Unattended Baggage Episode #191: We’re On A Road To Nowhere

Episode #191: We’re On A Road To Nowhere

We’re waxing philosophical about your reptilian brain, Disney goes King Charles on DeSantis, TikTok ban may eviscerate internet freedom, death by chatbot suicide, Epstein investigation rounds up billionaires, Adrian ponders Michelle O. vs. Pence in 2024, media struggles with gunperson’s pronouns, fungus is the new COVID, and how many Yuans will America’s next war cost?

Hour 1: https://unattendedbaggage.podbean.com/e/episode-191-we-re-on-a-road-to-nowhere/ 

Hour 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-191-hour-80888428 

Hour 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-191-hour-80888431 

Unattended Baggage Show Notes 04/01/2023

Disney monarchy moves

How Disney stripped power from Florida Gov. DeSantis’ special district board

TSA flagged for holding

Chargers lineman says he was sexually assaulted by TSA agent | The Hill

Epstein fallout

Google Co-Founder, Other Billionaires Are Issued Subpoenas in Lawsuit Over JPMorgan’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein - WSJ

Nashville Shooting

Nashville shooter, who was 'under doctor's care for emotional disorder,' used 3 guns, police say

Nashville school shooting: Gov says it's not time to talk gun laws; suspect hid weapons from parents

Everything we know about transgender Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale

Randi Weingarten calls for gun confiscation: Must 'have the courage to do' what Australia, New Zealand did | Fox News

CBS execs bar the word 'transgender' from reports on Nashville shooter: 'This is not journalism'

Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman and GOP Rep. Thomas Massie got in a heated exchange over gun violence in the halls of Congress: 'Calm down? Children are dying!' 

The TikTok ban bill is another government scam

Could the RESTRICT Act criminalize the use of VPNs?

TikTok bills could dangerously expand national security state - Responsible Statecraft

Hawley, Paul clash on floor over TikTok ban | The Hill

$2B Big Pharma deadly scam

HARMONY BIOSCIENCES (NASDAQ: HRMY)

After Twist and Ginkgo campaigns, Scorpion Capital aims stinger at Harmony Biosciences

New error of fake news

An AI-generated puffy-coat pope fooled us all. How much does it matter? - The Washington Post

Elon Musk and Others Urge AI Pause, Citing 'Risks to Society'

'He Would Still Be Here': Man Dies by Suicide After Talking with AI Chatbot, Widow Says

Does it seem like life imitates art a little too often these days?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11882321/Urgent-threat-highly-contagious-FUNGUS-kill-rate-60-growing-US.html

Would you even want it at this point?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11911975/Humans-achieve-immortality-eight-YEARS-says-former-Google-engineer.html

Fire at the detention center

Video shows guards at Mexican detention center flee fire that killed 38 without releasing migrants

China moves

Saudi Arabia takes step to join China-led security bloc, as ties with Beijing strengthen

Brazil, China strike trade deal agreement to ditch US dollar | Fox Business

Police running the drugs

California police union executive director ran fentanyl operation from home: feds

Trump

Florida won't extradite Trump after NYC indictment: DeSantis

March 30, 2023 Donald Trump indictment news

Mccarthy working on a compromise

McCarthy offers to bring 'soft food' for Biden budget talks

The Mandatory In-Car Breathalyzer Is Only a Few Years Away