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  • RP DAILY: THE LITTLE SHOW THAT COULD

    Rp daily is a grass roots show. we want to impact more people, please help by sharing with your friends, follow the news letter and join the conversation in The No BS Zone : https://tnp.us/thenobszone/

    watch last weeks show at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

    Yes or BS Y / BS: Adam Grant: We don't flourish when we're alone. It's time for a Declaration of Interdependence. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/opinion/sunday/covid-group-emotions-happiness.html

    Reader Y / BS: Tourism should not return to anything like its old normal. Summer Travel is Back. Earth Can't Handle It. (NYT)

    Yes: 61% BS: 39% https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/travel-covid-climate-change.html?smid=url-share&utm_campaign=yes%20or%20bs%20newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=139789825&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-86ySZeDQEuZ4G4Pgr8MHsYcL-2_uCXtGzuumrGFhkVw0_cbdCm2Vc6AxM0zzkRN6Fj7yPWMOlNS-84xz1y0Zjz2zTgMw&utm_content=139789825&utm_source=hs_email

    Reader Y / BS: Barry Diller is right. Movies are dead. Why Media Mogul Barry Diller Thinks The Movie Business Is Dead (NPR)

    Yes: 53% BS: 47%

    https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1014095135/barry-diller-headed-2-hollywood-studios-he-now-says-the-movie-business-is-dead?utm_campaign=yes%20or%20bs%20newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=139789825&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9FOzyAeZAN1MCJmgPpGYF4JNl85hVh9w5X3WNq7BVkEfOeOp5sx6g-oOyEF8qEJn0sczDRxcNNRGIDHdYvMg8zwzUoFw&utm_content=139789825&utm_source=hs_email

    58 min
  • RP DAILY: IS CRIME OR IS B.S. ON THE RISE?

    Tom and RP tackle the issue of rising crime, the assassination in Haiti and the latest on vaccines.

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    Last RP Daily Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s_R2E0WBVY

    1 hr 8 min
  • RP DAILY: life, liberty and the pursuit of honest conversation

    this July 4th what is the state of conversation in America?

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    Yes or BS

    1 Y / BS: From everything we've learned, the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks

    C.D.C. researchers identify 1,200 cases of post-vaccination heart problems, noting they remain very rare.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/health/cdc-vaccine-youth.html

    2 Y / BS: BS is a sign of IQ

    Bullshitting Is Actually a Sign of Intelligence, Study Finds

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nmvz/bullshitting-sign-intelligence-psychology-lying

    3 Y / BS: COVID in US will disappear like AIDS

    AIDS disappeared from public view without ending. Will covid-19 do the same?https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/29/aids-disappeared-public-view-without-ending-will-covid-19-do-same/

    4 Vote Y / BS: This is a step in the right direction

    WEB WARNINGS Google will warn you about 'fake news' websites before you click on themhttps://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/3174436/google-warn-fake-news-websites-click/

    1 hr
  • RP DAILY: we are living in the great bewilderment

    we are living in the great bewilderment, but as RP says, there are many ways to not be bewildered and 'own your own mind.' we want you to join the conversation: https://tnp.us/thenobszone/

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    RP's links of the day:

    digital literacy recourses: https://www.politifact.com/

    https://consilienceproject.org/

    SNL Medieval Barber Theodoric of York: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/theodoric-of-york/n8661

    Yes or BS

    1 Y / BS: more hate = more likes

    Social Media Success Is Driven by Hate (Inquire)

    https://www.inquiremore.com/p/social-media-success-is-driven-by

    2 Y / BS: The border "crisis" is a nontroversy, so logically this story is too

    Harris visits southern border, assailed by right and left (Washington Post)

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/harris-visit-southern-border/2021/06/25/6bf4a1e4-d5a6-11eb-a53a-3b5450fdca7a_story.html

    3 Y / BS: prehistoric humans were likely MUCH smarter than we give them credit for Massive human head in Chinese well forces scientists to rethink evolution (The Guardian)

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/25/massive-human-head-in-chinese-well-forces-scientists-to-rethink-evolution

    4 (Results) Y / BS: This is a big f-ing deal

    Biden endorses Senate's bipartisan infrastructure agreement (Politico)

