The world did not disappoint this week in weird and interesting news topics. It also hasn't slowed down with some older stories too. Tonight we will dive into the shipping situation, jobs, China launching nukes through space, and then launch into whatever else we want to talk about and end with some laughter. Stop by and say "hello" live, or leave a comment and listen later.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Union workers strike and threaten to strike to oppose two-tier wagesDemocratic state Sen. Betsy Johnson will launch an independent campaign for Oregon governorChina secretly tests earth-circling, nuclear-capable hypersonic missile – reportTriple threat of factors driving shipping delaysNEW - Russia is working on a law that would force social media platforms to allow their users to disable all recommendation algorithms such as Facebook's AI-powered News Feed (Kommersant) - Deputies from the governing United Russia party are concerned that these types of algorithms are increasing the risks of social conflicts and provocations.China mocks climate targets with plans to build more coal power plantsNetflix stands behind Dave Chappelle's 'The Closer' amid criticism from inside the companyTIL:TIL CIA lost nine cores of plutonium in the Himalayas trying to construct a listening post in the 60sTIL that a cricket match took place between a team of one-armed men against a one-legged team. “After much incident” the match ended in a narrow victory for the one-armed.TIL roughly 70% of businesses in Sicily still pay protection money to the Sicilian Mafia.Shower Thoughts:Life is the only game where your maximum HP decreases as you level up.Road rage would probably decrease if car manufacturers made their horns sound hilarious.Someone needs to create grass that grows about 2 inches tall then stops.Crystals can actually heal you if you have a salt deficiency.The way you make a family is not family-friendly.If a sloth clapped, it would always sound sarcastic

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#118 - We Shipped Our Pants!

Living in the digital age has brought us many improvements, but until recently some of our daily lives haven’t resided in a way digitally that is outside of our control completely. We want to talk about the good and the bad of currency, identity, ownership and so much more is affected by having it only live in a digital space. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Oregon temporarily drops college degree requirement for substitute teachers to alleviate shortageJUST IN ? India foils Chinese incursion in Arunachal Pradesh, briefly detains China’s troops, claims Indian media News 18.Buried in the Infrastructure Bill - .08 cents per mile driving taxTwitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked in apparent hackThings are happening so fast, and with such quantum leaps in NFT world, that I am struggling to get to grips with it, let alone all of the projects and  breakthroughs.. @FrancesHaugen : "I'm actually against the breaking up of Facebook...the problems here are about the design of algorithms...these systems are going to continue to exist and be dangerous even if broken up."Digital driver's license: Here's what you should knowHow the rich and powerful use secret offshore companies to hide vast amounts of wealth, leaked documents showIndian shop assistants finally win the right to sit down, after years of standing upBiden plan would give IRS more power to track $600 bank accounts: What you need to knowTIL:TIL about the Finnish "Day-fine" system; most infractions are fined based on what you could spend in a day based on your income. The more severe the infraction the more "day-fines" you have to pay, which can cause millionaires to recieve speeding tickets of 100,000+$TIL the ancient Egyptians developed the first recorded early pregnancy test, whereby a woman would urinate on a bag of wheat or barley and, if the bag started sprouting, it indicated a pregnancy. In 1963, researchers measured the test as being 70% accurate.if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be fully visible to the naked eye it would appear six times as wide as our moon?.every year, the Moon moves 3.82 cm away from EarthThe human egg is called an ovum. It is about 100 microns (or micrometers) in diameter. This is visible to the eye-about the size of a period at the end of this sentence.Shower Thoughts:Dryer lint is the average color of your clothesWhen an orphan takes a selfie, it’s actually a family photo.Your fingers grow in proportion to your nostrils, so that you can pick them throughout your life.there were probably vegetarians/vegans in the matrix who refused to eat meat for ethical reasons when in reality their efforts were for nothing because the animals weren't even real...The real reward of cigarettes is removing yourself from a given situation.We will eventually have to recycle/reuse cemeteries.Driving safely and NOT speeding actually makes you feel like a rebel among the majority of drivers

