Episode 612: The Speed of News

Idiots On Parade, the Too Ugly for TV Podcast

00:00 Introductions

01:15 Tariff Followup

03:21 Plane Crash Followup

06:59 Kanye West

13:20 Trevor Noah

24:00 Oh, Canada

29:30 The Super Bowl

—Trump was going to drop tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada.

Everyone (except his lapdog-sycophant Republican legislators) said it was a bad idea; he said, “It’s happening…”
And the markets reacted by tanking.

So, he called everything off, and declared victory.

Our president, ladies and gentlemen.

—Speaking of our president being super smart: after the tragic helicopter/plane crash in D.C., he said, “It’s DEI.”
Well, a slew of white pilots later, one safety switch turned off, and a helicopter flying 300 feet above its fly zone…
Oops.

It’s funny, because he created blame, anger, and victimization for no reason.

—Everyone’s favorite anti-Semite is back in the news!
Kanye went on a hate-rant on Twitter, and the world screamed in horror.

Come on… we don’t expect this from him by now?
This isn’t news.

We hit quite a few live chat comments during this segment.

Jake compares Kanye to Mel Gibson and his racist rants using the n-word, and nathan compares Kanye still being able to stream music to notorious perverts who still get played: R. Kelly, and Michael Jackson.

People separate the art, from the artist.

—Ah, crybabies.

Is there anything they won’t cry about?

Oh, right.
No.

They’re crybabies.

Trevor Noah made a joke about illegal immigrants voting for Grammy winners, and referenced the fact cocaine is produced in Columbia.

What happened?

Ten of the stupidest people on the planet jumped on Twitter to whine.
Meanwhile, the actual president of Columbia, Gustavo Petro, said, “Cocaine is no worse than whiskey.”

Should it be legalized?

Should drugs be legalized?

Maybe, as long as they don’t do it like Portland, Oregon did.

They decriminalized drugs, and gave homeless people more power than taxpayers.

Odd choice, and it didn’t work out for them at all.

—Elon Musk is currently showing the world that he’s an even bigger a-hole than you ever thought, which is amazing, considering everyone knew he was a pretty big a-hole to begin with.

Well, Ontario Premier Doug Ford decided to act, and is voiding a $68 million contract with Starlink, a Musk owned business.

Good on ya, Ford.

We also talk about cuts to USAID.

—We recorded this before the Philadelphia Eagles DOMINATED the Kansas City Chiefs, but now that it’s over?
Wooooo!
Thank. God.
Everyone is so sick of the Chiefs, and man, it’s sad that Kelce seems to have lost some of his sense of humor.

Patrick Mahomes took a joke question about refs in stride, but Kelce pouted.

Fly Eagles Fly.

Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to.

Tune in and get your giggle on.

Find Jake at @jakevevera

Find nathan atnathantimmel.com