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The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: We’ll try to make the opening salvo of WWIII funny ... We’ll find out if Ketanji Brown Jackson has been boofing with Squee ... And Andrew Torrez will be here to see if Elon Musk can feel shame.

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Headline Sources:

Trump praises Putin for Ukraine invasion: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/13/timeline-how-the-ukraine-russia-crisis-reached-the-brink-of-war and https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/elise-stefanik-biden-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion/index.html and https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/25/how-republicans-moved-reagans-evil-empire-trumps-praise-putin/ and https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/business/fox-news-russia-ukraine.html

VOX profile of KBJ:

https://www.vox.com/2022/2/25/22912842/supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jackson-biden

Williamson hit piece in TNR:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/against-judge-jackson/

And yes, Williamson’s amazing Mitt Romney cover story

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2012/08/27/boss/?pg=1

COVID is over…OR IS IT?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/health/cdc-covid-metrics-mask-guidance/index.html

Space junk hitting moon update: https://www.space.com/china-denies-moonbound-rocket-stage

Starlink active in Ukraine

https://teslanorth.com/2022/02/26/spacex-starlink-internet-now-live-in-ukraine-says-elon-musk/

Nathan Robinson, ”Surely We Can Do Better than Elon Musk?” Current Affairs, April 7, 2021

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/04/surely-we-can-do-better-than-elon-musk

S. Derek Turner, “Broadband Boondoggle: Ajit Pai's $886M Gift to Elon Musk,” Free Press, December 14, 2020

https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/insights-opinions/broadband-boondoggle-ajit-pais-886m-gift-elon-musk

Starbucks unionization: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/business/starbucks-union-vote-mesa-arizona/index.html

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday, 8th February 28th.
0:16.6	And the word of the day is cock, meaning a soft, putty-like substance used to create
0:21.0	a waterproof seal.
0:22.5	Used in a sentence, suck my cock wordle, I didn't come here to be challenged, I come to
0:27.4	a wordle to feel like a genius for knowing how to spell fruit and pants, which incidentally
0:34.0	is a real hate letter received last week by The New York Times.
0:37.8	Amazing.
0:38.8	I have no illusions.
0:39.8	I'm Eli Bosnick.
0:40.8	And I'm Andrew Torres, and broadcasting Delayed from America's Far Center, we are The
0:46.3	Skeptocrats.
0:47.3	Oh, this week's episode, will you crane our necks trying to make World War III funny?
0:55.0	We'll find out if Kataji Brown Jackson's been boofin' with squee.
0:59.4	And Elon Musk will feel shame, maybe, stay tuned.
1:05.0	But first, the rest of the intro music.
1:18.5	Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow Skeptocrats Eli Bosnick and Andrew
1:22.2	Torres, gentlemen.
1:23.6	Are you ready to neither confirm nor deny the rectal extraction rumors about why heath
1:27.1	is unable to join us this week?
1:29.6	I'm the one that's supposed to be telling you guys that you can neither confirm or deny
1:34.5	various rumors.
1:35.5	Okay.
	...

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