On today’s Hard Factor…The situation with Russia and Ukraine keeps escalating (00:14:50), Trump’s Truth Social app has horrible launch, Mike Lindell wants to drop pillows from helicopters, a soft jail opening in Switzerland, details of the Prince Andrew settlement with Virginia Giuffre and how he’s being mocked by nursery rhymes (00:42:20), Hank The Tank plagues residents of South Lake Tahoe! (00:48:25) (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:07:30) - Fun Fact: In Dubai they have Arby’s and Wendy’s combo restaurants (00:09:00) - Holidays: Supermarket Employee Day, National Margarita Day, World Spay Day (00:11:55) - This Day in History: 1732 George Washington Was Born, 1987 Dolly The Sheep was cloned, 1980 The Miracle On Ice Occurred (00:14:50) - Ukraine/Russia soft “invasion” aka beginning of the “invasion” (00:23:15) -  Trump’s app “Truth Social” app has terrible launch & deep dive a Constitution app (00:29:22) - Britney Spears getting paid $15 Million to do tell all book TikTok International Moment (00:31:40) - Canada- My Pillow guy Mike Lindell plans on dropping pillows from helicopters to the Freedom Convoy protestors (00:38:50) - Switzerland - Jail soft opening has people lining up to to participate (00:42:20) - UK - Prince Andrew is being mocked by nursery rhymes and some details of his settlement with Virginia Giuffre is disclosed (00:48:25) - “Hank The Tank” is South Lake Tahoe’s most notorious home invader! These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Stamps.com - Stop overpaying for shipping with http://Stamps.com. Sign up with promo code HARDFACTOR for a special offer that includes a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale. Click the microphone at the top of the page, and enter code HARDFACTOR. Black Buffalo - Head to http://BlackBuffalo.com and use promo code HARDFACTOR at checkout for 25% off your first order. 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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On today’s episode we’re joined by K-Pop star Oli London, a UK Born singer who has undergone over 20 surgeries to become culturally Korean. Oli has announced he will be seeking penis reduction surgery so his phallus can be more “Korean” (00:52:07) Also, a Finnish cross-country skier has his dong almost freeze off during the Olympics. (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:05:40) - Fun Fact: An Insane Amount of People Leave Their Wills to their Pets (00:07:43) - Holidays: Presidents Day (00:09:02) - This Day in History: Malcolm X Was Assassinated by NOT The Government (00:11:57) - Trending Mentions: Ukraine Russia, and Which One’s Worse (00:19:04) - #2 - Prince Charles Gave The Queen Covid (00:22:48) - #1 - Juwan Howard Still Got It TikTok International Moment (00:31:31) - China - Finnish cross-country skier suffers frozen penis (00:45:50) - Louisiana Couple Gets 40 Years for Giving Sperm Cupcakes to Middle Schoolers (00:52:07) - Interview with K-Pop Star and Penis Reduction Candidate, Oli London These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Stamps.com - Stop overpaying for shipping with http://Stamps.com. Sign up with promo code HARDFACTOR for a special offer that includes a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale. Click the microphone at the top of the page, and enter code HARDFACTOR. Black Buffalo - Head to http://BlackBuffalo.com and use promo code HARDFACTOR at checkout for 25% off your first order. 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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Chet Hanks has released a video trying to explain why he’s been such a douche his whole life and a big part of that he says is not having his Dad around a lot growing up to be a strong male role model (00:27:22). The oceans have been on one this week with great white’s eating people whole, waves taking out ferry’s and people jumping off cruise ships (00:23:10). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:07:15) - Fun Fact: Orcas can now team up and take out blue whales and nothing can stop them (00:08:40) - Holidays: Milked Cow in an Airplane Day, Drink Wine Day (00:10:27) - This Day in History: 1519 - Hernan Cortes sets out to explore Mexico; 1861 - Italy appoints first king; 1885 - Mark Twain publishes ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’; 1930 - Pluto was discovered (00:13:15) - Trending Mentions: The Champions League round of 16 is going on; Netflix announced that Stranger Things season 4 is coming out May 27th and will end the series with season five; Sofia Jirau  becomes the First Victoria Secret model with Down Syndrome; The Trumps have been ordered to testify in New York state court (00:23:10)  - #2 - The Ocean: In Sydney Australia a Great white shark completely ate a 39 year old man; A woman fell or jumped overboard on a Carnival cruise; A ferry in Hamburg got rocked by a huge wave crashing through the glass (00:27:22)  - #1 - Chet Hanks claims the