Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Mole dealing with Congressional Budget proposals, drones and filibusters, rape and Native Americans, civilization's fate in the hands of capitalism, and the fight to save the US Postal Service.  

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1.  Economist Ellen Frank explains the three budget proposals in Congress in this conversation with Bill Resnick.

2.  Can our government kill us?  Clayton Morgareidge takes up the question of using drones against us.

3.  Iven Hale reads a piece by Gyassi Ross about the Violence Against Women Act and its relevance to rapes of Native Americans by non-natives.

4.  Old Mole Tom Becker reads Noam Chomsky's commentary about the incompatibility of civilization and capitalism.

5.  Live audio from Sunday's  rally to save our Postal Service.