Let’s Weekend #407 – $300k for Nothing

Let's Weekend

English - April 04, 2024 15:48 - 1 hour - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: Let’s Weekend #406 – Another Neverending Story

Next Episode: Let’s Weekend #408 – Breaching The South

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the awful bridge collapse in Baltimore, how the former RNC chair got paid to do nothing, and the new grift from Trump.

Intro

What Are We Up To?

C: Poor Things, Balatro, MLB The Show 24

P: Achieved Master rank on SF6 and taking the opportunity to improve as a video editor, treading lightly with Little Akiba Games as a new gaming culture war flares up, Smashpad’s relaxation of review formats may bring me back to writing those.

B: Dragon’s Dogma II, Stellar Blade Demo, books, Easter stuff

Brandon’s Random Factoid

Assholes of the Week: The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a giant container ship crashed into it, clearing the channel of debris will take weeks

Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud charges

NBC hired former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, then said she wouldn’t be on air after employees complained, and then dropped her entirely after outcry succeeds

Trump is selling $60 “God Bless The USA” Bibles

Heroes of the Week: The next US Census will have new race/ethnicity options for MENA and Hispanic/Latino

Cheeseburger Doritos are back!

Good riddance to Senator Joe Lieberman

RIP Louis Gossett Jr

RFK Jr’s VP pick is Nicole Shanahan

Boeing’s CEO Dave Calhoun has stepped down