reason he is such a trouble maker is he did not have a strong male role model growing up TikTok International Domestic Moment (00:34:00) - Florida - 55 year old man stalks two underage girls by gas station and then tells cops he was just trying to smoke crack and masturbate in car and didn’t care about the girls (00:39:25) - Alabama - Two suspicious packages on Valentine’s Day morning at the federal courthouse steps turned out to be Taco Bell deliveries (00:46:40) - Voice Mails and review Brought to you by our incredible sponsors: HelloFresh - Go to http://HelloFresh.com/hardfactor16 and use code hardfactor16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! PredictIt - The Stock Market of Politics - Go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit Birddogs - Go to http://BirdDogs.com and Enter Promo Code: Factor for a Free Bonus Gift 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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Charles Munger the billionaire right hand man of Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway gave an interview on Wednesday at the age of 98 where he said he thinks the dollar will go to zero within 100 years and that we are setting ourselves up for the end of democracy and rise of Hitler 2.0 if inflation continues to pop off (00:25:37). The stated invasion date of Ukraine by Russia which was Wednesday came and went peacefully. Maybe this means there never was going to be an invasion? We all certainly hope so (00:34:56). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:07:07) - Fun Fact: The Olympics used to have art events like sculpting, painting and singing from 1912-1948 (00:07:58) - Holidays: Random Act of Kindness Day; My Way Day (00:09:55) - This Day in History: 1992 - Jeffrey Dahmer gets 15 life sentences; 1979 - China invaded Vietnam; 1801 - Thomas Jefferson elected President after tying Burr in elector college (00:12:50) - Trending Mentions: Bob Saget death questions; Los Angeles Rams parade; Aaron Rodgers is single again; Olympic double standard Sha’Carri Richardson and Russian skater Kamila Valieva (00:21:34)  - #2 - Winter Storm Miles is coming for the US and Canada’s ass (00:25:37)  - #1 - Financial genius 98 year old Charles Munger goes full doom and gloom on economy (00:34:56) - The date of the planned Russian invasion of Ukraine has come and past and Russia seems to be enjoying the attention from the US and NATO TikTok International Moment (00:48:24) - Germany - A child with a lung condition is able to attend public school while staying at home and in the care of his family, via a robot (00:54:54) - Canada - The University of Toronto is apologizing for absolutely ruining their Chinese Lunar New Year celebration by offering fake or ‘hell money’ to the students These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: HelloFresh - Go to http://HelloFresh.com/hardfactor16 and use code hardfactor16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! PredictIt - The Stock Market of Politics - Go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit Birddogs - Go to http://BirdDogs.com and Enter Promo Code: Factor for a Free Bonus Gift 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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We are never going to feel bad watering our lawn again after discovering how much water it takes to grow a single almond (00:05:40). A Pastor in Arizona has resigned after it was discovered that thousands of Baptisms he performed over multiple decades were null and void because he said the wrong words (00:31:30).  A woman found a five year old McDonald’s cheeseburger in her house that is fully intact (00:57:32). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:05:30) - Fun Fact: It takes 1.1 gallons of water to make one almond (00:05:40) - Holidays: National Almond Day; National Do a Grouch a Favor (00:07:45) - This Day in History: 1937 - Nylon Island was patented; 1923 - The Tomb of King Tut was opened (00:10:26) - Trending Mentions: Virginia Giuffre settled with Prince Andrew out of court (00:14:00)  - #3 - Sandy Hook victims have settled with Remington who will payout 73 million to the victims and their families (00:17:15)  - #2 - A four year old girl abducted two years ago was found alive (00:21:16)  - #1 - Razzlekhan or one half of the couple that stole four billion in bitcoin is out on bond and ready to resume her rap career (00:31:30) - A Pastor in Arizona said the wrong words during thousands of baptism’s over several decades that are now being deemed invalid TikTok International Moment (00:41:35) - Russia - A teenager was sent to a penal colony for five years for threatening to bomb a digital version of a government building in the game Minecraft (00:46:34) - Belgium - Belgian citizens can now elect to work four day work weeks ‘Merica Corner (00:052:09)  - Kanye West has now apologized for going after Skete Davidson on social media (00:54:40) - Durham Reports says Hillary