Earth Oddity Podcast

News Links for the Week: Republicans introduce 'HUNTER' Act to ban taxpayer funds for crack pipes: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-hunter-act-taxpayer-funds-crack-pipes Jewish student reprimanded for revealing class’ Nazi salute: https://apnews.com/article/alabama-birmingham-mountains-4bf6ac1e79705124e57eba6978127212 Russian teenager jailed over ‘Minecraft plot to blow up virtual spy...

News Links for the Week: Florida home to be sold in novel non-fungible token deal: https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-florida-property-rights-664d7954af93ed9fbb04c07a9228ac8c Pastor holds bonfire to burn to 'witchcraft' books like 'Twilight': https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pastor-holds-bonfire-burn-witchcraft-books-twilight-rcna14931 State Police Arrest Man Accused Of S...

We would to thank Cajun Curl Original Spice for their support! For some spice that's extra nice that taste spicy but doesn't feel spicy, check them out over at www.cajuncurl.com . Be sure and use coupon code "EOP10" and get ten percent off your order. Special thanks to Silencyde for providing the music! Check out his music on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/silencyde or on his YouTube cha...

News Links for the Week: All 100 lab monkeys accounted for after several escape crash: https://apnews.com/article/science-pennsylvania-monkeys-animals-fe5ddc03bba64ce62433f79b0ee7c6c3 Canadian restaurant forced to partially close after accepting dog photos as vaccination proof: https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/590732-canadian-restaurant-forced-to-partially-close-after-accepting We...

All show notes this episode were from other episodes, the stories discussed were from: Earth Oddity 152: Our Darkest day Earth Oddity 175: Disclosure... NOT Earth Oddity 176: Two Tiered Justice System Earth Oddity 180: No you Can't HAZ Bacon Earth Oddity 187: Taliban just wants to have Fun Earth Oddity 192: The Pole Assassin's Monkey We would to thank Cajun Curl Original Spice for their support! F...

News Links for the Week: Watch This Goldfish Drive an Aquarium on Wheels: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-this-fish-out-of-water-drive-a-mini-vehicle-on-land-180979328/ Texas Law Enforcement Officials Arrest DWI Suspect Driving With Lit BBQ Pit In Truck Bed: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2022/01/06/texas-law-enforcement-officials-arrest-dwi-suspect-driving-with-lit-bbq-pit-in-truck-bed/...

News Links for the Week: French burn fewer cars on New Year's Eve due to pandemic: https://www.euronews.com/2022/01/01/french-burn-fewer-cars-on-new-year-s-eve-due-to-pandemic Alabama teen says hamster bit him in movie theater as he watched ‘Spider-Man’: https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2021/12/alabama-teen-says-hamster-bit-him-in-movie-theater-which-watching-spider-man.html ‘Bloodthirsty’ squirrel...

News Links for the Week: Man Who Posed as Non-Existent Special Needs Brother to Get Diaper Changed Now Faces New Human Trafficking Charges: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-who-posed-as-non-existent-special-needs-brother-to-get-diaper-changed-now-faces-new-human-trafficking-charges/ NASA agency enlisted 24 theologians to assess how the world would react to the discovery of alien life on distant p...

News Links for the Week: Aggressive deer keep attacking this Rudolph decoration: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rudolph-decoration-beat-up-fort-nelson-british-columbia-1.6287501 Mississippi Man Sues R.Kelly For Ruining His Marriage: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mississippi-man-sues-r-kelly-130139968.html Woman accused of poisoning boyfriend because he wouldn’t ‘shut up’: https:...

News Links for the Week: Employee ‘blew up’ oil warehouse in Thailand because she was angry at her boss: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thailand-oil-warehouse-explosion-boss-b1972999.html Tech Bro CEO lays off 900 people in Zoom call and makes himself the victim: https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/07/better_com_ceo_fires_900_on_zoom/ ‘I thought I was going to die’; otters attack Br...

News Links for the Week: Maryland homeowner burned down house trying to fight snakes: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/12/maryland-homeowner-burned-down-house-trying-to-fight-snakes/ Plumber finds cash in wall of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church years after burglary: https://nypost.com/2021/12/03/plumber-finds-cash-in-wall-of-joel-osteens-lakewood-church/ Waffle House in East TN raided for dru...

News Links for the Week: German Euthanasia Clinics Require COVID Vaccination for Patients Seeking Assisted Suicide: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/landonmion/2021/11/29/german-euthanasia-clinics-require-covid-vaccination-for-patients-seeking-assisted-suicide-n2599818 Air passenger reportedly refused to stop breastfeeding their cat: https://boingboing.net/2021/11/26/air-passenger-reportedly-refused-...

