Episode · Timcast IRL · 2023-02-16
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #716 Chris Cuomo Says He Was Going To Kill Everyone And Himself w/Jimmy Dore
Tim, Ian, Hannah Claire, & Serge join Jimmy Dore to discuss Chris Cuomo wanting to kill himself after getting fired from CNN, Jimmy Dore saying the Ukraine war was started by the CIA, the White House saying UFOs are just used car lot balloons, and the Bing AI chatbot having an existential crisis.
Mentioned: War Is a Racket by Smedley Butler and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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War Is a Racket
War Is a Racket is a sharp, compact 1933 critique of military intervention and financial profiteering written by Major General Smedley D.
Discussed“but and so there's there's that book uh uh war is a racket by Smedley Butler I mean he talked about this in the 30s”
Where to get it
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins is an exposé detailing how covert economic strategies, loans, and international financial institutions are used by powerful nations and corporate elites to manipulate and exploit developing countries.
Discussed“I mean he talked about this in the 30s there's that there's that book called um confessions of an economic Hitman so whenever you see a marine somewhere uh you would best believe we're there to at the behest of a capitalists or a corporation American corporation”
Where to get it
