192: Skepticrat192 - M&Mpire Strikes Back Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: The US addresses the balance of trade with Brazil by exporting insane insurrections ... Ron DeSantis continues trying to make it illegal to learn just how racist he is ... And Tucker Carlson tells us about the dangers of M&Ms and the power of cigarettes.

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Headline Sources:

Ron DeSantis removes black history AP courses from Florida high schools: https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-florida-education-6603c0aa4de0098423eb7b6c04846d0c

Biden Says U.S. And Allies Are Sending Tanks To Ukraine: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tanks-ukraine-biden_n_63d13bd8e4b01a43638ae4be
Ukraine Ministry of Defense tweeted the BEST idea for how the US can spin it: https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1613599573955444751

Earth’s core hasn’t stopped spinning: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/world/earth-core-turning-scli-scn-intl/index.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00167-1

Brazil Congress: Lula vows to punish supporters of Bolsonaro after riot: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64204860

Tucker Carlson's war on M&M's: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/m-m-candy-controversy-tucker-carlson.html
Tucker Carlson rips menthol cigarette bans, saying nicotine "frees your mind": https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-rips-menthol-cigarette-bans-says-nicotine-frees-your-mind-1775482

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0:00.0	it's Monday it's January 30th and the word of the day is pantophobia it's a term
0:18.1	from the 19th century which means a fear of absolutely everything using a sentence the
0:24.4	only thing we have to fear is pantophobia itself okay say that's very different from
0:29.2	pantophobia which is the fear of a 1980s high school bully exposing your underwear
0:34.0	sure although obviously that's that's encompassed within pantophobia right yeah
0:38.0	yeah the set of sets it's nice to know though that I can sum up Fox News's
0:42.3	business model and eleven letters now that's fun I'm no illusions I'm Michael
0:47.8	Marshall I'm Ethan right and broadcasting delay from America's far center we are
0:52.4	the skeptic rats on this week's episode the United States addresses the
0:57.2	balance of trade with Brazil by exporting insane insurrections Ron
1:01.5	DeSantis continues trying to make it illegal to learn how racist he is and Tucker
1:06.0	Carlson tells us about the dangers of M&Ms and the power of cigarettes
1:11.0	that fucking guy but first the rest of the intro music
1:16.8	joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats no illusions and
1:20.7	Michael Marshall gentlemen before we get started with the news you guys want to
1:24.6	say something nice about Eli Bosnick while he's gone um he was polite enough to
1:29.2	wait until I got out of the car before he reversed into a baby it's
1:35.4	polite yeah yeah no that's a good one Marshall in our lead story tonight no
1:43.2	I know Eli you're a great father and your son is lucky to have you there you
1:46.0	he's not gonna listen to this shit anyway in our lead story tonight in a
1:50.2	browned about way my younger sister is a history professor and is
1:54.7	occasionally called upon to teach a freshman world history 101 class and when
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