1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to Worst Year Ever, a production of I Heart 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: Radio Well Together Everything, So don't don't don't. Welcome to 3 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: the Worst Year Ever. It's the first of the year, 4 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: and welcome to the celebrating guys, do you have calendars? 5 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: This is the podcast where we believe that the time 6 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: started less than a year ago and everything before is 7 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: a hallucination created by the illuminati. Well, you don't know, 8 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: that's not true. Nothing has ever happened before this moment, 9 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: and nothing happened beyond it. That's right. This is all 10 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: of existence convinced into a podcast for the podcasting which 11 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: will continue. Cody, I watched Peacemaker. Did you have that? 12 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: I have watched Peacemakers? Was all about that sky high 13 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: it was? It was, Oh boy, guys. I just have 14 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 1: to say, before we even dived down this path of 15 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: talking about it, a number of our wonderful, beloved listeners 16 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: have reached out to me to say thank you, Katie, 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: thank you for your recommendation of Patriot, and these motherfucking 18 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: boys that I worked with that I work with will 19 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: much respect or listen to my suggestions. Pker Peacemaker, It's 20 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: pretty good. How did you enjoy it? I like you know, 21 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: I really like John Cena. I like John Cena a lot. 22 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: I think he's he's charming, and I'm continually surprised at 23 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: how talented he is. For example, really seen a very 24 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: emotional scene where he plays the piano and I looked 25 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: it up Tom and he that's actually him. He's just 26 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: like I was watching my first when that scene started, 27 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: I was like, no way, that's him playing. They got 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: a body double that to play. Then there was a 29 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: shot that, you know, James Gunn was like, we're going 30 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: to need a shot that like, clearly that's playing. So 31 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: they do like his face panning down to his hands, 32 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: and I was like, I'll be damned, that's dope. He 33 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: also speaks fluent Mandarin. What he's really good in the show. 34 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 1: He's he's a wonderful actor. Um and I was not 35 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: familiar before this. I I had a lot of fun 36 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: watching this. Whole cast is great. Yeah, the whole caseories. 37 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: I enjoyed it thoroughly. Well. Everreated this exact conversation for 38 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: like a half hour with David Bell yesterday with David Bell. Yeah, 39 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: oh he was on Bastards right, Yeah he was. He was. 40 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: This is just a podcast where I talked to my 41 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: friends about things I've said to my other friends and 42 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: I about shows that you are also recommend. Because the 43 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: world's doing fine, We're not needed to cover in our work. 44 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: Work here is done. Letting Google. Oh okay, yeah, small 45 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: small yield nuclear weapons could make nuclear war more accessible 46 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: than ever. That seems fine. Alright, you saw that really 47 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: good article. It's fine. That's not not really even worth 48 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: covering in any detail. We need, we need our entertainment. 49 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: I do have an awareness now that my attention span 50 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: is all over the place and it's hard for me 51 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: to zone out being alone. I've probably said this on 52 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: the show, So I give myself permission to take two 53 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: days with an episode of a show if it's like 54 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: a longer episode, you know, like, don't give up, just 55 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: do it in pieces if your attention is split. But yeah, yeah, 56 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: I just don't think too much about things who do 57 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: things or believe things. Just don't just don't recommend not 58 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: caring destructive nuclear arms will consume us all. Thank god. 59 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: I have to say that this is at odds with 60 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: everything we talked about last week on even More News 61 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: or other show where we went deep with Danny Fernande 62 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: is on white nihilism and the importance of not saying 63 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: there's nothing not white nihilism, to say everything seems fine time. Yeah, um, 64 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: how y'all doing. I'm I'm I think I'm terrible in 65 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: most ways. But all of the sheep on our on 66 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: our on our little farm just had babies. So there's 67 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: for very tiny sheep. I got to see them when 68 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: they were like two hours. It's so cute because I 69 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: went out and fed them, and then I came out 70 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: a couple of hours later and there were babies, so 71 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: I knew they had to be like maybe two or 72 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: three hours old. And they're just already up and doing 73 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: sheep stuff like fine, living life, vibe and doing all 74 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: of the things they will do as adults. They're already 75 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: walking around. Sheeps come out walking, they come out ready 76 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: to go. They're just I guess you away, it's just lams, baby, 77 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: little little baby lambs. One of them is a ram. 78 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: He's got a little bitty little bit of problems on 79 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: his hand. Uh. Their dad. They're like, I mean, they're 80 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: about the size of a cat, like sized cat. Um, 81 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: they're not big. They're a little taller than cats obviously 82 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: because they're sheep, but they're about the mass of a 83 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: cat man. Birthing a sheep's got to be brutal. Oh, 84 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 1: you don't have to do any of that. Ship. Their 85 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: moms take care of it. Well that's what I mean 86 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: for the mom. Yeah, not you. Yeah. They seem to 87 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: be doing just fine. And their dad is very proud 88 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: of the fact that he made a bunch of little 89 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: baby lambs. Uh. He kept trying to head butt us 90 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: when we picked him up to cut their umbilical cords off. 91 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: But I just had to grab onto his horns and 92 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: then it was fine. Protective, what loyalty. I love him. 93 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: They're going to give their kids complex. He liked it. 94 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: Behind his neck he wiggles his entire back end like 95 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: a dog. It's very cute. He's a good boy. I 96 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: she could spend the whole hour talking about this pretty 97 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: good ram. Yeah, this mammal stuff. Yeah yeah. See. How's 98 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: that for positivity? I would say that is a show. 99 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: We're done. Great episode today, I feel wonderful. Have a 100 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: good one to the worst year ever. A podcast where 101 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: I update you about the tidy farm that I live on. 102 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: Um chickens are fact. That sounds lovely, though m Hm, 103 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: it does. I think we all want to live vicariously 104 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: through you. It's not, it's maybe not. There's problem the 105 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: best for an audio medium. Too many eggs, way too 106 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: many eggs. Too many eggs. You can't eat all those eggs. 107 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: It's impossible to give them away. I'll get like sixty 108 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: eggs in a week. That's what That's what we gotta do. 109 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: That's what we gotta do. We gotta start doing some 110 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: baking and freezing bot eggs. Yeah, freeze them, pickle them, 111 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: do what you can. Anyway. What's the news. How are 112 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: we doing? Oh? I want to talk about great end 113 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: of sec Yeah, I don't know. With the Supreme Court. 114 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, that's what we're talking about. Looking for a 115 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: new member. Um. Yeah, they're doing maybe too, that's the 116 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: only thing. What's the what's the dear, dear deal with Clarence. 117 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: He's sick with something. He'll probably be fine. Fine, He'll 118 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: be fine this time, he'll be fine. Yeah, he'll definitely 119 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: be fine. Yeah. But it'd be pretty cool if he died, 120 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: though he die right now, otherwise it'll be pretty frustrating 121 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: if he died like after the mid terms and we 122 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: are incapable of confirming anybody would just like him to 123 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: get hit by a bus on his way out of 124 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: the hospital. Be nice him and his wife. Yeah, sure, absolutely, 125 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: that sounds fine. With a smile. It didn't feel right, though, 126 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: I'm fine with it. I have gotten over the hump 127 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: of wishing death upon who else want to I just 128 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: I guess I don't necessarily want them to be hit 129 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: by a bus. I'd rather, um, well, I happen to 130 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: support public transit Katie, Well, yeah, what do you what 131 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: do you want? You want them to get hit by 132 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: a tesla in a tunnel. I don't want them to 133 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: die in some way that's incredibly tragic and everybody's like, oh, 134 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: you know, these people are wonderful. I'd rather uh to 135 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: continue to bespitch their name, I guess. But I don't 136 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: want him to be serving. I want him to die. 137 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: I don't need Jinny too. She can be around to 138 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: like be a goal. And yeah, I mean, obviously the 139 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: ideal death for a bad person is like auto erotic asphyxiation. 140 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: But how often does that get to happen? Very I 141 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: mean very early. Yeah, I've got one in mind. But anyway, 142 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: so beyond that confirmations, Yeah, I think it's only happened once. Yeah, 143 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: and to Quentin Tarantino in eleven years strangled by a 144 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: foot shaped rope. What that's funny. Trust your feelings, you 145 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: know it to be true. I mean normally I don't 146 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: like when you predict things. But they'll do a Star 147 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 1: Trek and then he'll be I'm not saying I wanted. 148 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: I have nothing against Quentin Tarantino. It just seems plausible. Anyway. 149 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: We've got a Supreme Court in theory. Yeah. Um, yeah, 150 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: they're they're doing that. They're doing it today. They did 151 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: a little bit yesterday. It's very do more tomorrow. Good 152 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 1: and exciting. They're doing a great job. Um. I shout 153 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: out to Lindsey Graham. Shout out to Marcia Blackburn, shout 154 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: out to Josh Holly, Shout out to a friend of 155 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: the show. Are you shouting these also? They're just doing 156 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: a really good job. They're doing a good job. Uh. 157 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: We're talking a lot about critical race theory. Oh yeah, 158 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: and children's books, because what else are you gonna talk 159 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: about that's really important for us to talk about during 160 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: this limited period of time. Yeah, there's a really funny 161 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: Lindsey Graham quote about this uh, not about this, but 162 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: like basically saying, uh, people are gonna call us a 163 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: racist during this Republicans, and that's not gonna fly with 164 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: us because we're used to it by now. And I 165 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: just think that's really really funny. Like I know what 166 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: he meant. He's like, yeah, you falsely accused of racism. 167 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 1: We're used to that. But like just saying, like we're 168 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: used to being called racist all the time. It's very funny. Cellphone, 169 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: cell phone, cellphone. It's a fun time talking about critical 170 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: race theory. But first we're gonna talk about George W. 171 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: Bush um alleged war criminal, alleged alleged worker alleged um 172 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: who today with work a middle of funny term. Sorry, 173 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: just the fact like sure putin Yeah, okay, war criminal, 174 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: but like war is criminal. No, no, let's wow, let 175 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: it simmer and hit y'all. War is the crime. Um. Yeah, 176 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: he's with alleged work criminal George W. Bush with alleged 177 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: work criminal Bill Clinton. I guess all presidents are war 178 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: criminals him something. Yeah, and let that asprint factory. Yeah. 179 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: Also alleged criminal. Yeah, definitely alleged rapist criminals George W. 180 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: Bush and Bill Clinton. Yeah, let's go with that's easiest, easiest, 181 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: easiest way for it. Yeah, it's a Chicago's Ukraine village 182 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: and they're they're doing um, they're like lank flowers and 183 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: solitarity with Ukraine. Fine, whatever, fine, whatever, it's it's ex 184 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: president ship like ex president stuff, the body countries being faded. Um. 185 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 1: One might say the opposite of what they did when 186 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: they were president, but whatever. Um. Uh. So George W. 187 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: Bush was brought up today, and I think this is 188 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: really interesting how these senators are, particularly the Republican senators, 189 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: handle this and like frame stuff and ask about stuff 190 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: and try to get their little their little sound bite 191 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: in their little moment um. John Cornyn was asking today 192 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: about George W. Bush and first of all, we didn't 193 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: even say her name. Katangi Brown Jackson is the Supreme Court. 194 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: Incredible that we've made it this far. What a hack 195 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 1: saying ridiculous, absolute shame. That's her name. So she was 196 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: asked about one point calling George W. Bush a war 197 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: criminal during her career, and she was very confused by this. 198 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: She didn't think think she ever said it, um, which uh, 199 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: one could argue that it's fine if she said that 200 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: at one point that you could. You could very well 201 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: argue that, but obviously if you're in the in the 202 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: Senate the United States, you can't argue that as a senator. UM. 203 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: I think it would be based if you did, but 204 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: it's unlikely that people would, which is why they wouldn't. Yeah, 205 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: based in senate pilled Uh, but they're not doing that. 206 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: What they're asking is accusatorially. You called Bush and Rumsfeld 207 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: war criminals. UM, and you've been so charming and reasonable 208 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: today and I'm surprised that you would do such a thing. 209 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: And so he did his little spiel and she was like, 210 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? And they went on. Then 211 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: they took like a short recess and they came back 212 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: and uh, Senator Durban did a brief follow up, a 213 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: little dicky d down. Durbaned down. Alright, so a deep 214 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: Durban happened and he that was good. That was a 215 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: good one. Come on, I mean if it made me 216 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: go yeah, and then you'll be saying that in five months, 217 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: after four months of complaining. Um, But they came back 218 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: and UM, basically it didn't happen. UM. She was representing 219 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: UM an accused terrorist, and like all lawyers, you defend 220 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: your your client. Um. And basically the argument was like 221 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: this person was tortured and torture is a war crime, 222 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: and that was that. That was this, But they weren't 223 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: saying sous twist. Yeah, yeah, ordered and allowed by President 224 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: Bush and Rumsfeld. But like it's not she's not like yeah, 225 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: she's not like making these like speeches from the bench 226 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: like George Bush a war criminal, was like no, he 227 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: was tortured. Tortures of war crime. Well, everything everything that 228 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: they're doing there, they know that she's going to get confirmed. 229 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: They know. Let's let's back up here just a little 230 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: bit and say that Kaji bron Jackson is the single 231 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: most qualified person to be nominated for the Supreme Court, 232 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: at least if you're looking at it compared to literally 233 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: everybody else on that fucking bench. Um, she's already been 234 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: nominated and passed unanimously by the Senate very recently at 235 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: a lower court, and now there's the opportunity, and she's 236 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: the first choice. She she is a grand they voted 237 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: for her. So what they're doing right now is digging 238 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: up anything they can to make a show of it, 239 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: knowing what is ultimately going to happen. I mean, everything 240 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: about it is disingenuous. Well, we can look at the 241 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: different attacks, like she just looking at her, you can 242 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: tell that she is whatever of critical race theory, fucking racist. Um, 243 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: how about just the line of questioning about her going 244 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: easy on sexual predators when if you because she she 245 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: has sentenced people below like a lesser point lesser sentence, 246 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: but that's actually turned out to be way more strict 247 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: and less lenient than many many many judges. And is 248 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: there's a conversation apparently that's widely accepted that these um 249 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: sentencing guidelines should be changed, that some people think that 250 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: they're not appropriate. So actually, if you look at it, 251 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: they're just scrambling for whatever they can. But framing her 252 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: in the most disingenuous I'll bet she's harsher on sexual 253 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: predators than Republicans in Congress were. Then I bet they're 254 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: harsher than you know, I mean, they're fucking I'm sorry 255 00:16:55,360 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: that gate that gates. I mean, it doesn't matter, Like 256 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: none of this matters. Likes matter, but none of it 257 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: matters politically, because all that matters is Republicans are gonna 258 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: go after her because she's Biden's nominate, Like and that's 259 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: and it's um, you know, it's I guess, a window 260 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: into like just like their future strategy. Interestingly, I don't 261 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 1: think anybody brought up, uh that the election was stolen 262 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: from Donald Trump, which you I would expect at least 263 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: somebody to talk about that because they're all pathetic. It 264 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: seems to be what they can't They can't. They can't 265 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: stop talking about it and literally every other arena, So 266 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: why not now, But what they're doing and like you 267 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: can you see it elsewhere in other arenas, um more 268 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: and more these days. But they're just trying to like 269 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: frame everybody is like a pedophile and like uh like 270 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: supporter of like grooming children. That's what they they're doing. Um. 271 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: The line of questioning from Holly about anything about like 272 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: what like a drag queen story hour, um, don't say 273 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: gay stuff, all this kind of stuff that they like 274 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: to bring up. It's circling this claim um and this 275 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: like fascist belief about about the left and Republicans are 276 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: really amping it up. It's gonna get worse and bad, 277 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: I think, but you can kind of see it in 278 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: in this series of events. Yeah, I love events. We 279 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: gotta take a quick break y'all. I'm not a fan 280 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: now on this show, Clarence Thomas breaks his neck walking 281 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: out of the hospital together. Everything you're bad talking about something. 282 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: The law, Yeah, I love about the law. It never fails. 283 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: It never fails two longstanding social issues because it exists 284 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: primarily to maintain systems of inequality. I'm curious, So I 285 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: guess fine, she's she seems like a better case scenario 286 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: than most for Supreme Court justice. That that'll be good. 287 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure Republicans will continue being shitty and there will. 288 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: She wants the job. I mean, she's sunned up to 289 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: be shot down a lot. You know, I'm thinking about him, 290 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: like it's grim you want to be a liberal judge 291 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:47,360 Speaker 1: on this court. I think job for life, job security. 292 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: That's one way to deal with inflation. You could pull 293 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: a Jeffrey Tuban in the office and not get fired, right, 294 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: And I think she should. That's feminism right there, that's feminism. 295 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: I do think it's funny. It is what it is. Basically, 296 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: like this is gonna happen. It's gonna be a big 297 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: circus and big show for everybody who wants to put 298 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: on a show. Like every single one of these fucking things, 299 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: whether it's a confirmation hearing or the fucking impeachment of 300 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: a president whatever. Uh. If Mansion says yes, then she'll 301 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: get She'll get it like it's fifth it's uh yeah, 302 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: one votes is all she needs for this. Um. But 303 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: I really quick just have to talk about Ted Cruz. Um, 304 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: just because he was our guest last week. He's our 305 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: guest next week. So I want to make sure that 306 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: our listeners can always get a taste of Cruise. Your 307 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: daily Ted m exactly, boy on my shoes. Daily Ted 308 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: tends to mean a different thing, but okay today not today. 309 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: Here it's it's for Cruise creates this time. Um. He 310 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: loves talking about critical race theory um in a way 311 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: that makes it seem like it could be mean literally anything. Um. 312 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: And because it does to them, and he's, yeah, all 313 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: bad things the same thing. He's a very it's very 314 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: He's just such a Daily Wire fanboy. It's so funny 315 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: to watch him try and squirm um confidently. Um he 316 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: he squirmed confidently that he does it. Um. So Tanji 317 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: Brown Jackson is on the board of Georgetown Day School, 318 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: and so this gave Ted Cruise an opening to talk 319 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 1: about critical race theory and he asked her to define 320 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: it and she was like, yeah, this like school thought 321 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: in law, and like it doesn't really apply to what 322 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: I do. I don't really use it in my job. Um, 323 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 1: but that's what it is. And so he kept going. 324 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: He took that as a sign to be like, this 325 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: is then I should talk more about this. And so 326 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: he talked more about it and brought up some books 327 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 1: that were assigned at this fucking school and one of 328 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: them is a children's cartoon book called Anti Racist Baby, 329 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: and it's about teaching your kid to be anti racist, 330 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: because the conceit is that kids aren't. They're not like 331 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: born racist. They're taught racism. They're taught to be racist 332 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: by their environment and society, their family and all the 333 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: things that we know about human beings and how they 334 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: develop their opinions about stuff. Um. So he brings up 335 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: this fucking book and I don't know if we can 336 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: play it, but basically he talks about this book for 337 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: a little while. It's like, yeah, it says this, and 338 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: it says that you know, you you have to teach 339 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: kids to be anti racist because otherwise they'll be racist. 340 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: There's no there's no neutrality, which, like the book isn't 341 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: saying there's no neutrality, it's saying that the kids are 342 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: taught racism. Um. So he does this for a while, 343 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: like four minutes, about these fucking books, about books that 344 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: have nothing to do with being a supreme nothing to 345 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: do with the Supreme Court. He's just he's just making 346 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: ship to go on Twitter. It's and it worked. We're 347 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,959 Speaker 1: talking about it. Yeah, of course. So here's the end 348 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: of his little spiel. Are you comfortable with with these 349 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: ideas being taught to children as young as four and, 350 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: in respect to the first book, as young as eight nine, Senator, 351 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: I have not reviewed any of those books, any of 352 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: those ideas. They don't come up in my work as 353 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: a judge, which I am respectfully here to address in 354 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: my work as a judge, no need, which is evidenced 355 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: from my near decade on the bench. Then let's go 356 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: back to your work. Let her fucking finish. Like incredible, 357 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: She like said, what a piece of ship. It has 358 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: nothing to do with my job that I've done, nothing 359 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: to do with this h That to me sounded like 360 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: she was not quite done, but she was. She was done. Um, 361 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: from what I gathered and she was basically saying respect respectfully, disrespectfully. Actually, 362 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 1: it's embarrassing and such a waste of time, and you 363 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 1: actually have an opportunity to have some interesting conversations and 364 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: thought provoking conversations. And look, I don't know, I don't remember. 365 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: I didn't watch Supreme Court Justice earrings when I was younger, 366 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: so I can't compare to how questioning is. But it's 367 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: just such bullshit. It's such fucking obvious, theatrical bullshit. You 368 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: don't want a real conversation. You don't want to give 369 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 1: her an opportunity to show, you know, talk about real 370 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: issues or have an actual conversation because that might change 371 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: people's minds about something. Anyway. That's that's how I feel. 372 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,479 Speaker 1: I mean, it's all yeah, I mean, it's definitely like 373 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: reached a fever pitch with all these or does. But 374 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: like you know, no, it's not knew that these little 375 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,959 Speaker 1: freaks go up there and do their little dance and 376 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: try to get their little their little SoundBite and their 377 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: little their little show um at the expense of I 378 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: wonder if they see I wonder if if they get 379 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: a real good zinger in did their Twitter follows go? 380 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: It is to apology apologize for the phrase trumped up. Now. Um, yeah, 381 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: he's really ruined that word as a word I feel 382 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: comfortable using. Um. But yeah, r I p uker players, 383 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: Um but it is Uh. I just think it's funny 384 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: that he spent five minutes talking about these books that 385 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: have nothing to do with being Supreme Court justice. And 386 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: she basically responded, respectfully, No, I'm not here to talk 387 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 1: about those there's nothing to do with this, and he 388 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: was like, oh, okay, then then let's go to go 389 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: to go to your work like he knows, he knows 390 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: what he was doing. It didn't work. Um, she said, 391 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: being an idiot right now, and he moved on kindly. Kindly, 392 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: she kindly said that can I can I play an 393 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: interaction between her and Lindsey Graham where he was also 394 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 1: wasting everybody's time And I love interactions where senators waste 395 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: time and being and being an Assholeum, motherfucker. Um, okay, 396 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: I get this club for you guys, give me it all. 397 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: What faith are you, by the way, Senator, I am 398 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: um Protestant, okay, nondenominational? Could you fairly judge a Catholic senator? Question? 399 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: Is that judging everyone. I'm just asking this question because 400 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: because you're an asshole, is your faith to you Senator personally? Um? 401 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: My faith is very important. Um. But as you know, 402 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: there's no religious tests in the Constitution under under Article six. God, 403 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: God damn it. It's just I was gonna say before 404 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: we played this that we should let Supreme Court candidates 405 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: hit one person with a brick during their confirmation hearings. 406 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: But that's not going to be enough. It's not enough 407 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: good death glare though not death clare. But she's got like, 408 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: while keeping her voice calm, her eyes say, are you 409 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: fucking she knows what she was stepping into. Yes, she did. 410 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: It's not her first day, she knows, not her first 411 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: rodeo the Senate is in general, what kind of question 412 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: is could you fairly judge a Catholic? Well, again, he 413 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: voted for her, firmed her months ago. As a judge, 414 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say right now, I could not fairly 415 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 1: judge of Catholic because as a papist, they cannot be 416 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: trusted to fairly apply the law. They're always going to 417 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: be a servant of the Vatican, just like John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 418 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 1: which is why Bernard Sanders had to shoot him. Robert, Robert, 419 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: you're letting it. You're letting it all out in the bag. 420 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: I would have been like, now they know, we'll return 421 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 1: to that later. I would have been like, yeah, I 422 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: judged them all the time. I think it's fair. I 423 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 1: don't know there's a better joke in there. I mean, 424 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: she did a great job with all these freaks, um, 425 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: these papists, I got more. Should we take another ad 426 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: break here, let's take let's take an ad break here 427 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: together everything so don't don't don't mars. That works as grammatically. 428 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: Both both are fine, Both are fine. Um. Yeah. The 429 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: United States, the Biden administration, i should say, has declared, um, 430 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: what the government of the military junta and well not 431 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: just the military junta because it was actually done under 432 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: um the president who was recently deposed by the military 433 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: as well on song Succhi. Um. But yeah, the Biden 434 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: administration has declared what the military and government to me 435 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: and mar did against the Rohinga the ethnic cleansing which 436 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: took place over about you know, the several years up 437 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: until the present point as a genocide, five years about 438 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: five years. Good, it is good? How come it took 439 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: Sister Robert well, you know, in the US recognizing a 440 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: genocide terms. This was not a bad turn around, because 441 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: you have to, but it's really hard. It was a 442 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: year ago that Biden recognized the Armenian genocide from years ago. 443 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: I remember that. I do remember that, and so that's 444 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: a point well taken. But I UM, along with a 445 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: lot of our listeners, I think, have been horrified by 446 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: this a lot of things that happen around the world, 447 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: and it is especially frustrating. While good as this is, uh, 448 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: it is especially frustrating to see the swiftness of our 449 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: response UM to what's happening in Ukraine and the attention 450 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: of the world. And this has been happening for five years, 451 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: you know, the warrant gray like it's just anyway, why 452 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: you're not going to see nearly as much movement on 453 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: the part. Part of why I suspect the Biden administration 454 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: was made this decision now after five years, is because 455 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: what's happening in Myanmar is connected to what's happening in Ukraine. 456 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: Because the top Medaw the military are armed by the Russians. 457 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: They're using Russian planes and and not Russian small arms. 458 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: They actually have a pretty significant indigenous small arms industry 459 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: that the military does. But they're using a lot of 460 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: Russian UM artillery and aircraft UM in order to crack 461 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: down on the rebels in the civil war, and they 462 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: were using it before in the genocide. Whereas what the 463 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: what's happened in Armenia recently, UM, the the war a 464 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: Zerbijan carried out, which has genocidal elements, what's happening in 465 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: uh Tigray, UM, and what's happening between the the the 466 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: Turks and the Kurds in southern Turkey and in Northeast 467 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: Syria UM, those all have genocidal elements as well. But 468 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: in all of those cases UM, either the Turkish nation, 469 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: which is the second largest military and NATO is directly 470 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: involved as they are in the genocide in h the 471 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: or the ethnic cleansings at least in his Aerbijan and 472 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: the genocides genocidal acts against the Kurds UM or in 473 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: the case of Tigray, Turkey is heavily arming the Ethiopian 474 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: government and in fact, the rebels in Tigray were pretty 475 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: close to taking the cap before the same brackt drones 476 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: that people are celebrating in Ukraine were sent by Turkey 477 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: to the Ethiopian government, which allowed them to turn back 478 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: the advance of the rebels. So part of why you're 479 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: seeing this recognized now is that the US government's interests 480 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: are in doing so as opposed to recognizing that there 481 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: are genocides that are allied Turkey is involved in. UM 482 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: less in elect that makes sense, UM, disappointingly but makes sense. UM. Ill. 483 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: So I know that you guys have been talking UM 484 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: or have covered the civil war and what's happening over 485 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: there a lot on UM it could happen here, but UM, 486 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: why don't for our listeners that maybe don't know what's 487 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: happening over there? A was elected in a landslide last 488 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: year one reelected and then um immediately the military UH 489 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,120 Speaker 1: stage to coup and overthrew her and has imprisoned her 490 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: under a variety of charges. She's seventy six. I think 491 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: she's currently facing six years or eight years in prison 492 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: and is another charge on top of that all about 493 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: like I don't know what it was, staplers or something 494 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: like something. Yeah, there was just like COVID protocols being breached. 495 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 1: That yeah, UM, And since since then, Um, you know, 496 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: it started with a huge um national strike that uh 497 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, and everybody was engaged in watching for a while. 498 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: But then you know, attention. Of course, Peter's off on 499 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: the national stage. Um Roberts. Can you fill us in 500 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: a little bit on the stuff that's been going on? 501 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: Sure it is. There were a bunch of protests. The 502 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: government responded eventually to those protests by just shooting a 503 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 1: lot of people to death with live ammunition, both the 504 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: military and the police doing that, And so a bunch 505 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: of folks were like, well, I guess let's go to 506 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: the Jungles, A sizeable chunk of what is referred to 507 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: as Myanmar as like a state is actually not under 508 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: the control of the government and hasn't been for a while. 509 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: It's under the control of like the what are the 510 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,879 Speaker 1: ethnic armed organizations is one of the terms you'll see 511 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: form And they're different kind of tribal groups that have 512 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: a large degree aboutonomy. I think the biggest being the 513 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 1: karin Um and they have been in some cases fighting 514 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: like an insurgency against the government in all cases kind 515 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,720 Speaker 1: of uneasily preserving their autonomy. And it's a complicated story, 516 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: but a lot of these rebels when the military hunter 517 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: took power like fled to these areas and were trained 518 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: by these indigenous armed organizations and are now and have 519 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: been ever since over the last year so fighting a 520 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,839 Speaker 1: civil war against the military of Myanmar, the tommadaw UM 521 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: and that's that is ongoing to this day. And so 522 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: large chunks of the rural areas are, if not in 523 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: control of rebels or e a o s, out of 524 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: the control of the state. But the state, which by 525 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: which when we say the state in mean while we're 526 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: referring to the military, does control the cities UM or 527 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: at least the bulk of the cities. You know, there's 528 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,720 Speaker 1: areas and whatever. It's it's it's a it's a pretty 529 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: complicated conflict. It does not get a lot of attention 530 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: UM in the United States. If you'd like more to 531 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: know more about that, I would recommend checking out the 532 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: four part series we did on It could Happen Here 533 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,279 Speaker 1: about the war in Myanmar. UM. There's a lot that's 534 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: that's quite interesting about what's going on there, including the 535 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: prevalence of Generation Z militias, which is how they refer 536 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 1: to them, which is kind of made up of these 537 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: kids who were the first generation in Myanmar to have 538 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 1: internet access and who grew up with a great degree 539 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 1: of freedom and feeling connected to the international community. And 540 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: then UM, you know, are rebelled when the government was like, 541 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: well that's all gonna end. We're not willing to accept that. 542 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 1: UM and who have been experimenting with a lot of 543 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: really different kind of horizontal organizational structures in in opposition 544 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: both to the government and also kind of counter to 545 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 1: how a lot of these e A o s handle 546 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:11,399 Speaker 1: things which are more kind of traditional insurgent military structures. UM. 547 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: And there's also a lot of like homemade weapons, UM, 548 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: including three D printed arms that are increasingly becoming like 549 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: a factor on the battlefield. It's a it's an interesting 550 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: conflict and one that doesn't get a lot of attention, 551 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: in part because you know, at Southeast Asia, UM, in 552 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: part because most people have not heard much about Myanmar. 553 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,480 Speaker 1: It was not a country up until pretty recently that 554 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,720 Speaker 1: was very connected globally to to the rest of the world. 