Ep#245: The crazy new GOP

the Profane Argument, atheist podcast

Follow-up: Mubarak Bala has now been in detention in Nigeria for one year. @1:33 More Gaetz story @2:28 Giuliani @5:21 Religious Nonsense: ~100,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered to celebrate the holiday Lag b’Omer, which resulted in a stampede that killed 44 people. @7:15 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (Legion of Doom) to decide if President Biden can receive communion @12:55 In Wales, “humanism will be taught on an equal footing with religions in the school curriculum.” @15:37 Politics: Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama has signed into law a bill that strikes anti-LGBTQ language from education standards @16:56 Let’s talk about a Republican from KS @18:31 Duck Dynasty talk @26:52 Caitlyn Jenner talk @34:47 In the U.S. we have QAnon, in Germany they have Querdenker @40:45 Lin Wood suggests that Joe Biden is actually dead, and Donald Trump is still at work in the White House. @42:09 Trump’s advisers want him to make a pro-vaccine PSA @52:00 Coronavirus: Joe Rogan tells his audience of millions that young people should not get vaccinated. @54:29 Things are very bad in India. The virus is utterly out of control @58:01 At least 9.1 million people took part in Kumbh Mela All the while, India’s government is succeeding in one thing: Getting social media platforms to comply with its demands to block criticism Gov. Ned Lamont has signed into law Connecticut’s bill ending religious exemptions for mandatory school vaccinations. @1:02:27 Tennessee’s governor decides a 25 percent vaccination rate is good enough @1:03:11 Facebook says it’s removed 12 of the most influential anti-vaxxers. Except that 10 of them are still there @1:03:36 Some genius thinks they’ve uncovered a conspiracy @1:04:21 The Vaccine does not: @1:06:00 give you shingles make you shed spike proteins like a porcupine decimate the human population Hey, uh, anyone seen the flu? @1:08:18