Episode 225: Why We Can't Have Nice Things

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It really is possible to improve our lives by adopting less onerous practices. Keeping us from this better life are obscene fortunes earned by those who provide more onerous practices. I discuss some of this Episode 225: Why We Can't Have Nice Things.

In this episode, I read a message from my cell phone provider. I didn't read the silly survey they gave me afterwards, which, of course, allowed me to give them a shit review. I also recalled quite a few memories, and shared quite a few opinions, on things like M-Pesa.

I play: someone discussing small men's swimwear; and play Pee Wee Herman pointing out that many cannot wear the smallest size… due to their larger posteriors. Musically, Representative David Cicilline opens the show backed by KMFDM, and I close today with Julie & Rolf & The Campfire Gang doing "Over The Rainbow".

Episode 224: Categorically Errory

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I could do every episode sharing crud that attempts to score points against collective action… crud that spouts from mouths paid by people most likely to suffer should collective action occur. I present two in this Episode 224: Categorically Errory.

In this episode, I read from: Robert Henderson's City Journal article, "The Cadre In The Code"; and from the Manhattan Institute's various web pages. From memory, I also related the gist of Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd novels.

I play: from Bill Maher's show, Real Time, Elon Musk getting his meritocracy on; and D. L. Myers invoking the Powell Movement. KMFDM backs Bruce Livesy in the intro, and I close with Julie and Rolf & the Campfire Gang doing "Over The Rainbow".

Links to that material (along with an article that I didn't quote at all, but that had a full link to the Bill Maher show) can be found at the show notes at AttackAdsPodcast.Blogspot.com.

Oh, and a brief apology: this show is over a week late, simply because of [reasons], which were very good ones indeed. Trust me.

Addendum: Thanks to longtime friend and listener BleakNemesis, we can picture what this controversy hath stirred!


Bleak got it here.

Oh, and for those curious, BleakN is my nemesis, and has been since the name's creation. And a worthy adversary he is!