1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong, Joe, Katty. 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: Arm Strong and Jetty and he. 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: Armstrong and Yetty as you have to launch into it. 5 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 3: But you know what, I'm gonna wait till after this 6 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 3: video that President Zelensky just put out. I want to 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 3: I want to discuss in a few minutes. It's something, 8 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 3: it is something I realized. 9 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: I want to talk about Cardi B blasting Gavin Newsom, 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: Cardi B the singer, Yes, what the hell is going on? No, 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: Cardi B the architect, Yeah, Cardi B the singer. 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 2: Carti be the architect. 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: Oh, speaking of ways to make a living, you've inspired me. 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: You and Katie. 15 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: You're making fun of me for bringing misery, And I thought, well, 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: wait a minute, that the heck guy, I'm pretty good 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: at that. I could picture myself like you have a 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: holiday party and people are just not getting the hint 19 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: and leaving, and I would work the room. Hey how 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: about all that bloodshed in Ukraine? It's incredible. Can you 21 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: imagine seeing your neighbors die in front of you? You know, 22 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: I just make a couple of stuff. People be gone 23 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: gone in ten minutes. Yea, A meeting's out of hand. 24 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: You know, it's like you know, they won't shut up 25 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: and listen. I'd stand up and say, look, AI is 26 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: going to take two thirds of your jobs. Look on 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: your right and left, all those people are going to 28 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: be gone. Now look in the mirror you are too, 29 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: and it's not gonna take long. Now it's all settled down. 30 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: The boss would shake my hand. I'd walk out. 31 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: I like you showing up to people's Christmas parties at 32 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: the end, helping them get the last guests out of 33 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: the house, as usually the last guest standing there in 34 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 3: the kitchen, not taking the hint, drinking your booze. You're 35 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: like Debbie Downer from the old Saturday Night Live thing? 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: What like that? 37 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 3: Have you heard about the rise in feline leukemia? 38 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: Beautiful? All right, lots to squeeze in the final hour 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: of the week, But first let's take a fun look 40 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: back at the week it was. It's cow clips of 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: the week. Your word is affordability. I wonder what grade 42 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: you would give A plus A plus. 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 4: A plus plus plus plus plus. 44 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: This deal, if it is allowed to move forward, will 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: actually be the death of the theatrical movie business. 46 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 2: In Hollywood. We're sitting here today trying to save it. 47 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: We're the United States of America. That's who we are. 48 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 2: Lucia has cos we're back into Europe and if you 49 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: must be prepared for the skill of our grandparents and 50 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: great grandparents and Georgia. 51 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: The binary Justice Department called it the largest COVID fraud 52 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: scheme in the country. This also has an impact on smallies. 53 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 3: Do you think that the video should be released in 54 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: full to the American public? 55 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, but whatever they have we certainly released. No problem. 56 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: This video was profoundly shaking. I didn't find it distressing 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: or disturbing. 58 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: It looks like any number of dozens of strikes we've seen. Senator, 59 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: have you seen the video? I have seen the video. 60 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 2: You have seen the classified video. No, I've not seen 61 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: the actual video. 62 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: Well, we keep it. I guess there have been cameras 63 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, 64 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: my every tear. We deserve to have cameras in there. 65 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 2: I would cause Eric will be careful what you wish for. 66 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: You know, it could screw up the proceeding and the 67 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 4: results might not be what everybody thinks they should be. 68 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 5: I think as long as uniquely indigestible for a secular mindset. 69 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: Old women are annoying if you ever have sex. 70 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: No, absolutely not, Wow, says the god who's never got 71 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: like Charon war Overnight basically being fired and then detained 72 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: by police. Something about it excited me, and uh, it's 73 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: kind of one of those deals. The door opens and 74 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: you get to walk through it and find out if 75 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: you can do it or run from it. 76 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 5: A California woman recently gave birth in a self driving 77 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 5: Waymo taxi. Then, to even things out, the waimo ran 78 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 5: over a pedestrian. 79 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: So I wrote, it's not a terrible theory and text 80 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: to me back he killed my dad. My god, if 81 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: I had to say. 82 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 4: Like, there's only one thing you can ever have for 83 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 4: the rest of time, which admittedly would be a bit monotonous, 84 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 4: but it would probably be a chooser there. 