
419: Degrowth
Attorney General Eric Holder faces a historic contempt of Congress vote as President Barack Obama invokes executive privilege to shield Fast and Furious documents. This move directly contradicts Obama’s 2007 campaign pledge to never use such powers to hide information from the public. The investigation remains centered on nearly 2,000 firearms provided to Mexican drug cartels and the subsequent death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. European leaders José Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy are pushing a Second Single Market Act to enforce deeper fiscal integration and a new carbon tax across the Eurozone. Meanwhile, Senator John McCain is advocating for a coalition of the willing to bypass the UN Security Council for military intervention in Syria. In the United States, the DEA continues to prioritize marijuana enforcement despite Administrator Michelle Leonhart’s inability to distinguish its risks from heroin during a heated C-SPAN hearing with Representative Jared Polis. Dave Barnett’s bizarre on-air speech lapse triggers theories about scramble ray technology while the Jerry Sandusky trial introduces a Histrionic Personality Disorder defense. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak also deconstruct the Rio+20 Earth Summit’s shift toward sustainability and the radical International Conference on Degrowth in Montreal. The Marinov Garrison receives a formal knighthood as the show analyzes the geopolitical implications of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals.



















