WEBVTT - Supremely Frustrating Hearings, Myanmar Genocide and PeaceMaker

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Worst Year Ever, a production of I Heart

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<v Speaker 1>Radio Well Together Everything, So don't don't don't. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the Worst Year Ever. It's the first of the year,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to the celebrating guys, do you have calendars?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the podcast where we believe that the time

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<v Speaker 1>started less than a year ago and everything before is

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<v Speaker 1>a hallucination created by the illuminati. Well, you don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not true. Nothing has ever happened before this moment,

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<v Speaker 1>and nothing happened beyond it. That's right. This is all

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<v Speaker 1>of existence convinced into a podcast for the podcasting which

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<v Speaker 1>will continue. Cody, I watched Peacemaker. Did you have that?

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<v Speaker 1>I have watched Peacemakers? Was all about that sky high

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<v Speaker 1>it was? It was, Oh boy, guys. I just have

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<v Speaker 1>to say, before we even dived down this path of

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<v Speaker 1>talking about it, a number of our wonderful, beloved listeners

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<v Speaker 1>have reached out to me to say thank you, Katie,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for your recommendation of Patriot, and these motherfucking

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<v Speaker 1>boys that I worked with that I work with will

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<v Speaker 1>much respect or listen to my suggestions. Pker Peacemaker, It's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good. How did you enjoy it? I like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I really like John Cena. I like John Cena a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's he's charming, and I'm continually surprised at

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<v Speaker 1>how talented he is. For example, really seen a very

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<v Speaker 1>emotional scene where he plays the piano and I looked

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<v Speaker 1>it up Tom and he that's actually him. He's just

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<v Speaker 1>like I was watching my first when that scene started,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, no way, that's him playing. They got

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<v Speaker 1>a body double that to play. Then there was a

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<v Speaker 1>shot that, you know, James Gunn was like, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to need a shot that like, clearly that's playing. So

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<v Speaker 1>they do like his face panning down to his hands,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, I'll be damned, that's dope. He

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<v Speaker 1>also speaks fluent Mandarin. What he's really good in the show.

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's a wonderful actor. Um and I was not

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<v Speaker 1>familiar before this. I I had a lot of fun

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<v Speaker 1>watching this. Whole cast is great. Yeah, the whole caseories.

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<v Speaker 1>I enjoyed it thoroughly. Well. Everreated this exact conversation for

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<v Speaker 1>like a half hour with David Bell yesterday with David Bell. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>oh he was on Bastards right, Yeah he was. He was.

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<v Speaker 1>This is just a podcast where I talked to my

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<v Speaker 1>friends about things I've said to my other friends and

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<v Speaker 1>I about shows that you are also recommend. Because the

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<v Speaker 1>world's doing fine, We're not needed to cover in our work.

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<v Speaker 1>Work here is done. Letting Google. Oh okay, yeah, small

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<v Speaker 1>small yield nuclear weapons could make nuclear war more accessible

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<v Speaker 1>than ever. That seems fine. Alright, you saw that really

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<v Speaker 1>good article. It's fine. That's not not really even worth

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<v Speaker 1>covering in any detail. We need, we need our entertainment.

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<v Speaker 1>I do have an awareness now that my attention span

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<v Speaker 1>is all over the place and it's hard for me

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<v Speaker 1>to zone out being alone. I've probably said this on

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<v Speaker 1>the show, So I give myself permission to take two

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<v Speaker 1>days with an episode of a show if it's like

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<v Speaker 1>a longer episode, you know, like, don't give up, just

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<v Speaker 1>do it in pieces if your attention is split. But yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I just don't think too much about things who do

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<v Speaker 1>things or believe things. Just don't just don't recommend not

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<v Speaker 1>caring destructive nuclear arms will consume us all. Thank god.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to say that this is at odds with

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<v Speaker 1>everything we talked about last week on even More News

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<v Speaker 1>or other show where we went deep with Danny Fernande

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<v Speaker 1>is on white nihilism and the importance of not saying

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing not white nihilism, to say everything seems fine time. Yeah, um,

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<v Speaker 1>how y'all doing. I'm I'm I think I'm terrible in

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<v Speaker 1>most ways. But all of the sheep on our on

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<v Speaker 1>our on our little farm just had babies. So there's

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<v Speaker 1>for very tiny sheep. I got to see them when

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<v Speaker 1>they were like two hours. It's so cute because I

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<v Speaker 1>went out and fed them, and then I came out

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of hours later and there were babies, so

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<v Speaker 1>I knew they had to be like maybe two or

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<v Speaker 1>three hours old. And they're just already up and doing

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<v Speaker 1>sheep stuff like fine, living life, vibe and doing all

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<v Speaker 1>of the things they will do as adults. They're already

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<v Speaker 1>walking around. Sheeps come out walking, they come out ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go. They're just I guess you away, it's just lams, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>little little baby lambs. One of them is a ram.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got a little bitty little bit of problems on

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<v Speaker 1>his hand. Uh. Their dad. They're like, I mean, they're

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<v Speaker 1>about the size of a cat, like sized cat. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not big. They're a little taller than cats obviously

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<v Speaker 1>because they're sheep, but they're about the mass of a

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<v Speaker 1>cat man. Birthing a sheep's got to be brutal. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to do any of that. Ship. Their

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<v Speaker 1>moms take care of it. Well that's what I mean

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<v Speaker 1>for the mom. Yeah, not you. Yeah. They seem to

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<v Speaker 1>be doing just fine. And their dad is very proud

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<v Speaker 1>of the fact that he made a bunch of little

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<v Speaker 1>baby lambs. Uh. He kept trying to head butt us

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<v Speaker 1>when we picked him up to cut their umbilical cords off.

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<v Speaker 1>But I just had to grab onto his horns and

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<v Speaker 1>then it was fine. Protective, what loyalty. I love him.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to give their kids complex. He liked it.

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<v Speaker 1>Behind his neck he wiggles his entire back end like

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<v Speaker 1>a dog. It's very cute. He's a good boy. I

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<v Speaker 1>she could spend the whole hour talking about this pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good ram. Yeah, this mammal stuff. Yeah yeah. See. How's

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<v Speaker 1>that for positivity? I would say that is a show.

