Hard Factor
Summary: Barstool Sports daily news podcast. A quick 30ish minute daily news suppository for people who think cable anchors don't scream at each other enough. Designed to give you just enough information to make you sound knowledgeable at the water cooler, but not knowledgeable enough to put you on a government no-fly list.
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Stormy Daniels released a description of President Trump's hog and set the internet on fire with Mario-Cart memes. Great White Sharks are gathering in a massive feeding frenzy in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, scaring the shit out of anyone who thinks about being in the area. Merriam-Webster takes a trip to the Soft Corner for adding a bunch of ridiculous words to the dictionary, and other top headlines.
The Chinese government is secretly arresting it's most rich and famous citizens to punish them for tax evasion. Coca-Cola is thinking about striking a deal with a cannabis company to make infused beverages, which is amazing. Elon Musk is getting sued for calling someone a “pedo guy” and has his very first volunteer to fly on his SpaceX spaceship, and other headlines.
A border patrol agent in Laredo, TX was arrested for killing several hookers over the last few weeks. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl when he was in high school, in the 80s, by trying to remove her bathing suit at a house party. A rogue Mariachi band opened fire on a public square in Mexico City, and other headlines from the weekend.
Several NYPD officers were arrested for running an alleged prostitution and gambling ring (sounds fun), the new iPhones are announced and nerds all over world are feeling the friction in their pants, baby boomers are embracing weed more than ever before, and other headlines to keep you up-to-date.
War games begin between China and host nation Russia. An Oregon man was exonerated from a 50-year sentence with the help of a labrador retriever. Crack pipe vending machines popped up in Long Island, and other headlines.
Hurricane Florence has its sights set on the Carolinas and Virginia. A wild stabbing in Paris leaves seven injured, and features some mob justice. A Louisiana Mayor takes a trip to the Soft Corner for banning Nike in his rec rooms, and other headlines.
Serena Williams has a hard day at the US Open. A GOP fundraiser allegedly abused his mistress. A woman who mistook a stick of dynamite for a candle blew her finger clean off, and other headlines from over the weekend.
The New York Times has released an Op-ed piece from a “Senior Official” at the White House that gives “insane” details about the inner workings of the White House. A man in Virginia erected an electric fence around the perimeter of his residence for keep school kids off his lawn. Fraternities all over North America are banning hard liquor, and other headlines including natural disasters, sick people on a plane, and Kavanaugh confirmation hearings day 2.
Bob Woodward is releasing a new book about the Trump administration on 9/11/18. Nike and Colin Kaepernick have set the internet ablaze with their new ad campaign. The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearing had a wild first day with 70 protestor arrests, and all kinds of other controversy. The FBI makes a bust on people who stole Ruby Slippers in Minnesota, and other headlines about Elon Musk and the New Jersey GoFundMe couple/homeless veteran.
Footage was released of a mother in Texas going on a high speed police chase with her baby in the car. President Trump and Meghan McCain have engaged in a shade rivalry. An Arby's drive-thru sign got turned into racist joke, and other top headlines from over the weekend.
A wild opening to the Governor's race in Florida, a new committee commissioned by the White House to discover all the negative effects of marijuana, a homeless man in Philadelphia sues his GoFundMe benefactors, and a Lightning Round of other headlines.
STD rates are higher than ever in the US, but Canada is coming to save the day with sex doll brothels. The death toll in Puerto Rico was about 46 times higher than originally reported. ELON'S WORLD: Elon Musk doubles down on his “pedo guy” claim. Other big headlines including 3D printed guns, fashion “implants,” and NAFTA.
Today's Hard Factor covers a cold case being worked by a sad old man that could somehow affect the Mueller investigation, a teacher in Ohio issuing an oddly incendiary school assignment to his sixth grade class, a Houston area man getting arrested for a road rage shooting at “incompetent women,” and Zafar the horny dolphin in France that shut down a beach with his aggressive flirting.
Topics on todays show include a mass shooting in Jacksonville at a Madden tournament, the best eulogy for John McCain you will hear this week, more news from the Vatican about Catholic Church abuses, and updates on NAFTA renegotiation progress.
Verizon gets tossed in the Soft Corner for being a bunch of profit obsessed assholes, to the point of hampering California wildfire relief efforts. We also cover other headlines, including a rash of terrifying murders in Cancun, ancient human subspecies interbreeding with one another and having children, and people are now literally lighting themselves on fire for the “Fire Challenge.”