The Mind Killer

Support us on Substack! News discussed: UN released “plan” to fight hunger for $6 billion Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges Jones Act Shenanigans ( temporarily allowed to continue ) Bannon indicted Alex Jones held liable for calling Sandy Hook shooting a hoax Rep. Gosar is censured for retweeting Attack on Titan clip with AOC & Biden as Titans ( video here ) Chinese data law adds to...

Support us on Substack! News discussed: The United States, as a civilization, did a thing! Steve Sweeney lost to a dude named Ed Durr The infrastructure bill passed “Texas has open ports” Also the video is full of lies.  And Texas ports are also short on drivers Missouri Gov. legally threatens cybersecurity professor that discovered the state had published over 100,000 school employee’s SSNs to an...

Support us on Substack! News discussed: NZ police using contact tracing data for investigative purposes.   See also: the ratchet model of Leviathan Manchin is against anti-coal measures and Medicare benefits for dental, vision, and hearing Sinema is against taxing the rich and allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices BBB Childcare Discussion Steve Bannon held in contempt of Congress for ignoring...

Steven Kent from Beltway Banthas joins us to talk about Star Wars and politics, and in particular how the concept of a balance in the force relates to current events. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com

Support us on Substack! News discussed: Strong Towns on the infrastructure bill New South Wales’ government has started using Coof restrictions as an excuse to monitor and limit peoples’ alcohol intake the Aussie cops are using check in app data for investigative purposes the Aussie government is deliberately creating a shortage of at-home tests as an explicitly putative measure to try to increase...

Support us on Substack! News discussed: Update on Texas abortion law - the Justice Department sued the entire state UK government mulled bringing in the army to help ease supply disruption triggered by a shortage of truck drivers  China negotiated with terrorists, releases Huawei exec in exchange for release of two Canadians.   Reason on California math curriculum  FDA declares war on America Goog...

Bonus episode featuring Aella! We talk about the situation with Onlyfans banning pornography, then unbanning it a week later. We also stray to a few other topics. Support us on Substack! “It’s like KFC saying, ‘We’re going to ban chicken.’ What does that even mean?” OF was having trouble getting investors OF Seeking a value of $1 billion OF Launched a SFW app (“OFTV”) right before announcing the b...

Support us on Substack! News discussed: Biden orders OSHA to de-facto mandate vaccines Lewis County General Hospital temporarily pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff quit rather than get a COVID-19 vaccine.  Biden also activated the defense production act to increase testing capacity instead of just telling the FDA to unban rapid tests SCOTUS refused to block Texas abo...

Support us on Substack! Australia’s military is not enforcing lockdowns But they are shooting dogs  The Cuomo allegations are seriously dubious News discussed: New Taliban is bizarre .  chad memes??  The median age in Afghanistan is 18  Biden allegedly ignored warnings of Afghanistan’s collapse Though actually, things are going pretty well NASA declines to buy Bezos’ on-sale lunar landers and so h...

The Mind Killer has moved to Substack! If you’re using the Libsyn feed, please redirect it to Substack. All other feeds should be fine. Give us your money there! Wes is on vacation next week, so enjoy this early episode! News discussed: Farmers don't want to reuse GMO seeds Cannibal! The Musical Audacity has a new privacy policy Blue Trump resigned Anti-aging researcher Aubrey de Grey accused of s...

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed :   CDC (boooo) encourages indoor mask mandates in high-risk areas Iraq is the new Afghanistan China is building a whole lot of nukes Maine constitutional referendum on a “right to food” The fleeing Democratic congresspersons we discussed a few weeks ago had a small superspreader event Facebook is censoring all mentions of Far-Right candidate in Hungary Do y...

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed :   Protests against the government in Cuba! Cuban-Americans protesting in solidarity Ron DeSantis had to backpedal after he passed an anti-BLM “anti-riot” law earlier this year which criminalizes much of the behavior the American protestors are engaging in.  Cuban protests are embarrassing to the Left, and therefore an unconscionable COVID risk Michael Aven...

Support us on Patreon!   Feedback:   Inside the Battle Over the Soul of the Libertarian Party     News discussed :   DC stopped Batman from performing oral sex on Catwoman Redneck’s need practice at doing Burning Man stuff Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $16,000 Fine Massive Kaseya Ransomware Attack   Arizona bill SB 1840 to make teaching racism illegal ? Audacity will now...