85 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: It's clips of the week, So serious first or CARDI 86 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: b first. Oh, let's get serious out of the way. 87 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 3: So we were talking yesterday about the ridiculousness of various 88 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: privileged crap. What am I supposed to do? What you 89 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 3: want me to do? Feel bad all day long? And 90 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 3: that teacher we had who walks up to kids and 91 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 3: tells them they should feel bad. But anyway, as a 92 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: legislator on the Education Committee who thinks state policy ought 93 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 3: to be telling little white kids they should walk through 94 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 3: their day feeling bad sick anyway, So in general, I 95 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 3: don't believe in the whole privilege thing, one privileged thing 96 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 3: that we should all we don't need to feel bad, 97 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: but you should feel freaking fortunate every damn day of 98 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 3: your life that you live in the biggest, most powerful 99 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: country in the world. So you've gotten no threat, zero 100 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 3: threat of some country coming in and shooting your kids, 101 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: raping your wife. I mean, all of these horrible things 102 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 3: that happen all over the world, including Ukraine, and I've 103 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 3: always been it really gets to me really easy people 104 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 3: who are literally fighting for their lives and their family lives. Anyway, 105 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 3: President Zelensky just put out a video a couple hours ago, 106 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 3: and I'm sure the reason he did it was the 107 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 3: conversation that's being had between Trump and European leaders in 108 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 3: which Trump says Ukraine's losing and they need to sign on. 109 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: To this peace deal. And then there's a piece in 110 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 2: the Wall Street. 111 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 3: Journal they going back and forth about whether Ukraine's losing 112 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 3: President Zelensky broadcast a video from the front a town 113 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 3: that Russia had been claiming for weeks they took, and 114 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: Zelensky's standing in the middle of that town saying, well, 115 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 3: this is the town Russia says they took. They don't 116 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 3: have it anymore. We have it, and then he ends 117 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 3: it with keep fighting, lads, and I just oh wow, 118 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 3: it's me like, whoa, I mean, those are people seriously 119 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 3: laying it all on the line for their fans. 120 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: Can we start calling the alleged piece plan a conditional 121 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: surrender plan since that's a much more accurate description of 122 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: what it is. And you can see the look on 123 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: Zelensky's face when he says keep fighting lads, I. 124 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: Mean you mean Neil, Yeah, mean it? 125 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: Yeah? AnyWho? That's heavy. 126 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: That is heavy. 127 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 3: If we have a privilege in the United States, it's 128 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 3: that we don't have to worry about that at all. 129 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: Transition music, Michael, I wish. 130 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: We had some Cardi B music. 131 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 3: I don't know if she has any music that's not 132 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 3: so filthy we couldn't play it. 133 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: Is she the lady? She's the lady. 134 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: When a time that she was home in the same 135 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 2: then maybe get to. 136 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: Come above time. I like this tells about. 137 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 2: Isn't the same? What is that? 138 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: If I recall correctly, this was the Italian pop star 139 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: put out a single in fake English, making fun of 140 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: the way Europeans single along to American pop songs, not 141 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: having any idea what they're saying, so he just went 142 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: with nonsense. It's really funny music, though it sounds like 143 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: Joon Batist can time. 144 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 2: Away. 145 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna make it stop now, Michael, it worked. I 146 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: don't remember what we were talking about, which is the 147 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: goal of transition music? Yeah? 148 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 3: So uh. 149 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: Nicki Minaj is blasting Gavvy Newsome for his being so 150 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: hot to trot for kids to have sex changes. 151 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: I get Cardi B and Nicki Minaj mixed up. They're 152 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 3: different people. 153 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: They may be which one said coronavirus and which one 154 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: said it's which one sang the WAP song? 155 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: That's this nick this one Nicki MINAJH. 156 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, are you? 157 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 2: They're both Cardi B? What Nicki minaje do that? 158 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 3: I should know anything somebody hits, she stays for something. 159 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure they've they've had a beef going on 160 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 2: for a while. They're very similar she got a big booty. 161 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: Yes, wow, Okay. So rap Bengas star Nicki Minaj is 162 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: blasting Gabby Newsom saying he wants to see trans kids. 163 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 1: That's an episode. That's an interview he did with Ezra 164 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: Kline in The New York Times in which he bragged 165 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: about the fact that California is the first and the 166 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: best and the biggest sanctuary state for confused adolescents who 167 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: want to get their bodies mutilated. He's very, very proud 168 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: of that. So she says she had a series of 169 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: X posts saying, it's the end of the road for you, Oh, 170 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: Gavy pooh, it only gets worse from here for you, buddy, 171 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: It's the end of the road for you, my love. 172 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: Get on the nearest jet ski and let that beautiful 173 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: hair blow in the wind. It will make you happier 174 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: than this race that you will not win. Enjoy life peace. 