{"id":14833,"date":"2023-11-02T17:58:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2023-11-05T10:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T17:40:19","slug":"historys-greatest-mysteries-well-this-weeks-anyway-bradcast-1122023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14833","title":{"rendered":"History&#8217;s Greatest Mysteries! (Well, This Week&#8217;s, Anyway): &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 11\/2\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_ThisWeekHistoriesMysteries_110223.png\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Join us on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, as we dig deep to explore several fascinating, mysterious stories, some of which may remain a riddle for all time. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p>Among the mysteries and other news stories we either solve, or do not, on today&#8217;s program&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No matter what you may read on the Internet, <b>I am not actually dead<\/b>&#8230;At least to my knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why did the <b>U.S. Commerce Department<\/b> quietly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-halts-exports-most-civilian-firearms-90-days-2023-10-27\/?fbclid=IwAR1KGe0AHj-283S5cuY8_EkvqGUr9cgy17X581K0DlhDCJFpRwPFjFntF7M\">&#8220;pause&#8221; gun exports<\/a> for the next 90 days almost a week ago? (The answer may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2023-us-made-gun-exports-shootings-violence-sig-sauer\/\">here<\/a>.) And why haven&#8217;t I heard about it until now?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why does newly elected GOP House Speaker <b>Mike Johnson<\/b> appear to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/does-new-speaker-of-the-house-mike-johnson-have-a-bank-account\">no bank accounts<\/a> or assets of any type? Is that even possible? And, if so, is it a good or bad thing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why did 31 House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-vote-whether-expel-rep-george-santos-congress-rcna122521\">vote <i>against<\/i><\/a> expelling serial liar and federally indicted New York Republican Rep. <b>George Santos<\/b> on Wednesday? The answer may satisfy you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve got a question for 2024 GOP Presidential candidate <b>Nikki Haley<\/b> regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/nikki-haley-the-daily-show-charlamagne-tha-god-term-limits\/\">her position in support of term limits<\/a> for Congress. And we&#8217;re willing to pay $5(!) if someone asks it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why does Desi Doyen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14832\">latest <i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> always air at the <i>end<\/i> of <i>The BradCast<\/i>? Even when it contains good news about the <b>Biden Administration<\/b>&#8216;s massive new environmental investment in rural America?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those mysterious stories and other questions asked and occasionally answered on today&#8217;s program! 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