83: Skepticrat083 - Midterminator Edition
The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode: Eli serves as the midterm’s Eeyore ... Noah assure everyone that it’s because Eli’s knowledge of politics is primarily derived from jerking off to The West Wing ... And Donald Trump calls a rain out on his speech because umbrellas are terrifying.
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Headline Sources:
SHS tweets doctored video to make Jim Acosta look violent: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jim-acosta-sarah-sanders-cnn-reporter-white-house-intern-video-doctored/
Trump sends antagonistic tweet about Macron right before meeting in France: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/politics/donald-trump-emmanuel-macron/index.html
Trump fires Sessions, replaces him with “MAGA Edition Chatty Cathy”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-investigators-scrutinized-whitakers-role-in-patent-company-accused-of-fraud-according-to-people-with-knowledge-of-case/2018/11/09/e826a404-e456-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6bstory.html?utmterm=.42396f5a0143
Alibaba Singles Day sales hit over $1 billion in 85 seconds: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/tech/alibaba-singles-day/index.html
Idiot troll tries to frame Robert Mueller: https://www.vox.com/2018/10/30/18044110/robert-mueller-jacob-wohl-jack-burkman-surefire
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:03.0 | November. The The The It's November 12th. And the word of the day is Prossopography, which means the description of a person's physical appearance. |
| 0:22.0 | Used in a sentence by combining |
| 0:24.1 | proso-ography with some vulgarity for charity, we're already close to raising |
| 0:29.1 | $20,000 for the Modest Needs Foundation. And if we hit 25,000 there's a matching donation that bumps it up to 50 |
| 0:38.0 | So I look like a diabetic Nazi everybody get generous |
| 0:42.3 | We'll have a link with all the details in the show notes, do it. |
| 0:45.0 | And with that being said, I'm no illusions. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm Eli and Bosnick. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Heath and Wright. |
| 0:50.0 | And broadcasting delayed from America's far center, we are the Skeptocrats. |
| 0:56.0 | On this week's episode, I serve as the midterms eor. |
| 1:00.0 | I assure you that it's because Eli's knowledge of politics is primarily derived from jerking off to the west wing. |
| 1:04.5 | And Heath's too. And Donald Trump calls a rain out on his speech because umbrellas are terrifying. |
| 1:11.0 | But first, the rest of the intro music. |
| 1:17.8 | Joining me for headlines tonight, our fellow skeptic rats, no illusions, and Eli Bosnick. |
| 1:23.8 | Gentlemen, were Ross and Rachel on a break. |
| 1:27.8 | Let's settle this. |
| 1:28.8 | What year is it for you? I'm... You know what I've been getting into lately? |
| 1:35.0 | Frazier, a show whose pitch I can only imagine was, |
| 1:39.0 | Do you like Cheers but hate poor people? |
| 1:41.0 | All right. |
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