175 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: In a follow up, she said Gavin is the cute 176 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: boy who got everything handed to him because how cute 177 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: and sexy and hot and spoking. He was, Oh, look 178 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: at him sitting there in that suit with the sneakers on. 179 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: He thinks he's Tom Cruise. Only difference is his mission 180 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: is impossible. He shouldn't get another leading role. Let's see, 181 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. 182 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: Ha ha. Not even a trans adult would run on that. 183 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: Normal adults wake up and think they want to see healthy, safe, 184 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: happy kids, not gav The gav knots gave out sending 185 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: the next guy, I'm bored, Wow, Cardi B. Like so 186 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,839 Speaker 1: many folks, is Black America, Nicki minaj Nicki minaj by 187 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: Cardi B, I mean different. I'm just why the hell 188 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: am I saying? I have no idea? Oh it's because 189 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: the next I'm sorry, the next couple of sentences have 190 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: to do with the Cardi B So Nicki. 191 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 2: Minaje, I just asked. Grok is known as the Queen 192 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: of Rap. 193 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 3: She sold in the modern era one hundred million records worldwide. 194 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 2: In the two thousands. 195 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: She is a big deal Nicki Minaje Yeah so anyway, 196 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: and has a large booty. Like so many Black Americans, 197 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: she has no patience for the convincing kids their trans sickness. 198 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, the California governor became the first 199 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: sanctuary state for transgender identifying children who are seeking drugs 200 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: and surgeries to alter themselves. Anyway, way to go, whichever 201 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: rapper woman you are, because you're right on this one. Okay, huh. 202 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: Jd Vance actually brought Cardi b into this conversation for 203 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: reasons that I will not bother elaborating on because I 204 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: don't care, and I'm sure you don't either. All Right, 205 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: do you know if Kevin Hart and Michael Jordan actually 206 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: hate each other? 207 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 2: Have you heard about this story? 208 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: Oh? 209 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 3: Have you watched the most recent Kevin Hart Netflix special 210 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 3: that just got released? I think this week no very funny. 211 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 3: I find Kevin Hart freaking hilarious. And he's forty five now, 212 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 3: so he's got a lot of stuff about ag in there. 213 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 2: That I think you might find relatable as an aging dead. 214 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 3: But he claims, I don't know, maybe they're friends, and 215 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 3: this is a joke that he and Michael Jordan hate 216 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: each other, and it all goes way back to something 217 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 3: many many years ago. 218 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: He's got some seriously funny, really edgy smack about Michael 219 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: Jordan's Really yeah, I thought it was quite funny. Anyway, 220 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: I'll try to figure out if that's real or not, 221 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: and then we'll get the real news of some sort 222 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: or commentary Stay tuned. 223 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 5: A Norwegian metal detector enthusiasts recently discovered a gilded figuring 224 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 5: of Jesus Christ that is believed to be nine hundred 225 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 5: years old. He rushed home to tell his wife, but 226 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 5: then he remembered he was a metal detector enthusiast. 227 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: That's not nice, so I looked it up. 228 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, the feud between Kevin Hart the comedian and Michael 229 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: Jordan the basketball player appears to be real, and the 230 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,479 Speaker 1: full ten minutes of his special that Kevin Hart spends 231 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: making taking shots at Michael Jordan and quite a hilarious fashion. 232 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: I'll go back goes back to a fewd many many 233 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 1: years ago where Kevin Hart was the MC at a 234 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: celebrity something or other and Jordan showed up late, and 235 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: Kevin Hart didn't dig it, and then made some jokes 236 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: about Jordan was dressed, his pants were up too high, 237 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 1: and he dresses like a pregnant lesbian and very variety 238 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: of things, and he said, and Jordan sat there, glum 239 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: faced the whole time, never laughed anything, and then afterwards 240 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: shook his hand and squeezed really hard. So he still 241 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: makes big shots at Jordan being a loser of a 242 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: dad and pitching a dud with his kids who have failed. 243 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: And I mean it's. 244 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 3: Pretty hard stuff, but it's also it's also hilarious. But 245 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 3: I mean it's it's the sort of thing that would 246 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: make a guy mad. Wow, I've gotten to that age 247 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 3: where I got no EPs to give. 248 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 2: I just don't care. 249 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: Right, he's a funny guy. So a little bonus mail 250 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: bag here. You can drop us note if you want 251 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: mail bag at Armstrong and Giddy dot com. A lot 252 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: of interesting stuff from this. Tony writs. The United States 253 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: season that Venezuela and oil tanker Gavin Newsom was quoted 254 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,239 Speaker 1: as saying, my hair jails on that boat. 255 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 2: I get it. 256 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: It's kind of oily looking. Let's see, got this one. 257 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 2: My hair jails on that boat. That's funny. 