> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Episode 136: Dollop: Bayou of Pigs - URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-136-dollop/ - Published: 2016-09-12T22:20:53.000Z - Updated: 2025-02-03T15:56:21.000Z - Author: Carla Pettigrew - Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53 > I mean, look, if I’m on the second paragraph of a Dollop and I say “He liked cats”, that’s never going to fucking go well. > > –Dave [Lonely Planet/Spain/Granada](https://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/granada) — so pretty, leave it alone, ‘Murica [Lonely Planet/Caribbean/Dominica](https://www.lonelyplanet.com/dominica) –even prettier, stop it Okay, once again, I get to run my [Doc Brown](http://amzn.to/2cqqNjt) routine, put on my Hawaiian shirt–maybe my lab coat, and stab my fingers through my hair until it stands on end, because I am right, [everything’s connected](https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/tag/synchronicity/): here’s another American asshole trying to be king of the hill and take over an island. Reference: [The Polygamist King, Mr. Episode 148 ](http://theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-148-dollop/) *Everything’s connected, Marty!* But wait, there’s more! KKK all over the place…let’s give a moist, limp hoo.ray. In our past: - [171: The Jones County Deserters](http://theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-171-dollop/) - [98: D. C. Stephenson and the Klan](http://theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-98-dollop/) - [86: Tom Dennison and the Omaha Riot](http://theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-86-dollop/) - and, [My mom and the KKK](http://theremightbecupcakes.com/kkk-oral-history/), oral history thanks to, yes, my mom Rastafari, which, yes, is [one of the Abrahamic religions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic%5Freligions): > When most people hear the word “Rastafari,” they think of men with dreadlocks, of smoking ganja, and of men with dreadlocks smoking ganja. Basically, they think of Bob Marley. In fact, Rastafari is a very serious philosophy that takes much direction from the Bible. While there are some people who claim to be Rastafari just as an excuse to do drugs, there are many true believers, and the public idea of them is often quite inaccurate: [Listverse: 10 Things to Know About Rastafari Beliefs](http://listverse.com/2014/01/06/10-things-to-know-about-rastafari-beliefs/) [origin of dreadlocks at jamaicans.com](http://jamaicans.com/dreadlocks/) [Bayou Of Pigs: The True Story of an Audacious Plot to Turn a Tropical Island into a Criminal Paradise](http://amzn.to/2cragzm) \* Stewart Bell ‘Cause sometimes, you just wanna tear other peoples’ playhouses down and be gangsters. Nothing wrong with that, amirite? facepalm. Ai yi, excessive testosterone. We Americans gotta learn to play in our own backyards, and play nicely. [Grenada Voice Shutdown 1981: The Grenada Chronicles](http://amzn.to/2cgd1FI) \* Grenada National Museum, edited by Ann Elizabeth Wilder [Coke Factory Strike 1979: The Grenada Chronicles](http://amzn.to/2c6qMWi) \* Grenada National Museum, edited by Ann Elizabeth Wilder 2005: [Wolfgang Droege White Supremacist who Tried to Overthrow Dominica’s Government is Shot to Death](http://www.thedominican.net/articles/droege.htm) [Soldier of Fortune Guide How to Become a Mercenary](http://amzn.to/2czVXdw) \* Barry Davies rant disclaimer: I loves me some menfolk. Ain’t no misandry in The Dollop. *deep breath* Hold on, here we go– See, here’s the fucking problem *why* is this a thing?! Don’t encourage bros to sit at home, half-naked at home, stuck to their Barcalounger, double-fisting Cheetos and beer, thinking that they could be a one man take-stomp-shoot-fuck machine! Do you know how fragile the balance between savage lizard brain and civilized brain is? Have you not seen [Altered States](http://amzn.to/2cShXfZ) or [The Accused](http://amzn.to/2cA165d)? [*Deliverance*](http://amzn.to/2cShFFL)? [Lord of the pigsticking Flies](http://amzn.to/2cSh8Uo)? What the fuck is wrong with you? ([Actual Bay of Pigs](http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion)) Band names from this episode: - Prime Minister Bikini - Baby Ape - Regular Dreams From the Days Inn - White Power Collar Crime - Louisiana Dark Goblin Cultural references from this episode: - [Cats musical](http://amzn.to/2caDF0c) - [Soldier of Fortune](http://amzn.to/2cSeDlc)