Top 10 Conservative Idiots #7-19: No Country For Old Snowflakes Edition

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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #7-19: No Country For Old Snowflakes Edition

Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! What’s up Boise State? How are you guys doing? You doing fucking good? Great! We have just four more shows left here in this bizarre year that was 2019, and our university tour couldn’t have been more awesome. In fact we’re going to continue it for a part of next year. We will announce the dates and details in our Thanksgiving best of! Now do we have time for the thing? Of course we do! So I do love talking about music, and this week the Drake Curse which we have previously discussed may have reared its’ ugly head again. It was at the 2nd annual Camp Flog Gnaw festival at Dodger Stadium. What happened was headliner Frank Ocean bailed and couldn’t be at the show. So they brought out Drake and basically all hell broke loose. The festival organizers didn’t let the crowd know that Mr. Ocean couldn’t be there, and the people who paid to see him were not exactly what one would call having any of it. Oh yeah they booed and heckled him off stage. Can we show that video clip for a minute? Ha ha, I love the one guy who yells out “NO!”. But the guy who started the festival, Tyler The Creator, isn’t having any of it either. And this was the 2nd time they have done this festival. I can guess they won’t be back for a third? So Drake got booed and Trump Jr got heckled off stage by his own supporters. Ah, 2019 is a great year to be alive! OK that’s enough of the intro, we have a lot of idiocy to get to. But first John Oliver celebrates the dropping of his lawsuit from Bob Murray in the most John Oliver way possible!

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Where do we begin this week? Well the election has come and gone and there’s no bigger sore loser than Kentucky’s now former governor Matt Bevin (1). Did he lose or is he going to try to steal the election from winner Andy Beshear? We will find out! In the second slot this week, is Alex Jones. Remember when Sean Hannity committed multiple felonies on the air last year? Well Alex Jones (2) is saying "hold my beer!". In the third slot this week, after Trump is taking on a viral challenge, we're going to tell you just how cringy it is by taking a look at the best (worst) winners of the #MAGACHALLENGE (3) so far and why it might single-handedly derail the first lady's #BeBest campaign! In the fourth slot this week, is Donald J. Trump (4). He went to the Alabama - LSU game and everywhere he goes, chaos is almost always guaranteed to follow, and we will also introduce you to his new BFF who is fighting for - wait for it - good and evil! Oh the irony! Taking the 5th slot this week is our weekly investigative piece, Top 10 Investigates (5), and is your airplane water safe to drink? After an alarming study was published, you might want to think twice before asking your flight attendant for that extra cup of water. At slot #6 is our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in “Holy Shit” (6) and this week the Dark One’s spiritual advisor Paula White has become an official White House employee, and our resident pastor is here to remind you why that is terrifying! In slot #7 is our segment “Unpopular Opinions” (7) – and this might be one of the creepiest stories in a while as you don’t want to know why rapper T.I. accompanies his daughter on her annual visit to the OB-GYN. Taking the 8th slot is a new "How Is This Still A Thing" (8) and this week after a series of colossal disasters, we're going to find out why gender reveal parties are still a thing. In slot #9 (NEIN!!!) this week is “I Need A Drink” and we’re going to get drunk and talk about cell phones - so the band Tool is cracking down on cell phones in their shows, and if you use one, you might just be a tool yourself. Finally this week in our 2020 voters’ guide “Keeping Up With The Candidates”, the 2019 elections yielded some surprising and shocking results and we will go over some of the juicier ones! Plus we have some live music from one of the hottest bands in the world right now, the legendary The 1975! Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!

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[font size="8"]Matt Bevin
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Hey everyone! Great news! Kentucky finally gave one of the worst governors in the country, and one of the worst in the states’ history his much deserved pink slip! I think we can all agree that he had it coming. We previously profiled former Gov. Bevin in Idiots #4-16 in our segment “People Who Somehow Got Elected”. And he definitely doesn’t disappoint in that area because he has gone ultra hard Christian nationalist right, and his policies definitely reflect that. But now that California has elected its’ first democratic governor in several decades what does that mean for now outgoing governor Matt Bevin? Oh that’s right, he’s refusing to accept the loss!

by Gov. Matt Bevin. Jeff Faughender, Louisville Courier Journal

Conservative political activist Frank Simon, a longtime supporter of Gov. Matt Bevin, is sending robocalls asking Kentuckians to report suspicious activity or voter fraud to the State Board of Elections before Nov. 14 — the day of Bevin's requested recanvass.

Bevin finished 5,189 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear in Tuesday's gubernatorial election but has refused to concede the race, requesting a recanvass of the vote, which is essentially a review of the vote totals in each county.

The governor has also made allegations of widespread voting irregularities and fraud on Election Day, but he hasn't provided any evidence to back up those claims.

According to a voicemail of the robocall sent to a Republican in Western Kentucky, Simon identifies himself and says, "If you or anyone you know has information regarding suspicious activity at polling locations, please report suspected voter fraud to the state department of elections by calling 502-573-7100."

He also asked that those calls to the State Board of Elections phone number take place by Nov. 13 — the day before each county board of elections conducts the recanvass.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2019/11/08/kentucky-governor-race-activists-robocall-seeks-voter-fraud-reports-before-recanvass/2528098001/

Yes the GOP is resorting to their age old tactic of accusing their opponent of – wait for it – if you had “voter fraud” on your Bingo card, you are the winner! Tell them what fabulous prizes they won, Johnny!!! So what does this mean for the Kentucky governor? Well aside from the obvious that Matt Bevin got “Art Of The Deal’d”, there’s plenty of reasons why you should be popping the champagne and celebrating. But then again let’s not blame Bevin’s loss on him, let’s blame it on oh yeah teachers!

A notable Kentucky politician has weighed in on the apparent defeat of Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin to Democratic challenger Andy Beshear in last week's gubernatorial election.

Appearing on "Meet the Press" Sunday, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said that the "teachers' anger came out" in the election and swung the election in favor of Beshear.

The Kentucky senator was referring to Bevin'slongstanding dispute with teachers across the commonwealth, which was sparked by the governor's overhaul of the pension system.

"I think the teachers were very unhappy," Paul said. &quot Bevin) tried to fix the pension, but got crossways with the teachers. And I think the teachers' anger came out."

'I knew he was in big trouble': An inside look at 24 crazy hours in Bevin vs. Beshear

Paul said that Bevin "was trying to do the right thing" with pension overhaul. But the governor's lack of popularity with teachers runs much deeper than policy differences. Bevin repeatedly criticized educators who opposed his efforts and said teachers' decision to protest en masse at the state Capitol one day in April 2018 led to children being sexually assaulted or otherwise harmed.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/rand-paul/2019/11/11/rand-paul-teachers-anger-cost-bevin-kentucky-governor-election/2560458001/

Really. Rand? Really? He was trying to do the right thing? Then why do teachers hate his guts? Maybe you might want to take a look at yourself in the mirror. The people are turning on the republicans, everything since 2016 has been an absolute disaster. But that said, we’re going to take a look at what a recount could specifically entitle for Kentucky.

Bevin said he "wanted the process to be followed" under law before he made a concession, referring to unspecified "irregularities" that were "corroborated."

The first step in that process under Kentucky law, when it comes to election results that are contested, should be as familiar to Bevin as anyone else in the state, as he won a razor-thin victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary of 2015 by margin of just 83 votes over now Rep. James Comer.

The first step under Kentucky law is a recanvass of the vote, which is a review of the vote totals by each county clerk — counting absentee votes and checking printouts to make sure the numbers they transmitted to the State Board of Elections were correct.

State law allows for a recanvassing if a county clerk or a county board of elections notices a discrepancy, or if a candidate makes a written request to the secretary of state.

