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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Something is rotten in the state of New York. A vicious attack on Representative and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin feels suspiciously like a set up. On the other side of the fence, one family has donated $300k to Kathy Hochul’s campaign, with an impressive ROI of $637m. Republicans are having a really tough time with the whole gay marriage issue, so please send thoughts and prayers. And for our wildflower, a randy little parrot is at the height of its game!
A family donated $300K to Hochul. New York has paid the family business $637M. https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/A-single-family-has-donated-300K-to-Hochul-17310875.php
“Attack” on Lee Zeldin: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/22/nyregion/lee-zeldin-suspect-bail.html
Poor republicans and the gay marriage debate: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3570528-same-sex-marriage-debate-poses-problems-for-republicans/
Don’t call it a Kakapo Komeback: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/471219/kakapo-population-at-its-highest-in-almost-50-years
Shagged by a rare parrot: https://youtu.be/9T1vfsHYiKY
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
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
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
We got a real grab bag for you this week. A Goop smores station gone wrong, a horrifying I Voted sticker, a cartoonist’s regret over not killing his stepson, the most ambitious assassination in recent history, and much more. Check out our Patreon for the final part of our MK Ultra series at patreon.com/ironweeds!
Fire at the Goop Store: https://news.yahoo.com/2-men-hospitalized-explosion-gwyneth-170049836.html
Elon the bullshit artist: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tears-into-bullshit-artist-elon-musk-at-anchorage-rally
Storming the palace in Sri Lanka: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/storming-the-palace-and-then-tidying-up-sri-lanka-s-civil-uprising-20220710-p5b0i3.html
Fetus on board, HOV lane denied: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/07/08/pregnant-woman-says-her-fetus-should-count-as-a-passenger-in-hov-lanes-she-got-a-ticket/
I Voted McVoteface: https://mashable.com/article/ulster-county-i-voted-sticker-contest
Kill your son: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dilbert-scott-adams-kill-sons-b2117427.html
Shinzo Abe Links:
- https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/04/shinzo-abe-japan-south-korea-war-nationalism/
- https://apnews.com/article/shinzo-abe-obituary-de5d5c3a798e1ac4fde4073763cf76df
- https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-yasukuni-shrine-is-controversial-symbol-japans-war-legacy-2021-08-13/
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/03/moonie-cult-leader
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/09/shinzo-abe-assassination-election-blinken/
India outlaw single-use plastics: https://apnews.com/article/science-india-new-delhi-climate-and-environment-d886865b46014c216878e52331145926
Ironweeds 3 Year Podiversary Link: https://youtu.be/El4Z4pqyoss
Capital Roots Union recognized! https://www.troyrecord.com/2022/07/10/capital-roots-announces-formal-action-to-voluntarily-recognize-employee-union/
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
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
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
We have an Ironreads for you this week, courtesy of the Times Union’s Chris Churchill. Stop letting Andrew Cuomo live rent free in your head! The J6 hearings aren’t convincing swing state republicans to switch teams, and are in fact further entrenching both sides. The Fed has decided that workers have had it too good for too long and need some disciplining. A bitcoin mine in the Finger Lakes has everybody pissed off–will Kathy care? Gilded Age is set to return to the Capital District, and David has some choice words for Julian Fellows and the inaccurate historical representation of streets in 1882. Finally, the workers at Capital Roots have requested recognition of their union with SEIU Local 200. Please email their CEO to express your support for the staff–link at the bottom!
https://www.levernews.com/the-fed-declares-war-on-workers/
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
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
This week we’ve got some local and national stories that are certain to restore your faith in the democratic system. J/k, this is Ironweeds, you know what you’re in for. District 2 City Councilor Kim Ashe-McPherson has resigned after pleading guilty to felony ballot fraud. Local activists have been arrested after protesting police brutality at the Albany courthouse and releasing cockroaches into the building. Howard Schultz shocks the world by saying he’ll never support the Starbucks Union… and really this is Bernie’s fault because if Hillary had won she would have made Schultz head of the Department of Labor and he would have certainly learned the value of workers’ rights. A man is suing American Airlines after they reported his name to police for shoplifting, landing him in jail for 17 days with no explanation. Patriot Front is trying to prove their status as a right wing militia by crashing a Pride event. And finally, national parks are phasing out single use plastics!
