1 00:00:11,657 --> 00:00:14,937 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Buck Sexton Chow podcast, make sure 2 00:00:14,937 --> 00:00:17,577 Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeart Radio app 3 00:00:17,857 --> 00:00:23,217 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. China's large as city 4 00:00:23,297 --> 00:00:25,977 Speaker 1: is entering a second week of strict lockdown rules, during 5 00:00:25,977 --> 00:00:28,137 Speaker 1: which residents have been locked in their homes and forced 6 00:00:28,137 --> 00:00:31,937 Speaker 1: to endure shortages of food and basic necessities. The insane 7 00:00:31,977 --> 00:00:34,577 Speaker 1: policy remains in place even though officials announced only a 8 00:00:34,617 --> 00:00:38,097 Speaker 1: thousand symptomatic cases of COVID on Sunday. This is the 9 00:00:38,177 --> 00:00:41,457 Speaker 1: firsthand look at the craziness of a zero COVID policy, 10 00:00:41,497 --> 00:00:43,697 Speaker 1: and make no mistake, there are a lot of people 11 00:00:43,737 --> 00:00:46,417 Speaker 1: here in the US who wish America would follow suit 12 00:00:46,577 --> 00:00:53,457 Speaker 1: in some ways. Friends, it is time for hold the line. 13 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:59,937 Speaker 1: Welcome to holding on. I'm Buck Sexton. It's crazy what's 14 00:00:59,977 --> 00:01:02,217 Speaker 1: going on right now in Shanghai City. Over twenty million 15 00:01:02,257 --> 00:01:05,777 Speaker 1: people here. You can see there are finally protests. Folks 16 00:01:05,817 --> 00:01:09,097 Speaker 1: are fed up and many of them aren't getting fed enough. 17 00:01:09,137 --> 00:01:11,777 Speaker 1: If you will, they are not able to even leave 18 00:01:11,817 --> 00:01:17,457 Speaker 1: their homes to go get food. This lockdown is extreme, 19 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:22,017 Speaker 1: and people in China in Shanghai are recognizing that the 20 00:01:22,057 --> 00:01:25,497 Speaker 1: state authority here even for a communist country like China 21 00:01:25,697 --> 00:01:30,137 Speaker 1: is way overboard. This is completely bonkers, and it's a 22 00:01:30,177 --> 00:01:33,017 Speaker 1: reminder that here we are two years into the pandemic 23 00:01:33,657 --> 00:01:39,777 Speaker 1: and no surprise, but we're watching the continuation of the 24 00:01:39,857 --> 00:01:44,377 Speaker 1: authoritarian power struggle that's been going on since the very beginning. 25 00:01:45,177 --> 00:01:49,377 Speaker 1: This is an enormous, an enormous challenge going forward that 26 00:01:49,377 --> 00:01:51,937 Speaker 1: we have to meet. We cannot allow these countries, whether 27 00:01:51,937 --> 00:01:55,817 Speaker 1: it's China or the US others, to pretend that any lockdowns, 28 00:01:56,297 --> 00:02:01,097 Speaker 1: any lockdowns made sense, were a good idea. And of 29 00:02:01,097 --> 00:02:02,697 Speaker 1: course the reason we have to look at this is 30 00:02:02,737 --> 00:02:05,697 Speaker 1: because they can never be replicated. Again, that's the main 31 00:02:05,777 --> 00:02:09,017 Speaker 1: thing we have to avoid here, because they want to 32 00:02:09,057 --> 00:02:11,777 Speaker 1: do it, and we see in China they're doing and 33 00:02:11,817 --> 00:02:13,657 Speaker 1: here in the US there's already talk we'll get into 34 00:02:13,657 --> 00:02:18,057 Speaker 1: in a moment about additional mitigation, restriction, pivoting and all that. No, 35 00:02:18,817 --> 00:02:20,897 Speaker 1: we should be done with this. I'm sorry, Lives, you 36 00:02:20,937 --> 00:02:23,337 Speaker 1: were wrong about everything. You're not as smart as you 37 00:02:23,377 --> 00:02:27,057 Speaker 1: think you are. You can't read data. Well, you're irrational. 38 00:02:27,977 --> 00:02:30,537 Speaker 1: You need help, and you need to stop making the 39 00:02:30,577 --> 00:02:33,457 Speaker 1: rest of us live in your crazy town. The National 40 00:02:33,937 --> 00:02:36,697 Speaker 1: Bureau of Economic Research ranks the best and worst states 41 00:02:36,697 --> 00:02:40,377 Speaker 1: in COVID response based on health outcome, economic performance throughout 42 00:02:40,417 --> 00:02:42,777 Speaker 1: the pandemic, and impact on education. I was looking at 43 00:02:42,777 --> 00:02:45,817 Speaker 1: this study today, actually spoke to one of the authors 44 00:02:45,857 --> 00:02:49,457 Speaker 1: on radio, and guess what when you look at the 45 00:02:49,457 --> 00:02:54,857 Speaker 1: states that did the best when you look at all factors, Utah, Nebraska, Vermont, Montana, 46 00:02:54,857 --> 00:02:59,177 Speaker 1: at South Dakota, Florida. Now, it's really interesting that Florida's 47 00:02:59,217 --> 00:03:01,337 Speaker 1: on that list because it's a state with about twenty 48 00:03:01,337 --> 00:03:04,457 Speaker 1: million residents with a lot of cities in it. So 49 00:03:04,497 --> 00:03:08,337 Speaker 1: it's a population dense and large population state that just 50 00:03:08,377 --> 00:03:10,737 Speaker 1: so happens to make it into the top ten. The 51 00:03:10,777 --> 00:03:13,297 Speaker 1: state that did the worst when you add up all 52 00:03:13,417 --> 00:03:20,337 Speaker 1: factors mortality, economy, etc. Illinois, California, New Mexico, New York, Washington, 53 00:03:20,417 --> 00:03:24,177 Speaker 1: d C. New Jersey. That's right, the Democrat blue strongholds 54 00:03:24,777 --> 00:03:31,017 Speaker 1: did the worst of the state two years info. That's 55 00:03:31,057 --> 00:03:33,737 Speaker 1: what the data actually says. That's what a bunch of 56 00:03:33,817 --> 00:03:36,817 Speaker 1: data scientists looking at it we're able to come up with. 57 00:03:37,657 --> 00:03:39,697 Speaker 1: And if they're wrong, I want someone to explain how 58 00:03:39,897 --> 00:03:43,537 Speaker 1: or why I'd like to know. Meanwhile, we're still living 59 00:03:43,577 --> 00:03:46,657 Speaker 1: in this looney Tunes world of Democrats who think that 60 00:03:46,697 --> 00:03:50,777 Speaker 1: we should have some mask mandate policy in effect in 61 00:03:50,857 --> 00:03:54,777 Speaker 1: some places, but very very few airplanes, which are actually 62 00:03:54,817 --> 00:03:58,377 Speaker 1: among the safest congregate settings, as Fouchi says, because of 63 00:03:58,457 --> 00:04:03,417 Speaker 1: their incredibly technological advanced air filters that are on those 64 00:04:03,457 --> 00:04:05,577 Speaker 1: planes are not a place where you should be worried 65 00:04:05,577 --> 00:04:09,817 Speaker 1: about getting COVID. But Biden's COVID advisor, doctor Ashish Jaw 66 00:04:10,497 --> 00:04:13,137 Speaker 1: is out there saying they may actually keep the plane 67 00:04:13,177 --> 00:04:16,537 Speaker 1: mask mask mandate going for another month and maybe another 68 00:04:16,537 --> 00:04:19,937 Speaker 1: one after that. Watch asking doctor John, does that mean 69 00:04:20,017 --> 00:04:24,057 Speaker 1: that extending the mask mandate in public transportation is a 70 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:28,257 Speaker 1: live option? It's on the table. Yeah, I look, this 71 00:04:28,337 --> 00:04:32,097 Speaker 1: is a CDC decision, and I think it is absolutely 72 00:04:32,137 --> 00:04:34,257 Speaker 1: on the table. And doctor will Enski is going to 73 00:04:34,337 --> 00:04:37,377 Speaker 1: make her decision based on the framework that the CDC 74 00:04:37,497 --> 00:04:41,217 Speaker 1: scientists create, and we'll make a decision collectively based on 75 00:04:41,257 --> 00:04:45,937 Speaker 1: that make a decision collectively. Wait, I thought he said 76 00:04:45,937 --> 00:04:49,297 Speaker 1: it's a CDC decision. It's actually a White House decision. Okay, 77 00:04:49,297 --> 00:04:51,177 Speaker 1: we need to stop allowing to play these games. The 78 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:54,457 Speaker 1: CDC is an advisory body within the federal government. When 79 00:04:54,457 --> 00:04:56,337 Speaker 1: it comes to the White House, it's the White House, 80 00:04:56,377 --> 00:04:59,617 Speaker 1: the executive branch, the president who gets to make the 81 00:04:59,697 --> 00:05:01,897 Speaker 1: final say on this. So if you got a mask 82 00:05:02,017 --> 00:05:07,017 Speaker 1: up on planes like idiots for another month, blame Biden. 