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Last week, we looked at Trump’s felony convictions and the various weaknesses that brings his campaign. This week, we turn to Biden world. First, Hunter is in court on federal gun charges, leading us all to learn about his bizarre taste crack music. Then, we spend the majority of this ep reading through the absolutely addled interview Joe Biden gave to Time magazine last week. How cooked is he? Can we make sense of any of this? How could we get two candidates this bad leading their presidential tickets? We discuss all inside.

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HamDrawn

I know how you boys like em, extra sloppy!

JD Nonce

I think I’ll off all of my clothes and draw myself as a ToF illustration while listening to this ep

jetsfan

Hell yeah night shift boys

Tristan Clark

Having to undergo the Seinfeld finale in real life has to be a worse punishment for Hunter than his eventual fines and probation.

Last Years Man

My biggest hope is that both of them croak of old age before November.

Mr Tu Damn Quoque

An hour and 12 minutes. Ooh yeah, the boys must be cooking

K H

"" "" old age"""" like Shinzo Abe.

Last Years Man

FOr the sake of the feds who are likely reading this chat, I do not endorse the Shinzo Abe treatment

Urm the mad

Finland had some rad punk bands in the 1980s. With a rather unique sound actually...kind post punk and goth mixed with hard core. so there's that..

Gabe

Felix merged his Biden and Ben Carson impressions

Smalls

Putin says he has decided to conduct a special military operation. “I have decided to conduct a special military operation” says Putin.

Occhio

sorry why is Will’s sound like this? has it always been this way? I finally have headphones that aren’t garbage, and now all I can hear is his voice fading in as he begins speaking and then out again as he stops. It’s like he’s being sloppily muffled—like he’s got an aggressive ambient noise reduction set on ‘auto.’ Really really distracting.

Jonas

Why is Brazil catching strays?

mark anderson

I really enjoy the subtle digs at Matt Taibbi for his supremely idiotic tweet that, "We're really crossing the Rubicon with Steve Bannon going to prison." He consistently puts out truly moronic drivel now, but that one takes the cake.

Shanti

so happy for me and the 2 guys who listen to both this show and also Fleet Foxes unironically

Last Years Man

I'm willing to give people a lot of leeway when it comes to transcripts of extemporaneous speech. Most of them don't read well. A lot of stuff in the article I can squint at and make out what he's trying to say. But I am generally baffled by this one: "And you cannot change the market in a way where you flood the market by—ignore all Chinese government subsidies to undercut their ability as to deal with electric vehicles. " Does anyone have any idea what is supposed to mean?

Andrew Cross

“I train six days, actually six days a week. Five days a week, I’ll train three days a week. One of those days I will train two days a week.” Joe Biden

Last Years Man

Also this: "Did you ever think if I told you that Japan would be devoting 3% of its GDP to defense and make a rapprochement at Camp David with South Korea as an overwhelming threat that exists to North Korea as well as to Europe? You know, I've been able to put 50 nations together to help in Ukraine, led by us but also engaged with, with Japan's leadership." Japan and South Korea are an overwhelming threat to Europe...? Or did he mean they did this supposed rapprochement while the word was facing threats from North Korea and Europe from Russia? What do these two issues have to do with each other? Just like every time he tries to say the name of a leader or the name of a country he says the wrong one... his thoughts are more jumbled than a late period Bob Dylan song

Andrew Cross

I think he just constantly moves his head around the mic

John Culkin

The Hunter Biden trial is some Seinfeld Finale ass shit.

T

He moves away from the mic to breathe in. 🍫🌧

Jim Chapman

Would it have hurt Trump with his base if he’d banged Mia Khalifa?

T

Now they're not going to recruit you for the job

Flesh Colored Subaru

Yeah the Veritahroja compilation rocks, Bloodstains Across Finland rocks, Ratsia rocks, Terveet Kadet rocks for how fucking short all their songs are, Appendix rocks, Destruktions rocks. All good shit!!

