-This morning we sadly learned that Fox News political commentator and former Hannity and Colmes co-host, Alan Colmes, has passed away. He was 66 years old. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

-Stu brings up Ellen Degeneres' statement on the latest White House statement on transgender bathroom rules and explains how he would like it to be a state matter rather than a federal issue. Pat wonders why only the feelings of the transgender individual matter during this time and how everyone else is practically excluded from the debate.

-Democratic Representative Keith Ellison stated that President Trump should have been impeached on the first day of his presidency, even though he has not done anything bad. Stu talks about Keith Ellison’s tweet about President Trump being anti-Semitic and how Ellison should not be saying things like that.

-Stu reports that the 100 protesters who refused to leave the Dakota Access Pipeline area destroyed the land they camped in. Is the protest really about the pipeline or just a chance to protest for no reason? The guys wonder how big are the spills from these pipelines? Surprisingly the statistics show that they're not really that big of a deal with a few rare exceptions. Pat mentions how there is an oil spill every day on the ocean floor that just occurs naturally.

-We have an update on the balloon currently floating on the high ceiling in Stu's house. Having floated upward during last month's baby shower for Stu's sister-in-law, it has now been up there for 34 days straight. Simply put, it doesn't look like it's coming down anytime soon. Stu talks about the day he got the balloon and how the store attendant said to a woman that a balloon she purchased will not last even one day... we beg to differ.

-The guys talk about how astronomers have discovered seven new planets orbiting a distant star. These planets range in size from that of Mercury to that of Earth. Pat makes a mistake on which telescopes are used for such findings, and as you guess, Stu steps in to save him. They discuss how long each planet takes to travel around its sun and how some of them fall within the "Goldilocks Zone" to sustain water and possibly life.

-Stu likes the new Philadelphia soda and sugary drinks tax because he thinks that it will convince other cities not to do it. Pat talks about a time when he lived in Montana and how people would drive to the Native American reservations to buy cigarettes because a new tax that was driving up prices.

-Stu mentions that people will go to other places to get the items that they want using the city of Irving, Texas and local liquor stores as an example.

They also talk about one of their favorite soda companies Hanks Soda, which is based in Philadelphia and how the tax is affecting them.

-The guys talk about how the Mets are paying former player Bobby Bonilla, $6 million dollars because they were caught up in Bernie Madoff's infamous ponzi scheme.

-Matt Damon, the star of the new film ‘The Great Wall’, is not a believer in walls... just like he's not too fond of guns... go figure...

-Serial baby killer (a.k.a. incarcerated abortion provider) Kermit Gosnell, has written to actor Will Smith asking for help because he helped deliver Smith as a baby.

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