Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Maybe we already have missile defense tech ? Youtube video claiming we can handle intermediate range missiles, but not ICBMs with reliability US intercepted an ICBM in 2020 Zvi post on game theory Crisis Watch China-focused OSINT Substack World food prices are up 13% Major fires in Russian chemical plant , industrial center , and defense research buildings Sweden...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Wes and Eneasz discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective. David overslept, so it’s just the two of us this week! Support us on Substack! News discussed: Farmers planted extra wheat last fall due to expectation of conflict Michigan Governor Kidnap Plot - 2 not guilty, 2 mistrial, due to FBI entrapment Europe not paying for gas in rubles Russia has withdrawn from Kyiv, focusing on Eastern Ukraine Mass murder of civilians in Bucha and several other cities Biden called ...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: CDC alcohol guidelines Will Smith Assaults or Batters Chris Rock? Ukraine News: Russia seems to be switching focus to Donbas Russia said on Friday that the first phase of its military operation was mostly complete Putin complained that he was getting canceled like JK Rowling Biden wants to remove Russia from the G20 Did Hunter Biden personally finance Ukraine wea...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: Texas appeals court sided with the parents of a transgender teenager, rejecting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to allow a child abuse investigation to proceed Appeals Court held that it did not have jurisdiction Preliminary injunction issued on Friday Jussie Smollett sentenced , and assures us that he’s not suicidal Eneasz was wrong, it’s pronounced Kee-v ...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: SNL Covid Sketch Putin’s “unhinged” speech the looting of Russia in the 90 s With English subtitles Putin’s spy chief visibly scared of Putin during grilling Sanctions happening SWIFT ban imminent, Germany has mostly dropped opposition Leaving exemptions for energy & agriculture Russia’s biggest bond is down 50% Russia considering seizing citizens’ assets Fru...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: GoFundMe canceled $10 million fundraiser for Freedom Convoy Zvi can’t figure out if the protests are calling for racist violence or not They’re not Actual violent occupations were not impacted. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he had reached a tentative agreement with a key protest organizer to remove trucks from residential areas, and to limit vehicles to a perimete...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspective Support us on Substack! News discussed: FAIR filed a federal lawsuit to stop New York City from enforcing its unconstitutional order prioritizing Covid-19 treatments based on racial categorization and ethnicity. Vacancy on SCOTUS! Russia might be invading Ukraine Biden has consistently said he does not plan to send troops into Ukraine Hanania: “Russia will eventually get its way because it cares more a...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: Schumer failed to vote on filibuster The racist Paxlovid policy (of course) came from the FDA SCOTUS overturned vax mandate Mandate on government-funded medical facilities could stand Throat swabs are much more effective than nose swabs for rapid test diagnosticity. Determined not to let Americans have fun, the CDC continues restricting travel due to COVID risk. Shkreli sentenced Oathkeeper leader and 10 others charged with seditious conspiracy Golden Glob...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: Australian camps aren’t literal concentration camps covid-negative people are being forced into camps, locked in, and arrested if they break out “Close contacts” forced to go without any choice , despite not having covid Northern Territories government directive ACX Grants are posted Putin told Biden that sanctions " could lead to a complete breakdown in ties between our countries, " Meanwhile, Germany shut down 3 nuke power plants (of 6) Russian opens up ...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: native Australians are being put in camps. Thisisfinedog.png Merry Christmas! Omicron is here! Andrew Lilley estimates it has ⅓ the virulence of Delta Per Mason , Molnupiravir caused such significant harm to fetuses in animal models that Merck has suggested ensuring contraceptive use during *and* after treatment. Fauci’ emails Fauci repeatedly insisted during a May Senate hearing that the NIH “has not ever, and does not now fund, gain-of-function research ...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: OMICRON IS HERE TO SAVE US ALL ! Zvi gives it a 35% chance Is Trever Noah of The Daily Show anti-vaxx ? Louisiana Court temp blocks vaccine mandates in LA and 10 other states The Waukesha Massacre was intentional Ahmad Arbery killers found guilty of murder Parent’s of MI school shooter arrested The trial of that French actor started. You know the one I’m talking about, Jucie Smoolye . Possible Russian invasion of Ukraine with 175,000 troops Britain's army ...