Fingerless

to be fair, if Biden did win that fistfight it would put a lot of doubts to rest. his mind is totally gone, but given that he keeps bouncing from all these falls, maybe there's still a bit of spring in him

Last Years Man

Trump's are nonsensical in that he rambles all over the place, uses filler language constantly, and just genuinely sounds like a moron (eg, the shark thing). But the things Biden is doing are worrisome because they're classic signs of cognitive decline -- mixing up names, changing topics in mid-sentence, thoughts that stop and start but never complete themselves... He didn't sound this bad circa 2008. Sure he put his foot in his mouth often, but he was generally credited with being TOO straightforward in his speech, not too vague. Some of the way Felix read the transcript was definitely exaggerated, but in the two examples I cite above, I'm genuinely confused.

Tim Mullen

Maybe if Biden gets just one more facelift everything will get better

Shiv

true. i do NOT feel safe

Regular guy

The song Helplessness Blues is about Hunter. I can absolutely imagine him listening to that song and silently weeping

T

They gave him a brain lift and now the wrinkles are all smoothed out

izi

Naming my dog Rubicon and jumping over him. This is a serious political statement

etienne

our august democratic leaders their wicked despot our strong intelligence institutions their state funded disinformatzkaya machine our mutual defense pact structure and free trade partners their subservient puppet states our strategy of containment their illigetimate soviet era land claims our force multiplying special force operators their blood soaked mercenaries

DFA

Yeah it's maddening, he needs to keep his god damned head still.

etienne

Finland has like 0.3 Formula 1 and World Rally Championship per capita, folks over there really love to drive it seems

Marc Silverstein

Finnish language is related to Hungarian and Estonian

Kevin Boyle

This is a record for Chapo because I understand none of the references; even from movies Ive seen there are clips that are incoherent and obscure beyond memory. I love it, More Amber please.

Kevin Boyle

You mean unfunny and unnecessarily cruel?

Doug Cartel

Theres 5 people in Finland and they're all extremely happy to be in NATO and think putin is scared because of it Theres gonna be a Scandinavian air force everyone, we're doing it, putin is done

Doug Cartel

Tony Blinken smiling from heaven at a bunch of dead ukrainian pensioners piled up in a field with "do it for the hoochie coochie man" in cursive

Blank

Chris wade with that surgically-inserted pulp fiction reference 👨‍🍳💋🤌

Jesse Brukman

Felix bringing his recent obsession with fighter planes into every episode is becoming an increasingly good bit

Joe

I can tell that Amber’s coin-boy story comes from a place of genuine hurt.

Blank

Yes when one of the coins fell off said boy and hit her in the eye

Antipaganda

Are you seriously using whataboutism to deflect criticism of the dementia of the actual US President?

Damen Irving

smoking crack to the fleet foxes makes me like hunter more

John Swan

Bill Maher was always cringe and terrible.. I think it was birth that happened to him.

Man2quilla

Can confirm, being over 6 ft tall is awesome

Andrew

Cannot stand for this Lusophobia

Man2quilla

The my summer car-ification of nato

John Harwood

When I heard this before it came out, Chris completely laid me out. Don’t try it.

Osborne MOCs

They might both still be alive in 2028. And whatever happens this year, one of them can run again.

Hilary is Pant-suited Syphilis

Many are calling it the most Homers post card to Marge from the Duff Brewery tour Presidential interview of all time

Tim Mullen

Face too smooth brain too wrinkled- the essential contradiction of the Biden admin

Carter Drake

We need to hear Felix cover the Thug Trial!!! Give my boy an ep to fill us in

Man2quilla

I remember when people did this with trump interviews and rightfully panned his rambling incoherence. Really glad talk shows and the news media are on top of this now, too 🫠

Man2quilla

Sharknado but it's the rapture

Sarah Stinard-Kiel

Y’all are coping so hard 😂From every story I’ve heard Hunter sounds more charming and respectful towards women than any of these male hosts. But keep telling yourself it’s his height!

George Lochinski

Finnish indie rock >>>>>>>>>>>> Starbucks indie. Get you some Circle & Kemialliset Ystavat* and live for once (*an indeterminate amount of missing umlauts in that name, apologies)

C. Ries

Please no

C. Ries

Trump is not addled by senility even more than Biden. Trump’s bizarre speech and behavior are because Trump is an idiot. Biden has undergone far more cognitive decline.

C. Ries

The media should have staged a fake fight where Biden shoves a journalist to the ground, he would get higher approval ratings because he would seem strong and everybody hates journalists.

Drew

Lol Fleet Foxes is my favorite band of all time 😭😭😭

C. Ries

He has a huge cock

C. Ries

I like that Felix’s Biden impression has a bit of Corn Pop in it!

Jed Levin

❤️ Felix’s story about Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” DVD! I might’ve done that! The DVD player was under a pile of pants! 🤣

dingbat44

How'd you hear it that fast? What's your secret?

Watermane

This will happen when you lose to The Iceman

Steve Nutt

Elected judges man, the dumbest yokels on the planet and they've got your freedom in their greasy fried chicken fingers

MEAT CLOWN

This episode was wretched and not funny at all except for Felix's incredibly accurate statement about the three elections in a row being between candidates who are the only person that could lose to the other.

MEAT CLOWN

I'm 99 percent sure that that part was a joke

Urm the mad

Rattus, riisteyt /holy dolls, bastards phyat nuket, appendix, kohu-63, kaaos, tampere ss..a ton more. kouleet kukat in particular is weird. Kinda like killing joke with saxophone and synths. The Finnish language sounds so otherworldly sung or shouted in this case.

MEAT CLOWN

I honestly believe Trump will somehow live to be over 100

dog stone

on the topic of sharks, long shot but I really hope you or mindofjson review this new film on netflix called 'Under Paris' that proposes the idea that if sharks aren't the real villains maybe it's blue haired woke liberals... lol

Ozzie

Hunter and Donald both convicted now. Hope they get to be cellmates, would be a great buddy comedy!

Alex

Banger ep

Matthew

Hunter is such a delightful little scamp, God love him

Alexandr

I didn't realize they were putting COMPUTERS in the KITCHEN these days.

Alexandr

Great audio on Amber. Glad for those 40% of the words she was saying to get through.

Blair Rancich

Loving the ep- I will say I think the "old soldier" thing is mostly a standing military joke. I've been hearing retired combat vets talking about "eh yeah send us old guys back in" for probably a decade lol.

bruce

Amber on about Jews completely unprompted within minutes once again. Literally every episode

CJ

Ok I need to come clean and say that I was a twee indie rock crack smoker. It was 2010 man, things were weird.

MEAT CLOWN

Felix is Jewish and he gave them all the pass

Patrick Taffe

Will: "that was your Chapo for July 10th, 2024" Holy fuck they DID print this before it came out

Chris

I can assure you the Chapos have nothing but respect and admiration for your ex-boyfriend Hunter Biden, you can stand down ma'am

Gucci Brandt

Trust Fund, 6’5”, blue eyes…makes anyone “charming” There’s literally a song about it

Gucci Brandt

Alex is funny for sure but he interrupts too much

Damen Irving

What’s the big deal? I like to huff paint to mgmt

CJ

Also I’m 6’6”

protob1

Haha, Amerika is such a circus. A whore shares details of her encounter with an addict, who happens to be the presidents son, in a court of law as testimony in a possession of illegal fire arms case? Now this is national news, to be discussed at the dinner table. Haha, what a circus of a country - the Roman Empire in the 3rd century CE, truly. Also, these women make me gag.

Andrew M

"undecided voter" is absolutely a chapo listener

Mulloy

i gotta go listen to that episode one again now.

Jaime Christley

Finland? WW2? A hearty recommendation for SISU (2022)

C. Ries

You sound pale

lake

I don’t think they’re being anti FF they just think it’s strange crack music

elliott

fleet foxes + crack is how they made timothee chalamet in a cauldron

Michael S. Judge

Felix has been on the "wrist-grabbing boyfriend" tip for nearly a decade now, back to the golden days of Gary Tasteman and "Oh Sweetie Baby," and it's still true

Gucci Brandt

Chalamet is totally a Hunter Biden and a stripper’s fleet foxes crack baby

chronye

ruby-tuesday-con /095

drizzly_november

A .38 Colt Cobra is the most Biden-ass, aviators & Corvette-type gun to buy in 2024. "The Crackhead PI" sounds like a Brace Belden bit, smoking rocks with a shoulder rig.