83 00:05:07,097 --> 00:05:09,697 Speaker 1: It's not the bureaucrats who get to play this game 84 00:05:09,697 --> 00:05:12,017 Speaker 1: of we're not in charge, the White Houses in charge? 85 00:05:12,017 --> 00:05:13,857 Speaker 1: Oh no, the white Houses in a charge. The bureaucrats 86 00:05:13,897 --> 00:05:17,737 Speaker 1: are in charge. The buck stops with Biden, and if 87 00:05:17,777 --> 00:05:22,857 Speaker 1: he extends this, it should be held against the Democrats. 88 00:05:22,977 --> 00:05:26,177 Speaker 1: They're completely insane. How are you going to stop COVID 89 00:05:26,497 --> 00:05:29,497 Speaker 1: when you're only masking up? First of all, masking doesn't 90 00:05:29,497 --> 00:05:31,857 Speaker 1: stop COVID, start with that, but even beyond that, how 91 00:05:31,897 --> 00:05:34,417 Speaker 1: would you stop it even theoretically of mask word when 92 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:38,937 Speaker 1: you're only masking people up for what one day two 93 00:05:39,017 --> 00:05:40,777 Speaker 1: days of their month? And how much do people actually 94 00:05:40,817 --> 00:05:45,257 Speaker 1: even fly? It's so dumb. And then there's of course 95 00:05:45,337 --> 00:05:48,657 Speaker 1: more of the hypocrisy that we've come to expect from 96 00:05:48,697 --> 00:05:51,697 Speaker 1: Democrats around all this. Here's Jensaki explaining that, you know, 97 00:05:51,857 --> 00:05:55,257 Speaker 1: Vice President Harris was recently indoors and there was a 98 00:05:55,337 --> 00:05:58,777 Speaker 1: congregate setting and she was unmasked. But you see, it 99 00:05:58,817 --> 00:06:02,737 Speaker 1: was an important day and she was doing important stuff 100 00:06:03,257 --> 00:06:06,537 Speaker 1: and the masks are really for peasants. Anyway. Watch Question 101 00:06:06,697 --> 00:06:09,857 Speaker 1: said on Friday that the Vice president was masked indoors 102 00:06:10,097 --> 00:06:13,377 Speaker 1: all day, but the White House tweeted a video showing 103 00:06:13,377 --> 00:06:16,297 Speaker 1: her standing over the president the out of mask. I'm 104 00:06:16,617 --> 00:06:19,777 Speaker 1: thinking you explaining what happened there. Well, I would say 105 00:06:19,817 --> 00:06:22,097 Speaker 1: that the Vice president and the president and all of 106 00:06:22,217 --> 00:06:25,537 Speaker 1: us abide by what the CDC protocols are. It was 107 00:06:25,577 --> 00:06:28,817 Speaker 1: an emotional day, it was a historic day, and there 108 00:06:28,817 --> 00:06:31,657 Speaker 1: were moments when she was not wearing a mask inside, 109 00:06:31,697 --> 00:06:34,137 Speaker 1: including in a photo. But she was wearing at ninety 110 00:06:34,217 --> 00:06:38,697 Speaker 1: nine point nine percent of the time. Is that a 111 00:06:38,737 --> 00:06:41,057 Speaker 1: scientific data point or nine to nine point nine percent? Really? 112 00:06:41,097 --> 00:06:43,857 Speaker 1: Does you know that? Also, does the mask say, okay, 113 00:06:43,977 --> 00:06:46,017 Speaker 1: you most I'm as did the virus rather say you 114 00:06:46,137 --> 00:06:48,937 Speaker 1: mostly masked up today, so I'm not going to spread 115 00:06:48,977 --> 00:06:51,897 Speaker 1: while you're just breathing into the air for this incredibly 116 00:06:52,137 --> 00:06:58,657 Speaker 1: infectious virus the omicron BA two variant. Now, no, and 117 00:06:58,697 --> 00:07:01,457 Speaker 1: then this is an only one. Why does Biden wear 118 00:07:01,497 --> 00:07:04,257 Speaker 1: a mask outdoors? The real answer, just to be clear, 119 00:07:04,777 --> 00:07:08,617 Speaker 1: is that this is now a little symbol of democrat compliance. 120 00:07:08,657 --> 00:07:11,537 Speaker 1: I'm a progressive, I'm smart, I wear a mask outside. 121 00:07:11,537 --> 00:07:14,777 Speaker 1: It's pathetic. It's pathetic, it's idiotic, and you look stupid 122 00:07:14,817 --> 00:07:17,857 Speaker 1: doing and Biden and anybody else who's masking upside, I'm 123 00:07:17,857 --> 00:07:22,177 Speaker 1: masking up outside. You look dumb. It's not science, it's 124 00:07:22,217 --> 00:07:25,137 Speaker 1: political tribalism. Oh look at me, I wear a mask outside. 125 00:07:25,177 --> 00:07:27,977 Speaker 1: I'm so smart. Jen Saki was asked about why Biden 126 00:07:27,977 --> 00:07:30,977 Speaker 1: does this. Here's what she said, just on the president 127 00:07:31,097 --> 00:07:34,177 Speaker 1: was started after the weekend in Washington, DC, wearing a mask. 128 00:07:34,897 --> 00:07:37,097 Speaker 1: I just wanted to if you could go through with 129 00:07:37,297 --> 00:07:41,737 Speaker 1: when he masks and when he doesn't it when it's Pierre. 130 00:07:41,857 --> 00:07:43,817 Speaker 1: He did not have a flist contact. But correct me 131 00:07:43,857 --> 00:07:47,137 Speaker 1: if that's wrong. He did not. But we all make decisions. 132 00:07:47,137 --> 00:07:49,537 Speaker 1: Some people in here are wearing masks to wear masks 133 00:07:49,577 --> 00:07:52,937 Speaker 1: to make them more comfortable, or because they chose to 134 00:07:53,057 --> 00:07:55,177 Speaker 1: that day, or maybe they're going to be around family 135 00:07:55,217 --> 00:07:58,137 Speaker 1: members or people who may be immunocompromise or vulnerable. And 136 00:07:58,697 --> 00:08:01,777 Speaker 1: president makes that decisions as we all do as well. 137 00:08:03,297 --> 00:08:06,257 Speaker 1: You know, Biden wears masks outdoor sometimes, you know, it 138 00:08:06,257 --> 00:08:09,657 Speaker 1: makes you more comfortable. I thought you were a grandma 139 00:08:09,737 --> 00:08:11,737 Speaker 1: killer if you weren't masking up. Now it just you know, 140 00:08:11,777 --> 00:08:15,697 Speaker 1: whatever makes you comfortable, disgraceful, They have no principles. These 141 00:08:15,697 --> 00:08:20,377 Speaker 1: people are so shameless. Libs are the absolute bleeping worse, 142 00:08:20,497 --> 00:08:22,937 Speaker 1: they really are, and the worst of all us. Fauci. 143 00:08:23,257 --> 00:08:27,177 Speaker 1: You know, Philadelphia just reinstitute or just today reinstituted the 144 00:08:27,177 --> 00:08:29,977 Speaker 1: City of Philadelphia. It's into our mask mandate. Here's Fauci saying, 145 00:08:30,057 --> 00:08:32,817 Speaker 1: oh yeah, there's more of that coming. But the idea 146 00:08:32,857 --> 00:08:34,577 Speaker 1: that we're going to see an uptick, I think people 147 00:08:35,017 --> 00:08:37,617 Speaker 1: need to appreciate that that's the case and follow the 148 00:08:37,697 --> 00:08:41,737 Speaker 1: CDC guidelines because remember when the metrics were put forth, 149 00:08:41,817 --> 00:08:45,497 Speaker 1: the new metrics looking at the guidance of masking, it 150 00:08:45,657 --> 00:08:47,937 Speaker 1: was said that if we do start seeing an uptick, 151 00:08:48,057 --> 00:08:52,337 Speaker 1: particularly of hospitalizations, we may need to revert back to 152 00:08:52,457 --> 00:08:56,097 Speaker 1: give me being more careful and having more utilizations of 153 00:08:56,137 --> 00:08:59,257 Speaker 1: masks into it. But right now we're watching it very 154 00:08:59,337 --> 00:09:02,257 Speaker 1: very carefully. Oh yes, we're watching the data and we 155 00:09:02,257 --> 00:09:04,897 Speaker 1: can really determine things and if we have to, we're 156 00:09:04,897 --> 00:09:08,457 Speaker 1: going to do something that doesn't work. We all know 157 00:09:08,617 --> 00:09:13,377 Speaker 1: this now, we've known it for a long time. They're 158 00:09:13,377 --> 00:09:16,017 Speaker 1: finding out their hardway in China. What happens when reason 159 00:09:16,057 --> 00:09:19,697 Speaker 1: and accountability just get lit on fire and nobody cares. 