Today’s episode brings you some big beefy news stories. First up Elon Musk straight up bought Twitter for between 44 and 45 million dollars (00:16:53). Another billionaire, the evil dictator from Russia, Vladimir Putin has people questioning his health from recent video analysis (00:25:55) . If you are lucky enough to be at Westminster College in Salt Lake City we have the course for you (00:55:36). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:07:07) - Fun Fact(s): 1) the term “hands down” comes from horse jockeys winning horse racing by a large distance 2) Dolphins can call each other by their names 3) Sperm whales are the loudest animals on earth (00:10:10) - Trumpdate: Donald was held in contempt of court on Monday. Also 2,300 text messages to his chief of staff Mark Meadows, related to the election and Jan 6th were released (00:16:53) - Elon Musk officially bought Twitter for 44 or 45 billion dollars and is the new owner (00:25:55) - Cream of the Crop: There are a lot of videos of Vladimir Putin that have people thinking he has serious physical afflictions Did He Learn Nothing from Kramer? (00:33:25) - Alex Jones’ lawyer Norman Pattis moonlights as a stand up comedian and his most recent performance had him in hot water for using the N word in his act TikTok International Moment (00:43:50) - India - Someone tried to smuggle gold glued under a wig and stuffed up their butt (00:47:30) - Australia - A very attractive former teacher is getting out of jail for statutory sexual assault of her teenage student (00:50:27) - China/Wuhan - They are studying spider sex in Wuhan China now The Best College Course of All Time (00:55:36) - A liberal arts college Westminster College in Salt Lake City, is offering a hardcore pornography film class These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: TITAN - head to http://titan.com/factor  to get $50 when you invest with Titan. You MUST go to this URL or you WILL NOT get that $50 - Expert Group Investing Made Affordable Go to store.hardfactor.com and patreon.com/hardfactor to support the pod with incredible merch and bonus podcasts Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to [email protected], and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Other Places to Listen: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Lots More... Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Follow @HardFactorNews on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook

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