Episode

1/8 Platinum Coin & Alex Jones Golden Insanity

January 8, 2013

Producer Matt Binder, calls in from the podcast awards with great news, Republicans demand draconian cuts in exchanging for raising the debt ceiling, but won’t say what they want cut, why the platinum coin option could be the smart move on the debt ceiling, and a top IMF economist apologises for underestimating the danger of austerity,

On The Better Half: Alex Jones loses it on Piers Morgan’s show and now thinks the Illuminati is after him, Dick Armey’s amazingly entertaining break up with FreedomWorks and the conservative art of the con, eight college activists occupy the TransCanada offices in Massachusetts in an action against the Keystone pipeline and Random Rush!

And keep the conversation going on the morning thread!

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