231: Skepticrat231 - Occupy Walz Treat Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Tim Walz is proud of you, slugger ... Eli texts us in an attempt to get special dispensation to say slur words on the air (we said no) ... And despite being part oompa loompa and part cotton candy, Donald Trump is baffled by the existence of multiple races.

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Headline Sources:

JD Vance tries to Swift Boat Tim Walz: https://apnews.com/article/walz-national-guard-military-ae43d684bf1319e535f9f620552155d7

Liverpool Sends a Message to Far-Right Rioters - "Not Here": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/09/world/europe/liverpool-protests-southport.html

Trump said Harris "happened to turn Black" and he keeps talking about it: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/politics/donald-trump-kamala-harris-black-nabj/index.html

Chinese company accused of stealing thousands of corpses over decades: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-company-steals-thousands-of-corpses-for-organ-transplants-and-rakes-in-53-million/ar-AA1ovFvK?ocid=BingNewsVerp

MAGA Republican says anyone who didn’t vote for her is a “fa***t” after losing primary: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/maga-republican-says-anyone-who-didnt-vote-for-her-is-a-fat-after-losing-primary/

Trump threatens to sue the NYT over helicopter story he got wrong: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/us/politics/trump-helicopter-crash-willie-brown.html

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday.
0:03.0	Monday.
0:13.8	August 12th.
0:15.4	And the word of the day is consulting, which means acting stupidly together.
0:21.5	Using the sentence, we all have a job at a consulting firm.
0:25.0	We do.
0:27.0	And by listening, you're getting a constool sample.
0:30.0	So, all right. I'm no illusions?
0:32.0	I'm Eli Bosnick. Ah, me then, right. I'm no illusions. I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Heath and Right and Broadcasting Delayed from America's far center. We are the Skeptocrats.
0:39.0	On this week's episode, Tim Walls is proud of you, Slugger.
0:43.0	Eli texts us in an attempt to get a special dispensation to say a slur word on the air.
0:48.6	And despite being part oumpilumpa and part cotton candy, Donald Trump is baffled by the existence of multiple races.
0:55.0	But first, the rest of the intro music. The Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats no illusions and Eli Bosnick
1:21.6	gentleman little USA, USA chant,
1:24.8	I believe we won the Olympics.
1:27.5	I think so.
1:28.0	That was pretty exciting.
1:29.5	Any favorite moments?
1:30.8	Well, obviously the part where Eli dressed up as an Australian chicken snuck into the breakdancing competition, I would say.
1:38.0	She has a PhD in breakdancing and if that is not a summary of arts academia today nothing ever will be.
1:48.9	In our lead story tonight, Kamala Harris looks to have absolutely nailed the first big decision of
1:54.7	her presidential candidacy in selecting the very concept of folksy avuncularity
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