Snooder87

It's Biden trying to paraphrase a supposed conversation he had with Xi. So he's trying to say that he told Xi that China can't flood the market with subsidized electric vehicles without the US doing something about it.

chronye

classic wfh take from mr clean shirt

Jordan

Hungarian too m8s for non indo euro language

William

Damn dude, sorry to hear that

Sarah Stinard-Kiel

Y’all are incredible. Thank you for your wise comments. I can tell by how angry this made you that y’all get a lot of dome.

Mark Schneider

Ben Carson cancelled himself for Trump!! A greater love cannot be known.

Mark Schneider

That was Amber's obligatory one dumb comment for this ep. I speak Spanish well (youth in Central America & Mexico) but have to admit any time I hear Gilberto Gil sing, Portuguese is a way more beau language, hands down.

Chantz

Will continuing the line of a song/he is singing or parodying until he finishes it, but rushing and then stopping as soon as he's done, is such a me-coded bit

Hilary is Pant-suited Syphilis

I feel anyone who confidently says they love Feist, Fleet Foxes or especially the Weakerthans probably has a massive hog.

FDRomanowski

Latchkey kid army, let's gooooo!

Jonathan Nathan

One thing Putin might have meant about Finlandization is Russia still occupies a chunk of historical Finland. Maybe he was trying to make a threat and Biden just didn’t grasp it, or did but couldn’t effectively communicate it in the interview.

Robert Ditty

You don’t have to be tall for women to find your crack antics charming. Being handsome and 5’9” also works. When i was drinking and slamming meth, I could be very charming.

Podcast subscriber 78

Finlandization (Finnish: suomettuminen; Swedish: finlandisering; German: Finnlandisierung; Estonian: soometumine; Russian: финляндизация, finlyandizatsiya)

etienne

Meshuggah not mentioned?

Jim Veil

Circle is really cool.

Podcast subscriber 78

I mean if he has been truly successful at taking over the GOP, and there is every indication that has been, then it would only be a matter of time before he wins as just the default republican option on offer, should he choose to just keep running. Could well happen.

Trees

I can’t own a gun cause I got snitched on for 3 grams of weed when I was 18 in 2003

demonsweat

There's no such thing as Panama, Jack! Now, who's got the crack?

Jake Zydek

Will's disinformation on LeBron James is approaching irresponsible

Mangomoosh

RIP KY-EL I know my dude smoked crack to fleet foxes. Also y’all could paywall felixs’ Biden. I would pay an extra 5$ for that.

Mangomoosh

Definitely Fiest she can mush my boom.

Mangomoosh

I was at third shift janitor in college and huffed duster to Garth Brooks in a ladies cubicle one time.

Jonathan Nathan

The clearest proof (among many clear proofs) that the NRA is just a bullshit mouthpiece for right-wing ideologies is that they stridently demand that domestic abusers be allowed to own guns but don’t say shit about drug enjoyers’ rights.

T

Get rid of the historical baggage of "crossed the rubicon" and start saying "took the midnight train going anywhere". Like "Biden took the midnight train going anywhere".

Bill

This is the only way I'll listen to Biden speeches moving forward.

Mangomoosh

My guy is gonna smash your dwelling shrek!

Trees

That’d be a lot of cops with just tasers

Jacob

Excellent choice of outro song, Chris

William Jarvis

Also Finlandization was a policy of the Soviet Union in which a country was domestically independent but essentially had no independent foreign policy. Biden is nuts but I understood this part

Axel H.

C. Ries—it’s called Pete Davidson syndrome.

Axel H.

Uralic, is what Amber meant to say.

John Leavitt

Felix showing his ignorance of Tom Of Finland’s work, and during Pride month no less, some so-called ally

Agent Grange

Amber was on point identifying Uralic peoples. Do with that information what you will. Also, crazy that she's someone's stepsister.

Agent Grange

Ukrainian Gen X army adding a new meaning to "Generation Lead."

