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  • Critical thinking for humans. Taking a hard look at the issues of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Join your hosts, Ulysses and Bon Homme, every other Wednesday as they discuss important and interesting topics, such as politics, policy, science, social rights, and some other things they think are cool.
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  • EP4: Housing, Underserved Communities, Infrastructure, and Public Health; with Special Guest Nick Cropper
    Jun 18 2021

    Hypocritical News:

    Ohio Senate Primary Polling

    https://www.wfmj.com/story/44060343/amidst-positive-polling-numbers-ohio-us-senate-candidate-visits-boardman

    Vance’s Twitter post

    https://twitter.com/jdvance1/status/1402608156254117894

    JD Vance raises 93 million for his company Narya Capital 

    https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/09/hillbilly-elegy-author-j-d-vance-has-raised-93-million-for-his-own-midwestern-venture-fund/

    https://www.naryavc.com/about

    Wallstreet Journal Article on BlackStone

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801

    Some History on equity firms buying housing.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/single-family-landlords-wall-street/582394/

    China Report:

    The "Lab Leak" Theory

    More Covid origin information and how it relates to SARS

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/15/lab-leak-theory-doesnt-hold-up-covid-china/

    “This theory would mean COVID-19 jumped between three different animals and traveled about 1,000 miles.

    Compare that with SARS: The virus went through two animals and traveled about 900 miles before leading to outbreaks in humans”

    The Endless Frontier

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/19/china-us-competition-technology-endless-frontier-new-cold-war/

    General Discussion:

    Preventing the next Covid

    https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/084c/e8fd/84ca7fe0e19e69967bb9fb73/unep-sa-sbstta-sbi-02-en.pdf

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v-U3K1sw9U

    Infrastructure is public health

    The American Jobs (Infrastructure) Plan: everything has public health implications, despite Republican objections

    Retrofit with materials that cause the least amount of potential human health issues

    https://www.nrdc.org/experts/michele-knab-hasson/new-prescription-healthy-building-retrofits

    Additional Materials:

    Biden's purchasing of vaccines as a diplomatic tool

    Navigating loosening of mask mandates and people lying about being vaccinated

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  • EP3: Crypto, the Census, Cheney attacked, Currying favor with Trump, and Florida Swap Monsters
    Jun 3 2021

    Source Materials:

    Hypocritical News

    • https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-once-cast-the-only-vote-against-anti-human-trafficking-bill
    • https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-drugs-despite-support-for-welfare-drug-testing-nyt-2021-4?amp

    China Report

    • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/08/chinas-bitcoin-mining-is-threatening-its-climate-change-targets.html
    • https://www.investopedia.com/news/bitcoin-wont-win-worldwide-adoption-because-china-controls-it-ripple-ceo/
    • https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/10/us-issues-guidelines-to-deepen-relations-with-taiwan.html
    • https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/987836914/in-talks-with-japanese-prime-minister-biden-to-focus-on-countering-china
    • https://apnews.com/article/europe-antony-blinken-china-ursula-von-der-leyen-europe-6c7c4a0da00ed5a8f529efa3392975cd

    General Discussion

    • https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/04/study-covid-much-more-likely-vaccines-cause-blood-clots
    • https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/03/25/trump-ohio-candidates-478059
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  • Episode 2: Pushback Against China, Rick Scott is Always Involved, and Not Bruno Mars
    Apr 14 2021

    Source Materials:

    Hypocritical News

    • https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-col-rick-scott-medicare-fraud-20181002-story.html
    • https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/04/03/in-health-care-fight-trump-puts-national-spotlight-on-rick-scott-and-his-medicare-fraud-scandal/

    China Report

    • https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3115133/nine-year-old-found-liable-court-dead-fathers-debts
    • https://www.voanews.com/europe/ireland-reexamines-relations-china
    • https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/15/china-growing-threat-taiwan-476170
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56452471
    • https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/03/22/the-us-and-china-finally-get-real-with-each-other/
    • https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/03/the-insidious-threat-of-chinas-confucius-institutes/

    General Discussion

    • https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/21/979781065/european-scientists-zero-in-on-astrazeneca-blood-clot-link
    • https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-study-95-of-former-covid-patients-suffer-no-irreversible-damage/
    • https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/03/14/north-texas-woman-recalls-losing-nearly-200000-bruno-mars-imposter/amp/
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    1 Std. und 23 Min.

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