88: Skepticrat088 - Chuck a l'Orange Edition
The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
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🗓️ 21 January 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode: Eli will be deemed nonessential during the ongoing shutdown ... Donald Trump gets stuck with a truck full of watermelons after he's forced to change his catering plans last minute ... And all of you promise not to Eli this isn’t a federal job.
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Headline Sources:
Trump cancels Pelosi's flights for spite over SOTU remark as shutdown continues: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46911478
Buzzfeed: Trump directed Cohen to lie to congress about Trump Tower Moscow negotiations: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation
Steve King removed from committee assignments after latest white supremacy remark: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/steve-king-white-supremacy.html?module=inline
William Barr confirmation hearings: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/barr-confirmation-hearing-trumps-attorney-general-nominee-likely-to-face-tough-questioning-today-from-senate-panel/2019/01/15/02467a16-15e0-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9story.html?utmterm=.f298ad3c032f
Trump serves fast food buffet to Clemson football team during White House visit: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/15/18183617/trump-clemson-mcdonalds-burger-king-wendys-dominos
Man injects semen into his arm to cure back pain: https://www.sciencealert.com/patient-injected-himself-with-semen-thinking-it-would-cure-his-back-pain
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:03.0 | January. |
| 0:05.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:08.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:11.0 | It's January 21st and the word of the day is Ligerastia which means the condition of one who is only amorous when the lights are out. |
| 0:25.0 | Used in a sentence, in a crazy coincidence, every single girlfriend I've ever had in my life |
| 0:30.9 | ended up having Ligerastia. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, no, it was especially depressing during your furry phase. |
| 0:36.0 | I don't understand why that was. |
| 0:38.0 | I am no illusions. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Heath and Right |
| 0:42.0 | and Broadcasting Delayed from America's far center we are the |
| 0:46.0 | Skeptocrats on this week's episode Eli will be deemed non-essential during |
| 0:50.9 | the ongoing shutdown Donald Trump gets stuck with a truck full not All of you promise not to tell Eli that this job isn't federal. |
| 1:03.2 | But first, the rest of the intro music. Joining me for headlines tonight is fellow sceptic rat no illusions. |
| 1:22.0 | Noah, Eli's gone, obviously, |
| 1:25.0 | should we say something nice about him? |
| 1:26.8 | Or what do you think? |
| 1:28.0 | You got something? |
| 1:28.6 | Yeah, yeah, okay. |
| 1:29.8 | He's, oh wait, do we stop? Oh, thought you had it, okay, no. |
| 1:36.0 | It's been weeks that we know about... |
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