Episode 331: Mayo for the Mayo and Medicare for All

Bart, Norma, and Voretaq discuss Medicare for All, the Mayo clinic screwed up, Shipt demonstrates another reason the gig economy is pushing the country towards a bleak future, losing features because you didn't subscribe properly (to your CAR), and Avast is discovered to be monitoring your every online action so they can resell it; this and more in episode 331!

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Show Notes:

• GUEST CO-HOST: RACKET!
• Are people with condos rich?
• Local are charter school resolution...thing...
• Flying across the border for prescriptions
• John Oliver on Medicare for All
• Shipt and buying gifts out of pocket
• More in-depth article on Shipt shenanigans
• Ivanka and her "Rich people are poor too" attitude
• Mayo Clinic whoopsie
• I don't think the GoFundMe is going well, though
• Voretaq joins the show, just a little behind
• Tesla disables a major set of features remotely
• Movie: Ready or Not
• Avast monitors and sells (well, sold) your every click and activity on the computer
• Irony, or just bull?
• A back door just for "good guys" has been monitoring us by China for a decade or more
• If you ride Uber, you can't sue in an accident?
• Amie Harwick (allegedly?) murdered
• How long should a laptop last?
• Nevada caucus this week

Episode 330: SOTU FU

Bart and Norma have a relatively quiet newsweek. We talk about the importance of who you know, not what you know. We talk about Secret Hitler. We talk about Trump's clownface photo making rounds. We talk about Adam Sandler and the Oscars. And we finish off with a short roundup of recent entertainment on Netflix!

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Show Notes:

• Stars passing away
• It's who you know, not actual rules in society
• Discuss Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos CEO
• Book about Theranos: Bad Blood
• "Stop making fun of our fascist leader!" - GOP State Rep
• Information on "Secret Hitler" game
• You can print the game for free from their site...
• Trump's clown face
• Limbaugh, holder of Medal of Honor thanks to Impeached Trump, called a 13 year old a dog
• Trump "gifts" voucher to girl so she can attend a school that's not a failing terrible school, but she already attends a top-ranked charter school
• Adam Sandler roasts the Oscars
• Omniscient TV series
• The Magicians

Episode 329: Inequality Pie

Bart and Norma discuss wealth inequality, creepy puppets, the Woo of Goop and the Witcher!

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Show Notes:

• Inequality as shown through pie
• People are terrible with numbers
• Wealth inequality over time
• Farmer bankruptcies hitting a high
• Land of Confusion (with Reagan among others...)
• Katie Hopkins pranked for her reputedly bigoted views
• "Woo" is hated because PATRIARCHY
• Yes, Paltrow-endorsed vaginal steaming, and it caused problems
• Julianne Hough "treatment"
• The Witcher on Netflix
• Trump and the Kansas mixup (derp...)

Episode 328: Star Trek and Plagues!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the first episode of Picard, Diet Soda ISN'T BAD (but caffeine withdrawal is a @#$%), the Corona Virus isn't as terrible as it seems (is it?), and why bother with impeachment when you know they won't do anything?

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Show Notes:

• Couple of house showings...no bites yet though (sigh)
• Audio Hijack...getting better, I think
• Two charged with abuse of mentally disabled person (involves chicken)
• Star Trek: Picard discussion
• Star Trek's timeline
• Trolling online, differing opinions online
• Diet soda, caffeine, bleh
• Plague, Inc game; fun for everyone!
• Plague, Inc sales rising!
• Corona Virus outbreak information...real-time map of the breakout
• Flu vaccination discussion
• Definitely not black cop identifies as black on forms to get a raise (also defends shooting black people, called Tamir Rice a "thug", etc...) 
• Kobe Bryant died (and some other people)
• "The Great Bathroom Incident"

Episode 327: Running to Bermuda and Windows Crypto Patch

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss coating a school in jet fuel, a Florida man tries to run to Bermuda, people finally stop thinking that working hard is what gets ahead in life, and another big Windows hack needs patching...explained...in the links...

