Episode 332: Cults and Cutlery

Bart and Norma discuss assault allegations and domestic violence, a flat-Earther dies in the desert, Brexit cognitive dissonance, Bart reminds Norma that Oneida silverware was born from a sex cult, and a Maryland public school enrages GOP for pointing out the GOP is acting like Nazis and Communist China. Not that they're not doing it, but that it's pointed out. Rawr!

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Show Notes:

• Are we becoming the next crappy-generation time, like the Depression-era?
• Boy Scouts, the apex of good, moral American-way living, going bankrupt due to abuse allegations. Good thing they kept out evil, immoral atheists and gays...
• High school girls bring lawsuit to keep transgender students from competing in girls sports
• Weinstein trial...guilty
• Possible religious group/cult headquartered in PA has slum-like "orphanage" burn down in Haiti
• Oneida cutlery? More like Oneida Smutlery!
• Wendy Williams, professional not nice person, makes joke about domestic abuse and gets family angry at her
• Flat Earther dies proving what we already know
• Brexit: Good job keeping jobs in Britain, morons
• Maryland GOP unhappy that they get compared to  communist and Nazi history in public school lesson
• Parasite movie distributor responds to Trump criticism, saying it's understandable he makes those comments because he's illiterate
• Reminder: there's a map of Coronavirus cases online 
• YouTuber fakes a Bali vacation 
• Ariah Cook, young cancer victim, has candlelight vigil held in hometown area for support 

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...)