1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty Armstrong, and Jetty 3 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: and now he Armstrong and Yetty. 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff is refusing to answer questions 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: from Fox News Digital about alleged mortgage fraud. President Trump 6 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: says the Fannie May Financial Crimes Division has concluded Schiff 7 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: engaged in a sustained pattern of possible mortgage fraud. The 8 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: senator has called the accusations baseless. 9 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: I think there's anything to that. 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 3: I would be shocked if Adam Schiff wasn't engaged in 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 3: something overtly illegal. He's one of the most shameless, flaming 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 3: congenital liars I've ever seen. 13 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: He absolutely is and has not been held to account 14 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: on any So. He claimed conspiracy with Russia all day, 15 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: every day for years and never paid off any of 16 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: the stuff he had. He gets a pass and becomes 17 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: a US Senator. Dan Bongino does the same sort of 18 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: thing around Epstein, and you know, mainstream media acts like 19 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: it's a horror. I don't think you should make up 20 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: conspiracies and lead along your voters when you know that 21 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: there's nothing to it. But Adam Shift did it too. Yeah, 22 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: it's not unique to this Epstein thing. 23 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: I could also see a shift in his fans and 24 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: what's wrong with you if you're a fan of Adam Schiff. 25 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 3: But I could see them saying, yeah, Trump has been 26 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 3: vowing to get him forever. Now he's getting him. This 27 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 3: is a witch hunt. 28 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 4: A couple of things fallst than his neck I've ever seen. 29 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: That's an excell one point. A couple of things guilty, 30 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: A couple of things before I get to the main thing. 31 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: Ukraine related. Remember a week ago they my brother texted 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: me from the airport, uh, two days ago. He's going 33 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: to Australia to see his dog, her who's interning with 34 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: a doctor because she's going to be a doctor. And 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: she got this cool internship with an Australian doctor. I 36 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 1: don't know if they're fixing kangaroos or what they're doing, 37 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: but criikey. Anyway, he was getting on a plane to 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: go to Australia and he didn't have to take his 39 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: shoes off, and he was very excited about that, and 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: nobody was taking their shoes off. That happened a week 41 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: ago now, Christy Nome, the overly Graham DHS secretary, said 42 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna change the limits on carry on liquids. So 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: the ridiculously small three ounces of mouthwash or whatever that 44 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: you're allowed to have, they're gonna they're gonna change that. 45 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: So exciting, exciting times to be appiilated those rules thirty times. 46 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's completely random, whether they enforced them or not. 47 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 1: You'll you'll fly all over the place with the same 48 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: tube of toothpaste, then all of a sudden, somebody are 49 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: looking in the face, what do you think you're doing 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: with your four ounces of Crest toothpaste. 51 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 3: But I have had three corkscrews confiscated because obviously I 52 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 3: can approach the stornas and put the cork crew in, twist. 53 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: It and pull right right out and then take over 54 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: the plane. I don't know how many pocket knives I 55 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: had to throw away because I get there and I realize, ah, crap, 56 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: I got my pocket NYE with me, which I obviously 57 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: can't have on a plane. So I started buying really 58 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: cheap ones so I can just toss them in the 59 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: trash and go through the line buy another one when 60 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: I get home. There's one more thing I wanted to 61 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: get to that. Maybe I'll do it later. 62 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 3: Oh, speaking of buying things, let me hit you with this. 63 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: What's the difference between a natural diamond, a mind diamond, 64 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 3: and the manufactured diamond that look exactly the same to 65 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: the naked eye? What's the difference? Many more consumers are answering. 66 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: I don't care. 67 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 3: Oh really, the market for diamonds, real diamonds is plunging. 68 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: That's interesting. I got a nugget on that, but I'll 69 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: save it. So very few people seem to have an 70 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: answer as to why Trump decided to do a fifty 71 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: day deadline for Russia. Russia has been showing what they are, 72 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: who they are, and what they plan to do every 73 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: day for three years. No matter what Trump says to 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: him on the phone, or threats or whatever, putin just 75 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: ups his game of trying to kill civilians and take 76 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: over Ukraine. Why the fifty day pause? Nobody really knows. 77 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: I've heard lots of guests, but nobody seems to really know. 78 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: Zelensky yesterday said the fifty day deadline wastes time and 79 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: lots of human lives, which is clearly true. But this 80 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: part I really like. 81 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: I'm surprised that he said something at forceful that might 82 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: offend Trump. 