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Show Notes:

• Bart is getting the hang (kinda) of using Audio Hijack and Fission
• Voretaq mentions the future we live in and required reboots (stupid phone...)
• Coating schools in jet fuel (whoops)
• Yes, there is a lawsuit against Delta already for this
• Bullying. Stop it. Or something.
• Really. I mean it. Stop using classmates as weapons.
• Now I can't stop thinking of Hulk bashing Loki around the Avengers Tower loft
• Magnets and computers
• Florida man tries running to Bermuda
• No, really. There's video.
• Identifying as an 8 year old girl for giggles and underage porn court defense
• Addressing cash bail being removed
• What prevents politicians from doing what they want if all three branches are run by the same party?
• SURPRISE! Nothing!
• Square-tipped knives in Britain in response to knife-related crimes
• Trump uses MLK Jr. Day to boast about himself. SURPRISE.
• People finally stop believing that hard work means success (...uh...SURPRISE...)
• Edelman Trust Barometer report
• Royalty Watch 2020
• Right-wing Conservatives can't meme worth derp
• Ash-spreading
• Biden: VIDEO GAMES BAD
• Larry David and the MAGA hat
• NSA Eternal Blue hack information
• A layman's guide to the extremely serious Windows crypto patch
• An online vulnerability tester for your browser
• You CAN'T make an "encryption backdoor" that is ONLY for "GOOD GUYS" to use, you @#$% MORONS
• Golfing at New York Trump Dump

Episode 326: New Year, New Setup, Same Stuff Still

Voretaq rejoins Bart and Norma to discuss Apple repairs and podcasting, Putin music videos, Windows users apparently have a REALLY IMPORTANT security update coming, and StackOverflow once again shows true colors! This and much more on episode 326!

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Show Notes:

• New recording setup...our first shakedown trial
• Audio Hijack and Fission...how does this podcast sound?
• Apple podcast recording/editing/etc. irritations
• iMac disassembly and reassembly story time
• Baking your video card for solder fixes...
• StackOverflow has some interesting news...
• Microsoft issues cryptic crypto update that hint users should DEFINITELY INSTALL IT ASAP
• Will users rebel and create their own version of StackOverflow?
• There seems to be some work on a work-alike...
• Lets talk about art and bananas and why it's bananas
• One Like Putin, English
• One Like Putin
• Velvet Buzzsaw
• Actual Cannibal Shia Labeouf
• Expensive Pokemon Card!
• Drone "fireworks"
• Watch Lost in Space (Netflix)
• Rubber Ducking taken to a new level
• Organ donation education on the process...
• Last gorilla from Gorillas in the Mist passed away?
• Trogdor's birthday...

Episode 325: Sad News Update

Bart and Norma have been having a not so great end of 2019 and a still not great start of 2020. This episode reviews some of those issues, along with a few news items to pop off the stack (a computer science reference!...see, not all gloom...) (Also, Voretaq is out of todays episode, but not his fault. Bart contacted him to say it wasn't going to happen, but we aim for him back next week...)

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Show Notes:

• Yes, we missed a show. There was a reason. It wasn't because we were taking a vacation.
• Computer used to record decided the GPU should have solder joints go bad (I think)
• Now using a laptop with latest MacOS, which doesn't run 32 bit software, which the recording software uses 32 bit compiled components so...ugh.
• Norma's father passed away on New Year's Day
• Learning about the aftermath of death
• IRS fun still
• Star Wars...not yet...controversial...in the end, if you like it, like it.
• Zumbo's Just Desserts season two is coming!?
• Letterkenny...Handmaid's Tale...
• A problem with tumbleweeds
• Napping with cats
• Methodists are splitting. Religious people are REALLY interested in what you do in the bedroom...
• Instagram model sends nudes for donations to Australian fire relief
• Evangelical bigots
• NOT ALL GUN NUTS and the random air-shooting for the new year
• Trump's latest fuckup (can you guess?...okay, he predicted a weak President would attack Iran now he is attacking Iran...)
• Wal-Mart bedbugs