Outrage, Dildos, and Wedding Invites: A Bizarre News Roundup

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When boundaries get crossed and common sense goes out the window, you know you're in for a wild news roundup. Today we're diving into three stories that'll have you questioning what's happening in our society.

First up, a deeply troubling report from Virginia where Fairfax County Public Schools is investigating claims that high school staff arranged and even paid for student abortions without parental knowledge or consent. This 2021 incident raises serious questions about school authority, parental rights, and the policies that create dangerous gray areas in student health decisions. While the school district claims ignorance, their policy language leaves room for concerning interpretations about when parents should be informed of major medical decisions involving their children.

We also tackle the recurring phenomenon of inappropriate fan behavior at WNBA games, where an 18-year-old was arrested for throwing a sex toy that struck a child and her uncle during a game. Beyond the legal consequences, we explore why this type of disrespect toward women's sports continues and why it shouldn't be dismissed as harmless humor. Female athletes deserve the same professional respect afforded to men's sports, and the presence of families at these events makes such behavior particularly inappropriate.

The final story might be the most bizarre – a coworker filed an HR complaint against a bride-to-be for not being invited to her wedding, claiming "exclusivity" and a "hostile work environment." This absurd misapplication of workplace policies shows how concepts like inclusivity can be weaponized in completely inappropriate contexts. Have you experienced similar boundary violations? Share your thoughts and join the conversation about where we draw the line between personal choice and public obligation.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Do-do-do-do-do.
All right, here we go with thestories from the New York Post
today.
What have I picked out for youtoday?
Well, we have a disgruntledemployee who's mad.
She didn't get invited to aco-worker's wedding and filed a
complaint.
Then we have Virginia highschool staff arrange student

(00:22):
abortions without parentalconsent.
See, just because Trump is inoffice doesn't mean everything's
hunky-dory.
Then we have an 18 year oldarrested for allegedly striking
girl who is nine years old andher uncle with the sex toy at a
wnba game.
I have thoughts on this andyou're probably not going to
like it, but so let's go on withlet's see what.

(00:43):
Let's start with the abortion.
Let's start with the seriousand then go lighter as we end
the episode.
Okay, virginia high schoolstaff arranged students
abortions without parentalconsent.
It's fairfax county publicschools, and giblets on twitter
said of course it's fairfax.
Uh, that's what I thought toowhen I first read it has

(01:08):
launched an investigation intoaccusations that school staff
arranged abortions for studentsstudents with plural.
Notice that it's not so, it'snot like a one-off incident here
without notifying their parents.
According to local reports,school officials at Centerville
High School in Union Hillallegedly arranged and

(01:30):
bankrolled and paid for.
What in the world.
Does that mean the taxpayers'money are paying for this, since
it's the school, the schoolpaid for this?
This can't be real andbankrolled abortions for girls
in well, of course, girls in2021, including a 17 year old,

(01:51):
according to local.
So this is.
When I say girls, I meantplural, more than one.
We learned yesterday of theseconcerning allegations from 2021
, said in a statement, we arelaunching an immediate and
comprehensive investigation aswe take all concerns of student
well-being very seriously.

(02:12):
Pressed on whether FCPS staffhave ever arranged abortions for
students, including in thiscase, the district said it was
not aware of any instances ofthe sort.
So did they or didn't theyPress?
Let's see.
I already read that Not to ourknowledge, we have launched an
immediate investigation intothese concerns.

(02:34):
Okay, you all said that for thelast five paragraphs.
Can we move on?
Let's see.
Policy states that every effortshall be made to encourage and
support students suspectingpregnancy to discuss their
concerns with their parents orguardians.
However, it does not say FCPSemployees should inform parents

(02:54):
about these.
What so?
That's basically the story.
So there's an allegation andthey're investigating.
We'll see.
Maybe, hopefully, hopefully.
We'll keep an eye on this story, or at least somebody will All
right.
We're moving on to let's do.
Let's do the sex toy next.

(03:17):
Of course, you've heard allabout this in the news.
Everybody's talking about itbecause everybody loves to pick
on the WNBA.
I don't really care forbasketball at all.
I don't care for the men'sbasketball.
I don't care for the ladiesbasketball.
I don't like the sport.
Okay, I just don't.
I don't, I hate.
The one time I watched it whereI enjoyed it was Tennessee

(03:39):
Girls College was playing.
I think it was when PatSummerall was coaching.
My husband said, hey, let's sitdown and watch this.
I'm like I don't want to, but Isat down and watched it with
him.
I forgot who Tennessee wasplaying, but it was a freaking
good game.
I couldn't believe it.
They played ball.
It was so good, I was into it.
And for me to be intobasketball like that, that says

(03:59):
something, because I hatebasketball.
So an 18 year old was arrestedfor alleged involvement in the
latest in a string of incidentsinvolving fans and WNBA games
launching brightly colored sextoys toward the court during
game action.
Here is my unpopular opinion.
Everybody seems to love this.
They think it's hilarious.