83 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: I am too, although he did do an interview with 84 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: Newsmax and said Biden couldn't end this war. I do 85 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: think Trump can so, which might actually be true. Also, 86 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: Trump and Zelensky are discussing a mega deal between the 87 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: two countries around drone technology, and our military and military 88 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: experts are really excited about this. I heard somebody the 89 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: other day saying if this war today, one of the 90 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: most powerful militaries on Earth would be the Ukrainians, even 91 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: though they're a tiny country, because they have better understanding 92 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: of modern warfare and have the infrastructure for fighting it 93 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: more than really anybody on Earth. Wow. Which is something 94 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine are considering a 95 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: mega deal that would see the US buying battlefield tested 96 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: Ukrainian drones in exchange for Kiev agreeing to buy a 97 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: swath of weapons from America. So we and NATO and 98 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: then some of that freed up Russian money would buy 99 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: all of our weapons, which would be a good deal 100 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: for US. We're going to get a whole bunch of 101 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: drone technology and hardware. Speaking exclusively with the New York post. Yesterday, 102 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: Zelensky revealed his latest talks with Trump focused on a 103 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: breakthrough deal that would see the US and Ukraine prop 104 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: each other's arsenal technology up in their area technology, specifically, 105 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: with Kiev offering to share everything it's learned about modern 106 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: warfare and its three year conflict with Russia, which is 107 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: very exciting. The deal could be transformative for the US 108 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 1: military and national security, with officials and drone experts warning 109 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: that America's technology lags way behind Russia and China, and 110 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: Ukraine is about as good as anybody on planet Earth 111 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: at this and American soldiers are ill equipped to use 112 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: drones or defend against the types of devices that are 113 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: being used by some of our biggest enemies. 114 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 3: The people find it surprising that we're that far behind. 115 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 3: But I say that humbly. I'm sure there's plenty I 116 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 3: don't know about this, and I get that Ukraine has 117 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 3: by necessity accelerated their experimentation and their learning curve, I 118 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 3: mean beyond imagination for us in the US. 119 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: But anyway, drone warfare has become the standout method of 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: battle in the Ukraine War and probably the future of warfare. 121 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: With Moscow and Kiev trading hundreds of aerial blows every 122 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: day using these drones. As we all know, experts have 123 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: long worned that many nations are studying the conflict to 124 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: understand what I'M modern war would look like with the 125 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: potential devastation highlighted by Russia's ever escalating drone bombardments of Ukraine. 126 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: And I wanted to get this on this guy, who's 127 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: one of your experts in studying our defenses. We all 128 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: know the same thing. We aren't giving the American warfighter 129 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: what they need to survive warfare today. This expert told 130 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: The New York Times, if we had to go to 131 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: war tomorrow, do we have what we need know? Which 132 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: is a little frightening. The issues were made evident in 133 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: a four day testing camp held last month in Alaska 134 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: by the Defense Department, which saw saw soldiers and private 135 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: contractors repeatingly fail to take down prototype drones of the 136 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: type that are being used by Russian Ukraine. So we 137 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: just don't have the expertise in it. Ukraine is maybe 138 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: the best in the world, and they're going to give 139 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: us all that info in exchange for other stuff, which 140 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: is awesome, right. The drones encounter drone. I don't see 141 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,559 Speaker 1: how you could be against this at all. I wonder 142 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: if one of these days I was listened to the 143 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: Telegraphed Ukraine podcast, which I listened to at least part 144 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: of every single day. Russia daily sends drones in slightly 145 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: different ways and missiles, and I think they're just trying 146 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: to either well, both exhaust Ukraine's defenses. They're gonna have 147 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: to hurry because we're getting the Patriot batteries there soon, 148 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: but exhaust Ukraine defenses or come up with something that 149 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: Ukraine can't handle. And if that ever happens, I'd like 150 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: to we need to get Mike Lines on because I'd 151 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: like to ask him this. Like yesterday's attack, Russia sent 152 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: drones from many different directions. This is the first time 153 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: they've done it this way, Like they came from east, west, north, south, 154 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: all at the same time, with the idea that maybe 155 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: this will confuse Ukraine's defense systems and then our missiles 156 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: will get through. Well, if they have ever had a 157 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: day where they break through, are they going to kill 158 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: thousands in