Comer requested a recanvass of the vote totals in that 2015 race, but the results were unchanged. He declined to request the next possible step in the process under Kentucky law — a formal recount that includes a physical examination of the ballots.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/11/05/bevin-beshear-recount-what-happens-next-in-kentucky-governor-race/4174894002/

Yeah so rather than going quietly, Bevin is choosing a much more opposite and extremely scary direction – that is, he’s not going quietly. And is instead choosing to potentially waste a ton of time and a ton of tax payer money just because he’s a conservative snowflake. This is where we’re at in 2019. And if this is any indication of what’s going to happen in 2020, our presidential election could potentially go this way no matter how unpopular Trump is! Shit, the last time this happened, it was in 1899 and the governor was killed, and Kentucky nearly descended into chaos. Yeah we can’t let Bevin get away with this.

Trailing in the vote tally for Kentucky's governorship by about 5,000 votes, incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin decided last week to play what's becoming a familiar card: He questioned the election's legitimacy.

"What we know is that there really are a number of significant irregularities," Bevin said Wednesday in front of the governor's mansion, "the specifics of which we're in the process of getting affidavits [about] — and other information that will help us to get a better understanding of what did or did not happen."

Bevin declined to take questions from reporters or give more specifics, other than saying that "we know there have been thousands of absentee ballots that were illegally counted."

No Kentucky election official, including Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, has corroborated that claim in the days since Bevin made it.

Critics and elections specialists are calling for Bevin to provide evidence of the dramatic claim or retract it.

"Gov. Bevin really needs to put up or shut up. Give us the evidence, or stop making these claims of voter fraud that have no evidence behind them," said Josh Douglas, an election law professor at the University of Kentucky
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/777300611/skeptics-urge-bevin-to-show-proof-of-fraud-claims-warning-of-corrosive-effects

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[font size="8"]Alex Jones
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Remember last year when Sean Hannity committed what might be one of the biggest news fails of the decade? He might have committed multiple felonies while on the air talking about his BFF Trump, and then cut away to a “sovereign citizen” in a shootout with Phoenix police (see: [link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210729356 | Idiots #5-1) . Well, last week, Alex Jones saw that and said “hold my beer”. Because now that Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry and investigation, Alex Jones is doing everything in his power to stop it. Oh yeah and he also has very little power since he got banned from social media and Youtube. But here’s what happened.

InfoWars conspiracy theorist and Roger Stone ally Alex Jones stepped up his attacks on the jury at Stone’s trial on Tuesday, broadcasting the name and face of a woman he claimed was a juror at the trial and calling her a “minion” of anti-Trump forces.

“We’ve got her name, and we’re going to release it,” Jones said on his InfoWars broadcast, before revealing a woman’s name and putting her face on the screen behind him.

Later in the broadcast, Jones and his attorney were joined by a person dressed as the Grim Reaper and wielding a sickle. Stone hosted a show broadcast on InfoWars until recently, and Jones and his employees have frequently attacked the judge in Stone’s case, Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

Jones’ attacks on the jury were based on reporting that the first potential juror in the case was a former Obama administration employee in the Office of Management and Budget whose husband works for the Department of Justice. But in his rush to attack the potential juror as a deep-state plant, Jones appears to have gotten the wrong person.

During his broadcast, Jones didn’t show a picture of the actual potential juror, who, despite his claims, didn’t make it onto the jury anyway. Instead, he showed a picture of another former OMB staffer who appears to be totally unrelated to the Stone trial.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-goes-on-tirade-against-roger-stone-jurors

Yeah that is batshit fucking crazy! Alex Jones was literally trying to out one of the jurors on the Roger Stone trial while on the air. Do these people not knowing what they are doing? Oh wait, they are trying to do everything wrong at this point. What Alex Jones did is jury tampering and possible intimidation, and both of those are serious crimes. He could possibly be going away for a long time. And in case you had this on the Bingo card – they blamed Obama for it! Really guys? Your schtick is getting old now.

InfoWars conspiracy theorist and Roger Stone ally Alex Jones stepped up his attacks on the jury at Stone’s trial on Tuesday, broadcasting the name and face of a woman he claimed was a juror at the trial and calling her a “minion” of anti-Trump forces.

“We’ve got her name, and we’re going to release it,” Jones said on his InfoWars broadcast, before revealing a woman’s name and putting her face on the screen behind him.

Later in the broadcast, Jones and his attorney were joined by a person dressed as the Grim Reaper and wielding a sickle. Stone hosted a show broadcast on InfoWars until recently, and Jones and his employees have frequently attacked the judge in Stone’s case, Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

Jones’ attacks on the jury were based on reporting that the first potential juror in the case was a former Obama administration employee in the Office of Management and Budget whose husband works for the Department of Justice. But in his rush to attack the potential juror as a deep-state plant, Jones appears to have gotten the wrong person.

During his broadcast, Jones didn’t show a picture of the actual potential juror, who, despite his claims, didn’t make it onto the jury anyway. Instead, he showed a picture of another former OMB staffer who appears to be totally unrelated to the Stone trial.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-goes-on-tirade-against-roger-stone-jurors?ref=home

A little crazy? Get two batshit insane conspiracy theorists in a room and this is the kind of thing that you come up with! Yeah let’s tamper a jury and then blame the previous president for it. I mean really, Alex Jones is a few minutes short of a news cycle. And by the way in case you’re wondering how the judge is responding to all of this, he’s responding about as well as the judge in My Cousin Vinnie.

Stone is known for his brash style and crass language. So it really shouldn’t be a surprise that his trial is already full of expletives and hissed threats.

The curse words came quickly as the government prosecutors started making their case, quoting extensively from Stone’s text messages and emails.

There was this Aug. 16, 2016, email Stone sent to Bannon about the prospect of more damaging documents released about the Clinton campaign, which Zelinsky read aloud in court: “I have an idea ... to save Trump’s ass.”

There was also this Oct. 3, 2016, text message exchange that an FBI agent on the witness stand helped narrate, illustrating Stone’s attempt to calm down Randy Credico, the therapy dog-toting liberal talk show host who thought Stone was using him to advance a false narrative.

“No one is using your name stop being an asshole,” Stone wrote in one message. Later on in the same exchange, Credico replied with a reference to a character from the Godfather movies, calling Hillary Clinton “a scary serious and dangerous person who will kill without conscious the same way Luca Brasi did.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/06/takeaways-roger-stone-court-067133

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As you all know right now, first lady Melania Trump has been on a sort of anti-bullying crusade that they have dubbed, in true Trump fashion “Be Best”. And as you can guess, in true Trump fashion, Be Best has had the reverse effect – people are getting meaner and nastier. But here’s my whole thing – you can’t run an anti-bullying program when you’re the biggest bully on the planet. That is what I would call the very definition of “hypocrisy”. Oh and it gets worse – so a Soundcloud rapper started a hashtag called the “MAGA Challenge”. By Trump retweeting this and inviting the winners to the White House, he single handedly killed his anti-bullying initiative. But then again that’s par for the course at this point.

In September, Bryson Gray, a rapper who performs under the name B. Surius, created the "#MAGAChallenge" to advertise his song "Black Not Democrat." The online campaign received President Donald Trump's seal of approval Friday, when he retweeted Gray's post along with an announcement that winners of the #MAGAChallenge will be invited to meet with him at the White House.

With the MAGA Challenge, Gray joins a long list of other would-be internet influencers who have tried to recreate the viral success of internet fads such as the Mannequin Challenge and the "In My Feelings" Challenge to spread their own content. As of November 8, the post has been retweeted more than 6,000 times.

The clip Gray posted to announce the challenge in September featured Gray wearing an oversized Make America Great Again hat and lip-syncing lyrics like "Why these white liberals try to tell me who I am?" and "I said I wasn't a Democrat; I lost a few friends."

