Waiting 4 Wrath - Episode 172 - The One We Give Hairy The Bald Mouse Three Thumbs Up!

In This Week’s Show, episode 172, We beat the lizard aliens at their own fried conspiracy game by smashing the board. Take that lizard people.

Now, grab a beer and help us test the god hypothesis — because, while Asclepius (the Greek god of the medicinal arts) hasn’t struck us down yet, we are trying his patience!

Shea’s Life Lesson

This week I learned that if you’re being chased by an animal just lay on the ground for five seconds. After 5 seconds the “5-second” rule takes effect and the animals won't eat you.

Jenn’s Actual Lesson

Did you know that in the Homeric poems Asclepius in not referred to as a god? He’s merely a mortal. However, scholars think Homer’s getting the deity confused with a human doctor who is thought to also descend from Apollo.

But before we get to all that, let’s have a beer!

This Week’s Beer

Unita - Grapefruit IPA

From Mr. Jenn

* BA Link: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1416/291893/

* BA Rating: 4/5

* Style: American IPA

* ABV: 7.3

* Aaron: 5

* Jenn: 8

* Shea: 8

This Week’s Show

Round Table Discussion

First we need to start off with a quick announcement!

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So far that’s gone really well and thanking people has been pretty straight forward. But remember to fill in that comment box for goodies! If you’ve donated and didn’t get goodies — actually, patreons too as I think about it — get in contact and let us know. We need to make sure we’re saying thank you / rewarding you properly.

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Voicemails

* Dana

* Shane

New Patrons:

* Mr. Hägglöf

* Eli

* Rich

Speaking of patreon, Louise had a question and let’s address it on the show in case others have the same question. Re: charges for the month v/s charges per show.

Headlines

HL:1 - Everything is bad for you

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/california-green-lights-initiative-thats-a-conspiracy-theorists-dream/

* Activists in California can now move forward collecting signatures for an expansive ballot initiative that encompasses a world of non-evidence-based and fringe notions, according to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.

* The initiative would eliminate vaccination requirements for schools and daycares, banish genetically modified organisms, and prohibit basic water treatments with fluoride and chlorine. The initiative would ban more than 300 chemicals, including fire retardants, and it would order the removal of smart meters.

* The initiative, dubbed the “California Clean Environment” initiative, will create an elected, three-person board to oversee the sweeping regulations and approve new chemicals. Violations of the initiative would be considered up to felony crimes punishable by fines and prison sentences.

* As justification for extensive regulation, the initiative claims that GMOs and unspecified contaminants in the environment, food, and vaccines are causing cancers, autism, Parkinson's, and a slew of other diseases.

* “We are trying to restore people’s ability to fight for themselves and decide what they should do,” the initiative’s author, Cheriel Jensen, told Patch.com. “These companies that make the chemicals have taken our right to ...