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79: Skepticrat 079: Laborious Editon Sep 03, 2018

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In this week’s episode, we learn that life without Heath is a lot less “pun”, Missouri puts the term ‘beat your meat’ in legal limbo if you don’t plan on eating your penis, the Mayor of London will get totally PWNED, and John McCain will show Trump what to do if he’s serious about making America great again.

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Headlines:

New Wapo/ABC poll shows 60% disapproval rating: https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/08/31/National-Politics/Polling/release_528.xml

London Mayor gets his own revenge balloon: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/london-mayor-bikini-blimp-trump-baby-balloon/

Trump fucks Canada again: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta/u-s-mexico-reach-nafta-deal-pressure-turns-to-canada-idUSKCN1LC1E7 and https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/1/17808706/trump-off-the-record-toronto-star-canada

Death toll from hurricane Maria raised to over 3000: https://abcnews.go.com/US/death-toll-hurricane-maria-3000-puerto-rico-study/story?id=57179291

Missouri passes new meat labelling law: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/29/642937901/whats-meat-anyway-missouri-label-law-says-it-comes-from-an-animal-some-disagree

78: Skepticrat078 - Tiny Cancer Edition Aug 20, 2018

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On this week's episode: The President yelling the N-word doesn't even make the back page ... The EPA will put the 'best' back in asbestos ... And that means Crayola can finally release their new childhood carcinoma shade.

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Headline Sources:

Trump revokes Brennan’s security clearance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-intelligence-officials-bite-back-after-trump-goes-after-brennans-clearance/2018/08/18/91efe7a0-a255-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/revoke-my-security-clearance-too-mr-president/2018/08/16/8b149b02-a178-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7astory.html?utmterm=.c254e6c13af0

Saudis use US weapons to blow up kids in Yemen: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/middleeast/us-saudi-yemen-bus-strike-intl/index.html

Asbestos finally getting fair treatment by the EPA: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/15/opinions/trump-epa-needs-full-asbestos-ban-reinstein/index.html https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-files-donald-thinks-asbestos-would-saved-world-trade-center/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-asbestos-707642/

Trump team can’t even put on a goddamn parade: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-blames-dc-officials-for-postponing-his-planned-military-parade/2018/08/17/e96687c8-a205-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721

Alex Jones accused of destroying evidence related to Sandy Hook lawsuit: https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/17/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-lawsuit/index.html

Omarosa confirms what we all knew this whole time: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/donald-trump-omarosa-tapes/index.html https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/8/16/17693342/donald-trump-n-word-tape-racism-omarosa-manigault-controversy

77: Skepticrat077 - Jim Kroeger Edition Aug 06, 2018

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On this week's episode: We win millions by asking Donald Trump what the lottery numbers WON'T be … Winnie the Pooh will be detained by communists … And we LOSE millions by asking ELI what the best STOCKS won't be.

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Headline Sources:

Trump says impressive list of stupid things this week even for him: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/politics/mueller-investigation-jeff-sessions-tweet/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/politics/donald-trump-shutdown/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/01/opinions/trump-has-no-earthly-clue-about-how-everyday-people-live-psaki/index.html

Update on Week One of Manafort Trial: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/400327-five-things-to-know-about-manaforts-first-week-in-court

Eli got in another Facebook fight and immediately wrote a headline while typing all loud: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/17644704/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-tweets-backlash-racism

Trump calls LeBron James and Don Lemon stupid: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-comes-to-lebron-james-defense-after-presidents-insultus5b660139e4b0b15abaa3d6e7 https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/michael-jordan-throws-support-behind-lebron-james-spat-trump-president-included-like-mike-hate-tweet/

China bans Christopher Robin: https://www.vox.com/2018/8/4/17651630/christopher-robin-banned-in-china-pooh

North Korean nuclear talks going nowhere: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45069951

76: Skepticrat076 - Knock on Wouldn't Edition Jul 23, 2018

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On this week's episode: Trump wouldn't even commit treason ... We lament all the Disney movies we'll never direct ... And Russia has to wean the US off its breast milk tariff idea.

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Headline Sources:

Fallout from Trump/Putin summit: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/16/17576956/transcript-putin-trump-russia-helsinki-press-conference

Disney Fires James Gunn: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/20/entertainment/james-gunn-exits-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3/index.html

Trump whines about NFL National Anthem kneelers: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-flag-kneeling-tweetus5b526248e4b0fd5c73c56f20

Maria Butina arrested: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/16/maria-butina-charged-spying-russia-us-doj <> https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/20/politics/mueller-manhattan-madam/index.html

Eli wastes a headline making a specious argument about what Heath said about Tesla: https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/19/technology/business/tesla-downgrade/index.html

Trump's UN delegation declares war on breast milk: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/07/09/the-pro-life-trump-administration-declared-war-on-breast-milk/

75: Skepticrat075 - Torrez a New One Editon Jul 09, 2018

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In this week's episode, Andrew Torrez of the Opening Arguments Podcast joins Noah to tell you about all the stuff you wish you didn't need to know about the future of the Supreme Court.

