Minion Death Cult

TODAY: We discuss the recent spate of direct actions against the US/Israeli war machine and field some criticisms of the organizing ALSO: All my Apes are blind! Visitors at this year's Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT rave, "ApeFest," report blindness and burned skin after partying under the crypto carnival's UV "blacklights." How will they enjoy their Apes now? FINALLY: The DC District Attorney files a suit against landords who allegedly fixed prices using popular landlord software (used for millions of units nationwide). One landlord bravely steps up to call this governmental intrustion what it is: slavery. Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for $5/month and get 2 bonus episodes every week in your podcast app or browser

Today we're covering the anti-war protests, including a massive rally in DC and a direct action at an Oakland harbor against a military vessel headed for Israel. We also discuss Zionist's newest limp, bad-faith tactic of taking "Free Palestine" to mean "Genocide Israel" PLUS: in more lighthearted news, an LAPD cop appears to intentionally hit another cop with his cruiser. The media has trouble choosing who to exonerate, and right wing commentators struggle to (mostly) suppress their urge to blame the victim Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month and get 2 bonus episodes a week Contact your reps using the forms at https://ceasefiretoday.com/ Listen to the Work Stoppage Podcast Music: Small Brown Bike - Cold Marnie Stern - Oh Are They

This week Jordan B Peterson sends us to the Taco Gulag as we check out his new song and music video, "The Postmodernist Drinking Song," a bewildering cacophony of circus music with screeds against postmodernist philosophers, alcohol, feminists, and communist fast food restaurants Also: Elon Musk releases his new AI for blue check subscribers (at twice the price), and boy does this thing have a twisted sense of humor. Finally: Alex chat is put to a screeching halt as a Patron cancels their membership over Alex's UPS work stories. We go through the excoriating feedback and debate whether to share 2 new stories that could make Alex seem too tough and cool. Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for $5/month and get 2 bonus episodes a week plus 20% off all merch

In this MEGA episode, cartoon genius Henry Gilbert of the Talking Simpsons and What A Cartoon podcasts helps us unpack South Park’s tangled screed against: Minority women in movies, Kathleen Kennedy’s stewardship of Disney (Lucasfilms), AI, Student Loans, Class Warfare, and How Nobody Knows How to Work with Their Hands Anymore ALSO: Would it be an episode of MDC if we didn’t read a few beautifully-written 10/10 imdb reviews for the Racial Multiverse epic? Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for instant access to hundreds of bonus episodes right in your podcast app or browser

TODAY: Congratulations to the UAW as they force major concessions from auto manufacturers, including a historic raise from Ford and a re-opened plant in Illinois. Also: we look at Robert Card, the Maine mass shooter, as his social media tells a story of a man obsessed with theoretical trans mass shooters and other right wing conspiracies. We also look at how conservative corners of the internet are responding to the fact that the shooter’s documented violent ideation did not prevent him from having a weapon. Finally: the left has gone too far--they melted the statue of Robert E Lee that they already pulled down.  We’re awash in waves of cope as the right wing insists that by striking this statue down, you’ve made losers on the internet more powerful than you could possible imagine. 

We got the full pack of Disney-Villains-horrified-by-Hamas'-evil rendered by AI for Israeli propaganda. Ursula, Scar, Thanos--the whole gang's here and openly weeping. PLUS: a teacher giving her student "birthday spankings" goes viral on tik tok and Tony and Alex detail their histories with Birthday Spankings and whether the practice should be illegal ALSO: Facebook users capture REAL ANGELS during live stream in a post with 23k shares and nearly 2m views, and Tony shares an angel story of his own. Sign up http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for only $5/month and get 2 bonus episodes a week

TODAY: Tony abandons veganism as a group of javelinas destroy a beautiful and not-at-all hubristic golf course in Arizona And an auto zone employee gaslights Tony about how to spell brakes ALSO: another one of Trump’s lawyers flips on him and his fans wonder “What is happening?” FINALLY: the California DMV revokes operating permissions from autonomous taxi fleet Cruise after the company allegedly withheld crash reports. We cover the San Fran-sickos lamenting the loss of the “innovative” unmanned vehicles. Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for two bonus episodes a week  

First, we thank Shaun King for freeing the Hamas hostages but worry about what his tireless pursuit of justice is doing to his mental health THEN: they’re calling it the best propaganda ever—Israel and the IDF condemn Greta Thunberg as a terrorist for having her stuffed octopus plushie beside her in a photograph Finally, an Ohio restaurant is forced to close its doors after it displayed an anti-abortion sign out front and half the staff walked out. Music: Boys II Men - Motownphilly Sign up at http://patreon.com for weekly bonus episodes and livestreams

Audio from DEATH CHAT 500 (10/21/23) We chat about... industrial horror? Disaster horror? films like Prince of Darkness and Alien where crews team up to solve the horror movie And The Daily Wire tries to rip off hit Australian cartoon Bluey, and Queensland's Premier has words for him Also, a woman begins wearing terrible wigs to work after her employer bans her pink hair, and Al Michaels has never eaten a vegetable Music: Dream Unending - So Many Chances Sign up at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult for weekly bonus podcasts and livestreams

TODAY: We cover some of the myriad ways the west is speed-running 9/11 amid Israel's war on Gaza--including boisterous talk from the president about how easy it would be for us to manage two simultaneous wars The nation is also gripped by Paraglider Panic, as men, women, and Donald Trump Jr. divulge their fears of being attacked from the skies. Megyn Kelly goes on the offensive and rightfully shames Alicia Keys for expressing an interest in paragliding while wearing a green (Hamas) jacket Finally: Chicago looks at starting a city-run grocery store to fill the gaps left by the big-box retailers leaving the area. We talk through the idea and have some fun watching the right-wing confront an actual left-wing project for once.