Brain Trust Live

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 #81 - PANDORA'S BOX OF CRAZY - 10/7/13

In Which We Discuss:

1.  As country heads into week two of the government shutdown, GOP’s goals become even less clear

2. Stubborn House GOP antics cause wounded pride, open doors for Democratic contenders in at least 17 house races.

3.  Government shutdown opens up a pandora’s box of crazy shenanigans for furloughed capitol police to deal with.

4.  Turns out, millions of people were looking for cheaper healthcare.  Good thing the Obamacare exchanges started this week!

5. Wendy Davis heeds our advices, announces her candidacy with a populist bang.

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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 #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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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

BRAIN TRUST LIVE #73 - HILLARY PILLORY - 8/12/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. NSA showdown scorecard: Snowden 1, Obama 0

2. From Larry Summers to Putin’s posture problems, Obama covers it all in his pre-vacation press conference

3. Our special guest Mike Nuttal joins us for a discussion of the 2016 presidential contenders

4. If we had a dollar for every time this was in the rundown we’d be rich...Steve King’s racist!

5. Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post, journalism continues to face an uncertain future

6. This week in pot meet kettle...Rush Limbaugh calls Oprah Winfrey fat

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BRAIN TRUST LIVE #72 - GUEST: GRANT SLOSS - 8/5/13

In Which We Discuss (w/ SPECIAL GUEST GRANT SLOSS!):

1. Obama has gall to turn another year older, and the world responds with threat of violence

2. Bradley Manning is sentenced with up to 100 years in jail, meanwhile Edward Snowden suffers a much worse fate...1 year in Russia

3. 2016 speculation update - every human being may or may not be running for president

4. 40th times is again the charm as Obamacare is overturned by congress in a new and inventive way

5. Mitch McConnell’s tea party opposition might be more coherent than he is

6. Devoid of Weiner news, we take refuge in an actual scandal

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