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<v Speaker 1>We're done. Great episode today, I feel wonderful. Have a

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<v Speaker 1>good one to the worst year ever. A podcast where

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<v Speaker 1>I update you about the tidy farm that I live on.

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<v Speaker 1>Um chickens are fact. That sounds lovely, though m Hm,

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<v Speaker 1>it does. I think we all want to live vicariously

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<v Speaker 1>through you. It's not, it's maybe not. There's problem the

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<v Speaker 1>best for an audio medium. Too many eggs, way too

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<v Speaker 1>many eggs. Too many eggs. You can't eat all those eggs.

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<v Speaker 1>It's impossible to give them away. I'll get like sixty

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<v Speaker 1>eggs in a week. That's what That's what we gotta do.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what we gotta do. We gotta start doing some

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<v Speaker 1>baking and freezing bot eggs. Yeah, freeze them, pickle them,

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<v Speaker 1>do what you can. Anyway. What's the news. How are

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<v Speaker 1>we doing? Oh? I want to talk about great end

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<v Speaker 1>of sec Yeah, I don't know. With the Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh yeah, that's what we're talking about. Looking for a

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<v Speaker 1>new member. Um. Yeah, they're doing maybe too, that's the

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<v Speaker 1>only thing. What's the what's the dear, dear deal with Clarence.

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<v Speaker 1>He's sick with something. He'll probably be fine. Fine, He'll

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<v Speaker 1>be fine this time, he'll be fine. Yeah, he'll definitely

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<v Speaker 1>be fine. Yeah. But it'd be pretty cool if he died,

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<v Speaker 1>though he die right now, otherwise it'll be pretty frustrating

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<v Speaker 1>if he died like after the mid terms and we

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<v Speaker 1>are incapable of confirming anybody would just like him to

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<v Speaker 1>get hit by a bus on his way out of

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<v Speaker 1>the hospital. Be nice him and his wife. Yeah, sure, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>that sounds fine. With a smile. It didn't feel right, though,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fine with it. I have gotten over the hump

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<v Speaker 1>of wishing death upon who else want to I just

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I don't necessarily want them to be hit

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<v Speaker 1>by a bus. I'd rather, um, well, I happen to

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<v Speaker 1>support public transit Katie, Well, yeah, what do you what

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<v Speaker 1>do you want? You want them to get hit by

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<v Speaker 1>a tesla in a tunnel. I don't want them to

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<v Speaker 1>die in some way that's incredibly tragic and everybody's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, these people are wonderful. I'd rather uh to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to bespitch their name, I guess. But I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want him to be serving. I want him to die.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need Jinny too. She can be around to

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<v Speaker 1>like be a goal. And yeah, I mean, obviously the

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<v Speaker 1>ideal death for a bad person is like auto erotic asphyxiation.

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<v Speaker 1>But how often does that get to happen? Very I

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<v Speaker 1>mean very early. Yeah, I've got one in mind. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>so beyond that confirmations, Yeah, I think it's only happened once. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and to Quentin Tarantino in eleven years strangled by a

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<v Speaker 1>foot shaped rope. What that's funny. Trust your feelings, you

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<v Speaker 1>know it to be true. I mean normally I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like when you predict things. But they'll do a Star

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<v Speaker 1>Trek and then he'll be I'm not saying I wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>I have nothing against Quentin Tarantino. It just seems plausible. Anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got a Supreme Court in theory. Yeah. Um, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're doing that. They're doing it today. They did

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit yesterday. It's very do more tomorrow. Good

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<v Speaker 1>and exciting. They're doing a great job. Um. I shout

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<v Speaker 1>out to Lindsey Graham. Shout out to Marcia Blackburn, shout

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<v Speaker 1>out to Josh Holly, Shout out to a friend of

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<v Speaker 1>the show. Are you shouting these also? They're just doing

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<v Speaker 1>a really good job. They're doing a good job. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking a lot about critical race theory. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and children's books, because what else are you gonna talk

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<v Speaker 1>about that's really important for us to talk about during

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<v Speaker 1>this limited period of time. Yeah, there's a really funny

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<v Speaker 1>Lindsey Graham quote about this uh, not about this, but

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<v Speaker 1>like basically saying, uh, people are gonna call us a

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<v Speaker 1>racist during this Republicans, and that's not gonna fly with

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<v Speaker 1>us because we're used to it by now. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just think that's really really funny. Like I know what

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<v Speaker 1>he meant. He's like, yeah, you falsely accused of racism.

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<v Speaker 1>We're used to that. But like just saying, like we're

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<v Speaker 1>used to being called racist all the time. It's very funny. Cellphone,

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<v Speaker 1>cell phone, cellphone. It's a fun time talking about critical

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<v Speaker 1>race theory. But first we're gonna talk about George W.

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<v Speaker 1>Bush um alleged war criminal, alleged alleged worker alleged um

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<v Speaker 1>who today with work a middle of funny term. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>just the fact like sure putin Yeah, okay, war criminal,

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<v Speaker 1>but like war is criminal. No, no, let's wow, let

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<v Speaker 1>it simmer and hit y'all. War is the crime. Um. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's with alleged work criminal George W. Bush with alleged

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<v Speaker 1>work criminal Bill Clinton. I guess all presidents are war

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<v Speaker 1>criminals him something. Yeah, and let that asprint factory. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Also alleged criminal. Yeah, definitely alleged rapist criminals George W.

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<v Speaker 1>Bush and Bill Clinton. Yeah, let's go with that's easiest, easiest,

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<v Speaker 1>easiest way for it. Yeah, it's a Chicago's Ukraine village

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<v Speaker 1>and they're they're doing um, they're like lank flowers and

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<v Speaker 1>solitarity with Ukraine. Fine, whatever, fine, whatever, it's it's ex

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<v Speaker 1>president ship like ex president stuff, the body countries being faded. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>One might say the opposite of what they did when

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<v Speaker 1>they were president, but whatever. Um. Uh. So George W.

