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The Skepticrat

146: Skepticrat146 - Throw in the Powell Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Jim Crow calls Georgia’s election bill a little blatant ... The Suez canal does its impression of Alex Jones’ colon ... And the American South uses Google to learn about hammer technology.

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Headline Sources:

Georgia decides not to do Black people votes anymore: https://www.ajc.com/politics/bill-changing-georgia-voting-rules-passes-state-house/

Boat blocking the Suez Canal: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/middleeast/suez-canal-ship-blockage-intl-hnk/index.html

Sidney Powell is using the Tucker Carlson defense: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/23/sidney-powells-tucker-carlson-esque-defense/

Vatican issues pay cuts for cardinals amid huge financial deficits: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56515367

Arkansas governor signs anti-trans sports bill: https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/breaking-arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-signs-anti-trans-sports-bill

Republicans are shockingly dumb on Google: https://www.estately.com/blog/you-wont-believe-the-questions-each-state-googles-more-than-any-other-state/

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Monday.

0:12.8

It's March 29th.

0:14.6

And the word of the day is Mitting, which means the tranquil pleasure of being near-gathering

0:19.8

but not quite in it, feeling blissfully invisible, yet still fully included.

0:25.8

In a sentence, I enjoy Mitting sometimes, but then I panic and I transition into the conversation

0:31.9

way too aggressively, and then I have to run away.

0:35.9

And look, on behalf of extroverts everywhere, introverts, you're not Mitting.

0:40.0

We can see you standing there looking at us like you're trying to hide from the predator.

0:44.7

No, no, no, it's not whether you can see us, it's about whether we can escape before

0:48.8

you try to talk to us.

0:50.3

That's right.

0:51.3

I'm fair point.

0:52.3

Fair point.

0:53.3

I'm no illusions.

0:54.3

I'm Eli Bosnick, parachute, I'm Heathenwright, and Broadcasting Delayed from America's Far

0:59.0

Center.

1:00.0

We are the Skeptocrats.

1:01.0

Oh!

1:02.0

This week's episode, Jim Crow calls George's election bill a little blatant.

1:05.9

The Sue S. Canal does its impression of Alex Joseph's colon.

1:09.1

And the American South uses Google to learn about hammer technology.

1:13.9

But first, the rest of the intro music.

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