Episodes
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note from the archivist:
Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes, however in this case Reid wrote,
"We introduce the concept of starseeds and discuss some vignettes of starseeds from the academic literature. We hit new age concepts like past life regression, discuss brainwashing oneself, and map out a profile for the kinds of people who tend to become starseeds."
artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__)
Songs:
Starseed by Tony22
Starseed by Our Lady of Peace
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note from the archivist:
Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes
artwork by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS)
Episode 124 songs:
Bangara by Innov Gnawa
Baby, It’s Cold outside by Dean Martin
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note from the archivist:
Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes
artwork by Dakota (@DEEP_RED_BELLS)
Episode 101 Songs:
Dope Boys (Bird Peterson Remix) by Gucci Mane
Nanm Nan Boutey by Boukman Eksperyans
I Shot President McKinley (And I'm Gonna Do It Again and Again and Again) by Out of System Transfer
Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt by Jesse Winchester
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note from the archivist:
Jimmy did not write episode notes for the approximately 46 remaining episodes
artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__) based on Cuny's NGO maps for Thai concentration camps
Songs:
I Hear You Talkin’ by Faron Young
Live Fast, Love hard, Die Young by Faron Young
Face to the Wall by Faron Young
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[originally published on Patreon March 22, 2024]
This is the fifteenth and last installment in the UFC/Banana/Guatemala series.
Rodolfo and I finish discussing the film La Llorona. We get into some of the more spiritual themes of the film. We sincerepost and share our thoughts on spirituality more generally. This leads to a discussion of family ghost stories, and we each share one.
Songs:
La Llorona by Gaby Moreno
Ghost Party by Messer Chups
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[originally published on Patreon March 21, 2024]
Diving deeply into the claims made in the film La Llorona, I examine the question of Guatemala's oil industry in the wake of the 1954 coup and onwards, especially during La Violencia. As it turns out, most of the story deals with a company named Basic Resources International SA, or BRISA.
BRISA was owned by Sir James Goldsmith, a very curious man from a curious family. A corporate raider, far-right donor, and backer of private military contractor companies. I discuss the relationship between conservation movements and PMCs, and how the Goldsmith family backed both.
This leads me to discuss the privatization of intelligence, such as Six Eye / 6I, and Goldsmith's ties to Le Cercle. That, in turn, leads to a discussion of the P2 Lodge which itself loops right back to Banco Ambrosiano and would you look at that - BRISA again.
Then, I lay out BRISA's money moves and acquisitions next to the events of La Violencia and it starts to look more and more like the genocide was to move the Mayans off oil-rich lands. Finally, I find the piece of the puzzle to connect BRISA to the genocide directly via the case of General Vernon Walters.
Then, I cite several key examples which strengthen the hypothesis. After that, I explain what happened to the Guatemalan oil industry afterwards, where Guatemalan gangs came from, and why Guatemala continues to be unstable. Songs:False Flags by Massive AttackThird World Blood by Behind Enemy Lines
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[originally published on Patreon March 20, 2024]
I am joined by Rodolfo (from the Bolaño series) to discuss the 2019 Guatemalan film La Llorona, which features a lightly fictionalized account of a Montt stand-in and deals with the psychic and spiritual fallout from La Violencia. We discuss about half of the film's plot which led us to one of the throwaway lines in the film - the question of Guatemalan mineral rights.
Songs:
Lonely Surf Guitar by the Safaris
Surfin’ Todd by the Burzums
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[originally published on Patreon March 19, 2024]
I pick back up with Efraín Ríos Montt's pacification plan known as Victoria 82, informally known as Fusiles y Frijoles, or Rifles and Beans. Montt established secret courts, a scorched-earth military campaign and utilized counterinsurgency troops.
I share my personal experience with survivors of these incidents. I also read from a work of fiction, Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya which more eloquently captures what it is like to be confronted by these stories. Then, I read an extended passage from a truth and reconciliation report from just one of the many massacres of Finca San Francisco Nenton in Huehuetenango.
I discuss political opposition to the genocide. I also discuss the concentration camp program created with help from Israeli military advisors - they spoke frankly about the Palestinianisation of Guatemala. Further, the Israeli military provided arms and even a computer system which was used to compile death lists comparable to those of IBM and the Holocaust.
In August 1983, Montt was deposed in a bloodless military coup. I discuss Guatemala in the broader Cold War and World Anti-Communist League context. Then, I examine Montt's mental state during La Violencia and raise the serious possibility that he was a controlled asset. I trace the history of La Iglesia El Verbo, Gospel Outreach, this broader Dominionist theology, and Pat Robertson's investment portfolio.To end the episode, I lay out the claims of an anonymous internet commenter who claims to have been present at Montt's baptism in Eureka, California, and for other darker events. More on Guatemala's mineral rights soon.Songs:Selections from Uaxuctum by Giacinto ScelsiLuna de Xelajú performed by Gaby Moreno & Oscar Isaac
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