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Potentium – Episode 187 (8/15/19)

Posted on 08/16/2019 by Joseph

My near miss in the car last week (3:25) Eastern Euro shithead goes to Missouri Walmart armed, in full tactical gear, for the fun of it (9:50) Some local governments considering police dogs to stop school shooters (19:25) Newark water … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 185 (8/2/19)

Posted on 08/02/2019 by Joseph

Guest co-host Susi from Germany The Pink Lady Bandit arrested (9:15) $30 million dollar Brazilian airport gold heist (15:30) Dallas police kill mentally ill man who called 911 for help (20:50) SC officers shoot homeowner through window in his home … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 181 (7/5/19)

Posted on 07/05/2019 by Joseph

The Fourth of July & how ignorant Americans are (3:45) “Manly” Force Factor pills & commercials (20:20) Nike, Betsy Ross & Colin Kaepernick (30:10) Judge James Troiano (NJ) says teen rapist should be shown leniency because he comes from a … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 177 (6/7/19)

Posted on 06/07/2019 by Joseph

Illinois legalizes recreational marijuana! (3:55) Jeopardy champion James Holzhauer loses in peculiar fashion(16:00) Drama at the mental health center and the DMV (23:45) Disturbing disposition from a KC cop on “Cops” (32:15) Parkland Deputy arrested & charged (34:05) Virginia Beach … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 173 (5/10/19)

Posted on 05/10/2019 by Joseph

Colorado STEM school shooting (4:40) “Winnie the Pooh” voiceover actor Jim Cummings accused of rape & animal abuse (18:45) Rhode Island “Lunch shaming” (28:55) Big Pharma prices/HHS/CEO John Kapoor indicted (33:40) Republican C.D. Davidsmeyer wants to make Chicago it’s own … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 167 (3/30/19)

Posted on 03/30/2019 by Joseph

Siegfried & Roy trainer speaks (5:45) Trump cultist Anthony Stephens supposed to call into the show Mom chokes on a nacho chip & I give her the Heimlich during the show (17:40) Jussie Smollett charges dropped (28:30) Suicides over Parkland … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 164 (3/9/19)

Posted on 03/09/2019 by Joseph

Co-Host – Andrew from Youngstown Michael Jackson – Leaving Neverland R. Kelly Meltdown (17:50) Racism – Picking up up trash in your yard while black/Nazi Solo Cup HS students (27:50) That idiot “Fireball Jesus” from the now defunct “Damaged Goods … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 161 (2/16/19)

Posted on 02/16/2019 by Joseph

The Grammys Polar bear invasion in Russian town (10:55) Michelle Carter goes to jail (14:55) Ilhan Omar’s comments (18:55) Kamala Harris & pot/Amy Klobuchar/Elizabeth Warren (25:40) Trump – The sticker shock of everyday taxpayers regarding their returns after Trump’s “tax … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 160 (2/9/19)

Posted on 02/09/2019 by Joseph

Jogger fights off mountain lion and kills it with his bare hands The death of “Damaged Goods – The Show” (6:40) Liam Neeson’s idiotic comments (53:25) KS Judge says minors were “aggressors” in sexual assault case involving 67 year old … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 146 (11/3/18)