one afternoon in Kiev or you know, one 159 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: of those bigger cities because they finally figured out the 160 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: calculation of what Ukraine's system can handle, and how is 161 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: the world going to react, How's NATO going to react, 162 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: How's the United States going to react? It'll be interesting 163 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: to see. But I think that's Russia's intent that one 164 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: day they foud, Okay, we finally figured it out. Bingo, 165 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: we got it. Now we can just lay them low. 166 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 3: I think I mentioned this to you off the air, 167 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 3: came across really really interesting study. The title of this 168 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 3: article is through trial and error, Iran found gaps in 169 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 3: Israel's storied air defenses. And you know, the headline tells 170 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 3: a lot of the story. The interlocking layers of missile 171 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 3: defense I found fascinating. 172 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: I'd love to talk about that later on the show. 173 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 3: But the point is, over twelve days, Iran pierced Israel's 174 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 3: defenses with increasing success, showing that even the world's most 175 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 3: advanced systems can be penetrated. 176 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: Okay, well, that's exactly what I was saying then, that 177 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: that's obviously what's happening because Russia is using Ukrainian sorry, 178 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: Russia is using Iranian drone technology, so obviously they would 179 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: be talking to the Iranians. That's what they're trying to do. 180 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: They're trying to find the weakness in Ukraine system. What 181 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: I'm just wondering is the day that they do that 182 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: and are successful in kill thousands. 183 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 3: What the reaction is going to be by Trump specifically 184 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 3: or just in general NATO. Yeah, I wonder quick word 185 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 3: from our friends at Trust and Will. I will tell 186 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 3: you this. If you're a grown up, you know you 187 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 3: should be doing this. 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I hope 214 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: you can stay here, Armstrong. 215 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 4: Hey. 216 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 5: In honor of National hot Dog Day, the convenience store 217 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 5: Circle K offered two roller real hot dogs for one 218 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 5: dollar because that's what they used to cost back when 219 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 5: they were first placed on the roller. 220 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: That's a good idea. They charge you based on when 221 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: they put them in there. 222 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I like that. Yesterday's spread, you get a 223 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 3: couple of bucks off. Come on, why not last Tuesday's 224 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 3: hot dog? I'm not paying much for it. So, speaking 225 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 3: of paying a great deal for something or not, Jack, 226 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 3: you know this London based de Beers, the corporation almost 227 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 3: single handedly pursued humans that your love isn't genuine unless 228 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 3: it's sealed with a diamond. 229 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: They're the ones that convinced everybody of this. And then 230 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: and the various people invented the whole two months of 231 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: your salaries traditional What a load of crap. 232 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 3: I'm sure they studied that for a while and realized, 233 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 3: all right, three would be insane. People would jack to 234 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 3: to one. We can get away with more thanet but 235 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 3: it's all made up. And do you know anybody do 236 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 3: they you or anybody you know who got engaged and 237 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 3: it did not include any sort of diamond ring. 238 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: It's very rare. Oh yeah. De Beers has like most 239 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: of the diamonds in the world, right that one correct? Yeah? Yeah, 240 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: And then they dole them out keeping you know, the 241 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: scarcity up. There's enough diamonds for everybody to have lots 242 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 1: of diamonds. They just have them make a big pile somewhere. 243 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 3: Well, and that's not even I mean, that's true, but 244 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 3: that's almost irrelevant at this point. And the beer's chief executive, 245 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 3: Al Cook, wants to save you and generation of lovers 246 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 3: and newlyweds from what he's calling a huge con when 247 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 3: it comes to buying diamonds, and that is lab made diamonds. 248 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 3: Diamonds can be made in labs that mimic the Earth's 249 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 3: extreme pressures and temperatures for a fraction of the price. 250 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 3: A decade ago, buying it was a novelty. Today they 251 00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 3: are completely mainstream. Walmart sold its first lab grown diamonds 252 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty two, three years ago. Now the stones 253 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 3: make up half of its diamond jewelry assortment. 254 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: Wow. So it's maybe similar to what we were talking 255 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: about the other day with dyeing your hair went from 256 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: not cool something to mock to everybody does it? Maybe 257 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: fake diamonds are that way. Somebody I know quite well 258 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: to do where's big diamond ear rings in their ears? 259 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: Had lost one the other day. It's like, oh my god, 260 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: you must be Oh no, no, it's not real. I 261 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: was shocked that they wore fake diamonds. But maybe that's 262 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: because of this trend. 