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Episodes
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
The state department is in disarray as rank and file workers express dissent about support for Israel. A 6 year old Palestinian American boy is murdered by his landlord. Israel spins lies about its bombing of the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. A Florida lawmaker is arrested for fraudulent loans. And aging oil rigs are harboring diverse marine life.
State department dissent: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-resignation-gaza_n_65306079e4b00565b622b1fb
And: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-gaza_n_6531a23ae4b0da897ab75ce4
Murder of Madea Fayoume: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-wadea-al-fayoume-death-was-obsessed-israel-hamas-war-prosecuto-rcna120589
Debunking Israel’s claims about bombing a hospital: https://www.liberationnews.org/debunking-israels-lies-about-the-bombing-of-al-ahli-arab-hospital-in-gaza/
Joseph Harding arrested for loan fraud: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-lawmaker-dont-say-gay-jailed-fraud-loan-joseph-harding/
ANd: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/joseph-harding-covid-loan-fraud/index.html
Offshore rigs are harboring life: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/15/california-abandoned-offshore-oil-marine-life-fish-sanctuary
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
The state of Israel is violently assaulting Gaza after a Hamas attack. A progressive circuit attorney is forced to resign after police refuse to cooperate with her. A horse girl is suing her HOA for antisemitism. The oldest evidence of humans in the Americas has been published.
St. Louis detective thwarts progressive prosecutor: https://www.propublica.org/article/homicide-detective-st-louis-refused-testify-roger-murphey-kim-gardner
WarHorse CEO suing Halfmoon neighbors for $600K: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/warhorse-ceo-suing-halfmoon-association-600k-18403877.php
Oldest human footprints in Americas: https://themessenger.com/tech/science-ancient-humans-north-america
Horse Girl, My Barn My Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFr92i5jkA
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
The Navy wants to de-juice our boys in uniform. Dog owners don’t trust vaccines. Creativity privilege is a thing and AI art is the cure. Robussy is on the rise. And the FCC plans to retake its authority to enforce net neutrality!
The Navy will start randomly testing SEALs and special warfare troops for steroids: https://apnews.com/article/navy-seal-steroid-testing-drugs-883a7262652224ac382d22fd38f90940
FCC to restore net neutrality: https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/fcc-chair-start-process-restoring-fccs-authority-protect-open-internet-and
Most US dog owners doubt canine vaccines: study:
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW141512092023RP1
“A Klee painting named Angelus Novus shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating. His eyes are staring, his mouth is open, his wings are spread. This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. But a storm is blowing from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such violence that the angel can no longer close them. The storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress.” - Walter Benjamin
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
For our 4 year anniversary we performed a live show in Troy NY. The show is very visual so we recommend following along with the slides here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_GTMWi8u1k
Hope you enjoy Ghouls of the Capital District!
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Lauren Boebert asserts her right to vape and have her boobies honked. Voters overwhelmingly do not want Biden. A cop runs over a woman and another mocks her death. Uber-like public transit may be a model for rural areas. And NY passes a pay transparency law.
Voters don’t want Biden: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/us/politics/biden-democrats-voter-concerns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Pay Transparency law: https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/new-york-state-pay-transparency-law-set-to-take-effect-giving-job-seekers-clear-view-of-salary-ranges-business-labor-employer-equity-discrimination
What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out: https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-rural-van-transit-uber-675f6f7a6e550a2ec8113bda5b001ffa
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Artists are fighting back against AI companies using their work for free. College students are entering university with poor math skills. And Hong Kong is building affordable housing over an elite golf course.
Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work: https://apnews.com/article/artists-ai-image-generators-stable-diffusion-midjourney-7ebcb6e6ddca3f165a3065c70ce85904
College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic: https://apnews.com/article/college-math-test-help-6cca6a5e873d5aeb5e75b4f94125d48c
Get your water tested in Toy: https://www.troyny.gov/1342/Lead-Drinking-Water
Hong Kong Is Building Public Housing on a Golf Course in a Snub to the Old Elite: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-31/hong-kong-building-public-housing-on-fanling-golf-course-in-snub-to-old-elite?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
We begin with a retraction–Governor Hochul the Hoodwinker has done nothing to refuse loads. All across the country sheriffs are building an ideology that places them above the law. Footage of the high speed police collision has been released, showing the extent of the crash. An apartment complex in Troy was evacuated with no notice thanks to failures of code enforcement. Some cool cats in San Francisco are thwarting self-driving cars.
Constitutional Sheriff: https://apnews.com/article/constitutional-sheriffs-5568cd0b6b27680a28de8a098ed14210
Wildflower retraction: https://www.dcreport.org/2023/08/21/new-yorks-governor-hochul-pulls-a-fast-one/
Troy apartment evacuation: https://www.wamc.org/news/2023-08-19/troy-city-council-probes-city-officials-over-evacuated-apartments
High speed police crash: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/high-speed-crash-troy-police-18294831.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-spotlight#photo-23992111
Thwarting self-driving cars: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1195695051/driverless-cars-san-francisco-waymo-cruise
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Business interests in Maui are using the wildfire to change the way water is managed. The NLRB has dismissed a complaint from Capital Roots against SEIU. DocGo is making millions in public dollars to provide poor services to migrants. And Governor Hochul has signed a new bill to prevent radioactive waste dumping in the Hudson.
Maui water supply: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/us/maui-hawaii-water-supply.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NLRB dismissed complaint: https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/nlrb-dismisses-complaint-seiu-18289237.php
As DocGo makes millions, migrants' health concerns remain https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/docgo-makes-millions-health-care-concerns-18288278.php and https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/nyregion/migrants-albany-docgo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Gov. Hochul signs "Save the Hudson" bill preventing radioactive waste dumping https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/gov-hochul-signs-save-hudson-ending-18303513.php
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
What if I told you the secret to staying young forever is being too annoying to fuck? Bosses who forced employees back into the office are having regrets. How am I supposed to raise a family when Door Dash costs $25k a year?! And way to go India for reducing carbon emissions by 33%.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/11/im-45-a-billionaire-obsessed-with-staying-young-and-hard-to-date/
https://x.com/jasondotnews/status/1628377547267313664?s=46&t=FAEnsaPQWm4oIOxVL2QPCg
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
We’re back with all the sad news you crave. Elon Musk is using Star Link to influence geopolitics. An ex-school board member in Troy sold weed gummies to students. Police spend very little time actually fighting crime (surprise!). And California is putting beavers to work to save water systems.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html