Jonathan Nathan

I don’t think they actually own their service weapons, but also there shouldn’t be any cops

Tony Howard

“Another Wacky Disaster”

Adam wallace

Love when Amber is on, good episode

Shanti

oh I agree, I'm just wondering now if FF would hit different if I smoked crack

Sir Kev The Perv

How come they used the same picture as the latest SsethTzeentach video on YouTube?

Tim O'

What are your feelings about crack cocaine?

Drew

Haven't tried yet

William

Maybe Google Tom o Finland and see what pops op

William

You mean LeFlop?

William

lol way to change your comment. Just get a bow

William

Really? I mean, I decided not to vote a while ago

MKatieUltra

That, Estonian, and Finnish are Finno-Ugric, so weird

William

Damn. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone as cool and edgy as you. You have a real devil-may-care attitude

Brian Long

“Go, or don’t, or stay here and listen Feist.” Lmao.

Jonathan Nathan

It’s a story from when Felix lived with her. She’s told it before.

Jonathan Nathan

Our Lev Parnas, woke and very good vs Their Lev Parnas, bad and Slavic

Jonathan Nathan

You don’t do too well with the concept of “jokes,” do you

ResilientBastard

Yah I feel like Kirby or somebody gave him that rundown and Finlandization sounds informed so he kept saying it. I guess it’s true though that the invasion of Ukraine tied Europe more closely to the US and NATO, so it did the opposite of finlandization.

Studio Novaya by Fredrick Edward

Fun fact, Tom of Finland was a Nazi collaborator during WW2 before his life as an artist. The official story is that he just loved men and was not political. But you can’t be a high ranking officer (which he was) and not be political; and we all know what Finland was up to at the time. I learned the story first hand from his sub at the Tom of Finland art foundation while there photographing his leather uniform being maintained. Subsequently, I put out to a private group an essay about the direct correlation between Old Guard Leather, BDSM and the horrors of war. How it was a path back to human connection for gay veterans of many nationalities as well as camp survivors in the U.S. and Europe of WW2 in the 60’s & early 70’s before it became a part of 70’s club decadence and “sexual liberation,” and then in the 80’s (AIDS) it became a harm reductionist way of being sexual and “safe sane consensual,” was born, then thanks to a couple of genuine psychopaths (PD and Ackworth) it was proliferated via the internet as a way for deeply misogynistic men to legally fulfill their fantasies and it evolved to what we see today which is majority plain old heterosexual abuse. Anyways, after that; I was made aware of the internet rumor (amongst NYC leather dykes) that I am “banned,” from the Tom of Finland sex garden (the place they host sex parties at their house); which I don’t think is true because his sub Dirk who runs it is too out of it to make the connection between my obscure special interest essay, our conversations, and remember basically anything ever… but I have yet to test it out.

Jessica Rios

Can confirm that over 6 feet gets to smoke crack and it’s NP with us “females”

Dildo Saggins

Biden's "I could take you too" comment giving me strong "Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!" energy

protob1

Yes, yet you are weak and gay.

Heavenly Father69

Wait, you smoke rocks, too? Lets party. and paint. I always paint on rocs

K H

Shinzo Abe vaxed?

K H

Wtf?

K H

Goofy boys

Jimmy McMillan

This is a free show but I didn't see it on my pocket cast app. I took may heard it before it came out

C. Ries

I learned something, thanks

wolfgang

Will went from “not voting for Biden” to Biden is going to win so it doesn’t matter if “not voting.” lol.

C. Ries

Is this that Latina crazy who’s running in Missouri’s patreon? You can’t pronounce library lol

CleO

I love how autistic Felix is for fighter planes as of late ❤️

Ian H. B.

Damn I unironically love fleet foxes, hunter is real as fuck for that

J.v.D

Wow!

Matt Murray

Lady, you're scaring us!

