222: Skepticrat222 - Apoceclipse Now Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: The world finds a new way to BUG Noah Lugeons ... We reveal Rishi Sunak’s cunning plan to bankrupt every wealthy Tory racist ... And it might be the end times because of a shadow.

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Headline Sources:

Eclipse conspiracy theories:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/conspiracy-theory-eclipse-illinois
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/conspiracies-orbit-the-upcoming-april-8-2024-solar-eclipse

Biggest Tory donor said looking at Diane Abbott makes you ‘want to hate all black women’: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/11/biggest-tory-donor-looking-diane-abbott-hate-all-black-women
Rishi Sunak says he won't return money from donor Frank Hester who is accused of racism: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68554476

Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon: https://apnews.com/article/periodical-cicada-invasion-bugs-everywhere-locusts-evolution-e57f708cdcf144a20fe8f694e95b5d44

SCOTUS to weigh in on interpreting a very clear law that was broken on January 6th: https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/3/25/24108640/supreme-court-january-6-insurrection-fischer-united-states-obstruct

Boat Race rowers told not to enter Thames due to high levels of E. coli: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68674088
Raw sewage spills into England rivers and seas doubles in 2023: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68665335

Children race to collect marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at a Detroit-area park: https://apnews.com/article/marshmallow-helicopter-children-park-spring-ebc354cd8c8203ad835e4908158df63a

MP William Wragg tells paper he is sorry for sharing private phone numbers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68731683

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday.
0:03.0	April 8th. It's Monday.
0:14.0	April 8th.
0:15.0	And the word of the day is pandiculation, which means the act of yawning and stretching at the
0:20.8	same time.
0:21.8	Used in the sentence, when I take part in
0:24.0	pandiculation, I usually end up making a noise that I describe as
0:27.8	curious pterodactyl?
0:31.0	Pandeculation. Do you know that's actually British for you are my guest and you have now overstayed your welcome?
0:37.4	See I thought you were just really tired during QED.
0:41.4	It can be both. It can be both. It can be both. I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Michael Marshall.
0:46.4	I'm Heath Enright and Broadcasting Delayed from America's Far Center and across the pond. We are the Skepocrats on this week's episode the world finds a new way to bug no illusions
0:57.2	we reveal Rishi Sunak's cunning plan to bankrupt every wealthy Tory racist.
1:03.0	And it might be the end times because of a shadow.
1:07.0	But first, the rest of the intro music. joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats Michael Marshall and
1:21.0	Eli Bosnick gentlemen it's Solar Eclipse Day
1:24.8	as this is releasing, so happy, uh, coincidence
1:29.8	of geometry in space.
1:32.1	Right, it is just geometry. I totally agree. I'll co-sign that.
1:37.0	You know, happy, happy we're all in a cold.
1:40.0	Okay, that last one is a music pun marsh. That doesn't make any sense.
1:44.0	That's stupid.
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