Scott talks to Bob Murphy about the economic side of all the covid policies this past year. Most obvious are the huge spending bills, which dwarf even the stimulus measures taken after the 2008 recession. Murphy reminds us that this kind of rampant spending really...
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News Roundup 1/8/21
US News Trump deleted the Tweets Twitter suspended him for and posted a video saying he would focus on a smooth transition. [Link] Nancy Pelosi calls on Mike Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. [Link] Simon and Schuster announce they will not...
Episode 521: Myth and the ‘Terror of History’ w/ Bird from Timeline Earth
68 Minutes PG-13 Bird is one-fourth of the hosts of the Timeline Earth podcast. Bird joins Pete to go over the work of religious historian and "modernist" Mircea Eilade. Episode 516: Max Stirner's 'The Ego and His Own' w/ Bird From 'Timeline Earth' Episode 502: Pete...
The Indian Wars
With the Indians vanquished at Wounded Knee The Empire shone from sea to sea But we could not rest Let salt stop this quest For in far off lands there were more Indians to free We needed to liberate Cuban Indians from Spain Lucky for us — a travesty on the Maine! We...
COI #55 – Is Trump Plotting a Coup in the US or Regime Change in Iran?
On COI #55, Connor Freeman returns to the show to talk about the unrest at the US Capitol and Biden's Iran policy. Yesterday, Trump supports pushed past police lines and broke into the Capital Building as Congress was voting to affirm the Electoral College vote. The...
Intelligence Agencies Point Finger at Russia for SolarWinds Hack
In a rare joint statement, the FBI, NSA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Office of the DNI said the recently discovered hack of the software firm SolarWinds that affected several government agencies was “likely Russian in origin.” The...
News Roundup 1/7/21
DC Trump supporters pushed past police and entered the capitol building as Congress was in the process of affirming the electoral college vote. The process was temporarily halted. One supporter was shot in the back of the neck by police officers and killed. Ashli...
Today’s Riot
I'm swamped editing the book, but just a couple quick things about today's riot at the capitol: Biden did not steal 5 states. Trump lost. That's the deal. Trump's refusal to concede and long delay before telling people to go home today is a goddam disgrace. Still, the...
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