Kinetics Video

I have no idea if this is true or some fabulously deranged lies but great story either way

Kinetics Video

This is such a deeply weird election there's just no calling it. I will say I've seen such a persistent dismissal of Trump's chances that really seems out of step with the fact that by most conventional metrics he's ahead. I wonder if the really stupidest outcome of this thing would be if we pumped all this meaning into every weird appearance and horrendous calamity and it all comes down to people being a little more pessimistic and insecure and voting Republican like Americans usually do when they feel that way. All that being said, I think lolling the voting public into complacency so you can get another bump from a surprise Trump win is great brand management and I've already ordered another batch of Chapo NFTs that are sure to appreciate

Alec Stationwagon

You won't find a dirtier judge anywhere outside of Fulton County for real

HeyB00B00

Wrong lol. This was a nice throwback vibe

Clean Beans

Finns make great rally drivers 👍

kron

w Amber the goat

Jeffrey

right then guvnah, what you on about m8

Occhio

yikes. that makes sense. also the most annoying explanation imaginable. like, get a janet headset. it’s a lot to ask that we ignore the grapeshot of misophonia blowing random holes in each sentence. kate bush fixed this with a bent hanger in 1979.

S.E. Nyarady

This might sound surpirising but in fact the US does NOT recognize the ICC or the ICJ, Biden is the first in a while to explicitly state that and to threaten it with sanctions

bruce

Yeah they weren't talking about Israel literally at all but go off

Natalie

Had no idea that's so fuckin insane lol I wonder why!!!

Natalie

he's in a confirmed blue state anyways so I think both theories can still track

Dyyyyylan

🚨AMBER ALERT🚨

Gus Fessant

can confirm from doing a research project on terrorism prosecutions that gun charges are what many victims of FBI sting operations get nailed on, especially in the Obama era they realized it was easy to give a socially alienated guy a gun for "terrorism" and then immediately arrest him for being a drug user or convicted felon in possession of a firearm

S.E. Nyarady

Oh I thought Biden had said that as well but he just said US doesn't recognize their jurisdiction

wolfgang

For the presidential race but NY state experienced a red wave in the 23’ midterm.

Studio Novaya by Fredrick Edward

If you’re interested in the subject; so far the only person besides myself to research it is Karin Winslow who published a Ph.D investigating primary source material regarding professional BDSM from 1770-1970 and it illustrates the direct correlation between WW2 and contemporary sexual fetish practices. I believe it can now be found online;

Kinetics Video

I would describe this as impressively perverted and I hope the intended compliment is communicated

Cory

Hunter Biden is Kendall Roy in real life

Alex Gullen

Imagine a world in which Felix had learned to speak without using the word ‘like’ every other word…

christoph.s

Now I am intrigued, and want a young thug trial episode.

Kevin Spicer

If my dad ever went to trial I would testify that he would show up to white Sox games an hour late with our tickets, I would open the door to the van to show him where to park and just a bunch pez dispensers would fall onto the street as the police officers would be angrily waving us through the intersection.

Matttttttt

Felix’ Biden impression is like Abe Simpson’s rambling strikebreaker tactics: “The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have any white onions, because of the war.”

MEAT CLOWN

I'm already seeing signs of 2016 Part 2 with people saying they aren't going to vote for Biden because they assume he's going to win, and also people talking about how if he loses that will "send a message". That worked so well with Hillary, message received loud and clear, we got them boys!!! And with all the insane judges that got lifetime appointments from trump we'll have stuff to laugh about on the pod for years to come 🔥🔥🔥

Kinetics Video

CA might have something like that in the general. Adam Shit sponsored a Republican to lock out progressives in the Senate primary.

Gulb

I feel like there’s a pretty conspicuous genocide shaped hole in your analysis of the mood of the “Biden constituency”.

Matthew

It made me think of the episode where that studio exec tells him how much he'll get paid for the Itchy & Scratchy scripts that Bart and Lisa ghostwrote under his name and he goes "Thaat's riight, I did the Iggy!"

James Walker

I wasn’t familiar with the band Hunter played during a striptease/crack sesh so I checked them out.. I’ve gotta admit that I kind of vibe with Hunter’s ambiance choices here: I mean there’s titties, relaxing music and getting high as a motherfucker! sounds therapeutic.

gumb0

How's Matt doing? Everytime Felix mentions the Rubicon I ask WWMT, What Would Matt Think??

Evan Pitkin

Super funny ep. Definitely missing Matt these days though.