263 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: You know, I bought Judy diamond earrings for Christmas last year, 264 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 3: and I'm kicking myself that we didn't go with the 265 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,479 Speaker 3: lab grown honestly. 266 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: But getting big, big, giant ones just don't look like 267 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: a rapper. Yeah, yeah, exactly, Michael. My wife's diamond ring 268 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: is a lab grown Yeah, why not? Why not? What 269 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: you want? 270 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: Now? The Beers is joining with Signet Jewelers, which owns 271 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 3: K Jewelers Zales Jared. It's funny how all of these 272 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 3: are near monopolies to say, no. 273 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: Oh, real diamonds are the only good ones because the 274 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: markup is so much more. But listen to this another 275 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: statistic for you. 276 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 3: Synthetic diamonds accounted for one percent of diamond sales in 277 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 3: twenty sixteen, nine years ago. Twenty percent. Now it's more, 278 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, one percent, less than one percent. Now it's 279 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 3: twenty percent, little more than twenty percent. 280 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: The whole thing has always been nuts, but so is. 281 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 3: More than half of engagement rings last year lab created diamonds. 282 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 1: Wow half Wow. Good for you. If you snagged a 283 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: woman who says, oh, yeah, go lab grown, let's save 284 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: the money for a house or our kids or whatever, 285 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: good for you. It's so much smarter. Almost anything that 286 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: is fashion related is completely in your mind. Yes. 287 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 3: Speaking of which, think about this, what's the appeal of 288 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 3: diamonds Now? They're shiny and sparkly, which is kind of cool, 289 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 3: especially if you're a tweaker, But no, I mean they're 290 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 3: pretty when they're cut, right, But they're a message I'm wealthy, 291 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 3: I'm successful, or I'm really really in love, and people 292 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 3: want to communicate that through the ring or the size 293 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 3: of the ring. But now that it's become much much 294 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 3: much more affordable, diamonds lose their cachet among the successful 295 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 3: and wealth to do, or certainly will be soon, right yeah, right, 296 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 3: So if half of engagement rings were not real diamonds 297 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 3: the whole because it works both ways. 298 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: Rich guy gives it to her to show you know, 299 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: I'm a big deal, and she believes, okay, you care 300 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: about me because I know this was expensive. Then she 301 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: gets to wear it around which shows her friends I 302 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: married a big deal, which is good for her, But 303 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: who really cares about me? Who really cares about? 304 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 3: All? 305 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: That goes out the window if half of them are 306 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: more fake? Yeah? Right right, that will fall apart very quickly, right? 307 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: Interesting and good? Yeah? Yeah. 308 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: I was just reading the other day about the designer 309 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 3: purses that go for just astronomical sums that I can't 310 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 3: even comprehend. Gals, it's a woman thing. I'll let you 311 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 3: worry about it. But you know your five, six, seven, 312 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 3: eight thousand dollars perse right, And they were talking about 313 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 3: especially the Chinese knockoffs are so good. Now you need 314 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 3: an expert with a magnifying glass to tell the difference. 315 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 1: Who cares? 316 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 3: Only people who are really I almost said desperate, but 317 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 3: I don't want to come off as judgmental. Wait a minute, 318 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 3: I'm constantly judgmental. 319 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: The only people who. 320 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 3: Would care are those who are desperate for the status 321 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 3: brought by the legit, because the legit shows I have 322 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 3: eight thousand dollars to spend on a purse. 323 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: Here's a good example. So I needed a big piece 324 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: of luggage to come back from New York. We extended 325 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: our vacation. We ended up with more stuff. I needed 326 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,479 Speaker 1: more luggage. I wanted to buy a really good bag, 327 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: and I went to the store and it was pretty pricey, 328 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: but it was half priced because it was last year's colors. 329 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: And I thought, there are people that care what color 330 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: their luggage is. I can't even imagine that I got 331 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: last year's green instead of this year's green. Okay, save 332 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: me a lot of money. Yeah, interesting, if you change 333 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: your luggage because the that color's last year and good 334 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: for you. I guess you have plenty of money to spend. 335 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: Send me some of it. We got lots on the 336 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 1: way stay here, Armstrong and Getty, So I suppose we've 337 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: got some more. I'm gonna drop an e bomb. I 338 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: don't even know if I can take it myself. Epstein's 339 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: stuff we could talk about later. I don't know if 340 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 1: I can make myself do it. Yeah, is this story done? 341 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: Is it done? I think it's done. I thought I 342 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: thought it was done a week ago, But I think 343 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: I think today might be the last day. In what sense? 