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Episodes
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Things are heating up in the Middle East. A Jackson MI pauper’s cemetery houses the bodies of missing persons. Ohio police raid the wrong house, injuring an infant with a flash bang grenade. A pastor has been charged for giving shelter to the homeless in dangerous temperatures. And the FDA has found that cannabis meets the criteria for reclassification as a schedule one drug.
US Base Attacked in Iraq: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/21/iraqi-iran-backed-group-attacks-us-base-as-region-faces-threat-of-wider-war
Pauper’s Cemetery Contains Over 600 Bodies: https://themessenger.com/news/mississippi-paupers-cemetery-logbook-jackson-police-missing-unmarked-graves-coroner
Police Raid Wrong House, Infant Injured By Flash Bang Grenade: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-mayor-orders-probe-woman-alleges-police-raided-wrong-house-injure-rcna134062
And
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/16/us/elyria-ohio-police-flash-bang-toddler-ventilator-raid/index.html
Ohio Pastor Charged For Housing Homeless: https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2024/01/16/ohio-pastor-charged-homeless-opening-milwaukee-cold-deaths-wind-chill/72236928007/
Canniabis Meets Reclassification Criteria: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/marijuana-meets-criteria-for-reclassification-lower-risk-drug-fda-scientific-review-finds/46369656
Brendan Foley Memorial: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Bethlehem-skate-park
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This episode we’re talkin’ local corruption, the hunt for Hunter, South Africa’s charges of genocide against Israel, and McKinsey’s revenue taking a hit.
House Republicans move to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress: https://on.ft.com/3tCvnJ2
Top bookkeeper for sheriff's office admits $122K embezzlement https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/former-albany-county-sheriff-official-pleads-18602286.php
Timber’s Q&A about Cohoes floating solar array: https://timbercorp.org/digest/qa-fs-coh?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_email_id=65a149762b7b9c5e6ceba87f
South Africa’s charges of genocide against Israel: https://www.instagram.com/p/C13OSgYref3/?igsh=Y2xuM3ozMm8wamc0
And:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C17su-_SQnr/?igsh=MXV5eW5yaXdnYTh3dQ==
And:
McKinsey’s revenue from prime US government contracts falls to 9-year low: https://on.ft.com/3S62pcK
New Inquiry review of The City Authentic: https://thenewinquiry.com/exposed-bricks/
Commonweal Review: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/urban-city-david-banks-attention-authentic-troy?tid=2272
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
We’re doing a 2023 round up with predictions for 2024, personal accomplishments, resolutions, and general chatting.
Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states: https://www.timesunion.com/news/politics/article/trump-is-barred-from-the-gop-primary-ballot-in-18579109.php
This year in labor: https://jacobin.com/2023/12/year-in-review-labor-2023-uaw-teamsters-amazon-hollywood/
Gypsy Rose out of prison: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/28/us/gypsy-rose-blanchard-prison-release-cec/index.html
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
This episode gives an update on the situation in Gaza, Israeli IDF’s murder of their own hostages, the origin of pro-Hamas stickers at University of British Columbia, Qatar’s funding of Gaza, and the health benefits of smelling nature and being lazy.
Three Israeli hostages killed by IDF: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/16/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare#israel-says-its-troops-killed-three-israeli-hostages-in-a-case-of-mistaken-identity
Hillel contractor distributes pro-Hamas stickers: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hamas-stickers-students-threats-1.7038461
Qatar funds Hamas to “buy quiet”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Smellin’ nature: https://neurosciencenews.com/nature-olfaction-well-being-21173/
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
This week we’re blessed with a guest–Jenn! We talk Jewish Voice for Peace, college presidents and free speech, David’s event with Miko Peled, and a recent archaeological find that revolutionizes what we know about early hominids building structures.
JVP Albany Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jvpalbany
Governor Hochul’s Statement: https://x.com/govkathyhochul/status/1733529147912155425?s=61&t=iGgqMSKrwCJIJWe6VZ1fLQ
College Presidents go before congress: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/us/harvard-mit-penn-presidents-antisemitism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Miko Peled event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_rghw9UClg
Early hominids built wooden structure: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/537-features/top10/11937-zambia-kalambo-river-earliest-woodworking
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Kissinger is dead, Santos is out, and DeSantis did NOT follow the science! Gaza continues to smolder as entire families are snuffed out. Israeli TikTok is dehumanizing Palestinians in alarming ways. And the UAW has signed on to a labor call for a ceasefire!
https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/01/birth-and-death-intertwined-gaza-strip
Israeli Arab Face (content warning, racism): https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1731032323150287009?s=20
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Elon Musk is openly endorsing the Great Replacement theory on Twitter and the ADL is fine with it. A “death zone” reigns at al-Shifa hospital. A proposal to govern cars at 100 mph has David excited. And Orcas are really into heavy metal.
Orcas are back baby: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/orcas-attack-boat-heavy-metal_n_6557b843e4b05723e4bd2af0
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Troy elections gave the city council and mayorship to republicans. Columbia University has suspended Jewish student groups. A West Bank settler gives an unhinged interview. Israel tries to convince you of some crazy stuff. An American living in Panama City killed two environmental protesters. Bryan Johnson is shocking his johnson. And Ohio has enshrined abortion into its constitution!
Churchill: For Mantello, third time was charmed https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-mantello-third-time-charmed-18483406.php
Columbia University Suspends Jewish Groups: https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/columbia-university-suspends-students-for-justice-in-palestine-and-jewish-voice-for-peace/
Bryan Johnson shocks his johnson: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12730155/Biohacker-reveals-shocks-penis-longer-erections.html
Panama City Shooting: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/panama-shooting-mining-climate-darlington-b2444834.html
Interview with West Bank Settler: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-extreme-ambitions-of-west-bank-settlers
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
As Gaza burns, American politicians pretend everything is normal. Polling on Biden’s reelection chances isn’t looking good. City council and mayoral elections are coming to Troy this week. And CDTA has opened the new Purple Line!
Troy council elections will result in at least 5 new members: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-city-council-see-completely-new-members-18467391.php
Polling on Tump and Biden: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
House Republicans introduce bill to expel Palestinians: https://newrepublic.com/post/176666/house-republicans-bill-expel-palestinians-country
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Where’d all the crabs go? A farm upstate, of course. Minneapolis businesses have been pressured to hire off-duty cops in a protection racket. A small town in Texas had a population of 20% cops. Starbucks is suing its union for tweeting about Gaza. And an experiment in Melbourne is bringing bugs back.
https://www.insider.com/coffee-city-texas-speed-trap-shuts-down-entire-police-force-2023-9
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/us/alaska-crabs-ocean-heat-climate
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/22/melbourne-urban-greening-benefits-insect-species