71: Skepticrat071 - Cohen of Silence Edition
The Skepticrat
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🗓️ 14 May 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode: All evil acts are seven degrees or less away from Michael Cohen ... We'll learn that real estate boom has a totally different meaning in Hawaii ... And American democracy theater is breaking the fourth wall again.
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Headline Sources:
Cohen sold American policy to the highest bidders: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/politics/michael-cohen-trump-lobbying/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/politics/rudy-giuliani-michael-cohen-trump/index.html
White house Aide jokes about dying McCain: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/politics/white-house-kelly-sadler-john-mccain/index.html
Trump announces that we're pulling out of Iran nuclear deal: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/world/middleeast/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html also http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/11/top-state-department-nuclear-expert-announces-resignation-in-wake-of-trump-iran-deal-exit/
And here's what Iran plans on doing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-prepared-for-all-scenarios-if-trump-nixes-nuclear-deal-officials-say/2018/05/08/531047a0-5241-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce
Israel attacks Iranian positions in Iran: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/10/israel-fires-barrage-missiles-syria-accusing-iranian-forces/
Schneiderman resigns amidst multiple sexual misconduct allegations: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse
Dr. Dre loses trademark battle to PA gynecologist Dr. Drai: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dr-dre-dr-drai-legal-battleus5af355c3e4b09bb419e4a367
Roundup Sources:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12048539
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44096595
http://kfor.com/2018/05/07/35-structures-destroyed-after-hawaiis-volcanic-eruption/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/live/2018/may/12/eurovision-song-contest-2018-live-lisbon
http://www.cityam.com/285515/walmart-acquires-indias-largest-online-shop-flipkart-16bn
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/12/middleeast/iraq-elections-intl/index.html
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2775247-john-mcenroe-donald-trump-offered-me-1m-to-play-serena-or-venus-williams?utmsource=cnn.com&utmmedium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
http://bgr.com/2018/05/07/avengers-infinity-war-box-office-billion/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44078255
https://home.nra.org/lt-colonel-oliver-north-poised-to-become-nra-president/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, May 14th. Monday. |
| 0:13.0 | It's May 14. |
| 0:14.0 | And the word of the day is Eunerophrenia, which means the happy feeling you get after waking up from a pleasant dream. |
| 0:22.0 | Used in a sentence, |
| 0:23.2 | Unerofrenia is a stupid fucking word because I realized Baroque and Michelle aren't |
| 0:28.2 | with me and after you laundry, it's a whole thing, it's not a happy moment. |
| 0:33.0 | No, I get that. |
| 0:34.2 | Those dreams where you die? |
| 0:36.6 | Oh, right, was a great starting point. |
| 0:38.6 | When you wake up? |
| 0:39.6 | I'm no illusions. |
| 0:40.9 | Ah, Meli Bobbink. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm Heath and Rightright and Broadcasting Delayed from America's far center. We are the Skeptocrats. |
| 0:48.0 | On this week's episode all evil acts are seven degrees or less away from Michael Cohen. |
| 0:53.6 | We'll learn that real estate boom has a totally different meeting in Hawaii. |
| 0:56.8 | And American Democracy Theater is breaking the fourth wall again. |
| 1:00.6 | But first, the rest of the intro music. joining me for headlines tonight our fellow sceptic |
| 1:20.3 | rats no illusions and Eli Bosnick. |
| 1:22.9 | Noah, Eli, if you were going to say something nice |
| 1:26.2 | about me using a GIF, how would you describe |
| 1:30.3 | that GIF in words? |
| 1:32.0 | Okay, first of all, it's it's pronounced Jeff and I feel like no |
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