On the docket this week:

-NASCAR and Science Finally Understand Each Other

-SquEnix... Yeah, Still Assholes

-Political Drive-By (Not Somali Edition)

-Something Vaguely Entertaining


We begin by discussing the hirsute natures of your gentle hosts and a possible connection between that and Sasquatch sightings in Central PA before getting on topic and bringing up the fact that the only reason the news cares about the latest NASA launch is because, as Sam Neil might say, THEY ALL MIGHT DIE! We then sidetrack into how the government has looked at science for the last eight years, how the media looks at things in general, and how Hydroxycut will kill you more certainly than going up in the space shuttle. We also digress into the politics of getting laid at Pennsic and the idiocy that is Sexting (and the idiocy of law enforcement's response to it.) Sanguinist closes out the digression by talking about a Lovecraft mod for Shadowrun and the myth of the Steampunk Who-Ha.

The Boy then gives us part three in a continuing series of exposes about why Square/Enix is a bunch of assholes. Give it a listen and regret ever giving them money by buying a Final Fantasy game. This lead then to a run down of some of the current crop of MMORPGs. Sangunist then delivers that long-ago promised review of Dawn of War 2. Discover how it earned the ringing endorsement of “It's okay”, while the Boy discusses the potential pointlessness of the Wii's proposed 'watch' mode, which reduces the gamer to the role of a spectator.

Largo the gives the President a quick political pasting comparing his rhetoric versus his actions on the release of the photographic proof of abuse at various detention facilities while Sanguinist approves of the judicious offering of some jobs to potential political enemies while maintaining the appearance of bipartisanship.

We then slide into our review of Amusement, which apparently has the most ironic title in film history given that it had no amusement contained therein. Listen and share our pain (and not in the fun, happy HorrorFest sort of way.) On a happier note, we close by discussing a much better film, Star Trek. Listen and share the love ('cause we all loved it. Warning: here there be spoilers.)

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Our topics this week:

-The Specter of Loyalty

-Gee, it Must Really Suck to be Oppressed for Your Beliefs

-I Survived the Swine Flu and All I Got Was this Lousy Discount Bacon

-Something Vaguely Entertaining (featuring Wolverine)

We start out by wishing our music master DJ Lodger a happy birthday, Largo does a good Christopher Walken imitation, and Autumn explores conservative porn talk before we get on topic with Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic party in order to survive politically. We also deflate the thought of using questions of loyalty as a weapon against Specter because, honestly, he's been in office for the last 30 years. Anyone who doesn't know him by now in Pennsylvania just hasn't been paying attention. This also leads to Largo lobbying once again for term limits in politics (while coughing his lungs out), Autumn getting Ron Paul and Ron Jeremy confused, and Sanguinist exploring how keeping Democrats together is like herding cats. This leads to an examination of our memories of the '80s (those of us that have them) before we get back to needing seniority to get anything done in politics (and we also look at bestiality. Seriously. But we try to leave Skeletor's mother out of it. But we won't leave Chris Matthews out of it, nor will we leave out either Honest Bob's rodents of unusual size or Sanguinist's fighting barn cat.)

Shifting gears, we look at Miss California's assertion that she's being punished for her beliefs on opposite marriage by having near-naked pictures of her being released. This leads to a more general discussion about 'protecting the sanctity of marriage' and a general lack of awareness of personal responsibility and consequences.

As Largo coughs some more, we return to the topic of Swine Flu and how the media has really over emphasized its danger. We also look at how little sense it makes for the folks who work in food service likely not being able to take time off from work when they're sick. We also run down our own personal bests regarding wicked cases of the flu. This somehow leads to Invader Zim attacking vegans by using a Meat Mech.

The SVR crew then gives their views on X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Give it a listen and see why Largo disagrees with the critics and some of his cohosts. Mostly. We also then look at the trailers for Terminator: Salvation, Night at the Museum 2, 9, District 9, Funny People, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. We then all promise to see Star Trek for our next show before digressing on the potential problems of having a hot, young crew and how that may be needed to bing in some new blood to the fan base. Largo closes us out by giving a brief look at Star Trek Season 1 on Blu-Ray.

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On the docket this week:

-Hitchcock Got it Wrong

-Naturally Occurring Elements and Other GOP Fumbles

-Something Vaguely Entertaining

We start winding up for our 100^th episode extravaganza yet again, and Sanguinist plugs a DVD website. We then get into how Bird Flu won't kill us, but the Swine Flu might. Or not. Regardless, Kermit lives in fear. We run down the symptoms of flu and remember SARS. Somehow this leads to speculating about Admiral Ackbar taking over for the retiring John Madden and reminding people that Ewoks are carnivores (and possibly cannibals.) We also introduce our latest SVR character, Bubba Fett, look at how the Force can mislead someone with its visions of the future, sing about wanting a new plague, speculate about Alton Brown's Sith Lord name, and speculate just why Lex Luthor imports its packing materials from China. We close out this topic by revisiting the Oozinator and its almost pornographic commercial.

We segue into our next topic with Sanguinist telling us about a fairly slanted political phone survey he was asked to take. This then leads into an exploration of a series of GOP foibles from carbon dioxide being a harmless gas because it's natural (like arsenic) to the minority leader using the term Torture. We also give the heartwarming story of a line from Sanguinist that shall live on long after him, we look at Largo's sense of patriotism, and explore just why Sean Hannity can legitimately suck Keith Olbermann's offer to waterboard him for charity.

We then give our review of My Name is Bruce, which is a huge chunk of loving, self-referential, self mocking cheese. The Boy then gives a quick and dirty review of Guilty Gear X X Accent Core, Sanguinist gives a story from the days of his yout', and Largo complains about how crappy the Playmates Star Trek toys are in actuality. Sanguinist closes us out by promising a full review of Dawn of War 2 before giving us a rundown of his largest complaint about the game.

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On the docket this week:


-Torture Me This, Batman

-God, We're Old

-Guns Don't Kill People, Those Little Metal Things that Come Out of the Barrel Do


We begin by praising Burger King's ad campaign featuring The King, make applying an iron-on sound dirty, and discuss Prophylactics of the Round Table.


Getting on topic, we discuss the latest round of torture memos declassified by the Obama Administration before getting on our stumps to speak out yet again against torture (and for prosecution of those responsible in the face of Spain backing off.) We also look at the American Myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys, the miasma of paranoia that permeated the '80s, and just why Anarchy isn't a really good governing philosophy.


We then swing over to how Obama is going to piss almost everyone off by taking a middle-of-the-road stance on gun control. This moves us on to how personal responsibility stacks up against relinquishing control to the government. We close this topic out by pointing out just how many ways there are to kill a person without a gun.


Largo then corrects a misconception from a previous show: there is no provision for secession in the Texas state constitution, but that hasn't stopped Texas from talking about it, along with other states, Pennsylvania included, starting up sovereignty resolutions. We also look at the folly of trying to ban guns in Philadelphia and how both civics classes and polite cross-party dialogue have become endangered species.


We then feel old when we realize that Farscape is now ten years old, hit a few fun stories about the show, and then move onto yet another bad SyFy movie that really should have gotten them sued (and the first bad sci-fi movie that made Sanguinist change the station.) Largo then feels even older by reading some old G.I. Joe comics.

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