Join us on today’s BradCast, as we dig deep to explore several fascinating, mysterious stories, some of which may remain a riddle for all time. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.]
Among the mysteries and other news stories we either solve, or do not, on today’s program…
- No matter what you may read on the Internet, I am not actually dead…At least to my knowledge.
- Why did the U.S. Commerce Department quietly “pause” gun exports for the next 90 days almost a week ago? (The answer may be here.) And why haven’t I heard about it until now?
- Why does newly elected GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson appear to have no bank accounts or assets of any type? Is that even possible? And, if so, is it a good or bad thing?
- Why did 31 House Democrats vote against expelling serial liar and federally indicted New York Republican Rep. George Santos on Wednesday? The answer may satisfy you.
- We’ve got a question for 2024 GOP Presidential candidate Nikki Haley regarding her position in support of term limits for Congress. And we’re willing to pay $5(!) if someone asks it!
- Why does Desi Doyen’s latest Green News Report always air at the end of The BradCast? Even when it contains good news about the Biden Administration‘s massive new environmental investment in rural America?
Those mysterious stories and other questions asked and occasionally answered on today’s program! (But, seriously, I’m not dead!)
(Snail mail support to “Brad Friedman, 7095 Hollywood Blvd., #594 Los Angeles, CA 90028” always welcome too!)
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Hi Brad,
I can identify with your story. I received a notice from the IRS after submitting my federal tax return, informing me that I was deceased. I was eventually able to reach an IRS “advocate” bc direct calls to the IRS would direct me to enter personal info, which I did, and after I finished, the voice said, “call back when you have the information,” and then the call was terminated.
To talk with the IRS advocate, I had to prove who I was, then I was connected. He told me I was listed as dead. I told him that I couldn’t be dead bc I just proved who I was. He said he believed me, but the computers did not. In frustration I asked if the computers were in charge of the humans, like in the movie Terminator. He ignored that and said that it seemed it was social security that listed me as deceased, and I should call them.
I eventually reached someone at Social Security and they told me that there records indicated that I was alive. I asked if they could tell the IRS. She literally said, “No, it’s not our fault.”
I knew you weren’t deceased, Brad.
I just figured you were in a new Robert Kirkman spinoff ————The Blogging Dead.
History’s greatest mysteries is ok, but herstory’s greatest mysteries are better (On the origin of Bass …).
Democrats must prove racial gerrymandering to fight new GOP maps
I’d expect every Congresscritter to NOT appear to have NO bank accounts or assets of any type. Did you intend to write something else?
Whoops! Thanks, Raven! Fixed!