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1404 Flub Meister (2021-12-02)

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0:00:00JCD: “Mediaaa Controool!” (0:02:27)
0:00:34Mike Pence’s Hamilton teaser; “delta omicron” anagram “media control”; Amsterdam “quarantine hotel” for South Africans; police dragnet for three fugitives from Australian quarantine; South African medical authority marvels at the mildness of symptoms; NPR’s mush-mouthed Rob Stein: “that’s a big good question”; cough and darting tongue from Anthony Fauci: “as you know, we know, I’ve been saying it”; Israeli PM Naftali Bennett notes recent “omega war game”; inappropriately chuckling Francis Collins warns Dana Bash “it’s shapeshifting itself”
0:21:11Michael Osterholm still all-in on boosters; “boosted” and “tune up” gangster terms, fishy aviation death of Medidata Solutions founder Glen de Vries; Osterholm predicts “strain change” approval; board votes for Merck’s Molnupiravir; ACC’s “Moderna as bad guy” theory
0:35:10Dow plummets 2% after Jerome Powell speculates about the impacts of omicron; Jim Cramer rants about the virtues of a military-run “war effort” against COVID-19; John Heilemann reduces Lara Logan’s “unchallenged” comparison of Fauci and Mengele to “political math”
0:40:13“Together we will get coronavirus under control!” from Eindhoven Giant Voice System; UK health minister Javid announces three-month booster schedule on top of “three primary doses”
0:44:56Liberal intellectual elites Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway mock “nobody touches my body”
0:55:24Ohio physician notes omicron symptoms do not include loss of smell and taste, unsupported “can be reinfected” note; NPR’s Jason Beaubien speculates about how “problematic” omicron will be; producer note on laissez-faire attitudes in Tanzania; LA County Sheriff opts out of COVID-19 testing with CCP-linked Fulgent Genetics Corporation, JCD irked by NTD’s “flub meister” newsreader; France backs down on mandate after Guadeloupe and Martinique protests; LeBron James in “health and safety protocols”, Ursula von der Leyen all-in on EU-wide mandate, Samsung CommonHealth app; Michigan “I love being vaccinated” propaganda
1:07:35JCD 3x3: ABC “lively segment” with renewable fuel and Las Vegas ziplines, NBC obsesses over sneakers, CBS Swan Song “die in motion” downer with Mahershala Ali; over-the-top promotion for George Stephanopoulos’ “I didn’t pull the trigger” interview with Alec Baldwin
1:17:26Producer Segment: ACC’s Jack Murphy Live appearance
1:51:28Producer note on the actual circumstances of Mike Pence’s “expulsion” from Hamilton
1:59:11Funeral industry’s SCI celebrates “excess non-COVID deaths which tended to skew younger”
2:01:34Supreme Court to hear case challenging Roe v. Wade, “abortion rights” now replacing “pro-choice” in light of vaccine mandate push; phony “hey hey ho ho” protest on NPR
2:15:42Upcoming Jussie Smolett trial; FAA “accidentally” releases Jeffrey Epstein flight records ahead of Ghislaine Maxwell trial, “coincidental” release of report on CIA sex crimes involving minors, another round of high-profile CEO resignations; Daily Blast LIVE podcast wonders at lack of journalistic interest in case; boring NTD report on first round of victim testimony
2:23:55High-profile Kamala Harris defections and possible return of Hillary, JCD: “people hate her, there’s no way”; ACC’s ingenious response to “I do not hear many of your shows” note
2:31:29The View mocks Dr. Mehmet Oz for GOP Senate run; Anderson Pooper airs seven-minute smear compilation against “long-time New Jersey resident” Oz; Joy Behar’s Second Amendment “tweaks” vs Cassius Clay’s cannon; terrorism charges for Michigan school shooter
2:45:44Donation Segment
2:57:56Producer note on updating artist profiles; “because I love being vaccinated!” iso
3:00:28NTD notes China’s $600M role in Barbados independence (CotD); NPR Rihanna hagiography