344 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: It's like a headline grabbing statement was made by Yes, okay, yeah, 345 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: it's gotta be what. 346 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 3: It will continue behind and behind the scenes online for 347 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 3: the rest of our lives and beyond. 348 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: Sure, but it can't be like the first or first 349 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: two or three stories in the evening newscast anymore. Surely not. 350 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,479 Speaker 3: No, No, you wouldn't think so, barring some huge development. 351 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: Like PAMBONDI gives up the list. Come on, what is so? 352 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 3: I have all sorts of information compiled about the insidious 353 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 3: state of our national education system in the rotten the 354 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 3: teachers unions, and man, there's some more examples just coming 355 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 3: out today where the big teachers unions now have essentially 356 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 3: banned any use of any up with Israel or that 357 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 3: doesn't even misstate it, or Holocaust educational materials from the 358 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 3: Anti Defamation League. They have banned any use of those materials, 359 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 3: which have been used in thousands and thousands of schools 360 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: to teach about the Holocaust, among other things. They've banned 361 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 3: the use of them now as the raving anti Semitism 362 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 3: continues and grows in the teachers unions, and there are 363 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 3: all sorts of examples of it. But the one thing 364 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 3: I wanted to touch on, and this from the editorial 365 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 3: board of the Wall Street Journal, but a lot of 366 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 3: the medical schools in America, I mean the colleges and universities, 367 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 3: but medical schools too are full speed ahead with the racism, 368 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 3: with the DEI selective you know, admissions and that sort 369 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 3: of thing based heavily on race. 370 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: Well, just because you brought up anti semitism, this headline 371 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: out of National Review, did you see this as left 372 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: wing Americans flee to Canada. Canadian Jews are heading to 373 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: the United States to escape rampant anti Semitism. Yeah, it's 374 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: worse in Canada. 375 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, wow, Yeah, we mentioned the other day, Free Press 376 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: did some great reporting on at the big NEEA meeting. 377 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: That's the nation's largest teachers union, the National Educational Association. 378 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 3: It was all about promoting woke politics, fighting Trump, opposing ice, 379 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 3: continuing DEI and social justice, continuing LGBTQ plus minus, over 380 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 3: the power of three programs. 381 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: In schools, and how to get away with it. 382 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 3: Just it's a Marxist organization that, when they get a chance, 383 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 3: might teach your kid how to add and subtract, but 384 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 3: probably not. 385 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 1: Anyway. 386 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 3: Getting back to the probably not getting back to the 387 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,479 Speaker 3: medical school thing, do no harm. A group that studies 388 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 3: preferences in medicine submitted a Freedom of Information Act to 389 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 3: ninety three public medical schools for last year their admissions 390 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 3: for data on race, undergraduate GPA and the MCAT scores 391 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 3: and whether or not the applicant was admitted. And actually 392 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 3: a couple of dozen schools have responded so far, and 393 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 3: the data suggest us racial preferences are still going strong. 394 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 3: At the responding schools admitted black applicants had lower MCAT 395 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 3: scores than admitted white and Asian applicants. Twenty two out 396 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 3: of the twenty three schools admitted Asian students had a 397 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 3: mean MCAT of five fourteen. 398 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: That's in the eighty eighth percentile. 399 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 3: Admitted Black students had a mean score of five zero 400 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 3: eight point three, approximate approximately the seventy third percentile, which 401 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 3: which is not miserable, but it's you know, fifteen points lower. 402 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 3: The delta also existed for comparative GPAs among the groups. 403 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 3: Dishonorable mention goes to the University of Wisconsin Medical School 404 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 3: and Public Health School of I'm sorry, School of Medicine 405 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 3: and Public Health, where black medical school applicants were ten 406 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 3: times more likely to be admitted than white or Asian 407 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 3: applicants with identical test scores and GPA. 408 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: WOW. 409 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 3: At Eastern Virginia Medical School, black applicants were about eleven 410 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 3: times were likely to be admitted. There's no way to 411 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 3: explain that multiple without racial preferences, which have been outlawed 412 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 3: by the Supreme Court. Not to mention the Civil Rights 413 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 3: Act in nineteen sixty four in pursuant it's a legislation, 414 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 3: or if. 415 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: You're like me or you or lots of people listening, 416 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: just common decency. I mean, that's just awful. 417 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 3: That well, it's racist. It's incredibly racist. Yeah, yeah, it 418 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 3: is unbelievable. And how do these other interesting things. 419 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how you justified it. I 420 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: know how they do justify it, but it doesn't make 421 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: any sense. You're not helping some black kid from nineteen 422 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: fifty eight by screwing over some Asian kid today. 423 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: Right, Well, that's well said. And as I'm always harping at. 424 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 3: Oh one final note, they studied before the Supreme Court 425 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 3: decision and after no change, no change, the colleges are 426 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 3: just doing what they want to do without fear of repercussion. 427 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: I think a little repercussion might do them some good. 428 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 3: But to your point, Jack, and I'm always harping on this, 429 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 3: to fix it at the admission into grad school level 430 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 3: is to do an incredible disservice to the little kids 431 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: who are getting crappy, union choked government school miseducations. 432 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 1: You're enabling that to continue. 433 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 3: And trust me, the unions know that instead of going 434 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 3: with school choice and vouchers and competition and getting rid 435 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 3: of the near monopoly of our crappy government schools, you 436 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 3: paper over it at the end so you can keep 437 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 3: the scam up. 438 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great point that I wish more people 439 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: focused on try to fix it for five year olds 440 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: through ten year olds as opposed to high school, college 441 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: and beyond. Right. 442 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 3: I mean, if you just said, hey, look, only six 443 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 3: percent or five percent of medical school students are black kids, 444 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 3: doesn't that seem really low given the fact that what's 445 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 3: the current figure, eleven percent of the population is black 446 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 3: or whatever it happens to be. 447 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: Seems low? Why do you suppose that is? 448 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 3: Now, if you approached it like that and not well, 449 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 3: let's just push more into medical school, you would be 450 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 3: forced to answer the question, well, right, maybe it has 451 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 3: to do with the graphic schools, Maybe it has to 452 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 3: do with families, family structure, parent, you know, father, absenteeism. 453 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: But you'd have to answer those questions. Well, even if 454 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: you left it with schools, at least, that would drive 455 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: you back to looking at like because we saw the 456 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 1: statistics for Chicago and a Baltimore, number of cities where 457 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 1: the poor schools zero percent and the poor schools were 458 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: primarily black, zero percent of the kids could read or 459 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: do math at proficiency level zero makes you wonder why 460 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: they're even open, what are they doing? 461 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 3: But I wish that, Oh, go ahead, But If that's 462 00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 3: the case, that's where you start, right And why aren't 463 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 3: there Republicans who are making this point more forcefully and eloquently. 464 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 3: I do not know, But so here just I'll speak 465 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 3: for myself here. I am advocating innovation, competition, school choice 466 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 3: for parents of little minority kids. We'll just go with 467 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,199 Speaker 3: black kids for now and just simplify the verbiage. But 468 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 3: I'm for doing whatever it takes to shake up the 469 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 3: system so that those little black boys and girls get 470 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 3: the education they deserve. The progressive side of the isle 471 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 3: is in lockstep with. 472 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: The teachers' union, screwing those little kids. 473 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 3: You tell me which side of the isle actually cares 474 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 3: about those little kids. I mean, it's so freaking self evident. 475 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,479 Speaker 3: I feel like, I'm y'all are too hard. You were 476 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 3: ahead of me two sentences before I finished. It's so obvious. 477 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 3: But nobody's making that point because of the you know, 478 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 3: the monopoly of the mainstream media and a lot of 479 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 3: these discussions and just I don't know, the people's stereotypes 480 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 3: are preconceptions. 481 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: I guess well that Supreme Court ruling is going to 482 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,680 Speaker 1: be hard to enforce obviously. 483 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, oh yeah, I mean where there is no 484 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 3: respect for the law, or indeed contempt for the law, 485 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 3: like in our university system. 486 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: How are you going to do it? Well? 487 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 3: This sort of thing good for do no harm the 488 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 3: organization that's studying this stuff, good for y'all. I'm gonna 489 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 3: kick him a few bucks or something. 490 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: Wanted to mention this, and this kind of fits in 491 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: with what we were just talking about, because you get 492 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: better coverage on this news story for a lot of 493 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 1: America if you NPR was a little bit different than 494 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: they are. Republic television so left leaning, they would never 495 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: approach this story the way we just did. After So 496 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: I'm reading Rich Lowry of the National Review here, after 497 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: several decades of talking about it and trying to do 498 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: it with no effect, Republicans are finally cutting off federal 499 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: funding for public broadcasting. An extraordinary win, says the National Review. 500 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: Happened last night late nine billion dollars total being cut 501 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: out of the government. There's all kinds of different stuff 502 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: that I might not agree with of different programs, but 503 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: the roughly a billion dollars that goes to NPR on 504 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: the radio and PBS on TV absolutely way overdue. 505 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 3: The bigger picture in Michael Longina need fifty five clip 506 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 3: fifty five Senator John Soon. But to me, the bigger 507 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 3: picture is that this recision package of is it eight 508 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 3: billion dollars, it's less than one tenth of one percent 509 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 3: of the federal budget, and just trying to make a 510 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 3: few cuts. People are squealing like we're I don't know, 511 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 3: suspending the Constitution and ending all Social Security. 512 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: And here's John thun But. 513 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 6: What does it tell you about trying to cut spending 514 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 6: in Washington that the House only passes this recisions bill 515 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 6: by one vote? And as you mentioned, you brought Vice 516 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 6: President Fans to get it through. What does it say 517 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 6: about how tough that is considering how big our deficit? 518 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: That is? Right? 519 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 7: Well, I mean it is, and we're thirty six trillion 520 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 7: dollars in debt and we just don't have any options anymore. 521 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 7: We've run out of options. We've got to start doing 522 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 7: the hard work. And it is it's politically fraud. 523 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 3: You get twenty times the reward for spending money than 524 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 3: you do for responsible cutting is spending. That's just that's 525 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 3: the political dynamic that I think we all just need 526 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,959 Speaker 3: to understand, and we will have to hit bottom. 527 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: Well, sorry, that was discouraging. I apologize, Well, it's a 528 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 1: pretty discouraging situation, and bottom is going to be pretty ugly. 529 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, Well, your kids are gonna like it 530 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: if you buy them new bikes and clothes and video 531 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: games and fancy vacations endlessly. They're going to really really like, 532 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: they're gonna hate it if you tell them, no, no, no, 533 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: We're going to really tighten our belt this year. The 534 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: problem is you would you run out of money at 535 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: some point? 536 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 3: You see exactly, my beloved daughter Delaney, who's living at 537 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 3: home for the summer at least for a couple of months. 538 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 3: We're watching Poop's Creek, the such a good show, the 539 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 3: award winning show, which I am really enjoying. 540 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: And the further you go, the better it can. I know, 541 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: it becomes just like so. 542 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 3: Brilliant, right right right, And I'm finally getting to the 543 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 3: point where I'm appreciating that. But the United States of 544 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 3: America is going to be the what's their name, the King. 545 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: Family or I can't believe I can't Remember's. 546 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 3: Funny, I can't remember the last name of the family. 547 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 3: It doesn't matter. We'll call him the Jones family. The 548 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 3: US of a is going to be the Jones family. 549 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 3: We are going to go from a palatial mansion in 550 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 3: every luxury known to man to living in a crappy 551 00:30:54,480 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 3: hotel with a weirdo pervo mayor slash hotel manager. The 552 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 3: humiliations are going to be many, and the deprivations on ending. 553 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: How about the sign on the billboard coming into town. 554 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 3: I don't see the problem. Sorry, inside joke. It's a 555 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 3: fine show. It's very quirky. You hope you you David, 556 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 3: You don't worry. It's his sister. 557 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: Sorry, all right, now we'll stop. Now, we'll stop stop. 558 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: Oh my god, Oh okay, we got a lot more 559 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: stay here. 560 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 8: But the big story today is that Trump lashed out 561 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 8: at his own supporters who are criticizing him over the 562 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 8: Epstein files, calling them weaklings who have bought into bs, 563 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 8: hook line and sinker. Trump hasn't been this mad as 564 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 8: the people he loves since McDonald's introduced salads. 565 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: Not my donald. That's funny, big announcement around food and 566 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: drink that Trump just made. You know how people like 567 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: Mexican coke buying Mexican cokeaus has rocine sugar in it 568 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: instead of the fruit toos Coca Cola is going to 569 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: have cane sugar in it, hooray, according to Trump. So 570 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: I don't quite understand this is a forcing Coke to 571 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: switch to sugar. And apparently Coke has put out a 572 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: statement saying we don't have hypructose cors So I don't know. 573 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: Maybe that battle is not over. But Trump trying to 574 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: order Coca Cola to have I do like to taste better, 575 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: and I remember when I used to go to Mexico 576 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: it was noticeable first sip, incredibly different flavor, much better. 