White on White Crime in Eastern Europe.
NATO, Onions & But-What-About.
A psychopath in Russia just committed a war crime by invading Ukraine. Now he’s a mass murderer as well. Today’s episode examines whether the United States has standing in this fight, the role of NATO since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the bullshit narrative surrounding rising oil and gas prices that literally no one is getting right. We also destroy some current popular right wing talking points about Biden, fossil fuel and energy independence. And Max shares one of his favorite stories about onions and explains how it might be the key to saving us all. (Just go with it.)
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:00:00 | Obama to Romney: Cold War Is Over - Third Presidential Debate
- 00:06:31 | CBS News: Ukraine getting more missiles and possibly fighter jets
- 00:06:32 | LIVE: NBC News Special Report - Inside Ukraine
- 00:06:37 | Invasion of Ukraine: A VICE News Tonight Special Report
- 00:06:41 | CBS News: Explosions mark beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO official says
- 00:08:48 | The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow: Chris Hedges: Ukraine: Prelude to a War Crime
- 00:12:18 | Fox News: Ingraham: They're selling another war
- 00:15:14 | Sting - Russians
- 00:22:31 | Fox News: Mike Pence slams the 'only person' to blame for Russia-Ukraine war
- 00:22:35 | Fox News: Sen. John Kennedy rips Biden's appeasement of 'neosocialist cupcakes'
- 00:23:59 | Fox News: Kudlow: Biden missed an opportunity
- 00:26:42 | CBS Evening News: Final Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan - February 15, 1989
- 00:28:58 | Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd: Tell Me a Story
- 00:40:22 | CNN: Evil Ted Cruz Wants to "Carpet Bomb" ISIS
- 00:40:38 | MSNBC: Town Hall Interview with Donald Trump and Chris Matthews - March 30, 2016
- 00:48:24 | Spider-Man 2: Stopping the Train Scene
Resources
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The New Yorker: Getting Real: George F. Kennen’s Cold War
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Brookings: The U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO: How, When, Why, and What Next?
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Al Jazeera: Nord Stream 2: Why Russia’s pipeline to Europe divides the West
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Al Jazeera: Russia makes US an offer on last major arms control treaty
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Chartbook #93: Russia's $720m per day gas windfall - the lopsided economic war
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Macrotrends: Crude Oil Prices - 70 Year Historical Chart
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The Intercept: Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys
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Watson Institute: Human Cost Of Post-9/11 Wars
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Vietnam Embassy: Cruel fact: How many Vietnamese people died in the Vietnam war?
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Council on Foreign Relations: Global Conflict Tracker
Book Love
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George F. Kennan: American Diplomacy
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Emily Lambert: The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets
Pod Love
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Best of the Left: #1474 Invasion of Ukraine: Some Context
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