258 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is Allnonymous says. I've heard Jack discussing these 259 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: conversations with AI for some time now. I've also heard 260 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: Jack talk about alcoholism. I'm an alcoholic, and I've admitted 261 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: it in a completely new way that was not possible 262 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: just a year ago. Yesterday, I started talking to Grok 263 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: about why I drink and how I ended up drinking 264 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: as much as I do, GROC has quite possibly given 265 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: me the advice I need to quit drinking. It's going 266 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: to be a long road, starting with some pill that 267 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: should help. But I may just make it heard so 268 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: much doom and gloom about AI while I have my 269 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: luddite hesitations, Groc may just have saved my lifetime. 270 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 2: Will tell wow. That's something. 271 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 3: I was talking about doctor yesterday, and he said, I 272 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 3: wonder if I'm going to be, you know, replaced by AI. 273 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 3: And I said, I don't know about medical doctors. But 274 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: and I said therapists. He was completely unaware of this. 275 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 3: I said, therapists better find a new line of work, 276 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: because the I is really good. 277 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I would detest. And then this from Drew 278 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: The Millennial Guys Ulysses by James Joyce sucks. Jack has 279 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: been discussing his slogging his way through that amazing classic 280 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: of literature. 281 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 2: I absolutely love it. 282 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: You claim to, but you don't anyway, Drew writes, Let's 283 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: see it sucks with four s's. I hate that stupid book. 284 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: At a certain point, esoteric rhetorical creativity has no value. 285 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: It's just silly. I remember the chapter he referred to today, 286 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: nine months of gestation is an allegory for the development 287 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: of human language. Ooh, and I'll write some rambling incomprehensible 288 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: book about how the Creation of Christianity is a parable 289 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: for the West Coast offense, just so people who pretend 290 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: to understand it can prag to each other. It's a joke. 291 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: It's Andy Warhol's soup camp. Anyway, love the show that's 292 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: pretty good. Hates the book, loves the Show's that's some 293 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: good writing. The Creation of Christianity is a parable for 294 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: the West Coast offense. I would say it, that's good. 295 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 3: I think it's interesting that I tried to read that 296 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 3: book many times throughout my life and couldn't, and then 297 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 3: after continuing to read very difficult stuff for the past 298 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 3: twenty five years or however long, I got to the 299 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 3: point where I could read it. So there's some like, 300 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 3: there's some like ability to appreciate it that I gained 301 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 3: by reading other difficult literature, Like I like I worked 302 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 3: myself up to it, and that I classical music like 303 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 3: in the way that I don't even understand. 304 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I don't know. That description reminds me of 305 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: some philosophy that I just can't get into. I know 306 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: a lot of people are into it, and I would 307 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: like to say that I am because it makes me 308 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: look smart, But I just I get a certain depth 309 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: into it. I think this is a complete waste of time. 310 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: This is just ruminating about stuff that doesn't matter. I 311 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: need to go make a living. Excuse me. 312 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Joyce is actually the exact opposite of 313 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 3: ruminating about something that doesn't matter. But maybe another time, 314 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 3: we've got some more news of the day. We ought 315 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 3: to get to some stuff. 316 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 2: That just happened Armstrong and Getty. 317 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 3: What would it look like if China tries to invade Taiwan. 318 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 2: Got some interesting stuff on that in just a second. 319 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 3: But I wanted to get back to this briefly, and 320 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 3: I promise it's brief. 321 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: If you're rolling your eyes at this. The why. 322 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,239 Speaker 3: James Joyce's Ulysses is a big piece of art that 323 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 3: has lasted as long as it has, but I really 324 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 3: think is interesting. So it's the whole book is the day, 325 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 3: one day in the life of three people. It's just 326 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 3: it's one day, June sixteenth, nineteen oh four in Dublin Island. 327 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: But the idea one page is long. 328 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 3: It's like eight hundred pages long. But and it's it's 329 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 3: kind of based on the Odyssey. But his point is 330 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 3: all of literature up until that point, really and art 331 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 3: was all about kings and queens and soldiers and conquerors 332 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 3: and all these different sorts of things, and the Odyssey 333 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 3: is that sort of thing. His point is that we all, 334 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 3: as human beings with the most mundane of lives, live 335 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 3: all of the fear, love, success, envy, hate, everything lust 336 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 3: that mankind can have, that a human inspirations can have 337 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 3: on a near daily basis as just regular people. It's 338 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 3: not only something for kings, queens and people that have won. 339 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: And conquered in battles or whatever. 340 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: It's for every single individual to experience the full gamut 341 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: of human emotions, just in regular life, just raising kids, 342 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: dealing with your wife and coworkers and blah blah blah. 343 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: What supplemental material have you found most helpful in reading it. 344 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 2: I've actually been using the chatbots a lot. 345 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 3: There are all kinds of books out there, but it's 346 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 3: faster for me to just go to the chatbot and 347 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 3: ask a specific question. 