S04E12: Let's Burn Cars

S04 E12 Show Title: Let’s Burn Cars Featuring Hosts: Matthew Carano, Nick Boyle, and Cord Blomquist Engineered by: Matthew Carano Produced by: Matthew Carano, and Nick Boyle Show Summary: On this episode of The Freecast: Laurie List to be released without redaction, new legislation allows Kingston residents to burn a car, Tether’s up to no good again, and Meshech Weare as NH’s supreme leader. News NH Court Says: Release List of Police With Credibility Issues (MC) https://www.fosters.com/news/20190424/nh-court-release-list-of-police-with-credibility-issues New legislation will allow Kingston to Bonfire a Car (NB) https://www.unionleader.com/news/human_interest/legislation-will-allow-kingston-to-rekindle-bonfire-with-car-on/article_cf87649b-ddfc-5ccf-b9c0-4581e570a646.html Nancy Strapko get $350,000 in settlement from Plymouth State for violating her “academic freedom” in reaction to Kristie Torbick case (CB) https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/fired-psu-lecturer-who-supported-counselor-in-sex-assault-case/article_357b2667-0a1d-5abb-be28-4874fc8bf8ce.html Atlantic wrote about this: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/how-a-professor-was-punished-for-an-act-of-citizenship/570418/ “Kristie takes full responsibility for her actions with her ‘victim.’ I put this in parentheses because I am aware that her ‘victim’ was truly the pursuer in this case.” This “pursuer” was a 14-year-old boy. Polygamist (NB) https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/man-who-married-four-women-gets-no-jail-time-on/article_2ddbc9a3-e1c2-502d-bff0-87c686c8bc6a.html Tether is only 74% backed (MC) https://www.coindesk.com/tether-lawyer-confirms-stablecoin-74-percent-backed-by-cash-and-equivalents https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitfinex-allegedly-covers-850-million-loss-with-tether-funds NH Gun Bills Testimony (MC) https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20190430/passionate-testimony-on-nh-gun-bills Events Freecoast Liberty Meetup Thursday: Dover NH History The 1784 Constitution Meshech Weare President of the Executive Council This was the upper-body of the legislature and the executive body Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court He was at the top of all three branches of government He began as a town moderator Pine Tree Riots In 1772 Weare was one of four justices to rule on the Pine Tree Riots He voted to fine the defiant party 20 schilling, which was an extremely light punishment Book Recommendation: Andrew Vietze’s White Pine: American History and the Tree That Made a Nation Native Americans in the “Five Nations” seeking peace would gather beneath a towering white pine, its clusters of five needles a symbol of unity. The Mohawks called the Algonquin “rondak,” a slur meaning “tree eater” because they ate the inner layer of bark during hard winters to prevent scurvy The English exhausted all of their native “mast trees,” Imported trees from Russia and Norway and Bosnia These trees needed to be 3’ feet wide at the base and 36’ high Had to keep pace with the Dutch, French, and Spanish This was the driver of the Pine Tree Riots Explains why the pine was on the first Flag of New England http://www.seacoastnh.com/president-meshech-weare/ https://www.founderoftheday.com/founder-of-the-day/weare https://northernwoodlands.org/wood_lit/entry/white-pine-american-history-and-the-tree-that-made-a-nation Suggestions/Feedback Do you have a topic that you would like for us to discuss? A correction and additional piece of information that we may have overlooked, please send it in to [email protected] While you are here, follow us on Twitter @freecastpodcast and like our Facebook page.