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed :   FDA approves questionable Alzheimer’s drug SCOTUS says Philadelphia can’t require religious foster care agencies to give kids to gays SCOTUS also threw out another b******t Obamacare challenge on “standing” grounds SCOTUS says NCAA can’t keep f*****g college athletes SCOTUS tightens leash on agri unions Supreme Court Rules Teens 1st Amendmen t rights sti...

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed :   Trump thinks he’s going to be President in August Or does he? Belarus forced down a plane to arrest a dissident journalist Lab leak hypothesis is having a moment  The Fauch lied about masks, admits he lied about masks (old news). The media ignored it for months, then bent over backwards to excuse and forgive the obvious malfeasance.  Texas Democrats bloc...

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed:   DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized   Pipeline shut down because the billing system was compromised Finland, Israel, and Cyprus robbed in Eurovision Song Contest Finland’s Eurovision entry “Influential” Republicans threaten to start their own party West Virginia Cop Fired After Not Shooting Suicidal Man Sues City Dystopian h...

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed:   US GDP is up over 6% (but still below pre-covid trend) U.S. businesses added just 266,000 new jobs in April   Vaccinations completely tanked after J&J “pause” Reported hesitancy remained stable Talk of waving vax patents  Italian court hands U.S. tourists life sentences for murdering policeman Gaetzgate 2 Biden’s “gHoSt gUn” guidance is predictably awful...

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed: US to Share AZ Vaccine with world FDA halted use of J&J vaccine out of “abundance of caution” New student speech case to be heard by SCOTUS Abobe’s giant cancellation fee 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry deletes his Twitter profile after SEC investigation Richard Dawkins is no longer AHA 1996’s man of the year .  Police shoot girl to death as she’s about...

Support us on Patreon! We apologize for any wackiness or bugs in this fortnight's episode, Wes is usually in charge of this stuff because he's smart and he makes it go . News discussed: Biden won’t let journalists into most immigrant detention centers Gaetzgate : or, Shut The F**k Up, Donny. A legal comedy in one Act Prince Phillip died at 99 Australian secession Anti-conspiracy memes China introd...

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed :   “Precrime” system implemented in Florida county Arabs are now Schroedingers white people! Sidney Powell basically admits the whole election theft claim was total b.s.  Georgia passes massive voter suppression law Donald and Melania Trump received Covid vaccine at the White House in January  Everyone is trying to cancel Jesse Singal (and failing) Everyone...

The trio unites with the Bayesian Conspiracy to get mind killed on Libertarianism! Not mentioned in the episode, but worth putting here –  SSC’s Anti-Libertarian FAQ Elinor Ostrom’s book –   Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action The Bayesian Conspiracy Podcast Hey look, we have a  discord ! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to Zombi...

Support us on Patreon!   News discussed :   Biden Bucks! - relief bill passed Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests  But see Marginal Revolution  Germany, France, Italy and Spain suspended use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday over questionable reports of blood clots   Happy News!   Covid News is mostly good! Literal worst person Andrew Cuomo is probably headed for t...

Support us on Patreon!   18 dead (so far) in Myanmar protests     Texas: approval for backup generation not approved until Feb 14 City of Houston told everyone in the city not to drip water Family of 11-year-old boy who died in Texas deep freeze files $100 million suit against power companies World's first coronavirus Human Challenge study receives ethics approval in the UK Cuomo is in trouble for...

Support us on Patreon!   News Discussed: Navalny jailed in Russia (also many protests) Successful Coup in Myanmar AZ vaccine less effective against South Africa variant Gina Carano got cancelled for being red tribe  Justice Department investigating SpaceX following complaint of hiring discrimination   The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)     Happy News! US is getting vaccines soone...

Support us on Patreon!   Class-action lawsuit filed against Robinhood for restricting trading Adam Pritchard said the lawsuits are very unlikely to gain traction .  Massive buying likely created a cash flow issue that could have put Robinhood out of compliance with very basic regulatory rules  AOC murdered Ted Cruz with words. Biden issued a bunch of executive orders Lots of companies have stopped...