Brain Trust Live

BTL #96 - LETS TALK OLYMPICS - 2/10/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Most hated Winter Olympics in recent memory wins us over with extra figure skating events.

2.  Republicans vow to do nothing in 2014, still think you’re lazy for wanting health insurance.

3.  Los Angeles congressional primary to pit the vaguely “spiritual” against the fully exasperating  (#whitepeopleproblems)

4. Charlie Crist runs in gubernatorial election on the hope that Florida will get less horrible over time.

5. Women no longer have to worry about their libidos after hearing Mike Huckabee say “sexual drive” on national television.

6. New evidence proves that God didn’t do much historical research before penning the Bible.

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BTL #92 - THE BAD KIND OF TONY SOPRANO - 1/13/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Chris Christie finally one-ups Tony Soprano, reclaims his position as the king of the bad kind of being “New Jersey”

2.  Robert Gates bitterly discusses Obama’s thoughtful approach to war as nearly treasonous

3.  Iran’s deal-to-make-deal-to-make-a-deal goes into effect...in a few weeks

5.  North Korean ambassador Dennis Rodman will not be fighting for Kenneth Bae’s  freedom, but will be fighting for rebounds in Kim Jong-Un’s birthday basketball blowout

6.  W. Virginia and Utah.  Don’t live there.

7.  Science offers long-awaited proof that cats are evil

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BTL #91 - ICE CREAM SOCIALITES - 1/07/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. The North Pole gets lost, can now be found wandering aimlessly through Wisconsin

2. Rep. Boehner pats self on back for successfully carrying out the least productive year in Congressional history

3. A brief review of just how right we were in 2013

4. The Christmas Eve spin machine goes into overdrive

5. This week on Hillary Pillory: Clinton SuperPACs are already competing to run her campaign into the ground before it starts

6.  Family-hating Virginia resident Liz Cheney pulls out of Wyoming senate primary against well-liked ice-cream socialite Mike Enzi

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BTL #88 - DEAL TO MAKE A DEAL - 12/03/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. The Affordable Care Act website now working.  Nothing more to see here.

2. Black Friday now has its own official death count tracker

3. The US reaches a deal to reach another deal in six months over Iran’s nuclear program

4. Obamacare’s not the only problem fast food CEOs will face this week

5. Turns out the government shutdown wasn’t much of a change from business as usual in Congress

6. Thanksgiving becomes a popular time to come out of the closet

7. Soon drones will no longer only be used for killing innocent civilians, they’ll deliver your toothpaste too

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BTL #86 - ENDA DAYS - 11/11/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Election Day provides wins for progressives, the Clinton mafia, and rude blowhards

2. Senate’s ENDA bill moves forward, straight into John Boehner’s “never gonna happen” pile

3. This months’ jobs numbers are fake, but we’ll tell them to you anyway

4.  The first segment in our sports series: “Big Brain Sports” with Erica Bardin. Download the extended segment here!

5. U.S.’s beloved waiting-till-later strategy fails to deliver results in nuclear talks with Iran

6.  Benghazi is still not a scandal.  We explain why.

9. A special election day edition of Hillary Pillory

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BTL #83 - THE SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE - 10/21/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Shutdown end triggers GOP self-destruct sequence

2. Republicans too busy losing popular support to notice winning anti-Obamacare argument staring them in the face

3. Introducing our newest weekly segment: the Hillary Pillory

4. New Jersey courts pave the way for Showtime’s newest series: The GTL Word

5. Eric Holder holds the line with JP Morgan, gets us some money

6. Plus, needless asskicking, teacup hospitality explained, and zany socks galore!

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BTL #80 - COMPROMISE WITH ME - 9/30/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Meglomaniac Ted Cruz launches 21 hour filibuster so he can hear himself talk about green eggs and ham

2.  A list of compromises the Democrats have made since 2010 for Mr. Ted Cruz’s edification

3.  There’s probably no government right now so take your trifling complaints elsewhere

4.  BFF Israel is super mad that the US is now talking to the newbie from Iran.  Twitter war is already in the works.

5.  Clinton-hating grows evermore popular, proving we are bigger trendsetters than our wardrobes would suggest

6.  Wendy Davis and her pink sneakers planning to run all way to the Governor’s mansion

7.  The BTL review of the longest two hours of television this week

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BTL #79 - THE SELFIE AWARDS - 9/23/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. A roundup of the inconsequential un-newsy news of the week!  Did anybody say Emmys?  IPhone?

2. Republican strategy to defund Obamacare...now with more confusing twists!

3. Sadly, mass shootings surpass Miley Cyrus twerking videos as America’s hottest trend

4. President and Vice President of “selfie-town” get together to talk smack about weiners

5. GOP politicians, after several incomplete Bible reads, certain that Jesus would starve the poor and hate the gays

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BTL #78 - OUT OF DANGER (W/ GUEST: ERICA BARDIN) - 9/16/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. After a spectacular De Blasio victory, Carlos Danger's mayoral campaign ends on an entirely predictable note

2. Putin flexes his muscles, both literally and figuratively, to reach Syria chemical weapons deal

3. Tea Party not content with just ruining the Democratic party, hellbent on ruining GOP as well

4. Proposed state of Jefferson intent on becoming a lawless, insurance-less, perma-stoned hell-hole

5. Cuban Canadians apparently don’t move tickets with Iowa GOP

6. Floridians trying to decide which fate is worse: being overrun with George Zimmermans or herpes monkeys

Plus, please check out the page for our guest Erica's short film "Clave" and donate if you can! It's at http://bit.ly/ClaveFilm.

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BRAIN TRUST LIVE #76 - LABOR DAY SPECIAL - 9/1/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Obama administration decisively passes the buck on Syria

2. A Brief People’s History of Labor Day

3. Bob McDonnell doesn’t know what he knows

4. America’s Secretary of Explaining Stuff is back

5. This week in “we told you so!,” we talk immigration reform

6. Brain Trust puts Congress on notice because now even Chris Christie has passed an equal pay law

7. 41 learns the hard way that, just because the obituary is written, doesn’t mean the person is dead