Sunday, September 29 – We of course opened
on the whistleblower complaint, what John labeled “Stupid Watergate II: The
Stupidest Watergate.” I loved the line “Rudy Giuliani is working for the
president for free, and somehow he’s
still being paid too much.” John also did a great job breaking down why this
might finally break the camel’s back. After a fun montage of 60 Minutes hosts prompting interviewee
soundbites, it was onto the main story on compounding pharmacies. As usual, I
was appalled that such important work receives so little oversight (“don’t
store loose pills next to the toilet” really should be the first thing they teach in pharmacy school,) and the
fraud was predictably gross and terrible. The absurd fake names one pharmacy
used to create more business led to a great team-up of random celebrities and
fictional characters for a final PSA – I got a kick out of RuPaul incredulously
exclaiming, “Ointment scheme?!”
Monday, September 30 – First up was the
latest from Elon Musk, followed by footage of a drunk school bus driver and a study
on overexercise adversely affecting our decision-making (“there’s no such thing
as a one-morning stand!”) A catchall
of impeachment inquiry news. We covered other foreign leaders Trump urged to
help his own personal gain, Trump’s less-than-stable reaction to the scandal,
and Republican lawmakers who are baffled
at how this could be anything untoward. Ronny had a piece on the viral moment
of a a guy raising $2 million for “beer money” at an NFL game, giving the money
to charity, and then having his old racist tweets unearthed (followed by people
digging up the offensive tweets of the reporter who wrote about the tweets, what a tangled web.) The guest was
Republican presidential candidate Mark Sanford. It was unnerving how he
emphasized his issue with Trump’s tone,
rather than any of his actual policies.
Tuesday, October 1 – Opening blurbs on a
runaway beverage cart at O’Hare, a new law to let NCAA athletes earn money
(great crack about how any attempts by the NCAA to block this should be put
forth by unpaid student lawyers,) and an Amy Klobuchar anecdote that took a
dark turn. Today’s impeachment-inquiry news looked at the very unhelpful
efforts of Rudy Giuliani – the news clip of him proudly proclaiming that he did
exactly what he vehemently denied doing a few minutes before still makes my
head spin. Michael also did a piece suggesting that Trump can’t be accused of
wrongdoing on the grounds of “moral blindness,” that he has no concept of what
right and wrong are. I enjoyed the
interview with author Anand Giridharadas, who spoke passionately about class
disparity. I especially loved the comment (paraphrased,) “You can’t say you
want to help the people below you when you’re standing on their necks.”
Wednesday, October 2 – Good jokes on a
woman climbing into a lion enclosure (“That’s cultural appropriation! Save that
shit for white people!”) We also got Vladimir Putin “joking” about 2020
election interference and some self-driving Tesla mayhem. After watching Trump
self-destruct at a press conference, there was a non-impeachment-related Trump
story, some of his reported ideas for border security. Another prime example of
someone having to instruct people not
to listen to the president, and I laughed at the bit about needing a cost
estimate on “2,000 miles of snakes” for a border moat. Desi did a piece on
businesses who say Yelp extorts them for ads, messing with their reviews it
they don’t pony up. The guest, author Jacqueline Woodson, discussed writing
stories with both mirrors (for people who don’t often see themselves in
fiction) and windows (for people who don’t know what someone else’s experience
is like.)
Thursday, October 3 – Some fun opening
bits: Bernie Sanders’s heart procedure (“Why do the doctors make so much more
than the nurses?!”), Russian spies getting targeted FBI ads on Facebook, and
underpaid teachers resorting to sugar daddies (surprised with a Parisian
getaway, they say, “…But what I really wanted was 36 boxes of crayons.”) The
latest impeachment-inquiry piece looked at Mike Pence's role Good montage of times
the administration has used the “the vice president was unaware” excuse for
assorted scandals, and I loved the bit on how Pence pressured Ukraine without
knowing what he was pressuring them to do. Next was Trevor talking about the
Amber Guyger verdict. A lot of good stuff here, from the absurdity of her using
a Stand Your Ground defense to the weaponization of white women’s tears.
Streamer Tyler Blevins (a.k.a. Ninja) was the guest, discussing his new book
for gamers hoping to make it big.
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