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The Skepticrat

139: Skepticrat139 - Lame Duck a l'Orange Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Trump gives a whole new meaning to “pardon me” ... The Netherlands urges him to at least turn on one factor authentication ... And oatmeal raisin is the Fredo Corleone of cookies.

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Headline Sources:

Inside the scramble for Trump pardons: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/politics/donald-trump-pardons-lame-duck/index.html

Still no fucking stimulus deal: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/congress-covid-stimulus-deal/index.html

America gets hacked by Russia:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55358332 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-is-behind-the-broad-ongoing-cyber-spy-campaign-against-the-us-government-and-private-sector-pompeo-says/2020/12/19/8c850cf0-41b3-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-is-behind-the-broad-ongoing-cyber-spy-campaign-against-the-us-government-and-private-sector-pompeo-says/2020/12/19/8c850cf0-41b3-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html


Trump's Twitter got hacked by Dutch guy who guessed the password: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/17/dutch-trump-twitter-password-hack/

US approves second vaccine:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html

CD Project Red stock tumbles amid Cyberpunk debacle: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/cyberpunk-2077-cd-projekt-stock-price-sony-pulls-game-refunds-2020-12-1029905614

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, it's Monday. It's December 21st, damn it. And the word of the day is crystalism, which means the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.

0:24.0

Used in a sentence, a great way to disrupt your state of crystallism is a puzzle in a thunderstorm.

0:32.0

Pro tip, if you pronate your knuckle you can really get

0:35.8

and in international waters all of that is legal.

0:42.1

Ah international waters the girl with a nose ring of law.

0:46.0

I'm no illusions.

0:48.0

I'm Eli Bosnick.

0:49.0

I'm Arts Bachelor Heath and Wright,

0:51.0

and Broadcasting Delayed, from America's far center. We are the

0:54.9

Skeetocrats. On this week's episode, Trump gives a whole new meaning to pardon me.

0:59.6

The Netherlands urged him to at least turn on one factor authentication.

1:04.0

And oatmeal raisin is the Fredo Corleone of cookies.

1:08.7

How dare you?

1:10.6

But first, the rest of the intro music.

1:17.0

Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats, no illusions in Eli Bosnick.

1:22.0

Gentlemen, it's the most wonderful time of the year,

1:25.8

the end of 2020.

1:27.5

So any words of wisdom for holiday time?

1:30.9

Yes, actually. They're going to pretend to like it no matter what and you're going to think they secretly hate it no matter what.

1:37.0

So stop stressing about what it is that they secretly hate.

1:41.2

Just give him money. Spoken like a man who I got a way better gift than he got me. That's all I'm saying.

1:47.3

No fucking way this year man. All right. All right.

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