Episode 616: Making the Death Penalty Funny

Idiots On Parade, the Too Ugly for TV Podcast

00:00 Introductions

00:56 The Death Penalty

15:06 Republican Town Hall Meetings

20:54 Tariffs!

25:55 TV Recommendations

—Jake and nathan have always differed on the death penalty: nathan is for it, Jake is against it.
Brad Sigmon became the first person since 2010 to be executed by firing squad.

South Carolina did the honors, and Brad himself made the decision to forgo lethal injection, or old sparky (the electric chair) and accept being shot.

Sigmon was convicted in 2002 in the beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, and declined lethal injection because of concerns over its use in the last three executions in South Carolina.

How do comedians make this funny?

Tune in and see!
(Exclamation points!)

—Republicans are playing a losing hand, and they know it.

Their constituents are angry, and showing up to town hall meetings with legislators in good numbers.

So what does Speaker of the House and fake Christian Mike Johnson have to say about it?

He’s telling elected officials to avoid meetings, because “paid protesters” are showing up to be disruptive.

I’d say he knows he’s lying, but I can’t tell anymore.
Someone so willing to sell his soul to the devil is probably so removed from reality, he might actually think that George Soros is hiring old farmers to complain about Elon Musk, DOGE, and the firing of veterans.

—Trump announces tariffs, the stock market tanks, so he pauses them.

Why are we taking anything he says seriously, again?

It’s comically sad at this point.

Also: Tesla stock is continually dropping.

Here’s to hoping it hits rock bottom.

—nathan is big on Win or Lose, on Disney+, and Jake is watching White Lotus.

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Find Jake at @jakevevera

Find nathan at nathantimmel.com