#108 - Tunisia in hot water and El Salvador protesting Bitcoin

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Brexit, China, Portland, Tunisia… we go all over the world on this episode and have fun talking about it.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfireIntro song links: Spotify Apple MusicPlease subscribe to us on YouTube and Rumble to watch videos after they are published.Follow us on Instagram for random funny picsFollow us on Facebook to get notified of LIVE! episode recordings and to join the chat!Links discussed in episode:Retailers blame Brexit as food shortages sweep across Scotland's storesIn 'frank' talks, China accuses U.S. of creating 'imaginary enemy'Portland is down to one full-time traffic officer as speeding tickets plummetBreaking: The President of #Tunisia has fired the Prime Minister, dissolved the Tunisian parliament, and has assumed executive power of the country. (Conflicts) Movement describes the move by the President as a "coup" It is encouraging people to take to the streets in rejection of the decision from the President. Tunisian President says further measures will be taken and announced at a later time. Tunisian President carried out his actions under Article 80 of the constitution according to media reports. Parliament SUSPENDED, not fully dissolved.JUST IN - Tunisian president imposes a one-month curfew, the movement of people and vehicles is prohibited from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.Group of Salvadorans Take to the Streets to Protest El Salvador's New Bitcoin Law – Bitcoin NewsTIL:TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priestToday I learned that NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal only scored one three-pointer in his entire career.TIL the medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are made from metals recovered from recycled cell phones collected since 2017.TIL the Romans believed eyelashes fell out from excessive sex, so women would use cosmetics to make their eyelashes look fuller and longer to demonstrate their chastity.TIL that hippo sweat contains a chemical that has an SPF factor to prevent them from getting sunburned.Shower Thoughts:Wall•E is a movie about a character named Eve who gains forbidden knowledge and as a result humanity has to leave paradise to take up a life of hard manual labor.There isn’t a single sport that wouldn’t be made better by putting a giant angry bull in the middleMost of society is a scam designed to keep us preoccupied until we finally lay down and die.The reason the washing machine only ever eats one sock is because when it eats a pair we don’t notice itAt some point in life, there was a stranger who got disappointed of how your voice sounded when you started talking.Professors are human programmers. Psychologists are human debuggers.If the Earth was flat we could see the top of Mt. Everest from anywhere on Earth.When an athlete doesn't quite win a medal, they weren't the hero of the story...they were the final boss.