160 00:09:20,177 --> 00:09:22,537 Speaker 1: Protests have broken out in China's large as city after 161 00:09:22,577 --> 00:09:26,897 Speaker 1: weeks of extreme lockdowns. You know what fauci wants have 162 00:09:27,057 --> 00:09:29,417 Speaker 1: led to food shortages. We've got Gordon Chang joint us. 163 00:09:29,417 --> 00:09:31,377 Speaker 1: We come back to talk about this. Right now. 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He be a part of our team, dedicated 200 00:11:12,937 --> 00:11:16,017 Speaker 1: to preserving the very essence of who we are free Americans. 201 00:11:19,017 --> 00:11:22,177 Speaker 1: In a rare show of defiance against the Chinese Communist Party, 202 00:11:22,257 --> 00:11:24,857 Speaker 1: the people of Shanghai have taken to the streets to 203 00:11:24,977 --> 00:11:28,777 Speaker 1: protest the party's extreme lockdown measures. The city of twenty 204 00:11:28,817 --> 00:11:31,777 Speaker 1: six million people has been locked down since March twenty eighth, 205 00:11:31,817 --> 00:11:34,977 Speaker 1: and many residents are now facing shortages of food and 206 00:11:35,137 --> 00:11:39,137 Speaker 1: basic necessities. The Communist Party is taking steps to maintain 207 00:11:39,177 --> 00:11:42,017 Speaker 1: control of the city, deploying the military to patrol the 208 00:11:42,097 --> 00:11:46,457 Speaker 1: streets as unrest grows. So, what the heck is happening 209 00:11:46,457 --> 00:11:49,737 Speaker 1: in Shanghai? What does it mean for the Chinese Communist Party? 210 00:11:50,257 --> 00:11:51,977 Speaker 1: Joining me now is the author of the Great US 211 00:11:52,137 --> 00:11:54,657 Speaker 1: China Tech Work, Gordon Chang. Please follow him on Twitter 212 00:11:54,857 --> 00:11:58,417 Speaker 1: at Gordon chi Chang. Gordon, good to see you, Good 213 00:11:58,457 --> 00:12:00,377 Speaker 1: to see you, Buck, Thank you so much. So can 214 00:12:00,457 --> 00:12:03,337 Speaker 1: just first tell everybody so they understand this is a 215 00:12:03,457 --> 00:12:06,737 Speaker 1: real lockdown, what is going on in Shanghai? Just so 216 00:12:06,817 --> 00:12:10,257 Speaker 1: everyone understands the parameters of what's happening in a city 217 00:12:10,257 --> 00:12:14,777 Speaker 1: of over twenty million. Yeah, what's happening is that the 218 00:12:14,937 --> 00:12:18,617 Speaker 1: initial lockdowns, which were supposed to be five days apiece, 219 00:12:18,817 --> 00:12:21,017 Speaker 1: five days for the eastern part of the city and 220 00:12:21,057 --> 00:12:23,497 Speaker 1: then five days for the western part of the city, 221 00:12:23,817 --> 00:12:27,097 Speaker 1: have now been extended to the entire city indefinitely, and 222 00:12:27,217 --> 00:12:29,617 Speaker 1: nobody knows when this is going to end. And this 223 00:12:29,697 --> 00:12:33,977 Speaker 1: is extremely strict because people cannot leave their apartments. People 224 00:12:34,057 --> 00:12:38,137 Speaker 1: right now don't have food, people are denied access to, 225 00:12:38,617 --> 00:12:43,577 Speaker 1: for instance, prescription medicines. Children have been separated from their parents, 226 00:12:43,857 --> 00:12:46,217 Speaker 1: but now they are allowed to go back together again 227 00:12:46,257 --> 00:12:50,377 Speaker 1: after an incredible protests against this. And we are seeing 228 00:12:50,377 --> 00:12:53,497 Speaker 1: on Wayboat, which is the Chinese version of Twitter a 229 00:12:53,657 --> 00:12:57,857 Speaker 1: numerous incidents of people just defying the COVID restrictions because 230 00:12:57,897 --> 00:13:01,697 Speaker 1: they can't put up with it anymore. And just how 231 00:13:01,697 --> 00:13:04,777 Speaker 1: extreme are the restrictions? I mean, I've seen some headlines 232 00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:09,577 Speaker 1: suggest that people essentially can't leave their homes. Is it 233 00:13:09,657 --> 00:13:11,977 Speaker 1: really for almost any reason? Right? I mean, even to 234 00:13:11,977 --> 00:13:15,057 Speaker 1: get food. I saw a video that was purportedly people 235 00:13:15,137 --> 00:13:18,257 Speaker 1: rioting outside of a grocery store because they couldn't get food. 236 00:13:18,537 --> 00:13:21,777 Speaker 1: I mean, what are the rules? The rules are you 237 00:13:21,817 --> 00:13:25,617 Speaker 1: can't leave your apartment for any reason, and in some 238 00:13:25,697 --> 00:13:28,857 Speaker 1: cases there are these videos of the guys in the 239 00:13:29,057 --> 00:13:32,817 Speaker 1: white suits. It's called white terror right now, actually boarding 240 00:13:32,897 --> 00:13:36,297 Speaker 1: up a person's home in an apartment. China is also 241 00:13:36,897 --> 00:13:41,257 Speaker 1: developed and built these mass quarantine facilities, which actually I 242 00:13:41,297 --> 00:13:44,817 Speaker 1: think are probably responsible for spreading the disease rather than 243 00:13:44,897 --> 00:13:48,377 Speaker 1: containing it because people are not allowed to, for instance, 244 00:13:48,897 --> 00:13:53,017 Speaker 1: quarantine at home. So these are the strictest measures possible. Now. 245 00:13:53,057 --> 00:13:55,777 Speaker 1: The government has said that they are trying to provide 246 00:13:55,817 --> 00:13:59,417 Speaker 1: food along with the food deliveries companies, but a lot 247 00:13:59,497 --> 00:14:03,977 Speaker 1: of people have not been able to get basic necessities Gordon. 248 00:14:04,097 --> 00:14:07,817 Speaker 1: On Sunday, Shanghai reported twenty six thousand cases of COVID, 249 00:14:07,897 --> 00:14:10,977 Speaker 1: but only about nine hundred of them have showed any symptoms. 250 00:14:11,457 --> 00:14:14,017 Speaker 1: So that means there are tens of thousands of people 251 00:14:14,257 --> 00:14:17,697 Speaker 1: with COVID right now in Shanghai who are fine. What 252 00:14:18,337 --> 00:14:20,937 Speaker 1: is the what is the game plan here? I mean, 253 00:14:20,937 --> 00:14:24,337 Speaker 1: what are they They're doing a shutdown like this for 254 00:14:24,657 --> 00:14:27,577 Speaker 1: what The virus will still be there if, if, and 255 00:14:27,617 --> 00:14:29,897 Speaker 1: when they open back up? Right, So what are they 256 00:14:29,977 --> 00:14:33,257 Speaker 1: being told? The purpose of all this is, well, the 257 00:14:33,297 --> 00:14:35,777 Speaker 1: purpose that they're told is that they're trying to prevent, 258 00:14:36,337 --> 00:14:40,297 Speaker 1: prohibit any sort of transmission of the disease. China has 259 00:14:40,337 --> 00:14:43,777 Speaker 1: what's known as the dynamic zero of COVID policy, which 260 00:14:43,857 --> 00:14:46,377 Speaker 1: is intended to stop the disease in its tracks. And 261 00:14:46,977 --> 00:14:50,737 Speaker 1: because of China's inability to produce vaccines that work against 262 00:14:50,737 --> 00:14:53,697 Speaker 1: omicron BA two, which is a sub variant that is 263 00:14:53,697 --> 00:14:56,457 Speaker 1: now ripping through Shanghai and the rest of China, they 264 00:14:56,537 --> 00:15:02,017 Speaker 1: believe that isolation is their only source of prevention. One thing, Buck, 265 00:15:02,257 --> 00:15:05,417 Speaker 1: who you asked, who is this being done for? Actually 266 00:15:05,497 --> 00:15:08,857 Speaker 1: this is being done for only one individual that's siege 267 00:15:08,897 --> 00:15:11,897 Speaker 1: in paying the Chinese role. He's considered to be the 268 00:15:11,937 --> 00:15:15,697 Speaker 1: author of China's COVID policies. And he was a president 269 00:15:15,777 --> 00:15:18,737 Speaker 1: breaking third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party, 270 00:15:19,297 --> 00:15:23,177 Speaker 1: which would normally be awarded or decided at the end 271 00:15:23,177 --> 00:15:27,137 Speaker 1: of this year if the schedule holds, and so nobody 272 00:15:27,177 --> 00:15:31,017 Speaker 1: can criticize this zero COVID policy and really live to 273 00:15:31,057 --> 00:15:35,217 Speaker 1: regret it. So right now China's going through these extraordinary 274 00:15:35,257 --> 00:15:38,217 Speaker 1: measures which don't make any sense at all, except they 275 00:15:38,257 --> 00:15:41,417 Speaker 1: make sense for one individual who hopes to become dictator 276 00:15:41,457 --> 00:15:44,137 Speaker 1: for life. I mean, it definitely seems Gordon like with 277 00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:46,337 Speaker 1: some of the videos out there. I'm sure you saw 278 00:15:46,857 --> 00:15:50,977 Speaker 1: the drones flying in the sky telling residents of Shanghai 279 00:15:51,297 --> 00:15:54,697 Speaker 1: to suppress their heart's desire for freedom. There's also now 280 00:15:54,777 --> 00:15:58,657 Speaker 1: video circulating of people shrieking out their windows windows are 281 00:15:58,657 --> 00:16:00,377 Speaker 1: all supposed to be locked, by the way, in Shanghai, 282 00:16:00,657 --> 00:16:02,977 Speaker 1: saying essentially, I think it's some version of you know, 283 00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:05,457 Speaker 1: I want to die or I don't want to live anymore, 284 00:16:05,497 --> 00:16:08,617 Speaker 1: or something like that, because they're so upset about what's 285 00:16:08,617 --> 00:16:10,697 Speaker 1: going on. I mean, you've been saying for a long time, 286 00:16:11,057 --> 00:16:13,457 Speaker 1: and it feels like this is really being distilled into 287 00:16:13,457 --> 00:16:16,817 Speaker 1: a reality. We can all see this is true totalitarianism. 288 00:16:16,817 --> 00:16:20,337 Speaker 1: I mean, this could be an addendum, an additional chapter 289 00:16:20,457 --> 00:16:25,137 Speaker 1: to Warweld's nineteen eighty four. Yes, well, China, even apart 290 00:16:25,137 --> 00:16:28,897 Speaker 1: from these COVID lockdowns, was moving to semi totalitarianism with 291 00:16:28,977 --> 00:16:33,177 Speaker 1: the social credit system, the Great Firewall, perhaps three hundred 292 00:16:33,217 --> 00:16:36,857 Speaker 1: million surveillance cameras. The number is a subject to some dispute, 293 00:16:37,057 --> 00:16:39,377 Speaker 1: but the point is that China was really going to 294 00:16:39,577 --> 00:16:42,737 Speaker 1: full control of individuals. We're seeing this, of course in 295 00:16:42,777 --> 00:16:45,537 Speaker 1: the COVID lockdowns, not just in Shanghai, but in Sion 296 00:16:45,657 --> 00:16:49,537 Speaker 1: before that. Now guang Joe, the capital of Guandong Province, 297 00:16:49,617 --> 00:16:52,097 Speaker 1: the province that surrounds Hong Kong, the heart of the 298 00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:55,657 Speaker 1: Chinese factory sector, is going to be locked down in 299 00:16:55,817 --> 00:17:00,857 Speaker 1: similar fashion. It appears this is politically driven right now. 300 00:17:01,017 --> 00:17:03,657 Speaker 1: And the Chinese people, you know, when you look at 301 00:17:03,697 --> 00:17:07,617 Speaker 1: this Chinese society is always turbulent because of the coercion. 302 00:17:07,657 --> 00:17:11,417 Speaker 1: It sort of suppresses people and so boil underneath. And 303 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:14,217 Speaker 1: now we're seeing it bubble to the surface because people 304 00:17:14,257 --> 00:17:17,017 Speaker 1: have decided that they're mad as hell and they're not 305 00:17:17,057 --> 00:17:19,817 Speaker 1: going to take it anymore. To borrow a reference from 306 00:17:20,137 --> 00:17:23,897 Speaker 1: the movie Network, how, by the way, how well Gordon 307 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:27,897 Speaker 1: has the and I know, of course we're reading between 308 00:17:27,937 --> 00:17:29,857 Speaker 1: the lines a lot here. There's a lot of propaganda 309 00:17:29,857 --> 00:17:32,857 Speaker 1: and you know bs coming out of China about everything. 310 00:17:33,337 --> 00:17:37,977 Speaker 1: But they have their own vaccine. How how well did 311 00:17:38,017 --> 00:17:40,297 Speaker 1: they do with that vaccine from what we can tell? 312 00:17:40,817 --> 00:17:44,377 Speaker 1: And at what rate do they purport to be vaccinated 313 00:17:44,417 --> 00:17:49,617 Speaker 1: at this point in China? China produced five vaccines, but 314 00:17:49,737 --> 00:17:52,577 Speaker 1: only really two of them are being administered, the ones 315 00:17:52,617 --> 00:17:55,497 Speaker 1: by sign of VAC and Sign of Farm. They were 316 00:17:55,577 --> 00:17:59,377 Speaker 1: never terribly effective to start out with. They're not mRNA. 317 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:03,657 Speaker 1: They're inactivated virus, but they are not effective at all 318 00:18:03,697 --> 00:18:07,937 Speaker 1: against omicron BA two. So right now China feels that, 319 00:18:08,617 --> 00:18:11,297 Speaker 1: you know, even though you do have vaccination rates that 320 00:18:11,337 --> 00:18:15,777 Speaker 1: are high for people who are not elderly, right now 321 00:18:15,817 --> 00:18:19,217 Speaker 1: this is a very bad situation for Beijing. They have 322 00:18:19,417 --> 00:18:23,697 Speaker 1: prohibited the importation of fiser and maderna, and that's I 323 00:18:23,737 --> 00:18:27,577 Speaker 1: think because of political reasons. Goes to the whole issue 324 00:18:27,577 --> 00:18:32,657 Speaker 1: of politics. China tried to make its control the virus 325 00:18:32,697 --> 00:18:36,337 Speaker 1: a matter of legitimacy, so they couldn't import foreign vaccines 326 00:18:36,457 --> 00:18:42,057 Speaker 1: or foreign therapeutics. Gordon, how long do you think they're 327 00:18:42,057 --> 00:18:45,257 Speaker 1: going to do this, this lockdown in Shanghai? And is 328 00:18:45,257 --> 00:18:48,457 Speaker 1: your expectation that the country is going to go through 329 00:18:48,617 --> 00:18:50,977 Speaker 1: because omicron is I mean, everyone's kind of realizing there's 330 00:18:51,017 --> 00:18:53,137 Speaker 1: new variants, There's going to be new spikes all of 331 00:18:53,177 --> 00:18:55,417 Speaker 1: the world. This is reality. No matter how vaccinated the 332 00:18:55,457 --> 00:18:59,257 Speaker 1: country may be, there's still COVID floating around. Are they 333 00:18:59,257 --> 00:19:01,537 Speaker 1: just going to go into a series of rolling extreme 334 00:19:01,617 --> 00:19:03,497 Speaker 1: lockdowns at least until the end of this year, as 335 00:19:03,537 --> 00:19:05,777 Speaker 1: you said, so that Hijian Pink can get what he wants, 336 00:19:06,897 --> 00:19:09,137 Speaker 1: you know, I think so Buck. You know, I've been 337 00:19:09,137 --> 00:19:12,257 Speaker 1: surprised by the severity of the rules in Shanghai. I 338 00:19:12,257 --> 00:19:14,777 Speaker 1: didn't think that they were going to do that, and 