Ep 122 The Outsider’s View from August 31st

What happened this week?
NYC's favorite candidate for Mayor humiliated himself by trying, and failing, to bench-press a girl's weight. Trump signed an Executive Order ending cashless bail. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia was re-arrested by ICE.
Russia danced away from their commitment to meet with Zelensky for peace-talks. A sketchy online petition asked for clemency for the illegal alien who killed 3 American's with his semi-truck, then caught heat during a massive pushback. And a southern mama from North Carolina held onto a thief by their ponytail for nearly an hour, until police could arrive.
The New World Screw-worm made its first appearance in the United States. America remembered the Heroes who fell in the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate. And widespread executions in Iran were exposed by a human rights organization.
A Michigan Representative promoted irrevocable trans-surguries to kids on TikTok. An exasperated Democrat strategist gave up on his party after only one day of witnessing the same-old show at their summer meeting. And the Department of Transportation threatened to pull funding from 3 States, unless they come into compliance with safety standards in the next 30 day.
Australia expelled Iran's ambassador over terrorist attacks that were committed by his country on Australian soil. The president of the American Medical Association accidently exposed the dangerous lack of ethical standards, and the lack of reliance on hard evidence, that has been going on in the medical community under his leadership. And the Gates Foundation cut off funding to a network of leftist causes.
Germany announced that it would refuse to recognize a palestinian state at the UN. Two young children were murdered, and 18 more were wounded, when a radicalized trans shooter opened fire on their school as they prayed. And RFK Jr. announced a new comprehensive study that will look into the possible links between psychiatric drugs and mass shootings.
Reports of Tim Walz's refusal to fund school safety, despite his massive budget surplus, were made public after the fatal school shooting in his state. A wave of patriotism known as "flagging" gained major momentum in the UK. And Russia launched a round of severe attacks on Ukraine's capital, damaging British and EU offices there.
The first anniversary of the heinous murder of hamas's American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was remembered. Governor Pritzker got his ego handed to him by AI. And Taylor Swift got engaged.
THAT'S what happened this week!!