#117 - Digital Identity and Currency = Control

Facebook has been down a lot of the day and we are calling an audible and streaming on YouTube this evening. We want to go over some of what we have found in this mess of a story, because some of it is not as it may seem once you start to dig into it. Shortly after the show some of it is already unfolding and the main whistleblower is heading before the senate Oct 5th to testify why social media needs more government control. Do we also laugh… of course. Mostly at ourselves, and partially at shower thoughts. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:British aircraft carrier ignores Chinese warnings for second timeKabul Faces Blackouts If Foreign Electricity Suppliers Go Unpaid: WSJ“PSAKI ON FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER: "This is just the latest in a series of revelations about social media platforms that made clear that self-regulation is not working.Data of Over 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker ForumUPDATE - DNS records that tell systems around the world how to findThe Associated Press on Twitter “China has flown more than 30 military planes toward Taiwan in its second large display of force in as many days. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says 39 aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zoneGive Amazon and Facebook a Seat at the United Nations“Facebook and Instagram go mysteriously offline and, for one shining day, the world becomes a healthier place.Evergrande stocks halted in Hong KongFacebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes InterviewReaching people on the internet in 2021 (the Oatmeal comic)Facebook ‘Whistleblower’ Donated 36 Times to Democrats, Including to Anti-Primary Extremists And AOC. Looks like this 'whistleblower' is doing less whistling and more blowing.APOPHENIA - by Edward Snowden - Continuing Ed — with Edward SnowdenFacebook whistleblower says company engaged in 'betrayal of democracy'Cloudflare blog: Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the InternetTIL:TIL that screensavers were originally created to save CRT screens from burning an image into the display due to prolonged, unchanged use.TIL the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are a paid promotion costing $50,000 eachTIL In 2011 two fishermen from Kiribati went adrift for 33 days before landing in the Marshall Islands. They then found out that their hitherto thought to be dead uncle, who went missing 25 years earlier after also going adrift, had landed in the Marshall Islands as well and married there.Shower Thoughts:If we could comprehend animal language as we comprehend each other, we'd probably be all vegansSocial media is the new cigarettes: Companies profit from people’s addiction to an unhealthy product."Have a nice day " sounds friendly whereas "Enjoy the next 10 hours" sounds menacing.People who can properly handle lottery winnings are the least likely to buy lottery ticketsPeople who perished climbing Mount Everest literally chose the hill they wanted to die on.Because dead animals eventually decompose into fertilizer, it is possible to have beef-fed grass.

#116 - Facebook Down and the World is a Healthier Place

Some odd news in the week about koala bears, boars, and Google getting strong-armed by Russia, but on the Afghanistan front some senate hearings took place and we have some thoughts on it all. Stick around for some laughs at ourselves and some shower thoughts as well.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Australia has lost one-third of its koalas in the past three yearsWild Boars Are Running Wild On The Streets Of Rome In Search Of FoodIn Russia, Apple and Google Staff Get Muscled Up By the StateFree Speech a 'Core Value,' YouTube CEO Says After Blocking Russian Opposition VideosMilley,  Austin,  McKenzie testify before Senate committee on Afghanistan exit. @HawleyMO  on what we've learned from Afghanistan hearing:  1. Biden lied about the advice military leaders gave him  2. State Dept & WH delayed evacuation to catastrophe  3. The Pentagon failed to plan for the collapse of the Afghan Govt & Security Forces despite warningsFord reveals plans for massive EV and battery factories in the USSince the disaster in Afghanistan & revelations broke that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs conspired against POTUS & offered highly classified intel to the CCP only 1 US Military Officer has been held accountable -  The LtCol who demanded accountability.TIL:TIL that there exists an official registered language which is spoken in whistle. It is used by spanish inhabitants of one of the canary islands. It is named "silbo gomera" which means to whistle.TIL "snake oil" was originally an effective Chinese medicine made of Chinese water snakes (rich in omega-3 which can be used to treat inflammation). When immigrants brought it to the US, Americans started making the oil out of rattlesnakes (low in omega-3) or no snakes at all.TIL soccer balls used to be brown or white: the black pentagons were added for television for the 1970 World Cup, to show viewers the position and spin of the ball on black and white TVs.Shower Thoughts:Left handed mouse users are probably more rare than left handed peopleWhen you get out of school at 3, it felt very late. When you get off work at 3, it feels like you got half your day backA babies first cry after birth is the human brain’s startup sound"Car Guys" are the male version of "Horse Girls" Both are strangely obsessed with riding things.High school bands show school spirit by going to football games and supporting the team but football players don't show school spirit by attending band concerts and supporting the band members.The first astronauts didn’t want to be astronauts when they grew up.Eating a banana, apple, orange, and kiwi on the same day was unheard of 100 years agoThere were two dead naked Stormtroopers in the Millennium Falcon for a good portion of A New Hope.

