Season 5, Episode 21 - Economist Thomas Sowell, stupid insurance scams, arm braces that make bullets more lethal, a woman who publicly posted for assassination, literacy in the U. S., and much more!

In this week's podcast, our quote of the week is from the noted economist Thomas Sowell on the process known as Creative Destruction, which only takes place in healthy capitalism-based economies.   In our "Stupidest thing I've heard all week" segment, we'll tell you about an insurance scam that stupid thieves kept repeating over & over until they got caught.   In our runner-up winner in our stupidest thing I've heard all week contest, we'll play a clip of a woman testifying at a Congressional hearing claiming that adding a simple mechanical arm brace to the back of a pistol makes the bullet come out faster and makes the gun more lethal.   In our "Scariest thing I've heard all week" segment, we'll tell you about a woman who is so angry that Trump won the election that she is urging people to try and kill him and anyone he appoints to a government position.   We'll share a shocking report on literacy in the United States and what state has the highest percentage of illiterate residents.   We'll share with you the results of a study published by the Washington DC police department that details how many prior times people arrested for murder in that City had already been arrested and what demographic group accounts for more than 90% of both homicide victims & homicide assailants.   We'll tell you about a UK-based DNA testing company that suddenly vanished along with millions of their customers' DNA records.   We'll tell you about a shocking report from the UK that documents how the National Weather Service has been generating temperature records from more than 100 non-existent weather reporting stations. Our taxpayer relief shot comes to us from Oklahoma City, where an 18-year-old single mother on the phone with a 9-11 operator is forced to shoot two armed intruders who succeeded in breaking into her home before the police could arrive.