206: Skepticrat206 - Don't Call Me Otter Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Republicans won't rest until the highest court in the land finds Hunter Biden just a guy who did meth a few times ... We take bets on whether Trump can make it to this episode airing before violating his protective order ... And a very sad white nationalist militia does some dive action roll playing.

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Headline Sources:

DOJ Assigns special counsel to Hunter Biden case: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/us/politics/republicans-hunter-biden-special-counsel.html

Supreme Court pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/supreme-court-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement.html

Judge limits Trump's ability to share evidence: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/politics/trump-judge-protective-order.html

Twitch streamer causes chaos with PS5 giveaway in Union Square: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/nyregion/kai-cenat-union-square-nyc-riot.html

An otter turned outlaw continues to evade wildlife officials in Santa Cruz: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/22/1189352338/sea-otter-search-santa-cruz-surfers

He infiltrated a notorious white nationalist group and now, he’s being sued for exposing them: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-patriot-front-antifa-lawsuit-1234804251/
AMAZING video of "patriot" training camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vFAlrFZTTo&ab_channel=UnicornRiot

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday.
0:13.9	It's August 14th.
0:15.7	And the word of the day is Resistentialism, which is the belief that inanimate objects
0:20.4	are out to get you for spite.
0:23.1	Using a sentence, Resistentialism might sound crazy, but it's not paranoid if a chatbot
0:28.3	really is listing you as a personal enemy.
0:32.8	And it's from the original Greek.
0:34.2	It's not Resistentialism if you have to reset the damn Wi-Fi every 34 seconds.
0:38.8	Exactly.
0:39.8	You know, I'm not the youngest person on this podcast, but I'm getting there.
0:42.1	I'm no illusions.
0:43.6	I'm Eli Bosnick.
0:44.6	Oh, I'm Heathen Wright, a broadcasting delay from America's Far Center.
0:48.4	We are the Skeptcrets.
0:50.7	This week's episode, Republicans won't rest until the highest court in the land finds
0:55.0	Hunter Biden, just a guy who did meth a few times.
0:59.6	We take bets on whether Trump can make it to this episode airing before he violates
1:03.0	his protective order.
1:04.7	And a very sad, white nationalist militia does some dive action role-playing.
1:10.7	But first, the rest of the intro music.
1:17.5	Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow Skeptcrets, no illusions in Eli Bosnick.
1:21.8	One very important sports thing before we get started.
	...

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