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On This Week’s Episode
This week on the show… Don’t forget to listen to the end for chicken fingers talk!
But first… On Day 208, I have to admit how embarrassing it is to be a U.S. citizen as I watch the leader of the Trump administration be humiliated in real time by Vladimir Putin in Alaska. I sound frustrated as I beg his supporters to take a look in the mirror and consider turning their back on stupidity, but then I realize I am just being stupid myself to even ask. I don’t remember the cartoon Ren & Stimpy much, but I remembered that I liked it, and I also remembered that Ren used to call Stimpy an idiot. You can guess how that reference came up.
On Day 209, I clap back at a commenter named Craig whose cheerleading reminds me of Kirsten Dunst in the film Bring It On, which I never even saw, but Craig’s pom-pom shaking was so strong, that it shook loose a memory that I never even had. The point of this day was to recognize that the days of acquiescing to the shamelessness, immorality, and lawlessness of the Trump administration may be reaching an end. I guess I just realized that the title of the movie that I never saw is prescient. Bring it on!
Day 210 is the day before the leader of the Trump administration follows-up on his Putin meeting by meeting with the Ukrainian president in what I now call the Golden Office. If you haven’t seen a photo of what the Oval Office looks like now, it may shock you. It is now almost a week later, and Russia continues to relentlessly bomb Ukrainian civilians. The war that the leader of the Trump administration promised to end on day one is still claiming lives on day 210. Par for the course for a guy who constantly cheats on the course and has never shot par.
On Day 211, which just happens to represent my birthday of February 11, and is why I take the time to mention that I do not like the song “Birthday” by The Beatles. I also must reprimand a commenter who defended Vladimir Putin, an indicted war criminal responsible for tens of thousands of deaths. This is also the day of the Golden Office meeting with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, which is only happening because the leader of the Trump administration is mad that Barack Obama has a Nobel Peace Prize and he doesn’t.
Day 212 is dedicated to explaining right from wrong. Unfortunate as it is that such a thing would have to be explained. For instance, you never hear the left talking about “taking their country back,” for example, like you hear from the right. This is because the left knows that the country isn’t ours. It belongs to all of us, if anything. I recall the relationship between Jeff Spicoli and Mr. Hand. Do you remember what Jeff called Mr. Hand when Mr. Hand ripped up Jeff’s card? It is another word for the word I am not saying. I will remind you, and like with Ren of Ren & Stimpy, I think you know who I am referring to.
Do you believe in Gosh? On Day 213, we discuss the people who believe that saying Gosh instead of God actually does anything. Of course, I must acknowledge the late comedic genius Mitch Hedberg for coming up with that phrase. This thought came about because I saw a commenter criticizing a child for saying, “Oh, my God.” My reaction to that is, I hope the commenter’s children, if they have any, will somehow find a way to establish their own beliefs instead of having religion forced on them.
Day 214 is Chicken Fingers Day! Speaking of believing, can you believe that if you want to order an appetizer of chicken fingers with a soda and tip, you better have more than $20 on you? Yes, that is the economy we are living in now thanks to the leader of the Trump administration. I point out that Kanye West doesn’t have to worry, not because he doesn’t have the money, but because he prefers fish sticks, and if you don’t know what I’m talking about, Google “Kanye-Fish Sticks.” You will realize that I have brought this week’s intro full circle.
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Hi. It’s Josh.
A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years.
I was exhausted by the news!
But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to
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