To participate in the challenge, Gray told Trump supporters to rap over the beat and share their enthusiasm for the president. "I want y'all to your own rap to it too then tag me! Let's make liberals cry!" Gray captioned the post.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-shares-viral-magachallenge-inviting-winners-white-house-1470719

And that folks, is a lesson on how you can single handedly kill an entire First Lady campaign. Be best! But what are the ramifications of Trump placating to his base by promoting something that goes against what he’s supposed to stand for? Well, considering Trump doesn’t do much standing to begin with, there is going to be some serious problems with this. Don’t worry we’ll get to the best (or worst) in a minute.

President Trump is reportedly already in talks with Apprentice producer Mark Burnett to develop a post-presidency version of the show, but he’s not waiting until he leaves the White House to indulge his inner (outer) reality show host.

On Friday, Trump tweeted plans to announce winners of the #MAGACHALLENGE — a social media trend in which pro-Trump rappers film themselves spitting their affection for the president — and invite them to the White House to perform, effectively opening a fresh portal to hell by promoting what is soon to become one of the most cursed hashtags in Twitter’s history to his 66.6 million followers.

The #MAGACHALLENGE began with the September 14th tweet Trump quoted in his announcement, in which amateur rapper and noted Trump fan Bryson Gray calls for the president’s supporters to rhyme over his beat and “make liberals cry.” The hashtag blew up, with countless fans awkwardly rapping about their allegiance to Trump and hatred of liberals and the media. “I think the MAGA challenge is doing what everybody expected Kanye West to do for the [Trump] campaign,” Gray told the Daily Dot last month, adding that it is “easing the tensions in the culture and helping get the word out about Trump,” while proving “not all Trump voters and GOP are stick ups.”

Here’s one potential way to spend the next 7 minutes and 50 seconds of your life. You will not get that time back.

Even Isaiah Washington, the former Grey’s Anatomy actor who was fired for assaulting a coworker and using a homophobic slur, chimed in with what under an extremely loose definition of the term could be called “bars.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-magachallenge-rap-contest-910041/

By the way I’m not at all shocked that Isiah Washington is a MAGA supporter. Not at all. And I’d post a few videos from the MAGA challenge but we don’t want to support these people or give them any recognition. Ah fuck it, one tweet.

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OK maybe one more.

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Because the garter belt really adds some class doesn’t it? And come on, how is it possible that rappers not named Kanye are in on this? I mean come on people, you’re on Soundcloud! You most likely recorded these videos in between serving angry customers lattes! I could do this all day. I’ve got time.

The post Trump’s #MAGAChallenge is absolute cringe appeared first on Consequence of Sound.

Already in talks for The Apprentice: White House, America’s reality show president is now encouraging his loyal followers to participate in the #MAGACHALLENGE.

The challenge was initially launched back in September by a pro-Trump rapper named Bryson Gray, who encouraged fellow MAGA thumpers to post rap videos in dedication to their supreme leader. “I want y’all to your own rap to it too then tag me!” Gray tweeted. “Lets make liberals cry!”

On Friday, Trump amplified the challenge by announcing that he’d be inviting the winners to perform at the White House.

As one might expect, the resulting videos are proving to be peak cringe. (Note: We’re still waiting for Kanye’s entry.)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-magachallenge-absolute-cringe-210458183.html

That is a good question sir! I mean this couldn’t possibly come at a worse time, especially when Trump is facing an impeachment trial and he got booed twice. Although if you’re really thinking of participating in the MAGA Challenge with the promise of a White House invitation, you might as well save the effort, because chances are good that Trump will stiff you on the win. Because this is not at all shocking, and you’ll be the one who winds up crying in the end!

On October 22, an email from Donald J. Trump’s campaign to its subscribers read, “I just saw the most recent list of Patriots who have contributed to win a trip to meet me in Chicago on October 28th, and I noticed you STILL haven’t entered,” then followed up the next day with an email that said, “We’d hate for you to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have lunch with President Trump himself at his FAVORITE hotel in Chicago.” This, like 14 other promotions by the campaign since 2018, promised one lucky winner travel, accommodations, and a meal if they signed up for the contest (some posts screenshot in the newsletter suggested that campaign donations increase odds of winning).

And yet, in nearly two years of these promotions, there’s yet to be evidence that any of these promised meals actually happened. This according to the newsletter Popular Information and sleuth Judd Legum, the founder of ThinkProgress and former research director in 2008 for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. He asked the Washington Post’s pool reporter, who was traveling with the president at the time, whether the president had made a stop to lunch with the winning contestant in Chicago. She asked the campaign and the White House, but did not receive an answer. Popular Information asked a campaign spokesperson as well and did not receive an answer.

Which means, you know, who knows! It’s possible the president went to these meals quietly. Maybe Trump grabbed a nice dinner at some little hole in the wall before he boarded his whirlybird and took to the sky. Trump must be over having his photo taken by now. You can almost hear him yell, “Can’t I get lunch with some random person in peace!” Yes, he seems like the type to really know when it’s time to stop mugging for the camera and focus on quality time. But campaigns demand these kinds of wholesome photo ops; even though Trump surely didn’t want a picture, a picture would have to be shared.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/11/donald-trump-meet-and-greet-contest

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Donald Trump is a man who needs an audience. He went to the World Series hoping for applause and admiration, and to steal the spotlight from the Nationals and Astros. Strike one! Then he went to UFC 244, hoping to earn admiration and applause. Strike two! What a snowflake at that. Come on, Trump, this isn’t no country for old snowflakes! So when your ego’s taken a massive hit like that, where do you go? I know – go to places where people love you. They still love you in Alabama, right? I mean they’re the state where Roy Moore is going up against Jeff Sessions. Yes, I did say Roy Moore, because he won’t go away. So what happened at the Alabama – LSU game? Oh wait, we have to tell you about the SNAFU from the Alabama Student Union first.

Alabama will not punish students who boo President Donald Trump at Saturday's game against LSU at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, the university's Student Government Association said an earlier message that threatened to revoke seating at future games for "organizations that engage in disruptive behavior" had been taken out of context.

"The SGA strongly affirms its belief in free speech and the rights of all students to express their opinions," the statement said. "Today’s report erroneously assigned a political context to a message meant only to remind students about heightened security and the consequences of altercations or other behaviors unbecoming of a University of Alabama student."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2019/11/04/donald-trump-attending-alabama-lsu-game-in-tuscaloosa/4159424002/

Yeah so the Alabama SGA threatened to revoke certain privileges for students who were going to protest Trump’s visit. I mean come on, Alabama! You should know that you don’t have to threaten frat boys – they’re a large part of Trump’s base! They only appointed one to SCOTUS last year! But that said wherever Trump goes, chaos is sure to follow. Just look at what happened to the world famous “Baby Trump” balloon.

Hoyt Deau Hutchinson, the Alabama man accused of slashing a Baby Trump balloon in Tuscaloosa last weekend, defended his actions during a Monday morning call to the “Rick & Bubba Show.”

Hutchinson is charged with felony first degree criminal mischief in relation to the slashing of the Trump balloon that was in town for the Alabama/LSU game and a presidential appearance by Donald Trump.

In his call to the syndicated program, Hutchinson, 32, said he drove past the Baby Trump balloon on Saturday and yelled at the protesters.

“I got so fired up when I rolled by the balloon and I rolled down the window and I said something to them and I figured they saw me. I figured only way I was going to get close enough to that balloon was to blend in. (I) went and bought me an Alabama shirt and walked up like I was walking to the game and like I was going to take a picture with (the Trump balloon).

“I was so fired up. I was shaking I was so mad,” he said.

When host Rick Burgess asked what his motivation for slashing the balloon, Hutchinson replied:

“I’m not young but I’m not old. I’m sort of middle aged. I feel like a lot of people my age don’t keep up with the news and politics the way they should. I watch the news every night. I watch Fox News every night. Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are my favorite two anchors.
https://www.al.com/news/2019/11/hoyt-hutchinson-alabama-baby-trump-balloon-stabber-calls-radio-show-says-it-was-good-vs-evil.html

Yeah BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Oh come on, Hutchinson, admit it – your motivation was dolla, dolla bills y’all! What a snowflake by the way. And if you think you’re on the “good side” of good vs evil, I would really advise that you don’t know what “good” or “evil” means. Because stabbing the Baby Trump balloon is the very definition of evil. And in case you weren’t surprised at all what Mr. Hutchinson’s motivation for doing this was, let’s all remember that Go Fund Me exists.