#115 - Senate Hearings are Frustrating

Submarine deals falling through, China banks going bankrupt, and Amazon spying on their employees. We gots stuff to chat about. Stop by and say hello! If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Amazon will lobby government to legalize marijuanaWhy are the French so mad about the submarine deal?Amazon's AI-powered cameras punish its delivery drivers when they look at side mirrors or when other cars cut them off, report saysCoinbase Signs Deal With Homeland Security to Provide Analytics SoftwareTexas Law Enforcement Storm Border With Scores Of Vehicles, Secure Area After Biden FailedLava pours out of volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary IslandsNorm MacDonald, comedian and former 'SNL' cast member, dies at 61Endgame Begins: Evergrande Hires Bankruptcy Advisors As Furious Investors Protest Imminent DefaultTIL:TIL about the melon drop scam, a con that targeted Japanese tourists. Scammers would buy a watermelon for a low price and then bump into an Asian tourist and charge them about $100 for the broken melon. This is due to the higher fruit prices in Japan. These days the scam involves any broken item.TIL Swedish-built cars -- Saabs and Volvos -- are specifically reinforced so that the occupants will survive if they hit a moose.TIL that the guava fruit has the highest protein content of any fruit with 2.55g per 100g.TIL The British army breaks step when crossing bridges. This is because in 1831 a suspension bridge collapsed from all the soldiers marching in unison.TIL the anti-diabetic medication,metformin, is derived from French lilacs. In medieval times, French lilac was used to treat the symptoms of a condition we now know today as diabetes mellitus.Shower Thoughts:As soon as garbage trucks start creeping around silently after being converted over all electric, a lot of us are screwed.Buying nonalcoholic beer gives off the impression of having a drinking problem more than buying regular beer.Dinosaur chicken nuggets are the ultimate f-you. We take their descendants and turn them to mush shaped like their ancestors. Then we eat them.If you can’t select zero stars, then the rating is actually out of 4 starsWhen someone walks into your room, they make trillions on trillions of atoms move. Those tiny things you can't see are enough to let you "feel" someone disturbing your area and alerting you to their presence.Nothing is on fire, its fire that is on things."You look like a million bucks" is probably a joke insult amongst billionaires at some pointIf spiders had wings would it make them cuter

#114 - Submarines and Volcanos

Inflation is a real threat, a tax on the poor, and is likely here to stay for awhile at higher than normal levels. Also, we have a serial pooper on the loose that needs to be discussed as well as other subjects that tie to the economic decline of our world and nation. We do end the show more light-hearted as per usual.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.NEW - Facebook shields millions of "VIP users" from the company’s standard content moderation practices in a program called "XCheck," according to internal documents obtained by the WSJ.JUST IN - NY Federal Reserve now sees inflation at 5.2% in one year, 4% in three years; a series high with "large expected price rises" in food, rent, and medical costs.'He's just a little boy': Mom cries as teens, 13 and 14, arrested for plotting Columbine-style school attackthe cheat is on - CA recallThis is even more humiliating than him getting booed at the WTC memorialMajor Supermarket Chain Warns Inflation Is About to Impact More AmericansAkron man whose photograph caught serial pooper suspect: 'You messed with the wrong guy' (video)Firm raises $15m to bring back woolly mammoth from extinctionOregon taxpayers could see record $1.9 billion ‘kicker’ refund next year1 million Afghan children are at risk of starvation, UNICEF director warnsTIL:TIL there's a mineral element (Promethium) so rare that it's estimated there are 500-600 grams of it in the Earth's crust (one of only two elements followed by a stable element)TIL that due to the fact that they spend the majority of their lives on sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals, like dolphins, seals, and whales.TIL that the ice at the North Pole is only about 2-3 meters (6-10 feet) thick, while the Arctic Ocean is more than 4,000 meters (~2.5 miles) deep at the Pole.TIL - From DadTIL The US convened a Coin Task Force to address a shortage in coinage. They determined there isn’t a shortage per se, instead too much of the $48.5 billion in US are not in circulation.Shower Thoughts:The scariest thing to see when camping alone at night isn’t a bear, it’s a humanExpiration dates are spoiler alertsThe reason no season 6 of Black Mirror released is because we are season 6.Ravioli is the original Hot pocketIronically having and raising a child is the one subject that isn't taught to us but would greatly benefit us as a species to learn how to do it properlyRetirement facility on the moon and Mars would be great for elderly mobility issues If every insect on the planet decided to work together to kill all humans, we would probably loseThere is an air marshal, fire marshal, and field marshal, but no water marshal

