Ep#234: Eye level with so many balls by the Profane Argument published on 2021-02-17T22:06:51Z Follow-up: In the madness of social media: conflicts, hostility, and conspiracy theories: NextDoor @2:12 News: Mavericks stop playing Anthem @5:32 Carano @7:29 Profiles in Sedition: Bracket: https://brackethq.com/b/jujl/ @19:44 Josh Hawley v Mike Lindell Greene v Powell Rudy Giuliani v Lin Wood Politics: Boebert lying on reimbursement @29:22 GOP attacking anyone who turns @31:28 Trump statement on McConnell @32:11 New GOP party - not Trump @36:19 Openly atheist PA State Rep. Brian Sims is running for Lieutenant Governor. @41:25 Coronavirus: Dashboard CFI: Coronavirus Resource Center FDA is keeping a running list of phoney COVID-19 products Trump’s COVID, not surprising @43:17 “Highly unlikely” it came from a lab @43:55 The U.S. could have avoided about 40 percent of the COVID deaths @45:56 Misinformation: @46:30 Buying COVID vaccines from modernatax? Stop! It’s a scam. Here’s more on vaccine scams from Recode, which also notes that folks are selling phony “vaccine cards” so people can cosplay as immune. The feds are investigating a “massive counterfeit N95 mask operation”. Conspiracy theories are becoming a serious problem in some Hispanic communities Evangelical Christian missionaries telling Brazil’s indigenous villages not to get the COVID vaccine Religious Nonsense: TN - Abortion veto @49:29 Creepy republicans want to have physicians evaluate young girls hoo-has @51:38 Locker room talk @54:32 Raif Badawi has been approved for Canadian citizenship @57:57 Sri Lankan writer Shakthika Sathkumara is now free as his case is dismissed. @59:03 Yesterday, eight attackers were sentenced to death for Dipon’s murder. @59:32 Final stories: It’s a week til Ash Wednesday. Uh , how are they gonna do that without all the touching? @1:01:09 Jared’s hot take @1:02:29 “Reports of UFOs over Utah are from Elon Musk’s latest project.” @1:04:29 Genre News & Politics