Supporters of Hoyt Hutchinson, an Alabama man who has gained widespread attention after he was charged in connection with the knifing of a “Baby Trump” balloon used to protest the president’s recent appearance in Alabama, have raised thousands of dollars to help him pay legal fees.

A GoFundMe created Saturday that asks for donations to help Hutchinson “pay legal fees and restitutions” for the balloon has so far raised more than $30,000. The goal for that fundraising page was initially set at $6,000.

Another GoFundMe that aimed to “FREE HOYT” shortly after his arrest raised more than $12,000 during the same period.

Hutchinson captured headlines Saturday after he was arrested and charged with felony first degree criminal mischief for allegedly stabbing a “Baby Trump” balloon that was being used by demonstrators in Tuscaloosa to protest Trump’s appearance at a college football game.

According to AL.com, a group of protesters had inflated the balloon for a demonstration at Monnish Park, which is located near the Alabama-LSU football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium that Trump was attending. The balloon was reportedly stabbed shortly before the game started.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/469816-people-raise-thousands-for-man-who-allegedly-stabbed-trump-baby

And boo to Go Fund Me too! The guy is a crook. And I mean really, considering that there’s evidence that Trump has to wear real diapers, that depiction of him as a baby isn’t really that far off. But there is some good news. And I mean besides that Alabama lost to LSU. That Go Fund Me has declared the money raised for this douchebag to be invalid, which means that he potentially lost out on thousands of dollars.

Fundraising efforts for Hoyt Hutchinson, the Alabama man who faces charges in connection to the stabbing of a Baby Trump balloon in Tuscaloosa last weekend, have topped $40,000.

The GoFundMe, started by Hutchinson, had raised $42,039 as of Monday night. Donations - ranging from $5 to $25 – came from 1,800 people, blowing away the original goal of $6,000. Any money that wasn’t used for legal fees would go towards Donald Trump’s 2020 election campaign, Hutchinson said.

In a post on the page, Hutchinson said the page had been reported by “sympathizers” and he expected GoFundMe to issue refunds to donors and instead directed people to a Cash App address. GoFundMe confirmed to AL.com, however, that Hutchinson’s page was active and they were awaiting banking information to continue the processing.

The Facebook page of the People’s Motorcade, the organization that rents out the Baby Trump balloons, contains a link on how to report GoFundMe fraud. The link was posted Nov. 10, the day after the slashing.
https://www.al.com/news/2019/11/fundraiser-for-hoyt-hutchinson-alabama-man-who-stabbed-baby-trump-balloon-tops-42000.html

And by the way in case you’re wondering how the Roger Stone trial is going, it has been a colossal disaster from day one. In fact he’s taking this shit show on tour and even going so far as to sell his own merchandise to cover the nearly $3 million legal defense fund. This whole thing, calling it a “clown show” isn’t exactly making light of the situation. And you also got to feel sorry for clowns too, that’s unfair to them. Except maybe the Joker, because Roger Stone would make a great one.

Stone often brings merchandise, including T-shirts (“Roger Stone Did Nothing Wrong) and autographed rocks (called “Roger Stones”), to his events. On Monday, he came only with a carton of one of his books, “Stone’s Rules How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style.” He sold most of them.

The Oktoberfest party, at the Josef & Joseph jewelry, watch and clock store on Federal Highway in Oakland Park, was sponsored by the Florida Atlantic Conservative Team, founded and run by three former officers of the Broward Republican Party.

It wasn’t a typical political event, although Stone offered some of his typically blunt political rhetoric during a nine-minute speech in which he praised Trump and assailed Trump critic Mitt Romney as a rat and a loser.

The famously opinionated political operative was quiet about one thing: his own case.

He’s under a strict gag order from the judge who will preside over his trial, and he declined to talk about the charges of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to the release of stolen Democratic Party emails by WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. The charges were originally brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 5.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-roger-stone-trial-soon-legal-defense-20191029-mlnhduy2srdzzmwxohnlv4k4my-story.html

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Hey everyone it’s time to investigate beyond the headlines! This is Top 10 Investigates!

People say that cleanliness is right next to godliness. But when you’re traveling it’s hard to be both, and it’s especially hard to be both. Made even worse by the fact that a new study has shown how horrendously unclean airplanes really are. And if you’re frightened by that, you should be even more frightened by what you’re consuming while you’re onboard a flight. If you think that the water or food that you consume is safe, you might want to think twice before you consume food, water, or even wash your hands on your next flight. Of course there’s no alternative when you’re 30,000 feet in the air.

A study released in September found that the quality of drinking water on most American-based airlines is such that it is not even suitable for washing one’s hands, let alone drinking. Out of 11 major and 12 regional airlines, only four were deemed to have relatively safe and clean water.

Crazy Facts About Airplane Food

The Airline Water Study, a joint endeavor by Diet Detective and the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center, ranks the airlines, giving them a “Water Health Score” between 0 and 5, with 5 being the best score. An airline with a score of 3 or more is deemed to have water that is relatively safe and clean.

Of the major airlines in the United States, Alaska Airlines and Allegiant Airlines each scored 3.3, while Hawaiian Airlines received a score of 3.1. The only regional airline to pass standards was Maryland-based Piedmont Airlines, which scored 4.33. The major airlines with the worst scores were JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, each of which scored 1.

The Water Health Score was based on 10 different criteria, including positive E. coli and coliform water sample reports, fleet size, airline cooperation in answering water-quality questions and violations of the Aircraft Drinking Water Rule (ADWR), a federal regulation implemented in 2011 to ensure that airlines provide their flight crew and passengers with safe and reliable drinking water.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/airplane-water-bad-shouldn-t-212658498.html

Sadly Peter’s boomerang might be a safer alternative than what lurks in your airline’s potable water supply. And if you think that’s bad even the flight attendants don’t drink the tap water on planes. Of course it is tap water. You most likely bring that $7 bottle that you bought at the airport convenience store. But when the flight attendants know something we don’t, that is something to definitely be made aware of.

For the last decade, Dr. Charles Platkin has studied airline food. But he moved from solids to liquids by first examining a sample of coffee brewed on airplanes.

What he found wasn’t good, so to him, it made sense to keep looking.

“It was kind of natural for me to look at this,” Platkin, the director of the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, told Healthline. “When I peeled back the first layer, it didn’t smell so good.”

His most recent bout of sniffing around included how well most commercial airlines were adhering to a law known as the Aircraft Drinking Water Rule (ADWR).

As Platkin explains in his Airline Water Study 2019, ADWR has required all airlines to provide passengers and flight crew with safe drinking water since it was implemented in 2011.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-safe-is-the-water-coffee-tea-on-your-favorite-airline

Actually the martini is probably the cleanest thing on that flight. Oh but it gets worse, it’s not just a few airlines or single airplanes here and there. It’s every airplane that you’ve ever been on that has this level of dirtiness. Of course we’re not at all surprised that Spirit Airlines ranked among the worst for cleanliness since they’re pretty much the worst for just about everything.

While air travel is convenient, there's never any promise it will be particularly clean. Security checkpoint bins and airplane tray tables are notorious for harboring germs. In addition to being careful of what you touch, you need to be cautious about what you drink.

Air travelers have been warned in the past about the questionable water quality of major airlines. Owing to inconsistent water transport issues, storage methods, and lackadaisical monitoring, several studies and investigations—including a 2004 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—have found bacterial contamination and even insect eggs lurking in liquid served to passengers in the form of coffee and tea.