Clinton and Team illegally hacked Trump (00:57:32) - A woman found a five year old McDonald’s cheeseburger in her house that is fully intact These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: HelloFresh - Go to http://HelloFresh.com/hardfactor16 and use code hardfactor16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! PredictIt - The Stock Market of Politics - Go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit Birddogs - Go to http://BirdDogs.com and Enter Promo Code: Factor for a Free Bonus Gift 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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Sarasota medical examiner released the full autopsy of Brain Laundrie which indicated that she shot himself (most likely) (00:21:46) Also, that mayor of that small Ohio town that clearly likes prostitutes in ice shacks resigned (00:24:01) (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:06:35) - Fun Fact: Operation Northwoods (00:08:59) - Holidays: Susan B. Anthony Day (00:09:37) - This Day in History: Sinking of the USS Maine (00:12:07) - Trending Mentions: Long Time Trump Accounting Firm Resigns, R.I.P Ivan Reitman (00:20:08) - #3 - Tesla Recalls Fart Mode (00:21:46) - #2 - Turns out Brian Laundrie Shot Himself (00:24:01) - #1 - Ohio Mayor Who Equated Ice Fishing with Prostitutes Resigns (00:29:33) - More Nuclear Fusion Records Broken (00:36:21) - Woman Saves Mom from Naked Kidnapper Over No Wordle Update TikTok International Moment (00:45:08) - Italy - Priest Won’t Stop Ringing the Bell (00:49:13) - Canada - Gay Protest Song Driving Truckers Nuts Like Cowboy Butts These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: HelloFresh - Go to http://HelloFresh.com/hardfactor16 and use code hardfactor16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! PredictIt - The Stock Market of Politics - Go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit Birddogs - Go to http://BirdDogs.com and Enter Promo Code: Factor for a Free Bonus Gift 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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Starting the week off strong with reports of extreme shadiness from the head of Moderna (00:09:12), the Freedom Convoy going global (00:28:36) and MUCH More… (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:07:21) - Fun Facts: About Valentine’s Day (00:11:59) - Holidays: Clean Out Your Computer Day (00:13:37) - This Day in History: St. Valentine Was a Badass (00:15:59) - Trending Mentions: Madonna is Showing Off 63 Year-Old Body on IG, and American Gold Medalist Erin Jackson Making History (00:20:20) - #2 - Moderna Executives Dump MASSIVE Amount of Stock and Delete Twitter Profiles (00:27:10) - #1 - McDonald’s #HardFactorSentMe Prize Drawing (00:31:16) - Mexican Avocado Industry Inundated by Drug Cartel Issues and Suspended from Exporting to the USA Over Death Threat TikTok International Moment (00:39:44) - Canada/Global - While the Freedom Convoy is Shutting Down in Canada, it’s Just Getting Started in New Zealand and Other Locations (00:44:33) - Ukraine - Biden Says Invasion (Probably) Coming ON February 16, while Everyone Else Mostly Disagrees (00:48:48) - Crazy Headline #1: 37 Year-old Virgin Gets 6-Foot String Stuck in Penis During Botched Sex Game (00:51:54) - Crazy Headline #2: Prince Andrew was Obsessed with Anal Sex says Former Physical Therapist (00:56:26) - Crazy Headline #3: “Extreme Suffering” 15/23 Monkey’s With Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brainchips Reportedly Died These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: HelloFresh - Go to http://HelloFresh.com/hardfactor16 and use code hardfactor16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! PredictIt - The Stock Market of Politics - Go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit Birddogs - Go to http://BirdDogs.com and Enter Promo Code: Factor for a Free Bonus Gift 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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Da Baby is back in the news for doing something bad. This time he and his friends jumped his baby momma’s brother at a bowling alley and filmed it (00:28:40) . Russian security guard vandalized a 1.4 million dollar painting on his first day of work when he drew eyes on figures in the painting, with marker (00:44:30) (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:06:40) - Fun Fact: Today is 2/11 which also stands for 211 Steel Reserve malt liquor (00:08:15) - Holidays: Inventor’s Day, Get the Guitar Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, International Women in Science Day, White T Day (00:10:07) - This Day in History: 1847 - Thomas Edison was born; 1990 - Nelson Mandela was released from prison Trending Mentions: (00:15:40) - Bob Saget probably banged his head before sleeping with a concussion (00:16:10) - New Jurassic World Dominion Trailer is out (00:17:25) - COVID: Dr. Fauci says the full blown pandemic phase is ending