Alexandr

I could legit use this variation sent straight to my phone via the emergency broadcast pushes. :(

Jonathan Nathan

That’s a service to capital. Gotta serve somebody.

Tvvvv

Hunter Biden hitting the crack pipe begins singing to himself, “I wish that I could be like the cool kids”

Gay Tito

How’s Matt is he ok? Also I miss amber have her on more.

Corey Richter

yeah chapo without Matt lacks heart and heft... and it's feeling increasingly that Matt's podcast ingredient days are over.

Raphael Wakefield

No, the US is a party to the ICJ as are all UN members, as it is a UN organ. The ICC is its own thing and the US famously hates it. It also never investigated, much less prosecuted Serbians

Tucker McCann

I can’t find any articles about US troops being dropped into Israel under the guise of a UN aid package van to support the Rafah offensive. Was that a joke or were they being serious?

AKorgar

Don't count him out yet he's had a rather severe brain injury (of some kind) and it really hasn't been that long as time flies! Besides he's been able to use the time recuperating to spend time with his wife and his new daughter

AKorgar

He was conscripted by the Finnish Army in 1940 and served as second lieutenant in command of an anti-aircraft crew - at the age of 20. That's hardly a high-ranking officer. To call him a collaborator is a stretch - he was an able-bodied military age male in a country which was, admittedly, collaborating with the Nazis against the Soviets.

AKorgar

Alternatively a lot of us leftists have just recognized that both sides are Nazis and they're probably going to either enact the exact same policies, or else they'll just let the Republicans do what they want anyway. Accelerationism is sortof a default now.

AKorgar

All this smug liberal "Oh you really think Biden is just the same as Trump?" is a lot more contemptible when we're watching Biden sign off on the wholesale slaughter of human beings in Palestine. And yeah, the obvious retort is going to be "Trump would be worse for Palestine!" I want you to explain exactly what it is you think Israel would be doing under Trump that they're not doing now.

Laura

I haven’t been able to listen to eps hot off the microphones recently (blame the 5mo old and his unwillingness to fucking sleep), but I want to put out here for any Chapo dudes reading this that keeping silent about any Matt updates feels too much like the way Virgil was sent off to me. Matt did nothing wrong; it was pure shit luck he had a stroke and a kid simultaneously. If it’s certain he’s not coming back for good my heart will break, but I want an honest answer. I don’t want him and everything he contributed to feel like it’s being fucking erased.

AKorgar

They mention him now and then he's just healing and recovering on his own time.

Last Years Man

Both are groups that I knew I was "supposed to be into" in the 2000s, but never really did get into. Not bad by any means and they're on my playlist, but more often than not, I hit skip. (Although Feist has some good tracks)

Hilary is Pant-suited Syphilis

Oh dude Weakerthans Reconstruction Site 20 years later and I’m still discovering new things to love about songs on that album.

Elder

HAVE AMBER MORE OFTEN SHE IS REALLY FUNNY

Elder

We here

Elder

She's right to draw attention to Israel's crimes against humanity

Studio Novaya by Fredrick Edward

Semantics. It is is what it is; he was a cop; a veteran who wholeheartedly participated and was “apolitical,” but has been adopted by people who call themselves leftists as a symbol of rugged and defiant queer sexual liberation… without anyone making the connection between his and many other men’s life experiences and trajectories. You have no idea how many times I’ve heard “I’m not into military fetishism,” from American queer leftists who follow the fashion trends that are about unabashed man-on-man love during and after war. I’ve spent a lot of time with veterans of all stripes; I don’t think that him being a Nazi collaborator means anything about his morality per say ; any more than my friends’ who chose to use employment in the U.S. military to try to escape poverty and then ended up in Iraq (ask me about recreational water boarding lol). It just tells the more full picture of why he sexually fetishized the things that he fetishized and created the art that he did. I’m a big fan of his work that he did and sent via censored mail sized cards from Finland to his fans in the U.S. prior to the end of the war.

Matthew

Or he could just be recovering and on paternity leave and not interested in having people kept up to date on his situation multiple times a week; he hasn't even been off for a year yet; that's effectively the blink of an eye, especially considering what he's had on his plate. "No news is good news" seems like the appropriate disposition to take here tbh