Episode 50 - Put Them In Ducks

<p>Welcome back to the technical difficulty hour, or as we call it, The Epoch of Incredulity. As Scott struggles to get the soundboard - and his computer - working, we deliver a news heavy episode. There's a new COVID variant in Vietnam, Biden's proposed budget is still woefully inadequate with no forgiveness for Student Loans or anything else, and Mayor Pete has some empty words on infrastructure. We move into a discussion of the Stock Market and big oil, from a Marxist perspective, which leads to a debate over what climate change holds for the future. LE brings us another slightly genitalia related segment of things we can't make up. Lotta weird energy in this one. Please enjoy.<br> <br> Check out our |<a href="https://www.patreon.com/epicincredulity" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>| for bonus content and access to our Discord.<br> <br> Please visit |<a href="https://comrade-rosie.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">comrade-rosie.org</a>| for resources in the greater Boston area.<br> <br> ---Timestamp---<br> <br> 00:00:00 - Intro<br> 00:01:16 - The soundboard is down<br> 00:02:10 - The News<br> 00:02:35 - New COVID variant in Vietnam<br> 00:04:34 - "Oh no, not Lenny!"<br> 00:04:43 - Joe read the entire budget proposal<br> 00:06:15 - Corporate bonding over molotov cocktails<br> 00:07:00 - We get distracted by Pfizer news<br> 00:08:18 - We get back to the budget<br> 00:09:41 - TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES<br> 00:09:50 - SSDI<br> 00:11:18 - The lack of Student Loan Forgiveness in the budget, and other bad things (goes on for a while)<br> 00:14:49 - MORE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES<br> 00:14:53 - Scott apologizes<br> 00:15:32 - Mayor Pete's empty words on infrastructure<br> 00:16:14 - "What the Hell is this, some sorta deal?!"<br> 00:17:32 - The time Chasten took a insta picture of Pete at the Holocaust museum<br> 00:19:03 - Micro-documentaries<br> 00:20:09 - Marxists and the stock market<br> 00:21:29 - Bad News for Big Oil<br> 00:22:03 - "Activist investors"<br> 00:23:00 - Joe tries