absence of Britney, but we are delighted to be joined by Indi Samarajiva of https://indi.ca/ and @indica on Twitter. We talk about his accurate scatalogical metaphor of America being politically constipated, whether or not we can save this stupid planet, flat earthers around the globe, mRNA vaccine technology justice, international solidarity, causes for hope, and even exchange some reading recommendations.
Indi’s writing: https://indi.ca/
Indi’s book recommendation: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/zhuangzi-the-essential-writings
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This week we're doing a crossover with the lovely folks over at Well There's Your Problem! If you'd like, you can follow along with the slides on their YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_XFArcUtrA
This week we’re having a free-wheeling chat about everything from girl boss Kyrsten Sinema to a potential grid down situation to bitcoin (what even is it?). We also catch up with MAGA revolutionary Richard Barnett, who is not having very much fun in jail. And finally, New Zealand is set to outlaw conversion therapy!
Barnett has courtroom tantrum: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/04/capitol-riot-richard-barnett-pelosi/
Banning conversion therapy: https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/02/new-zealand-to-outlaw-conversion-therapy-practices/
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It’s the holiday season in 2021 and Andy Cuomo has some gifts to share with his staff. Truly, the Cuomo government has been a trash fire of corruption, incompetence, and abuse. Meanwhile, the moratorium on evictions is ending, with no relief in sight, and millions of New Yorkers face losing their homes. And one landlord just couldn’t keep patient--he had to kidnap his tenets out of their beds and leave them for dead in a cemetery. Luckily they survived! And lastly, Illinois has become the first state to fully eliminate the cash bail system!
Albany landlord kidnapped tenets:
landlord-tied-up-evicted-sleeping-15972981.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-landlord-tied-up-evicted-sleeping-15972981.php
Cumo’s history of abusing staff: Cuomo-a-legacy-of-intimidation-hardball-15972208.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/For-Cuomo-a-legacy-of-intimidation-hardball-15972208.php
Courts responding to evictions:
admin-investigate-reports-of-eviction-15882290.php#photo-20199538">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Court-admin-investigate-reports-of-eviction-15882290.php#photo-20199538
first-day-of-lifted-eviction-stay-Albany-15982793.php">https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/On-first-day-of-lifted-eviction-stay-Albany-15982793.php
Illinois eliminates cash bail: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/illinois-eliminates-cash-bail/
This week we’re playing catch up on some happenings in the news--the freezing conditions in Texas that have led to horrendous prison conditions and skyrocketing energy costs, as well as the abysmal mismanagement of the Biden stimulus package and general incompetence of the democrats. But hey, at least Rush Limbaugh is dead.
Texas electric bills: storm-electric-bills.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/texas-storm-electric-bills.html
Reality Winner’s prison conditions: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/20/reality-winner-prison-cold-texas-freezing/
“Limbaugh loosed a dark and ichorous ooze of anger and resentment into our political groundwater, one that has polluted American politics and culture. His legacy is a civic Superfund site, an untreated hog lagoon that continues to spill its poison into the cracks in our democratic foundation.” https://newrepublic.com/article/161405/rush-limbaugh-racist-sexist-conservative-media-worse?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=EB_TNR&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1613762607
Read David’s article on “authentic cities”: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09654313.2021.1882947
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This week we’re joined by Amanda Yee to talk about anti-Chinese propaganda in American media, and the murky funding flows between government and private intelligence services, thank tanks, publications, and self-styled activist movements. Covid 19 has only ramped up anti-Chinese sentiment, and powerful players work behind the scenes to ensure that American media consumers get a very one-sided narrative of what is happening in China. In a bit of good news, some new embryos just dropped--the extinct white rhino may just have a shot at a comeback.
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New York Times on WHO scientists’ experience in China: world-health-organization-coronavirus.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/world/asia/china-world-health-organization-coronavirus.html
Scientists fire back: https://twitter.com/theakfischer/status/1360590441817772034?s=21
Inside Falun Gong: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/inside-falun-gong-master-li-hongzhi-the-mountain-dragon-springs/12442518
Baby baby white rhinos: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-conservation-germany-white-rhin-idUSKBN29V1OQ
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Once again, we are blessed with a guest: activist, organizer, and candidate for Troy City Council Kiani Conley-Wilson! We talk about Kiani’s platform and her vision for the city, from policing to sustainability to building stronger relationships between the city and people caring for vacant properties. We also talk about how our old friend Norlite Plant is wafting tiny knives into our lungs, how ICE is threatening to kill people with Coronavirus, and how some Aussies are saving depraved platypuses by letting wetlands be wet.
Norlite silica: https://www.wamc.org/post/environmental-activists-warn-new-threat-cohoes-norlite-plant
ICE threatens asylum seekers with COVID: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/06/ice-covid-threat-asylum-deportation/ Nature is returning: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-07/walker-swamp-blue-gum-plantation-transformed-back-to-wetlands/13110128
Go to Kiani’s website! Follow them on social media! Volunteer for the campaign! Donate (if you’re in Troy!): https://kiani4troy.com
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