Idiots On Parade, the Too Ugly for TV Podcast

This week, comedian Dobie Maxwell joins the idiots for fun and merriment. 00:00 Welcome! 00:32 A Really Smart Comment 04:07 Outrage over the movie The Fall Guy 12:50 Legal Failures 22:32 Influencers 28:49 Rob Marciano, Fired 32:15 New York Times Investigation The breakdown: —People are amusing. You can say something plainly, in their native language, it can be a simple concept, and yet they will find a way to be so dumb they miss the point (and the truth) entirely. Basically, Jake and nathan made very clear statements about the idiot college kids protesting the Israel/Palestine conflict, and someone who was either (a) not paying attention, or (b) is too partisan to see reality, took umbrage. Let’s clear things up, shall we? —It’s one of our favorite topics: the outrage machine! Something (anything) happens, and dumb people react on Twitter. Should they be listened to, or ignored? Ignored, right? And yet, a reporter with no real morals or values knows that clickbait is the most important thing out there, so they round up several tweets by idiots and write the article, “People are Angry!” Well, no one is really angry, and no one should care about the four people who are. As nathan states (too many times) in the video: The Fall Guy is a fun movie. Go see it. (Side note: a quick discussion is also had regarding Elon Musk buying Twitter and then giving it the worst rebrand since New Coke.) —This one is baffling. Prosecutors had slam dunk cases with both Bill Cosby & Harvey Weinstein… AND THEY BOTCHED BOTH OF THEM!! (All caps = serious business.) Come on… how do you screw up so badly that Cosby gets set free, and Harvey gets a conviction overturned. It’s absurd. (Side note: discussions of Russell Simmons taking his money and fleeing the country a la Roman Polanski are had.) —Kim Kardashian promoted a “vampire facial,” where you get your face poked by a needle until you’re covered in your own blood… And that’s supposed to be good for you. Well, two practitioners contracted HIV, so… Good luck with that. (Side note: who knew Logan Paul was behind the energy drink, Prime? I mean, it was a horrible drink to begin with, but seriously: if you’re taking advice from Kim Kardashian or Logan Paul, ya kinda deserve anything bad that happens to you.) —I didn’t know who Rob Marciano was until the story hit that he’d been fired by ABC. Apparently he was a weatherman on Good Morning America, and he had a temper. A weatherman with a temper. There is just something so amusing about that. —Oh, the clickbait headline… Everyone loves it, right? Well, The NY Times had a doozy of one. The clickbait was, “Study shows side effects of COVID vaccine!!!!” Very scary, right? The outcome? .0001% of people have an adverse reaction to the vaccination. So… Yeah. “Ooooh, scary.” Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com Angry Man Photo by Photo by Andrea Piacquadio, via Pexels.

00:00 Welcome! 00:26 George Santos 08:39 Maxwell Azzarello 10:32 Isra Hirsi 22:33 Red State, Blue State 26:12 Elon Musk 33:15 Endangered Species The breakdown: —The man with no shame does it again… George Santos recorded a Cameo for NAMBLA. Well, not NAMBLA proper, they didn’t hire him. Someone hired him as a joke, giving him a script for NAMBLA to see if he’d say he supports the group, and because he’s dumb and greedy, Santos went for it. —Maxwell Azzarello has a fanbase. We should’ve seen it coming… Whenever you discuss someone on the fringes of society, their fellow fringe-thinkers come out in droves. Insult dummies who believe the earth is flat? Flat-earthers arrive with pitchforks. Point out someone who set themselves on fire is insane? Insane people will call his cause just. Which means next week, we’ll have George Santos lovers yelling at us. —Ill-educated students are protesting the Israeli/Hamas conflict. Naturally, Ilhan Omar’s daughter got into the mix, and found herself banned from campus. Ah… to be young and dumb again, taking a multi-layered, complex issue, and breaking it down to black and white, and right and wrong. —Speaking of complex issues turned simple: Greenville, South Carolina, real estate agent Jen Hubbell wants to help your conservative family leave that awful liberal state you live in. By pitching South Carolina as an alternative to the woke agenda, she’s helping overly-partisan people move to a state that’s 42nd in education, and 8th in crime. Division is fun, isn’t it? We need to separate ourselves from one another more. —Headline: TESLA IS TANKING BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HATE ELON MUSK!! Reality: sales are down because now there’s affordable competition. That said, Elon isn’t doing himself any favors by aligning with the dumbest of the dumb on Twitter. —Nancy Teresa Gonzalez de Barberi, founder of the luxury handbag company Gzuniga, is going to jail for 18 months. Why? She was using endangered pythons to make purses. Gross. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, Lisa David Olsen joins the idiots to mock all that’s in the news. 00:00 Welcome! 00:56 Iran vs. Israel 03:33 Trump Owns Republican Party 13:17 Trump media 18:37 Maxwell Azzarello 25:50 Jesus vs. LGBTQ 29:29 Breakdancing in the Olympics The breakdown: —Last week, nathan said it looked like Iran’s “show of force” against Israel was all image, and BOOM! He was right. Iran launched their missiles, then said, “We showed them!” Of course, Israel had to respond to that, because apparently you can’t just take a W in the Middle East, so now we’re kinda in a holding pattern. —This is delicious… The Trump campaign now says that any Republican candidate who runs on Trump’s name… HAS TO PAY ROYALTIES TO THE DONALD. Honestly, we’re stunned he didn’t think of this sooner. It is genius, though. Donald Trump is the name, the face, the everything of the Republican Party, so if you want to associate with him, you should have to give a little kickback to the Donfather. Side conversations in this segment include Arizona’s new abortion law, and how Democrats win in Alabama. —Sure, the stock price of Trump Social (or Truth Social or whatever it is) lost over half its value since being released… but why would Donald care about that? It’s all found money to him. Sure, stupid investors are losing their butts, but that’s just hilarious. Oh, you trusted a Trump business? Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Casino, and Trump Airline didn’t give you a heads up as to how all Trump businesses do? Still, when you’re starting with zero, anything above that is a win. So, Trump is technically kicking ass, because it’s all found money. Side conversations here include My Pillow Guy Michael J. Lindell, and his ability to draw more crowds as a speaker than many celebrities. —The best headline I saw regarding conspiracy theorist nutbag Maxwell Azzarello was, “Florida Man Lights Self on Fire.” They had to throw in the Florida part, and God bless them for it. His manifesto showed such a unique brand of crazy, it’s not to be believed. —Churches everywhere are losing members, and more and more often, it’s because they hold antiquated, idiotic views regarding gay people. What does that cost them? Money. A new article showed a breakdown of spending by a Methodist gathering, and funds are dipping. —The Olympics have their finger on the pulse! They are in touch with the zeitgeist. They are allowing breakdancing, which was big in the 1980s, to be a part of the modern games. Well done, Olympics! Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, Anthony Eugenio joins the idiots to mock all that’s in the news. 00:00 Welcome! 01:06 Iran Gets Frisky 11:33 Christians vs. The Eclipse 17:13 Justice by Crime and Country 25:15 Catholics Double Down 30:17 Obesity in America The breakdown: —Hamas attacks Israel. Israel whomps the unholy hell out of the Gaza Strip. Iran thinks that’s no bueno, arms Hezbollah. Israel says, “Oh, F-you,” and bombs the Iranian Embassy in Syria, killing one of Iran’s biggest douchebags, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and other Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders… and now, Iran has launched a drone attack on Israel. What’s next? I suppose that’s what we’re about to find out… —I wish, I wish, I wish I could find a legitimate source for this next story. According to Reddit—noted home of QAnon and various other wonderful conspiracies—a Christian woman who believed the eclipse was a sign the rapture was upon us, went to a restaurant and tipped generously. And not “50%” generously, several hundred dollars on a $40 bill generous. Aaaaaand, when the rapture didn’t happen, again, she went returned and demanded her money back. Because of course she did. —Italy: come for the pasta, stay for the murder. Amanda Knox was in the news again, so nathan did a little digging… Did you know that Rudy Guede, the man who actually murdered Meredith Kercher, only got a 30-year prison sentence? Even better, he was released early, to finish his sentence doing community service. Seems they’re kinda light on crime there. Meanwhile, over in Vietnam, Truong My Lan was sentenced to death for a white collar crime. Man, God bless Vietnam! Imagine if the U.S.A. had put to death all the douchenozzles behind the economic collapse in 2008? (Or, for that matter, any economic collapse.) —Oh, Catholicism… your numbers are shrinking, and every time