227: Skepticrat227 - Sobs Tory Edition

06/17/24 • 59 min

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On this week's episode: Rishi Sunak shows us what the Normandy landing looked like in reverse ... Donald Trump tries his luck with word-saying again ... And a bombshell revelation in the world of cylindrical food contract law ROCKS the community.
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Headline Sources:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-abortion-pill-mifepristone/index.html
PM apologises for leaving D-Day commemorations early: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722zv2myjro
Reform UK candidate apologizes over Hitler neutrality comments: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjmmrwexv4ko
US ran anti-vax campaign under Trump: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
Champion hot dog eater excluded from Coney Island contest over veggie franks:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/champion-hot-dog-eater-excluded-coney-island-contest-over-veggie-franks-2024-06-12/
Joey Chestnut to face rival Takeru Kobayashi in hot dog eating contest on Netflix: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5559677/2024/06/12/joey-chestnut-takeru-kobayashi-hot-dog-contest-netflix/
Gove’s replacement caught out on claim he moved to Surrey Heath as home found on Airbnb: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-general-election-surrey-heath-michael-gove-b2559359.html
Voters Laugh At Esther McVey After She Says 'Tories Always Get The Country Back On Its Feet': https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/voters-laugh-at-esther-mcvey-after-she-says-tories-always-get-the-country-back-on-its-feet_uk_66669940e4b0a01ba85b4df2
Trump’s teleprompter goes out again, leads to rant about sharks and electric boats: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/11/trump-electric-boats-sharks/

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226: Skepticrat226 - Convictory Lap Edition

On this week's episode: Eric Adams turns Manhattan into an empty refuge for cyborg billionaires ... Alvin Bragg finds a witch ... And Rudy Giuliani gets served a witch indictment while hiding behind his broomstick.
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Headline Sources:
Trump convicted on 34 counts: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/hush-money-next-for-trump
Congestion pricing in NYC: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/congestion-pricing-in-nyc-everything-you-need-to-know-including-start-date-exemptions-and-map-030124
Sunak has to call for election amid abject failure and the announcement is an abject failure: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/uk-general-election-what-you-need-to-know-4-july
Google AI experiment goes not great: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai
Florida civics training links "cancel culture" to mass murder: https://popular.info/p/florida-civics-training-links-cancel
Nothing is going well for Rudy Giuliani:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/two-hours-mocking-arizonas-attorney-general-rudy-giuliani-served-birth-rcna152905
https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-ruby-freeman-bankruptcy-new-york-florida-debtors-rudy-coffee-1905811
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/05/31/rudy-giuliani-disbarment-dc/

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228: Skepticrat228 - Debated Breath Edition

On this week's episode: The Tory party will have some bad luck at the bookies ... Boeing will take aircraft failure to new heights ... And the New York Times editorial board wants to take Joe Biden to a farm upstate.
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Another amazing word of the day from Susie Dent:
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Headline Sources:
Biden vs Trump debate: https://apnews.com/live/presidential-debate-2024-updates#00000190-5cdc-dd31-aff9-fefed7f50000
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/538-ipsos-june-2024-presidential-debate-poll
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/debate-poll-cnn-trump-biden/index.html
Sunak aide admits placing bet on general election: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722eyxxknro
Nigel Farage claims "We provoked war in Ukraine": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8vv3vgngd0o
Reform UK defends candidates as more comments emerge: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx77lvd6e73o.amp
Boeing astronauts still stuck in space: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/27/why-are-two-boeing-astronauts-stuck-in-space

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