EP. 92: Biden’s Trains to Nowhere

This week Eric discusses Nikki Haley’s announcement that she’s going to take on Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024. Jacob explores why we’re in a proxy war with Russia by examining the ideology and loyalty of Secretary of State Antony Blinken. For the main topic, we discuss the chemical disaster in East Palestine, OH and the Biden administration’s seeming indifference.

 

00:00 Intro

04:31 The Neocon in Heels Joins the 2024 Race

23:07 Blinken's Precious Liberal International Order

47:00 Main Topic: Nuking a Town with Chemicals

 

SHOWNOTES

Nikki Haley explicitly blamed President Trump for the 2015 Charleston Church shooting: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/282092-nikki-haley-on-trump-i-know-what-that-rhetoric-can-do/ 

In the aftermath of the shooting, Haley signed a law to ban the Confederate flag from state government grounds in 2015: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/09/421531368/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-to-sign-confederate-flag-bill-into-law 

President Trump “welcomes” Haley to the 2024 primaries with a series of backhanded compliments: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-welcomes-nikki-haley-2024-race-more-merrier 

Jacob’s article at Valiant News detailing Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s globalist worldview: https://valiantnews.com/2023/02/blinken-no-peace-in-ukraine-until-russia-abandons-donbass-crimea/ 

Blinken tries to dictate the terms under which peace could be achieved in Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156723277/blinken-china-ukraine-russia-syria-aid

Blinken details his vision for the “rules-based international order:” https://www.state.gov/the-administrations-approach-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ 

Blinken’s speech before the Council on Foreign Relations on how Americans must be convinced to support the liberal international order: https://www.cfr.org/event/multilateral-diplomacy-modern-world-conversation-tony-blinken

The full extent of the fire from the controlled burn of the Ohio train derailment: https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/east-palestine-train-derailment/crews-on-scene-of-train-derailment-in-east-palestine/ 

Three major cable news channels spend a collective total of 30 seconds covering the train derailment: https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-legacy-media-outlets-have-spent-less-than-30-combined-minutes-covering-ohio-train-crash

One resident of East Palestine, Ohio showcases her dead chickens following the controlled burn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_PVJ8ytAec

Another resident with dead animals in the area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amQKrcQUq4o 

Senator J.D. Vance exposes how the creeks in the East Palestine area are still contaminated: https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1626305927207854089?s=20

Hazmat specialist says “we basically nuked a town” with the chemical fallout:

https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-toxic-spil-hazmat-specialist-1781388

The numerous health risks of Vinyl Chloride, the main chemical spilled as a result of the derailment:

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/vinyl-chloride#:~:text=Which%20cancers%20are%20associated%20with,cancers%2C%20lymphoma%2C%20and%20leukemia.

Phillip Bump complains in the Washington Post about how the derailment fallout will lead to greater distrust in institutions: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-other-risk-from-the-east-palestine-disaster/ar-AA17tXsB

Pete Buttigieg essentially claims the train derailment is no big deal, because thousands of trains derail every year: https://twitter.com/nbreavington/status/1626582562448756737

Norfolk Southern, the company responsible for the derailment, pledges $25,000 to the Red Cross to help temporary animal shelters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofH_BJeJVJc

Attorney warns residents against taking $1,000 hush payment from Norfolk Southern:

https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/02/13/attorney-warning-east-palestine-residents-about-1000-norfolk-southern-payments/

How ECP brakes and other technological failures could have led to the derailment: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/infrastructure/ecp-brakes-technology-ohio-derailment/