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61: Skepticrat061 – Rapid Detax Edition
For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit http://bit.ly/2qQRi8G and enter skepticrat30. On this week’s episode: We mourn a tremendous cut to our taxes … We’ll give the three famous guys who never sexually assaulted anybody a high five … And Mike Flynn rolls over like he was about to get a happy ending. 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 Links: Tax Bill: http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-tax-bill-senate-budget-committee-vote-2017-11 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/01/winners-and-losers-in-the-senate-gop-tax-bill-a-running-list/?utm_term=.35a26ced0a6f Trump makes Pocahontas joke at Navajo veterans’ event: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/27/politics/trump-pocahontas-navajo-code-talkers/index.ht Mulvaney takes over CFPB in mini-coup: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/28/judge-rules-mick-mulvaney-remain-interim-headin-leadership-fight-consumer-financial-protection-burea/902173001/ Literally everyone is a rapist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinstein_effect North Korean ICBM can hit all of US mainland: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42160227 Michael Flynn pleads guilty and Trump accidentally tweets about obstructing justice: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/02/politics/trump-tweet-flynn-firing-fbi-reaction/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-charged/index.html Prince Harry is gonna marry an American https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/royal-wedding-looms-prince-harry-meghan-markle-announce-engagement-n817901?cid=emlnbn20171127 Roundup Links: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/20/media/att-time-warner-deal-lawsuit/index.html https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/11/28/russian-weather-satellite-and-18-secondary-payloads-feared-lost/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42160227 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/01/south-australia-turns-on-teslas-100mw-battery-history-in-the-making https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/nov/29/un-war-crimes-defendant-claims-to-drink-poison-at-trial-in-hague-slobodan-praljak http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-29/euthanasia-passes-parliament-in-victoria/9205472 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/105thGreyCup http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ara-san-juan-latest-submarine-argentina-search-rescue-crew-over-news-a8085911.html https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics/japans-abe-re-elected-prime-minister-after-big-election-win-idUSKBN1D13LP?il=0 http://fortune.com/2017/12/01/bitcoin-price-cme-cftc-futures/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/brock-turner-appeal.html https://qz.com/1120731/paradise-papers-a-guide-to-the-major-revelations/
60: Skepticrat060 – Collusion Course Edition
On this week’s episode: We deal with collusion confusion … Sean Hannity is pretty sure he’s awesome … And Sarah Huckabee Sanders forgets that the highest tax payers also get to be billionaires. 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 Links: Rick Perry says fossil fuels can prevent sexual assault: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41854358 Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes worst analogy for taxes ever: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/31/sarah-sanderss-questionable-argument-that-paying-taxes-is-like-buying-beers/?utm_term=.970269bb4dec Sean Hannity declares himself Oscar-eligible: www.nolink-but-it’s/an/amazing.story/anyway
59: Skepticrat059 – Gold Star Edition
On this week’s episode: Florida snowflakes are unable to refute Richard Spencer’s ideas … Millions of Americans learn where Catalonia is … And the President of the United States spends two weeks failing kindergarten. 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 Links: Trump missteps on questions about fallen soldiers in Niger: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/21/the-cascade-of-missteps-that-turned-one-white-house-error-into-a-messy-week/ Spain strips Catalonia of autonomy: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/world/europe/spain-catalonia-mariano-rajoy.html Malawi police arrest 140 in wake of anti-vampire lynchings: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-malawi-violence/malawi-arrests-140-in-clampdown-after-vampirism-killings-idUSKBN1CP192?il=0 Person people like Eli made famous capitalizes on it: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/us/university-florida-richard-spencer-speech/index.html Trump gives his response to PR 10 out of 10: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/19/trump-gives-puerto-rico-response-a-grade-of-10-out-of-10/?utm_term=.66a73a045b8d
58: Skepticrat058 – Birther Control Mandate Edition
On this week’s episode: The Nazis return to the scene of the hate crime … Trump will take away free birth control but offer his tiny little hand as an IUD if need be … And we learn that the Secret Service is diving in front of spite-cum more than ever before. 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 Links: Trump administration rolls back birth control mandate: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/06/trump-rolls-back-obamacares-contraception-rule-243537 and Sessions issues government-wide directive that Christianity is a perfectly acceptable reason for LGBT discrimination: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/06/sessions-calls-for-broad-religious-freedom-protections-243536 Multiple asshats explain why god allowed Las Vegas shooting: _http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/03/fox-news-host-maybe-the-las-vegas-shooter-just-didnt-believe-in-god/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/02/pat-robertson-blames-vegas-shooting-on-lack-of-respect-for-donald-trump-and-god/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/02/dave-daubenmire-god-let-the-vegas-shooting-occur-because-our-nation-is-wicked/ Christian radio host says the atheist NFL is brainwashing everyone with gamma rays: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/10/01/christian-radio-host-the-anti-christian-nfl-is-brainwashing-us-with-gamma-rays/ White supremacists return to Charlottesville: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-charlottesville/white-nationalists-return-to-charlottesville-for-torch-lit-protest-idUSKBN1CD04N