people are asked why they’ve left the church, they say, “It’s 2024. People are gay. Get over it.” So, what did the church just do? Double down on their anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. But wait, there’s more! They’ve added surrogacy to the list! Yes, if there’s one thing women love, it’s being told what they can and cannot do with their bodies. —TikTok: it’s where stupid people go to “learn.” Well, anti-diet influencers started telling people to listen to their gut when it came to diet. Eat right and exercise? That’s for losers. Your body will tell you what you’re supposed to eat, and if it’s telling you candy bars and donuts? More power to ya! Oh, and by the way, the food industry is backing these influencers, and you’re gonna gain weight and get fat if you listen to them. Who could have seen this coming? Anyone with an IQ above that of your average potato(e). Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the Idiots discuss 00:00 Welcome! 00:44 Eclipse 07:45 Trans Visibility Day 24:10 Oregon Drug Use 31:41 Amazon Grocery Store 35:33 Viewer Comment The breakdown: —Who knew we were still living in the dark ages, where an eclipse would send the dumbest of the dumb into a tizzy? Sure, they’re tracked, which means we know exactly when and where they’re going to happen, but they’re also A SIGN FROM GOD THAT AMERICA IS A SINFUL COUNTRY! —Who is stupider, Marjorie “Jewish Space Lasers” Greene, or the people who support and vote for her? Serious question, because she is just beyond dumb. Before she threw a fit over the eclipse, conservative commentators wet their pants and cried their eyes out because Trans Visibility Day fell on Easter. Most notably, Caitlyn Jenner joined in the chorus of idiots blaming Joe Biden for “declaring” Easter was Trans Visibility Day. —Oregon voted to decriminalize all drugs. How did that work out for them? Not well. Who saw it coming? EVERYBODY. —Amazon was going to revolutionize grocery shopping. You’d walk into a store, grab what you wanted, and walk out. AI and modern technology would keep track of everything and charge your Amazon account, easy-peasy. No clerks, no fuss, no muss. Except it never worked, and now they’re pulling the plug. Turns out, the “technology” was basically a big call center in India, with poorly-paid workers hunched over computer screens, watching footage of shoppers. —We respond to a troll who likes Trump more than reality. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the Idiots discuss 00:00 Welcome! 00:36 ISIS Attacks Russia 07:44 Francis Scott Key Bridge 16:16 Trump Bibles for Sale 27:41 Columbia Breaks up with Israel 29:02 Twitter Loses Lawsuit 32:53 Candice Owens Gets Fired The breakdown: —Vladimir Putin wanted the ISIS attack on the Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow to be Ukraine so badly. He still wants Ukraine to be involved. We discuss the joys of living in a police state (dictatorship)—namely the ability to beat the unholy hell out of captured terrorists—as well as the downside—state controlled media. —Six people lost their lives when the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. That tragedy should give people pause to reflect and discuss the event with respectful tones, right? Ha! Not when conservatives (as well as insane people, like Alex Jones and Kevin Sorbo) are involved. Tragedies are meant to be twisted, don’t ‘cha know? What really caused the Dali to hit the bridge? Nothing being spewed by Fox News, that’s for sure. (Side note: the idiots also discuss the stupidest of the stupid among us, QAnon believers, and how they believe conspiracies over the truth every single time.) —The Idiots love Donald Trump. That’s all there is to it. Imagine how beautiful it would be to have insanely loyal followers like he does. He said it himself: he could shoot someone, and his followers wouldn’t bat an eye. And now he’s selling the dumbest of the dumb bibles. —Columbia is done with Israel. Did they break off diplomatic ties? Nah, Columbian president Gustavo Petro sent a Tweet. Well done, Gustavo. —Speaking of Twitter, Elon Musk just lost an obvious lawsuit. He’s a champion for free speech, which is fine, but you can’t be both a champion of free speech, and cry foul when it’s pointed out that hate speech increased under your watch. When you allow the worst of the worst to spew their stupid on Twitter, don’t be surprised when you’re called out. Elon tried to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate, and because facts matter (sometimes), the case was tossed. Go justice. —What kind of world do we live in where two hate-filled people can’t get along and hate together? Ben Shapiro and Candice Owens are perfect together on paper. So, Ben hired Candice to spread garbage on his garbage site, The Daily Wire, but for reasons unknown to the outside world, they couldn’t make it work. Oh well. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the Idiots discuss 00:00 The Supreme Court, Immigration 06:28 The Supreme Court, Cowboys for Trump 09:55 Princess Kate follow up 11:44 Trump Takes Over the RNC 18:14 Insurance in the USA 27:16 Julia Reel vs. The Hubbard Inn 35:18 Student Debt Forgiveness & Ozempic Babies The breakdown: —The Supreme Court let a lower court’s ruling stand, stating Texas could act independent of the federal government, and deal with immigrants crossing their border. This caused a second lower court to say, “No, Texas can’t!” which means it’s gonna get kicked back up to SCOTUS. Meanwhile, Republicans continue to run on the border problem, which they could have ended, had they voted for the border bill they wrote. It’s quite fascinating. —Couy Griffin, a New Mexico resident who founded “Cowboys for Trump,” was kicked off a ballot for public office. “But SCOTUS said Trump couldn’t be kicked off ballots!” he argued. True, but Trump wasn’t convicted of being involved in an insurrection. Griffin was. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy. —Well, we certainly hope that everyone involved with freaking out about Princess Kate being MIA feels bad right now. The poor woman (mom) has cancer. Leave her be, why don’t ya? —This is pretty amazing: Donald Trump is being honest. He’s taken over the RNC, and is now openly telling donors that their money will first be put to use paying his legal bills… and THEN used to get Republicans elected to office. And yet, people still throw money at him, the “billionaire.” Amazing. (Side discussions of the idiotic Republican impeachment hearings against Biden take place here.) —Insurance giant State Farm is going to stop insuring some homes in California. Other insurance companies don’t cover squat in Florida. Yeah, that’s insurance. They want to take your money, and they don’t want to pay out. So if you live in a (say it with me) high risk area, they’re either going to charge you massive premiums, or not cover you. That’s the game. (Side discussions of Don Lemon interviewing Elon Musk take place here.) —Julia Reel got kicked out of the Hubbard Inn (a Chicago based bar & restaurant), and wasn’t happy about it. She went on TikTok, made a video claiming she’d been thrown down the stairs, and it went viral. Well, “Not so fast,” said the Hubbard Inn, and then posted security footage of their staff being completely respectful to the newly nicknamed “Julia Smollett.” The Hubbard Inn is fighting back with a lawsuit against Julia. Can’t wait to see how it plays out. —And in closing… More student debt is being forgiven, and women supposedly on birth control are getting pregnant if they take Ozempic. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the Idiots discuss: 00:00 Princess Catherine 08:41 James and Jennifer Crumbly are guilty 21:57 Fani Willis 28:23 COVID vaccinations and political parties 34:57 Aaron Bushnell The breakdown: —Princess Catherine, is she alive, is she dead? Who knows? The Shadow? Who knew a simple photoshop could turn into a massive, silly and stupid scandal. And most importantly, why in God’s name does anyone care? —Hopefully we’re making headway when it comes to gun violence. Who is responsible for raising a garbage kid? The parents. Well, now two parents in Michigan, the parents of Ethan Robert Crumbley, have been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Good. (Side discussions of Alex Jones, Kanye West, and Cardi B take place here.) —Trump is on trial in Georgia, and though he’s guilty, guilty, guilty, focus was taken off the case because Fani Willis and Nathan Wade couldn’t not get naked with one another. —Republicans are dying from COVID at a much higher rate than Democrats. Why? Because they believe the vaccinations are full of microchips, blood clotting agents, and whatever else they’ve been told to believe by Newsmax, Fox, and OAN. It’s pretty funny, actually. (Side discussions of Trump flip-flopping on banning TikTok here.) —Want to protest something? Light yourself on fire! Will your idiot move change anything? Nope! But hey, maybe you’ll get a street named after you! Winning! Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the Idiots discuss 00:00 President Biden’s State of the Union address, as well as the insane response by Kate Britt. 08:53 A German fella decided to get the COVID vaccine 217 times. He needs a new hobby. 13:30 Liberal cities are finally tackling crime… in an election year. Shocking! 