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: UN released “plan” to fight hunger for $6 billion Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges Jones Act Shenanigans ( temporarily allowed to continue ) Bannon indicted Alex Jones held liable for calling Sandy Hook shooting a hoax Rep. Gosar is censured for retweeting Attack on Titan clip with AOC & Biden as Titans ( video here ) Chinese data law adds to global shipping disruption Belarus is trolling the EU Amazon will stop accepting Visa credit ca...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: The United States, as a civilization, did a thing! Steve Sweeney lost to a dude named Ed Durr The infrastructure bill passed “Texas has open ports” Also the video is full of lies. And Texas ports are also short on drivers Missouri Gov. legally threatens cybersecurity professor that discovered the state had published over 100,000 school employee’s SSNs to anyone with an internet connection. Elon Musk is going to sell 10% of his Tesla stock so he can pay tax...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: NZ police using contact tracing data for investigative purposes. See also: the ratchet model of Leviathan Manchin is against anti-coal measures and Medicare benefits for dental, vision, and hearing Sinema is against taxing the rich and allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices BBB Childcare Discussion Steve Bannon held in contempt of Congress for ignoring Congressional subpoena Biden plans to reinstate “Remain in Mexico” policy Fun Immigration Charts Actu...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Steven Kent from Beltway Banthas joins us to talk about Star Wars and politics, and in particular how the concept of a balance in the force relates to current events. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe...
Oct 20, 2021•50 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: Strong Towns on the infrastructure bill New South Wales’ government has started using Coof restrictions as an excuse to monitor and limit peoples’ alcohol intake the Aussie cops are using check in app data for investigative purposes the Aussie government is deliberately creating a shortage of at-home tests as an explicitly putative measure to try to increase vaccine uptake . Huawei CFO release was interesting and complicated. See link. District Judge grant...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: Update on Texas abortion law - the Justice Department sued the entire state UK government mulled bringing in the army to help ease supply disruption triggered by a shortage of truck drivers China negotiated with terrorists, releases Huawei exec in exchange for release of two Canadians. Reason on California math curriculum FDA declares war on America Google & Apple both removed Navalny app from app stores , Irony meters everywhere have exploded Telegram...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Bonus episode featuring Aella! We talk about the situation with Onlyfans banning pornography, then unbanning it a week later. We also stray to a few other topics. Support us on Substack! “It’s like KFC saying, ‘We’re going to ban chicken.’ What does that even mean?” OF was having trouble getting investors OF Seeking a value of $1 billion OF Launched a SFW app (“OFTV”) right before announcing the ban Patronizing tweet from OF about sex workers Aella: “ I'm not too worried. There's other competito...
Sep 20, 2021•56 min
Support us on Substack! News discussed: Biden orders OSHA to de-facto mandate vaccines Lewis County General Hospital temporarily pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff quit rather than get a COVID-19 vaccine. Biden also activated the defense production act to increase testing capacity instead of just telling the FDA to unban rapid tests SCOTUS refused to block Texas abortion law Andrew Torrez says this means they’ve overturned Roe v. Wade If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Support us on Substack! Australia’s military is not enforcing lockdowns But they are shooting dogs The Cuomo allegations are seriously dubious News discussed: New Taliban is bizarre . chad memes?? The median age in Afghanistan is 18 Biden allegedly ignored warnings of Afghanistan’s collapse Though actually, things are going pretty well NASA declines to buy Bezos’ on-sale lunar landers and so he sued them SF budgets $1 BILLION for an environmental review for a proposed new train line . What the s...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 14 min