#113 - Transitory Inflation

Mcflurry machines breaking constantly is an issue. Discuss. Imported goods from victims of forced labor is something we all need to be aware of, and housing/pay/homelessness seems to be at an all time high in our country. Almost none of this did we plan to discuss this long (as it normally goes when live), but it was a good conversation. We obviously don't have all the answers or pretend to have the exact right ones, but we think conversation and discussion is healthy. Join us again for some conversation and some laughs at the end.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:US cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced laborMcFlurry machines keep breaking and the FTC wants answersHow Finland Solved Its Homelessness ProblemThe Phone Call That May Come Back to Haunt Joe BidenThe TRUTH about the Taliban in Afghanistan | Zakarya Hassani - MP Podcast #108NEW - "China is our most important partner," says Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on the prospect of Afghanistan becoming part of the New Silk Road initiative (La Repubblica)National Archives Places ‘Harmful Language Alert’ On Page Hosting U.S. Constitution.TIL:TIL the McDonald's corporation quietly phased out Ronald McDonald, the companies clown mascot, due to the 2016 clown scare video fad.TIL that the details of the Manhattan Project were so secret that many workers had no idea why they did their jobs. A laundrywoman had a dedicated duty to "hold up an instrument and listen for a clicking noise" without knowing why. It was a Geiger counter testing the radiation levels of uniforms.TIL the US postal services once used a missile to launch mail (launched from a sub in Florida to 100 miles away)TIL it can take 100 years for an embalmed body buried in a coffin to completely decompose, leaving only teeth remaining.TIL that Vermont ambulances stock maple syrup for 'oral glucose' administration.Shower Thoughts:Car manufacturers manufacture more doors than carsChicken is only a breakfast food if it hasn’t been born yetA lot of Google’s revenue comes from people too lazy to type “.com”Since the speed of light is finite and we need light to hit an object and then come to our eyes in order for us to see it, we can never truly look at the present.Ice cubes are technically water supplementsThroughout history, the leading cause of a broken nose was a big mouthThere’s nothing worse than dancing naked in your living room drunk and realizing that you left your blinds open and your neighbors are sitting outside on their porch and could definitely see youBoth are insects, but when you crush a cockroach you're heroic while if you crush a butterfly you're evil

#112 - Labor Day is a day off??

Afghanistan, robots, china, and so much more going on this week. We want to talk about it and create a good discussion starting point. This is a sensitive topic for many and we completely understand and want to tread lightly with those that are either affected by this now, or have substantial portions of their life tied up in this conflict. Do we end with shower thoughts? yes.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Have Afghan Refugees in Europe Launched a ‘Rape Jihad’?Check the time stamps (biden going home to sleep)Joe Biden was actually on vacation when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. That isn't some GOP meme. That actually happened. This is all actually happening.MAP BREAK  Are you paying attention yet? China Funded Lapis-Lazuli Transport Corridor Unites Caucasus and Central AsiaTIL:TIL that IKEA was founded by a teenager in 1943.TIL with the interstellar movie, which aired in 2014 approx 57 min and 4 sec has transpired since yah time on Miller’s planet due to the time dilation.TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old.TIL about Camp Siegfried, a Nazi summer camp on Long Island that kept a restrictive covenant preventing non-German people from living in the community until 2016.Shower Thoughts:If a cashier remembers you, you're either a great customer or a terrible customer. Everyone else is forgotten.As a society, we are trying to make robots behave like humans and humans behave like robotsThe reason we don't know about more perfect crimes is because, those crimes are perfect.If someone is a truly good liar, everyone thinks they're a bad liarNobody needs a vacation more than a person just returning from one. Honestly, one of the most depressing times - getting back to real life and responsibilitiesIf pokemons existed we would probably eat themOf the three main forms of matter, gas is the only one which we are comfortable releasing into our pants.93.4% of people who have ever lived have died. There are approximately 107 billion people to have ever lived and there are 7 billion people who are still aliveYou only have to mistype one letter to turn a Dad joke into a Bad joke

