Brain Trust Live

BTL #95 - INEQUALITY GODZILLA SIGHTINGS - 2/3/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Denver Bronco fans will need all the weed they can get their hands on after this week’s embarrassing Super Bowl whipping by the Seattle Seahawk-Pelicans.

2.  Chris Christie scrawls “liar” on David Wildstein’s locker, gets suspended.

3.  Tuesday’s State of the Union inspires a four-headed GOP inequality godzilla response monster.

4.  GOP issues half-hearted memo promising that they’ll totally try to work on immigration this time, guys.

5.  Trio of groundhog weather-predicting experts anticipates six more weeks of winter one week to late to save Atlanta from two inches of treacherous snow.

6.  Not even Herman Cain has ruled out running for President in 2016.

7. Calls to deport Justin Bieber reach fever pitch amidst Rob Ford City Hall tickle fight.  Canada continues to be just everything.

8.  R.I.P. Pete Seeger.  We'll miss you but we'll keep singing along.

("If I Had a Hammer" clip is from a 1963 recording of Pete Seeger live in Australia)

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BTL #94 - THE HOUSE THAT UNCLE SUGAR BUILT - 1/27/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  GOP bogeyman Uncle Sugar will turn your daughter into a sex-crazed birth control addict.  Thanks for the warning, Hucky.

2. This week on Hillary Pillory: Planet Hillary shoots into orbit, prepares for war with Klingons, Rand Paul.

3.  Obamacare sign-ups surge, giving the GOP plenty to remain seated for at this week’s State of the Union speech.

4. Note to McDonnell and D’Souza, if you’re caught committing a blatant crime, it’s not a liberal witch hunt, it’s just American justice.

5.  Ashley Wagner’s mother feels way too comfortable going to the Sochi Olympics, terrorist threat or not.

6.  Unfortunately, Roman peace doves are poorly trained in the art of bird war.

7.  Justin Bieber is arrested during the internet’s most excruciatingly slow drag race.

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BTL #93 - THE ELEGANT DROUGHT - 1/20/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. NSA sneak attacks will now be marginally less sneaky

2. Christie administration’s thuggish behavior is no longer just limited to causing traffic

3. Jerry Brown seeking “elegant” solutions to California water shortage

4. Bipartisan budget deal overwhelmingly passes in the house.  Wait, what?

5. Wanted: Oklahoma senator to replace Tom Coburn.  Only anti-gay bigots need apply.

6. Hillary Pillory: Robert Gates gives us a reason to start a #hawkishhillary hashtag

7. West Virginia.  Don’t drink the water.  Also, don’t live there.

8. ABC considers Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal to be the finest television programming in a generation.  We discuss.

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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 #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 #85 - ERROR TERROR - 11/4/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Healthcare.gov now just one giant error message, but this time on purpose

2. America wishes Ted Cruz’s father would follow own advice and go back to home country (and/or Mars)

3. Everything you’ve always thought about Michele Bachmann’s hair is true

4. On this week’s Hillary Pillory: Schuming commences for Hillary 2016

5. Professional snow shoveler Cory Booker makes his way to Washington.  Worried swampy weather may diminish his appeal

6. As if removing your shoes isn’t already annoying, now you might get shot on your way to security

7. Buying yourself lung cancer now significantly more expensive and difficult for New York City teenagers trying to look aloof

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BTL #84 - PRACTICAL HALLOWEEN ADVICE - 10/28/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Government’s general absence of 22 year-old computer nerds proving fatal to healthcare.gov

2. If you think “worth it” means losing the House of Representatives, then you might be Ted Cruz

3. This month’s jobs numbers are terrible, but luckily they’re fake

4. In a second attempt to eat their own, the GOP takes on immigration reform

5. The entire world turns into a giant real life Spy v. Spy comic

6. This week on Hillary Pillory: Annoying rich people think they can decide the presidency with money

7. Some important BTL Halloween advice

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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 #82 - FEAR OF OPTIMISM (w/ GUEST: SEAN PROPHET) - 10/14/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Fearing the outbreak of optimism sweeping the nation, Congress decides to not make any deals on the debt ceiling or government shutdown

2. Polls show that most Americans would vote for literally anyone other than their current representatives

3.  In positive shutdown news, the first Obama nominee not subject to intense opposition is likely to be approved by the supposedly non-working Senate

4.  Voters at the Value Voters Summit prove through straw poll results that their values are...mostly non existent

5.  A trip in the way back machine to the weirdest election in California history

6.  Michele Bachmann states that the endtimes are here, and if China’s hornet situation is any indication, she might be right

Make sure to check out our guest Sean Prophet's own show, National Progressive Talk Radio, at www.nptr.net! This week they've got a great interview with Bill McKibben!

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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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