339 00:19:14,897 --> 00:19:18,937 Speaker 1: so I was taken back by the severity of what 340 00:19:19,017 --> 00:19:22,297 Speaker 1: they have been doing. And I think that you know, 341 00:19:22,417 --> 00:19:26,657 Speaker 1: right now, anything really is possible because you now have 342 00:19:26,897 --> 00:19:30,617 Speaker 1: these outbreaks around the country, all over China, so it's 343 00:19:30,657 --> 00:19:33,537 Speaker 1: not just Shanghai, and that means that C. Jim Ping 344 00:19:33,777 --> 00:19:36,777 Speaker 1: probably believes that he's got to continue with his zero 345 00:19:36,817 --> 00:19:40,017 Speaker 1: COVID policy because from a political point of view, his 346 00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:45,377 Speaker 1: own personal point of view, there's no other alternative. Gordon 347 00:19:45,537 --> 00:19:48,937 Speaker 1: always appreciate the expertise. Thanks for being with us, Thank 348 00:19:48,937 --> 00:19:54,657 Speaker 1: you so much. Buck. Okay, so switching gears here. Moscow 349 00:19:54,697 --> 00:19:57,737 Speaker 1: has announced it is appointing a new general to lead 350 00:19:57,737 --> 00:20:00,697 Speaker 1: its efforts in Ukraine, a man whose pasted operations have 351 00:20:00,777 --> 00:20:04,337 Speaker 1: led to so many civilian deaths. He's been nicknamed the Butcher. 352 00:20:04,617 --> 00:20:07,417 Speaker 1: Good God. We'll have more on that with the Heritage Foundations. 353 00:20:07,497 --> 00:20:11,057 Speaker 1: Jim Karafano in a moment. Okay, let's talk about protecting 354 00:20:11,057 --> 00:20:12,897 Speaker 1: your home for a second here. Look, you know me, 355 00:20:12,937 --> 00:20:15,497 Speaker 1: I'm skeptical by nature. When I first heard about home 356 00:20:15,537 --> 00:20:17,857 Speaker 1: title theft and the idea that thieves can literally steal 357 00:20:17,897 --> 00:20:20,897 Speaker 1: your home. 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It's Stay forty seven of the War in 376 00:21:14,017 --> 00:21:16,137 Speaker 1: Ukraine and parts of the country are now bracing for 377 00:21:16,217 --> 00:21:19,217 Speaker 1: a major assault by the Russians. After their retreat out 378 00:21:19,257 --> 00:21:21,977 Speaker 1: of Kiev, Putin's army appointed a new top commander who 379 00:21:21,977 --> 00:21:25,857 Speaker 1: experts say is nothing short of a butcher. General Alexander 380 00:21:25,977 --> 00:21:29,537 Speaker 1: Dvornikov is known for slaughtering innocent women and children in Syria, 381 00:21:29,577 --> 00:21:32,577 Speaker 1: and some military analysts see his appointment as a chilling 382 00:21:32,577 --> 00:21:35,857 Speaker 1: indication the war would be entering a brutal new phase soon. 383 00:21:36,417 --> 00:21:38,177 Speaker 1: I mean now with the latest vice president of the 384 00:21:38,217 --> 00:21:42,497 Speaker 1: Heritage Foundation and retired lieutenant colonel in the Army, James Carafano, James, 385 00:21:42,577 --> 00:21:45,257 Speaker 1: thanks for him with us. Yeah, thanks. I know you're 386 00:21:45,257 --> 00:21:47,217 Speaker 1: gonna want projections. But you know, I was in the 387 00:21:47,217 --> 00:21:50,297 Speaker 1: military for twenty five years and you've been around wars islands, 388 00:21:50,337 --> 00:21:53,377 Speaker 1: and it's it's always a chancy thing. But I think 389 00:21:53,377 --> 00:22:00,537 Speaker 1: we're seeing the three things come together. There obvious sides 390 00:22:00,577 --> 00:22:02,577 Speaker 1: that there's going to be a new offensive. They pulled 391 00:22:02,617 --> 00:22:04,337 Speaker 1: out of the norths. If you look at those maps 392 00:22:04,337 --> 00:22:06,857 Speaker 1: and it's got the yellow and the red, you know 393 00:22:06,897 --> 00:22:09,337 Speaker 1: they're all gone from up around Kiev, and it's very 394 00:22:09,377 --> 00:22:12,337 Speaker 1: clear they're going to position those forces. I don't know 395 00:22:12,337 --> 00:22:14,177 Speaker 1: how long that was it's going to take for defensive 396 00:22:14,217 --> 00:22:15,937 Speaker 1: because that's going to take them a while. They get 397 00:22:15,937 --> 00:22:17,777 Speaker 1: those guys ready to go again, and they've got a 398 00:22:17,817 --> 00:22:19,537 Speaker 1: new commander and they're probably going to have a new plan. 399 00:22:20,137 --> 00:22:24,017 Speaker 1: They're going to be going into the teeth of Ukraine's 400 00:22:24,017 --> 00:22:29,337 Speaker 1: defenses from from before, from twenty fourteen. So it looks 401 00:22:29,377 --> 00:22:32,657 Speaker 1: one that Putin wants at least one more offensive before 402 00:22:32,697 --> 00:22:36,657 Speaker 1: May ninth, which is victory Day in the Great Patriotic 403 00:22:36,697 --> 00:22:39,177 Speaker 1: War and in World War Two for the Russians, very symbolic. 404 00:22:40,457 --> 00:22:42,777 Speaker 1: The other two things going on you already kind of mentioned. 405 00:22:42,777 --> 00:22:46,097 Speaker 1: One of them is they continue these indiscriminate campaigns of 406 00:22:46,217 --> 00:22:49,177 Speaker 1: killing civilians all over the country. I think that's part 407 00:22:49,217 --> 00:22:53,857 Speaker 1: of a pressure campaign to just get the the Ukrainians 408 00:22:53,897 --> 00:22:55,617 Speaker 1: tired of war and willing to quit. And then the 409 00:22:55,617 --> 00:22:58,497 Speaker 1: third thing that nobody really talks about is it looks 410 00:22:58,497 --> 00:23:01,697 Speaker 1: like hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been forcibly repatriated 411 00:23:01,737 --> 00:23:04,377 Speaker 1: to Russia. Those are bargaining chips. So if you add 412 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:07,137 Speaker 1: those things up, what it looks like kind of sounds 413 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:11,177 Speaker 1: like is Putin is setting up for possibly ending the 414 00:23:11,217 --> 00:23:14,817 Speaker 1: conflict and but having, you know, in his hands lots 415 00:23:14,857 --> 00:23:18,137 Speaker 1: of things that he can use to pressure and bargain 416 00:23:18,177 --> 00:23:21,017 Speaker 1: with against Ukrainians. What do we know about this new 417 00:23:21,177 --> 00:23:23,497 Speaker 1: commander that's being reported on a lot in the last 418 00:23:23,497 --> 00:23:26,697 Speaker 1: twenty four hours or so, Alexander Dvornikov. I mean they 419 00:23:26,737 --> 00:23:30,897 Speaker 1: call him the butcher. That's obviously not good. No, But 420 00:23:32,657 --> 00:23:35,497 Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, do we need yet another 421 00:23:35,537 --> 00:23:37,977 Speaker 1: Russian commander who has no regard for human life and 422 00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:40,097 Speaker 1: innocence and the rules of the laws of war. So 423 00:23:40,137 --> 00:23:42,897 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that makes him. Maybe he's I'm not 424 00:23:42,937 --> 00:23:45,057 Speaker 1: sure he's dramatically better at this than other people. But 425 00:23:45,097 --> 00:23:49,257 Speaker 1: the other thing is is, um, it doesn't matter who 426 00:23:49,297 --> 00:23:52,457 Speaker 1: the general is, You've still got the same forces. You know, 427 00:23:52,457 --> 00:23:54,777 Speaker 1: if you if you think about you know, the American 428 00:23:54,817 --> 00:23:56,817 Speaker 1: Civil War, we kept replacing our generals and getting the 429 00:23:56,817 --> 00:24:01,177 Speaker 1: same results in the battlefield. There's been no additional training, 430 00:24:01,537 --> 00:24:05,257 Speaker 1: you know, no additional capabilities. So do we really expect 431 00:24:05,257 --> 00:24:07,297 Speaker 1: we're going to get dramatically different performance out of the 432 00:24:07,337 --> 00:24:09,777 Speaker 1: Russian military just because we swapped the generals out in 433 00:24:10,257 --> 00:24:12,377 Speaker 1: the short term, if it was months or years, I'd 434 00:24:12,377 --> 00:24:15,097 Speaker 1: say maybe, But just in a couple of days in weeks. 