801: Must Be Rats on the Brain
Update: 2024-09-01
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The one animal we can’t seem to live without, even when we really, really want to.
- Prologue: At the announcement of New York City’s inaugural rat czar, we meet Darneice Foster, who despises the rats outside her apartment. And host Ira Glass introduces two special co-hosts for today’s show. (11 minutes)
- Act One: Producer Elna Baker meets Todd Sklar, a man who can’t quit rats. (22 minutes)
- Act Two: Fifty years ago, New York City started to put garbage out in plastic bags. This has become the number one food source for rats. Producer Ike Sriskandarajah investigates the decision that led to the city’s rat baby boom. (10 minutes)
- Act Three: How did Alberta, Canada pull off a feat that has eluded the rest of human civilization? Ira visits the largest rat-less land in the world. (15 minutes)
- Act Four: We drop a hot mic into a hot mess of a rats’ nest. You’ll never believe what happens next. (3 minutes)
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wow what a magnificent story love it 💓🤩
If blue states are refusing to remove RFK from the ballot, AFTER he dropped out.. WHY shouldn't red states refuse to remove Biden from the ballot, AFTER he dropped out? The real answer is BOTH should be removed, but Dems keep elevating politics over Democracy.
The reality of Kamala's "unrealized capital gain" tax: ...your mom purchased her home 40 years ago. She paid $50,000 for it. It's all paid off which is great because mom is living on a fixed income. It is now worth $500,000!! Kamala wants her to pay 25% of that gain even though she has no plans on selling her home. Now mom has to take out a $112,500 loan on the home to pay the Kamala's 25% unrealized capital gain. Mom can't afford that loan on her fixed income with rising inflation so she loses the home she raised her family in and worked so hard to pay off. But don't worry. A big corporation will come in and buy her home and rent it back to her. They said you'll own nothing and be happy. Do you now see how they will accomplish that? Drain your savings and tax you out of your home! Capital Gains will also apply to your 401 etc. DO A LOT OF THINKING BEFORE YOU VOTE.
Joe Briben' says "God save the queen" at a recent speech but cannot even say one time ever "God bless America"??? Is it still dementia or just straight up leftist bum America hating at this point?
Poor kid thinks that because he's too obedient to face Trumps crimes that democrats don't criticize Biden. Biden sucks honey. Lock him up, assuming it's not just more worthless vague tabloid shit like all the other things that got you all twisted. MAGA however aren't permitted to admit inconvenient facts about Trump and tape their mouths shut. Unlike Dems who speak freely about their leadership. Biden sucks sweetie. Are you permitted to acknowledge that failure to be elected Trump is a rapist traitor? No? Pathetic obedient cultist. 🤭 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 😇gg
Republicans are still waiting obediently for evidence of voter fraud. Now that every attempt to create or discover evidence of that failed they have no choice but to deflect, forget or hide. After all, obedience is the fascist way. Too obedient to consider the lack of evidence. Too obedient to acknowledge Trumps history of sexual assault. Too obedient to even look his arrest yesterday in the face. Speaking of...quivering Trump couldn't even make eye contact with his bully Jack Smith.🤣 Delicious ☺😋 Well, looks like victory again for me. Guess I'll allow them to cry for a while before I rub their face in the dirt again. 🤴 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Whoops, triggered the loser. 😋 Listen to all the triggered screaming ☺. That's how you know you've won. 👑 Trolololl Dumbpf an unemployed convict Jezuz chose Biden lololol 😆 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Cucked? 😀
Well I've dominated once again, with zero coherent pushback. 🏆 Pretty easy when the opposition decided to go all in, and base their entire personalities on a rapist traitor celebrity (Ronald McDonald Trump) who showed American nuclear secrets and attack plans to random people, utterly betraying the American people. Pretty hard to pretend that's ok isn't it? 🥳 Well...it's fun to push around helpless kids but it's just too easy...I'd like something more challenging than the obedient MAGA (make America Gay Again) to wreck. Utter and total victory for me once again. 😋 You're welcome. 🤴 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 😛
Don't try to look away. Face reality. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 TRUMP ARRESTED FOR BETRAYAL. 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 He showed nuclear secrets and attack plans to....a publicist. Someone with the job of spreading information. And that's just what we've caught on tape. Sorry kid. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Quivering Trump couldn't make eye contact with his bully Jack Smith. 🤣 Delicious ☺😋 Welp. Republicans have nothing to say so they have zero choice but to restate premises without evidence. A situation called...defeat. Works for me.🏆 By doing so they say clearly that their ideas are based on obedience rather than logic. Sorry, that's the facts. Iconic Republican lawmaker said: "I don't want reality." OK lol. We'll take care of things for you. You're welcome. 😋 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Republicans are still waiting obediently for evidence of voter fraud. Now that every attempt to create or discover evidence of that failed they have no choice but to deflect, forget or hide. After all, obedience is the fascist way. Too obedient to consider the lack of evidence. Too obedient to acknowledge Trumps history of sexual assault. Too obedient to even look his arrest yesterday in the face. Speaking of...quivering Trump couldn't even make eye contact with his bully Jack Smith.🤣 Delicious ☺😋 Well, looks like victory again for me. Guess I'll allow them to cry for a while before I rub their face in the dirt again. 🤴 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Republicans are still waiting obediently for evidence of voter fraud. Now that every attempt to create or discover evidence of that failed they have no choice but to deflect, forget or hide. After all, obedience is the fascist way. Too obedient to consider the lack of evidence. Too obedient to acknowledge Trumps history of sexual assault. Too obedient to even look his arrest yesterday in the face. Speaking of...quivering Trump couldn't even make eye contact with his bully Jack Smith.🤣 Delicious ☺😋 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
I wonder how deeply republican heads will have to go into the sand to avoid thinking about.... . 👉TRUMP ARRESTED👈 Think the sunk cost fallacy will ever lessen? Oh yeah, their entire personalities are based on a celebrity sooooo..... Guess they're cucked. 🤭 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Quivering Trump couldn't make eye contact with his bully Jack Smith. 🤣 Delicious ☺😋 Welp. Republicans have nothing to say so they have zero choice but to restate premises without evidence. A situation called...defeat. Works for me.🏆 By doing so they say clearly that their ideas are based on obedience rather than logic. Sorry, that's the facts. Iconic Republican lawmaker said: "I don't want reality." OK lol. We'll take care of things for you. You're welcome. 😋 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Check out the loser scrolling like an LOSER with no life! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trump lost the last election. Kids who can't handle that restate their premise that he really somehow won over and over, and yet by submitting zero evidence are in a state of total defeat. Whoops, sorry to trigger you.