206: Skepticrat206 - Don't Call Me Otter Edition
The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
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🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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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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