435 00:24:15,377 --> 00:24:17,617 Speaker 1: I mean, Jim, do you think the Russian army going 436 00:24:17,657 --> 00:24:19,737 Speaker 1: to don't your point here, you know, I mean I 437 00:24:19,737 --> 00:24:22,257 Speaker 1: still think the Russian I mean, pardon me. The Rumsfeldt 438 00:24:22,257 --> 00:24:23,697 Speaker 1: comment from a long time agoes, you go to war 439 00:24:23,737 --> 00:24:25,817 Speaker 1: with the army you have, and it's true, you fight 440 00:24:25,817 --> 00:24:28,097 Speaker 1: a war with the army you have too. Does the 441 00:24:28,177 --> 00:24:31,097 Speaker 1: Russian army still have enough gas in the tank so 442 00:24:31,177 --> 00:24:32,937 Speaker 1: to speak? I mean, does the Russian army have it 443 00:24:33,057 --> 00:24:35,937 Speaker 1: in it to have a major offensive that could really 444 00:24:35,977 --> 00:24:40,297 Speaker 1: consolidate territory in the east or are they so battered 445 00:24:40,377 --> 00:24:44,017 Speaker 1: that that's going to be too challenging for well, m 446 00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:48,217 Speaker 1: we don't. We don't know. They it looks like they've 447 00:24:48,217 --> 00:24:51,377 Speaker 1: got enough for another offensive. How much they're actually going 448 00:24:51,417 --> 00:24:53,657 Speaker 1: to be able to take and consolidate that remains to 449 00:24:53,657 --> 00:24:57,697 Speaker 1: be seen. Certainly, there's excuse me, very unlikely that that 450 00:24:57,777 --> 00:25:00,977 Speaker 1: they're gonna drive from the east across the country and 451 00:25:01,057 --> 00:25:03,657 Speaker 1: make some dramatic offensive that doesn't seem in the books. 452 00:25:03,697 --> 00:25:07,457 Speaker 1: But um, but who knows. But again, the Ukrainians are 453 00:25:07,457 --> 00:25:11,137 Speaker 1: also repositioning and preparing for this. But you know, the 454 00:25:11,257 --> 00:25:13,217 Speaker 1: thing about the Russian military, which is the one thing 455 00:25:13,217 --> 00:25:14,897 Speaker 1: I think we really have to walk away from here 456 00:25:14,977 --> 00:25:17,417 Speaker 1: is Putin is demonstrated they're really good at two things. 457 00:25:17,817 --> 00:25:21,257 Speaker 1: They kill a lot of innocent on armed civilians and 458 00:25:21,497 --> 00:25:23,897 Speaker 1: destroy their lives and livelihood. So if you're a frontline 459 00:25:23,977 --> 00:25:26,977 Speaker 1: NATO's state, the message you take away from this war 460 00:25:27,057 --> 00:25:29,297 Speaker 1: is oh, you know, we can fight Putin's army. No, 461 00:25:29,537 --> 00:25:30,937 Speaker 1: the message you take awake of this war is that 462 00:25:31,017 --> 00:25:34,217 Speaker 1: Putin attacks us, He's going to level our cities, and 463 00:25:34,257 --> 00:25:36,297 Speaker 1: so if we want to take that off the table, 464 00:25:36,857 --> 00:25:40,137 Speaker 1: were regardless of what happens in Ukraine, going forward, we 465 00:25:40,217 --> 00:25:42,297 Speaker 1: have to have a forward defense of NATO, not a 466 00:25:42,337 --> 00:25:44,577 Speaker 1: trip wire. You know, you attack us and will get mad, 467 00:25:45,017 --> 00:25:48,777 Speaker 1: but the capability to say anybody crosses that blue line 468 00:25:48,817 --> 00:25:51,337 Speaker 1: and NATO they die, and we could protect our cities, 469 00:25:51,377 --> 00:25:53,257 Speaker 1: in our territory and our people. Because if we can't 470 00:25:53,297 --> 00:25:56,817 Speaker 1: do that, then then we'll have squandered this. And let's 471 00:25:56,897 --> 00:25:59,457 Speaker 1: not forget when Putin gets done here, he's not gonna 472 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:01,577 Speaker 1: be able to invade anybody at time. Soon he's gonna 473 00:26:01,577 --> 00:26:04,017 Speaker 1: have to rest and reset. That could be months or 474 00:26:04,057 --> 00:26:07,377 Speaker 1: even years. We need to use that time to really 475 00:26:07,417 --> 00:26:10,617 Speaker 1: build up the NATO capabilities. So we're ready for next time. 476 00:26:11,057 --> 00:26:15,777 Speaker 1: How do you think the Ukrainian forces are are looking 477 00:26:15,857 --> 00:26:18,817 Speaker 1: right now? I mean I've seen that there are a 478 00:26:18,857 --> 00:26:21,217 Speaker 1: lot of people that entered. There are even some Americans 479 00:26:21,257 --> 00:26:24,417 Speaker 1: right who have entered to fight alongside the Ukrainians in 480 00:26:24,457 --> 00:26:29,217 Speaker 1: that country, and they've certainly bloodied the Russians more than 481 00:26:29,417 --> 00:26:32,057 Speaker 1: was anticipated, right, I think that's a lot of the 482 00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,497 Speaker 1: early stage stuff. It seemed like where you don't want 483 00:26:34,497 --> 00:26:36,537 Speaker 1: to get ahead of where the actual reality is. Right, 484 00:26:36,537 --> 00:26:39,297 Speaker 1: there's fog of war reporting going on for sure. Does 485 00:26:39,337 --> 00:26:42,657 Speaker 1: seem though, like there are more cohesive and durable fighting 486 00:26:42,657 --> 00:26:47,977 Speaker 1: force than than certainly putent anticipated. Are we seeing them 487 00:26:48,257 --> 00:26:51,697 Speaker 1: gain in capability over time? On the Ukrainian side? I mean, 488 00:26:51,697 --> 00:26:54,177 Speaker 1: how do you assess their their ability to keep this 489 00:26:54,257 --> 00:26:57,297 Speaker 1: fight going? Well? I to be honestly, I think I've 490 00:26:57,297 --> 00:26:59,617 Speaker 1: got the same weekness is they've they've always had. I mean, 491 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:04,817 Speaker 1: they're still gonna struggle to defend their airspace, They're still 492 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:09,017 Speaker 1: going to struggle to stop missiles and artiery and they 493 00:27:09,057 --> 00:27:13,297 Speaker 1: can do very effective counterattacks and very effective taxile operations. 494 00:27:13,377 --> 00:27:18,057 Speaker 1: But part of the Russian problem, excuse me, was what's 495 00:27:18,057 --> 00:27:22,137 Speaker 1: called isr intelligence saveilance for connaissance. The Ukrainians really don't 496 00:27:22,177 --> 00:27:25,337 Speaker 1: have much better capability that than the Russians, so when 497 00:27:26,017 --> 00:27:28,417 Speaker 1: they can defend, but when they go to attack, they're 498 00:27:28,417 --> 00:27:30,337 Speaker 1: gone of the same kind of limitations the Russians had. 499 00:27:30,937 --> 00:27:33,577 Speaker 1: What's the best stuff that we I mean is intelligence 500 00:27:33,577 --> 00:27:37,417 Speaker 1: support along with the munitions and weapons, specifically Jim that 501 00:27:37,457 --> 00:27:39,537 Speaker 1: we have been giving, and it should be noted I've 502 00:27:39,537 --> 00:27:41,177 Speaker 1: been given for a long time. I mean, I remember 503 00:27:41,257 --> 00:27:44,537 Speaker 1: the debates during the Trump administration about sending those the 504 00:27:44,657 --> 00:27:47,497 Speaker 1: first trunches, if you will, of the javelins and the 505 00:27:48,217 --> 00:27:51,737 Speaker 1: sniper rifles and other things that the Obama administration didn't 506 00:27:51,737 --> 00:27:53,617 Speaker 1: want to do, which I think is also worth reminding 507 00:27:53,657 --> 00:27:55,617 Speaker 