117: Skepticrat117 - Bidentity Crisis Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On this week's episode: Were all gonna die from that beer virus ... We’re all gonna deserve the ever loving hell out of it whether we do or not ... And we'll all learn an important lesson about ass-potatoes.

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Headline Sources:

Joe Biden wins the South Carolina primary: https://www.npr.org/2020/02/29/810477647/biden-wins-south-carolina-primary-ap-projects

Trump has no idea what a virus is and appoints Pence to be in charge of coronavirus response: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-cdc.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-border-wall-coronavirus-rally_n_5e59c9d8c5b601022110dd75

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ted-cruz-coronavirus

Steven Seagal charged by SEC with failing to disclose payments:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/27/entertainment/steven-seagal-sec-charges/index.html

A tiny little moon followed Earth home but we can't keep it: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2235427-earth-has-acquired-a-brand-new-moon-thats-about-the-size-of-a-car/#ixzz6F6Y9rpdp

Actresses walk out of 'French Oscars' after Roman Polanski wins top awards: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/europe/roman-polanski-actresses-walk-out-cesar-awards-intl/index.html

Putting potatoes up your butt won’t cure hemorrhoids, doctors warn: https://nypost.com/2020/02/27/putting-potatoes-up-your-butt-wont-cure-hemorrhoids-doctors-warn/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday. March 2nd. And the word of the day is Grand Faloon, which means a proud and
0:18.8	meaningless association of human beings. The term was coined by Kurt Vonnegut and Cats Cradle. Examples include Houston
0:26.0	Astros fans, large corporations, and as per Vonnegut, any nation, anytime, anywhere.
0:33.0	Use it a sentence from the book.
0:35.0	If you wish to examine a grand balloon,
0:37.0	just remove the skin of a toy balloon.
0:39.0	There you go.
0:40.0	So like Mike Pence's coronavirus response team and that I want to remove his skin.
0:46.2	I'm no illusions.
0:47.2	I'm Eli Bosnick.
0:48.4	I'm Heath and Right and Broadcasting Delayed from America's far center.
0:52.3	We are the Skeptocrats.
0:54.0	On this week's episode, we're all gonna die from the beer virus.
0:58.0	We're all gonna deserve the ever loving hell out of it whether we do or not.
1:02.0	And we'll learn an important lesson. ever loving hell out of it whether we do or not.
1:03.0	And we'll learn an important lesson about
1:06.3	ass potatoes, for real.
1:08.0	As if to prove my point.
1:10.0	But first, the rest of the intro music.
1:19.1	Joining me for headlines tonight, our fellow Skeptic Rats, No Illusions, and Eli Bosnick. Gentlemen, you doing anything special for Super Tuesday Eve?
1:27.0	Does grinding your teeth count?
1:29.0	It does.
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