57: Skepticrat057 - Arpaio Pardon Edition

On this week’s episode: Eli guesses it rained or something somewhere ... The future of humanity lies in the balance of a dick measuring contest between psychopaths ... And lots of stupid Irish people lose money when one of the best boxers of all time beats a not-boxer at boxing.

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Headline Links:

Arpaio pardon: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-long-lawless-ride-of-sheriff-joe-arpaio-20120802 http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/30/legal-challenge-to-arpaio-pardon-begins/?utm_term=.c6651ecb06b1 https://twitter.com/phoenixnewtimes/status/901263384087334914?lang=en

NK fires missile over Japan

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/world/asia/north-korea-missile.html?mcubz=1

Trump to announce DACA decision on Tuesday: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348906-white-house-daca-decision-coming-tuesday

Flood in Texas, lots of explosions:

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/harvey-danger-major-chemical-plant-near-houston-likely-explode-facility-n797581

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arkema-deregulationus59a9ab48e4b0dfaafcf05c5e?section=us_politics

Mayweather beats McGregor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FloydMayweatherJr.vs.Conor_McGregor

Pentagon fesses up to how many troops are in Afghanistan: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/30/afghanistan-troop-levels-trump-242186

Trump wrong about a bunch of stuff: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-tower-wiretapus59aaf8f3e4b0b5e530ff0a63?section=uspolitics

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-reads-fake-version-of-own-speechus59a9a7e4e4b0dfaafcf04e6e?section=uspolitics

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/trump-interrupts-harvey-relief-mission-to-snipe-at-press-about-the-size-of-his-hands/

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/donald-trump-cant-donate-1-million-from-his-foundation-to-houston-because-its-under-investigation/

Kenyan Supreme Court annuls presidential election:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41123329

Cops only kill black people: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/georgia-cop-remember-kill-black-people/