News Links for the Week: Millionaire pooch selling Miami villa once owned by Madonna: https://apnews.com/article/sports-oddities-entertainment-lifestyle-europe-c1629fb79b02fe67392922687c2bf2fa DoorDash driver defecates in customer's residential lobby after dropping off order: https://www.foxla.com/news/doordash-driver-uses-residential-building-lobby-as-toilet.amp River in Hawaii that smells like b...

News Links for the Week: 7 Plane Crashes in 7 Days for This Pilot Ends at the Bottom of Lake Michigan: https://wkfr.com/7-plane-crashes-in-7-days/ Woman punches her son and steals passenger’s cookies on flight from Texas: https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article255716546.html Dancing Florida man nabbed in jewel heist, partner at large: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dancing-florida-...

News Links for the Week: Broken Toilet Means SpaceX Crew Is Stuck Using Diapers: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spacex-crew-no-toilet-diapers_n_6185937ee4b087e2ef9776cf Demi Lovato Promotes Lizard-War Videos at ‘Hub for QAnon’: https://www.yahoo.com/news/demi-lovato-promotes-lizard-giant-095430498.html California Parents Sue After Getting Another Couple’s Embryo: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dap...

News Links for the Week: How a monkey belonging to Jeff Banks' girlfriend became a viral story during 'Monday Night Football': https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/jeff-banks-girlfriend-monkey-monday-night-football/l31whyxmi5jl1vhjnztc0uk9i Elon Musk willing to sell $6billion in Tesla stock and donate it to solve world hunger: https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/01/elon-musk-offers-to-sell-6billion-in...

News Links for the Week: Another 'Let's Go Brandon' rap tops Apple Music chart: https://news.yahoo.com/another-lets-brandon-rap-tops-152300593.html Alec Baldwin 'discharged' prop gun that left cinematographer dead and director hospitalized on 'Rust' movie set: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/woman-fatally-shot-another-injured-on-the-set-of-alec-baldwin-movie-rust-015205941.html 'Nightmare on E...

News Links of the Week: Robot Dogs Now Have Assault Rifles Mounted On Their Backs: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42717/robot-dogs-can-now-have-6-5mm-assault-rifles-mounted-on-their-backs 'It all happened over cheese eggs': Man says Waffle House waitress pulled gun on him: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/man-says-waffle-house-waitress-pulled-gun-on-him Woman rocked awake by meteorite chunk...

News Links for the Week: Metro Nashville files lawsuit to shut down hot tub on wheels: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2021/10/07/nashville-hot-tub-on-wheels-lawsuit/6026160001/ Man who has lived on raw meat (including chicken) for three years says his body is filled with energy: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/man-who-has-lived-on-raw-meat-including-chicken-for-three-year...

News Links for the Week: Shakira- Singer attacked by a pair of wild boars: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58747464 Museum pays artist $84K — he delivers 2 blank canvases titled ‘Take the Money and Run’: https://nypost.com/2021/09/29/museum-pays-artist-84k-he-delivers-2-blank-canvases-titled-take-the-money-and-run/ 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself: https://www.bbc.com/new...

News Links for the Week: Taliban foot soldiers need to stop having so much fun and taking selfies, Afghanistan's new defense minister says: https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-foot-soldiers-told-to-stop-having-fun-and-taking-selfies-wsj-2021-9 FedEx fires driver who refused to deliver to homes with flags representing BLM, Biden administration: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fedex-fires-driver-refu...

News Links for the Week: Scorned wife raids ex-husband’s cryogenics lab stealing frozen brains of people who hoped to be brought back to life: https://www.the-sun.com/news/3637574/scorned-wife-raids-ex-husbands-lab/ 101-Year-Old Woman Is Still Working on a Lobster Boat With No Plans To Retire: https://en.the-argos.com/101-year-old-woman-is-still-working-on-a-lobster-boat-with-no-plans-to-retire/ 7...

News Links for the Week: Bishop Sycamore High School scandal: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Sycamore_High_School_scandal Bishop Sycamore new football coach: ‘We do not offer curriculum; We are not a school’: https://www.al.com/sports/2021/09/bishop-sycamore-new-football-coach-we-do-not-offer-curriculum-we-are-not-a-school.html How did artifacts, thousands of years old, turn up in a Missis...

Not an episode proper this week but I got to sit down and talk with John's rich and more attractive boss Shane Spiller!

News Links for the Week: Man Photographed As A Baby On 'Nevermind' Cover Sues Nirvana For Sexual Exploitation: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/25/1030918537/spencer-elden-nirvana-nevermind-baby-cover-lawsuit?fbclid=IwAR0_hOZI37ZDZFCIEPsV5HHkBm4R0kMJy64CHpK8Ha1kgOuU_YbUROzhrrs Harvard University’s new chief chaplain is … an atheist: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/28/harvard-university-c...