Month: February 2024

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NBN Book of the Day - Klaus Schmider, “Hitler’s Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States” (Cambridge UP, 2021)

Hitler's decision to declare war on the United States has baffled generations of historians. In this revisionist new history of those fateful months, Klaus H. Schmider seeks to uncover the chain of events which would incite the German leader to declare war on the United States in December 1941. 

In Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States (Cambridge UP, 2021), Schmider provides new insights not just on the problems afflicting German strategy, foreign policy and war production but, crucially, how they were perceived at the time at the top levels of the Third Reich. Schmider sees the declaration of war on the United States not as an admission of defeat or a gesture of solidarity with Japan, but as an opportunistic gamble by the German leader. This move may have appeared an excellent bet at the time, but would ultimately doom the Third Reich.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Eggs

Every day around the world, over a billion eggs are consumed. 

Eggs have become a staple food product used both by itself and as an ingredient in other products. 

Humans have been consuming eggs of one sort or another for thousands of years, and today, there is a whole system around the production and consumption of eggs that most people are totally unaware of. 

Learn more about eggs, their history, and how they are produced and consumed today on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO426: In Defense of Virtue Signaling

First off... I'M BACK ON OPENING ARGUMENTS!!! Good court thingies! Please please please go check it out! patreon.com/law!   OK after that announcement, I wanted to talk about something that has been on my mind for a few months, ever since the NHL announced they were banning pride tape. While I used to be way more cynical back in the day about corporatized pride and that kind of virtual signaling, I now feel completely differently and I wanted to talk about the evolution.   Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! Please please pretty please support the show on patreon! You get ad free episodes, early episodes, and other bonus content!
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What A Day - The Question Of Trump’s Eligibility

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a case considering whether or not Donald Trump can be removed from the ballot in Colorado because of his role in the Jan. 6th insurrection. Most of the justices, including a number of the liberal justices, seemed convinced by at least one argument from the defense: that an individual state can't disqualify candidates in a national election without Congress specifically granting them that power. We’re joined by Melissa Murray, professor of law at NYU and co-host of Crooked’s Strict Scrutiny podcast, to learn more about the hearing and what comes next.

And in headlines: a Special Counsel report into President Biden’s handling of sensitive government documents cleared Biden of committing any crimes, the FCC said that it’s immediately outlawing robocalls that feature AI voices, and a high school football team from the town of Lahaina is headed to the Super Bowl this weekend.

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The NewsWorthy - No Charges for Biden, Rare Putin Interview & Scarf Bombing – Friday, February 9, 2024

The news to know for Friday, February 9, 2024!

We’re talking about the special counsel’s new report into President Biden’s classified documents; it doesn’t recommend criminal charges, but Biden could still face political backlash. We’ll tell you why.

Plus: a recall impacting food at popular grocery stores (that Erica was personally affected by), how an iconic piece of Paris is making it into this year’s Olympic medals, and what’s at stake at this weekend’s Super Bowl that’s poised to break records.

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Short Wave - Clownfish Might Be Counting Their Potential Enemies’ Stripes

At least, that's what a group of researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University thinks. The team recently published a study in the journal Experimental Biology suggesting that Amphiphrion ocellaris, or clown anemonefish, may be counting. Specifically, the authors think the fish may be looking at the number of vertical white stripes on each other as well as other anemonefish as a way to identify their own species. Not only that — the researchers think that the fish are noticing the minutiae of other anemonefish's looks because of some fishy marine geopolitics.

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The Daily Signal - Transgender Series Part 3: Detransitioner Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Medical malpractice lawsuits on behalf of detransitioners harmed by experimental treatments euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” will yield multimillion-dollar judgments, a lawyer filing such suits predicts.


Ron Miller helped found the law firm Campbell Miller Payne, which represents people who formerly identified as transgender, underwent medical alterations, then rejected their transgender identities, and now lament the harm done to their bodies.


These detransitioners are suing their doctors and medical providers for damages in a novel kind of medical malpractice claim.


“A troubled youth—typically with either a bad family life or suffering from several psychological comorbidities, such as autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety, anorexia, dissociative identity disorders ... will show up to a practitioner stating that they're uncomfortable with their body or [that] they have odd feelings,” Miller tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.”


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The Best One Yet - 🚽 “The Toilet Bowl” — The Super Bowl’s bathroom strategy. McDonald’s $18 Big Mac. Arm’s Shakespearean computer chip.

The stadium hosting the Super Bowl has 1,400 toilets and urinals — But those drains aren’t for your bladder, they’re for your wallet.

McDonald’s CEO was forced to address the viral $18 Big Mac combo meal — That $18 Big Mac is both an economic story… and a psychology story.

And the stock of Arm computer chips surged 50% yesterday — Because it’s the William Shakespeare of chips.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | The NFL’s Concussion Settlement Farce

The NFL's concussion settlement was meant to provide financial support and medical help for players who developed traumatic brain injuries from the sport. So why are so many players denied the help they need?


Guest: Will Hobson, sports reporter for the Washington Post.


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Pod Save America - Will the Supreme Court Upend 2024?

Republicans find creative new ways to humiliate themselves for Donald Trump. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Colorado’s 14th amendment case against Trump, and Special Counsel Robert Hur won't charge Biden for mishandling classified documents. Then, Jon and Dan put their dignity on the line and place bets on the Super Bowl in our new game: All Bets Are (Shaken) Off.

 

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