    Yes: 86%

    BS: 14%

    https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/24/biden-meeting-senate-bipartisan-infrastructure-talks-495941?utm_campaign=yes%20or%20bs%20newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=2&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FpvM0ExFw1qr4h7I4gmZzc-CEnIChw7aRf7U9gINWolchSCs86PgN7SEps95Zkxre7dikMJQWfBRt3uK2Xsy4LL29Pg&utm_content=2&utm_source=hs_email

    5 (Vote) Y / BS: Biden put his foot in his mouth…but then behaved like a grownup Republicans back on board after Biden's infrastructure clean-up (Politico)

    https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/27/biden-soothes-gop-worries-on-infrastructure-plan-496514

    48 min
  • RP DAILY: the quiet labor revolution

    Tom and RP talk about how things greatly improved for American workers, as well as what a decoupling from the Chinese economy might look like. We want you to join the conversation: https://tnp.us/thenobszone/ If you missed YES OR BS: Yes or BS 1

    Y / BS: The CDC is broken Covid Proved the C.D.C. Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed? - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/magazine/cdc-covid-response.html

    2 Y / BS: America has made itself into a leper colony. Responsible countries must keep us, and our COVID, out. Trudeau Resists Business Pressure to Open U.S. Border for Summer https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-18/trudeau-resists-business-pressure-to-open-u-s-border-for-summer

    3 Y / BS: The Pope is right and US Bishops are wrong Vatican Warns U.S. Bishops: Don't Deny Biden Communion Over Abortion https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/world/europe/biden-vatican-communion-abortion.html

    39 min
  • RP DAILY: seeing through the b.s.

    rp and tom discuss if putin's denial of cyber attacks is total bs sign up for the newsletter here: https://tnp.us/rpdaily/

    Yes or BS 1 Y / BS: Putin's denial on cyberattacks is total BS Putin Denies Russian State Role in Cyberattacks https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/world/europe/putin-cyberattacks-biden.html

    2 Y / BS: Wuhan Cassandra proves conspiracy claims are baseless Shi Zhengli, A Virologist in Wuhan, Speaks Out Against 'Lab Leak' Theory - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/world/asia/china-covid-wuhan-lab-leak.html

    3 Y / BS: We just passed 600,000 COVID deaths in U.S, but the real number is 1 million U.S. COVID-19 deaths cross painful 600,000 milestone as country reopens https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-covid-19-deaths-cross-painful-600000-milestone-country-reopens-2021-06-14/

    4 Y / BS: If Trump and Zuckerberg were never born, a cashier in Georgia might still be alive today Cashier killed in supermarket for telling man to wear a mask https://nypost.com/2021/06/14/woman-killed-in-supermarket-for-telling-man-to-wear-a-mask/

    5 Y / BS: Climate change means summer heatwaves are coming earlier, lasting longer, and are more intense An eighth of the US population is sweltering under a record-breaking heat dome. Climate change is making it worse https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/weather/west-heat-wave-records-drought-climate/index.html

    6 Y / BS: It's time to break up Big Tech Tech antitrust pioneer Lina Khan will officially lead the FTC https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22527709/lina-khan-ftc-commissioner-competition-facebook-amazon-google-apple

    56 min
  • RP DAILY: can our principles win over tribalism?
    Tom and RP call out both the left and right over abandoning principles. sign up for our daily email: https://m.tnp.us/rpdaily Yes or BS Y / BS: No one should be dying of COVID right now in a nursing home. Governors need to investigate Despite vaccines, nursing homes struggle with outbreaks (AP) https://apnews.com/article/business-nursing-homes-coronavirus-pandemic-health-4575fbefb2cf87e96c82043ef94e5ff3 Y / BS: Slow pace of employment growth will be good in the long term (The unemployed aren't leaving work, they are changing work, and change takes time.) The Jobs Report Takeaway: A Huge Reallocation of People and Work Is Underway (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/jobs-report-us-unemployment.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage Y / BS: Ransomware is as big a challenge as 9/11 FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11 (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-director-compares-ransomware-challenge-to-9-11-11622799003
    1 hr 11 min

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