213: Skepticrat213 - Even More Spurious George Edition
The Skepticrat
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🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Headline Sources:
Ethics panel releases findings on George Santos, Santos says he won’t seek reelection: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/nyregion/george-santos-ethics-committee.html
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade tells off One Million Moms: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/nyregion/thanksgiving-parade-nonbinary-lgbt-protest.html
Georgia GOP official says God attacks her opponents with brain tumors and puts them in wheelchairs: https://www.meidastouch.com/news/georgia-gop-official-says-god-attacks-her-opponents-with-brain-tumors-puts-them-in-wheelchairs
Harrison Floyd cries racism as Fani Willis moves to revoke his bond: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/harrison-floyd-trevian-kutti-racism-fani-willis-rcna125743
Facebook will now allow ads claiming the 2020 election was stolen: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/15/facebook-ads-2020-election-rigged-stolen-instagram-policy
Theft of 2 million dimes leaves four facing federal charges: https://apnews.com/article/millions-dimes-stolen-truck-theft-philadelphia-mint-c141bc2e0f974dc3c8c12ddaf809c12a
Oklahoma senator challenges Teamsters president to fight at U.S. Senate hearing: https://kansasreflector.com/2023/11/14/oklahoma-senator-challenges-teamsters-president-to-fight-at-u-s-senate-hearing/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:14.0 | November 20th. |
| 0:15.0 | And the word of the day is fuck pig, which was read aloud into the record of British Parliament |
| 0:20.0 | recently and means a contemptible person. |
| 0:22.0 | Thanks to lexicographer Susie Dent, here's the origin of the word, as used in a sentence by |
| 0:27.1 | T.E. Lawrence. Somebody shouted, |
| 0:29.7 | Look me in the face, you short-assed little fuck pig. |
| 0:32.8 | Yeah, I feel like fuck pig is a word that sort of existed ethereally |
| 0:36.7 | before it was coined. |
| 0:38.6 | Yes, but I feel like David Cameron's really the only one to earn it. |
| 0:42.0 | You know what I'm saying? |
| 0:42.8 | Sure, sure. |
| 0:43.8 | Definitely earned. |
| 0:44.8 | No illusions. |
| 0:45.8 | Ah, Eli Bosnick. |
| 0:46.8 | I'm Heath and Wright and Broadcasting Delayed from America's far center. |
| 0:50.0 | We are the Skeptocrats. |
| 0:51.8 | On this week's episode, George Santos enters the Find Out era of political tenure. |
| 0:57.4 | The Macy's Day parade will go woke. |
| 0:59.8 | And there's a US senator named Mark Wayne. One word. But first, the rest of the intro music. Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skepticism |
| 1:19.2 | no illusions in Eli Bosnick. |
| 1:20.8 | Gentlemen, happy almost Thanksgiving. |
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