Geeking After Dark

It's been quite a trip.

"So long and thanks for all the fish"

This episode was difficult to edit, because the murder of a prominent right-wing pundit has sparked a wave of political exploitation. We want to be clear: we are not mocking his death, nor do we condone violence of any kind. His murder was a tragedy and should never have happened.

What we do criticize is the way his death is being used as a prop for performative politics. The same party that insists it is non-violent is using this tragedy to incite anger, encourage harassment, and even call for violence against liberals and anyone who refuses to canonize his memory. Meanwhile, they continue to downplay or ignore other tragedies — from mass shootings in schools to the murder of liberal politicians and their families.

This episode highlights the hypocrisy and the dangerous rhetoric surrounding this event. It’s not about celebrating a death. It’s about calling out those who would exploit it to push a country further into authoritarianism.

Bart and Norma discuss Florida being Floriduh, Epstein victims speaking out, autism has an OFFICIAL SINGLE CAUSE thanks to RFK Jr, and Howard Stern isn't leaving Sirius. Yet. Also, Trump was an FBI SNITCH, NOT A KIDDIE DIDDLER! Well, that implies he was a diddler, but was caught and turned snitch to get off the hook...regardless, the White House officials are insisting they don't know what the hell the idiot Speaker is talking about, so Johnson said he didn't know what he was talking about. The real reason is Mike Johnson wanted MAGA to have something to use as an excuse, but he won't acknowledge that.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss school...well, public school...words as weapons, data centers in PA revisited, Texas wants a theocracy (yay Handmaid's Tale!), Cracker Barrel pretend Conservative whining, and Pamela Anderson apparently likes pickles? You can buy some and help a wildlife sanctuary!

Bart and Norma discuss some feedback and what little news there is this week. My highlight is an article about the morons who actually thought Russia was a nice place to live until they criticized their lives there...big mistake, dumbass.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss zoo donations, nukes on the moon, Dean Caine now starring as real-life Homelander?, the iPad as a laptop replacement, and that's about it, so...mainly crappy people who happen to be actors of fondly remembered characters?

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Disney, a new Star Trek story about Khan featuring Tuvok and Sulu, a Tennessee school district doesn't like the optics of teachers asking for supplies the school won't get for them, American Eagle is courting the MAGA Nazi crowd with their latest ad about superior genes, and a reminder that leaded gas was poisoning people for half a century because some companies loved their profit more than not killing customers...also, voting has consequences, you're experiencing them, please stop complaining about getting what you wanted.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss what few headlines have passed our way this week, which mostly was fallout of pissing off Stephen Colbert and the South Park gang, and Hulk Hogan died, countering the idea that terrible horrible people live longer.

Bart and Norma discuss her recent surgery to explain her speaking issues, Superman is too "woke" (what the hell does that even mean?!), a Christian camp washes away after being built in a flood-prone area that lacks flood warning equipment in an area so Republikan they refused to used Biden-sourced funds to upgrade warning systems, Epstein not only had no "files" but he didn't even exist let alone kill himself!

Bart and Norma discuss some general chatter, but there's some focus on idiots. I suppose many of our topics are about idiots, so we'll narrow this one down to having a "political" party that sooner believes in magic weather machines murdering Christian conservatives instead of climate change being ignored.