Unfortunately, the problem doesn’t appear to be getting any better. A new study on the quality of airline tap water conducted by the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center found E. coli, coliform bacteria, and other unpleasantries across 11 commercial and 12 regional carriers.

The study ranked airlines according to water quality tests, and whether airlines were forthcoming in disclosing how they handle water transportation and storage for in-flight plumbing, using a scale of 1 to 5. While some airlines, like Alaska and Allegiant, scored well at 3.3, others (including JetBlue, Spirit, Delta, and United) ranked poorly in terms of delivering healthy, clean water, which is often sourced from local municipalities.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602408/airplane-water-quality-getting-worse

Spirit Airlines: You’re here because there were no other flights available! But when you think about the quality of the food on the airline, it makes sense why the water on the airline might have something to do with how bad the food is. But before you order that cup of coffee or tea, or anything made with ice for that matter, you should consider that it was really surprising which airlines came out on top and which were the worst.

The ADWR, which went into effect in Oct. 2011, demands that airlines provide safe drinking water and requires them to routinely disinfect and flush aircraft water tanks, as well as test water samples for coliform bacteria. When airlines find coliform in water samples, they must test it again to determine if it contains E. coli and, if it does, shut off public access to the water system within 24 hours and disinfect and flush it out.

The Food Policy Center executive director and Diet Detective founder Charles Platkin believe the 24-hour requirement is too lax.

“Why not immediately? Pun intended, this just feels like a watered down version of what should be a regulation for airlines,” he told HuffPost.

While the study found that ADWR violations have decreased in recent years across all airlines, there’s a chance that this is due to a lack of enforcement by the EPA, which hasn’t issued many civil penalties in that time period.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/airline-water-quality_l_5d8152f7e4b03ec1bc96639b

That’s it this week for Top 10 Investigates. Good day.

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Gather around my fair brothers and sisters of Houston! It’s time to take a seat in the pew and pass the collection plate, for the Holy Church Of The Top 10 has convened and it’s time to remind you that the holiest among us are the most full of:



My fair congregation! This week we’re going to talk about how my fellow brothers and sisters on the right have somehow managed to infiltrate the White House. Despite the fact that we’re supposed to have separation of church and state. Which is something that I am a big fan and proponent of – which is why you’ll never see me running for office. I respect boundaries. But there are some people who do not respect boundaries. You know what? before we get into it let’s roll the tape!

Yes, my friends, that is Paula White. The woman who acts as a spiritual advisor to the most unholy Dark One, whose name shall not be spoken in my church, is now in the White House!

A former White House adviser on faith affairs accused Paula White, the controversial pastor appointed to lead President Donald Trump's new faith office, of trying to profit financially from the role.

The Trump administration recently revealed that White, the current president's spiritual adviser and a wealthy televangelist preacher of the prosperity gospel, will head the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the White House, founded by executive order last year.

White, who headed Trump's evangelical advisory committee, caught attention in 2018 when she told people to donate their first paycheck of the year to her ministries as a "first fruit" offering or face God's wrath.

Last week, White, whose church is based in Florida, suggested during a prayer for Trump that opponents of the president "operate in sorcery and witchcraft." suggested during a prayer for Trump that opponents of the president "operate in sorcery and witchcraft."

According to CNN, a White House spokesman said White, who is also known by her married name White-Cain, is a part-time special government employee and "permitted to maintain separate employment" to her official role.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-pastor-paula-white-cain-obama-faith-adviser-1471155

Yes, the devil walks among us, but I shall not say his name! In fact like a movie I was watching if you say his name 3 times, he might appear in front of you to do your unholy deeds! And by the way in case you’re wondering if Ms. White has toned down her increasingly hostile rhetoric, you will definitely not be surprised. Because I’m sure that this is exactly what our LAWRD JAYSUS would have in mind!

President Donald Trump has added Florida televangelist Paula White to his administration. She will be an adviser to the president’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative in the White House’s Office of Public Liaison.

The New York Times calls the 53-year-old White “a quintessentially Trump figure: a television preacher, married three times, who lives in a mansion [and believes] that God wants followers to find wealth and health -- commonly called the prosperity gospel.”

Her beliefs have made her controversial even in religious circles. The Rev. William J. Barber II, a protestant minister who is also president of the NAACP’s North Carolina state chapter, called her message “a false gospel.”

“It is an attempt,” he said, “to interpret the gospel to be primarily about personal wealth and personal power, which is contrary to the theology of Jesus where the good news was always focused on caring for the poor, the least of these, the stranger, the sick.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/11/paula-white-donald-trumps-new-white-house-adviser-ratchets-up-fake-news-rhetoric-denouncing-demonic-networks.html

No it’s just Paula White. Though she could be a DAYMON!!! I mean just… where do we find these people, exactly? Really because the kind of gospel that Ms. White preaches, well, I am not exactly sure that she’s even read the Bible! Or at the very least our Good Book because it says nothing about what she preaches!

It was "Power Night" at the City of Destiny church on Sunday and Pastor Paula White was urging her congregation to pony up.

"I want you to hear from God. God already spoke to me what I'm going to write out. You're going to write your checks to Paula White Ministries," White preached. "If God tells you to give $12.99, do it. Whatever the Holy Spirit speaks to you. If you need to give by credit card, do so."
White regularly urges those in her pews to donate to her ministry, promising that God will bless them with wealth and "visions" in return. She sometimes warns her followers that their "dream will die" if they don't.

This time, the televangelist was doing it as a newly minted White House official.

White, President Donald Trump's longtime spiritual adviser, joined the White House staff last week to lead the Faith and Opportunity Initiative, a division of the Office of Public Liaison. Her role will primarily be to solicit input from religious groups on White House initiatives and to maintain Trump's strong ties to the religious leaders who support him.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/politics/paula-white-televangelist-white-house/index.html

Well except for the fact that this is a church where we do judge people! And we look for content of quality and character, of which Paula White doesn’t have any of those things! But really you might as well hire Joel Osteen. Or shit even Kanye West at this point? What? I’ve told you that we are allowed to swear in my church! Go ahead, let it out! And by the way in case you’re wondering why the Dark One selected Ms. White, well, let’s take a look at where she stands.

President Donald Trump's personal spiritual adviser, Paula White, launched a prayer effort alongside other evangelical Christian leaders on Tuesday, offering a prayer condemning the president's opponents, accusing them of being aligned with evil spirits and using sorcery.

The White House officially announced last week that White would spearhead the president's Faith and Opportunity Initiative. Trump and the wealthy televangelist have been friends for years ,and she has been a key religious supporter, rallying her Christian base to back the president.

Alongside fellow Christian leaders Cindy Jacobs, Dave Kabul and Dutch Sheets, White has launched the One Voice Prayer Movement, starting the initiative on Tuesday with a prayer for Trump. "Lord, we ask you to deliver our president from any snare, any setup of the enemy, according to Ephesians 6:12. Any persons [or] entities that are aligned against the president will be exposed and dealt with and overturned by the superior blood of Jesus," she said during her prayer in a conference call with other Christian leaders.

"Whether it's the spirit of Leviathan, a spirit of Jezebel, Abaddon, whether it's the spirit of Belial, we come against the strongmen, especially Jezebel, that which would operate in sorcery and witchcraft, that which would operate in hidden things, veiled things, that which would operate in deception," she continued. "We come against it according to your word."
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-prays-against-presidents-opponents-suggests-they-operate-1470197

Yeah probably! With friends like Paula White, who needs enemies? Well that’s it for this week, mass has ended, may you go in peace! That’s it this week for:




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OK I think before we go any further, we need a Parental Advisory warning on this entry:

Now that we got that out of the way, we got to talk about the seriously creepy situation involving T.I. and his daughter. I didn’t want to do this next entry, in fact I almost threw down fisticuffs with my producer on it. But we’re doing it anyways, because that’s how we roll! You know normally we’d reserve this kind of thing for “How Is This Still A Thing” but I just want to take this opportunity to trash these old school assholes who can’t handle a woman’s sexual identity. Really, it says more about him than it does about her. And in 2019 do we really need this kind of old school fire and brimstone kind of fucked up relationship badgery between father and daughter? Easy answer is a simple “Hell no!”. I mean T.I. might as well wear a “Dads Against Daughters Dating” shirt.

