Ironweeds

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/kanno...

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://nym...

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...

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 th...

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 libe...

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. Like this kind of content? There's more where that came from! Support the show on Patreo...

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...

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 sho...

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...

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 la...

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 se...

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 ca...

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/   https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/White-Lives-Matter-rally-Woodstock-raises-concerns-16918415.php  ...

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-aft...

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 t...

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...

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.post...

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 su...

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 ba...

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...

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 a...

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-gr...

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 Democ...

… 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...

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 tr...