Episode One Hundred Sixty Two: Zig's Internal Clock

06/11/24 • 46 min

Did President Biden pirate Ronald Reagan's 1984 speech in Normandy and did he test the absorbency of his Depends on the world stage? Zig appeared with Dan Abrams on NewsNation to address these concerns about Biden and relied on his "Internal Clock" to close out the segment (1:00-21:00). Zig's BS detector registered a 10 when right wing media outlets were falling for the phony Facebook post from a supposed Trump jurors cousin (21:00-43:00). Chelsea Handler's racist strategy to get 50 Cent to pull his endorsement of Trump fails. Perhaps her incentive was not so enticing (43:00-49:00). Protests in DC and hostage rescue in Gaza (49:00-52:00). Hunter Biden is on trial and and the laptop was submitted as evidence (52:00-57:00). DeSantis 1 / Disney 0 (57:00-1:01:00). Happy Meals suck and so does Gavin Newsom's $20 minimum wage (1:01:00-1:10:00). Audrey Hale, the Nashville Covenant School shooter, had portions of her manifesto released illustrating a life of mental illness (1:10:00-1:15:00). US Olympic Committee warns media professionals about unacceptable descriptions of trans athletes (1:15:00-1:19:00). Caitlin Clark snubbed by Olympic Committee that prefers no one watch the games (1:19:00-1:34:00). The latest rumors about a potential Lakers coach and a KC Chief has a cardiac event but no one notices (1:35:00-1:42:00). It's the 30th anniversary of the OJ murders and a new Lifetime movie focuses on Nicole Brown Simpson and what they consider the actual motive (1:42:00-1:56:00).
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Episode One Hundred Sixty One: Drunk On The Blood Of Liberty

Just as Zig predicted, the post-verdict polling has been largely inconclusive (0:00-10:30). A few thoughts on the Hunter Biden gun trial (10:30-13:45). The Wall St. Journal has a new report about what's happening behind the scenes on team Biden as it become harder to ignore his diminishing mental acuity (13:45-29:30). Fauci testifies to House committee and John breaks it all down (29:30-58:00). Some fresh thoughts regarding Covid vaccines as two new studies are released (58:00-1:16:00). The Washington Post fires a female Executive Editor and the woke staffers speak out about it (1:17:00-1:29:00). Breaking sports stories from Caitlin Clark to Bob Costas to Lebron James to NIL (1:29:00-1:57:30). John wraps up with some thoughts on courage, faith and patriotism and the soldiers who ran towards almost certain death 80 years ago on a beach in France (1:57:30-END).
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Episode One Hundred Sixty Three: Single Issue Voter

The verdict is in and Hunter Biden was found guilty and Zig wonders whether he'll now be motivated to hope his father loses in November. The irony of aJoe Biden speaking about gun control days after his son is convicted on gun charges (1:00-13:00). DJT successfully wrangles those singe-issue-voters torn between electrocution and shark attack (15:00-22:00). Do recent elections across the EU indicate a red wave is coming to the US and Americans want to kick illegals out of the country (23:00-40:00). Jewish American still aren't voting for Republicans so should we believe the polls that say Black Americans are shifting (40:00-51:00)? Biden's imaginary crime stats (51:00-56:00). The Caitlin Clark effect (56:00-1:09:00). NBA coach silences a room full of reporters, the "logo" passes at 86 and Zig looks forward to this week's US Open (1:15:00-1:40:00).
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