348 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 2: It gives me the answer. 349 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 1: Give us some for instance, just to help me understand 350 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: what that process looks. 351 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 3: Like like the other day, I said, I am really 352 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 3: slogging getting the run down and trying to read chapter twelve, 353 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 3: which is called the Oxen's something or other, and I said, 354 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: what can you do for me here? And which is 355 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: one of the things I love about chatbots, as you 356 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 3: can talk to them like that. It says, yeah, lots 357 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 3: of people quit here, that's where most people quit. So 358 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 3: try to fight your way through it. Here's what's happening. 359 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 3: Here's a way to approach it. Don't get too caught 360 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 3: up and trying to figure out what's actually occurring. Just 361 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 3: keep moving forward. It'll have a payoff in the end. 362 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: Oh wow, wow, wow, that's great. 363 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 3: That's amazing. Now these chatbots are amazing for lots of 364 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 3: different stuff. Anyway, back to this v This is according 365 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: to an article on the Wall Street Journal, and they're writers, 366 00:19:54,800 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 3: which I found really really interesting. The biggest geopolitical unknown 367 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,479 Speaker 3: facing the entire planet with everything that's going on is 368 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:13,360 Speaker 3: weather Beijing will try to conquer Taiwan in the near future. 369 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 3: The close second to that question is will the U 370 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 3: United States come to Taiwan's defense as a response. Those 371 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 3: are some major questions. They lay it out in this 372 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 3: very long article in the Wall Street Journal. If you're 373 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 3: interested in this topic, I highly recommend trying to figure 374 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 3: out how to read it. Wall Street Journal is pretty 375 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 3: good at paywalling people making you pay for their content. 376 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 3: Here's how it would start. 377 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: Five miles off Taiwan's coast ZTD, five amphibious vehicles from 378 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: China roll out of ships and zip over the water 379 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 1: amid a halo artillery fire. The Chinese soldiers inside have 380 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: their orders seize the beach or die trying. Close by, 381 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: China's airborne troops are taking losses. They arrived before dawn 382 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: in low flying aircraft have to seize the airport. Taiwanese 383 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: defenders down several planes of paratroopers that landed scattered, and 384 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: race to assault the airfield before Taiwan wrecks it. This 385 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: hypothetical battle scenario imagines a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Its militari's, 386 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: policy makers and war gamers are doing all over the 387 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: world to try to predict what would happen and when 388 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: it might happen. An amphibious invasion would be one of 389 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: the toughest military operations to execute, and an all out 390 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: war would be extremely bloody, devastate the global economy, and 391 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: change the course of the twenty first century. 392 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 2: That's all. 393 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, worth noting speaking of literature and reading and 394 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: that sort of thing, the modern article and I have 395 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: to have read that one where you like scroll and 396 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: it gives you graphics and like moving maps and stuff 397 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: is so cool. Yeah, I still want to unplug the Internet. 398 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: I admit that's pretty cool. 399 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 3: It's roughly one hundred and ten miles from the Chinese 400 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 3: mainland to Taiwan. The Taiwan Strait is a daunting obstacle. 401 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 3: Tens of thousands of Chinese troops would need to cross 402 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 3: it with tanks, trucks and more, while Taiwan's missiles and 403 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 3: mines and possibly US bombers and submarines. 404 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 2: Target the invading fleet. Man, that's the big wild guard. 405 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: With Trump as president or Biden or whoever as president, 406 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how any US president would react. The 407 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: strait can be hostile without any of that, because the 408 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: weather is really rough around there. As they point out, 409 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 1: Taiwan is only like eight weeks a year where it's 410 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: at all a good idea to cross it, which I 411 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: found interesting, kind of handy is a defense to know 412 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: that you probably have to attack during a specific window, 413 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: so it makes it easier to know when it's coming. 414 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: Taiwan is much bigger than Okinawa or Euajima, the nearby 415 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: Japanese islands that US forces captured in World War Two battles, 416 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: And if you're a fan of that, you know what 417 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: an ugly. 418 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 2: Struggle that was. 419 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: The nineteen forty five Battle of Okinawa was the last 420 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: time a very large scale amphibious operation has happened on 421 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: planet Earth. And that was pretty simple compared to what 422 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: an invasion. 423 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 2: Of Taiwan would be. 424 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: I remember, and this was a full year ago, probably 425 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: when I was listening to the National Review podcast with 426 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: all their writers on there, very republican magazine, conservative people, 427 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: people that care about you know, they're not isolation as 428 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: most of them. 429 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 3: And they did a around the horn. Who thinks we 430 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 3: would come to the defense of Taiwan if China attacked? 