151 - What Are You Doing, Step Dad?

We got a real grab bag for you this week. A Goop smores station gone wrong, a horrifying I Voted sticker, a cartoonist’s regret over not killing his stepson, the most ambitious assassination in recent history, and much more. Check out our Patreon for the final part of our MK Ultra series at patreon.com/ironweeds! 

Fire at the Goop Store: https://news.yahoo.com/2-men-hospitalized-explosion-gwyneth-170049836.html 

Elon the bullshit artist: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tears-into-bullshit-artist-elon-musk-at-anchorage-rally 

Storming the palace in Sri Lanka: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/storming-the-palace-and-then-tidying-up-sri-lanka-s-civil-uprising-20220710-p5b0i3.html 

Fetus on board, HOV lane denied: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/07/08/pregnant-woman-says-her-fetus-should-count-as-a-passenger-in-hov-lanes-she-got-a-ticket/ 

I Voted McVoteface: https://mashable.com/article/ulster-county-i-voted-sticker-contest 

Kill your son: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dilbert-scott-adams-kill-sons-b2117427.html

Shinzo Abe Links: 

• https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/04/shinzo-abe-japan-south-korea-war-nationalism/ 
• https://apnews.com/article/shinzo-abe-obituary-de5d5c3a798e1ac4fde4073763cf76df 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-yasukuni-shrine-is-controversial-symbol-japans-war-legacy-2021-08-13/ 
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/03/moonie-cult-leader 
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/09/shinzo-abe-assassination-election-blinken/ 

India outlaw single-use plastics: https://apnews.com/article/science-india-new-delhi-climate-and-environment-d886865b46014c216878e52331145926 

Ironweeds 3 Year Podiversary Link: https://youtu.be/El4Z4pqyoss

Capital Roots Union recognized! https://www.troyrecord.com/2022/07/10/capital-roots-announces-formal-action-to-voluntarily-recognize-employee-union/