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The Skepticrat

67: Skepticrat067 - Trade Warrior Poet Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Vladimir is Putin on the Ritz ... It turns out that Chinese guy's name is NOT Eleven Jinping ... And we're pretty sure Smith & Wesson is about to end their relationship with the NRA.

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Headline Sources:

Kushner's clearance downgraded after we learn that several foreign intelligence groups were gonna blackmail the shit out of him: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/jared-kushner-manipulation-mexico-israel-china-uae/index.html

Trump gets another fraudulent nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/01/someone-forged-a-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-for-trump-norwegian-officials-say/?utm_term=.a3a4186eef6c

Trump wants to arm teachers with guns: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/politics/trump-listening-sessions-parkland-students/index.html

Trump starts trade war: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/03/02/the-real-reason-trump-wants-to-start-a-trade-war/?utm_term=.6fca226d316d

Putin is going to nuke us: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/europe/russia-putin-speech.html

Mona Charen gets booed at CPAC for saying things that seem impossible to disagree with: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/25/politics/mona-charen-cpac-comments/index.html

Roundup Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/24/politics/mexican-president-cancels-white-house-trip/index.html

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/news/goodnight-pyeongchang-2018-the-winter-games-comes-to-an-end-after-an-incredible-closing-ceremony

http://www.businessinsider.com/delta-nra-georgia-casey-cagle-threatens-retaliation-2018-2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-public-spat-trump-taunts-sessions-ag-doesnt-keep-quiet/2018/02/28/b92936f4-1d09-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43197048

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/25/xi-jinping-to-cement-his-power-with-plan-scrap-two-term-limit-china

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/27/trump-names-campaign-manager-for-2020-reelection-bid.html

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22513517/ncaa-denies-louisville-appeal-rules-cardinals-vacate-2013-national-title

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/instead-of-filling-cavities-dentists-may-soon-regenerate-teeth1/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/hope-hicks-white-house/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/politics/stacey-dash-files-paperwork-congressional-run/index.html

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/news/oar-take-gold-in-overtime

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43269186

http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/22495546/austin-dillon-wins-daytona-500-no-3

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-shooting-downtown-puerto-rico-comerio/

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Monday.

0:10.3

March 5th.

0:11.3

And the word of the day is valetudinarian,

0:14.7

which means a sickly or weak person,

0:17.5

especially one who's constantly and morbidly concerned

0:20.8

with his health.

0:22.4

Used in a sentence, Eli was the valetudinarian of his high school graduating class,

0:28.0

yet still only got into a safety school for college.

0:31.0

I remember when the introes to our show weren't direct personal

0:34.2

attacks. It was long ago. We'd only seen 800 Christian movies. It was a

0:38.1

simpler time. Before we broke. I got to say until you started using it in a

0:42.3

sentence, I was sure that was a roundabout way of wishing me a happy birthday but no that was Eli

0:47.0

Anyway, I'm no illusions

0:49.1

I'm Eli Bosnick

0:50.7

Heh Enright and Broadcasting Delayed from America's far center we are the

0:56.4

Skeptocrats on this week's episode Vladimir is Putin us on the Fritz

1:01.6

it turns out the Chinese guy's name is not 11 Jin-Peng.

1:06.0

And we're pretty sure Smith and Weston is about to end their relationship with the NRA.

1:11.0

But first, the rest of the intro music.

1:17.0

Joining me for headlines tonight, our fellow sceptic rats, No illusions, and Eli Bosnick.

1:23.1

Noah, Eli.

1:24.6

Before we start, just, you know, for fun,

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