431 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: Not a one of them thought we would. I think 432 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 2: this is when Biden was president, but. 433 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 3: And that's something I had been living with, this assumption 434 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 3: that we are going to help defend Daiwan, but maybe 435 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 3: not well. 436 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: Every day, certainly every month, the math changes. How powerful 437 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,959 Speaker 1: are the Chinese. How intertwined are our economies? You know, 438 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: what's what's the state of the readiness of our forces, 439 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: what's the commander in chief's attitude. It's ever changing. I've 440 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: come to believe they're not going to invade, by the way, 441 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: and I believe it pretty firmly because I could certainly 442 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 1: be wrong, but because the other option, from Xijin Ping's 443 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: point of view, is to let to do it politically speaking, 444 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: have a little more patience and let the wheels of 445 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: politics in Taiwan turn. There's already a substantial pro China 446 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: pro let's have happy relations with China part of their 447 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: internal politics. I think they're legislators like anti China, but 448 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: their executive branch is pro China. At this point, I 449 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: might have it backwards. Forgive me, I'm not an expert, 450 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 1: but there are definitely green shoots, as people like to 451 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: say these say these days, for look, maybe we could 452 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: get something going like Hong Kong was supposed to be 453 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: two systems, one country. There are plenty of people within 454 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: Taiwan who want that, and China's just going to keep 455 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 1: working that angle as hard as they can with every 456 00:24:58,920 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: tool they have. 457 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 2: Well, that be the smart thing to do. 458 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 3: My biggest agreement disagreement with people like Ian Bremer and 459 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 3: other writers is they always assume people are going to 460 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 3: do the smart thing. People regularly don't do the smart 461 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 3: thing for all kinds of reasons. And the reading on 462 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: Jijingping's personality and entire life is this is what he 463 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,719 Speaker 3: cares more about than practically anything in the world, is 464 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 3: taking Taiwan, and he might do it just because he 465 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 3: wants to, and he's the guy that makes the call. 466 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, is it. 467 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 2: Would it be a good idea? No, I absolutely don't 468 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 2: think it would be a good idea for him. 469 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I could see the US and you know, China's 470 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: other allies, some of the them are kind of new 471 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: to the scene. Japan, for instance, is like militantly pro Taiwan, 472 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: not China's allies, Taiwan's sillies in a way that's surprising, 473 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: give them the history. But I could see even if 474 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: you know, we don't send our warships and all the 475 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: engage in direct battles like a serious effort to finance 476 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: and aid Taiwan's resistance. Anyway, we could because that article 477 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: points out in great detail amphibious invasions, particularly of a 478 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: place like Taiwan with their defenses and their topography would 479 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: be horrifically costly. 480 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 3: I'll give you a little more of this and then 481 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 3: if you're interested, you can seek it out and read 482 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 3: it yourself. Most of Taiwan's twenty three million people are 483 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 3: concentrated along the coast that faces China, so they're closest 484 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 3: to you know, where they actually have. Taiwan is increasingly 485 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 3: preparing to bog down Chinese forces in deadly urban combat. 486 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 3: According to people that you know work with the various 487 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 3: think tanks and everything in Taiwan. Defenders know the cities 488 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 3: can set up sniper positions and make it difficult for 489 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 3: China identify strongholds nested in the concrete. Can you imagine 490 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 3: living somewhere where this is a reality in your lifetime 491 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 3: that you might be invaded by one of the biggest 492 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 3: superpowers on the planet and be an urban combat Wow? 493 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: Right, And Taiwan has money and incredible technology to make 494 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: that extra lethal too, So it would be again just 495 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: mind bogglingly cost. 496 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 2: And maybe the most important ally on Earth. Maybe. 497 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. But same time, to your point about She's and 498 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: Ping being kind of fixated on this sort of thing. Remember, 499 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: he's the sort of leader who would think nothing nothing 500 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: of spending a million lives in the next six months. 501 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: He wouldn't even miss lunch, never mind being awake at night. 502 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 3: Which we can't wrap our heads around. Because if we 503 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 3: lost nine hundred guys, it would be the biggest story 504 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 3: in America by far. 505 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, there would be giant memorials. Well, hope that doesn't 506 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: happen in my lifetime. We will finish strong. 