by Chris SelogyOn this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we get some really good news about the NRA, some bad news out of Beirut and the Canadian Arctic, and some good news about revivals of some classic cartoons from our childhood.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Palm Springs, The Chase, Fall Guys, Golf on Mars
- T: Bloons TD Battle, dr visit, Rick & Morty, Kool-Aid, takeout sushi
- B: Ghost of Tsushima, Code Vein, books, facebook jail.
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Trump admin increases Citizenship fee by 81%, adds fee for asylum seekers
- Hero of the Week: NY AG files suit to dissolve the NRA after fraud investigation
- COVID-19 Dump Truck
- 19.3 million cases WW, 718k deaths, 4.9 million cases US, 161k deaths
- 1.8 million new jobs were added in July to bring unemployment to 10.2%
- Aid bill stalls again as Dems continue push for $600 unemployment aid
- Bernie, Kamala Harris, Ed Markey propose $2k per month UBI bill
- Georgia school suspended student that took photo of overcrowded hallway
- 260 employees in GA’s largest school district have COVID-19 or been exposed
- Horrific explosion in Beirut killed 150 people and wounded thousands more
- The last fully intact ice shelf in Canadian Arctic collapsed at the end of July
- BLM protest leader Cori Bush defeated incumbent House Rep. William Lacy Clay
- Rashida Tlaib wins primary in Michigan to defend her House Rep. seat
- Republicans are trying to get Kanye West on ballots as third party spoiler for Biden
- James Murdoch resigned from News Corp board over editorial content direction
- Trump’s trying to force TikTok to be sold to American company, which is likely Microsoft
- Jerry Falwell Jr taking indefinite leave from Liberty University after posting racy photos
- Trump’s stooped to trying to claim that Biden opposes God in speech in Ohio
- Washington officials captured their first murder hornet
- The Rock is part of the group that bought the XFL from Vince McMahon for $15 million
- Mulan is premiering on Disney Plus for a $29.99 rental fee
- Hazbin Hotel has been picked up by A24 Productions.
- Animaniacs reboot is set for Hulu premiere date on November 20
- Ren & Stimpy revival set for Comedy Central
- Kevin Smith working on Green Hornet series with WildBrain
- Candyman director Nia DaCosta will direct Captain Marvel sequel
- The Eurovision Song Contest is coming to the US as American Song Contest
- ViacomCBS plans to launch their own streaming service in early 2021
- Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com
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