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<v Speaker 1>Bush was brought up today, and I think this is

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<v Speaker 1>really interesting how these senators are, particularly the Republican senators,

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<v Speaker 1>handle this and like frame stuff and ask about stuff

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<v Speaker 1>and try to get their little their little sound bite

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<v Speaker 1>in their little moment um. John Cornyn was asking today

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<v Speaker 1>about George W. Bush and first of all, we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even say her name. Katangi Brown Jackson is the Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 1>Incredible that we've made it this far. What a hack

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<v Speaker 1>saying ridiculous, absolute shame. That's her name. So she was

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<v Speaker 1>asked about one point calling George W. Bush a war

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<v Speaker 1>criminal during her career, and she was very confused by this.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't think think she ever said it, um, which uh,

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<v Speaker 1>one could argue that it's fine if she said that

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<v Speaker 1>at one point that you could. You could very well

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<v Speaker 1>argue that, but obviously if you're in the in the

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<v Speaker 1>Senate the United States, you can't argue that as a senator. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it would be based if you did, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's unlikely that people would, which is why they wouldn't. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>based in senate pilled Uh, but they're not doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>What they're asking is accusatorially. You called Bush and Rumsfeld

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<v Speaker 1>war criminals. UM, and you've been so charming and reasonable

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<v Speaker 1>today and I'm surprised that you would do such a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he did his little spiel and she was like,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you talking about? And they went on. Then

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<v Speaker 1>they took like a short recess and they came back

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, Senator Durban did a brief follow up, a

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<v Speaker 1>little dicky d down. Durbaned down. Alright, so a deep

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<v Speaker 1>Durban happened and he that was good. That was a

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<v Speaker 1>good one. Come on, I mean if it made me

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<v Speaker 1>go yeah, and then you'll be saying that in five months,

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<v Speaker 1>after four months of complaining. Um, But they came back

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<v Speaker 1>and UM, basically it didn't happen. UM. She was representing

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<v Speaker 1>UM an accused terrorist, and like all lawyers, you defend

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<v Speaker 1>your your client. Um. And basically the argument was like

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<v Speaker 1>this person was tortured and torture is a war crime,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was that. That was this, But they weren't

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<v Speaker 1>saying sous twist. Yeah, yeah, ordered and allowed by President

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<v Speaker 1>Bush and Rumsfeld. But like it's not she's not like yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>she's not like making these like speeches from the bench

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<v Speaker 1>like George Bush a war criminal, was like no, he

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<v Speaker 1>was tortured. Tortures of war crime. Well, everything everything that

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing there, they know that she's going to get confirmed.

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<v Speaker 1>They know. Let's let's back up here just a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit and say that Kaji bron Jackson is the single

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<v Speaker 1>most qualified person to be nominated for the Supreme Court,

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<v Speaker 1>at least if you're looking at it compared to literally

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else on that fucking bench. Um, she's already been

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<v Speaker 1>nominated and passed unanimously by the Senate very recently at

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<v Speaker 1>a lower court, and now there's the opportunity, and she's

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<v Speaker 1>the first choice. She she is a grand they voted

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<v Speaker 1>for her. So what they're doing right now is digging

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<v Speaker 1>up anything they can to make a show of it,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing what is ultimately going to happen. I mean, everything

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<v Speaker 1>about it is disingenuous. Well, we can look at the

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<v Speaker 1>different attacks, like she just looking at her, you can

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<v Speaker 1>tell that she is whatever of critical race theory, fucking racist. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>how about just the line of questioning about her going

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<v Speaker 1>easy on sexual predators when if you because she she

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<v Speaker 1>has sentenced people below like a lesser point lesser sentence,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's actually turned out to be way more strict

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<v Speaker 1>and less lenient than many many many judges. And is

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<v Speaker 1>there's a conversation apparently that's widely accepted that these um

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<v Speaker 1>sentencing guidelines should be changed, that some people think that

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<v Speaker 1>they're not appropriate. So actually, if you look at it,

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<v Speaker 1>they're just scrambling for whatever they can. But framing her

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<v Speaker 1>in the most disingenuous I'll bet she's harsher on sexual

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<v Speaker 1>predators than Republicans in Congress were. Then I bet they're

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<v Speaker 1>harsher than you know, I mean, they're fucking I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 1>that gate that gates. I mean, it doesn't matter, Like

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<v Speaker 1>none of this matters. Likes matter, but none of it

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<v Speaker 1>matters politically, because all that matters is Republicans are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go after her because she's Biden's nominate, Like and that's

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<v Speaker 1>and it's um, you know, it's I guess, a window

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<v Speaker 1>into like just like their future strategy. Interestingly, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think anybody brought up, uh that the election was stolen

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<v Speaker 1>from Donald Trump, which you I would expect at least

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<v Speaker 1>somebody to talk about that because they're all pathetic. It

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<v Speaker 1>seems to be what they can't They can't. They can't

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<v Speaker 1>stop talking about it and literally every other arena, So

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<v Speaker 1>why not now, But what they're doing and like you

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<v Speaker 1>can you see it elsewhere in other arenas, um more

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<v Speaker 1>and more these days. But they're just trying to like

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<v Speaker 1>frame everybody is like a pedophile and like uh like

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<v Speaker 1>supporter of like grooming children. That's what they they're doing. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>The line of questioning from Holly about anything about like

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<v Speaker 1>what like a drag queen story hour, um, don't say

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<v Speaker 1>gay stuff, all this kind of stuff that they like

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<v Speaker 1>to bring up. It's circling this claim um and this

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<v Speaker 1>like fascist belief about about the left and Republicans are

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<v Speaker 1>really amping it up. It's gonna get worse and bad,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, but you can kind of see it in

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<v Speaker 1>in this series of events. Yeah, I love events. We

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<v Speaker 1>gotta take a quick break y'all. I'm not a fan

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<v Speaker 1>now on this show, Clarence Thomas breaks his neck walking

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<v Speaker 1>out of the hospital together. Everything you're bad talking about something.

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<v Speaker 1>The law, Yeah, I love about the law. It never fails.

0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:11.960
<v Speaker 1>It never fails two longstanding social issues because it exists

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<v Speaker 1>primarily to maintain systems of inequality. I'm curious, So I

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<v Speaker 1>guess fine, she's she seems like a better case scenario

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<v Speaker 1>than most for Supreme Court justice. That that'll be good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure Republicans will continue being shitty and there will.