555 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: You know, again, from most of its history, it's been 556 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 1: like a series of dictatorships UM for most of its 557 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: modern history. Because it was also like a British colony 558 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: and in fact George Orwell was actually a policeman in Burma. Um, like, yes, 559 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: that was one of a kind of foundational experience for him. 560 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 1: Was like helping to brutally apply British rule in this 561 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,360 Speaker 1: colony and then having feelings about it. And then there's 562 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: a whole conversation of course about the white colonizers and 563 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,799 Speaker 1: how that has affected how the country are very established. 564 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,840 Speaker 1: Um so, how what does the United States Joe Biden 565 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 1: declaring this genocide? What does that do? I mean, it's 566 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: good other than publicly acknowledging that recognizing it does it. 567 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 1: That's all it's doing at this point. There's unless one 568 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: the thing that the Biden administration could do is provide 569 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,359 Speaker 1: the rebels in mean Mar with some of the same 570 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: equipment we're providing Ukraine. Primarily, there's a lot of talk 571 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:38,440 Speaker 1: of no fly zones and um, you know, usually again 572 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,480 Speaker 1: we we've we've chatted about this a bit on our shows. 573 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,600 Speaker 1: Usually when people talk about those, they are referring to 574 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 1: like the idea of sending in US RNATO aircraft to 575 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: stop other aircraft for making in an area. But one 576 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,120 Speaker 1: way you can apply a no fly zone without doing 577 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: that is by shipping a lot of anti aircraft weapons, 578 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: which is what we're doing now Ukraine, right, we're doing 579 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 1: in Ukraine. And you know, Aim Stout and I when 580 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,279 Speaker 1: we were working on our story in Mianmar, were in 581 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: pretty regular contact with the twenty three year old kids, 582 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: all Lynn, who was a member of a militia Generation, 583 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: one of the gen Z militias in Myanmar, and so 584 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 1: he would chat with him, and then we would see 585 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: footage of him fighting the Topmadaw and footage of him 586 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: hanging out with his girlfriend who was wounded by a 587 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 1: mortar like while we were chatting with him, um. And 588 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: then a couple of days after we started dropping the episodes, 589 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: he got killed by an air strike. UM. And it's 590 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:33,799 Speaker 1: one of those things where the government has air supremacy 591 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,280 Speaker 1: because the rebels, you know again they're they're like cobbling 592 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: together their own rifles. They certainly don't have aircraft. UM. 593 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: So if you want to say, like, what could the 594 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: US be doing, there's an argument to be made for 595 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 1: providing anti air weapons to the rebels, But if we're 596 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: not going to do that, then effectively the only real 597 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,799 Speaker 1: they impact this has well, at least we're acknowledging it's 598 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,400 Speaker 1: a genocide. So right now, what is the impact this 599 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 1: is going to have on the war in Myanmar? Nothing? 600 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,799 Speaker 1: Um that that that's the short answer. It's not going 601 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,840 Speaker 1: to do anything. That said, I'm always supportive of the 602 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,319 Speaker 1: United States being like, hey, look at genocide. That's a genocide. 603 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: It's like, it's good to recognize it. Like we have 604 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: the most we can all argue about, like what is 605 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,880 Speaker 1: reasonable and what is ethical when it comes to like 606 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,879 Speaker 1: providing weapons. You know, those are complicated discussions to be had, 607 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: but the minimum everyone should do when there's a genocide 608 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 1: is be like, well that that looks like what it is. 609 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,239 Speaker 1: That's definitely a genocide. We should at least be able 610 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,399 Speaker 1: to agree on that. Yeah. So I'm like, I don't 611 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: think it's bad. I think I would go so far 612 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: to say it's good that the Biden administration recognized it 613 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,360 Speaker 1: as a genocide. But I don't think at the moment, 614 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,239 Speaker 1: I've seen no evidence that Biden administration is going to 615 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,759 Speaker 1: take any actions that will material materially affect circumstances on 616 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: their own. R Yeah, okay, well thank you for that. 617 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,719 Speaker 1: Speaking of war, you know what else is a war? 618 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,400 Speaker 1: What ending a pod cast episode? Yeah, I can be 619 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:07,640 Speaker 1: that makes dangerous the greatest heroes of all or criminals 620 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: or criminals. Yeah. It is also remember episode of the podcast. 621 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if you remember, but war is criminal. 622 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 1: It's true something about that. I'm sure our listeners are 623 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: thrilled with this episode. Yeah, it seems like we really 624 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: have it together. I'm proud of us. I'm proud of us. 625 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 1: Devil's advocate. Yeah I don't think we do. Oh wow, okay, 626 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:42,720 Speaker 1: speaking of the you know, who needs an advocate? Who 627 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,160 Speaker 1: the devil? The devil? I was right there in the 628 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:50,680 Speaker 1: setup and culture comes for the Prince of lies. Oh god, 629 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,880 Speaker 1: is he gonna? Are they gonna ask about cancel? Culture? 630 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:59,640 Speaker 1: The Devil's triggered. That's so good. It's so good. You 631 00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,239 Speaker 1: love it, You love to see it, You love to 632 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,760 Speaker 1: see it. Guys. Um cool. 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