they're all subsidized indeed, but I do believe weapons manufacturing, of the various parts for the weapons, is actually spread across all 50 states. So technically weapons sales have a limited impact for workers in the manufacturing and assembly of arms sold. I think that's why Trump boasts about selling arms. sure the arms corps exploit their workers and run away with the bulk of those funds, but there are constituencies within every state that benefit from arms sales. I believe that's also why so many elected state officials always vote in support of arms sales and the military industrial complex on the whole 

You guys talk about Alex Jones and the alt-right conspiracy culture every episode. Can you find a new topic?

The only Russian presidential election that was outright rigged was the 1996 one, courtesy of the US government.

Abby, l wish you said more about why you're not surprised by Chelsea Manning running shoulders with Pussy Riot. Please explain.

A Syphon Filter!?  I remember there was a PS1 game back in the day where a bioweapon was developed that would on kill certain people - be it racial, ethnic, etc.  Another thing I'd like to hear more about.

The BBC is not funded by the UK government. It is funded by licence fees paid by the UK population. But the UK government use it as a propaganda arm.

I don't know if this was touched upon later in this episode or the next one, but Saudi Arabia and he US fell out of favor with Qatar back in June, so I could see some of that political backlash eventually sliding in for Qatari "news" outlets like Al Jazeera on YouTube.

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On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy have unveiled a “debt ceiling” agreement involving major attacks on workers and the environment. The two are now racing to push through Congress a deal that would see stepped up production of fossil fuels, cuts to food stamps, and the rollback of vital services – all while making it easier for the rich to evade taxes and exempting the Pentagon from any spending limits.

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First we chat about the very dumb debacle with Google’s Gemini AI being “absurdly woke,” when in reality the story here is that they were extremely naive and lazy about how to solve the structural biases of white visual culture. Then we get deeper into Nvidia’s major stock rally after blowing away all expectations with their latest financial reportings – and what this means for the political economy of technology, both AI specifically and the sector broadly.

••• A Sign That Spells: DALL-E 2, Invisual Images and The Racial Politics of Feature Space https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.06323 
••• The Deeper Problem With Google’s Racially Diverse Nazis https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/02/google-gemini-diverse-nazis/677575/ 
••• Now Google's 'absurdly woke' Gemini AI refuses to condemn pedophilia as wrong - after being blasted over 'diverse' but historically inaccurate images https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13122189/Googles-absurdly-woke-Gemini-AI-refuses-condemn-pedophilia.html 
••• AI boom catapults Nvidia into tech’s big league https://www.ft.com/content/1f8b317d-fcce-4f5b-9e54-8315e102ec10 
••• What Bubble? Nvidia Profits Are Rising Even More Than Its Stock https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-26/hedge-funds-unload-tech-stocks-after-going-all-in-before-nvidia 
••• The AI craze has companies even 'more overvalued' than during the 1990s dot-com bubble, economist says https://qz.com/ai-stocks-nvidia-overvalued-dot-com-bubble-1851287271 
••• Nvidia's $2 trillion market cap looks bubbly https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/nvidia-valuation-chipmakers-trillion 

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Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the last few months of mainstream media fear mongering about China including official statements from the FBI, Secretary of Transportation and Biden himself. The episode starts with a discussion about the newest major escalation, the House resolution banning Chinese company Bytedance from owning or operating Tik-Tok in the united States.

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Though the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory has long been dismissed by scientists, aviation experts, and other skeptics, the Tennessee legislature has taken it very seriously. On April 11th, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law SB2691, which bans the ‘intentional injection, release, or dispersion’ of chemicals within Tennessee ‘with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight.” Though the law doesn’t explicitly use the word chemtrails, it was inspired by chemtrail conspiracy theorists. 

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Radical Reports: Why Are GOP State Lawmakers Introducing Bills Based on Claims by Fringe Conspiracy Theorists?
https://www.radicalreports.org/p/why-are-gop-state-lawmakers-introducing

Some Dare Call It Conspiracy: Chemtrails On Trial
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chemtrails-on-trial-part-1-8--58112535

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that the government is using chemicals to control the population (chemtrails)?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/959559/conspiracy-belief-government-control-population-chemtrails/

MIT Technology Review Solar geoengineering could start soon if it starts small
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/05/1087587/solar-geoengineering-could-start-soon-if-it-starts-small/

Aircraft clouds: From chemtrail pseudoscience to the science of contrails
Mètode Science Studies Journal, vol. 8, pp. 181-187, 2018
Universitat de València
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5117/511766757028/html/

Terrell, Steven. Santa  Fe New Mexican. Assignment led journalist/activist into "chemtrail" obsession, 1999
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-chemtrails-1999/133314562/

Anti-Chemtrails Laws feat. Teddy Wilson (E275)

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