On today’s episode of Hard Factor…  - [4:50] Will gets us started with a jet setting tour across the United States with all the political and big news updates from the weekend with stops in California, New York, Texas, and Florida amongst others. He then puts on the outback hat and sneaks in a down unda story from Australia where the entire country has been Zucked on Facebook.  - [14:29] With the domestic updates covered earlier Mark takes us on a Euro-Trip where a French mayor is getting rid of meat in schools and a German political party is trying to get rid of beating meat by banning masturbation amongst the male youth because “its making them less masculine.”  - [19:38] Wes has one last stop in the Euro Trip where in Edinburgh UK two strangers James McKenzie and Bethany Ryan got into an argument. McKenzie threatened Ryan who turns out is a YOB who ended up biting his tongue off. McKenzie then spit out the dangling tongue only to see a seagull swoop in and swallow it.  - [25:29] 19-year-old Brandon Soules was found in Coolidge, AZ near a water tower with his hands bound behind his back and a bandana stuffed in his mouth. Soules told police he was kidnapped by two masked men. A quick review of security footage revealed the real culprit who then explained why he did it and it’s something else.  -[30:20] Two former NYC educators in the Bronx are suing the school district and New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza for claiming they were discriminated against and forced out of their careers for not partaking in a Wakanda Forever salute with their colleagues.  - [39:40] The Clever Cartel segment is born and it involves ingenious ways that drug smugglers are using to get drugs into the US. First up, a little green worm stuffed animal purchased from the El Mirage thrift store for a little girl in phoenix, was not stuffed with cotton, but rather with something that resembled oxycontin, good old Fentanyl, 5,000 pills. In Cincinnati the US Customs and Border Patrol seized 44 lbs of cocaine that was smuggled into the US through corn flakes frosted with cocaine instead of sugar. The criminals probably would have gotten away with it, if they had used a Frosted Flakes box instead of the unfrosted Corn Flakes.  These stories and more.. Brought to you by Manscaped.com. MANSCAPED ,is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. MANSCAPED offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. Get 20% Off + Free Shipping, with the code HARDFACTOR at Manscaped.com  DOWNLOAD the New Stereo App at http://stereo.com/en for additional Hard Factor Shows on Wednesdays and Fridays - FREE. Download the app and Follow @hardfactormark @hardfactorwill @hardfactorwes @patcassidy and @internbubba to get notified when we go live, and to listen to previous shows.  Also sponsored by Stamps.com. Stamps.com allows you to mail and ship anytime, anywhere right from your computer. Send letters. Ship packages. And pay a lot less with discounted rates from USPS, UPS, and more. Just go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in HARDFACTOR for a four week trial plus free postage and a digital scale.  DOWNLOAD/SUBSCRIBE: http://smarturl.it/HardFactor MERCH: http://HardFactor.com BONUS PODS/DISCORD CHAT: http://patreon.com/HardFactor FOLLOW @HardFactorNews on All Socials (Twitter, IG, FB, YT, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices