601: June 16, 2003

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Today, Dan and Jordan dip back into the past. In this installment, Alex horribly fumbles a story that he could have nailed, gets suspiciously defensive about how he cut his finger over the weekend, and is super condescending toward a guest from Harper's who mysteriously agreed to be on the show.

Tidbits

• Alex wants to talk about Dr Charles Cell, mentally ill dentists who committed medical fraud
• Guest: Jeff Charlotte of Harper's
• Background: The Family, extremist Christian group
• VirginUtah.com: Alex tried to push a libertarian community
• Alex cut his hand on a boat but won't take painkillers for it and may have cursed at someone
• Guest: John Stadtmiller, says Dr Cell case is a waco coverup
• The ATF will plant pipebombs on your property
• Harper's article says The Family likes Hitler
• Alex owes his money to The Family by radicalizing Mike Lindell
• Jeff describes how the family operates, sounds like Alex
• Alex tries to expand on Jeff's research
• Reading Nietzsche makes you evil
• Alex tries to out research Jeff
• Jeff: who would believe in the book of Revelations?
• Jeff: They don't realize they want a dictatorship
• Jeff: They're fundamentalist Christians
• Alex: I'm a fundamentalist Christian
• Caller: Conservatives fetishize authority
• Alex won't let caller compliment Jeff
• Caller: State of Michigan just raped and pillaged my family

Detailed Show Notes

Topics covered:

• The case of Dr. Charles Sell and whether or not the state can forcibly medicate someone so they can be competent to participate in a trial
• The ACLU petitioned the court on behalf of Dr. Sell
• Sell v. United States, Supreme Court decision
• The CCC are a bunch of white nationalists
• Jeff Sharlet's 2003 article in Harper's about The Family
• Archived page of Alex's Virgin, Utah website
• Kennesaw's government website discusses their population increase
• Kennesaw's gun ordinance is unenforceable
• The coverage of the Georgia Republic Militia bomb story is missing some details
• Salon article about how Mike Lindell found God and right-wing politics at the National Prayer Breakfast, run by The Family