#111 - A World In Turmoil

Apple has said they are sending out a new update in the coming months that will do some pretty scary things in our opinion. We want to talk about it, and compare it to last weeks topic of North Korea.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Apple to start scanning people’s photos and messages to check for child abuseNarcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) - Psychiatric DisordersTarget will cover 100% of college tuition for its workersApple's Plan to "Think Different" About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private LifeSnowden Tweet - Apple says to "protect children," they're updating every iPhone to continuously compare your photos and cloud storage against a secret blacklist. If it finds a hit, they call the cops.  iOS will also tell your parents if you view a nude in iMessage.Senator Cynthia Lummis - The Wyden-Lummis-Toomey amendment is simple. It clarifies in law what most of us already believe—that validators of distributed ledger data like miners & stakers, hardware wallet providers & software developers should NOT be required to report transaction data to the IRS.TIL:TIL a plane hijacking in Norway ended only after the hijacker had consumed the planes beer supply and traded his weapons for more beer.TIL in WWII, Germany carried out only one land operation in north America, the installation of a secret weather station in Newfoundland. They scattered American cigarette packets and planted a sign saying "Canadian Meteor Service" in case anyone found it, and the site wasn't rediscovered until 1977.TIL Groundhogs are also called woodchucks.TIL beavers build their dams as an instinct to stop the sounds of water leaks. If a speaker is playing just the sound of running water, a beaver will build a dam over it. This is even if it’s over concrete with no visible water, or if an actual nearby leaky water source is quieter than the speaker.TIL a Brazilian company reverse engineered the Nintendo Entertainment System and produced a clone that could play official carts since it was never released there. Nintendo asked them to cease but because they designed their own hardware and Nintendo had no presence in Brazil it was totally legal.Shower Thoughts:If you had to lose one sense what would you pick?YoUr LiFe Is OnLy ThReE mInUtEs LoNg BuT a BrEaTh ReSeTs ThE cLoCkYour belly button is your old mouthPeeing in a urinal with no door feels fine; peeing in a stall with the door open feels weirdly vulnerable“Part of a complete breakfast'' is a nice way of saying “not a complete breakfast”.Being bored in your own house is somehow better than being bored at someone else's house.The Universe might've already ended, and we're just waiting for it to reach us, like cosmic dominosWe associate hot with red and cold with blue, but blue stars are hotter than red starsHanging out with somebody 10 years younger than you makes you realize how old you really are.To humans, the earth will always be about 4.5 billion years old.

