On today's episode....Is Shaq dying? Gwyneth Paltrow being sued for being a demon on the slopes, Rupert Murdoch to marry AGAIN, Men having their jaws broken to look manlier, a 5th 9/11 plane?!, man hires an FBI agent to kill his wife, more drug pigeons in Canada, tech layoffs, Google is evil, bank bailouts and OBESE MMA fighters in Russia!

• (00:02:45) Fat boy summer merch-a-thon this Thursday at 8PM!

• (00:05:31) Wes’ interesting encounter at H Mart

☕ Cup of Coffee in the Big Time ☕

• (00:10:12) Fun Fact: Women couldn’t get credit cards until 1974

• (00:11:59) Shaq hip surgery confirmed after hospital photo post

• (00:14:51) Idaho OKs veto-proof bill to allow execution by firing squad

• (00:18:30) Gwyneth Paltrow's Utah ski accident: Actress set to take stand in $300,000 civil case

• (00:23:10) Rupert Murdoch to get married for a fifth time at 92, this time to Ann Lesley Smith

• (00:25:34) Men are paying to have their jaws broken in the name of ‘manliness’

🥛Cream of the Crop🥛

• (00:29:36) TMZ claims it found a ‘suspicious’ fifth 9/11 plane that never was

🚔The Dark Side Of Crime🚔

• (00:40:37 ) Another pigeon with drug-filled backpack caught at Canadian prison

• (00:47:10 ) Man accidentally hired an undercover FBI agent to kill his wife, paid $10,000 deposit

• (00:56:38) Miami Beach enacts spring break curfew after execution-style shooting 

• (00:57:55) Amazon to cut another 9,000 jobs in new round of layoffs

• (00:58:23) Google apparently holds out on paying maternity, medical bills to laid-off employees

• (01:01:52) Federal Reserve lent $300 billion in emergency funds to banks in the past week

• (01:02:42) Sports and beer keeping us sane

• (01:03:56 ) Russian professional MMA fighter Daniyal Elbaev with nickname "T-34" takes on a couple plus size russian bloggers!

• (01:11:07) DON’T FORGET: Join us Thursday night at 8PM!

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