066 - Imperializing in Style

Biden requests the largest defense budget since WWII so we take a look at the imperialism, incompetence, the profound bloat and corruption of the military machine that receives more than half of all US federal discretionary spending and whose budget dwarfs all other nations by several orders of magnitude. We review a surprisingly truthful editorial segment from none other than CNN and read selections from Matt Taibbi's thoroughly incisive 2019 piece The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit. General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Life in Color with David Attenborough JNM's Recommendations: 1) Mortal Kombat 2) Seaspiracy Further Reading, Viewing, Listening The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit The Militarized Budget 2020 Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here. Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpod JD Newland - @jdnewland Joshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingAct Please send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: [email protected] Send us Fan Mail Support the show Support: patreon / buzzsprout