#110 - Apple is about to spy on your pictures

In this episode we set out to talk about some meat, and we do eventually for a minute, but it went a completely different direction… and it needed to. We include some pretty important links in our show notes and strongly encourage everyone to listen to the podcast we discuss. Discussion, discourse, opinions, views, perspectives, thoughts, beliefs… all of them and in between are important to talk about. Some are wrong, and some are just wrong for some. Some are right, and some are just right for some. What matters is the freedom of thought and freedom to develop those thoughts over a lifetime. Its part of growing. For sure we still laugh, share some TIL’s, and chuckle at obscure shower thoughts. If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:#1691 - Yeonmi Park - The Joe Rogan Experience | Podcast on SpotifyTyranny, Slavery and Columbia U | Yeonmi Park | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4: E26Associations of unprocessed and processed meat intake with mortality and cardiovascular disease in 21 countries [Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study]: a prospective cohort studyInvestors in the market over time compared to value“The US is in big trouble with twin deficits & high debt. But few realize that a Fed-issued digital USD token can change the fate of America. How?Coming soon: America's own social credit systemUsain Bolt floats to victory in zero-gravity raceIT BEGINS – USA Social Credit System Begins – Paypal, Facebook Begin Investigating and REPORTING Propagators of “Anti-Government” Rhetoric – Investment WatchTIL:TIL Harry Patch, the last surviving combat soldier of WW1 to have fought in the trenches, died aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 dayTIL that while serving together in WWII, Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling’s friend Melvin Levy ventured out to watch an aircraft drop off food crates. Levy was joking about where the food would fall when one of the crates landed on his head and decapitated him as Serling looked on in horror.TIL that a scientist in Antarctica tried to murder his co workers because he kept revealing him how his favourite books ended. It was the first arrest for attempted murder ever in Antarctica.TIL that of Miami and Tampa are 2 of the 3 major cities in the United States to never have reached 100 degrees officially.TIL a 31 yr. old man was diagnosed with a fractured cervical spine caused by virtual reality gaming due to rapid movement and the headset weight. Visual stimulus removed the brains awareness of perceived threat to self harm allowing increased rotation of the spine.Shower Thoughts:Ironically a mullet will protect you from having a redneck.People would probably read more than just headlines if excessive ads and paywalls didn’t make online articles so inaccessible and difficult to readIf we colonise Mars, every country on Earth will become a 1st world countryEarlier it was like what does not kill you makes you stronger, nowadays it is what does not kill you mutates and then tries to kill you, over and over again.You can legally kick out your own child at 18 with nothing, but be forced to take care of another adult you want nothing to do with after divorceThe internet is the cruelest place on the planet. And it’s not even a physical place.If a week has a full health bar and loses health throughout the week, by the end of the week, it is weakened..The word "Monopoly" is technically an oxymoron

#109 - Let them eat steak!! (without masks)

Brexit, China, Portland, Tunisia… we go all over the world on this episode and have fun talking about it.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Retailers blame Brexit as food shortages sweep across Scotland's storesIn 'frank' talks, China accuses U.S. of creating 'imaginary enemy'Portland is down to one full-time traffic officer as speeding tickets plummetBreaking: The President of #Tunisia has fired the Prime Minister, dissolved the Tunisian parliament, and has assumed executive power of the country. (Conflicts) Movement describes the move by the President as a "coup" It is encouraging people to take to the streets in rejection of the decision from the President. Tunisian President says further measures will be taken and announced at a later time. Tunisian President carried out his actions under Article 80 of the constitution according to media reports. Parliament SUSPENDED, not fully dissolved.JUST IN - Tunisian president imposes a one-month curfew, the movement of people and vehicles is prohibited from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.Group of Salvadorans Take to the Streets to Protest El Salvador's New Bitcoin Law – Bitcoin NewsTIL:TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priestToday I learned that NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal only scored one three-pointer in his entire career.TIL the medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are made from metals recovered from recycled cell phones collected since 2017.TIL the Romans believed eyelashes fell out from excessive sex, so women would use cosmetics to make their eyelashes look fuller and longer to demonstrate their chastity.TIL that hippo sweat contains a chemical that has an SPF factor to prevent them from getting sunburned.Shower Thoughts:Wall•E is a movie about a character named Eve who gains forbidden knowledge and as a result humanity has to leave paradise to take up a life of hard manual labor.There isn’t a single sport that wouldn’t be made better by putting a giant angry bull in the middleMost of society is a scam designed to keep us preoccupied until we finally lay down and die.The reason the washing machine only ever eats one sock is because when it eats a pair we don’t notice itAt some point in life, there was a stranger who got disappointed of how your voice sounded when you started talking.Professors are human programmers. Psychologists are human debuggers.If the Earth was flat we could see the top of Mt. Everest from anywhere on Earth.When an athlete doesn't quite win a medal, they weren't the hero of the story...they were the final boss.