18:26 Immigration… Republicans tanked a bill they wrote. Why? 22:22 Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the dumbest people on the planet, is also a hypocrite. Shocking! 30:35 A Texas mom is in trouble, but should she be? 34:04 Madonna: just how weak is her ego? Specific discussions include: —The unhinged fears of the left and right. Conservatives freak out over immigration, but don’t seem to care about gun violence, or women’s reproductive rights. At the same time, liberals are so concerned with language use, idiots like Ilham Omar started crying the instant Biden used the term “illegal alien” (or immigrant, I forget) to describe an illegal immigrant. (Even worse, social media algorithms fear language of all sorts.) —If the COVID vaccination is so deadly, then why is the German fella who took it nonstop for two years fine ’n’ dandy? —Jake is suspicious, and probably right. New York City and San Francisco are both changing their ineffective stances on crime. Is it because they’ve finally realized that letting criminals run riot doesn’t work for anyone, or is it because it’s an election year, and Democrats know they’re gonna get hammered on crime? (Even though rates everywhere (except Oakland, CA) are declining.) —Immigration: Republicans demanded a border bill. Then they wrote one. Democrats said, “We’ll vote for it!” and Biden said, “I’ll sign it.” So, did Republicans pass it? Of course not. If they had, they couldn’t use immigration as a scare tactic and garner votes from dumb people. —MTG… she tries to say reality is a conspiracy theory (“Election 2020 was stolen!”) while propping up the most outlandish, hateful, anti-semitic conspiracies herself. And when confronted? She lashes out. Because that’s what horrible people do. —Is Jennifer Lynn Rossi a great mom, or a dumb one? She exacted revenge on her son’s bully, and in a clever way. But the story is vague… We’ll explain how/why. —Madonna… instead of allowing people to enjoy her concert in their own way, she has to ask why one person is sitting down, only to discover the person is in a wheelchair. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Voters in Michigan wanted to send a message, and send a message they did. Over 100,000 people shouted loud and proud, “We don’t know anything about history, we’re not smart, but we are passionate about the nonsense we believe!” Or, to put it another way, 100,000 Democrats acted like Democrats. Good job, dummies. Your protest vote was done in an echo chamber. You must be the reason for all those gross step-sibling videos on adult websites, since you isolate from information the same way the royal family isolates their genetic structure. Following that, a whole slew of nonsense to make fun of: Lauren Boebert is in the news, but not because she gave another guy a handy in public. No. The woman who screams about “family values” and Hunter Biden, and has been arrested herself, is going through a messy divorce involving a restraining order and separated husband arrest… Just watched her son get arrested and charged with 22 crimes. It’s glorious, and deserving. Also: Mary Poppins is a hateful, horrible movie full of racial slurs, Texas Tech DB Tyler Owens shows the world he’s one of the stupidest people out there, and Kamila Grabska, of Ireland, lost almost a million dollars in an insurance scam after she forgot to pretend to be injured… And entered a Christmas tree throwing competition. Oh, and a quick touch on student debt forgiveness. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Comedian Johnny Mocny joins the Idiots do discuss everything in the news, starting with the fun of cancel culture. Several comedians—Jim Florentine, Luis Gomez, Dave Smith, and Kurt Metzger—were fired by a Seattle comedy club, because “local advocacy groups” took issue with the concept of free speech. Well, that’s not what they said, but that’s the fact of the matter. Instead of letting adults decide what they’d like to see, they said, “Naughty jokes make woke people sad, so you’re fired.” The first chunk of the podcast is dedicated to the hypocrisy of the comedy club. Following that, the best news story of all time: a man so deeply afraid of gay people is also, color no one surprised, also one of the stupidest people on the planet. Believing Canada too liberal a country, he moved his family to Russia… …where it was immediately discovered what an immensely moronic mistake that was. Ah, it’s delicious when bad things happen to deserving people. Speaking of stupid people, YouTube finance guru Caleb Hammer had to deal with the second dumbest person on the planet: someone into both cryptocurrency AND astrology. And, even better, he used the movement of the planets to determine his trading habits. (Guess what: he lost all his money.) Finally: Biden is forgiving student debt again. Oddly enough, it didn’t seem to anger people this time. Which is good, but confusing. I thought outrage over nothingburgers is what they did best. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Jon Stewart is back! On Monday, February 12, The Daily Show had its oldest, longest tenured, and best host back. And he was great. He took on hypocrisy and stupidity on all sides… …so naturally, crybaby Democrats were upset, because no one should point out Biden’s failings. Also: When you’re famous, you can fail all you want, and people will still throw money at you. Case in point, Meghan Markel has signed a contract for her already-failed-once podcast. Speaking of failure… The Tesla Cybertruck—the ugliest vehicle in existence—is rusting. Which is good, because if you were dumb enough to buy one, you deserve everything that goes wrong with it. In bigger news: the FBI has indicted the Republican’s hero informant. The claims we all knew were false regarding the Biden crime syndicate fell apart faster than cotton candy in water. Not that that will make a difference to dumb people. They’ll still believe whatever they want, because anger is easier than information. Finally: immigrants scammed the Church of England, Republicans botched a border bill, and Lyft exposed the stock marked as a place rife with stupid. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Oh, Joe… What are you so afraid of? The Super Bowl is the most watched TV show of the year, every year, and yet you refuse to be interviewed before it. The size and scope of the audience… all you have to do is be coherent, nail a few talking points, and you could win a few votes. But nope. Hitting talking points is apparently something you can’t do. I mean, why else would a sitting president not take a huge opportunity to get his message out to the people? Also: Nevada had a primary, and Nikki Haley lost to “None of the above.” That’s gotta sting. Also: Bill Maher won’t air his interview with Kanye West, because he fears (knows) that Kanye is charismatic enough to appeal to the stupidest of stupid people, Jussie Smollett wants his conviction overturned, and con artist Eli Regalado made $1.3 million by selling worthless crypto currency to morons, because he’s a pastor and “God” told him to defraud people. Or, at least, that was his story last week. Now, Eli admits he may have “misheard” God. (But he’s probably not giving any of the money back, regardless.) Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

In the movie L.A. Story, weatherman Steve Martin (or, realistically, Steve Martin’s weatherman character) pre-records his broadcast… …and gets it wrong. Well, that’s what we’re doing right now. The Idiots are recording one week in advance, because nathan (as this airs) is in Costa Rica. Supposedly, the resort is surrounded by monkeys. Hopefully this is true, and they are habituated to humans. (If not, nathan will return a damaged man.) The breaking news (as we record) is the tragic death of 3 U.S. soldiers in Jordan. Many more were injured, and it’s time to retaliate. nathan thinks we should bomb Iran directly; Jake isn’t so sure, but this morning General Westley Clark chimed in and also called for a direct bombing of Iran. By the time we record again, something will have happened. Will we be in the middle of WW3? Who knows? Also: the Republicans have offered absolutely nothing in the way of legislation since taking control of the House of Representatives. Are Democrats shouting that from the rooftops? Of course not. Democrats are horrible at messaging. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Shocking news: Republicans and Democrats are close to agreement on a comprehensive bill that would overhaul immigration and add safety and security at the Southern border. Not shocking news: Republicans might tank the vote, because then they can campaign by yelling, “Immigrants are coming!” and scare dumb people. Also: the Navy lowered its recruitment standards, causing Jake to tell tales of his time in the military. And: are lab grown diamonds worthless? Yes, but only because all diamonds are worthless. By the time this airs, we’ll know what happens, but as I type: GO LIONS! Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the idiots begin by discussing what’s bound to be the biggest comeback of all time: print media. Basically, Sports Illustrated is dying, and while many are blaming the fact they went “woke” with their hiring of unorthodox women for the swimsuit issue, Jake has other ideas. They also discuss the hard-hitting, effects-everyone’s-life issues like Taylor Swift being shown cheering on her boyfriend at NFL games, and the fact the Emmys ratings hit another new low. Following that, light topics, such as Teslas dying during cold weather and China being inhospitable to foreigners are tackled. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the idiots kick things off with a discussion about the weather. As they record, it’s -20 in Iowa (with the wind chill), and +40 in NYC. Jake hates the cold, but nathan likes the way it keeps snakes and spiders from reaching Australia size, and the homeless population from becoming like Los Angeles. Following that, they get into the news. First up, My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell is out at Fox. The clickbait headline makes it seem like they had a disagreement, but nah, it’s just money. Lindell is broke, because like a dog with a bone, he just can’t let go of a lie. Unfortunate for anyone who works at his company, but deserved for him, since he’s such an incredible moron. After that, Lauren Boebert was last in the news for some heavy petting during Beetlejuice. Now, it’s domestic violence. Yes, the “family values” champion (who was met and dated her future husband when she was 16 and he was 22) got into a punching match with her ex. Because that’s what reasonable and sane people do. Next up: Just how stupid are Americans? Well, the New York Times thinks we’re so stupid, they needed to write and title an article, “Who are the Houthis, and why is the U.S. attacking them?” Sadly, they’re probably right. Americans probably have no idea who the Houthis are, much less where Yemen is. Yay us. Sadly, racism is alive and well today, but possibly worse than that, an adult couple learned this the hard way, when they decided to celebrate a birthday… …at IHOP. Weird? Gross? Affordable? Probably all three. Finally, Jo Kay bombed at the Golden Globes last week. For some reason, people were angry. Like, actively angry. People have too much time on their hands. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

This week, the idiots discuss the whopping 70% drop in value Twitter has suffered since Elon Musk bought the app. Is now the time to buy? Jake thinks so, but we’re not finance experts, so don’t listen to us. (Then again, Jim Cramer is an idiot, and people listen to him, so how much worse can we be?) Also: Ashli Babbitt’s family has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the U.S. government. I don’t know who the lawyer is, but I’m guessing he’s 100% the guy Denzel’s character was based on in Philadelphia. (“The entire street is clear, except for one small area under construction. This huge hole that is clearly marked and blocked off, right? You decide you must cross the street at this spot, no other. You fall into the hole. Now you wanna sue the city for negligence, right?” “Yes. Do I have a case?” “Yeah. Yeah, of course you got a case.”) The LGBT community has a fringe element now, Sean Hannity has left NYC because of Trump tax legislation, and ISIS has it in for Iran. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Happy New Year, everyone. While the world is on vacation, the Idiots is still working. Because that’s what we do. This week, we talk about clickbait headlines, and how news sources (CNN, to be specific to this story) change the headline from the thumbnail, to the article. We’re talking California coastline, waves, and a lack of surfers therein. We also discuss Scarface, and the worst line in that movie (and possibly in all of cinematic history). Also in the news: police in California are no longer allowed to ask a very specific question after they pull a driver over. What is that question? Tune in and find out. Finally: some fans left comments on our video, and we discuss them. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com

Ah, youth. You’re young, stupid, and you know everything. And you’re not supporting Joe Biden in 2024, because he didn’t cancel your student debt, end climate change, or magically snap his fingers and solve all the world’s problems. I guess Congress doesn’t exist in their world. Also: a serial killer promised victims buried treasure, but ended up murdering them. Who saw that coming? Amazon and the Tolkien estate withstood the world’s dumbest (and funniest) lawsuit, and Jonathan Majors ignored more red flags than the power company puts down before you dig, and ended up jobless. Finally: nathan made the New York Post. Because when all the world’s problems have been solved, you focus your outrage on a comedian telling marital jokes on TikTok. Idiots on Parade: we mock the news, so you don’t have to. Tune in and get your giggle on. Find Jake at @jakevevera Find nathan at nathantimmel.com