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In this week's episode, our quote is from management author Peter Drucker on the difference between efficiency and effectiveness.  In the stupidest thing I've heard all week, we'll tell you where and why people are gluing their hands to roadway pavement and airport tarmacs.  We'll talk about some new massive solar farms that have come online in California and the impact of the new...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from Economist & political philosopher Friedrich Hayek on equality. In our science segment will explain relative humidity, dew point, and the difference between wet bulb and dry bulb temperature readings. We then segue into two related topics, one of which is the alleged "Record-breaking heat wave in Phoenix" and something called &...

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week is from the late economist Milton Friedman on who & what is responsible for inflation.  In our "Stupidest thing I've heard all week" segment, we'll play a short clip of voting-age young people who can't name three other countries besides the United States and have never heard of a place called "Utah."  In our run...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from Winston Churchill on the difference between pessimists & optimists. In our Stupidest Thing, I've Heard all week segment, we have two contenders. You decide the winner: Why installing a ring doorbell camera might mean that you are a racist California legislators want to force judges to consider a person's skin color when handing...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, on why we need to stop electing lawyers to political office. In the stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, we'll tell you about the parents of a teenage boy who sued their school board because their son & his girlfriend had sex in their son's car in the school parkin...

In this week's episode, our quote is from the late Dr. Martin Luther King on why the Black Supremacy movement is as dangerous as the White Supremacy movement.  In the stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, we'll tell you about a county suing the oil companies for costs incurred during a heat wave in 2001.  We'll tell you about a mother in Chicago who ordered her 14-year-old s...

In today's Podcast, we remind you that today is this Summer Solstice, with the most daylight of any day of the year.   Our quote of the day is another by Thomas Sowell on why using facts when debating ignorant people with a sense of moral superiority wastes your time.  In the stupidest thing I've heard all week, we'll tell you about a government agency that fined itself a quarter of a...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from Thomas Sowell, who tells you the difference between telling people the truth vs. telling them what they want to hear.  If you've ever barbecued over a charcoal fire, we'll tell you what famous businessman you can thank for commercializing charcoal briquettes and why he did it.  In our "Stupidest thing I've heard all week&qu...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day is from Abraham Lincoln, recently used in a debate on Transgender men competing in women's sports. In our stupidest thing I've heard all week, we'll play you a clip of a man asking a variety of young adults some straightforward questions, such as "How many eggs are there in a dozen?" and their inability to answer those simple q...

In this week's episode, we repeat a previous quote from Benjamin Franklin on why the government should not make a living in poverty comfortable and tie that quote back to the new work requirement for food stamp benefits that is part of the new proposed debt ceiling cap legislation.  In our stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, I'll tell you about a $350,000 grant the Department...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from the late NFL Football coach Bum Phillips on when you actually become a failure and it has nothing to do with how many times you failed.  In our stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, we have 3 contenders:  The first is a Congresswoman who keeps asking an FBI whistle-blower about the content, a Tweet from the Twitter account that h...

In this week's podcast, our quote of the day is another by Nobel Award-winning Physicist John Feynman on the difference between education and intelligence.  Producer Susan fills us in on where the practice of celebrating Memorial Day began.  We'll tell you how much $100 invested in Berkshire Hathaway would be worth today. The answer might stun you.  In the stupidest thing I've heard al...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day is from Physicist Richard Feynman on why knowledge isn't free and what you have to pay to acquire it.  In the stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, we have a network news anchor proclaiming that the U.S. experienced 23 mass shooting incidents in just the prior week (more than 3 per day every day of the week)  In our science minute/thi...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from actor Denzel Washington on things he would like to see come back in style.  In our "Stupidest thing I've heard all week" segment, I was wrong about something I included in this segment last week and explained why.  In our science segment, we'll tell you about the first and only woman to win two Nobel Prizes, and Producer S...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from poet Maya Angelou.  We have two contenders in our "The stupidest thing I've heard all week " segment. The first is a US Congresswoman who wants the Department of Transportation to spend $40 million to create and use female crash test dummies in their vehicle crash tests, and the other is a story about five police officers bein...

In this week's episode, our quote of the week is from author Thomas Sowell on why studying history is essential.  In our "Stupidest thing I've heard all week" segment, we have two contenders:  The first is a short video from a woman in a supermarket who is outraged because she thinks the store is selling "Lion meat" because she doesn't know the difference in spellin...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day is from Groucho Marx, describing the art of politics.  In the stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, we'll tell you about one state that wants to make it illegal for landlords to run credit checks on potential tenants.  We'll tell you why Whole Foods is closing down one of its flagship stores in a major U.S. city just 12 months aft...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day is from Winston Churchill on the biggest problem with Democracies.   I'll share with you a list of words & phrases used by politicians and the media that I'm tired of hearing and why.   In the stupidest thing I've heard all week, I'll tell you how MSN described the death of the Nashville school shooter. We'll update you on th...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day is from the late football legend Vince Lombardi on the price of success.   In a related piece, we'll share eight personal characteristics essential for success regardless of your chosen profession and that require zero special talents. In our "News & Perspective" segment, we'll tell you why the widely reported claim of "Th...

In this week's episode of the Jerzee Joe Podcast, we catch up on a few things we didn't have time to cover and keep it a little lighter as we stay away from politics and focus on some interesting (but important) trivia. Our quote of the day is by Nobel award-winning physicist Richard Feynman.  In the stupidest thing I've heard this week, we have two contenders: The first is from a  col...

In this week's episode, we had so much to talk about that we ran out of time, and the podcast got stopped just as we began this week's taxpayer relief shot. We will cover that truncated item in full during next week's podcast and several other things we teased but needed more time to get to this week. So what did we have time to cover? Our quote of the week by Thomas Sowell on why some intelligent...

In this week's podcast, our quote of the day is from Winston Churchill, who points outs the biggest problems with capitalism and socialism. We'll share an audio clip of some listener feedback. In our stupidest thing I've heard all week segment, we'll tell you about a claim that this country has experienced almost 100 mass shootings this year and why that claim is idiotic. We'll tell you how much N...

In this week's podcast, our quote of the day is from Eleanor Roosevelt, describing how to tell the difference between great minds and small minds. I'll tell you how long and how much money it costs to get my Concealed weapon to carry permit in New Jersey and how the New Jersey process compares to other states. We'll tell you what might be a new US record for the most egregious speeding violation i...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day will be an audio clip from Florida Sheriff Grady Judd on what the State of Florida and his police department are doing to prevent school shootings in that state and in his county. We'll update you on the shooting deaths of three Michigan State University students last week and how a plea deal offered to the shooter in 2019 might be responsible for their...

In this week's episode, our quote of the day is from a very well know Senator about the importance of Fathers in the home. Our first story is related to that quote and how the lack of a father's guidance resulted in a young boy with a gun dying in a shootout. In the "Stupidest thing I've heard all week" segment, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough makes a ridiculous claim regarding the frequency of mass sh...