The Babylon Bee Election Special News Show 11.6.2020

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is The Babylon Bee News Podcast for the week of 11/6/2020.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this Election 2020 special, your hosts Kyle Mann and Ethan Nicolle do a recap of all of our Election 2020 coverage which turned out to be fake news you could trust after all. They fondly remember all the absurd moments of the primaries and general election and try to bring some sanity to your election week craziness. We make politics way too important as G.K. Chesterton teaches us in this most excellent Election Podcast Special. Also, will you be our RBG?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure to check out</span> <a href="http://youtube.com/thebabylonbee"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Babylon Bee YouTube Channel</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more podcasts, podcast shorts, animation, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To watch or listen to the full podcast, become a subscriber at</span> <a href="https://babylonbee.com/plans"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://babylonbee.com/plans</span></a></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is brought to you by</span></em> <a href="https://smallgroupmovie.com/"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Small Group The Movie</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle voted for the first time and is haggard and tired. Ethan wrote a song to bring us all together:</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXLA0cwjNg"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be my RBG</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>Stuff That's Good </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle likes Star Wars Squadrons.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethan likes Monster DC Sniper.</span></p> <p><strong>Weird news</strong></p> <p><a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/10/29/costco-pulls-coconut-milk-after-report-on-forced-monkey-labor.html/amp"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Costco pulls coconut milk after report on forced monkey labor</span></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A PETA investigation accused Thai growers, who supply the coconuts for coconut milk such as the Chaokoh brand, of forcing monkeys to work as coconut pickers. Costco has stopped selling coconut milk derived from those producers, reports USA Today.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seems inefficient. Can't you just put a big snipper on a stick and get them down?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PETA says some of the monkeys are driven insane. </span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/31/off-duty-nevada-trooper-star-wars-costume-stops-dui-suspect/6111298002/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Off-duty Nevada officer dressed as 'Star Wars' Stormtrooper stops suspected drunken driver</span></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">An off-duty state trooper wearing a "Star Wars" costume while returning home from a Halloween party prevented a suspected drunken driver from entering a Las Vegas freeway in the wrong direction.</span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/2/indian-doctor-duped-into-buying-aladdins-lamp-for-93000"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Indian doctor duped into buying 'Aladdin's lamp' for $93,000</span></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Police in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an "Aladdin's lamp" for $93,000 that they promised would bring wealth and good fortune.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr Laeek Khan approached police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after he realised the lamp did not have any magical powers, as described in the popular folk tale about Aladdin and his wish-granting genie that appears when it is rubbed.</span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/11/04/California-kayakers-end-up-in-mouth-of-humpback-whale/3531604505129/"> <strong>California kayakers end up in mouth of humpback whale</strong></a></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two kayakers escaped uninjured when they briefly ended up in the mouth of a humpback whale that surfaced beneath them.</span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/11/03/Seance-live-streamed-from-British-manor-breaks-Guinness-record/7051604422950/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Seance live streamed from British manor breaks Guinness record</span></a></p> <p><strong>Babylon Bee Election Coverage:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/the-2020-election-roundup"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 2020 Election Roundup: The Insane Democratic Primary</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/2020-election-roundup-trump-v-biden"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Trump Vs Biden: The Babylon Bee's Top Articles From The 2020 Election</span></a></p> <p><strong>Topic of the Week</strong></p> <p>Kyle and Ethan read a portion of Chesterton's What's Right with the World</p> <p><strong>Hate Mail</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We get chewed out by a retired Army guy for our coverage of Mitch McConnel's recent encounter with a plastic six-pack ring.</span><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Love Mail</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We get some crude love mail that we can appreciate.</span></p> <p><strong>Subscriber Lounge</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle and Ethan talk about politics being made to be more important than it is, discontent, prigs, and oligarchs as they continue reading from G.K. Chesterton. </span></p>