Word on the street is that the US and the Taliban may have come to a peace agreement. Which is why Republican politicians in America hate it. Why? Well, for one, because they’re horny for war (and war expenditures), but also because they’re really, really dumb. Here’s a Defense News story that gives you the full smorgasbord of terrible quotes: https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/08/12/liz-cheney-republicans-voice-skepticism-on-possible-us-taliban-peace-deal/?fbclid=IwAR1p5YRIwb566foKFSXhURrdB5ZsaWBtnxpAOiIz2Q2-n3yxJlwlPdN0VJU As a palate cleanser, we also discuss a story about how a soldier in Germany got drunk and tried to use land-navigation skills to get back to base, except he wound up on the tracks of Germany’s high-speed passenger train (don’t worry! Nothing bad happened): https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/08/08/ridin-the-rails-drunk-soldier-arrested-after-using-train-tracks-to-find-his-way-back-to-base/?fbclid=IwAR38FrizJm6HRQjh8pWTWvkBO-K48NBqsd2U06iZ2ZywFWm9kiNRZyqy12I This week’s bonus is the conclusion of Francis reviewing the HBO series GENERATION KILL. Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29109895 You may have noticed that the first issue of our zine has debuted, and you can get it in print by signing up at the $10 monthly Patreon tier. We have a YouTube channel now -- subscribe here and get sweet videos from us in which we yell in our cars like true veterans: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHZpNTz-h6aTeQiJrEDKw We have a new t-shirt out — get some anarchist agriculture in your life! Buy it here: https://teespring.com/new-anarchist-agricultural#pid=387&cid=101810&sid=front You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedeserts Follow Francis here: @ArmyStrang