#108 - Tunisia in hot water and El Salvador protesting Bitcoin

China is buying up farmland faster than anyone else, more censorship is being called for, and large malware findings are being released that could give anyone access to your phone without you knowing it. So much more is going on and we want to talk about it.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down.The New York Times US to Accuse China of Microsoft HackingEdward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelationsA "wobble" in the moon's orbit may lead to record floods on EarthMicrosoft Collaborated With Sanctioned Chinese Military Proxy To Build Operating System For Chinese Communist PartyRand Paul just confronted Dr. Fauci over gain of function research and triggered him so bad that he started yellingBezos in SPACE! (BIG Moves for Crypto?)How Washington power brokers gained from NSO’s spyware ambitionsWH's Psaki: If You're Banned On One Social Media Platform, You Should Be Banned On All Others!The B WordTIL:TIL Norway hires Sherpas from Nepal to build paths in the Norwegian mountains. They have completed over 300 projects, and their pay for one summer, equals 30 years of work in Nepal.TIL that some shark species have been known to reproduce via a virgin birth. Recently occurred with a hammerhead shark in captivity (the offspring are clones of the mother).TIL: Up to 4.5 pounds of each 150-pound adult is bacteriaTIL When the USS West Virginia battleship was finally salvaged 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbour, a calendar was found in an air tight room where 3 trapped sailors had marked off 16 days until they diedTIL Dick Williams A Titanic Survivor who spent over 6 hours waist deep in freezing water - after rescue doctors wanted to amputate both his legs - he refused and went on to win the Wimbledon Men's Doubles in 1920.Shower Thoughts:Typically The poorest people in the poorest countries are thin. The poorest people in the richest countries are fat.It’s interesting You can eat nearly every animal on the planet. Most plants are indigestible and many are poisonous. Says something about vegetarian vs meat only dietsWhen you dream, your brain is simultaneously creating and experiencing a eventPeople are so bad with turn signals that even when we see them used, we're still not sure of their intentions.Technically speaking, at the end of the day all boots were made for walking.It won't be long before people use "the 20s, the 30s, the 40s" to describe the 2020s, the 2030s, and the 2040s.If higher dimensions exist, then ghosts are probably higher dimensional beings doing lower dimensional science projects.You know you're an adult if you remember your birth year rather than your age.

#107 - Farmland, censorship, and renewable energy

A couple weeks off and the world didn't stop. Record heat, continued weirdness in China, markets and crypto all over the news, and still nobody can figure out that we all have to live with each other. Lets chat about it, learn to disagree, learn to find commond ground, and most of all remember what its like to not take ourselves so seriously sometimes.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:TRUTH Behind John McAfee’s Death (Crypto Pioneer Knew TOO MUCH)US Officials Warn What Communist China Is Preparing To Do, Ramifications For US: We're 'Too Late'John McAfee's wife Janice McAfee says he didn't kill himselfJohn McAfee accused of $23 million securities fraudThe inside story of John McAfee's crypto promotions businessAnti-Aging Pill: US Military Testing Pill That Delays AgingNDTV BJP MPs To Push Population Control Bills In Parliament This Session 10 hours agoBiden to Sign Order Protecting Farmers' Right to Repair Tractors It's the first time a U.S.Several tied to Haiti assassination plot were previously US law enforcement informantsTIL:TIL That in east Africa, movies are often watched with a "VJ" or "video joker" who provides live narration over the movie for translation, contextualization or comedy purposes.TIL that Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president, the longest-retired president, the first president to live forty years after their inauguration, and the first to reach the age of 95.Shower Thoughts:The part of The Ugly Duckling no one ever mentions is that, after a lifetime of bullying, the duckling grows into a swan, the undisputed biggest asshole of the bird kingdom.The movie "Free Willy" is about freeing a captive Orca while using a captive Orca to play the Orca they're trying to free from captivity.Superman probably wouldn’t be incredibly ripped because there isn’t really much that could give him a good work-out.You could hear 1,000 jokes and not remember any of them when you wanted to retell one but remember every single one when you heard them told again.Students going to law school are seen as bright and upstanding citizens, but lawyers are often ridiculed by society and considered by some to be evil.Casually dipping chicken in egg has to be one of the most savage fucking things humans have ever doneThe asteroid that ended the dinosaurs was technically the highest ratio of killing birds to one stone in Earth's history.Mount Everest is both the highest cemetery and trashcan on the planet.Caregiver and caretaker are synonyms despite giver and taker being antonymsDoing your own research is actually doing research of other peoples research

