by Filippo DinolfoOn this episode of Let’s Weekend: The midterms are over. We go through some of the results, both good and bad. An 11 year old on Ohio steals his mother’s SUV and goes for a joyride. An island of the coast of Japan vanishes. Plus Deadpool 2 is getting another, awesome-sounding theatrical release. That and more, next!
11/9/2018 Show Notes The Rainbow Wave
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- F: Tetris Effect, random things here and there.
- P: Politics (have to shout out my home state for exceeding expectations), writing
- B: RDR2, books, getting used to the time change.
- C: Parks & Rec, Patriot Act, GameStop, Spider-Man, RDR2 Install
- T: Super Mario Party, Voltron, condo repairs, freezing while PoGo-ing
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Asshole of the Week: The Borderline shooter
- Hero of the Week: Federal judge blocks Keystone pipeline construction
- 2018 Midterms, The Good:
- Democrats retake the House with blue wave and will get to work quickly
- Ocasio-Cortez wins House seat, becomes youngest woman elected to Congress
- Rough road to DC says a lot about the working class’ chances in politics.
- Florida votes to restore voting rights to ex-felons
- Michigan legalizes recreational marijuana
- Wisc. Ex-Gov. Scott Walker lost and can’t ask for recount because of his own law
- Lots of historic firsts with this election
- Lots of good state measures passed
- Utah runs the table with props 2, 3, 4, Mia Love looks done in UT House 4
- 2018 Midterms, The Bad:
- Ted Cruz barely won over Beto O’Rourke
- P: O’Rourke makes me think what it would be like if Greg Graffin ran for office.
- Racist Steve King barely wins his House race
- Alabama voters approve anti-abortion amendment
- Brian Kemp’s interference means they’re still counting votes for GA Gov
- DeSantis still leads Gillum in Florida Gov race, but votes are still being counted
- The Bill Nelson/Rick Scott Florida Senate race goes to recount
- Ted Cruz barely won over Beto O’Rourke
- Jeff Sessions resigns as AG, but still did one bad thing before he left
- CNN’s Jim Acosta has White House pass suspended over childish Trump controversy
- Christine Blasey Ford still gets threats, forced to hire security, has moved several times
- Federal appeals court rules against Trump admin’s push to end DACA
- Trump admin seeks to limit asylum-seekers with a new rule
- US Olympic Committee will be shutting down USA Gymnastics
- Amazon’s reportedly planning to split HQ2 between NYC and Virginia
- China’s state-run media creates AI anchor to read news for English, Chinese audiences
- 11 year old goes on a high speed car chase after Mom takes away the Playstation
- Eight years after eating slug after a dare, Australian man dies from parasite
- A Japanese island off the coast of Hokkaido disappeared without anybody noticing
- Samsung revealed their new foldable phone
- Deadpool 2 will return to theaters on 12/12 with PG-13 Princess Bride-style cut
- There’s a Breaking Bad movie in the works
- David Attenborough will narrate Netflix’s new Our Planet documentary series
- Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com
Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
/
RSS Feed