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August 3rd, 2026: Domino's Garlic And Herb Ice Cream, The Europe Wildfires And Watching A Bunny Swim · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's episode is sponsored by TV Shows, making everything look effortless.
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  find your spouse at the first barstool you sit down at, and everything always
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  works out in the end for you.
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  God's timing was perfect, and maybe he's sparing us from danger today.
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  An evangelist's quick little speech on the plane she was on,
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  which kept getting delayed, but then she got kicked off and banned from Alaska Airlines for doing so.
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  Insert theme song here. This is the Daily Starcast. I give you the news and maybe a laugh.
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  I'm Lindsay Vernick and today is August 3rd, 2026.
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  Hey guys, what's going on? I hope you had a great weekend. Just a reminder to
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  please share this podcast with somebody that you know and if you are like my
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  mom and have no idea how to do that, love you mom, you are just gonna like,
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  oh fuck I don't know how to explain it but yeah make sure that you share it
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  just figure it out or like phone a friend ask them how to do it and also make
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  sure you sign up for the summer residency spots are filling up so make sure
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  you get the day that you want.
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  In real news, the Justice Department dropped its criminal case against Olympic
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  canoeist David Hearn, who had been accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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  When the charges were first announced, prosecutors claimed that he caused hundreds
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  of thousands of dollars in damage, all because he just, like,
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  picked up a little piece off the pool that was literally coming off.
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  He was literally charged a felony, and he could have been in prison for years for this.
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  But plot twist after reviewing new evidence like okay,
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  including construction records and engineering documents the government now
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  says the pool was likely caused by problems with the pool's installation and
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  a rushed bashed renovation job not by the random olympian who walked by,
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  i mean if you literally touch something and it falls apart.
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  Proves how poorly it was built. The weird part, or really actually,
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  you know, not so weird part, is that Trump says he disagrees 100% with his own
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  Justice Department's decision to drop the case and still believes that Hearn was responsible.
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  So now, of course, Hearn's attorneys are not considering going after the DOJ
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  for all of this defamation.
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  Nothing like sending an Olympian to prison because a contractor for the government
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  couldn't do their job well.
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  In what can only be described as a cry for help, Domino's has introduced a garlic and herb ice cream.
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  Yes, garlic ice cream, which makes me wonder what kind of executives are working
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  there to allow this one to go through.
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  The dessert is inspired by the chain's famous garlic and herb dip and is being
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  offered as a limited time promotion.
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  People are pretty split online. Some people are curious enough to try it and
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  other people are reacting the same way most people react when someone says I've
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  got a great startup idea.
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  We've all had olive oil ice cream, bacon ice cream, and even ranch flavored everything.
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  But garlic ice cream feels like the food equivalent of texting your ex at 2am.
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  Just because you can doesn't mean that you should.
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  And if your date says yes to garlic ice cream, after dinner,
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  you've skipped straight to the we're comfortable each other phase of the relationship.
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  Domino's says it's meant to capture the flavor of its iconic dip in a sweet creamy dessert.
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  Finally, a dessert that allows you to get a brain freeze and bad breath at the same exact time.
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  Okay, so before you panic book that week in getaway, listen up.
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  American Airlines has very low-key changed its cancellation and refund policy.
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  Like, didn't really announce it at all.
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  But now it's making it harder for people to get their money back after booking flights.
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  So their old policy was that anyone who purchased a ticket at least two days
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  before they left could cancel within 24 hours and receive a full refund.
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  But now American is changing that.
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  So now you have to purchase your ticket at least seven days before departure
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  in order to qualify for that 24-hour refund window.
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  And this applies regardless of what kind of ticket you bought.
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  The change mainly affects anyone who buys last-minute tickets.
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  So if you're the person who books a flight two days before a wedding,
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  concert, or just the, you know, you want to go to Miami this weekend text,
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  you now have less time to change your mind.
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  American says they're now on the same wavelength with competitors like JetBlue,
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  Southwest, and United, which already have the seven-day requirement.
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  However, Delta, though, has a way more flexible policy, which makes American's
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  change a lot more noticeable.
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  Now, to be clear, this doesn't mean American is banning refunds altogether.
