On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the record profits by oil companies, a very good dog that set a record, and the Chinese spy balloon that has dominated the news this past week.
Intro
What Are We Up To?
C: Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Lookism, What We Do In The Shadows, Trigun, Cased Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa, Trigger Witch, Rocket League
B: Persona 4 Golden, The Last of Us tv series, books, music.
Brandon’s Random Factoid
Assholes of the Week: Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest any Western oil company has ever seen, Shell had its best profits in its history
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy refuses to agree to a clean debt ceiling increase
Texas ice storm has left hundreds of thousands without power
Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani lost his title and nearly $50 billion in about 10 days
Heroes of the Week: The GOP and Biden critics stunned as the US added 517k jobs in January to continue the historic unemployment rate
Bobi from Portugal has broken the nearly century old record as the world’s oldest dog
Mysterious Chinese balloon was shot down after floating over the US for a few days
Jair Bolsonaro applies for a 6-month visa to remain in the US after his diplomatic visa expired
George Santos stepped down from his committee assignments as his lies keep piling up
The House voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
Nikki Haley is set to announce a 2024 Presidential run that will surely go nowhere
Amazon reported its first unprofitable year since 2014 after big investment in Rivian
Paramount+ and Showtime’s integration will be named “Paramount+ With Showtime”
Peacock shut down its free tier for new subscribers
Netflix claimed the new password-sharing restrictions were announced by accident
Netflix renews That 90s Show for Season 2
Hulu renewed Hit-Monkey for Season 2
Hulu officially orders King of the Hill revival
Gladiator is getting a sequel for some reason
HBO Max cancels Pennyworth: The Origins of Batman’s Butler after three seasons
We got an official trailer for Netflix’s We Have a Ghost
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