#106 - Blockchain, heat waves, and China

Oregon is passing some weird laws these days, recall elections in California are looming while they want to pay for all the past rent, and Kamala Harris has what appears to be only servants of color while serving mostly white people at her tea party. So... nothing much new.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:One more step before controversial Oregon bill becomes law, banning 'love letters' during home salesSperm Can Survive in Space; Humans Could Reproduce on MarsWhen Will the Recall Election Take Place? It's Becoming a Big Point of ContentionCalifornia to Pay off all Past Due Rent Accrued During COVID, Giving Renters Clean SlateBitcoin dives as China widens crackdown on crypto mining Vice President Kamala Harris revives tradition of hosting all female US Senators for dinnersHUGE DEVELOPMENT: NSA Reveals in FOIA Response that the FBI Involved in "Improper Surveillance" of 16,000 AmericansLights go off. At midnight on June 20th Shanghai time, all bitcoin and other crypto mining facilities in Sichuan will be collectively powered off. I'm keen to follow the migration to their new locations.TIL Poland sent the US a birthday card with 5.5 million signatures to mark the 150th anniversary of the US in 1926.TIL the opening crawl to Star Wars begins with a storybook-esque narration ("A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....") because George Lucas first imagined his films as stories being told by an ancient race of immortals. The immortals were written out for early films, but this vestige remained.TIL:TIL of the Heart Attack Grill restaurant in Las Vegas, which serves high fat/sugar food. Customers wear hospital gowns, waitresses are dressed as nurses, and customers over 350lb in weight eat for free. There is in fact a history of people dying there from cardiac arrest.TIL over half of all phone calls we receive now are SPAMTIL that almost 50% of biosolids (human feces) in the U.S. are used as fertilizers for agriculture. In Asia it is almost 90%, mainly for rice production.Shower Thoughts:A cyber security student who can hack the the University's database and give themselves full marks probably deserves full marksBurger flipping is a thing where if you do it as a job its seen as a failure but if you do it recreationally it's a mark of success in life.Lincoln will have lived closer to the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, than people born after 2025.Antibiotics sound like something you take to keep yourself from turning into a robot.We do not have a good grasp on just how much humanity can progress in a lifetime. In a single one, we went from the first flying machines to putting a man on the moon, and in the next lifetime, we went from room-sized computers to ones we carry in our pocket that are incomprehensibly faster.A coma is a free trial of the afterlife, and when it expires you either pay for the full version or you go back to lifeIf you choke on a piece of meat it's an animal's last chance at revenge

#105 - Are our law makers just bored?

World leaders meet, cryptocurrency is making weird moves again and lots of excitement and fear surround that, and we are still talking about Covid stuff. Lets all hang out again and chat about this crazy planet.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk for addiction to opioids and ultraviolet raysHow Bitcoin Has Fueled Ransomware AttacksBiden Spends The Weekend Trying To Persuade G-7 Leaders To Push Back On ChinaJUST IN - IRS chief Commissioner Charles Rettig asks US Congress for authority to regulate cryptocurrencies like #Bitcoin at Senate finance panel hearing.TIL:TIL that unlike terrestrial mammals, whales do not have a connected mouth and respiratory system. They do not and cannot breathe through their mouths.TIL that a disproportionate amount of motorcyclists are infected with the cat parasite, Toxoplasmosis.TIL: Japan's modern pacifist constitution was written by Americans.TIL about the April Fool’s Day prank in 1980 by the BBC who reported that Big Ben was going to change to a digital clock. Some people were so shocked by the announcement that they phoned in to complain.TIL the reporter who exposed ties between the CIA and the crack epidemic in California was found dead, with two shots to his head. It was ruled a suicideShower Thoughts:Interplanetary travel will have seasonal price fluctuations during specific times due to proximity between the two planets.People are more upset walking across dirty floors barefoot than walking in actual dirt barefoot.Most people think they are unlucky only because they are blissfully unaware of all their good luck where they narrowly missed many misfortunes.Every happy person wants a thousand things, every sick person wants just one Ideology let’s us experience life without contradictions Elementary schoolers who have no control over their transportation are punished more for being late than college students who own cars.We often clean our homes when people are coming over so we can maintain the facade of a clean house that we’ve seen from going to other people’s homes who clean their house to maintain the facade of having a clean house.Guard dogs probably think they're doing a great job as the strangers they bark at on the street never enter the houseTinfoil hats don't work because modern tinfoil is made from aluminum not tinA total solar eclipse is the natural version of the DVD waiting screen hitting the corner of the screenMost people think they are unlucky only because they are blissfully unaware of all their good luck where they narrowly missed many misfortunes.

#104 - Decentralization is the key to our nation

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