577 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: But AnyWho, that's a minor point. That's not what I 578 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: was planning to talk about. So the whole Epstein thing 579 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: and Trump attacking is most faithful supporters and all that. 580 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe Today, and I didn't see 581 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: this said to some Democrat who was on there calling 582 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 1: out Democrats for their sudden interest in the Epstein files. 583 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: It's also staged and in bad faith, right, hey, Democrats, 584 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: the Epstein things the most important thing. I mean, you 585 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: had four years and several years of control of all 586 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,640 Speaker 1: branches and you weren't interested in it at all, and 587 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: now you act like it's such an important topic. Oh, 588 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: we do have Scarborough, go ahead. Why is this important? 589 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 9: Because the sexual abuse of young people and children is 590 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 9: a crisis throughout our society. There's, of course the church 591 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 9: scandal or many church scandals. There's what happened in Michigan State, 592 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 9: there's what happened at Ohio State. 593 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 2: Congressman could have gotten that from twenty one to twenty 594 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 2: five when Democrats controlled. 595 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: The OJ why it was a crisis. Then it's a crisis. 596 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 2: Now why didn't Why didn't Democrats call far from twenty 597 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 2: one to twenty five. 598 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 9: So, I mean you have to go back and look 599 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 9: specifically at. 600 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: Particular that makes a ploy. That's Jamie Raskin, who's as 601 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: full of crap as anybody could be. But it's a 602 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: very good question. All this is Epstein's hugely important with 603 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: child and Okay, you didn't care about before. It's just 604 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: as I've been saying all week, it's just a club 605 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: to hammer MAGA with or to point out that Pam 606 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: Bondi and the FBI director were why into voters when 607 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: they were out of office. That's why you're into it, 608 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 1: the only reason you're into it. Yeah. 609 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 3: I read a piece by Karl Rove which he in 610 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 3: which he was describing the utter disarray of the Democratic 611 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 3: Party and what terrible, terrible trouble they're in. He said, look, 612 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,399 Speaker 3: they're smart to latch onto this because it might give 613 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,760 Speaker 3: them a momentary opportunity to shake faith in the Trump 614 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 3: administration or Republicans. But he said, this is not the 615 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 3: sort of thing people vote on. 616 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: No, oh, absolutely not. And when it's gone, it will 617 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:40,919 Speaker 1: be gone, and nobody will ever think about it again. 618 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,320 Speaker 1: It's one of those things. It's like exciting for a 619 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: couple of days. You won't even know. People will say, oh, yeah, 620 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,279 Speaker 1: I remember that week. We talked about Epstein every day. 621 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: But Trump said this yesterday, which is a heck of 622 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: a thing. 623 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 4: I would say that, you know, these files were made 624 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 4: up by Tomy, they were made up by Obama, they 625 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 4: were made up by dividing, you know, and we went 626 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 4: through years of that with the Russia Russia Russia Huax, 627 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 4: with all of the different things. 628 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:07,839 Speaker 1: That we had to go through. 629 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,320 Speaker 4: We've gone through years of it. But she's handled it 630 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:11,840 Speaker 4: very well, and it's. 631 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: Going to be up to her. 632 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 4: Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release. 633 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: I've completely lost the thread of his explanation for what 634 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 1: are we talking about? What files Komy, what Komy, Biden 635 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 1: and Obama are behind the Epstein hoax? 636 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 3: What or behind the investigation? You know, we got this 637 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 3: note from Edmund, who says he thinks we've been kind 638 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 3: of flippant in dismissing the concerns and interests of so 639 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 3: many good people. You don't have to subscribe to the 640 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 3: extreme theories regarding Masad or to some international child abuse 641 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 3: conspiracy theory to believe that available records will disclose the 642 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 3: identities of many men who took an invitation from Epstein 643 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,240 Speaker 3: to enjoy the underage girls that he and his sidekick 644 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 3: captured and exploited. So he is concerned with a much 645 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 3: more narrow focus that there are more pervs. They're probably 646 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,399 Speaker 3: rich and powerful, and their names ought to be out. 647 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 3: But see, that's the problem, Edmund, with dealing with this. 648 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,800 Speaker 3: You have to almost describe specifically, all right, which level, 649 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 3: which permutation, Which version of this am I arguing against? 650 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 3: Right now? I would never argue against your version of it, Edmund. No, 651 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,839 Speaker 3: but it's the evil Jews are in an international child 652 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 3: rape cabal thing that no, I'm not buying and never will. 653 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: Run by the Clintons in Hollywood. 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