and blue states are dropping mask mandates; Hungarian researcher found that monkey and hampster DNA from the Wuhan lab had original covid 19 cells (00:20:23) - Sports - NBA trade deadline ends with a blockbuster trade between the Nets and Sixers; Super Bowl Sunday is fastly approaching as Super Bowl 56 is this weekend (00:24:50) - Peloton had a disastrous call with the 2,800 employees they let go that ended early (00:26:35) - Inflation rose 7.4% the most since 1982 Cream of the Crop (00:28:40) - #1 - Hip Hop update: Snoop Dogg was sued for alleged sexual assault in 2013; Kanye won’t perform at Coachella unless Billie Eilish apologizes to Travis Scott; DaBaby and some of his friends jumped DaBaby’s baby momma’s brother TikTok International Moment (00:38:04) - Mexico - There has been an uptick in cartel attacks on resorts from beach access attacks (00:44:30) - Russia - A security guard vandalized a 1.4 million dollar painting on his first day of work at an art museum (00:49:00) - Voice Mails and 5 star apple and Spotify reviews These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Bird Dogs - If you want comfortable pants and shorts and a free whistle football go to https://birddogs.com/hardfactor and use promo code Factor at checkout Predictit - Go to Predictit.org/promo/hardfactor40 to get $40 matched on your first deposit when you also deposit $40 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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An unexpected litmus test of whether someone is a true racist has emerged and it will certainly have a lot of “social progressives” taking a long hard look in the mirror. A new study finds that white people who use the “yellow” or “default” thumb-emoji skin color may be deeply intolerant and hateful, and may not even know it (00:56:37). Also the biggest headlines from around the internet, AND, at the end of the show, a live-on-air reveal of the Grand Prize for the #HardFactorSentMe McDonald’s Menu Hack Contest, sent from Ronald McDonald himself. (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:05:00) - Fun Fact: Bruno Mars has “Gone Diamond” 5 Times (00:06:31) - Holidays: Cream Cheese Brownie Day (00:07:42) - This Day in History: Poet Aleksandr Pushkin Lost a Duel to a Frenchmen Who Insulted his Wife (00:12:36) - Trending Mentions: Snoop Dog Buys Death Row Records (00:15:08) - #3 - Ohio Town Mayor Warns of Slippery Slope From Ice Fishing to Prostitution (00:18:56) - #2 - Marjorie Taylor Green Fights Back Against the Gazpacho Police (00:21:50) - #1 - Adidas Tit Tweet Corrupts Countless Young Minds (00:32:56) - Commanders First Week: Terrible & Touchy TikTok International Moment Which One’s Worse (00:46:43) - Italy - The Least Liked Lady in Italy (00:51:55) - Pakistan - Woman Would Try Anything For Fertility, Even a Nail In the Head (00:56:37) - You Might Be a Racist if You Use This Thumb Emoji Color These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: 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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Nelly accidentally shares a video of himself getting a blowjob on Instagram, French soccer star gets busted for being a cat abuser (00:20:14), Iranian man decapitates his 17 year old wife in “honor killing”, traveling nurse sets co-worker on fire and then kills himself, UK railroad developers discover large tomb of headless bodies skeletons (00:37:58), crocodile in Indonesia is free after 6 years of tiresome load around its head, Feds seize $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin stolen by hackers from Bitfinex hack & the hackers are very strange (00:51:05) (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:07:00) - Fun Fact: Oscars Trivia (00:08:43) - Holidays: National Bagel & Lox Day, National PIzza Day, National Stop Bullying Day (00:10:00) - This Day in History: 1825 House Of Representatives Elects John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson (00:13:03) - Trending Mentions: Oscar Nominations Announced (00:15:34) - #2 - Nelly “accidentally” posts video of him getting blowjob to his Instagram (00:20:14) - #1 - English Premier League soccer player Kurt Zouma is a cat abuser, video evidence proves Which One Is Worse? (00:30:33) - Iranian man is seen parading his wife’s severed head through streets after “honor killing” her (00:34:47) - Traveling nurse sets co-worker on fire with and then kills himself TikTok International Moment (00:37:58) -UK - High speed railroad developers uncover tomb of dozens of bodies with severed heads (00:45:32) - Indonesia - Villagers free 13 foot crocodile after it spent 6 years with a tire around its head (00:51:05) - Feds seize $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin stolen by hackers from Bitfinex hack & the hackers are very strange These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: 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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