Posted on 11/03/2018 by Joseph

Whitey Bulger killed in prison (2:30) First cannabis based drug is approved by the FDA (10:35) Mandarin duck found in Central Park (13:25) Racism – “South Park Susan” (16:00) Pittsburgh synagogue shooter (33:00) Idiot Steve King from Iowa (1:03:00) Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, News and Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged 'The Fourteenth Amendment, 911, AAA, ABC, Abraham Lincoln, Adolf Hitler, Afghanistan, Agnostics, Alcatraz, Alex Jones, American Indians, Anderson Cooper, Anti Defamation League, anti semite, anti semitism, Asia, Atheists, Austria, Babe Ruth, Barack Obama, baseball, Bernice Simon, Bernie Sanders, bigotry, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, birthright citizenship, blacks, Bloods, Boston, Boston Massachusetts, Boston mob, Boston Red Sox, Breitbart, Brett Kavanaugh, Brian Kemp, California, cannabis, Cecil Rosenthal, Central Park, Cesar Sayoc, chain migration, Charlottesville, Charlottesville Virginia, China, Chris Kobach, conservatives, Constitution of the United States, Corey Lewandowski, Crips, Cult 45, DaCA, Danes, Daniel Stein, Danish, David Muir, David Rosenthal, Democrats, Don Lemon, Donald, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. Eric Trump, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Dr. Keith Murray, Emperor Palpatine, Epilepsy, Evangelicals, Executive Order, Fab, FBI, FBI informant, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fentanyl, Florida, Fox News, Galindo Cartel, Gary Oldman, gays, George HW Bush, George Soros, George W. Bush, Georgia, God, GOP, gun control, Harry Smith, Heaven, Heidi Heitkamp, Hell, heroin, Hillary Clinton, Hyman Roth, Independents, Infowars, Intel, Iraq, Irving Younger, ISIS, Israel, Italy, Jack Frost, Jack Nicholson, Jamal Khashoggi, Jax Teller, Jeff Flake, Jeffrey Toobin, Jerry Rabinowitz, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, Jews, Jim Acosta, John Dillinger, John Gotti, Johnny Cochrane, Johnny Depp, Jonathon Karl, Joyce Fienberg, Kansas, Knights of Columbus, Kurt Sutter, Land O Lakes, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Nevada, Leonardo DiCaprio, LGBT, liberals, Lisa Garris, Lisa Murkowski, Los Angeles Dodgers, Louie Gohmert, Luis Bracamontes, Mad Magazine, Magabomber, Mandarin duck, marijuana, Mary Garris, Massachusetts, Mayans, Mecklenburg County, Medicaid, Melania Knauss, Melania Knauss Trump, Melania Trump, Melvin Wax, metal heads, Mexicans, Miami, Miami Florida, migrant caravan, Missouri, Mitch McConnell, Mizzou, MS 13, Muslims, Myer's Park, Native Americans, Nazis, NBC, Nevada, New England, New York, New York City, New York New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, NYC, OJ, OJ Simpson, omerta, Oranized Crime, Paul Ryan, Pennsylvania, Pierre Thomas, Pitssburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, prejudice, President Bush, President Clinton, President Obama, President of the United States, President Trump, prison, progresives, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, racism, Republicans, Richard Gottfried, Riddick Bowe, Robert Bowers, Robert DeNiro, Robert Mueller, Roman Catholic Church, Rome, Rome Italy, Russia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Santa Monica California, schedule 1 drug, SCOTUS, Sharia Law, Sons of Anarchy, South Boston, South Park Susan, Southie, Space Shuttle Challenger, Spectrum Enterprises, Srah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Paddock, Steve King, Steve Scalise, Supreme Court of the United States, Susan Westwood, Sylvan Simon, The 14th Amendment, The Departed, The Emperor, The Godfather, The Mafia, the media, The Middle East, The mob, The Onion, The Taliban, The Teflon Don, The Washington Post, transgenders, Tree of Life Synagogue, Trump, Trump International Beach Resort, Trump supporters, Trumpanzees, Ty Cobb, University of Missouri, US Constitution, US military, Vampira, Virginia, Visa, Vladimir Putin, West Virginia, White Nationalist, white supremacists, Whitey, Whitey Bulger, Willie Horton, Wisconsin, women, World Series, World War II, Yale, Yale Law School, Yale University | Leave a comment

Potentium – Episode 123 (5/19/18)

Posted on 05/19/2018 by Joseph

Stephen King First round of golf this year…Shot a 99 (4:15) I received a summons to be on a Grand Jury (11:25) Red Dead Redemption (15:05) The British royal wedding/Family (20:10) SCOTUS grants sports betting nationwide (28:15) Florida “teacher” drowns … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 116 (3/31/18)

Posted on 03/31/2018 by Joseph

“Fuck Tha Police” – Stephon Clark/Brandon Flood/Alton Sterling (5:00) Woman in Texas sentenced to five years in prison for voting illegally (18:45) Texas Wesleyan fanatical baseball coach/Roseanne Barr (24:15) Mitch McConnell proposes hemp bill (33:45) The idiot that is Laura … Continue reading →

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Potentium – Episode 108 (2/3/18)

Posted on 02/03/2018 by Joseph

On this day…Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & J.P. Richardson “The Big Bopper” die in a plane crash over Iowa San Francisco DA overturning a slew of marijuana convictions, misdemeanor & felony, dating back to 1975 (3:45) Letter from John Anglin, … Continue reading →