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  It means that the automatic 24-hour cancellation option now comes with a way stricter timeline.
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  So airlines continue their favorite hobby, finding new ways to make booking
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  a flight feel like you're signing a mortgage.
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  You have to pay for your seat, pay for your bag, pay extra to sit near your
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  family, and now you better be absolutely sure before you click purchase.
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  So the lesson is simple. If you're a flying American, maybe sleep on that ticket
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  purchase for a few minutes before heading confirm.
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  And according to American, the only thing that should be spontaneous is the
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  vacation itself, not the decision to go on it.
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  In Lindsay life, okay, I have a crazy story for you guys. So I was down the
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  shore for the last time this summer. I know, so sad.
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  Down at the Jersey Shore with my family down in Ventenor. It's like next to
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  Atlantic City, whatever. It doesn't matter.
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  But it is funny that I say I went to the beach because I never go to the beach when I'm down there.
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  My family like has a little pool outside in the backyard and we just like lounge
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  around that all day because like why I schlep all the way down to the beach.
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  You have everything that you need at the house.
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  The water, the sun, the bathroom, the drinks, the snacks.
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  We have it all right there. So I leaned. Anyway, this is besides the point of the story.
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  So my grandmother, my mom, she has this adorable little dog named Gigi.
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  Like when I tell you that she looks like a.
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  Toy dog that actually like comes to life like I'm not kidding,
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  so the other day my mom comes back inside from Gigi from being out back with her and walking her,
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  and she's telling us how Gigi is like obsessed with this rabbit and like really
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  wants to find this rabbit so she can play with her and my aunt was like listen
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  I don't think Gigi wants to play with the rabbit I think she wants to eat the rabbit.
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  And my mom was like, oh my God, how dare you say such a thing?
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  Gigi would never, ever hurt a rabbit. Like she literally just wants to play
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  with the rabbit. Like they're literally the same size to give you an idea,
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  like a wild rabbit, right?
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  So Saturday, some of us were hanging out in the backyard. It was like the middle of the afternoon.
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  Some of us were in the pool. Some of us were just like eating lunch,
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  like, you know, just hanging out.
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  And the rabbit comes out and the rabbit starts hopping and Gigi sees and Gigi
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  starts chasing the rabbit around the pool and we are all screaming at the top of our lungs for Gigi,
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  they're racing around the edge
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  of the pool so then the rabbit to get away from Gigi jumps into the pool
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  and swims across she the rabbit she or he or whatever this baby rabbit swims
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  probably like six or seven feet across hops out and runs away.
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  It was like the craziest thing like i literally saw a wild bunny swimming in
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  the water to escape this like little tiny toy puppy.
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  So let's hope that the baby rabbit doesn't come back and prove to my mom what
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  we all know would happen if a dog is around a rabbit.
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  Thing of the week this week is Europe battling these massive wildfires.
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  Like, it's actually really bad what's going on right now.
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  Europe is dealing with its worst wildfire season in recent years.
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  France, Spain, Portugal, and Greece are battling major fires from extreme heat,
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  dry conditions, and powerful winds.
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  Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as the fires spread through
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  forests, towns, and popular tourist areas.
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  In Greece, the situation became even more tragic when two firefighting helicopter
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  crew members were killed when they were trying to put them out.
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  They say the combination of record-breaking temps and a really long drought
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  has created the perfect conditions for wildfires to spread quickly and become harder to control.
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  Euro summer doesn't really sound so nice anymore, does it?
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  But tourism departments are watching this very closely because,
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  yeah, you're all summer. Everyone's depending very heavily on these people to come in.
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  Scientists have warned for years that hotter temps and changing weather patterns
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  are making extreme wildfire events more common and more intense.
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  So firefighters right now are fighting to protect homes, communities,
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  and some of the world's most beautiful landscapes.
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  This is the reminder that climate change isn't just a future problem.
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  For many people it's happening right this second cooking tip of the day the
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  longer you wait for it to be done the longer it's going to take,
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  feedback comments questions and ace jewish by looking for a date email me at
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  lindsay at the daily starcast.com thanks so much for listening talk to you guys.