507 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 4: Next, I noticed my wife had started eating, and she 508 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 4: started choking and gasping, and after she had had a 509 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,239 Speaker 4: couple bites of food, she actually threw up, and I 510 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 4: had to look at the bag and seeing that there 511 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 4: was some kind of spray or something, the bag had 512 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 4: been tampered with. So I pulled up my doorbell camera 513 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 4: and seen that the lady that dropped the food off 514 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 4: had actually tampered with it. We assume it's pepper spray. 515 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 4: It's more than likely what it is. But now in 516 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 4: this day age, it could have been anything. Could have 517 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 4: been ratboism, could have been fentanel. We live in a 518 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 4: terrible world right now. Horrific people are mean for no reason. 519 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 4: There was no reason to do what she done. 520 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 3: Uh, that's a pretty rough story. So you brought that 521 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 3: to us the other day, Katie. So somebody, some weirdo, 522 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 3: some door dash weirdo, pepper sprays the food. It's like 523 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 3: a random act of meanness. But I assume, so I. 524 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: Don't know, you're making an assumption. Maybe the person ordering 525 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: it's send a note, hey, make sure there's pepper. Add 526 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: some pep brings some pepper packets, and like was really 527 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: bugging the guy. He thought, I'll give you some pepper. 528 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: You don't know, you bastard. 529 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 3: I assume somewhere in there he calls nine to one 530 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 3: one or something. If the person I'm meeting with starts 531 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 3: to sweat, cough, convulsian, then vomit, and I realize the 532 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 3: food's been daffered with, I'm thinking, holy. 533 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: Crap, somebody might die here. Sure, yeah, it's horrifying. 534 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 3: So, like you said, it could have been rat poison 535 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: or anything I don't know about the world is a 536 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 3: mess and everyone's evil. 537 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 2: Because of that one instance. 538 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: I think that was the most revealing and interesting thing 539 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: that was said, because it was funny. I was thinking 540 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: about this story and I thought, up until very very recently, 541 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: I never would have heard that story, and I wouldn't 542 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: spend a single second of my life worrying about door 543 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: dash drivers pepper sprang my food. And I wouldn't need 544 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: to because it will never ever happen. 545 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 2: I worry about the meat in my fries. 546 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: Yes, now, wait, now we're talking. 547 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 3: And I'm not even as worried about the Meeting of 548 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 3: Christ because there's more fries. There's gonna be more fries 549 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 3: in the bag than I need anyway. I just don't 550 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 3: want your grubby, greasy fingers in there. 551 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: You know. 552 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 2: I don't want your hands in my bag. Your pardon 553 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 2: the expression, Oh no, well, yes I will. 554 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: There's a dag and hands involved. It's fine. Yeah, yeah, 555 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I'm distracted by French fries, which are deliciously evil, 556 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: absolutely evil. Do you have an air fryer yet? Do 557 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: you have a toaster oven that can do air frying? 558 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 2: I have an air fryer. I'm not great at using it, 559 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 2: but I have one. 560 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: What I was just thinking, fries to go, fries left 561 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: over and similar fair. They can be brought back to 562 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: life and be damn near, if not as delicious as. 563 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 3: They ever were. God dang it, I have so little 564 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 3: self control. I'm having McDonald's fries today. Those are my 565 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 3: favorite fries. I love McDonald's fries, but I also like 566 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 3: a big, thick potatoy fry. It's like pub fry. Yes, 567 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 3: like I know when this makes me a very pedestrian person, 568 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 3: but I really like Red Robin's French fries. 569 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 2: And it's bottomless. 570 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 3: Just in case, one hundred French fries when they first 571 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 3: bring you, Yeah they're good, aren't enough? They'll bring you 572 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 3: another one hundred French fries. Those are some good French fries. 573 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 3: Though got slabbered with ketchup. Give give me that right now. 574 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 3: I need a big bowl of that bag of that 575 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 3: box of it. 576 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: Utah is relocating it's beavers. Do you want to hear 577 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: about that? We were talking earlier about I I prefaced 578 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: some critical of Trump' stuff with the fact that Trump 579 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: does some stuff that I think is great, and he's 580 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: the only guy to do it because he doesn't he 581 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,719 Speaker 1: gives zero s's. And I remember what story it was. 582 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: We brought the story from the Free Beacon the other 583 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: day about how there are a bunch of tech companies, 584 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 1: many of them in California, that openly say no US 585 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: citizens need apply. That's maddening, which is incredibly maddening. Trump 586 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: Justice Department is going after it. 587 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 3: Well, if my kids applied for a job when they're 588 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 3: getting out there in the workplace and they can't get 589 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 3: it because they're US citizens, Oh, that's maddening. 590 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: Well right, right, But the again, Pam Bondi and crew 591 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: got hold of this, they found out about it. Donald 592 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: J probably saw it in the Free Beacon and they 593 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: said this will not stand and they are going to 594 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: unleash holy hell on companies that would dare say that, 595 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: which is great. 