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Mediocre News Episode #4

Ivanka Trump gets a office in the white house?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/daughter-ivanka-trumps-role-white-house-grown/story?id=46274494

Sports
NCAA brackets - 9 Quintilian to 1 change to win
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2015/03/17/bracketology-101-picking-a-perfect-bracket-is-actually-easier-than-you-think/#32c87b5b2abd
And interesting statistics

Finance
Radio Shack Bankruptcy (Again) http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/09/519440212/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy-again

Other News
New Red iPhones?
Chicago gang members stealing guns (762 murders last year) http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/09/chicagos-violent-gangs-looting-freight-cars-filled-with-guns.html

How bands make money?
Minimum per gig $ amount
Merch sales
% of alcohol purchases

Picks of the week:
Kodi
Paper towel

Mediocre News, Episode 003:
Oscars Screw Up - How could this have ever happened?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/entertainment/academy-awards-mistake-what-happened/
http://marcfriedlandinc.com/oscar.html

Uber in the news - What a total HR sexiest nightmare
Men harassing women, only had a couple of women engineers even working for them in the end.
https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/27/uber-exec-fired-for-allegedly-hiding-sexual-harassment-claim.html
Funny Uber ride share, GF cheating

SnapChat IPO - is it worth it?
National Day Calendar - Did you know that National Kick Butts Day is coming up?
National I want you to be happy day - 3/3
National Get Over it Day - 3/9
National Open an Umbrella indoors Day - 3/13
National Everything you do is Right Day - 3/16
National Kick Butts Day - 3/15

Pick of the Week
Pliney the Elder
Pasta

Mediocre News - Episode 2
Recorded on 2/21/217
Links from show notes:

Oroville Damn Bursts:
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/02/21/oroville-lake-52-feet-9-upstream-reservoirs-flood/
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/tylergrandsons.asp

Jim Buss Fired from Los Angeles Lakers:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18734012/los-angeles-lakers-put-magic-johnson-charge-agree-sports-agent-rob-pelinka-new-gm

Pick of the Weak: Gormia Sous Vide
https://www.amazon.com/Gourmia-Digital-Immersion-Circulator-Precision/dp/B017HX176I?th=1