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The Skepticrat

72: Skepticrat072 - Un Again Off Again Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Donald Trump will be off again Un again ... Atheist cuisine in Ireland gets a lot more savory ... And we learn how a lack of fish condoms is destroying the environment.

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Headline Sources:

Trump optimistic that his promise to cancel NK summit was insincere: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sounds-note-of-optimism-on-north-korea-claims-democrats-rooting-against-him/2018/05/25/e3c1767a-6001-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c

Morgan Freeman gets multiple accusations of harassment and assautl: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/entertainment/morgan-freeman-accusations/index.html

GOP Congressman says sea levels are rising because of rocks falling into the water: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/18/gop-rep-mo-brooks-sea-levels-are-rising-because-rocks-fall-into-the-ocean/

Trump's new CDC Director worked for group that said God made AIDS to punish gay people: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/18/trumps-new-cdc-director-worked-with-group-claiming-god-punished-gays-with-aids/

Ireland votes overwhelmingly to overturn abortion ban: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ireland-votes-to-repeal-its-ban-on-abortion/2018/05/26/fb675fa8-603b-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01

Elon Musk planning to crowdsource truth in journalism with a site called Pravda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/05/24/pravda-elon-musks-solution-for-punishing-journalists/?utm_term=.b72f5fd0dfb8

Bill Gates describes absurd meetings with Donald Trump: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/bill-gates-says-trump-asked-difference-between-hiv-hpv-n875286 https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/bill-gates-dishes-about-trump-meetings-in-exclusive-video-1236490819549

Roundup Sources:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44263045

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/05/25/immigration-children-separated-families-lost-column/643793002/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election/venezuelas-maduro-re-elected-amid-outcry-over-vote-idUSKCN1IL05U

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-lawmaking/kenyas-president-signs-cybercrimes-law-opposed-by-media-rights-groups-idUSKCN1IH1KX

http://avherald.com/h?article=4b890953&opt=0

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44257202

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/14/politics/sports-betting-ncaa-supreme-court/index.html

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/denmark-pulls-special-forces-out-of-iraq-10243758

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bs-sp-ravens-nfl-national-anthem-policy-20180523-story.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/18/technology/holographic-phone-red-hydrogen-one-release/index.html

http://news.trust.org//item/20180515155200-w9er6/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/publix-censors-teens-summa-cum-laude-graduation-cakeus5b042efbe4b003dc7e46a54a

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-15/u-s-sanctions-iran-central-bank-s-governor-and-another-official

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/05/23/steve-bannon-mlk-proud-of-trump-van-jones-sot-nr.cnn

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Monday.

0:03.0

May 28 and 28th. The word of the day is immunodeficiency, which means failure of the immune system to protect

0:20.0

the body from infection.

0:21.9

Used in a sentence, immunodeficiency starts with a different

0:25.2

letter than papilloma. And most of the other letters are different too.

0:30.0

We'll explain more on that in the headlines.

0:32.0

You're not...

0:33.0

Either way, what does this thing on my lip look like to you guys?

0:36.0

Um, compensation beard.

0:38.0

I have no illusions.

0:42.0

I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Heath illusions I'm Eli Bosnick I'm Heath and right and broadcasting delayed

0:46.2

from America's far center we are the Skeptocrats on this week's episode

0:51.5

Donald Trump will be off again unagain.

0:54.0

Atheist cuisine in Ireland gets a lot more savory.

0:57.0

And we learn how a lack of fish condoms is destroying the environment.

1:02.0

But first, the rest of the intro music. Joining me for headlines tonight, our fellow sceptic rats, no illusions, and Eli Bosnick. Noah, Eli Bosnick.

1:23.0

Noah, Eli, just real quick, before we start, let's bang this out.

1:27.0

How do we solve this whole Israel-Palestine thing?

1:30.0

Nine words, okay.

1:32.0

Including setup words, pie eating contest.

1:35.0

Oh, okay.

1:37.0

Two-state solution, followed by immediate genocide.

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