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A leaked bulletin details how the 'law enforcement arm' of the US Postal Service collected data as part of the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP). Analysts are said to have looked through posts on Facebook, Parler, and Telegram, flagging 'inflammatory' messages and posts about government agencies. It is unclear why the US Postal Inspection Service is putting resources into surveillance or how iCOP is funded; the USPS was hit hard by the pandemic, so something doesn't add up. Also, why is the USPS the government organization spying on American citizens, rather than the FBI? Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the ever-growing conspiracy that the US Postal Service has been spying on American citizens. More Content: http://thatonetime.xyz/ Referenced Articles US Postal Service is using its 'law enforcement arm' to covertly track Americans' social media posts and flag 'inflammatory' messages to government agencies ahead of protests https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9496843/US-Postal-Service-using-law-enforcement-arm-covertly-track-Americans-social-media-posts.html The Postal Service is running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts https://news.yahoo.com/the-postal-service-is-running-a-running-a-covert-operations-program-that-monitors-americans-social-media-posts-160022919.html Biden's USPS board nominees aren't likely to oust embattled postmaster DeJoy, insiders say https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bidens-usps-board-nominees-oust-embattled-postmaster-dejoy/story?id=77217311 The Differences Between British and American MDMA Users https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjkva4/the-differences-between-british-and-american-mdma-users --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The casino giant Las Vegas Sands has launched a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to build support for its campaign to bring casinos to Texas. Las Vegas Sands has also spent millions of dollars to hire dozens of lobbyists this legislative session, hoping to persuade a state legislature that has been hesitant to expand gambling options in previous years. For context, the Texas Legislature meets every two years, 2021 is one of those years. This year, big money casinos want their slice of the Texas pie. Will the powers that be allow such a devilish thing as casinos? Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the ultimate plan to convert Midland-Odessa into a casino resort paradise. "Two Cities, no Limits." More Content: http://thatonetime.xyz/ Referenced Articles How much money do Las Vegas casinos make? https://payspacemagazine.com/gambling/how-much-money-do-las-vegas-casinos-make/ Las Vegas Sands launches multimillion-dollar ad campaign to push for casinos in Texas https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/14/las-vegas-sands-texas-gambling/ How much of Texas Lottery proceeds goes toward state education? Curious Texas investigates https://www.dallasnews.com/news/curious-texas/2020/01/31/how-much-of-texas-lottery-proceeds-goes-toward-state-education-curious-texas-investigates/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Big Dan Rodimer had a rough go at winning an election, so he packed up his family and moved to Texas. Big Dan will save us from the UFOs! Meanwhile, tensions are heating up with Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the possibilities of war with Russia over the Ukraine situation, in addition to Big Dan's mighty plan to save the day. All the while, Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell starts droppin' UFO knowledge, that's actually backed-up and confirmed. It's gettin' crazier on this planet by the day! thatonetime.xyz Referenced Articles The Republican Poseurs Who Claim to Be True Texans https://newrepublic.com/article/161863/dan-rodimer-chip-roy-republican-carpetbaggers-texas-gop THE US NAVY FILMED PYRAMID SHAPED UFOs https://www.extraordinarybeliefs.com/news4/navy-filmed-pyramid-ufos --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On a to be determined date, President Biden plans to present his Build Back Better plan on his first joint session of Congress. The plan calls for massive spending on the nation's infrastructure on the order of trillions. The plan involves infrastructure, clean energy, manufacturing, research and development, and training. Not only that, it's now more difficult to build wealth. Thank to Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) who have announced a bill designed to close the stepped up basis tax condition. The proposed bill could make an inheritor liable for taxes on all of the gains, including the ones that accrued before they took ownership. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the Biden administration's proposed mileage tax, infrastructure bill, high thoughts, even more high thoughts, and much more. thatonetime.xyz Article Referenced: Stepped Up Basis Reform: Biden’s Middle-Class Tax Hike? https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/stepped-up-basis-biden-tax-plan/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Homelessness in the United States has occurred to varying degrees across the country. The total number of homeless people in the United States fluctuates and constantly changes hence a comprehensive figure encompassing the entire nation is not issued since counts from independent shelter providers and statistics managed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development vary greatly. Federal HUD counts hover annually at around 500,000 people. Point-in-time counts are also vague measures of homeless populations and are not a precise and definitive indicator for the total number of cases, which may differ in both directions up or down. The most recent figure for the year 2019 that was given was at 567,715 individuals across the country that have experienced homelessness at a point in time during this period. Homeless people may use shelters, or may sleep in cars, tents, on couches, or in other public places. Separate counts of sheltered people and unsheltered people are critical in understanding the homeless population. Each state has different laws, social services and medical policies, and other conditions which influence the number of homeless persons, and what services are available to homeless people in each state. Half of the homeless population of the U.S. reside in one of five states (in 2020), with Texas having the fourth largest population at 25,000 and California having the largest at 151,000. Begging has been criminalized in a number of regions in the state of Texas. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the growing homeless encampments in Austin, Texas. They also discuss an ancient Chinese bowl, found at a garage sale, that sold for almost a million dollars. Articles Referenced: Chinese bowl bought for $35 at a yard sale sold for over $700,000 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chinese-bowl-yard-sale-sothebys-auction/index.html San Marcos police drop off shirtless, shoeless man in South Austin https://www.fox7austin.com/news/san-marcos-police-drop-off-shirtless-shoeless-man-in-south-austin 'Catastrophic:' Chronic homelessness in LA County expected to skyrocket by 86% in next 4 years https://abc7.com/la-county-homelessness-socal-homeless-crisis-economic-roundtable-population/9601083/ State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-2020/ Austin Council Members Wont Support Reinstating Homeless Camping Ban https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/03/16/austin-council-members-wont-support-reinstating-homeless-camping-ban/4671152001/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Recorded March 20, 2022, live from Austin, Texas. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the 7.0 preliminary magnitude earthquake that struck Japan off the coast of Ishinomaki, a city located just 65 miles from Fukushima, the site of a 9.0 magnitude quake just 10 years ago. The disparities between the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments gym and practice facilities. A man charged with capital murder for deadly shooting of 6-year-old child in Pasadena. And an Amazon driver that quit, saying the final straw was the company's new AI-powered truck cameras that can sense when workers yawn or don't use a seatbelt. http://thatonetime.xyz/ Articles Referenced Earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hits Japan near devastating 2011 disaster epicenter https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/20/asia/japan-earthquake-intl/index.html 2021 Women's NCAA Tournament: NCAA says women got smaller gym than men because there wasn't enough space https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2021-womens-ncaa-tournament-ncaa-says-women-got-smaller-gym-than-men-because-there-wasnt-enough-space/ Man charged with capital murder for deadly shooting of 6-year-old child in Pasadena, police say https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/03/19/6-year-old-shot-to-death-by-relative-at-apartment-complex-in-pasadena-police-say/ Amazon driver quits, saying the final straw was the company's new AI-powered truck cameras that can sense when workers yawn or don't use a seatbelt https://www.yahoo.com/news/amazon-driver-quits-saying-final-164140625.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the fall of 2020, the U.S. Air Force simulated a conflict set over a decade in the future that started with a Chinese biological-weapon attack that whipped through U.S. bases and ships in the Indo-Pacific region. Then a major Chinese military exercise was used as cover for the deployment of a massive invasion force. The simulation culminated with Chinese missile strikes raining down on U.S. bases and warships in the region, and a lightning air and amphibious assault on the island of Taiwan. Needless to say, it didn't go too well for the United States. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the dangers of China and its ever-growing military presence. Will China overtake the United States of America? How long before the American people find themselves in a "hot war" with China. Also up for discussion, the new ‘maternity flight suits’ from the U.S. Air Force and Biden's false claim of credit. Articles Referenced: 'We're going to lose fast': U.S. Air Force held a war game that started with a Chinese biological attack https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/were-going-to-lose-fast-us-air-force-held-a-war-game-that-started-with-a-chinese-biological-attack-170003936.html The Air Force introduced maternity flight duty uniforms before Biden took office https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/blog-posting/air-force-introduced-maternity-flight-duty-uniform/ Pelosi re-appoints Eric Swalwell to Intel Committee despite ‘honey pot’ scandal https://nypost.com/2021/03/12/pelosi-re-appoints-swalwell-to-intel-committee-amid-scandal/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The volcanoes of Iceland include a high concentration of active ones due to Iceland's location on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary, and its location over a hot spot. The island has around 30 active volcanic systems, comprising each volcano-tectonic fissure systems and many of them also a central volcano (mostly in the form of a stratovolcano, sometimes of a shield volcano with a magma chamber underneath). Thirteen volcanic systems have hosted eruptions since the settlement of Iceland in AD 874. Of these 30 active volcanic systems, the most active is Grímsvötn. Over the past 500 years, Iceland's volcanoes have produced a third of the total global lava output. With over 20,000 earthquakes hitting Iceland within days of recording, Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the global implications and how best to survive the collapse of society and Earth as we know it. A few other topics are discussed, but that's for you to discover. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Federal Reserve’s system that allows financial institutions, such as banks, to send money to and fro electronically went down for several hours February 24, 2021, but appeared to be coming back online later that afternoon. The “operational error,” as the Fed Reserve described it, impacted multiple services, including the pivotal automated clearinghouse system, which connects depository and related institutions sending electronic credit and debt transfers. There were no initial indications that foul play was suspected. Along with the Fed ACH service, other systems impacted included Check 21, FedCash, Fedwire and the national settlement service. Meanwhile, GME and AMC shares increased at record rates. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle, neither of whom are financial advisors, discuss the conspiracy behind the big financial institutions and GameStop and AMC shares. Jake and Oliver also discuss the legendary Houstonian, Mattress Mack. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The February 2021 North American ice storm or Winter Storm Shirley, was a damaging ice storm that impacted the Deep and Upland South and Ohio Valley from February 10–11. The storm also brought wintry precipitation to the Mid-Atlantic states. The system caused over 212,000 power outages and at least 9 fatalities have been confirmed so far, primarily due to accidents involving freezing rain and sleet. The February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Uri, was a major winter and ice storm that had widespread impacts across the United States, Northern Mexico, and parts of Canada from February 13–17. The storm started out at the Pacific Northwest and quickly moved into the Southern United States, before moving on to the Midwestern and Northeastern United States a couple of days later. The storm resulted in over 170 million Americans being placed under various winter weather alerts across the country and caused blackouts for over 9.7 million people in the U.S. and Mexico, most notably the 2021 Texas power crisis. The blackouts were the largest in the U.S. since the Northeast blackout of 2003. The storm also brought severe destructive weather to Southeastern United States, including several tornadoes. On the early morning of February 11, 2021, due to the frigid weather, Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, Texas was icy, which was unusual for the area. As a result, at 6:30 AM CST the first collision occurred when a vehicle skidded off the road, which led to several vehicles, including semi-trucks, to pile up on the motorway. Ultimately, 133 cars piled in the incident which left motorists trapped in their vehicles. Six people died and sixty-five people were transported to a local hospital. The National Transportation Safety Board is performing a safety investigation of the crash. Governor Greg Abbott (R) called on the legislature to investigate and reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) after winter weather left millions of Texans without power. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle survived. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Texas' weather varies widely, from arid in the west to humid in the east. The huge expanse of Texas encompasses several regions with distinctly different climates: Northern Plains, Trans-Pecos Region, Texas Hill Country, Piney Woods, and South Texas. Generally speaking, the part of Texas that lies to the east of Interstate 35 is subtropical, while the portion that lies to the west of Interstate 35 is arid desert. Texas ranks first in tornado occurrence with an average of 139 per year. Tropical cyclones can affect the state, either from the Gulf of Mexico or from an overland trajectory originating in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Those originating from the Gulf of Mexico are more likely to strike the upper Texas coast than elsewhere. Significant floods have occurred across the state throughout history, both from tropical cyclones and from stalled weather fronts. Northern and western sections of the state average snowfall annually due to their colder average readings each winter. For one week in February 1956, a snow storm of historic proportions struck northern Texas. The maximum amount measured was 61 inches (150 cm) at Vega with Plainview receiving 24 inches (61 cm) in one day. El Paso, in Far West Texas, received 22.4 in (57 cm) of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987. For central and southern sections, snowfall is considerably more unusual. In February 1895, a large area of southeastern Texas received over 12 inches (30 cm) of snow, with peak amounts near 30 inches (76 cm) at Port Arthur. More recently around Christmas of 2004, up to 13 inches (33 cm) of snow fell along the middle coast, with the maximum occurring at Victoria. The worst cold snap to occur statewide occurred during the last half of December in 1983. Four stations recorded their longest continuous readings at or below 32 °F (0 °C) on record. At Austin, the temperature remained at or below freezing for 139 hours. At Abilene, the period at or below freezing totaled 202 hours. Lubbock saw temperatures at or below freezing for 207 hours. The Dallas-Fort Worth airport measured temperatures at or below freezing for a total of 296 consecutive hours. Snow which fell on December 14 and 15 across northern Texas stayed on the ground until New Year's Day of 1984. And now it's the year 2021, Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle find themselves in another Texas cold snap. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He spent the first 20 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots, where he was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. Brady is widely considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time. Super Bowl LV was an American football game played to determine the champion of the National Football League for the 2020 NFL season. The National Football Conference champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the American Football Conference champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31–9. The game took place on February 7, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, the home stadium of the Buccaneers, marking the first time that a team hosted a Super Bowl. Due to COVID-19 protocols limiting the stadium's seating capacity to 25,000 fans, it was the least-attended Super Bowl. The Buccaneers' victory was their second and made them the only team other than the Baltimore Ravens to be undefeated in multiple Super Bowls. They finished the regular season with an 11–5 record and a wild card berth to advance to their second Super Bowl appearance through the guidance of several new acquisitions, most notably veteran quarterback Tom Brady in his first season away from the New England Patriots. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss Tom Brady's legacy, in addition to Texas secession and crypto currency. It's another wild ride.

THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE! 🚀 In January 2021, a short squeeze of the stock of the American video-game retailer GameStop and other securities took place on various stock exchanges, causing major financial consequences for certain hedge funds. The short squeeze increased the retailer's stock price by almost 190 times from its record low of $2.57 to nearly $500 per share, causing large losses for short sellers. Approximately 140 percent of GameStop shares had been sold short, and the rush to buy shares to cover those positions as the price rose caused the price to rise further. The short squeeze was initially and primarily triggered by users of the Internet forum r/wallstreetbets on Reddit. On January 28, multiple brokerages, including Robinhood, halted the buying of GameStop and other securities, later citing their inability to post sufficient collateral at clearing houses to execute their clients' orders. This decision attracted criticism and accusations of market manipulation from prominent politicians and businesspeople from across the political spectrum. Class-action lawsuits were filed against Robinhood in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Northern District of Illinois. Many other heavily shorted securities also saw price increases. In reaction to brokerages halting the buying of GameStop and other securities, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies also increased. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle have their tickets for the rocket ship, do you?

Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is an American political consultant and pollster, who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2020. She was previously Trump's campaign manager, having been appointed in August 2016; Conway is the first woman to have run a successful U.S. presidential campaign. She has previously held roles as campaign manager and strategist in the Republican Party, and was formerly president and CEO of the Polling Company/WomanTrend. Conway lived in Trump World Tower from 2001 to 2008 and conducted private polls for Trump in late 2013 when he was considering running for governor of New York. In the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Conway initially endorsed Ted Cruz and chaired a pro-Cruz political action committee. After Cruz withdrew from the race, Trump appointed Conway as a senior advisor and later campaign manager. On December 22, 2016, Trump announced that Conway would join his administration as counselor to the president. On November 29, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Conway would oversee White House efforts to combat the opioid overdose epidemic. Since Trump's inauguration, Conway has been embroiled in a series of controversies: using the phrase "alternative facts" to describe fictitious and disproven attendance numbers for Trump's inauguration; speaking multiple times of a "Bowling Green massacre" that never occurred; and claiming that Michael Flynn had the full confidence of the president hours before he was dismissed. Members of Congress from both parties called for an investigation of an apparent ethics violation after she publicly endorsed commercial products associated with the president's daughter, Ivanka Trump. In June 2019, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel recommended that Conway be fired for "unprecedented" multiple violations of the Hatch Act of 1939. Conway announced in August 2020 that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month. This came after months of a public feud between herself and her teenage daughter, Claudia, who lambasted her in the media, politically and personally, and threatened to seek legal emancipation. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss Conway's latest Tweeter debacle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Out with the old and in with the new, the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on January 20, 2021, before noon (EST), marking the commencement of the four-year term of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president. The inaugural ceremony took place on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. and was the 59th presidential inauguration. Biden took the presidential oath of office, before which Harris took the vice presidential oath of office. "America United" and "Our Determined Democracy: Forging a More Perfect Union"—a reference to the Preamble to the United States Constitution—served as the inaugural themes. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the flurry of executive actions President Biden signed during his first three days in office. The thirty executive actions Biden took in the first days of his administration include: halt funding for the construction of the border wall, reverse travel ban targeting largely Muslim countries, impose a mask mandate on federal property, ramp up vaccination supplies and require international travelers to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test prior to traveling to the US. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Parler is an American alt-tech microblogging and social networking service. Journalists have described Parler as an alternative to Twitter, and users include those banned from mainstream social networks or opposing their moderation policies. Launched in August 2018, Parler markets itself as a free speech-focused and unbiased alternative to mainstream social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. On January 8, 2021, two days after the storming of the United States Capitol, Google announced that it was pulling Parler from the Google Play Store, contending that its lack of "moderation policies and enforcement" posed a "public safety threat". Also on January 8, Apple informed Parler that they had received complaints about its role in the coordination of the riot in Washington D.C., the existence of "objectionable content" on the service, and that they had observed that "the app also appears to continue to be used to plan and facilitate yet further illegal and dangerous activities", in violation of Parler's own guidelines forbidding such content. Apple requested Parler submit a "moderation improvement plan" within 24 hours or face removal from the app store. On Parler, Matze posted that Parler would not "cave to pressure", and