Episode 165: Hoping The Bad Away

Bart and Norma go over what's been tossed in the news...and swear next week is for the war on Xmas. Really. It's time.

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Show Notes:

• Feedback
• Cost to taxpayers to protect Trump Tower family
• Favorite Xmas movies
• TRUMP SAVES (a small number of misleading) JOBS
• ...and GOP won't support Trump tariffs?
• Trump vote betrayals opinion piece
• The ACA (ObamaCare) isn't the problem
• Rural America missing out on tech jobs
• Freakonomics: how to make a bad decision
• FaceBook BS Detector plugin (and update)
• Moron rescues nonexistent kids from pizza shop
• Trump circle member continues to spread fake news
• Tombstone doesn't fit the decor...
• SNL pokes fun at Trump Twitter compulsion
• Next week...let's talk about the state of the War on Xmas!

Episode 164: Kicking Off the Holiday Season

Bart, Norma and Voretaq review some bad news from the previous week, but there's less political talk, so...win?

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Show Notes:

• Black Friday never ends
• Amazon sales a bust?
• Norma was in a group that won an award for a float in an Xmas parade
• Feedback
• Mall Santa chastised for stupid political point (dumbass)
• Obits
• Ron Glass
• Florence Henderson
• Fidel Castro
• Vote recount; Orange Joffrey upset
• Trump camp member blasted Trump cabinet nominee
• Mark Hamill doesn't like Trump appointees
• Wasted Talent coming to an end; buy the kickstarter book
• Secretary of Education nominee is one of the worst qualified?
• Bibleman!

Episode 163: Turkey Breast Day

Bart, Norma and Voretaq rehash this weeks sparse news stories...unfortunately it was mostly Trump fluff. BUT NOT ALL! Also, turkey breast. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Show Notes:

• Starships and problems
• The country is being turned over to Nazis
• Feedback
• Trump daughter and conflict of interest (uses Pres-elect position to advertise her business)
• Trump has "off the books" meeting with the press to whine
• Hillary now at 1.7+ million votes ahead of Trump
• Japan had an earthquake
• Pence gets lectured, Trump whines about a broadway show
• Trump followers unable to tell theater in another country from a play
• Pence email controversy
• Trump settles fake university case
• Trump owes a LOT of money to China...
• Trump donations questioned by FEC
• Pope slaps American conservatives
• Trump goes to church; ovation. SEE HOW AMERICA LOVES HIM
• More on Trump debt (Snopes)
• Trump may have to sell his assets? 
• Kanye "tired"...would vote for Trump, cancels concerts
• Prominent DC restaurant hosts Nazi dinner
• Apple to discontinue Airport/Time Capsule products
• Bus crash kills children
• Goodbye, Vine
• Trump gives finger to NYC'ers by shutting down rush hour Lincoln Tunnel to go golfing
• Don't swim in the Yellowstone springs
• Sexists may be brain-defective
• Green Day doesn't like Trump
• Update on the War On Christmas
• What are YOU thankful for? And will be hit by a meteor or the Yellowstone supervolcano eruption first?
• Show cover graphic is explained at the end of the show...

Episode 162: Tom Riddle Won

Bart, Norma and Voretaq commiserate over the end of the world.

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Show Notes:

• Bart and Norma complain about their Frontier DSL service
• Feedback
• Stargate is better
• Dr. Strange is worth seeing
• Trump didn't know how the west wing works? Is this for real?
• Donald "Shouldn't put his children out of work"
• List of thugs considered for Trump staff
• Trump and his ACA replacement/repeal backpedal...
• Trump tries to evict and bully old woman out of her home
• John Oliver: Donate to groups to protect them from Trump
• Trump doesn't read
• FaceBook should do more to stop spreading stupid?
• FaceBook irresponsibility, revisited
• Trump supporter "Ape in heels" comment called out
• Trump's physical obsession with his daughter is rather well known...
• Trump sues author for questioning Trump wealth claims
• Chili's denies veteran a meal because of Trump supporter lies
• NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE

Episode 161: Stargate Santa

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the holidays, voting, and feedback!

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Show Notes:

• Santa and the Roosevelt Mall is more Stargate than Spaceship
• Yay connection issues (SKYPE!)
• Feedback
• Jefferson Davis comparison...
• Snake on a Plane...really...
• ICE PILOTS NWT
• Windows with argon vs. vacuum
• School board forgot they were voting for something in slight favor of teachers?
• Hillary disqualified from office?
• Trump goes to trial soon?
• Nice pay for our reps in PA...
• Does your vote count?
• Judge abuses power...

Episode 160: IT'S HALLOWEEN

Bart and Norma discuss nothing Trump...because despite the scary factor, it's HALLOWEEN!

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Show Notes:

• Best Holiday: Halloween!
• Film Riot does Bloodtober
• Chainsaw
• Ghost House
• Feedback
• Halloween was (is) quiet this year
• EVIL HALLOWEEN warning
• 1 in 2 Americans may already be in facial recognition databases
• Hillary for "prision!" (sic) (morons)

Episode 159: CLOWNS So Many CLOWNS

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss feedback, the Wells Fargo fallout, the state of local economy and some districts NO CLOWNING AROUND policies!

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Show Notes:

• Feedback
• Clowns and Community Service Proposals...
• Family Guy dubs the Trump Bus
• Video was removed by user...wonder why...
• Wells Fargo fun
• Shooting the breeze...
• Dying local economy
• Local district says NO CLOWNING AROUND 
• PA teacher database
• Is Vanilla Ice a Trumpster?