This week I talk about Biden's follow through on his promise to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, with a brief overview of the conflict and the imperial context within which it persisted for two decades.  More: Spencer Ackerman on Democracy Now! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

With a first-strike, first-use nuclear weapons policy in place for decades, it's a miracle we're still here. This week I talk about Dan Ellsberg's important book "The Doomsday Machine", what it tells us about this policy, and what we need to do to stop this madness. More: The Doomsday Machine, by Dan Ellsberg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

Our corporate-friendly government has always fallen short when it comes to helping poor and working people. This week I talk about how policies like postal banking can begin to turn that ship around. More: David Dayen on Majority Report (8/2/2021) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

This week I talk about the political football the right has made out of COVID vaccines, PPE, and other aspects of the pandemic, and how reminiscent this obsession is with their climate skepticism.  More: My Political Rants blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

This week I talk about the Biden Administration's decision to tighten sanctions on Cuba and how that reflects their continuing support for the imperial project.  More: Intercept Story on Biden and Plan Colombia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

Richard Branson's ridiculous sub-orbital flight last week was an illustration of how irritating billionaires can be. This week I talk about how the problem is not so much the billionaires themselves as the system that creates and nurtures them.  More: Furious Rant Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

This week I talk about workers resisting a return to crappy jobs and the degree to which that resistance is scaring capital silly. Also, a quick take on New York's 22nd congressional district.  More: Deutsch's Whining about Labor Non-Compliance --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

On the same week notorious war criminal Donald Rumsfeld died, President Biden bombed Iraq and Syria for the second time while pulling troops out of Afghanistan. This week I talk about our endless imperial adventures and the role the mainstream media plays in perpetuating them.  More: Furious Rant Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

This week I argue that, whatever else we do to build a more progressive and responsive society, we cannot afford to ignore the right's current efforts to make full-blown autocratic rule a reality in the United States. More: My Furious Rants Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message

This week I talk about the back-and-forth between Biden and Putin at last week's summit, how it's discussed in the mainstream media, and how Putin could do better with his what-about-ism.  More: Ava DuVernay's 13th (on YouTube) - https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strangesound/message