89: Skepticrat089 - Black Face the Nation Edition
The Skepticrat
Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On this week's episode: The governor of Virginia calls blacksies ... Survivalists will seem nominally less crazy ... And we learn that Donald Trump's skin tone isn't from tanning; it's actually from his top-of-the-pyramid Oompa Loompa genes.
To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat
To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars/?fref=ts
Headline Sources:
Northam is a bigot with a time machine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/northam-mum-about-his-plans-after-a-flood-of-calls-for-his-resignation-for-racist-and-offensive-photo/2019/02/02/5883402a-26e9-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17story.html?utmterm=.67ad3dc8a2a5
The Supreme Court isn’t getting rid of abortion...YET: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/louisiana-abortion-supreme-court/index.html
Trump interview with the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/donald-trump-interview-takeaways.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Trump administration suspends cold war era arms treaty: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/following-us-putin-suspends-nuclear-pact-and-promises-new-weapons/2019/02/02/8160c78e-26e3-11e9-ad53-824486280311story.html?utmterm=.2624c959ddd2
Woman paid for hotel rooms for 100 homeless people: https://wgntv.com/2019/02/01/after-one-woman-saved-chicagos-homeless-from-the-cold-an-army-of-strangers-followed-her-lead/
Mitch McConnell says making Election Day a federal holiday is a power grab by Democrats: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-says-bill-that-would-make-election-day-a-federal-holiday-is-a-power-grab-by-democrats/2019/01/30/57421dd6-24bd-11e9-ad53-824486280311story.html?utmterm=.359095d7c763
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Ready to launch your business? Get started with the Commerce Platform made for entrepreneurs. |
| 0:04.6 | Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run, and grow your business with easy, |
| 0:09.7 | customizable themes that let you build your brand, |
| 0:12.6 | marketing tools that get your products out there, |
| 0:14.8 | integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time |
| 0:17.6 | from startups to scale-ups, online, in person, |
| 0:21.2 | and on the go. |
| 0:22.2 | Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you. |
| 0:24.4 | Sign up for your $1 a month trial at shop.com. |
| 0:28.4 | Set up. It's Monday. |
| 0:33.0 | February. |
| 0:35.0 | It's Monday. It's Monday. |
| 0:37.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:40.0 | It's Monday. |
| 0:43.6 | February 4th and the word of the day is Ampersand which means night. |
| 0:50.0 | Used in a sentence by Donald Trump Jr. Night. Oh no! Used in another sentence. |
| 1:04.0 | Live from New York, it's savings Ambersand Loan. |
| 1:08.0 | If you could just tweet in grunts and clicks, they'd embarrass themselves less. |
| 1:15.0 | But this does explain why I keep getting weird looks when I order at Ben Knight-Gerry's. |
| 1:19.0 | All right, so I'm no illusions. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm Eli Bosnick. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Heath and Wright and broadcasting delayed from |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.