accused Apple of being anti-competitive. Apple followed through with their warning the next day, removing Parler from the app store on January 9. Apple CEO Tim Cook later explained that in the company's view, "free speech and incitement of violence" do not have "an intersection". Cloud communications company Twilio ended service to Parler, which made the service's two-factor authentication system stop working; Okta also denied them access to their identity management service, resulting in Parler losing access to some of their software tools. In addition, the database company ScyllaDB terminated its relationship with Parler, who had been using Scylla's Enterprise database. On January 9, Amazon announced that it would suspend Parler from Amazon Web Services, effective at 11:59 p.m. PST the next day. Echoing Google's rationale for dropping its version of the Parler app, Amazon said that Parler's failure to police violent content made the site "a very real risk to public safety". Parler went offline when Amazon withdrew its cloud computing services as scheduled.[6][86] On January 11, Parler sued Amazon under antitrust law, saying that the suspension of services was "apparently motivated by political animus", and had been carried out with the intention of benefiting Twitter by reducing competition. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss the implications of such a shutdown, in addition to UFO and alien documentation recently released to the public.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On January 6, 2021, thousands of insurrectionists and rioters supporting United States President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his defeat in the November 2020 presidential election stormed the United States Capitol. After breaching multiple police perimeters, they occupied, vandalized, and ransacked parts of the building for several hours. The insurrection led to the evacuation and lockdown of the Capitol building and disrupted a joint session of Congress assembled to count the electoral votes and formalize President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. What a way to kick off 2021, right? Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss what 2021 will look like. Are there better times ahead? Jake and Oliver get sidetracked with alien and UFO discussion, but what good discussion doesn't veer off into extraterrestrial talk? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The year of our Lord 2020 has been one heck of a year. 2020 was a leap year that started on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade. 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Geospatial World also called it "the worst year in terms of climate change" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in Australia and the western United States, as well as extreme tropical cyclone activity affecting large parts of North America and the United States. A United Nations progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the international Sustainable Development Goals for 2020 were achieved. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle reminisce over the best, worst, and top events that occurred in the year of our Lord 2020. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In December 2020, Texas GOP Chairman Allen West alluded to secession after the Supreme Court denied a lawsuit spearheaded by the Lone Star State seeking to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. West rebuked the SCOTUS in a statement, saying that "law-abiding states" should "form a Union" after the decision to deny the lawsuit set forth by Texas. Seventeen additional states and over one hundred congressman had backed Texas' effort to overturn the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Each of the four states played a key role in securing Joe Biden's win. "The Supreme Court, in tossing the Texas lawsuit that was joined by seventeen states and 106 U.S. congressman, has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law resulting in damaging effects on other states that abide by the law, while the guilty state suffers no consequences," West said after the ruling. "This decision establishes a precedent that says states can violate the U.S. constitution and not be held accountable." "This decision will have far-reaching ramifications for the future of our constitutional republic,"  West continued. "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution." Texas is already home to some of the largest public and private companies in the United States. Additional companies are fleeing the expensive coastal states in droves to relocate to the Lone Star State. Influential members of society, such as Elon Musk and Joe Rogan, have also packed up and moved to Texas. With Texas secession on the horizon, Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle discuss how great Texas already is, in addition to what the future holds for the ever-growing region. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. The social media platform is used to make a variety of short-form videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education, that have a duration from 3 to 60 seconds. It is an international version of Douyin, which was originally released in the Chinese market in September 2016. Later, TikTok was launched in 2017 for iOS and Android in most markets outside of mainland China; however, it only became available worldwide, including the United States, after merging with another Chinese social media service Musical.ly on August 2, 2018. Various governmental agencies and private businesses have imposed bans on the video sharing service TikTok. India and the United States have cited concerns about the app's ownership by the Chinese company ByteDance and have attempted to ban it from app stores, though in the case of the U.S. this ban has been halted in a legal dispute between TikTok and the Trump administration. In Indonesia and Bangladesh, the app has banned citing concerns with pornography. Jake Mammal and Oliver Cuttle held out on joining the social network for as long a possible, but all good things must come to an end. In the year of our Lord 2020, Jake and Oliver joined TikTok. Jake Mammal discusses his experience with the social network, alongside Oliver Cuttle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app