What a Hell of a Way to Die

Donald Trump recently tweeted that an impeachment proceeding would instigate a second Civil War. This has been a topic of discussion on the right for a long time now, but it hasn’t warranted much attention because it’s such an absurd proposition....

This week, we discuss big news that’s specific to the Army: the weird, broken-TV looking camouflage pattern has now been formally phased out. It’s the only uniform that Nate wore on active duty, it’s a legacy of terrible defense appropriations...

Where to even begin? Well, for starters, the Storm Area 51 thing happened and — while it was definitely dumb — it wasn’t a catastrophe. However, for some reason a defense audio/video portal tweeted a threat that seemed to imply that they’d use...

We stan a team of Houthi gamers who were able to knock out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil supply with some drones. And probably not even military-style UAVs -- chances are good these were like hobby store drones with mini bombs attached. Amazing....

Some recent developments in the US military that you should know about: first, the President has decided to . While on one hand we would call defunding the military a good thing, we would reject that given the fact the money (which was earmarked for...

The rent is too damn high, but especially nowadays given that hedge funds and private equity are working to squeeze as much lifeblood out of renters as possible. However, god forbid you enact rent control — then you might become like Venezuela! This...

Francis is out this week, and this episode features Nate in discussion with Rhett J. Evans (), the author of a work of speculative fiction entitled “The Echo Chamber.” It’s a book about social media, corporate malfeasance, a dystopian future,...

This podcast supports antifa -- end of discussion. “A bloo bloo bloo,” you might say in response, “My norm’s and notion’s of respectability!” We don’t care. People who put their bodies and livelihoods on the line to face down fascism are...

  Word on the street is that the US and the Taliban may have come to a peace agreement. Which is why Republican politicians in America hate it. Why? Well, for one, because they’re horny for war (and war expenditures), but also because they’re...

NOTE: When we recorded this episode, news reports hadn't yet disclosed that the Dayton shooter's murdered sibling was a trans man. We wanted to update the show notes to reflect that disclosure. It’s hard to write pithy show notes when a horrible...