57: Skepticrat057 – Arpaio Pardon Edition
On this week’s episode: Eli guesses it rained or something somewhere … The future of humanity lies in the balance of a dick measuring contest between psychopaths … And lots of stupid Irish people lose money when one of the best boxers of all time beats a not-boxer at boxing. 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 Links: Arpaio pardon: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-long-lawless-ride-of-sheriff-joe-arpaio-20120802 http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/30/legal-challenge-to-arpaio-pardon-begins/?utm_term=.c6651ecb06b1 https://twitter.com/phoenixnewtimes/status/901263384087334914?lang=en NK fires missile over Japan https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/world/asia/north-korea-missile.html?mcubz=1 Trump to announce DACA decision on Tuesday: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348906-white-house-daca-decision-coming-tuesday Flood in Texas, lots of explosions: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/harvey-danger-major-chemical-plant-near-houston-likely-explode-facility-n797581 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arkema-deregulationus59a9ab48e4b0dfaafcf05c5e?section=us_politics Mayweather beats McGregor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FloydMayweatherJr.vs.Conor_McGregor Pentagon fesses up to how many troops are in Afghanistan: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/30/afghanistan-troop-levels-trump-242186 Trump wrong about a bunch of stuff: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-tower-wiretapus59aaf8f3e4b0b5e530ff0a63?section=uspolitics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-reads-fake-version-of-own-speechus59a9a7e4e4b0dfaafcf04e6e?section=uspolitics http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/trump-interrupts-harvey-relief-mission-to-snipe-at-press-about-the-size-of-his-hands/ http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/donald-trump-cant-donate-1-million-from-his-foundation-to-houston-because-its-under-investigation/ Kenyan Supreme Court annuls presidential election: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41123329 Cops only kill black people: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/georgia-cop-remember-kill-black-people/
56: Skepticrat056 – Charlottesvillain Edition
On this week’s episode: Trump and Tall Tyler get this whole North Korea thing settled … “Impending nuclear war” will manage to basically fall out of the news cycle … And we break down how accurate the President was with his “ranking of the races” that he did completely unironically this week. 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 Links: Trump’s response to Charlottesville: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-defends-all-sides-comment-n793001 http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/politics/trump-remarks-alt-right/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-charlottesville-comments-were-just-another-distraction/2017/08/18/97e6d106-8365-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496story.html?utmterm=.205b0cc1516c Nazis starting to get kicked off the internet: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/14/daily-stormer-alt-right-google-go-daddy-charlottesville Boston free speech rally fizzles out: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/boston-free-speech-rally-ends-early/ The White House quits the show: http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/18/news/donald-trump-carl-icahn/index.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article167952232.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/14/intel-ceo-quit-trumps-manufacturing-council.html Steve Bannon forced to resign: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/steve-bannon-white-house-chief-strategist/story?id=49295772
55: Skepticrat055 – Wheel of Hate Edition
In this week’s episode, the Trump administration finally tackles that ‘positional stability’ problem they were having, we’ll join the nation in mourning the loss of the Mooch, Eli will try to do a story about football players, and Donald Trump decides who to hate next. 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 Links: John Kelly replaces Priebus as WH Chief of Staff: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/john-kelly-chief-of-staff/index.html Martin Shkreli convicted of securities fraud: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-shkreli-idUSKBN1AK27F JD may go after colleges for not taking enough whites: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html Football player thinks dinosaurs aren’t real http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/29/nfl-player-d-j-reader-dinosaurs-arent-real-and-fossils-are-fake/ New sanctions against North Korea: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-un-idUSKBN1AL0NU Trump transcripts with world leaders released: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/politics/australia-mexico-transcripts/?utm_term=.ab42267efeb7
54: Skepticrat054 Trumpster Fire Edition
On this week’s episode: Letting everyone vote continues to work out the way we thought it would … Eli’s cynical intellectual elitism grows ever more calcified … And Donald Trump keeps tweeting about how he weighs more than a duck for some reason. 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
53: Skepticrat053 Senate Bill Cosby Edition
On this week’s episode: We check back in with Trump and Tall Tyler … The White House held a press briefing and we have as much evidence of it as CNN … And it’s totally cool to watch The Cosby Show again … Also Minnesota COPS. 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
52: Skepticrat052 Oh Snap Edition
On this week’s show, we release the Trump tapes before Trump does; we stare, jaw agape, at the smoldering, dystopian comic tragedy that is the global political landscape, and Michael Marshall will be here to talk about the UK’s latest funkadelic elections. To get tickets to QED, click here: https://qedcon.org/ To learn more about the Good Thinking Society, click here: http://goodthinkingsociety.org/ To learn more about Merseyside Skeptics, click here: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/ To hear Marsh’s podcasts, click here: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ 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