12/1/21: Royals, Presidents, Actors and Astronauts Named on Epstein’s Plane, and Robots Can Now Reproduce on Their Own

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Day 2 of the Ghislaine Maxwell case brought confirmation from the personal pilot of the Lolita Express or Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane that flew to his island, that several prominent men were regulars onboard like multiple ex US Presidents, a famous creepy actor, a prince, and an astronaut (00:20:36). Oh great it looks like AI robots, the xenobots, can now reproduce all on their own now (00:29:10)

(00:00:00) Timestamps

Cup of Coffee in the Big Time

(00:07:15) - Fun Fact: The name December comes from the Latin name for 10 and it was the tenth month in the Roman calendar

(00:09:50) - Holidays: Antarctica Day, National Christmas Lights Day, National Package Protection Day, Rosa Parks Day, World’s AIDS Day

(00:10:42) - This Day in History: 1913 - Model T Assembly Line created; 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move seats on a bus

(00:12:36) - Horrible and sad school shooting in Michigan left 3 dead and 8 injured

(00:14:10) - #3 - Barbados had a Presidential inauguration as they recently separated from UK rule and they named Rhianna national hero and ambassador

(00:17:49) - #2 - ‘Fredo’ and ‘Toobin’ were trending. Chris Cuomo was suspended indefinitely from CNN and Jeffrey Toobin was the last person to get suspended from CNN

(00:20:36) - #1 - The Ghislaine Maxwell trial continued and Epstein’s former pilot of his private jet named Clinton, Trump, Prince Andrew, John Glenn and Kevin Spacey as regulars on the Lolita Express

(00:29:10) - Scientists have discovered that for the first time ever, living robots can reproduce on their own

TikTok International Moment

(00:42:09) - Turkey - A woman was getting a facelift and the beautician manning the laser left the laser on while she was arguing with her boyfriend causing major damage

(00:43:52) - Poland - Popular US holiday gift a talking and dancing cactus is under scrutiny for containing a song in Polish that talks about cocaine use and suicide

(00:48:12) - China - A major shipment of bongs was seized by US customs and border control. The bongs were labeled gravity pipes so they “violated US drug paraphernalia law”

(00:54:12) - An elderly man nearly burnt down his retirement home in South Carolina when he microwaved bullets

(00:58:13) - Home Owner’s Association in Tampa Florida fines a family for putting up their Holiday lights too early (Christmas and Hanukkah)

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