After a very important Goat Update (tm), the hosts discuss the Canadian government’s heavyhanded response to the truckers, a very kinky new appointee to the Biden administration, and the San Francisco School Board recall. Premium subscribers can discuss the episode here.

Show notes/Links:

Cowboy… porno… metal…?: ​​https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/

Ilham Omar… welcome to the Intellectual Dark Web:

Trudeau taking advantage of emergency powers: https://archive.is/kFjgR#selection-1375.138-1375.214

Brinton on their conversion therapy: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/survivor-mit-grad-student-samuel-brinton-remembers-ex-gay-therapy/

More on them: https://businessequalitymagazine.com/qa-nuclear-engineer-presidential-advisor-conversion-therapy-activist-sam-brinton/

“'Pup Play' Isn't Just a Sexual Kink. It's Freedom.” Uhhhh okay: https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a35523288/puppy-play-bdsm/

Katie’s observation:

SF is quite blue:

https://abc7news.com/election-results-joe-biden-donald-trump-bay-area/7680084/

https://sfist.com/2020/11/16/over-56-000-people-in-san-francisco-voted-for-trump/

NYT on the recall: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/us/san-francisco-school-board-recall.html

Moliga had attempted to distance himself from the other two: https://sfstandard.com/education/facing-recall-school-board-member-faauuga-moliga-goes-it-alone/

Good rundown: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/san-francisco-school-board-recall/

López does herself no favors in this Chotiner interview: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-san-francisco-renamed-its-schools

Seems like a good use of School Board time:

Racist tweets: https://missionlocal.org/2021/03/alison-collins-school-board-tweets/

Crazy CNN article: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/opinions/san-francisco-school-board-recall-hemmer/index.html

Good interview with Siva Raj:

Image: Police and demonstrators clash on February 19, 2022, in Ottawa, Canada. - Police in Canada deployed to dislodge the final truckers and protesters from downtown Ottawa, in a mostly peaceful operation aimed at bringing an end to three weeks of demonstrations over Covid-19 health rules. Ottawa police, who pledged the operation would push ahead "until residents and citizens have their city back," were still working to clear the capital's streets. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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