pinkertons

WOTC sent Pinkerton agents to recover leaked Aftermath cards, meanwhile the set seems unbelievably cursed! 

Follow along as we recount one of the weirder sagas in the storied history of Magic: The Gathering…and frankly, the Pinkertons. It’s an extra newsy edition of All Cards Considered!

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We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming soon. In the meantime, enjoy these two bonus episodes from Russ & Blaine. 

• This Gizmodo article should fill you in on the basics of the original story.
• ‘The Pinkertons’ started as private bounty hunters on behalf of banks and railroads. They weren’t very good at it.
• They soon graduated from killing the family members of outlaws to killing the family members of Union organizers.
• That includes women and children.
• They are credibly believed to have destroyed evidence when ordered to testify before Congress.
• Nerds may know who they are because they sued Rockstar Games.
• They’re still actively engaged in Union-busting at the behest of companies like Amazon and Starbucks.
• As a 19th-century newspaper columnist put it so eloquently: “No man of refined sensibilities would enter the ranks as a hired Hessian of plutocracy, expecting to shoot down his brothers at the command of capital.”

Graham Elwood talks about how steel workers were crushed. Lee Camp reveals how the Queens Crown Jewels were stolen. 

The LBP team finally tackles the Homestead Strike of 1892 when steel workers and their families fought Andrew Carnegie and the Pinkertons.

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Rose and the boys discuss the founder of the Pinkerton Detectives, and neck beard enthusiast, Allan J Pinkerton.

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Founded by Scottish immigrant Allan Pinkerton, Chicago’s first police detective, in 1850, the Pinkerton Agency quickly became one of the most important crime detection and law enforcement groups in the United States. The pioneered the concepts of undercover work, criminal surveillance, and building an actual criminal database. The Pinkertons performed many of the same duties now regularly assigned to the Secret Service, the FBI, and the CIA. The agency also played an active role in chasing down a number of Wild West outlaws including Jesse James. And they did so much more. And we explore their history and the history of law enforcement before them in a big 'ol fat and juicy edition of Timesuck.

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Minisode 5: To assure you we are alive and well inside this opera house turned prison the Pinkertons are holding us in, we smuggled out this minisode. We laugh at some jokes, tell some stories, but mostly just tell Bruce what a good boy he is.

Have you ever wondered, what the hell does Lithium Jubilee have against the Pinkertons? Wonder no more! Episode 23 offers a primer in Pinkerton studies. Erin gives us insight into the man himself, Allen Pinkerton, while Jon describes the event that cements the agency into a group worthy of vulgarity. Keep those eyes open and don’t sleep on this episode!