The Mind Killer has moved to Substack! If you’re using the Libsyn feed, please redirect it to Substack. All other feeds should be fine. Give us your money there! Wes is on vacation next week, so enjoy this early episode! News discussed: Farmers don't want to reuse GMO seeds Cannibal! The Musical Audacity has a new privacy policy Blue Trump resigned Anti-aging researcher Aubrey de Grey accused of sexual harassment by two colleagues Bipartisan infrastructure bill passed the Senate! Zvi estimates 2...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Support us on Patreon! News discussed: CDC (boooo) encourages indoor mask mandates in high-risk areas Iraq is the new Afghanistan China is building a whole lot of nukes Maine constitutional referendum on a “right to food” The fleeing Democratic congresspersons we discussed a few weeks ago had a small superspreader event Facebook is censoring all mentions of Far-Right candidate in Hungary Do you know what’s infrastructure? Regulating cryptocurrency into oblivion! Sideline reporter tells the weepi...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr
Support us on Patreon! News discussed: Protests against the government in Cuba! Cuban-Americans protesting in solidarity Ron DeSantis had to backpedal after he passed an anti-BLM “anti-riot” law earlier this year which criminalizes much of the behavior the American protestors are engaging in. Cuban protests are embarrassing to the Left, and therefore an unconscionable COVID risk Michael Avenatti sentenced to two years in jail for fraud DACA was declared unconstitutional Hunter Biden keeps embarr...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Support us on Patreon! Feedback: Inside the Battle Over the Soul of the Libertarian Party News discussed: DC stopped Batman from performing oral sex on Catwoman Redneck’s need practice at doing Burning Man stuff Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $16,000 Fine Massive Kaseya Ransomware Attack Arizona bill SB 1840 to make teaching racism illegal ? Audacity will now share personal data with law enforcement and government agencies U.S. Supreme Court gutted most of what remains o...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Support us on Patreon! News discussed: FDA approves questionable Alzheimer’s drug SCOTUS says Philadelphia can’t require religious foster care agencies to give kids to gays SCOTUS also threw out another b******t Obamacare challenge on “standing” grounds SCOTUS says NCAA can’t keep f*****g college athletes SCOTUS tightens leash on agri unions Supreme Court Rules Teens 1st Amendmen t rights still exist in school Satanic Temple gets involved in the “F**k Cheerleading” case U.S. Supreme Court ruled ...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Support us on Patreon! News discussed: Trump thinks he’s going to be President in August Or does he? Belarus forced down a plane to arrest a dissident journalist Lab leak hypothesis is having a moment The Fauch lied about masks, admits he lied about masks (old news). The media ignored it for months, then bent over backwards to excuse and forgive the obvious malfeasance. Texas Democrats blocked vote on voting restrictions by running away Bonkers Texas sex work law Happy News! Texas passes free ra...
Jun 09, 2021•53 min
Support us on Patreon! News Discussed: DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized Pipeline shut down because the billing system was compromised Finland, Israel, and Cyprus robbed in Eurovision Song Contest Finland’s Eurovision entry “Influential” Republicans threaten to start their own party West Virginia Cop Fired After Not Shooting Suicidal Man Sues City Dystopian hellscape SC to try to restart executions SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade (probably) Latest TX abortion bill...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Support us on Patreon! News Discussed: US GDP is up over 6% (but still below pre-covid trend) U.S. businesses added just 266,000 new jobs in April Vaccinations completely tanked after J&J “pause” Reported hesitancy remained stable Talk of waving vax patents Italian court hands U.S. tourists life sentences for murdering policeman Gaetzgate 2 Biden’s “gHoSt gUn” guidance is predictably awful US population below replacement Happy News! CRISPR is being used to treat a certain type of blindness C...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Support us on Patreon! News Discussed: US to Share AZ Vaccine with world FDA halted use of J&J vaccine out of “abundance of caution” New student speech case to be heard by SCOTUS Abobe’s giant cancellation fee 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry deletes his Twitter profile after SEC investigation Richard Dawkins is no longer AHA 1996’s man of the year . Police shoot girl to death as she’s about to stab another girl Police shoot man to death fleeing a drug warrant Happy News! Guilty. We’re act...
Apr 28, 2021•55 min
Support us on Patreon! We apologize for any wackiness or bugs in this fortnight's episode, Wes is usually in charge of this stuff because he's smart and he makes it go . News discussed: Biden won’t let journalists into most immigrant detention centers Gaetzgate : or, Shut The F**k Up, Donny. A legal comedy in one Act Prince Phillip died at 99 Australian secession Anti-conspiracy memes China introduces eYuan New York tries to sue the Industrial Revolution Deceiving Your Sex Partner Would Be a Cri...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 17 min
