Episode 570: Red GOP, Blue Dems,...White MAGA?

Bart and Norma discuss some general chatter, but there's some focus on idiots. I suppose many of our topics are about idiots, so we'll narrow this one down to having a "political" party that sooner believes in magic weather machines murdering Christian conservatives instead of climate change being ignored.

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Show Notes:

• It's raining, but there's still all sorts of (illegal) fireworks going off 
• ScarJo had a fear to face in Jurassic World
• NextDoor
• Guess he didn't throw his kid overboard on a Disney cruise...
• Star Wars actor dies of Covid + pneumonia
• Marjorie Taylor Greene uses deaths in Texas from NOAA shutdown and DOGE cuts to instead outlaw imaginary chemtrails 
• Kennedy wants you to wear health trackers to make you healthier. Bonus: government tracks what you're doing, and lobbyists profit off the collected data, and insurance companies can use it against you. Yay! 
• "You must quickly pass state budget before I pass the federal Big Beautiful Bill that will defund hospitals and make people vote me out of office!" I paraphrase, but...well... 
• Mean girl Elon threatens mean girl Trump with 3rd political party, tanks stock in the process (again)  
• Children in US keep dying more than children in comparable countries 
• Medicaid, insurance, new glasses, it's all a giant suck of energy and time where people dealing with it have given up and the companies behind it are profiting 

Episode 569: Battle for LA

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss rice, rich people wedding problems, farming, and streaming show schedules. General discussion. It's somewhat quiet compared to previous episodes, but still some WTF-ery from people that hate poor people because they're poor.

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Show Notes:

• Norma is not Will Smith
• Rice production in the US 
• Bezos weddings and protests go hand in hand 
• Smile and say "Cheese"
• Dead Domain and the Battle for LA
• Companies gaming the system by posting ghost jobs or other method to check a box for a regulation or grant or other government incentive
• AI and cheating 
• Nebraska, farmer, immigrant, government handouts, Trump still sucks 
• Really long periods between show releases on streaming hurts viewerships 

Episode 568: So Much Local Education Stuff

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss mostly school-related issues, but there are a couple of news items. Surprisingly not centered on just Trump bombing Iran and being surprised that it didn't go the way he thought it would. Oh, and Spaceballs 2 is on the roster for upcoming movie projects!

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Show Notes:

• Insurance is terrible still
• For comparison, Sidewinder missiles cost half a million dollars apiece. Keep in mind the military blows these up for fun but your employer doesn't think you're worth your salary. 
• Rick Moranis returns for the Search for More Money
• Bea Arthur and Betty White: Oil and Water
• Live updates on BBC site for Trump's middle east screwups

Episode 567: Parade Day Can't Beat Protest Day

This one was pretty much in limited topic, moreso than usual. We focused on educational shortcomings and protest. Because that's the highlight of the weekend. Idiots, and people protesting idiots. I'm betting Trump is going to be bigly mad that his big boy birthday parade was a giant f@&king flop, and we're going to feel the brunt of his tantrum...

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Show Notes:

• "You have a stupid job that makes you work stupid hours."
• We're at the age that celebrities we knew growing up are dying
• Insurance is a f@cking joke
• Erin Moriarty and Grave's Disease
• Angela Collier Car Talk Video
• Education systems exist with better outcomes; the US can model these for possibly better outcomes, but it's not about better education despite what talking heads and pundits say 

Episode 566: Thin Skin of Fascists

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss high school mascots, nepo-relationships in high places, the White House Fox News venue, shows that stream but still aren't released on a decent schedule and apparently there was a WWDC event recently...

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Show Notes:

•  One of Trump's new friends in charge of NASA and pisser-offer of Musk
• Wrestler-lady whines about high school mascots in Long Island
• Obama daughter doesn't want people to know her as Obama daughter in her movie making career
•  White House mulls idea of creating Fox News-type news snippets to brief illiterate Trump
•  Kkkaroline Leavitt ditches wearing performative Christian cross after Jon Stewart makes giggles at her lies
•  New Trump FEMA head didn't know the US has a hurricane season
•  Bill Atkinson, one of the genius programmers behind Macintosh, passes away
• Television shows and their release schedules and age of actors 
• Apple WWDC event recently happened apparently...

Episode 565: Elon's K-Hole Adventures

Bart and Norma discuss pennies finally going away, people who are friendly to a fault, and Elon should not be allowed to give presentations in addition to not being interviewed. He's an idiot that spent his life failing upwards. I will choose that hill to die on...Musk is super wealthy despite his lack of intelligence. He's a white-supremacist man-child in my opinion and have yet to see any indication of his brilliance.

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Show Notes:

• Pennies going bye-bye 
• They're just too nice: Williams Syndrome
• Where you can still get floppies
• Musk drug use, pants peeing 
• ULINE, in my opinion, are one step away from requiring goose-stepping around the office
• Ukraine launches massive attack on Russian bombers, taking out ~30% of their forces, and didn't bother telling the US because why would they tell Russia their plans?...but did tell Europe. Congratulations Ukraine! 
• King of the Hill voice actor murdered, possibly by homophobe with a gun...in Texas...red state...big surprise?
• Fake jobs are a growing problem 
• Tis' the season to whine about gay people having a Pride Month... 

Episode 564: Privacy vs. Convenience

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss cars, vacuums, and humidifiers spying on you and your home, along with the continued use of discontinued Windows and schools combined with "back in my day..."

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Show Notes:

• The leak is from the dehumidifier, so we have a new dehumidifier with built-in spy capabilities via network connection
• Mice are a-holes
• Indirectly using Windows
• Biden is sick
• Majority speaker says Congress needs insider trading because they're poor
• iRobot collecting data via Roomba
• Robot vacuums remotely hacked to chase pets, swear at owners
• Discussing privacy and car data collection
• Privacy4Cars - see what data your car may be collecting on you 
• School board candidate interviews/article 
• Brooklyn Bridge vs. Boat