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4 days ago
NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 7 Part 1
4 days ago
4 days ago
This week, we sincerely tried to read Chapter 7 of Ted Cruz’ abortion of a book “Unwoke” but had to spend an hour and a half talking about how wrong he is about popular media instead. From Watchmen to Avengers, Ted doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.
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![NYGBC: Crypto, Just Say No!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
NYGBC: Crypto, Just Say No!
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
This week, on Kevin’s ADHD roller coaster topical tour, we take a trip to cryptocurrency mountain, where the water tastes like Lambos and the grift flows like wine. That’s right, cryptocurrency is a ponzi scheme, but somehow more environmentally destructive than Bernie Madoff even tried to be.
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Line Goes Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g&t=1s
Bitcoin transaction fees: https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_confirmation_time
Nicholas Weaver explains why crypto is a scam: https://www.vox.com/conversations/2018/4/11/17206018/bitcoin-blockchain-cryptocurrency-weaver
SPLC tracked donations to Alex Jones and white supremacist groups: o https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/04/29/updated-anonymous-donor-drops-2-million-bitcoin-alex-jones
EIA In Depth Analysis on Crypto energy usage: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61364
Coindesk reports the cost to mint bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/16/bitcoin-mining-cost-estimate-drops-to-45k-as-inefficient-miners-exit-jpmorgan/
The Real World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html
Bitcoin magazine on crypto electricity usage vs global banking system: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/research:-bitcoin-consumes-less-than-half-the-energy-of-the-banking-or-gold-industries
Digiconomist on the real cost of bitcoin: https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
Bitcoin transaction fees hit record highs: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/04/21/bitcoin-miners-reap-windfall-as-runes-debut-sends-transaction-fees-to-record-highs/#:~:text=Bitcoin%20transaction%20fees%20averaged%20a,based%20on%20coordinated%20universal%20time.
Bitcoin transaction fees hit 2020 lows: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-transaction-fees-lowest-2020
Financial Times explains why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff style Ponzi Scheme: https://www.ft.com/content/83a14261-598d-4601-87fc-5dde528b33d0
![NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 6 Part 2](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
NYGBC: Unwoke Chapter 6 Part 2
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
This week, we return to our review of the future required high school reading in Texas under supreme leader Abbott, Ted Cruz’ “Unwoke” or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cancun.
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![NYGBC: What the F**k IS the Supreme Court Doing?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
NYGBC: What the F**k IS the Supreme Court Doing?
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
This week, we depart from our usual formula to discuss the supreme court, their absolutely F**ked up rulings to shepherd in our new terrible world. On a serious note, I apologize for the way the episode ended but we decided we just needed to finish where we were. I cannot tell you it will get better, but we will be here no matter what happens.
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The 5th circuit is messed up: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/11/fifth-circuit-conservative-supreme-court/676116/
![NYGBC: Unwoke Part 8](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
NYGBC: Unwoke Part 8
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
This week, we return to our book review of Ted Cruz’ “Unwoke” with chapter 6 “The long march reaches the boardroom” In which Ted never bothered to think about his own premise of.
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Ted Cruz hates woke baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAJNkZ1iJUo
![NYGBC: Cultural Marxism "Documentary" Part 3](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
NYGBC: Cultural Marxism "Documentary" Part 3
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
This week, with Benedict away we finished off the cultural marxism propaganda film we started weeks ago and it ends with exactly the whimper we would expect. We’ll be back with a new episode next week.
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Watch along with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIdBuK7_g3M&t=4178s
![NYGBC: Unwoke Part 5](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
NYGBC: Unwoke Part 5
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
This week, we bring it back to our usual form by diving back into the pile of slop that is Ted Cruz’ book “unwoke.” This time we read chapter 5 about how that Marxist *checks notes* Joe Biden is creating a new soviet republic here in the US.
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![NYGBC: The Religion of Green Part 2](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
NYGBC: The Religion of Green Part 2
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
This week, we decided to finish off the short episodes we recorded for our now-cancelled month away in which we watched a Prager U Short Documentary entitled “The Religion of Green.” We had fun with it, and we hope you do too.
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Watch Along With Us: https://www.prageru.com/video/religion-of-green
![NYGBC: Prager U Short Documentary "The Religion of Green"](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 29, 2024
NYGBC: Prager U Short Documentary "The Religion of Green"
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
This week, we decided to release the first of two episodes we recorded for our now-cancelled month away in which we watched a Prager U Short Documentary entitled “The Religion of Green.” We had fun with it, and we hope you do too.
Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show!
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Watch Along With Us: https://www.prageru.com/video/religion-of-green
![NYGBC: Unwoke Part 6](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7615170/Not_Your_Grandmother_s_Book_Club_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 22, 2024
NYGBC: Unwoke Part 6
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
This week, we boot up, log in and drop out chapter 4 of Ted Cruz’ godawful mess of a book, “Unwoke” titled “Big Tech.” This time around we hear the same gripes against big tech that we’ve heard in ever book we’ve read with a dash of bad citations, and obvious lies disproven by how time works.
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Ted Cruz Clip of the Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RFclDjDYI4
Buzzfeed article released 5 years before Ted’s book detailing one of his sources’ intimate involvement with a neo-nazi: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism#.qbXJVb4y4