The Skepticrat

74: Skepticrat074 - Caged Wisdom Edition

06.25.2018 - By Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLCPlay

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On this week's episode: Despite all our rage they still put a kid in a cage ... Sarah Huckabee Sanders is forced to forage for bones as she did on her home world ... And Donald Trump tells the Pentagon to hire Buzz Lightyear for a big new project.

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Headline Sources:

Trying to find the right amount of kids in cages: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/factcheck-qa-on-border-detention-of-children-20180619.html

US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council: https://www.bbc.com/news/44537372 

The World Cup is happening: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/06/14/the-world-cup-starts-today-why-it-matters-as-much-for-politics-as-sports/?utm_term=.89b20b457839

SHS gets denied service at VA restaurant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/06/23/why-a-small-town-restaurant-owner-asked-sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-leave-and-would-do-it-again/?utm_term=.64edc86233f1

SCOTUS rules in favor of people not wanting the gov’t to know where they are 24/7: https://gizmodo.com/cops-need-a-warrant-to-collect-your-phone-location-data-1827050891

Canada legalizes the ganj: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/health/canada-legalizes-marijuana/index.html

Trump announces new "Space Force" branch of the military: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/18/its-official-trump-announces-space-force-6th-military-branch.html 

Roundup Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-rrr-cut/as-trade-war-looms-china-cuts-some-banks-reserve-requirements-to-boost-lending-idUSKBN1JK094

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/zimbabwe-explosion-rocks-stadium-rally-president-emmerson-mnangagwa

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/06/19/27874178/godwins-law-suspended-by-godwin

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/middleeast/sara-netanyahu-indicted-intl/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/idaho-boy-recovering-from-rare-case-of-plague/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/world/new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-baby/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/18/technology/google-invest-jd-china/index.html

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/federal-government-releases-national-near-earth-object-preparedness-plan

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rapper-xxxtentacion-shot-miami-condition-unknown-report-1121016

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