Ladies Like Us podcast hosts Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham have posted a public apology after rapper T.I.'s shocking comments about his teenage daughter's virginity prompted plenty of backlash.

On a recent episode of the podcast, the 39-year-old rapper told Mandi and Moham that he has "yearly trips to the gynecologist" with his 18-year-old daughter, Deyjah, "to check her hymen." The podcast episode has since been deleted. Mandi -- who's married to singer Miguel -- and Moham have received criticism online for laughing during T.I.'s comments, and in an apology posted on Instagram on Thursday, they explained it was a "knee jerk reaction."

"To everyone confused, angry and hurt by the recent episode of Ladies Like Us, we want to apologize for our knee jerk reaction to the uncomfortable topic," the statement reads. "We were completely caught off guard/shocked and looking back, we should have reacted much differently in the moment. The comments that were made and the reaction that followed are not in any way a reflection of our personal views on the topic. We support and love Women and feel that their bodies are theirs to do as they wish."

"There was absolutely no ill intent towards any party involved & feel deeply awful about the entire incident," the statement continues. "We are not perfect, take full accountability of our lack of action & are continuously learning along the way. We know an apology doesn't make this go away but we welcome the discussion -- that's what our podcast is about."
https://www.etonline.com/tis-shocking-comments-about-daughters-virginity-lead-podcast-hosts-to-apologize-and-delete-episode

Sorry Ladies Like Us podcast, whatever that is, but you just opened up a whole can of worms that will probably never be closed! See here’s the thing with DADD crowd is they are some angry and controlling motherfuckers. Which is why they want control of their daughters’ hymens, whatever that is. I’m a guy, I don’t have a hymen. But as insane and controversial as T.I.’s comment was, it has shed a light on a subject that is a global problem, and a very disturbing one at that. See, here’s one of those situations where it’s best to just let kids be kids, then when they grow up they can find out how fucked up the world is!

But while T.I.’s comments were certainly solid outrage-bait, they also pointed out to a more disturbing reality: virginity testing is widespread around the globe, and has historically been used as justification to punish, torture, or even murder young women.

Virginity testing usually takes the form of a two-finger test, which involves a physician inserting two fingers into a woman’s vagina to check whether her hymen is intact. Although an intact hymen is by no means a reliable indicator of virginity, as T.I. himself pointed out, it is viewed as such in various cultures around the world, such as in India, Turkey, Egypt, and South Africa. Although the test is most frequently associated with determining a woman’s eligibility for marriage, it has been used for other purposes as well; in Indonesia, for instance, the test is used to determine female applicants’ suitability for the police force.

The penalty for “failing” a virginity test can be steep. In Afghanistan, for instance, where premarital sex is a crime, until 2018 the law stated that women and girls could be incarcerated for up to three months for failing virginity tests. In some extreme cases, young women who have failed virginity tests have taken their own lives or been murdered by their own family members for violating their family’s honor.

While most coverage of virginity testing is with reference to the practice in other countries, as T.I.’s comments underscore, it would be misleading to suggest that virginity testing is just something that happens outside the United States. Even though physicians have decried the test as unethical, as Marie Claire pointed out in a 2019 investigation there is no federal or state legislation banning it, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has not issued any official guidelines with reference to the practice because it is neither medically indicated nor a valid medical procedure. “A ‘virginity exam’ does not exist,” Maura Quinlan, M.D., an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University and legislative chair for the Illinois section of ACOG, tells Rolling Stone. “It’s a myth that any type of medical exam can prove if a woman is a virgin.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ti-gynecologist-virginity-test-908990/

That is a good point sir! This is beyond messed up – people (mainly women) can be jailed, assaulted, or even killed for this shit. For T.I. to bring this up on a podcast of all places sheds light on a subject that he probably should have kept to himself. And by the way the people that do this evil practice of “virginity testing” – are shady as shit! Why I never would have guessed!

In addition to being unethical and harmful, the tests are also based on flawed science: The state of a woman’s hymen isn’t a definitive indicator of whether or not she’s had intercourse. As Planned Parenthood notes on its website, some people are born with hymens that are naturally open, or it often tears or wears away as women age.

“The misconceptions that these tests have anything to do with virginity are unfortunately widespread, and our society continues to spread these myths as if they were based on scientific facts,” Brittany McBride, the senior program manager of Sexuality Education at Advocates for Youth, told the Cut. “This misconception that virginity can be tested is truly archaic and sexist and shames people with vulvas. Virginity is a concept that is completely personal and private — it is not a benchmark one is able to meet or not meet.”

Unsurprisingly, the tests can take a steep psychological toll: In a 2017 report from the National Institutes of Health, women who were subjected to them described them as painful and dehumanizing; one sexual-assault victim who was forced to undergo the procedure went so far as to equate it with “torture.”

In 2015, Laurence B. McCullough, an adjunct professor of ethics in obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College, urged medical professionals to lead the effort to ban virginity testing, calling the policy “incompatible with professional obstetric and gynecological ethics.” As journalist Sophia Jones writes in Marie Claire, “When doctors legitimize virginity by conducting fake tests for it, they arguably uphold one of the oldest lies used to control women: that whether or not a woman has had sexual intercourse determines worth.”
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/t-i-checking-daughters-hymen-is-abusive-virginity-testing.html

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It’s time once again to ask:



This week: Gender Reveal Parties. How are they still a thing? The gender reveal party started way back in 2008 when a blogger posted about having a gender reveal party for their kid and, like a bad weed it just started spreading from there. With predictably disastrous results. You might remember when a gender reveal party started a hundred acre fire in Arizona last year. Well in case you think destroying 100 acres of brush was the worst thing to happen at a gender reveal party, well, it’s got worse. A whole lot worse. And in case you’re wondering whether or not you should go to your friends’ gender reveal party where a homemade explosive device might be used, just tell them “no” and send a gift.

Gender-reveal parties often involve plenty of ridiculousness, from dyeing lasagna unnatural colors to using animals like alligators and hippos to announce an unborn baby’s sex. While this fairly new concept has received criticism for various reasons, it can also pose a risk, as these parties often involve explosives. Unfortunately for a family in rural Iowa, a gender-reveal party turned lethal after a woman died from an explosion caused by the celebration.

According to NBC News, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, that a woman was seriously injured after flying debris from an explosion that was part of a gender-reveal announcement had struck her. Deputies arrived at the home — located in Knoxville, around 40 miles southeast of Des Moines — but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. There are no further details from the incident, such as what caused the explosion, and whether it involved Tannerite, a legal explosive commonly used for gender reveals.

When the concept of these parties was first introduced, they were a lot more simple, like baking a blue or pink cake that would reveal the baby’s sex once it was cut into. Over the years they evolved into more outrageous stunts that included over-the-top props and pyrotechnics. In Arizona in 2017, a gender-reveal party involving Tannerite caused a massive 47,000-acre wildfire, and in July of this year, Australian police charged a man with reckless driving after his vehicle caught fire during a gender reveal.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/10/gender-reveal-explosion-woman-died.html

Yes be afraid – because the next gender reveal party you go to might result in… *cue horror music * DEATH!! So if your gender reveal party doesn’t immediately kill you, there’s plenty of ways that it could go way south. But if you read beyond the headlines, which we encourage you to do here, that wasn’t just a mere explosive meant to reveal the baby’s gender. No, it was a pipe bomb. That’s right – they made a pipe bomb.

Authorities say an Iowa family’s attempt at a gender reveal party went horribly wrong when a homemade device that was meant to discharge coloured powder instead exploded like a pipe bomb, killing a 56-year-old woman.