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<v Speaker 1>She wants the job. I mean, she's sunned up to

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<v Speaker 1>be shot down a lot. You know, I'm thinking about him,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's grim you want to be a liberal judge

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<v Speaker 1>on this court. I think job for life, job security.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one way to deal with inflation. You could pull

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<v Speaker 1>a Jeffrey Tuban in the office and not get fired, right,

0:19:55.720 --> 0:20:00.000
<v Speaker 1>And I think she should. That's feminism right there, that's feminism.

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<v Speaker 1>I do think it's funny. It is what it is. Basically,

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<v Speaker 1>like this is gonna happen. It's gonna be a big

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<v Speaker 1>circus and big show for everybody who wants to put

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<v Speaker 1>on a show. Like every single one of these fucking things,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's a confirmation hearing or the fucking impeachment of

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<v Speaker 1>a president whatever. Uh. If Mansion says yes, then she'll

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<v Speaker 1>get She'll get it like it's fifth it's uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>one votes is all she needs for this. Um. But

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<v Speaker 1>I really quick just have to talk about Ted Cruz. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>just because he was our guest last week. He's our

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<v Speaker 1>guest next week. So I want to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>our listeners can always get a taste of Cruise. Your

0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:47.960
<v Speaker 1>daily Ted m exactly, boy on my shoes. Daily Ted

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<v Speaker 1>tends to mean a different thing, but okay today not today.

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<v Speaker 1>Here it's it's for Cruise creates this time. Um. He

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<v Speaker 1>loves talking about critical race theory um in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that makes it seem like it could be mean literally anything. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And because it does to them, and he's, yeah, all

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<v Speaker 1>bad things the same thing. He's a very it's very

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<v Speaker 1>He's just such a Daily Wire fanboy. It's so funny

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<v Speaker 1>to watch him try and squirm um confidently. Um he

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<v Speaker 1>he squirmed confidently that he does it. Um. So Tanji

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<v Speaker 1>Brown Jackson is on the board of Georgetown Day School,

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<v Speaker 1>and so this gave Ted Cruise an opening to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about critical race theory and he asked her to define

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<v Speaker 1>it and she was like, yeah, this like school thought

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<v Speaker 1>in law, and like it doesn't really apply to what

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<v Speaker 1>I do. I don't really use it in my job. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's what it is. And so he kept going.

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<v Speaker 1>He took that as a sign to be like, this

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<v Speaker 1>is then I should talk more about this. And so

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<v Speaker 1>he talked more about it and brought up some books

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<v Speaker 1>that were assigned at this fucking school and one of

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<v Speaker 1>them is a children's cartoon book called Anti Racist Baby,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's about teaching your kid to be anti racist,

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<v Speaker 1>because the conceit is that kids aren't. They're not like

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<v Speaker 1>born racist. They're taught racism. They're taught to be racist

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<v Speaker 1>by their environment and society, their family and all the

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<v Speaker 1>things that we know about human beings and how they

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<v Speaker 1>develop their opinions about stuff. Um. So he brings up

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<v Speaker 1>this fucking book and I don't know if we can

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<v Speaker 1>play it, but basically he talks about this book for

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<v Speaker 1>a little while. It's like, yeah, it says this, and

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<v Speaker 1>it says that you know, you you have to teach

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<v Speaker 1>kids to be anti racist because otherwise they'll be racist.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no there's no neutrality, which, like the book isn't

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<v Speaker 1>saying there's no neutrality, it's saying that the kids are

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<v Speaker 1>taught racism. Um. So he does this for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>like four minutes, about these fucking books, about books that

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<v Speaker 1>have nothing to do with being a supreme nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>do with the Supreme Court. He's just he's just making

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<v Speaker 1>ship to go on Twitter. It's and it worked. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about it. Yeah, of course. So here's the end

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<v Speaker 1>of his little spiel. Are you comfortable with with these

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<v Speaker 1>ideas being taught to children as young as four and,

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<v Speaker 1>in respect to the first book, as young as eight nine, Senator,

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<v Speaker 1>I have not reviewed any of those books, any of

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<v Speaker 1>those ideas. They don't come up in my work as

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<v Speaker 1>a judge, which I am respectfully here to address in

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<v Speaker 1>my work as a judge, no need, which is evidenced

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<v Speaker 1>from my near decade on the bench. Then let's go

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<v Speaker 1>back to your work. Let her fucking finish. Like incredible,

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<v Speaker 1>She like said, what a piece of ship. It has

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with my job that I've done, nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to do with this h That to me sounded like

0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:11.800
<v Speaker 1>she was not quite done, but she was. She was done. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>from what I gathered and she was basically saying respect respectfully, disrespectfully. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>it's embarrassing and such a waste of time, and you

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<v Speaker 1>actually have an opportunity to have some interesting conversations and

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<v Speaker 1>thought provoking conversations. And look, I don't know, I don't remember.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't watch Supreme Court Justice earrings when I was younger,

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<v Speaker 1>so I can't compare to how questioning is. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>just such bullshit. It's such fucking obvious, theatrical bullshit. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't want a real conversation. You don't want to give

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<v Speaker 1>her an opportunity to show, you know, talk about real

0:24:48.440 --> 0:24:50.760
<v Speaker 1>issues or have an actual conversation because that might change

0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:55.280
<v Speaker 1>people's minds about something. Anyway. That's that's how I feel.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's all yeah, I mean, it's definitely like

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<v Speaker 1>reached a fever pitch with all these or does. But

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, no, it's not knew that these little

0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:09.959
<v Speaker 1>freaks go up there and do their little dance and

0:25:10.520 --> 0:25:12.520
<v Speaker 1>try to get their little their little SoundBite and their

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<v Speaker 1>little their little show um at the expense of I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if they see I wonder if if they get

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<v Speaker 1>a real good zinger in did their Twitter follows go?

