Ep. 29: Assad Flees To Russia And The Cops Arrest...Luigi? Mama Mia!

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway!The penultimate episode of 2024 is here! Shannon and I tackle our absolute favorite topic: Foreign Policy! Bleh. The CEO killer has been caught and…does that change anything? Is Lara Trump going to be our first female puppet president? Chris Rock is a fucking disgrace and the Ogre Nation is one year old today!Jump on in and give us a listen, won’t you?Ogre Nation News Update!2:57 - 17:23 Syria is free! Maybe! - Bashar al-Assad flees Syria and his murderous regime ends in less than two weeks. A humiliating defeat for Russia and Iran and a massive blow to the network of dictators they’ve built over the years.17:24 - 35:16 It’sa Luigi! - After expending a massive amount of resources and near-constant news coverage, the CEO killer has been captured. Thank god the rich are safe at last.35:17 - 43:28 President Senator Lara Trump? Now why are Republicans so gung-ho to make Lara Trump, who has absolutely no experience and is not particularly bright, a senator? We have some theories.43:29 - 47:56 Chris Rock can go fuck himself - No, really, that’s the entire bit. Oh, and Leonard Leo is going to try and turn pop culture in MAGA pop culture with his $1.6 billion in blood money.47:57 - 59:27 The Opinionated Ogre is one year old today!!! Allow a proud papa ogre to talk about his baby for a minute, won’t you? Also, a special guest appearance by Nathan, Shannon’s 5-year-old feral child!Things we discuss in the show:PUTIN LOST TODAY - BUT TRUMP STILL WANTS TO SURRENDER TO HIMLuigi Mangione Manifesto: Read Reported Document in FullOver 90,000 people mock a Facebook post about slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson with laughing emojis; why are Americans treating him like this?'Extremely ironic': Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recallsLara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe