Episode 550: A Dangerous "Educated Proletariat"

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss government-as-a-business, Reagan was a disaster in slow motion, Musk is in my opinion a man-toddler, deregulation and running government as a business are definitely not good ideas, and we have a recommended YouTube creator for you to check out!

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Show Notes:

• Trump wants Canada because he's an idiot
• Reagan was a #@$^% that started dumbing down Americans out of fear that smart people were smart
• Article: The Origin of Student Debt
• Musk's fragile toddler ego forces him to pretend he can play video games...
• Scary terrible teddy bears will cause women to forget how uteruses and babies work
• McMedia phone number...STAY CALM
• Deregulate businesses, see how that works for you...Boar's Head tries killing people with Listeria outbreak
• Feli from Germany becomes a citizen
• Fighter booted from plane for non-compliance over exit row help
  

Episode 549: A Fungus Among Us

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss radiation and kitchen decor, drug development costs vs. subsidies from taxpayers, the kitten likes getting attention before having to go to the vet for surgery, and Tesla vehicles are remotely controlled and spy on their drivers...but don't worry, it's only used for GOOD THINGS by someone who may possibly very likely be a narcissistic man-toddler (the label is only my opinion)...

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Show Notes:

• Snow...in Long Island.
• Talking about kitchens and windows and radioactive radon
• Old people in Congress, money influencing Congress, Congress is just bad
• Drug costs/development. Why can't we get drugs cheaper if tax money subsidizes them?
• Kitten wants food before her food cutoff time (surgery the next day...)
• A weird mammary-involved thing at the mall
  
• World's largest organism
• New Orlean's rampage
• So...Tesla vehicles DEFINITELY DON'T spy on their owners...
• Dude in Kentucky turned to swiss cheese over a weed eater he didnt' have...police shrug and claim dude started it...
  

Episode 548: Ho Ho Ho

Bart and Norma record a simple pre-holiday show where we review Matt Gaetz' Xmas gift for the country...the seeeecrit ethics report was released! Also, Congress if full of scum, Trump wants the Panama Canal, CEOs get special treatment (surprise!) and a member of Congress just "disappears" for 6 months and...no one noticed?

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Show Notes:

• Dog murder, just in time for the holidays...
• So a guy with ties to the Elon-Musk-supported extremist German group murdered holiday revelers in murder spree?
• Merry Xmas! Matt Gaetz report released!
• Missing GOP representative found after 6 month disappearance
• Congress members get a lot of money and benefits for denying money and benefits to the people they represent...
• Trump...again...wants Greenland. And Panama Canal.
• CEOs in NY getting their own "I'm Scared" hotline for security because 911 is for commoners?
  

Episode 547: Shooting Down Drones over Jersey!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss voting, Medicare Advantage, the Goonies celebrates another decade, drones and Cash 4 Kids judge is free again...

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Show Notes:

• Whoops...episode 547...not 546
• Starting was a little weird again because updates are terrible
• Why avoid Medicare Advantage?
• Goonies turns 40
• Turns out the story I recalled was from an interview with Josh Brolin, and yes, he kind of ruined the take with his genuine reaction to the ship
• Voting discussion
• PA governor Shapiro reacts to Cash-4-Kids judge being pardoned by Biden
• Fetterman: Republican Ackshually?
• Hegseth: definitely won't drink when getting Trump-granted power
• Kid went on 10 mile walk, parent arrested
• Drones over NJ...PA...etc
  

Episode 546: Robin Hood Denied Insurance Claim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss props and blood sugar, but mainly we talk about insurance and how horrible human beings with money try to spin a narrative that they're actually nice people who don't deserve being shot just because they profit off pain.

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Show Notes:

• Green (insecure?) text bubbles are going away on iOS
• G7 glucose monitors come with FREE MINI MAGNET!
• Bye bye Goop
• Ruby Slippers auctioned for millions
• Prop talk
• Health insurance CEO killed, millions cheer
• Whoops...weird disconnect paused the discussion momentarily...
• School memories
  

Episode 545: Advertisements are Terrible

Bart and Norma discuss advertising, why relying on third party companies for your company's success is probably a bad idea, Niantic has been using collected data for other purposes, and there's snow in part of our state! Plus we survived the holiday that isn't really acknowledged as a holiday anymore!

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Show Notes:

• Bart hates Python
• Amazon ruins small business with a returns-as-new screwup
• Much traffic/engagement/interaction on the Internet is from bots
• Advertising is SO out of hand now
• Niantic using Pokemon Go as a covert mapping project/AI training system
• Why do I have to submit information that agencies already have, or worse, pay to send information that is already collected by government/companies?
• Infamous drum-of-lubricant from Amazon back in the conversation
• People are full of germs. Ew.
• Erie getting lake effect snow
  

Episode 544: Convention Visit in Bean Town

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss a million dollar banana, shopping carts that revolutionize annoying customers, Norma's adventures in Boston and the latest holiday is coming around the corner!

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Show Notes:

• Banana artwork for millions of dollars
• Expensive revolutionary shopping carts with batteries
• Bubble Tea Adventure
• Listening to a Supreme Court Judge
• Adventures in losing things at big conventions
• Conservative evil is still creeping in to schools
• Wheel of Privilege
• Man arrested for drug/rape charges that are rather staggering for a small town area...
• Tis' the season for idiot to cry OPPRESSION and pretend they're victims falalalala