For the Love of Pod

I found it interesting the timing of recent NYT stories alleging that Russian intelligence agents were paying the Taliban to attack US soldiers: the so-called bounty story. The leaking of this purported US intelligence was at a minimum extremely convenient for opponents of ending the war in Afghanistan, and it’s the latest example in a pattern of stories breaking that seem to bolster the agenda of the pro-war crowd on Capitol hill. I don’t know what the truth is about these statements, but I do know that the Taliban don’t need Russia to pay them to kill US forces. They’ve been doing it on their own for 20 years. And we should always be skeptical of these kinds of leaks from unnamed national security sources in general, particularly when they come to questions of war. But that story was indeed a boost in the arm for the bi-partisan coalition to keep that war going.

When you die, people are going to be really sad and they’re going to ball and they’re going to be at your funeral and they’re going to be holding each other and they’re going to be quivering and they’re going to be yelling why to the universe and then they’re going to go eat lunch.

True Crime TV: Cops are almost supernaturally gifted in solving crimes

The real you is strong. You've been hiding from it. It's written in your DNA. You were born with it. You can live at high altitude. You can live in the cold. You can eat radishes or rabbits. You have an evolution survival machine. You can't escape the strength that you have unless you hide from it.

I searched my history of Who Charted quotes to honor Kulap leaving the show this week. I was kind of disappointed that I had no stand alone Kulap quotes. Who Charted is my longest running show that I still listen to every episode on Wednesday. I love Howard and Kulap equally. But I never grabbed something just form Kulap. Bummer. Lots of stuff with her and Howard interacting.

Self Defense Animal Style | My Favorite Murder 60

String 'em up | The Dollop 299 Errol Flynn

The Dollop #FBF | John Africa