Episode 99 – Generation Kill

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Show Notes 

• Ben’s Grandma dies at 95, Josh gets another new computer monitor, and the guys examine the 2003 Iraq war through the eyes of journalist Evan Wright as they review ‘Generation Kill’. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-12:31)
  • Tom Cruise driving a motorcycle off a cliff. Repeatedly. 
  • FCC Code governing RF transmission 
• Bad at Technology (12:31-44:59)
  • Why can’t kids have online accounts? Answer: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) 
• Bad at Rhetoric & BGS (44:59-58:08)
  • The ‘Invention’ Canon 
  • What I’m reading:
    • Ben: Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks 
    • Josh: Stormfront by Jim Butcher 
• Generation Kill by Evan Wright (58:08-end)
  • THE BEST Recruiting Ad for the US Marine Corps ever produced 
  • Clip from Generation Kill miniseries on HBO: How do you deal with dumb officers? 
  • FBI Arrests National Guardsman in leak of classified documents 
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  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich