From Deadly Lightning to Political Tension: A Morning Roundup

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Lightning strikes in the most unexpected ways. The mystery of two young elk hunters found dead in Colorado has finally been solved with a shocking twist – they were instantly killed by lightning, leaving only slight burns on their bodies. It's a stark reminder of nature's unpredictable power even for experienced outdoorsmen.

Meanwhile, the political landscape grows increasingly volatile. Keith Oberman deleted threatening social media posts directed at CNN analyst Scott Jennings with the ominous words "You're next, mother effer" – a troubling example of how political disagreements are escalating beyond healthy discourse. This comes as ABC reinstates Jimmy Kimmel while Sinclair Broadcasting refuses to air him until he apologizes for recent controversial remarks.

On a more thoughtful note, Bill Maher and Rob Reiner engaged in a fascinating debate about whether people from opposite political sides should continue talking to each other. Maher insists dialogue must continue regardless of disagreements, while Reiner argues some baseline agreement on facts must come first. Their exchange perfectly captures America's struggle with maintaining civic discourse across deepening divides.

Taking a breather from the heavy news, I've been rewatching "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and rediscovering the joy of revisiting favorite shows. Tony Shalhoub's brilliant performance, the stunning period costumes, and the complex family dynamics make it worth multiple viewings. This led me to wonder: what movies or shows do you find yourself returning to again and again? For me, "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" and the "Ocean's" movies never lose their charm. Share your favorites and let me know what makes them eternally rewatchable!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, good morning, happy Tuesday.
I didn't really miss an episodeyesterday.
I did record one and upload it,but then my there's a certain
feature that I extra featurethat I pay for on my Buzzsprout
account and it was not workingapparently.
So I contacted uh help, supportticket, whatever, and they are.

(00:29):
I tell you what this supportteam over at best sprout is the
best ever, because they respondright away and they usually fix
it right away and it was fixed.
It wasn't fixed till later.
They had they took them all dayto fix it, but they still did
it and they stayed on it.
They stayed in contact with meand so it is fixed.
It is published now.

(00:49):
I published Mondays yesterdaysearly this morning, so now
you'll have two to go over whenyou wake up this morning and
look at the podcast.
Okay, all right, I have acouple of stories here.
Let's see.
Let me go over to my notessection and let's see what do we
have for you.
We have an update.

(01:10):
Okay, so I did a storyyesterday which you did not
listen to because you couldn't,so hopefully you'll listen to it
today because I have an updatefor you today about it and we'll
get there.
Oh wait, this, is it right here?
This is the update.
All right, ready.
Um?
The two 25 year old elk hunterswho were found dead in the

(01:31):
Colorado wilderness aftervanishing for a week because I
thought that was weird that theydied after a week just a week
of being there that they died Uh, something was up with it.
And sure enough of being therethat they died.
Uh, something was up with that,and sure enough it was.
They were struck by lightning.
How they were both struck bylightning, I don't know, but
they were.
That's weird.

(01:53):
Andrew porter and ian stoscodied instant, instantaneously,
when they were struck bylightning while out hunting on
the rio, on the rio los Pinostrailhead, a remote area in the
National.
I guess lightning can spread.
The pair were found under atree with slight burns on their

(02:16):
bodies.
A slight burn is like if youtake a match and stick it on
your arm, and there were onlytwo or three of them.
Wow, that's weird.
The two seasoned outdoorsmendied instantly, though martin
has yet to determine the exacttime of death.
This kind of death is justinstant.

(02:38):
It's like you're alive and nowyou're not.
The coroner said just Just thatquick split second.
Full autopsy results for Porterof Asheville, north Carolina
and Stosko of Salt Lake City,utah, will take roughly eight
weeks to be released, but Martintold people he is confident in
the preliminary findings.

(02:59):
So there you have it.
That's what happened to thosetwo hunters.
All right, let's move on to thenext story.
Here we go.
Nope, I keep trying to find mynotes and I can't find them.
I'm trying something.
I'm trying something differentinstead of instead of putting my

(03:22):
stories that I want to talkabout out on X, because X will
punish you for putting externallinks on there.
It will punish your engagementor visibility or whatever.
So I've been trying to storethe stories that I want to talk
about in my notes section.
So that's why I had to keepgoing back and forth.
All right, the next.
Oh, keith Oberman, my goodnessgracious.

(03:44):
Going back and forth, all right, the next.
Oh, keith oberman, my goodnessgracious.
He has lost his mind.
Liberal political commentatorkeith oberman deleted a social
media post monday in which heappeared to threaten
conservative cnn and analystscott jennings.
This is what this is what itread.
Your next, mother effer.
Read oberman's deleted ex-post,according to a screenshot

(04:08):
shared by town hall columnistDustin Grage.
But keep mugging to the camera.
The former MSNBC and ESPN hostadded in another deleted tweet.
According to the grabs,jennings retweeted from gage
while tagging fbi director cashpatel.