(04:21):
Blah, blah, blah.
I hate it.
I think it's degrading to thewomen.
That's my one sentence thing.
I don't like it Now.
Should this guy have beenarrested?
No, he should have beenescorted out and maybe banned
for the next few games.
I don't know.
I don't think he should havebeen arrested.
That's a little bit overkill.
But if you look at his pictureon this story, you can see why

(04:46):
he has a dildo.
Oh my gosh, he looks like atypical incel sitting in his
basement, whatever, but at leasthe was at the game.
At least he was out and aboutright.
Caden Lopez was taken intocustody by Phoenix police while
inside the Phoenix Arena afterhe allegedly threw a green dildo
and struck a man and hisnine-year-old niece during

(05:09):
Tuesday.
See, people bring kids to theirgame, to these games, so let's
not be throwing dildos out onthe court, okay.
Yes, I mean, it's a basketballgame.
Of course children are going tobe attending.
I swear these people.
That's all I'm going to sayabout it.
I don't like it.
I think it's wrong and I don'tlike it.
I don't think it's funny, butthat's my unpopular opinion

(05:31):
about that, all right.
Moving on to this co-workerthing, I cannot believe this.
Now there are some whacked outco-workers and things that
happen in workplaces.
This is ridiculous.
This nuisance would work anysoon-to-be bride's last nerve
Before walking down the aisle.
One nearly-wed was nearly-wed,don't you know.

(05:54):
Okay, one nearly-wed was forcedto walk down the human
resources after a scornedco-worker complained about being
excluded from her wedding guestlist.
Um so was the wedding beingtaken place at work?
So now you're going to complainto hr for things happening

(06:15):
outside of work?
You know what you're going toget the big fat middle finger
from me.
On that you grow up.
This was honestly one of theweirdest work things I've ever
dealt with, barked thebeleaguered bride-to-be in a
Reddit tirade.
There's a woman in my office I'mfriendly with, but not close to

(06:35):
, explained the annoyedanonymous gal.
We've had small talk here andthere, nothing deep, no lunches
together, no realoutside-of-work connection.
Still, their lack ofcamaraderie didn't affect the
woman's abundance of audacity.
She found out I was gettingmarried and asked when the
wedding was.
Then she straight up asked ifshe was invited, recalled the

(06:59):
bride.
I kind of laughed and said no,it's really small, just close
friends and family.
I didn't think anything of it.
But before sharing the intimatedetails of your personal life
around the water cooler, namelyweddings which can cost upwards
of $26,000.
Nope, not paying that much fora wedding, it may be best to

(07:19):
think twice.
You know what?
Don't tell me what I can andcan't talk about.
She got quiet and a little coldafter that, but I figured, okay
, maybe awkward moment, whatever, said the Redditor.
Fast forward a few days and Iget a meeting invite from HR.
Turns out she filed a complaintsaying I was being exclusive oh

(07:40):
boy in creating a hostileenvironment by leaving people
out.
Well, that's one way toweaponize the workplace powers
that be, although weddings aretraditionally sacred ceremonies.
Okay, let's get on with it.
What happened, though?
She said I had to sit in the HRmeeting and explain that I'm

(08:01):
not required to invite coworkers.
I barely know to my literal,that I barely know to my wedding
.
It's a personal event, shecontinued.
It has nothing to do with workor who's in the office.
The HR representative agreedand quickly closed the case, but
her snubbed colleague remainsopenly offended.

(08:22):
Now she acts superpassive-aggressive toward me,
like side-eyes little digs whenI walk by, still bringing it up
that these weird sarcasticcomments, like some people, are
so inclusive these days.
Oh my gosh, this can't be real.
This has to be a fake story.
This woman it has to be fake.
Social media savages are nowurging the fiance to make the

(08:47):
belly aching co-worker the maincharacter of her own in-office
complaint.
She said I would report her toHR for creating uncomfortable
environment.
This is where we are, people.
This is where we are because ofDEI, the stupid.
What is it?
Diversity, equity andinclusivity Bullshit.

(09:08):
What are we in kindergarten?
No, grow the hell up.
Uh, this is crazy.
I can't believe it.
I think that's got to be a fakestory.
Okay, we need to move on to thequestion of the day.
All right, we're going to do afood-related question of the day
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(09:28):
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Share my content.
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I've been trying to get that upand running.
So anyway, okay, moving on.
Question of the day food relatedwhat goes on your hot dog or

(09:50):
what goes on your hamburger?
I think I may have asked thisbefore, but I'm asking it, maybe
.
I think I think I've asked whatgoes on your pizza, so let's
see what goes on your hamburger.
Or hot dog, my hot dog ketchup,it depends.
I like a lot of different stuffon my hot dogs.
Mr Giblets don't.
Oh my God, he's probably goingto use that too.
All right, I like.

(10:12):
So sometimes during, likefootball season, we'll have hot
dog, variety of hot dogs.
We'll do a slaw dog, which iscoleslaw and ketchup, and then
we'll have chili dogs, which ofcourse is chili sauce, onions,
mustard and some cheese.
I love those two kinds of hotdogs.
I am not picky about what goeson my hot dog.

(10:33):
I like a different.
I'll try a bunch of differentthings on my hot dog.
Okay, hamburgers, I like thebasic.
I like onion, pickle, tomato,lettuce, ketchup, mustard pretty
much that's it.
But I could also eat it withjust mustard, I mean with just
ketchup and onions and pickle.
I love the pickles, though yougotta have ketchup and pickles
on it, for sure.
I could also eat it with justmustard, I mean with just
ketchup and onions and pickles.
I love the pickles, though yougot to have ketchup and pickles
on it for sure.
I could eat it like a child.

(10:54):
Ketchup and pickles on myhamburger, okay, uh, gotta go.
Thanks for listening.
Love y'all.
Oh, by the way, there may ormay not be an episode tomorrow,
I don't know.
I'm going to be off my scheduleslightly tomorrow, so I don't
know what I'm going to do yet.
Just be warned.