162 - Frustrated Incorporated

“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” ―Gustave Flaubert “The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.” ―Kurt Gödel Commiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrY Support: patreon.com/heatdeathpod Never Forget: standwithdanielhale.org General Recommendations JD's Recommendation: Little Women JNM's Recommendation: The Long Goodbye Further Reading, Viewing, Listening US launched 251 military interventions since 1991, and 469 since 1798 MAGA 'communism'? Ridiculous right-wing grifters cash in posing as 'patriotic socialists' If We Want Humanity to Survive, We Must Cooperate With China Branko Marcetic RT: "Was alerted to this new Foreign Affairs piece where Fiona Hill accidentally lets slip a key fact: Russia & Ukraine agreed to a tentative settlement in April that would've halted the war, Course, Hill doesn't mention UK PM flew to Kiev instantly to scuttle it." ARTICLE: West killed peace proposal to end Ukraine war, Russia supported negotiated settlement + VIDEO West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections Zelensky rings New York Stock Exchange bell as Euro dips below dollar As Zelensky outlaws labor organizing, he appeared on Wall Street to launch #AdvantageUkraine, a shameless appeal for the corporate plunder of Ukraine which promises rapid deregulation and features the country's arms industry at the top of its "investment menu" Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard’s pro-Hitler patch Germans revive Cold War Monday demonstrations amid inflation Ursula von der Leyen: “We must Flatten the Curve” speech: Backlash Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy Locationless Locations heatdeathpod.com Every show-related link is corralled and available here. Twitter: @heatdeathpod 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