The one about the latest Musk drama, attention seeking politicians, 70s string art, Sri Lanka, the Queen of Canada

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SpaceX employees feels more calm with Musk focused on Twitter. Elon is like the man behind the curtain, desperately pulling levers. Attention seekers: Musk, MTG, George Santos, Andrew Tate, and others.

Elon Musk is focused on Twitter, and his SpaceX employees feel a weight lifted off their shoulders with no Musk breathing down their necks. He and so many others are attention seekers. In his case it's costing him billions. For others, such as Marjorie Taylor Green, Andrew Tate, and George Santos, it was a key to their success.

Santos has appealed to the crass sensibilities of the right, while engaging in the very activities the right claims to hate, in a similar strategy to that of Hershel Walker and Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is in a pickle, with his claim that the vaccine solved millions of lives, as his supporters believe the vaccine was actually a tracking device, or whatever.

Kevin and Mark think 70s style, string art depicting today's silly politicians is a great idea.

Twitter has $1.5 billion (or three Bezos' yachts, and more than Trump lost in one year) in interest payments due. Mark doesn't need the billions Musk has, because Mark has the things he needs in life, unlike Musk.

Sri Lanka's economy is collapsing. The prime minister of New Zealand is resigning.

Mark and Kevin are in favor of defunding things that don't work, whether it's the police or their dishwashers.

The show takes a dark turn, discussing the murders in Moscow, Idaho, the Leopold and Loeb murder, and the Slender Man murder (actually, attempted murder. Mark and Kevin discuss the mistakes made in crimes, and touch on a bike riding bank robber, and a woman who stole a million dollars and had plastic surgery.

The show, Power Slap is upsetting and exploitative, which leads to a discussion of the "Queen of Canada" who has convinced followers to stop paying their bills. And QAnon convinced people to leave their families and jobs to wait for JFK Jr.

Mark and Kevin wonder what's more hazardous, children or hard drugs. Kevin's kid is going to be home schooled for the rest of the year. The plan is to go to Europe in the middle of the semester. This somehow leads back to a discussion of Elon Musk.

They discuss compulsions and the difference between compulsive behavior and just bad decisions. This leads to a discussion about the Guinness Book of World Records. Some records are a choice and some are happenstance.

Kevin and friends thought they broke the record for most four leaf clovers found in one setting. They found 21 four leaf clovers in Carbondale Colorado.

SpaceX Is Calmer While Elon Musk's Focus Is on Twitter: Employees
Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Musk with unpalatable options | Ars Technica
70s String Art - Pinterest
Sri Lanka's Economic Collapse
Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
Moscow Idaho murders
Leopold and Loeb
Slender Man Stabbing
Rope - Hitchcock movie based on Leopold Loeb
The Category 1 Bike Racer Who Became a Bank Robber
Ana Walshe murder
Bank Clerk Who Stole $600K, Got Plastic Surgery, and Went on the Run Caught After 26 Years
Power Slap
The "Queen of Canada"
She's a witch!
Why he cut his nails after 66 years - Guinness World Records
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - bendy person disease
Most Four Leaf Clovers