Brain Trust Live

BTL #143 - BRIEF LESSONS IN FEMALE ANATOMY - 2/24/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. You’d think an Oscars this political would be less boring...and yet...

2. GOP’s DHS Greek tragedy leaves us asking why they feel so compelled to destroy even things they love

3. Brian Williams-hater Bill O’Reilly is totally just jealous because his fake combat story is totally fucking lame

4. Jeb Bush successfully proves that his foreign policy agenda isn’t like his brother’s...it’s more like Herman Cain’s.

5. Hillary Clinton and every single nobody in America is running for president in 2016.

6. In case you were wondering whether a swallowed camera pill might end up in your vagina...oh, wait, you weren’t?

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BTL #140 - AWESOME CHALLENGES - 1/3/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Sunday’s American Anti-Wife Beating Commercial Day ended, tellingly, with a brawl 

2. Reminder: Jeb Bush is the bullying, pothead Bush child that didn’t even make it to Yale, and we know it wasn’t because of the cost

3. Hillary Clinton will enjoy several more months of running for president without actually running 

4. Romney may be gone but his legacy is not forgotten as a new generation of GOP hopefuls face the awesome challenges of public chair-sitting

5. We’ll name every traitorous Democrat that voted for Keystone this week and put them in our anti-prayers

6. D’Angelo is a person we can appreciate without listening to

7. Science has finally proven what this podcast proves every week: that liberals are biologically superior

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BTL #139 - SARAH PALIN'S A-GAME - 1/26/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Snappy State of the Union is followed by bread-bags and wig-hair in world’s most dramatic drop-off. 

2. Greatest event in the history of the world descends upon Iowa, showering the state in racist quips, Hillary hatred, and groundbreaking (well...incorrect) word use. 

3. Future car-elevator companions Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney share a gentlemanly lunch, studiously avoid topics of any sort.

4. New York is having two very New York problems this week: ethics scandals and fare increases.  We’re most upset about the latter.

5. Does anybody know ISIS’s phone number?  Japan is trying to call them.

6. When Glenn Beck pays for a concert, Glenn Beck expects Billy Joel to bring his freaking A-game!

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BTL #138 - CREDIBLE CONTENDERS - 1/20/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. The SOTU is Tuesday, and you should watch just to see two things: clapping theatrics and Biden’s facial expressions as he descends into boredom

2. Upon hearing that income inequality is a thing, car elevator-owner Mitt Romney tries to care a little but fails to convince even his own party of his change-of-heart

3. California Democrats conjure more credible contenders for 2016 senate race in two days than either political party has for president in two years

4. Much of country and world fails to recognize the irony of tweeting anti-Muslim and other racist things on MLK day

5. Surprising news: Hollywood cabal populated by ancient rich white men has no respect for civil rights stories or the historically downtrodden Lego people

6. GOP Congressmen and Senators take a group trip to Hershey, PA, enjoy chocolate syrup salad dressing and chocolate soap with the rest of the children

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BTL #137 - CASTRATION FLIRTATION - 1/12/15

In Which We Discuss:

 1. 114th Congress makes plans to castrate both pigs and themselves in the start of their new session

 2. Jobs numbers prove that no matter how great the economy claims to be, broke people don’t care. Ugg, idiot poor people and their dumb need to eat!

 3. Romney family gathers at their ski-slope-car-elevator-dressage-stage to ponder Mitt’s presidential future/tell Americans that Jeb Bush is out of touch

4. Staten Island is acting as Staten Island is wont to act.  You get it...

 5. North Korea now facing two scourges: floating balloons filled with copies of The Interview and terrorist sharks!

6. Kirby DeLauter is the man named Kirby DeLauter who proved that local journalism is not dead.  (Kirby DeLauter)

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BTL #135 - PRESSING ITEMS OF NATIONAL INTEREST - 12/15/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. CIA torture report proves that a) we’ve been in the grasp of a huge sneaking evil for years and b) Dianne Feinstein has an ounce of fight left in her after all.

2. Dick Cheney’s new heart only new in the literal sense.  His metaphorical heart is just as evil and unfeeling as it always was.

3. New UN climate deal nixes the pledges and opts for the helpful non-binding suggestions way of dealing with major polluters.

4. Pig diarrhea among the many pressing items of national interest addressed by the new, amendment-laden house spending bill.

5. Much of the left is now Ready for Warren.  Either none of or all of the right is ready for Jeb.

6. Ferguson Eric Garner Protests still going strong

7. Angelina Jolie and Amy Pascal share a hug (and grimace) heard ‘round the world in Sony leaks aftermath.

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BTL #130 - THE SOAP OPERA EPIDEMIC - 11/3/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. We’re going to lose the Senate, guys.  Sorry we’ve been lying to you.  Cali sun and whatnot...

2. Colorado sneaks a personhood amendment onto the ballot by convincing voters it will save their unborn babies from drunk drivers.  Screw you, Colorado!

3. Do not mess with Kaci Hicox.  She WILL take a one-hour rural bike ride if she damn well pleases.

4. North Korea is on the frontlines of the war against Japenese Ebola and South Korean Soap Operas, both epidemics invented by North Korea.

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BTL #129 - IT KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE - 10/27/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. Another school shooting, but instead of gun control, lets talk about EBOLA!  It knows where you live!

2. Alaskan pollsters just can’t know who lives in Alaska and how to reach them.  Hopefully next year’s races won’t be so close and they can get back to their real love: drunken limo brawling.

3. Fearing a repeat of Bush-Clinton, Liz Warren is not not running for president.  She is instead aware of the many “possibilities that the future might bring.”

4. In military tactical news, man on man massage is how the terrorists win.

5. Every once in a while, reality stars are forced to live in reality.  RIP Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

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BTL #127 - ARMED WITH A SANDWICH - 10/13/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. New revelations in the case of #PalinBrawl2014.  Apparently the Palins rented that stretch hummer just to drunkenly crash a stranger’s birthday party.

2. As of this week, Ebola is a disease you can get without having gone to Liberia or Sierra Leone.  Time to stop making out with strangers!

3. We know the Middle East is confusing, but are we sure we’ve gotten our geography right with the whole ISIS airstrike campaign?

4. St. Louis cops and residents disagree on whether you can be armed with a deadly sandwich.

5. This week in Senate election news, Independent candidates are rousing the electorate’s weirdest rabble.

6.  Dick Morris is still in the business of making totally wacko, inaccurate predictions.

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BTL #125 - TOWNS WITH DOORS - 9/29/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. A couple of ISIS bombings and Republicans are already excited about the prospect of boots on the ground in unnecessary war.

2. Thanks to Senate discord, Eric Holder’s resignation might end up just being for show.

3. After Obama’s fake #lattesalute gaffe, how long will we have to wait for a pumpkin spice latte salute campaign from Starbucks (#PSL).

4. The struggle is real for would-be murderers who just happen to be Muslim.  It’s hard to be notorious when Al Qaeda gets all the credit for your crimes. 

5. Value Voters can’t decide whether gay marriage is just boring or a scourge on society, but they all seem to know who Ben Carson is.

6. Self-appointed Real-Life Disney Princess sues Disney for stealing her tale of having a sister and living in a village with doors.

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