155: Skepticrat155 - Good Wall Hunting Edition
08/02/21 • 43 min
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Headline Sources:
Jan. 6 commission to hold first hearing on Capitol attack: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/07/27/january-6-commission-hearing/
We gotta wear masks again: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/health/cdc-masks-indoors-delta-variant.html
The guy who spent $30 million building Trump’s wall is looking for buyers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-07-22/trump-border-wall-builder-tommy-fisher-is-looking-for-a-buyer
Company determines worst Delta Variant Danger Zone is Noah’s front yard: https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2021/07/26/southeast-georgia-county-deemed-nations-1-delta-danger-zone https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/27/biden-vaccine-mandate-federal-employees/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/27/health-202-vaccine-mandates-are-mounting-courts-are-upholding-them-so-far/
Simone Biles: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/sports/olympics/russia-wins-gold-medal-gymnastics.html
MAGA-branded "Freedom Phone" is a black box that should be avoided at all costs: https://gizmodo.com/new-ultra-city-smiths-trailer-has-hit-the-internet-1847312989 And right-wing Twitter knock-off GETTR gets hacked: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gettr-the-pro-trump-social-media-alternative-filled-with-trolls-grifters-and-hentai-porn/
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Headline Sources:
Jan. 6 commission to hold first hearing on Capitol attack: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/07/27/january-6-commission-hearing/
We gotta wear masks again: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/health/cdc-masks-indoors-delta-variant.html
The guy who spent $30 million building Trump’s wall is looking for buyers: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-07-22/trump-border-wall-builder-tommy-fisher-is-looking-for-a-buyer
Company determines worst Delta Variant Danger Zone is Noah’s front yard: https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2021/07/26/southeast-georgia-county-deemed-nations-1-delta-danger-zone https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/27/biden-vaccine-mandate-federal-employees/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/27/health-202-vaccine-mandates-are-mounting-courts-are-upholding-them-so-far/
Simone Biles: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/sports/olympics/russia-wins-gold-medal-gymnastics.html
MAGA-branded "Freedom Phone" is a black box that should be avoided at all costs: https://gizmodo.com/new-ultra-city-smiths-trailer-has-hit-the-internet-1847312989 And right-wing Twitter knock-off GETTR gets hacked: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gettr-the-pro-trump-social-media-alternative-filled-with-trolls-grifters-and-hentai-porn/
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154: Skepticrat154 - CPAC's Romana Edition
On this week's episode: We watched CPAC so you don’t have to ... We did not watch CPAC and Eli’s a liar ... And Sidney Powell accidentally stars in a Christopher Guest mockumentary of herself in federal court.
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Headline Sources:
Highlights from CPAC:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnm47/cpac-2021-trump-republican-party-highlights
COVID is skyrocketing:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-941fcf43d9731c76c16e7354f5d5e187
Japanese diplomat dismisses summit with South Korean president because he’s “probably too busy masturbating”: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/south-korea-summons-japan-undiplomatic-inappropriate-remarks-15239336
Hearing for Sidney Powell and kraken team is the greatest ever: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sidney-powell-disciplinary-hearing/2021/07/12/61d44ac4-e0c9-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html
The expanded child tax credit is here and it's huge fucking deal:
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016122095/the-expanded-child-tax-credit-is-here-heres-what-you-need-to-know
Hubble rebooted: https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-backup-hardware-success
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156: Skepticrat156 - Lindellible Marker Edition
On this week's episode: Madison Cawthorne puts his foot in his mouth because what else is he gonna do with them ... Dumb people will switch to something easier to pronounce than hydroxychloroquine ... And Mike Lindell has a symposium about proof that is quadruple absolute.
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Headline Sources:
Mike Lindell holds "cyber symposium" in South Dakota: https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lindell-cyber-symposium-jair-eduardo-bolsonaro-donald-trump-hat-2021-8
Madison Cawthorn's Tweet About 'Great Fiction Novel' 1984 Gets Mocked Into Oblivion: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/madison-cawthorn-1984_n_61134b44e4b08948dca1d025
Ron DeSantis threatens to withhold school boards’ paychecks if schools require masks: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/10/desantis-threatens-school-salaries-mask-mandates-florida/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/health/cardona-biden-abbott-desantis-mask-mandate.html https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/08/05/protesters-object-buncombe-county-schools-mask-mandate-council-meeting-north-carolina/5507110001/
Ivermectin is a waste of money and the Fed is not a Ponzi scheme: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/16/huge-study-supporting-ivermectin-as-covid-treatment-withdrawn-over-ethical-concerns
A bunch of famous people tell us that they’re crazy people who don't wash their bodies: https://nypost.com/2021/08/09/why-are-anti-showering-celebrities-trying-to-make-us-stink/
For the first time in its history, the USA has fewer white people: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-release-census-data-used-legislative-redistricting-2021-08-12/
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