596 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: And that's why Utah is relocating their beavers. 597 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: Right, yeah, no, unrelated. As a matter of fact, their 598 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: dams cause floods and that gets them in trouble with humans. 599 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: But in the right place, more water can be a 600 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: big help. So you don't need beavers, damn and stuff 601 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: up over here. Damn it beavers. But instead of an 602 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: expensive infrastructure project over there, you just relocate your beavers. 603 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 2: You know that. 604 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: Why do I know as much about beavers and dam 605 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:37,479 Speaker 1: building as I do from school? 606 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 3: Why did they, at least in my schooling. I don't 607 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 3: know my kids learned this. They seem to think it 608 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 3: was really important that I knew a lot about beavers 609 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 3: and what they do, and dams and the whole thing. 610 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: I have never spent a second talking about, thinking about, 611 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 1: or reading about beavers that I didn't enjoy. No, No, 612 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: it's enjoyable. But I'm just surprising that somebody does about 613 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: the flat tail, right, yeah, about that, right? My little 614 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: tunnel's in the damn and everything like that. The way 615 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: the build, it's pretty cool. Here's this lady who's a 616 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: beaver specialist. She works with beavers and relocating him and studying. 617 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 2: She's probably very happy. 618 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: I'll bet she's happier than hell to go to work. Well, 619 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: it's tough to tell the sex of a beaver. Do 620 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 1: you know that? 621 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 2: I did? 622 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: Not? Well know you do, and you enjoyed it. Like 623 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: every moment I've ever spent contemplating beaver's He can't just 624 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: for another fascinating revelation. 625 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 3: He can't just flip a beaver over and say crank 626 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 3: or no, it doesn't work. 627 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 2: It's more complicated. 628 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: Nope, Hey, kids, it's that time again with Armstrong and Getty. 629 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe Getty, Beaver's mate 630 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: for life. By the way, that's right, We learned that 631 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: the other day. Maybe that Michigan football coach ought to 632 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: stop being such a wolverine be more of a beaver. Huh. 633 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: And let's get a final thought from everybody on the 634 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: crew to wrap up the show for the day in 635 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 1: the week. Michael Aangelo ar Technical director, lead us off. Michael, 636 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: all Right, our show has a problem. 637 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 4: Yesterday we mentioned cheeseburgers on the area a cheeseburgers. 638 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 2: Today it's gonna be fries. 639 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: It was mentioned on the air. 640 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 2: If we keep this up, I know it doesn't on 641 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 2: a stick. 642 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 1: For everybody knows that doesn't. 643 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 2: Happen with salad Russell sprouts. 644 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, it doesn't work quite the same way, does it. 645 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 1: Katie green or esteemed the Muse woman. As a final thought, Katie, 646 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: I just want to thank Joe for ruining deck the 647 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 1: Halls because I'll never unhear with the bowels. Oh boy, 648 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,839 Speaker 1: that was gratuitous. Jack, do you have a final thought 649 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: you'd like to share? 650 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just gonna throw in this news item that 651 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 3: fired Michigan football coach has been charged with three crimes, 652 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 3: including home. 653 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 2: Invasion and stalking. He could spend a long time in 654 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:48,399 Speaker 2: prison over this. 655 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: Wow Wow, My final thought is slightly self serving. You 656 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,759 Speaker 1: gotta go to Armstrong and Getty dot com and or 657 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: wherever you like to download podcasts. If you think you're 658 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: in favor of cameras in the courtroom, listen to our 659 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 1: conversation with Judge Larry Goodman, a retired Superior court judge, 660 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: talking about how cameras are insidious in courtrooms and all 661 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: the problems they cause. Super interesting. That was the best 662 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: thing we did today, more interesting than Beaver's. Armstrong and 663 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,360 Speaker 1: Getty wrapping up another grueling, four hour worthday. So many people. 664 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: Thanks a little time. Go to Armstrong and Getty dot 665 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: com for links to podcast drop us a note if 666 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: you see something we ought to be talking about. Mail 667 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: bag at Armstrong Getty dot com. Pickups Mangy Swag. The 668 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: superstore is open. I've got to start my Christmas shopping 669 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: this weekend. I've got to I'm up against the wall. 670 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,360 Speaker 2: Time is running out, the pressure is on. 671 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 3: See you Monday. God bless America. 672 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 4: I'm strong and get you as. 673 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 1: I love che Come out, Come on and don't give 674 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:01,799 Speaker 1: me that. Come on, Let's go, let's go. We're gonna 675 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 1: have thrnal. We want a cheezleerk, come on everything cheese 676 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 1: like what cheese are coming? Chee? 677 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:06,680 Speaker 2: And I want to chaseeburg It's too early for a Chaseburger. 678 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: Put a cheese like her. Look cheese, but I got cheese. 679 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 2: Take your look, your cheater Burger. The Armstrong and Gaddy