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74: Skepticrat074 - Caged Wisdom Edition Jun 25, 2018

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On this week's episode: Despite all our rage they still put a kid in a cage ... Sarah Huckabee Sanders is forced to forage for bones as she did on her home world ... And Donald Trump tells the Pentagon to hire Buzz Lightyear for a big new project.

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Headline Sources:

Trying to find the right amount of kids in cages: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/factcheck-qa-on-border-detention-of-children-20180619.html

US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council: https://www.bbc.com/news/44537372

The World Cup is happening: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/06/14/the-world-cup-starts-today-why-it-matters-as-much-for-politics-as-sports/?utm_term=.89b20b457839

SHS gets denied service at VA restaurant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/06/23/why-a-small-town-restaurant-owner-asked-sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-leave-and-would-do-it-again/?utm_term=.64edc86233f1

SCOTUS rules in favor of people not wanting the gov’t to know where they are 24/7: https://gizmodo.com/cops-need-a-warrant-to-collect-your-phone-location-data-1827050891

Canada legalizes the ganj: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/health/canada-legalizes-marijuana/index.html

Trump announces new "Space Force" branch of the military: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/18/its-official-trump-announces-space-force-6th-military-branch.html

Roundup Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-rrr-cut/as-trade-war-looms-china-cuts-some-banks-reserve-requirements-to-boost-lending-idUSKBN1JK094

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/zimbabwe-explosion-rocks-stadium-rally-president-emmerson-mnangagwa

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/06/19/27874178/godwins-law-suspended-by-godwin

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/middleeast/sara-netanyahu-indicted-intl/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/idaho-boy-recovering-from-rare-case-of-plague/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/world/new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-baby/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/18/technology/google-invest-jd-china/index.html

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/federal-government-releases-national-near-earth-object-preparedness-plan

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rapper-xxxtentacion-shot-miami-condition-unknown-report-1121016

73: Skepticrat073 - OMG7 Edition Jun 11, 2018

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On this week's episode, Eli gets a chance to do the opening "It's Monday" (and totally nails it), Trump will pout when he learns that the G7 isn't a bingo night, and your mom should've thought about insurance before she decided to have diabetes.

Headline links:

Trump shits all over G7: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-floats-end-to-all-tariffs-threatens-major-penalties-for-countries-that-dont-agree/2018/06/09/a06350be-6bf1-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1story.html?utmterm=.e227de9964ac

Ontario elects populist hack: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-election-ontario/populist-doug-ford-set-to-win-ontario-polls-promises-prosperity-idUSKCN1J318K

Puerto Rico’s government agrees to begrudgingly help figure out how many people the hurricane killed: http://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/court-orders-puerto-rico-to-release-stormrelated-death-data/1219559305

Largest primary night of the year: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/california-primary-takeaways/index.html

Lawsuit threatens pre-existing conditions provision of the ACA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/08/aca-lawsuit-could-jeopardize-52-million-americans-access-to-health-care/?utm_term=.b5f925aaf22a

South Korean women’s march: https://www.rt.com/news/429289-south-korea-spy-porn-women-protest/

Paul Manafort faces two more obstruction indictments: https://www.vox.com/2018/6/8/17442614/mueller-manfort-kilimnik-indicted-russia

72: Skepticrat072 - Un Again Off Again Edition May 28, 2018

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On this week's episode: Donald Trump will be off again Un again ... Atheist cuisine in Ireland gets a lot more savory ... And we learn how a lack of fish condoms is destroying the environment.

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Headline Sources:

Trump optimistic that his promise to cancel NK summit was insincere: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sounds-note-of-optimism-on-north-korea-claims-democrats-rooting-against-him/2018/05/25/e3c1767a-6001-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c

Morgan Freeman gets multiple accusations of harassment and assautl: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/entertainment/morgan-freeman-accusations/index.html

GOP Congressman says sea levels are rising because of rocks falling into the water: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/18/gop-rep-mo-brooks-sea-levels-are-rising-because-rocks-fall-into-the-ocean/

Trump's new CDC Director worked for group that said God made AIDS to punish gay people: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/18/trumps-new-cdc-director-worked-with-group-claiming-god-punished-gays-with-aids/

Ireland votes overwhelmingly to overturn abortion ban: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ireland-votes-to-repeal-its-ban-on-abortion/2018/05/26/fb675fa8-603b-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01

Elon Musk planning to crowdsource truth in journalism with a site called Pravda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/05/24/pravda-elon-musks-solution-for-punishing-journalists/?utm_term=.b72f5fd0dfb8

Bill Gates describes absurd meetings with Donald Trump: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/bill-gates-says-trump-asked-difference-between-hiv-hpv-n875286 https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bill-gates-dishes-about-trump-meetings-in-exclusive-video-1236490819549

Roundup Sources:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44263045

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/05/25/immigration-children-separated-families-lost-column/643793002/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election/venezuelas-maduro-re-elected-amid-outcry-over-vote-idUSKCN1IL05U