1: everybody about because I thought it would be too provocative 508 00:27:55,657 --> 00:27:57,737 Speaker 1: to poutin. I mean, giving a lot of guns, given 509 00:27:57,777 --> 00:28:00,137 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff to fight back with. Is there 510 00:28:00,177 --> 00:28:03,057 Speaker 1: another level of assistance beyond what we've already done that 511 00:28:03,057 --> 00:28:06,537 Speaker 1: would really make a difference, short of, of course, no 512 00:28:06,697 --> 00:28:10,897 Speaker 1: fly zone, US planes in the sky, etc. Well, I 513 00:28:10,937 --> 00:28:16,457 Speaker 1: think in the short term, excuse me, I think in 514 00:28:16,537 --> 00:28:19,897 Speaker 1: the short term it's just more of the same. Longer term, 515 00:28:20,017 --> 00:28:23,057 Speaker 1: is the only thing that's going to prevent this from 516 00:28:23,057 --> 00:28:25,257 Speaker 1: happening again is Ukraine has to be able to defend 517 00:28:25,297 --> 00:28:27,897 Speaker 1: itself and demonstrate it can defend itself whether it's in 518 00:28:27,977 --> 00:28:30,457 Speaker 1: or out of NATO. So we need to think about 519 00:28:30,497 --> 00:28:34,737 Speaker 1: the more sophisticated weapons that will allow them to control airspace, 520 00:28:34,817 --> 00:28:40,137 Speaker 1: control their territory that they may that may take months 521 00:28:41,337 --> 00:28:44,497 Speaker 1: to get the capabilities, but also the logistics and the 522 00:28:44,497 --> 00:28:47,177 Speaker 1: training to operate that. But we need to start thinking 523 00:28:47,177 --> 00:28:50,457 Speaker 1: about that now because this is the problem last If 524 00:28:50,457 --> 00:28:52,257 Speaker 1: we had done many of the things we're doing now 525 00:28:52,337 --> 00:28:55,977 Speaker 1: a year ago, Putin might have never attacked to begin with. 526 00:28:56,417 --> 00:28:59,257 Speaker 1: And so people are saying, oh, well, okay, now they're okay, 527 00:28:59,257 --> 00:29:00,937 Speaker 1: but what if you want Ukraine to be able to 528 00:29:00,977 --> 00:29:03,497 Speaker 1: defend itself a year from now, two years from now, 529 00:29:03,537 --> 00:29:07,097 Speaker 1: three years from now against a rebuild and rearmed Russian military. 530 00:29:07,417 --> 00:29:09,137 Speaker 1: We need to stop thinking about how we're going to 531 00:29:09,177 --> 00:29:14,577 Speaker 1: build out the legit sticks footprint those defense capabilities there today. 532 00:29:14,777 --> 00:29:17,377 Speaker 1: And also, you know we're giving them a lot of stuff. 533 00:29:17,377 --> 00:29:19,857 Speaker 1: They're burning through that stuff, all that stuff coming out 534 00:29:19,897 --> 00:29:24,497 Speaker 1: of NATO stockpiles. All that's got to be replaced with 535 00:29:24,897 --> 00:29:27,457 Speaker 1: something or something better. So like the Slovakians gave the 536 00:29:27,497 --> 00:29:30,937 Speaker 1: mess three hundreds. We're gonna give the Slovakians a battery 537 00:29:31,097 --> 00:29:34,817 Speaker 1: of patriots, but you know, we're pushing tanks and maybe 538 00:29:34,857 --> 00:29:37,257 Speaker 1: even mix at some point. You know, if you're going 539 00:29:37,337 --> 00:29:39,377 Speaker 1: to replace those with like F sixteen, that's gonna take 540 00:29:39,417 --> 00:29:42,257 Speaker 1: months and years. And the sooner we get started on that, 541 00:29:42,937 --> 00:29:44,657 Speaker 1: the more we're gonna be ahead of Putin and getting 542 00:29:44,657 --> 00:29:46,497 Speaker 1: ready for the next war. And if we don't want 543 00:29:46,537 --> 00:29:48,817 Speaker 1: the next war, the key to not having the next 544 00:29:48,817 --> 00:29:50,977 Speaker 1: war is to get ahead of him, so we could 545 00:29:51,297 --> 00:29:55,257 Speaker 1: we can prevent it from happening by deterring him. That's 546 00:29:55,337 --> 00:29:57,977 Speaker 1: right exactly. We didn't stop at the first time. Maybe 547 00:29:57,977 --> 00:29:59,457 Speaker 1: we could stop at the second time, because it does 548 00:29:59,497 --> 00:30:01,217 Speaker 1: seem like he may be coming back for a second 549 00:30:01,297 --> 00:30:03,097 Speaker 1: round at some point in the future. However, this first 550 00:30:03,177 --> 00:30:05,897 Speaker 1: round ends. Jim, appreciate you being with us, Thanks so much, 551 00:30:06,497 --> 00:30:09,617 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. We talk a lot about how 552 00:30:09,657 --> 00:30:11,977 Speaker 1: WELCO is infecting every part of our pop culture, but 553 00:30:12,057 --> 00:30:15,217 Speaker 1: now it appears even Beethoven deep, you know, German composer 554 00:30:15,377 --> 00:30:18,097 Speaker 1: genius not safe from the far left coming up. Heather 555 00:30:18,177 --> 00:30:21,657 Speaker 1: McDonald explains how the wokeness is going after even my 556 00:30:21,737 --> 00:30:25,217 Speaker 1: beloved Beethoven First, let's talk about protecting your online data. 557 00:30:25,217 --> 00:30:27,137 Speaker 1: A lot of companies say your privacy is guaranteed. We 558 00:30:27,177 --> 00:30:29,097 Speaker 1: know that's not true. That's why you need a new 559 00:30:29,137 --> 00:30:32,777 Speaker 1: privacy and cybersecurity application tool called Secure. It's spelled sek 560 00:30:33,017 --> 00:30:36,417 Speaker 1: you are. 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Even 575 00:31:22,857 --> 00:31:25,697 Speaker 1: Beethoven isn't safe from the far left agenda these days. 576 00:31:26,137 --> 00:31:29,057 Speaker 1: The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra recently announced that a poem by 577 00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:33,737 Speaker 1: Baltimore based rapper words Smith will replace Friedrich Schiller's Ode 578 00:31:33,777 --> 00:31:38,137 Speaker 1: to Joy in the orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. 579 00:31:38,497 --> 00:31:41,257 Speaker 1: The Manhattan Institute's Heather McDonald rights in The City Journal 580 00:31:41,297 --> 00:31:44,337 Speaker 1: that Wordsmith has explained his goals in the rewriting to 581 00:31:44,497 --> 00:31:47,217 Speaker 1: use present day social issues to highlight the need for 582 00:31:47,377 --> 00:31:52,137 Speaker 1: positive reinforcement, encouraging gender equality, cultural acceptance, and living a 583 00:31:52,217 --> 00:31:55,297 Speaker 1: purpose driven life. Leave it to the left to take 584 00:31:55,377 --> 00:31:57,777 Speaker 1: one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever written, 585 00:31:57,897 --> 00:32:02,337 Speaker 1: arguably and transform it into a vehicle for wokeness. Of course, 586 00:32:02,497 --> 00:32:04,937 Speaker 1: joining me now somebody who sees this for what it is, 587 00:32:04,937 --> 00:32:09,257 Speaker 1: fellow at the Manhattan Institute, an author of The Diversity Delusion, 588 00:32:09,457 --> 00:32:12,817 Speaker 1: Heather McDon, Heather effects are being here, Thanks so much, 589 00:32:12,817 --> 00:32:15,257 Speaker 1: but great to be with you. So just tell everybody, 590 00:32:15,257 --> 00:32:17,737 Speaker 1: first off, how did we get to this point? Exactly 591 00:32:17,897 --> 00:32:22,297 Speaker 1: what are they doing now to Beethoven's Nine. We got 592 00:32:22,297 --> 00:32:24,777 Speaker 1: to this because there's not a single institution of Western 593 00:32:24,817 --> 00:32:28,937 Speaker 1: civilization that is not coming under attack for the demographic 594 00:32:29,017 --> 00:32:31,577 Speaker 1: reality of the West in Europe, which is that it 595 00:32:31,617 --> 00:32:34,217 Speaker 1: was predominantly white. All you need to do, if you're 596 00:32:34,497 --> 00:32:36,337 Speaker 1: a member of the New York Times, of the Washington 597 00:32:36,417 --> 00:32:39,937 Speaker 1: Post or CNN to discredit an institution, a tradition, or 598 00:32:39,937 --> 00:32:42,577 Speaker 1: an individual is to point out that that that person 599 00:32:42,697 --> 00:32:47,657 Speaker 1: or institution is white. Beethoven was one of the greatest composers, 600 00:32:47,857 --> 00:32:52,457 Speaker 1: arguably by some lights, the greatest composer in world history. 