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<v Speaker 1>It is to apology apologize for the phrase trumped up. Now. Um, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's really ruined that word as a word I feel

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable using. Um. But yeah, r I p uker players,

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<v Speaker 1>Um but it is Uh. I just think it's funny

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<v Speaker 1>that he spent five minutes talking about these books that

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<v Speaker 1>have nothing to do with being Supreme Court justice. And

0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:48.920
<v Speaker 1>she basically responded, respectfully, No, I'm not here to talk

0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:50.679
<v Speaker 1>about those there's nothing to do with this, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, okay, then then let's go to go

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<v Speaker 1>to go to your work like he knows, he knows

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<v Speaker 1>what he was doing. It didn't work. Um, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>being an idiot right now, and he moved on kindly. Kindly,

0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:07.840
<v Speaker 1>she kindly said that can I can I play an

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<v Speaker 1>interaction between her and Lindsey Graham where he was also

0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:15.680
<v Speaker 1>wasting everybody's time And I love interactions where senators waste

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<v Speaker 1>time and being and being an Assholeum, motherfucker. Um, okay,

0:26:21.200 --> 0:26:25.280
<v Speaker 1>I get this club for you guys, give me it all.

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<v Speaker 1>What faith are you, by the way, Senator, I am

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<v Speaker 1>um Protestant, okay, nondenominational? Could you fairly judge a Catholic senator? Question?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that judging everyone. I'm just asking this question because

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<v Speaker 1>because you're an asshole, is your faith to you Senator personally? Um?

0:26:56.640 --> 0:27:00.600
<v Speaker 1>My faith is very important. Um. But as you know,

0:27:01.640 --> 0:27:07.920
<v Speaker 1>there's no religious tests in the Constitution under under Article six. God,

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<v Speaker 1>God damn it. It's just I was gonna say before

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<v Speaker 1>we played this that we should let Supreme Court candidates

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<v Speaker 1>hit one person with a brick during their confirmation hearings.

0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:20.960
<v Speaker 1>But that's not going to be enough. It's not enough

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<v Speaker 1>good death glare though not death clare. But she's got like,

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<v Speaker 1>while keeping her voice calm, her eyes say, are you

0:27:32.480 --> 0:27:36.639
<v Speaker 1>fucking she knows what she was stepping into. Yes, she did.

0:27:36.960 --> 0:27:40.200
<v Speaker 1>It's not her first day, she knows, not her first

0:27:40.280 --> 0:27:44.440
<v Speaker 1>rodeo the Senate is in general, what kind of question

0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:50.639
<v Speaker 1>is could you fairly judge a Catholic? Well, again, he

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<v Speaker 1>voted for her, firmed her months ago. As a judge,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna say right now, I could not fairly

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<v Speaker 1>judge of Catholic because as a papist, they cannot be

0:28:03.480 --> 0:28:06.800
<v Speaker 1>trusted to fairly apply the law. They're always going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a servant of the Vatican, just like John Fitzgerald Kennedy,

0:28:10.600 --> 0:28:15.679
<v Speaker 1>which is why Bernard Sanders had to shoot him. Robert, Robert,

0:28:16.840 --> 0:28:19.040
<v Speaker 1>you're letting it. You're letting it all out in the bag.

0:28:19.920 --> 0:28:22.560
<v Speaker 1>I would have been like, now they know, we'll return

0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:24.879
<v Speaker 1>to that later. I would have been like, yeah, I

0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:28.720
<v Speaker 1>judged them all the time. I think it's fair. I

0:28:28.760 --> 0:28:31.400
<v Speaker 1>don't know there's a better joke in there. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>she did a great job with all these freaks, um,

0:28:35.920 --> 0:28:40.920
<v Speaker 1>these papists, I got more. Should we take another ad

0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:47.920
<v Speaker 1>break here, let's take let's take an ad break here

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<v Speaker 1>together everything so don't don't don't mars. That works as grammatically.

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<v Speaker 1>Both both are fine, Both are fine. Um. Yeah. The

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<v Speaker 1>United States, the Biden administration, i should say, has declared, um,

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<v Speaker 1>what the government of the military junta and well not

0:29:11.920 --> 0:29:14.080
<v Speaker 1>just the military junta because it was actually done under

0:29:14.880 --> 0:29:18.440
<v Speaker 1>um the president who was recently deposed by the military

0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:22.560
<v Speaker 1>as well on song Succhi. Um. But yeah, the Biden

0:29:22.560 --> 0:29:26.040
<v Speaker 1>administration has declared what the military and government to me

0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:28.960
<v Speaker 1>and mar did against the Rohinga the ethnic cleansing which

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<v Speaker 1>took place over about you know, the several years up

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<v Speaker 1>until the present point as a genocide, five years about

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<v Speaker 1>five years. Good, it is good? How come it took

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<v Speaker 1>Sister Robert well, you know, in the US recognizing a

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<v Speaker 1>genocide terms. This was not a bad turn around, because

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<v Speaker 1>you have to, but it's really hard. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>year ago that Biden recognized the Armenian genocide from years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember that. I do remember that, and so that's

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<v Speaker 1>a point well taken. But I UM, along with a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of our listeners, I think, have been horrified by

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:09.000
<v Speaker 1>this a lot of things that happen around the world,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is especially frustrating. While good as this is, uh,

0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:16.040
<v Speaker 1>it is especially frustrating to see the swiftness of our

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<v Speaker 1>response UM to what's happening in Ukraine and the attention

0:30:19.760 --> 0:30:24.040
<v Speaker 1>of the world. And this has been happening for five years,

0:30:24.400 --> 0:30:30.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, the warrant gray like it's just anyway, why

0:30:30.760 --> 0:30:33.600
<v Speaker 1>you're not going to see nearly as much movement on

0:30:33.840 --> 0:30:37.680
<v Speaker 1>the part. Part of why I suspect the Biden administration

0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:41.880
<v Speaker 1>was made this decision now after five years, is because

0:30:42.600 --> 0:30:45.720
<v Speaker 1>what's happening in Myanmar is connected to what's happening in Ukraine.

0:30:45.760 --> 0:30:51.200
<v Speaker 1>Because the top Medaw the military are armed by the Russians.

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:54.400
<v Speaker 1>They're using Russian planes and and not Russian small arms.

0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:57.280
<v Speaker 1>They actually have a pretty significant indigenous small arms industry

0:30:57.320 --> 0:30:59.320
<v Speaker 1>that the military does. But they're using a lot of

0:30:59.360 --> 0:31:04.400
<v Speaker 1>Russian UM artillery and aircraft UM in order to crack

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<v Speaker 1>down on the rebels in the civil war, and they

0:31:07.160 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 1>were using it before in the genocide. Whereas what the

0:31:12.240 --> 0:31:17.840
<v Speaker 1>what's happened in Armenia recently, UM, the the war a

0:31:17.920 --> 0:31:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Zerbijan carried out, which has genocidal elements, what's happening in

0:31:22.280 --> 0:31:27.320
<v Speaker 1>uh Tigray, UM, and what's happening between the the the

0:31:27.360 --> 0:31:30.400
<v Speaker 1>Turks and the Kurds in southern Turkey and in Northeast

0:31:30.400 --> 0:31:33.560
<v Speaker 1>Syria UM, those all have genocidal elements as well. But

0:31:33.760 --> 0:31:38.120
<v Speaker 1>in all of those cases UM, either the Turkish nation,

0:31:38.160 --> 0:31:40.840
<v Speaker 1>which is the second largest military and NATO is directly

0:31:40.880 --> 0:31:44.760
<v Speaker 1>involved as they are in the genocide in h the

0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:46.880
<v Speaker 1>or the ethnic cleansings at least in his Aerbijan and

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:50.680
<v Speaker 1>the genocides genocidal acts against the Kurds UM or in

0:31:50.720 --> 0:31:54.480
<v Speaker 1>the case of Tigray, Turkey is heavily arming the Ethiopian

0:31:54.480 --> 0:31:57.880
<v Speaker 1>government and in fact, the rebels in Tigray were pretty

0:31:57.880 --> 0:32:02.760
<v Speaker 1>close to taking the cap before the same brackt drones

0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:06.200
<v Speaker 1>that people are celebrating in Ukraine were sent by Turkey

0:32:06.240 --> 0:32:08.920
<v Speaker 1>to the Ethiopian government, which allowed them to turn back

0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:12.080
<v Speaker 1>the advance of the rebels. So part of why you're

0:32:12.080 --> 0:32:16.880
<v Speaker 1>seeing this recognized now is that the US government's interests

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:21.600
<v Speaker 1>are in doing so as opposed to recognizing that there

0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:25.480
<v Speaker 1>are genocides that are allied Turkey is involved in. UM

0:32:25.680 --> 0:32:36.680
<v Speaker 1>less in elect that makes sense, UM, disappointingly but makes sense. UM. Ill.

0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:39.640
<v Speaker 1>So I know that you guys have been talking UM

0:32:39.760 --> 0:32:43.160
<v Speaker 1>or have covered the civil war and what's happening over

0:32:43.200 --> 0:32:48.760
<v Speaker 1>there a lot on UM it could happen here, but UM,

0:32:49.960 --> 0:32:52.320
<v Speaker 1>why don't for our listeners that maybe don't know what's

0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:58.880
<v Speaker 1>happening over there? A was elected in a landslide last

0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:05.800
<v Speaker 1>year one reelected and then um immediately the military UH

0:33:05.920 --> 0:33:09.120
<v Speaker 1>stage to coup and overthrew her and has imprisoned her

0:33:09.360 --> 0:33:12.040
<v Speaker 1>under a variety of charges. She's seventy six. I think

0:33:12.080 --> 0:33:14.560
<v Speaker 1>she's currently facing six years or eight years in prison

0:33:14.560 --> 0:33:17.200
<v Speaker 1>and is another charge on top of that all about

0:33:17.320 --> 0:33:21.080
<v Speaker 1>like I don't know what it was, staplers or something

0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:25.240
<v Speaker 1>like something. Yeah, there was just like COVID protocols being breached.

0:33:26.400 --> 0:33:30.600
<v Speaker 1>That yeah, UM, And since since then, Um, you know,

0:33:30.680 --> 0:33:37.160
<v Speaker 1>it started with a huge um national strike that uh

0:33:37.920 --> 0:33:39.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, and everybody was engaged in watching for a while.

0:33:40.000 --> 0:33:42.680
<v Speaker 1>But then you know, attention. Of course, Peter's off on

0:33:42.720 --> 0:33:46.160
<v Speaker 1>the national stage. Um Roberts. Can you fill us in

0:33:46.160 --> 0:33:48.600
<v Speaker 1>a little bit on the stuff that's been going on?

0:33:49.160 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 1>Sure it is. There were a bunch of protests. The

0:33:51.480 --> 0:33:54.640
<v Speaker 1>government responded eventually to those protests by just shooting a

0:33:54.640 --> 0:33:57.520
<v Speaker 1>lot of people to death with live ammunition, both the

0:33:57.520 --> 0:34:00.320
<v Speaker 1>military and the police doing that, And so a bunch

0:34:00.360 --> 0:34:02.160
<v Speaker 1>of folks were like, well, I guess let's go to

0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:06.960
<v Speaker 1>the Jungles, A sizeable chunk of what is referred to

0:34:07.080 --> 0:34:10.560
<v Speaker 1>as Myanmar as like a state is actually not under

0:34:10.600 --> 0:34:13.120
<v Speaker 1>the control of the government and hasn't been for a while.

0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:15.239
<v Speaker 1>It's under the control of like the what are the

0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:17.879
<v Speaker 1>ethnic armed organizations is one of the terms you'll see

0:34:17.920 --> 0:34:19.719
<v Speaker 1>form And they're different kind of tribal groups that have

0:34:19.760 --> 0:34:21.840
<v Speaker 1>a large degree aboutonomy. I think the biggest being the

0:34:21.920 --> 0:34:27.000
<v Speaker 1>karin Um and they have been in some cases fighting

0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:29.759
<v Speaker 1>like an insurgency against the government in all cases kind

0:34:29.800 --> 0:34:34.720
<v Speaker 1>of uneasily preserving their autonomy. And it's a complicated story,

0:34:35.000 --> 0:34:37.759
<v Speaker 1>but a lot of these rebels when the military hunter

0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:40.840
<v Speaker 1>took power like fled to these areas and were trained

0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:44.560
<v Speaker 1>by these indigenous armed organizations and are now and have

0:34:44.680 --> 0:34:46.759
<v Speaker 1>been ever since over the last year so fighting a

0:34:46.800 --> 0:34:50.839
<v Speaker 1>civil war against the military of Myanmar, the tommadaw UM

0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:53.360
<v Speaker 1>and that's that is ongoing to this day. And so

0:34:53.520 --> 0:34:56.960
<v Speaker 1>large chunks of the rural areas are, if not in

0:34:57.080 --> 0:35:00.120
<v Speaker 1>control of rebels or e a o s, out of

0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:03.200
<v Speaker 1>the control of the state. But the state, which by

0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:05.120
<v Speaker 1>which when we say the state in mean while we're

0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:08.080
<v Speaker 1>referring to the military, does control the cities UM or

0:35:08.080 --> 0:35:10.040
<v Speaker 1>at least the bulk of the cities. You know, there's

0:35:10.080 --> 0:35:12.720
<v Speaker 1>areas and whatever. It's it's it's a it's a pretty

0:35:12.719 --> 0:35:15.880
<v Speaker 1>complicated conflict. It does not get a lot of attention

0:35:16.480 --> 0:35:19.759
<v Speaker 1>UM in the United States. If you'd like more to

0:35:19.840 --> 0:35:22.759
<v Speaker 1>know more about that, I would recommend checking out the

0:35:22.880 --> 0:35:25.000
<v Speaker 1>four part series we did on It could Happen Here

0:35:25.120 --> 0:35:29.279
<v Speaker 1>about the war in Myanmar. UM. There's a lot that's

0:35:29.400 --> 0:35:33.040
<v Speaker 1>that's quite interesting about what's going on there, including the

0:35:33.080 --> 0:35:36.319
<v Speaker 1>prevalence of Generation Z militias, which is how they refer

0:35:36.440 --> 0:35:38.239
<v Speaker 1>to them, which is kind of made up of these

0:35:38.320 --> 0:35:40.640
<v Speaker 1>kids who were the first generation in Myanmar to have

0:35:40.680 --> 0:35:43.040
<v Speaker 1>internet access and who grew up with a great degree

0:35:43.040 --> 0:35:46.239
<v Speaker 1>of freedom and feeling connected to the international community. And

0:35:46.280 --> 0:35:51.680
<v Speaker 1>then UM, you know, are rebelled when the government was like,

0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:55.040
<v Speaker 1>well that's all gonna end. We're not willing to accept that.

0:35:55.680 --> 0:35:57.640
<v Speaker 1>UM and who have been experimenting with a lot of

0:35:57.640 --> 0:36:03.040
<v Speaker 1>really different kind of horizontal organizational structures in in opposition

0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:05.480
<v Speaker 1>both to the government and also kind of counter to

0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:07.120
<v Speaker 1>how a lot of these e A o s handle

0:36:07.160 --> 0:36:11.399
<v Speaker 1>things which are more kind of traditional insurgent military structures. UM.

0:36:11.520 --> 0:36:14.080
<v Speaker 1>And there's also a lot of like homemade weapons, UM,

0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:16.960
<v Speaker 1>including three D printed arms that are increasingly becoming like

0:36:17.000 --> 0:36:19.120
<v Speaker 1>a factor on the battlefield. It's a it's an interesting

0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:21.680
<v Speaker 1>conflict and one that doesn't get a lot of attention,

0:36:22.120 --> 0:36:25.120
<v Speaker 1>in part because you know, at Southeast Asia, UM, in

0:36:25.200 --> 0:36:29.120
<v Speaker 1>part because most people have not heard much about Myanmar.

0:36:29.200 --> 0:36:31.480
<v Speaker 1>It was not a country up until pretty recently that

0:36:31.600 --> 0:36:35.720
<v Speaker 1>was very connected globally to to the rest of the world.

0:36:35.760 --> 0:36:38.480
<v Speaker 1>You know, again, from most of its history, it's been

0:36:38.520 --> 0:36:41.480
<v Speaker 1>like a series of dictatorships UM for most of its

0:36:41.520 --> 0:36:44.480
<v Speaker 1>modern history. Because it was also like a British colony

0:36:44.600 --> 0:36:49.680
<v Speaker 1>and in fact George Orwell was actually a policeman in Burma. Um, like, yes,

0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:53.040
<v Speaker 1>that was one of a kind of foundational experience for him.

0:36:53.120 --> 0:36:56.840
<v Speaker 1>Was like helping to brutally apply British rule in this

0:36:57.000 --> 0:37:01.360
<v Speaker 1>colony and then having feelings about it. And then there's

0:37:01.400 --> 0:37:04.360
<v Speaker 1>a whole conversation of course about the white colonizers and

0:37:04.360 --> 0:37:07.799
<v Speaker 1>how that has affected how the country are very established.

0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:12.840
<v Speaker 1>Um so, how what does the United States Joe Biden

0:37:13.160 --> 0:37:17.040
<v Speaker 1>declaring this genocide? What does that do? I mean, it's

0:37:17.040 --> 0:37:20.520
<v Speaker 1>good other than publicly acknowledging that recognizing it does it.

0:37:20.680 --> 0:37:24.319
<v Speaker 1>That's all it's doing at this point. There's unless one

0:37:24.400 --> 0:37:28.239
<v Speaker 1>the thing that the Biden administration could do is provide

0:37:28.920 --> 0:37:31.359
<v Speaker 1>the rebels in mean Mar with some of the same

0:37:31.400 --> 0:37:34.560
<v Speaker 1>equipment we're providing Ukraine. Primarily, there's a lot of talk

0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:38.440
<v Speaker 1>of no fly zones and um, you know, usually again

0:37:38.520 --> 0:37:40.480
<v Speaker 1>we we've we've chatted about this a bit on our shows.

0:37:40.560 --> 0:37:42.600
<v Speaker 1>Usually when people talk about those, they are referring to

0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:47.040
<v Speaker 1>like the idea of sending in US RNATO aircraft to

0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.160
<v Speaker 1>stop other aircraft for making in an area. But one

0:37:50.160 --> 0:37:52.120
<v Speaker 1>way you can apply a no fly zone without doing

0:37:52.160 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 1>that is by shipping a lot of anti aircraft weapons,

0:37:54.880 --> 0:37:57.520
<v Speaker 1>which is what we're doing now Ukraine, right, we're doing

0:37:57.520 --> 0:38:01.120
<v Speaker 1>in Ukraine. And you know, Aim Stout and I when

0:38:01.120 --> 0:38:03.279
<v Speaker 1>we were working on our story in Mianmar, were in

0:38:03.320 --> 0:38:06.160
<v Speaker 1>pretty regular contact with the twenty three year old kids,

0:38:06.200 --> 0:38:10.200
<v Speaker 1>all Lynn, who was a member of a militia Generation,

0:38:10.239 --> 0:38:12.960
<v Speaker 1>one of the gen Z militias in Myanmar, and so

0:38:12.960 --> 0:38:14.480
<v Speaker 1>he would chat with him, and then we would see

0:38:14.840 --> 0:38:17.319
<v Speaker 1>footage of him fighting the Topmadaw and footage of him

0:38:17.360 --> 0:38:20.080
<v Speaker 1>hanging out with his girlfriend who was wounded by a

0:38:20.120 --> 0:38:23.000
<v Speaker 1>mortar like while we were chatting with him, um. And

0:38:23.040 --> 0:38:26.000
<v Speaker 1>then a couple of days after we started dropping the episodes,

0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:29.040
<v Speaker 1>he got killed by an air strike. UM. And it's

0:38:29.040 --> 0:38:33.799
<v Speaker 1>one of those things where the government has air supremacy

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:36.280
<v Speaker 1>because the rebels, you know again they're they're like cobbling

0:38:36.280 --> 0:38:40.160
<v Speaker 1>together their own rifles. They certainly don't have aircraft. UM.

0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:41.840
<v Speaker 1>So if you want to say, like, what could the

0:38:41.920 --> 0:38:43.680
<v Speaker 1>US be doing, there's an argument to be made for

0:38:43.719 --> 0:38:46.239
<v Speaker 1>providing anti air weapons to the rebels, But if we're

0:38:46.239 --> 0:38:48.520
<v Speaker 1>not going to do that, then effectively the only real

0:38:49.440 --> 0:38:52.799
<v Speaker 1>they impact this has well, at least we're acknowledging it's

0:38:52.800 --> 0:38:57.400
<v Speaker 1>a genocide. So right now, what is the impact this

0:38:57.480 --> 0:38:59.920
<v Speaker 1>is going to have on the war in Myanmar? Nothing?

0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:03.799
<v Speaker 1>Um that that that's the short answer. It's not going

0:39:03.840 --> 0:39:06.840
<v Speaker 1>to do anything. That said, I'm always supportive of the

0:39:06.920 --> 0:39:10.319
<v Speaker 1>United States being like, hey, look at genocide. That's a genocide.

0:39:10.480 --> 0:39:13.120
<v Speaker 1>It's like, it's good to recognize it. Like we have

0:39:13.360 --> 0:39:16.080
<v Speaker 1>the most we can all argue about, like what is

0:39:16.440 --> 0:39:18.880
<v Speaker 1>reasonable and what is ethical when it comes to like

0:39:18.960 --> 0:39:21.879
<v Speaker 1>providing weapons. You know, those are complicated discussions to be had,

0:39:22.200 --> 0:39:24.480
<v Speaker 1>but the minimum everyone should do when there's a genocide

0:39:24.560 --> 0:39:26.960
<v Speaker 1>is be like, well that that looks like what it is.

0:39:27.120 --> 0:39:30.239
<v Speaker 1>That's definitely a genocide. We should at least be able

0:39:30.239 --> 0:39:33.399
<v Speaker 1>to agree on that. Yeah. So I'm like, I don't

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:35.960
<v Speaker 1>think it's bad. I think I would go so far

0:39:36.000 --> 0:39:38.520
<v Speaker 1>to say it's good that the Biden administration recognized it

0:39:38.520 --> 0:39:41.360
<v Speaker 1>as a genocide. But I don't think at the moment,

0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:45.239
<v Speaker 1>I've seen no evidence that Biden administration is going to

0:39:45.280 --> 0:39:48.759
<v Speaker 1>take any actions that will material materially affect circumstances on

0:39:48.760 --> 0:39:53.640
<v Speaker 1>their own. R Yeah, okay, well thank you for that.

0:39:54.360 --> 0:39:57.719
<v Speaker 1>Speaking of war, you know what else is a war?

0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:02.400
<v Speaker 1>What ending a pod cast episode? Yeah, I can be

0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:07.640
<v Speaker 1>that makes dangerous the greatest heroes of all or criminals

0:40:08.120 --> 0:40:14.120
<v Speaker 1>or criminals. Yeah. It is also remember episode of the podcast.

0:40:14.239 --> 0:40:18.240
<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure if you remember, but war is criminal.

0:40:18.719 --> 0:40:23.799
<v Speaker 1>It's true something about that. I'm sure our listeners are

0:40:23.840 --> 0:40:26.520
<v Speaker 1>thrilled with this episode. Yeah, it seems like we really

0:40:26.560 --> 0:40:31.400
<v Speaker 1>have it together. I'm proud of us. I'm proud of us.

0:40:31.719 --> 0:40:36.600
<v Speaker 1>Devil's advocate. Yeah I don't think we do. Oh wow, okay,

0:40:38.520 --> 0:40:42.720
<v Speaker 1>speaking of the you know, who needs an advocate? Who

0:40:43.160 --> 0:40:46.160
<v Speaker 1>the devil? The devil? I was right there in the

0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:50.680
<v Speaker 1>setup and culture comes for the Prince of lies. Oh god,

0:40:50.760 --> 0:40:52.880
<v Speaker 1>is he gonna? Are they gonna ask about cancel? Culture?

0:40:53.480 --> 0:40:59.640
<v Speaker 1>The Devil's triggered. That's so good. It's so good. You

0:40:59.719 --> 0:41:02.239
<v Speaker 1>love it, You love to see it, You love to

0:41:02.280 --> 0:41:05.760
<v Speaker 1>see it. Guys. Um cool. That's it for us this week.

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