The Marion County Sheriff’s office said Pamela Kreimeyer died instantly when debris struck her head Saturday before flying another 132 meters (432 feet), and landing in a nearby field in rural Knoxville, about 56km (35 miles) southeast of Des Moines.

Kreimeyer was 14 meters from the device when it exploded.

Family members had been experimenting with explosives in the hopes of posting a colourful announcement on social media, authorities said. They welded a metal cylinder to a stand and packed it with gunpowder that they thought would send the coloured baby powder aloft. But authorities say tape covering the top of the cylinder caused it to detonate like a pipe bomb.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/29/homemade-pipe-bomb-caused-accidental-death-at-gender-reveal-party

As if a homemade pipe bomb at a gender reveal party couldn’t be any scarier, take a look at what happened at a gender reveal party in Texas. You know the old saying how everything is bigger in Texas, and gender reveal parties are no exception. Just look at what happened when a crop dusting plane dropped a huge steaming load of gender reveal fluid onto a farm for a gender reveal party which could be among one of the biggest disasters to date.

A gender reveal party outside the town of Turkey, Texas went horribly wrong when an airplane hired by the celebrating couple stalled mid-stunt, causing it to crash and land upside down in dramatic fashion.

According to an official accident report filed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the pilot accidentally flew the aircraft too slowly as he was attempting to unload nearly 350 gallons of pink-colored water for the reveal. (It's a girl, yay!) The low airspeed resulted in an aerodynamic stall, causing the plane to tumble in the air and crash, landing upside down on what looks to be a crop field. As a result of the impact, the plane sustained considerable damage to its right wing and fuselage, according to the NTSB. Judging by the photo released, however, it looks a lot worse than that.

Thankfully, the 49-year-old pilot Raj L. Horan of Plainview, Texas survived and sustained only minor injuries. The NTSB also noted that the plane was likely overloaded with the 350 gallons worth of pink water and an additional passenger, which likely contributed to the crash.

The Air Tractor AT602 single-engine turboprop plane used and operated by Horan Spraying LLC. is a single-seat aircraft designed to house only one occupant: the pilot. The additional passenger also luckily survived the incident with only minor injuries. It's unclear at this time if the pilot is facing any charges or if he will be able to keep his pilot's license.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/30928/crop-duster-airplane-crashes-during-gender-reveal-party-gone-horribly-wrong

Yes, everyone should be very afraid. But with gender reveal parties, and especially gender reveal parties, comes age old stereotypes about gender. So why even have them at all when children don’t learn the concept of male and female until the age of 5? Well there’s plenty of theories that could suggest why having a gender reveal party can be a bad thing in this day and age.

In the past decade, gender-reveal parties have exploded from a mere parenting trend to becoming the new normal. But now that more of the population is rejecting the idea of gender norms, a pink or blue-themed party feels archaic. One of the trend’s trailblazers is even having second thoughts about her role in perpetuating it.

When Jenna Karvunidis was pregnant with her first child in 2008, she blogged about revealing the baby’s gender to her friends and family with a pink cake. It was “a milestone,” she tells The Guardian. “I had had several miscarriages. It was like, ‘Oh yay, I’m finally at a point in my pregnancy where I know if it’s a boy or a girl’ rather than ‘Let’s saddle this kid with a whole identity,’” she said, adding that she doesn’t think most people were really questioning that way of thinking back then. Word of her party’s theme spread, and she began noticing more would-be parents throwing gender-reveal parties of their own.

By 2019, the trend seemsed to have reached its breaking point due to over-the-top, embarrassing, and even dangerous consequences that ranged from disgusting-looking food to a 47,000-acre forest fire. Karvunidis says she started to feel guilty. “Then I started to realize that nonbinary people and trans people were feeling affected by this, and I started to feel bad that I had released something bad into the world,” she said. Her daughter, who had been the motivation for her party 11 years ago, doesn’t conform to gender stereotypes herself, opting for suits and blazers rather than dresses. “I’m letting her lead me,” Karvunidis said. “She has her opinions about there being many genders and she is informing me about things. She was biologically born a female and she is still ‘she’ and ‘her’ and says she’s a girl, but she is still doing things her way.”
https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/gender-reveal-party-inventor-feels-bad.html

So even the creator of the gender reveal party thinks it’s a bad idea. Combine that with car crashes, wildfires, pipe bombs, and plane crashes, and that’s enough to make you ask – gender reveal parties:




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Hey everyone I don’t know about you but I could really use a drink!



So of course by now the idea behind this segment is that we have a few cocktails, get drunk and talk about anything, literally anything in the news, as long as it doesn’t have anything to do with politics. And there’s a lot of dark shit in the world right now so we just get drunk and laugh at what is going on in the world. Tell me bartender, what goes well with a story about cell phones? The Tool Cocktail? Do I dare ask what’s in that? So it’s apparently just Maynard’s wine and a few glasses of tears. Then I will take my usual Jack Daniels mixed with Jack Daniels. I call it the Double Jack. But what we are talking about is that Tool, the band, has decided to put the kibosh on people using their cell phones during their shows. That means you. I’m talking to you. No go on, finish your tweet. Find a funny GIF to go with it. Good.

If you get kicked out of a Tool show for shooting video on your cellphone, well, that's on you. The band is giving fans / psychedelic warriors ample heads up that this behavior is not permissible and will lead to an ejection with no chance of re-entry.

Maynard James Keenan has been outspoken in the past about his disdain for fans not living in the moment and soaking in the show. In his view, the use of a phone, and shooting keepsake videos in particular, only serves to "demystify" the experience. That's why Tool have implemented a "no camera policy" on their current tour supporting the recently released Fear Inoculum album.

One Reddit user, "nielmot," shared an email from the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse venue in Cleveland, Ohio, which outlined the policy in full, informing fans of the consequences of using their phone during the show.

It reads:

We respectfully request that you please watch and listen to the show, not your phone. You will be ejected from the show without the opportunity to return and without a refund if you violate this simple request and elect to take photos during the performance. In the event of a personal emergency, phone use may occur on the concourse away from the performance area.

Read More: Tool Warn Fans of Ejection From Show Over Cellphone Use | https://loudwire.com/tool-warn-ejection-show-cellphone-use/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Yes so if you use a phone at a Tool show, well, not only are you a tool yourself, but you can get ejected from the venue. Do not pass go, do not collect $200! But this isn’t the first time that bands have argued about phone usage. I mean seriously you’re paying all this money to go out. And then you buy drinks and food and probably an overpriced t-shirt or two. So why the hell are you looking at your screen? Just don’t!

One of the most famous Tool fan pages on social media, ToolPusciferApc posted a recent announcement of Tool and shared their latest decision about their well-known mobile phone prohibition.

As you will read the announcement below, Tool will not allow the audience to use their mobiles for their upcoming two shows which will be held at Pepsi Center on October 15 and 16.

Here is the caption of the photo:

“Attention everyone attending the @toolmusic shows at the @pepsicenter in Denver.

The no phone policy will be enforced. @adamjones_tv #MaynardJamesKeenan #DannyCarey
#JustinChancellor #FearInoculum #Tool #ToolBand #ToolArmy #NoPhones”

Here is what’s written on the photo:

“For guests attending TOOL events this Tuesday and/ or Wednesday nights, please note that using your cellphone in any manner during the performance is strictly prohibited. Per the tour request, guests who fail to abide by the following cellphone restrictions will be immediately dismissed from the arena:
https://metalheadzone.com/tool-announce-a-crucial-smartphone-decision-for-upcoming-show/

Oh yeah. Go, finish your tweet. Me? I’m going to finish my drink and get another one! But Maynard first started ejecting fans during the last A Perfect Circle tour last year, which by all accounts, didn’t sell very well. Many stadiums were left half empty, which really sucks for both them and the venue. Because why go out at all if you’re just going to stare at your device all the time? Hey you! I’m talking to you!