Kimberly Fash-McFearSon: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Troy-councilwoman-resigns-day-after-pleading-to-17230155.php
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Ballot-fraud-probe-17222508.php
Man jailed for 17 days with no explanation: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article262126407.html
Howard Schultz says he will never support union: https://perfectunion.us/howard-schultz-says-starbucks-will-never-engage-with-union/
Phasing out plastics at national parks: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/interior-department-to-phase-out-single-use-plastics-at-national-parks
Three arrested for releasing cockroaches into court: https://cbs6albany.com/amp/news/local/albany-city-court-back-open-state-senate-worker-fired-after-cockroaches-released
Incident that lead to courthouse protest and arrests: https://100bmobc.medium.com/rally-planned-in-response-to-nys-troopers-caught-assaulting-disabled-black-woman-354175d68286
31 Patriot Front members arrested for conspiring to crash Pride event: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/11/patriot-front-members-arrested-idaho-00039000
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/us/idaho-pride-white-supremacists-arrested.html
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
We’re in a New York State of mind this week. The end of the legislative session brings with it no significant action on climate, power, or tenant protections. With a years-long super majority, the failure of Democrats in one of the most liberal states in the union to take bold action is alarming. They did, however, put a moratorium on granting new permits to fossil fuel burning cryptocurrency mines. Trucks are running into bridges left and right and it’s costing a fortune. And for our wildflower, Kingston is poised to become the first city north of NYC to adopt rent stabilization!
Hostage situation at Stewarts: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Man-crashes-car-holds-hostages-at-Troy-Stewart-s-17216957.php#taboola-1
Crypto moratorium: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/3/23151622/new-york-bitcoin-mining-moratorium-bill-state-senate
Kingston could become first Hudson Valley city to adopt rent stabilization: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Kingston-rent-stabilization-vacancy-17215721.php
End of the legislative session: https://citylimits.org/2022/06/04/new-yorks-legislative-session-ends-with-mixed-results-on-housing-heres-what-passed-what-didnt/
A truck hits a NY bridge almost daily. It's costing taxpayers millions: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/new-york-bridge-strikes-17177659.php
Public Power failure spells disaster: https://newrepublic.com/article/166663/democrats-build-public-renewables-act-new-york
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
This week, we’re doing what we do best–hating cops. From the tragedy of the Uvalde shooting and the cowardice of local police, to a drunk driving cop who lied about dealing with the deer, to Albany detectives hiding evidence in a sexual abuse case, there can only be one conclusion: all cops are bastards. Also, the boys report back on the latest city council session where everyone yelled at our councilors, Chris biked for his life away from road ragers, and Britney got stung by a wasp and is being a big baby about it. Wildflower? OSHA is cracking down on a pork processing plant over repetitive injuries.
Lawyer: Albany detectives hid evidence, corrupted 2000 sexual abuse case https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Lawyer-Albany-detectives-hid-evidence-corrupted-17201975.php
State Trooper Drove Drunk: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/state-trooper-charged-after-crashing-unit-open-bottle-rum-found-passenger-seat-police-say/Z26HRDCS65ECNK22OLJ6LZLP4Q/
Retired Federal Agent May Have Known About Buffalo Shooting: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/authorities-investigating-if-retired-federal-agent-knew-of-buffalo-mass-shooting-plans-in-advance/article_bd408f18-dd39-11ec-be53-df8fdd095d6f.html
Bandcamp link for Billionaire Death Squad: https://zombiegiuliani.bandcamp.com/album/billionaire-death-squad
Meat Packing Plant Must Address Repetitive Injuries: https://civileats.com/2022/05/23/seaboard-meatpacking-plant-must-address-workers-repetitive-motion-injuries/
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
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
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
This episode we discuss the white supremacist mass shooting in Buffalo and the shooter’s self-described ideology. Then we once again enter the wild world of crypto to discuss David’s recent essay in The Guardian. In some local good news, Troy is getting a skate park!
Crypto readings:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/12/nft-scams-mines-cryptocurrency-crypto-con
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/the-crash-of-cryptos-perpetual-motion-machine.html