(04:28):
Yeah, cash patel's not going todo anything.
Oberman appears to have beenresponding to a tweet from
jennings, reacting to abcreinstating late night jimmy
kimmel hill, by the way.
Yes, jimmy kimmel has been putback out on the air, but
Sinclair says they will not airhim until he apologizes, and he

(04:50):
won't do it.
So there you go, all right.
So, keith, let me tell you Trumpderangement syndrome is a real
thing.
These people have lost theirever-loving mind.
They really have.
They are demented.
Is that the right term?
Is that the right term?
All right, here's another one.

(05:11):
Here's another one with TDS.
Okay, here we go.
Not Bill Maher, although Ithink he may have taken some
medicine for his TDS, because heseems to be doing better.
But he's also talking to RobReiner, and they clash over
whether the right and leftshould still talk to each other.
My answer is yes.
Yes, we should.
I mean, we have to.

(05:32):
This is ridiculous.
But Rob Reiner, no, he's a.
He's a tedious victim too.
On Monday's episode of his ClubRandom podcast, comedian Bill
Maher sparred with Hollywooddirector Rob Reiner over whether
the right and left in Americashould keep talking to each
other.
Now, I don't know if youremember years ago, a few years

(05:56):
ago, whenever Rob Reiner was allover X, you know, talking about
how awful Trump was, and Ithink when Elon bought x, that's
when rob decided well, I'm notgoing to stay over here anymore,
although I think he still is.
I don't know, I don't followhim, but his, his rhetoric is
terrible too.
I mean, all right, bill.

(06:17):
Maher insisted that both sidesshould continue talking, despite
the heightened politicaltension in the country, inflamed
in recent weeks by theassassination of Charlie Kirk.
While the Hollywood liberalssaid there might be exceptions
if people can't agree on basicfacts, maher disagreed, calling
Reiner's point a slippery slope.
Hmm, well, before you have theexchange, you have to agree on

(06:42):
certain facts.
Reiner said no and Maher saidno, you don't, you can't.
Once you start down that road,you just have to talk to people.
Reiner, an outspoken criticthat's a, putting it mildly,
outspoken critic of PresidentDonald Trump, opened the
discussion by sayingconservatives and liberals today

(07:05):
are less willing to sit downand hash the out issues than in
previous eras.
I agree, of course.
Maher agreed and criticizedDemocrats for refusing
bipartisan cooperation at a timewhen Republicans hold more
political power.
This would make some sense forthe Democrats if they had any

(07:27):
power, he said.
But the idea of we don't talkto you when we don't even have
the power?
Of course you have to talk topeople?
Reiner partially agreed, thoughhe maintained that there has to
be some agreement between bothsides before dialogue can start.
Of course there's agreement onboth sides.

(07:48):
I mean, look at the fourRepublicans who stood up to
defend Elon Omar.
Did you bring that up to RobReiner?
Whatever, all right.
So anyway, the article goes on.
It's at the New York Post.
If you want to go see it, ifyou want to listen to it, all
right.
I think that's really all I'vegot for you.

(08:08):
Today I'm re-watching theMarvelous Mrs Maisel.
I recommend it.
However, it does have a lot ofF-words in it, but I don't know.
I like the era that it was donein.
I like the costumes.
I like the cinematography of itall.
The costumes.
I like the cinematography of itall.

(08:32):
I like the storyline.
It's really.
Tony Shalhoub is in it.
Come on, he plays the dad.
He is hilarious in this show.
It sometimes gets a littlesideways with some of the, some
of the episodes.
It's like, why are?
Why are we seeing this?
But it's about a Jewish familyand the daughter who wants to
become a comedian and it's.

(08:54):
It's really good.
Just the dynamics of all therelationships.
It's funny.
Now I've watched all fiveseasons before and it's so funny
to re-watch it again because Iremember some of it but I don't
remember a lot of it and I usedto make fun of not make fun of
my daughter, but I used toquestion why she would reread
books or go rewatch movies notnecessarily movies, but but I'll

(09:19):
rewatch.
I've been rewatching a lot ofmovies in series two now, and I
get it because there's stuff youeither didn't pick up on or you
view it differently or you'vejust forgotten.
There's so many things I'verewatched lately that I'm like,
oh, I've forgotten all aboutthis.
And even like Broadchurch.

(09:42):
I rewatched the whole thing ofBroadchurch and I swear I didn't
know who killed the boy in theseries.
I couldn't remember who did itor how it even ended.
Okay, I know I'm going on andon.
I guess my question of the daywould be what is a movie that

(10:03):
you could watch over and overagain?
I like oh Brother, where ArtThou?
I could watch that over andover again.
I also like the Men in Black.
I also like Oceans, the Oceansmovie, oceans 11 with George
Clooney and Brad Pitt, and allof them.
I love those movies.
I think those are my favorite,probably.
So, yeah, that's it.

(10:25):
That's all I've got for youtoday.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.