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 #87 - EXCITING CANADA - 11/18/13

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Obama tells uninformed consumers to just keep their crappy plan if it’s so damn important to them

2.  Schumer desire to to avoid a primary for Hillary reminds us that we could just primary him instead

3.  Kentucky voters conspire to slowly eliminate every Republican candidate from their upcoming Senate race

4.  Union bashing heads all the way to the Supreme Court!

5.  Toronto’s mayoral shame reminds Americans that sometimes Canadians aren’t as boring as previously thought.

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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 #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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BRAIN TRUST LIVE #77 - THE FRENCH EGO - 9/10/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. A look at the direct correlation between our indecisive Syria policy and the French ego

2. Revisionist histories of 9/11 are all the rage as the three stooges of the Tea Party hit the airwaves live from Egypt

4. We’ve got this months job numbers.  Stay tuned for next month’s report that these reports were false.

5. As the primary campaigns in New York hit their final stride, Bloomberg announces that most of the electorate are just a bunch of moochers anyway

6. This week in secessionist movements

7. Gun rights are blindly taken to their logical extreme in Iowa

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