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-lawmaking/kenyas-president-signs-cybercrimes-law-opposed-by-media-rights-groups-idUSKCN1IH1KX

http://avherald.com/h?article=4b890953&opt=0

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44257202

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/politics/sports-betting-ncaa-supreme-court/index.html

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/denmark-pulls-special-forces-out-of-iraq-10243758

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bs-sp-ravens-nfl-national-anthem-policy-20180523-story.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/18/technology/holographic-phone-red-hydrogen-one-release/index.html

http://news.trust.org//item/20180515155200-w9er6/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/publix-censors-teens-summa-cum-laude-graduation-cakeus5b042efbe4b003dc7e46a54a

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/u-s-sanctions-iran-central-bank-s-governor-and-another-official

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/05/23/steve-bannon-mlk-proud-of-trump-van-jones-sot-nr.cnn

71: Skepticrat071 - Cohen of Silence Edition May 14, 2018

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On this week's episode: All evil acts are seven degrees or less away from Michael Cohen ... We'll learn that real estate boom has a totally different meaning in Hawaii ... And American democracy theater is breaking the fourth wall again.

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Headline Sources:

Cohen sold American policy to the highest bidders: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/politics/michael-cohen-trump-lobbying/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/politics/rudy-giuliani-michael-cohen-trump/index.html

White house Aide jokes about dying McCain: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/politics/white-house-kelly-sadler-john-mccain/index.html

Trump announces that we're pulling out of Iran nuclear deal: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/world/middleeast/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html also http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/11/top-state-department-nuclear-expert-announces-resignation-in-wake-of-trump-iran-deal-exit/

And here's what Iran plans on doing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-prepared-for-all-scenarios-if-trump-nixes-nuclear-deal-officials-say/2018/05/08/531047a0-5241-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce

Israel attacks Iranian positions in Iran: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/10/israel-fires-barrage-missiles-syria-accusing-iranian-forces/

Schneiderman resigns amidst multiple sexual misconduct allegations: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

Dr. Dre loses trademark battle to PA gynecologist Dr. Drai: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dr-dre-dr-drai-legal-battleus5af355c3e4b09bb419e4a367

Roundup Sources:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12048539

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44096595

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/11/17326646/robot-sex-dolls-love-artificial-intelligence

http://kfor.com/2018/05/07/35-structures-destroyed-after-hawaiis-volcanic-eruption/

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/live/2018/may/12/eurovision-song-contest-2018-live-lisbon

http://www.cityam.com/285515/walmart-acquires-indias-largest-online-shop-flipkart-16bn

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/12/middleeast/iraq-elections-intl/index.html

http://www.lastampa.it/2018/05/12/italia/berlusconi-si-pu-di-nuovo-candidare-s-del-giudice-alla-riabilitazione-3exSntp1axZPDIP0bjKr8K/pagina.html

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2775247-john-mcenroe-donald-trump-offered-me-1m-to-play-serena-or-venus-williams?utmsource=cnn.com&utmmedium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

http://bgr.com/2018/05/07/avengers-infinity-war-box-office-billion/

https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/blogs/new-yorks-tappan-zee-bridge-recycled-artificial-reef

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/fcc-says-net-neutrality-rules-will-end-on-june-11-idUSKBN1IB1UN

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44078255

https://home.nra.org/lt-colonel-oliver-north-poised-to-become-nra-president/

www.heathalmostburstsintoflame.com

70: Skepticrat070 - Pee Tape Delayed Edition Apr 30, 2018

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On this week's episode: We're Kim Jong-UN step closer to world peace ... Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee say "nu-uh" verbosely ... And Kanye West shows us exactly where the white guilt runs out.

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Headline Sources:

Inter-Korean summit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/korean-summit-everything-you-need-to-know and https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/asia/read-full-declaration-north-south-korea/index.html

Kanye West loving Trump and might run for POTUS in 2024: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/politics/kanye-west-donald-trump-twitter/index.html

Homeopath uses rabid dog saliva to treat 4-year-old with behavioral problems: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/04/18/a-4-year-old-had-been-growling-at-preschool-so-this-naturopath-says-she-gave-him-rabid-dog-saliva/?utm_term=.b73828589a60 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/19/homeopath-used-saliva-of-a-rabid-dog-to-treat-4-year-olds-behavior-issues/

House Intelligence Committee releases their “findings”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-intelligence-committee-gop-releases-final-russia-report/2018/04/27/cfea31e2-4a20-11e8-9072-f6d4bc32f223

Toronto van attack by incel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torontovanattack

Pee tape alibi getting weaker and weaker: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/flight-records-contradict-trump-pee-tape-whereaboutsus5ade5610e4b036e7aeb59162

Roundup Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bill-cosby-scandal/bill-cosby-found-guilty-sexual-assault-retrial-n869121

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Airplane-Makes-Emergency-Landing-at-Philadelphia-International-Airport-480008613.html