163: Skepticrat163 - Pocalypse-tacular Edition
The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
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🗓️ 20 December 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Headline Sources:
CDC warns of omicron variant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/14/omicron-us-spread/
Canada dips into their maple syrup reserves: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/world/canada-maple-syrup-reserve-shortage/67-d42eb5f2-be13-43d5-86ef-fb3316e5ea52
DeSantis unveils the Stop WOKE Act so parents can sue if their kid learns about CRT:
Necklace advertised as “anti-5G” turns out to be radioactive: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59703523
Scorpion-pocalypse: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/14/1055680400/3-dead-hundreds-injured-after-storms-rouse-scorpions-in-egypt
21 things that made the world a better place in 2021: https://www.wired.com/story/2021-positive-news/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, December 20th, and the word of the day is Eterath, which means the feeling |
| 0:17.8 | of emptiness after a long and arduous process is finally complete, leaving you relieved |
| 0:22.2 | that it's over, but missing the stress that gave you an organized mission with a purpose |
| 0:26.2 | at every moment. Using a sentence, I'll get some Eterath on my epitaph. Great, but I'm dead. |
| 0:32.5 | Yeah, I'll worry about that shit after I killed a six-fingered man, thank you very much. |
| 0:36.8 | And that's why I never work hard on anything. No, Eptosmash or whatever the fuck he called it. |
| 0:41.9 | Yeah, right. I'm no illusions. |
| 0:44.0 | Ah, me, Lai Bosnick. Ah, me, then, right. And Broadcasting Delayed from America's Far |
| 0:47.7 | Center. We are the Skeptocrats. |
| 0:49.8 | On this week's episode, Noah gives up a cool space story to talk about itty. It's |
| 0:54.3 | irradiating themselves. E-Lai gives up important political stories to talk about syrup. |
| 0:59.3 | We celebrate the end of the year with a very special |
| 1:03.2 | apocalypse tacular. But first, the rest of the intro music. |
| 1:17.0 | Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow Skeptocrats, |
| 1:19.6 | no illusions in E-Lai Bosnick. Gentlemen, Mary, almost Christmas. Very excited. |
| 1:24.8 | Any holiday cheer you'd like to spread before we, you know, talk about reality? |
| 1:31.0 | If holiday cheer is the only thing that spreads this Christmas, it'll be a miracle. |
| 1:34.5 | Yes, not as too late. |
| 1:36.0 | Speaking of which, what's the, I get to forcibly vaccinate you a version of mistletoe? |
| 1:40.8 | I need the sky, the sky. There you go. Speaking of which, again, in our lead story tonight, |
| 1:47.2 | what the fuck are you people doing? |
| 1:52.1 | There's still a goddamn pandemic on impact from what we're seeing at this point. |
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