Brain Trust Live

BTL #126 - DISCOMFORT SAGA - 10/6/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. You might as well continue to peddle your crazy Ebola conspiracy theory.  It’s certainly not going to get unproven this week.

2. Teenager-led Hong Kong pro-democracy rallies are the most mature thing that’s happening in Chinese politics right now.

3. In the midst of the Dear Leader “discomfort” saga of 2014, three senior North Korean officials took a journey to the land of the Choco-Pie for a weekend of cookie gluttony and peace talks.

4. Secret Service still roughly as capable as Lila’s last run-in with them would suggest

5. Mitt Romney continues to “not” run for President by being in Iowa and stumping with wingnut conspiracy theorist Joni Ernst.

6. Russian bank hackers might have ties to the Russian government, which might be the most Russian story ever told.

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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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BTL #123 - LIPSTICK ON A TRACK - 9/15/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. The Palin family’s extracurriculars prove that you can put lipstick on a drunk shirtless man giving the finger to everybody, but it’s still a Track Palin

2. The US may or may not be at war with ISIS, but it’s definitely at war with itself over foreign policy semantics

3. Left-wing “money for schools, not for war” demand takes on bizarrely literal meaning

4. America learns an important lesson: refusing to acknowledge a political opponent named Zephyr Teachout is a fool’s errand

5. Hillary Clinton proves she’s running for president by pretending to believe “steak frys” are a real thing

6. CNN was right all along- you definitely will die of ebola

7. Like your 13 year-old cousin, Mark Sanford breaks up with his girlfriend on Facebook.

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BTL # 121 - HILARIOUS DRUNK PEOPLE - 8/18/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  RIP Robin Williams.  Your death is at least bringing attention to the dangers of mental illness, which is something even repeated tragic school shootings couldn’t.

2. Ferguson, MO is just the latest in a series of war-torn regions that the American military, ie. a municipal police force, is having to “save” via ruthless military intervention.

3. Rick Perry really doesn’t like hilarious drunk people, is obviously no fun.

4. Nouri al-Maliki is so over it, realizes that fixing Iraq will require somebody with a desire to do so.  

5. Do not even think about nominating us for the ice bucket challenge.  We mean it.

6. As if the fear of your flight just disappearing into thin air isn’t enough, we now have proof that armless pilots are captaining planes.  

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BTL #119 - CAPITALIST COOKIES - 8/4/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. Kidnapping is this year’s "weapons of mass destruction"

2. US government charters Ebola’s first flight to Atlanta

3. One day after voting to sue Obama for unilateral action, Boehner pleads with the president for unilateral action on immigration

4. Turns out some guys were doing some torture or something like that….whatever, carry on with your day

5. Fearing cookie-inspired uprising, Kim Jong-Un bans much beloved capitalist cookie.

6. Sarah Palin’s channel already providing a platform for horribly bigoted “real Americans” to call for Obama’s death.  Ain’t ‘murica great?

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BTL #118 - RIGHT TO REMAIN PARANOID - 7/29/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. Israel so over it that Kerry’s not even able to set a date for his next meeting about a meeting

2. A heads up for deal-seekers: Algeria is another nation in the grips of a disappearing aircraft crisis

3. In VA reform fight, entirely reasonable bill supported by Socialists and non-Socialists alike makes its way into rainbow and healthcare-hating Tea Party territory

4. Obama will be impeached for doing productive things while being criticized for not doing productive things under new Ted-Cruz approved GOP plan

5. Sen. Chuck schumes his way into the primary jungle and pisses off the natives

6. Sarah Palin is launching a network offering countless images of an automaton with her face shaking hands with white people of all weights and ages

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BTL #114 - BECAUSE JESUS - 7/1/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Supreme Court now in the business of telling women how to use their own bodies.  Because Jesus.

2.  A whole bunch of stodgy white men are not happy with Obama’s attempts to accomplish things

3. Thad Cochran finds that getting elected can lead to having voters all up in your grill

4. Hillary Pillory: Is now a good time to casually forget about Iraq?

5. The World Cup is apparently going to make America the Socialist Utopia we’ve always dreamed of

6. We find proof that anti-immigration advocates wear disgusting underwear

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BTL #113 - BRATING LIKE YOU MEAN IT - 6/23/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Rand Paul continues his terrifying sense-making tour even when challenged by evil robot-man Dick Cheney on Iraq

2.  Vladimir Putin would make a great Hollywood agent!  We explain why.

3.  Undocumented children now getting the state fair livestock treatment in Arizona warehouse

4.  Find who’s David Brating and where this primary season!

5.  The Clintons and the Obamas gear up for modern political tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, all over that damn golf game

6.  The return of Sinkhole Radio, World Cup Edition

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BTL #112 - FLOPPING AT THE PITCH - 6/17/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  After a four year hiatus, Americans pretend to be nice and cozy with soccer terminology once again

2.  Iraqi insurgents fail to respect that the US already solved all the middle east peace problems by declaring the mission accomplished

3.  The GOP’s un-coziness with math leads to the greatest political upset  in American history, and no, we’re not overselling that

4.  Hillary Pillory: Clinton better be glad we’d invented a term for “Romneying” before she started her book tour

5.  Terry Gross and Obama both give the gays pride month gifts to remember

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BTL #111 - JUNGLE PRIMARIES - 6/9/14

In Which We (BiCoastally) Discuss:

1.  Tuesday’s primary elections bring mixed results for wacko candidates from both parties

2.  GOP patriots now in favor of leaving behind POWs, because hey, screw due process!

3.  Republicans hellbent on fixing the VA may or may not be in support of new bipartisan bill to fix the VA

4.  It's the time of the month where we report jobs numbers, and update you on how last month’s jobs numbers were totally incorrect

5.  Seattle residents already reaping the super awesome benefits of electing a socialist to their city council with massive minimum wage increase

6.  And, as if we needed it…further proof that Vladimir Putin is a disgusting sleazebag

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