While the music of Tool and A Perfect Circle may be different, their attitudes towards cellphone usage at concerts is very much the same, as evidenced by the former's current North American tour.

Ahead of last night's performance (November 6) at Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, attendees were sent an email outlining a prohibitive photo policy for the evening.

The email reads, "We respectfully request that you please watch and listen to the show, not your phone. You will be ejected from the show without the opportunity to return and without a refund if you violate this simple request and elect to take photos during the performance. In the event of a personal emergency, phone use may occur on the concourse away from the performance area."

Sharing the email on Reddit, user nilemot wrote, "'No cameras' is printed on the tickets, posted at every spot possible at the venues, posted by the fern, now I got a email reminding me no cameras. When is [frontman Maynard James Keenan] going to call me with a reminder?"
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/no_you_arent_allowed_to_use_your_phone_at_a_tool_show

Go ahead check your e-mail. It’s fine. I will wait. But Tool isn’t the only band who has a notoriety for people using their phones at concerts. Another one – and a good friend of the show – Jack White – is also a notorious phone hater. And if you use phones while seeing the Raconteurs this year then you should be prepared to face the consequences. Really, just leave your phone in your car and spare the trouble.

If you were lucky enough to get a ticket to the sold-out Raconteurs concert at the Rapids Theatre in Niagara Falls on Aug. 16, here's your reminder to leave your cellphone behind.

“We think you'll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while and experience music and our shared love of it IN PERSON," a band statement from earlier in the tour read.

Here's what that means. If you bring your cellphone or any other photo- or video-capturing gadget (including that smartwatch on your wrist) into the Rapids Theatre, it will be secured in a Yondr pouch. You'll keep the phone with you but you won't be able to unlock the pouch, which is just a bit larger than the phone. If you have an emergency or need to use the phone, you can go to a designated area where it will be unlocked and then returned to the pouch when you are done.

If you don't want to put your phone in the pouch, then leave it in your car – you will not be able to bring it inside.
https://buffalonews.com/2019/08/15/what-the-no-cellphone-policy-means-at-the-raconteurs-show-at-rapids-theatre/

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Welcome back to our 2020 voters’ guide Keeping Up With The Candidates! While our news may be a week behind, we have approximately 367 days until the next election so we have got to get ready, people!! And this guide is a handy way to keep information about all the candidates, news, and issues relating to the 2020 mother of all elections in one place! Last week we discussed the extremely frightening voter purge taking place in Georgia. No, wrong purge, damn it! This week, we’re going to go over some of the results of the 2019 interim election which the blue wave struck again! And in the least likely of places. We already saw how Kentucky kicked Matt Bevin to the curb. Now it did the same in Virginia!

Democrats won control of Virginia's General Assembly on Tuesday, returning the party to full power over the legislature and governorship for the first time since 1993.

Democrats, who had been slightly favored to win both chambers, flipped six seats and lost none of their own in the House and took a slim majority in the Senate.

"I'm here to officially declare today, Nov. 5, 2019, that Virginia is officially blue," Gov. Ralph Northam said to supporters in Richmond.

The election wins now clear the way for Democrats to pass a wide array of liberal policies, including gun control measures, increases to the minimum wage and ratification the Equal Rights Amendment.

"It wouldn't really be an exaggeration to say that we could have the most progressive regime we've had in Virginia's government history," said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, which provides nonpartisan analysis on elections through University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/06/virginia-election-results-democrats-win-power-liberal-policies/4163840002/

That’s right – after decades of red state disasters, Virginia is finally turning blue! How about that, who wants a nice mug of conservative tears? I know I do! Mmmmmmmmmmm… man that felt good to drink that. Or maybe not. So what does this mean in the long run? We’re seeing a lot of previously short run elections finally coming around and flipping the right way. But allow me to drop the proverbial turd in the punch bowl here, republicans are blaming the election on – wait for it – voter fraud!

As Kentucky's Republican governor trailed by thousands of votes in his re-election bid and Democrats took the reins of the Virginia Statehouse, social media posts offered an unsubstantiated explanation for the Election Day results: voter fraud.

The messages seized on small-scale voting issues or pushed inaccurate reports to call into question all the election results.

Thousands of dead people voted, some claimed. So many Virginia voters were turned away or given misprinted ballots that the results were suspect, a conservative pundit speculated. One Twitter user suggested that the entire state of Kentucky had purchased new voting machines that led to sweeping errors.

The online responses provide a glimpse into the type of misinformation that could cloud next year's presidential race and might intensify if the election is close, said Charles Stewart III, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has studied public confidence in elections.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-11-12/social-posts-blame-election-results-on-unsubstantiated-fraud

Yeah so that’s the reason why we can’t have nice things. Conservatives can’t play nice anymore, and is there any wonder why they’re losing on such a grand scale? Elections that were previously unflappable are now being flipped. But now we got to go to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Yes, it’s near Philadelphia, a city with a notorious police horse punching problem. But Philly is overwhelmingly liberal and this happened.

The political forces that shaped last year’s midterm elections showed no signs of abating Tuesday, as voters turned on Republicans and establishment Democrats alike in races from Philadelphia and Scranton to the suburbs of Delaware and Chester Counties.

Outside Pennsylvania, voter unrest with President Donald Trump and the Republican Party he has taken over helped deliver victories for Democrats in Kentucky, where they narrowly took the governorship, and Virginia, where they seized complete control of the state government for the first time in more than a quarter-century.

Locally, Democrats will hold all five seats on the Delaware County Council, a Republican stronghold since the Civil War, and also assumed a majority on the legislative body in Chester County. In Bucks County, Democrats captured the Board of Commissioners for the first time since 1983.

And in Philadelphia, a third-party insurgent candidate weakened an already marginalized GOP by securing one of the at-large City Council seats reserved for minority parties — a seat Republicans have held for decades.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania-2019-election-results-20191106.html

Well it is very niiiiice, sir! I mean this is absolutely historic. Now I can’t really find any turd to throw in the punchbowl here. Instead I’m here to tell you what the elections mean for the upcoming 2020 election. And I’m not going to get into Mississippi, who elected Tate Reeves. I’ll save that for another edition. But here’s what the results could mean going forward.

In many ways, the election results last week, specifically the races in Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, have noteworthy implications for Republicans and Democrats going into 2020. However, both parties must be wary before drawing absolute conclusions from these results.

In Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear appears to have defeated unpopular Republican Governor Matt Bevin, who still refuses to concede, by a thin margin of 5,000 votes. In many ways, this victory is indeed significant, particularly because Bevin ran a national campaign and consistently linked himself to President Trump. Not only did Trump make several statements of support for Bevin, but he also held an eleventh hour rally with the Kentucky governor in an effort to ensure this reelection.

However, given that Bevin is profoundly unpopular among the residents of Kentucky, Democrats need to proceed with caution and refrain from using this race as a bellwether for the electability and political weight of Trump. As governor of Kentucky, Bevin commissioned some wildly unfavorable policies. Earlier this year, he backed a reform that cut pensions for new teachers and funding for education, which resulted in massive teacher protests that closed down every public school across the state.

Further, Bevin also sought to add premiums, copayments, and work requirements to the state Medicaid program, all while threatening to cancel the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which sought to expand health care to 400,000 individuals in Kentucky. Moreover, Republicans scored some wins in Kentucky, succeeding at flipping the attorney general and secretary of state positions.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/469745-what-the-latest-election-results-signify-for-both-parties-in-2020

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While most candidates are jumping ship, we’re going to talk about why Michael Bloomberg is entering the race this late in the game and what consequences that could have for already established candidates.



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Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest is touring in support of their album “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships”, they also have a brand new album coming on Feb. 20th called “Notes On A Conditional Form”. You can see them at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert at Honda Center on December 8th. Playing their song “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME”, give it up for the 1975!

Thank you Boise State! We are off to UC Berkeley next! Just four shows remaining for the rest of the year! See you next week!

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