601 00:32:52,697 --> 00:32:55,617 Speaker 1: But he happens to be white, so he must come down. 602 00:32:56,657 --> 00:33:00,617 Speaker 1: A work that has given inspiration to billions across the 603 00:33:00,657 --> 00:33:07,017 Speaker 1: globe in its payon to freedom, to human togetherness, to brotherhood, 604 00:33:07,617 --> 00:33:10,337 Speaker 1: drawing upon not just Beethoven, but one of the great 605 00:33:10,417 --> 00:33:15,657 Speaker 1: German philosophers and poets and dramatist, Friedrich Schiller. Now as 606 00:33:15,737 --> 00:33:19,937 Speaker 1: being rendered asunder. The integrity of this work, which is 607 00:33:20,577 --> 00:33:25,977 Speaker 1: a precious moment in the evolution of Western art, is 608 00:33:25,977 --> 00:33:30,657 Speaker 1: being torn apart, and we have an incredibly insipid, woke 609 00:33:30,817 --> 00:33:34,817 Speaker 1: driven poem by a Baltimore based rapper put in the 610 00:33:34,897 --> 00:33:39,217 Speaker 1: place of one of the great poems by Friedrich Schiller, Heather. 611 00:33:39,377 --> 00:33:42,657 Speaker 1: We have some of the altered lyrics to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. 612 00:33:43,417 --> 00:33:46,937 Speaker 1: The original reads, world do you know your creators seek 613 00:33:46,977 --> 00:33:50,937 Speaker 1: him in the starry canopy above the stars. Must he dwell? 614 00:33:51,417 --> 00:33:55,097 Speaker 1: They have changed this to positive vibes for an oh 615 00:33:55,297 --> 00:33:59,457 Speaker 1: de joy rise or rise be the voice of change. 616 00:33:59,737 --> 00:34:03,177 Speaker 1: We must show more empathy. That's a word. I know 617 00:34:03,217 --> 00:34:04,697 Speaker 1: that people like to use a lot on the left 618 00:34:04,737 --> 00:34:06,897 Speaker 1: these Days's got to show more empathy. What do you think? 619 00:34:08,137 --> 00:34:10,857 Speaker 1: And that's how he ends his poem. It is the 620 00:34:10,897 --> 00:34:15,457 Speaker 1: most flat ending possible, Schiller. The Beethoven excerpt moves up 621 00:34:15,497 --> 00:34:20,417 Speaker 1: into the heavens. It's a sublime, ecstatic moment. Wordsmith ends 622 00:34:20,537 --> 00:34:23,977 Speaker 1: like out of some sort of corporate diversity training. You know. 623 00:34:24,177 --> 00:34:26,737 Speaker 1: The thing is Marin als up. The conductor of the 624 00:34:26,737 --> 00:34:31,097 Speaker 1: Baltimore Symphony Orchestras said, well, Schiller is no longer relevant 625 00:34:31,097 --> 00:34:35,617 Speaker 1: for today. Oh please that the signal trait of today 626 00:34:35,737 --> 00:34:38,857 Speaker 1: is narcissism. People believe that they only want to hear 627 00:34:38,857 --> 00:34:42,457 Speaker 1: about themselves. They only want to experience their own idiom. 628 00:34:43,057 --> 00:34:46,337 Speaker 1: The value of art, buck is to allow us to 629 00:34:46,537 --> 00:34:49,897 Speaker 1: escape our petty, narrow selves and enter a world that 630 00:34:50,017 --> 00:34:54,457 Speaker 1: is no longer ours. Admittedly, nobody writes poetry like Friederich 631 00:34:54,537 --> 00:34:58,777 Speaker 1: Schiller today. It is an elevated register it is sublime. 632 00:34:59,017 --> 00:35:04,817 Speaker 1: It is highly idealistic, and that is precisely why we 633 00:35:04,817 --> 00:35:09,057 Speaker 1: should be keeping it intact. And because for one reason, 634 00:35:09,177 --> 00:35:12,297 Speaker 1: Beethoven shows Schiller not Wordsworth. I mean that should end 635 00:35:12,297 --> 00:35:14,297 Speaker 1: the conversation there, But if you want to go further 636 00:35:14,337 --> 00:35:17,337 Speaker 1: and have to justify it, Schiller takes us out of 637 00:35:17,337 --> 00:35:22,497 Speaker 1: ourselves into an eighteenth century Enlightenment view of art of 638 00:35:22,697 --> 00:35:27,177 Speaker 1: human experience, and that is something precious to us. Instead, 639 00:35:27,217 --> 00:35:31,857 Speaker 1: we want to destroy the past and only babble incessantly 640 00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:35,937 Speaker 1: about black lives matter in a rap infused idiom. I mean, 641 00:35:35,977 --> 00:35:39,257 Speaker 1: this is so narrow. It is the opposite of diversity. 642 00:35:39,297 --> 00:35:42,137 Speaker 1: It is the opposite of difference. It is the opposite 643 00:35:42,177 --> 00:35:48,257 Speaker 1: of tolerance. It is an assistance on monomaniacal sameness. By 644 00:35:48,297 --> 00:35:52,577 Speaker 1: the way, it's not just the great classics of the 645 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:56,977 Speaker 1: Western canon of music that are changing to fitting with 646 00:35:57,017 --> 00:35:59,977 Speaker 1: wokeness these days, Heather, some of the better known snack 647 00:35:59,977 --> 00:36:01,977 Speaker 1: companies out there have also gotten in on this. I 648 00:36:01,977 --> 00:36:03,297 Speaker 1: don't know if you've seen this. I wanted to show 649 00:36:03,297 --> 00:36:06,737 Speaker 1: it to you. The popular snack company Freeto Lay has 650 00:36:06,817 --> 00:36:09,537 Speaker 1: jumped on the woke train with a new addition to 651 00:36:10,217 --> 00:36:14,137 Speaker 1: the family of snacks known as the cracker jack. Check 652 00:36:14,217 --> 00:36:19,737 Speaker 1: this one out. Dike Maut to the ball game, Dike 653 00:36:20,337 --> 00:36:26,577 Speaker 1: mat to the crack. Buy me some peanuts and crack. 654 00:36:28,537 --> 00:36:36,057 Speaker 1: No one can stop you if you have the will tools. Yes, 655 00:36:36,137 --> 00:36:38,737 Speaker 1: now I feel so empowered as a female. The idea 656 00:36:38,777 --> 00:36:41,097 Speaker 1: that any female today is being held back by the 657 00:36:41,257 --> 00:36:45,337 Speaker 1: name cracker jack is utterly delusional. It's utterly delusional. These 658 00:36:45,337 --> 00:36:50,297 Speaker 1: are these, these facile symbolic gestures to try and divert 659 00:36:50,337 --> 00:36:52,897 Speaker 1: attention from the real problems. I would say the biggest 660 00:36:52,897 --> 00:36:56,297 Speaker 1: problem in America today is inner city violence. Uh, the 661 00:36:56,297 --> 00:37:00,137 Speaker 1: the ongoing racial achievement gap. That is not a product 662 00:37:00,137 --> 00:37:04,177 Speaker 1: of racism, It's a product of cultural problems. But now 663 00:37:04,217 --> 00:37:06,617 Speaker 1: we have these these notions that, oh, yeah, you play 664 00:37:06,617 --> 00:37:10,777 Speaker 1: a rap music instead of instead of Hiller's ode in 665 00:37:10,777 --> 00:37:14,177 Speaker 1: Beethoven ninth, They're change cracker Jack to Kradger Jill and 666 00:37:14,777 --> 00:37:19,177 Speaker 1: and somehow you've made some meaningful intervention in racial or 667 00:37:19,217 --> 00:37:23,577 Speaker 1: social inequality. That's just it's it's a it's absurd. These 668 00:37:23,897 --> 00:37:28,297 Speaker 1: these instincts are based on hatred for a civilization deemed 669 00:37:28,337 --> 00:37:31,217 Speaker 1: too wide and too male. Heather, you know you may 670 00:37:31,257 --> 00:37:34,017 Speaker 1: have seen today speaking of inner city violence. The Biden 671 00:37:34,017 --> 00:37:39,097 Speaker 1: administration has announced an initiative to go after what they 672 00:37:39,137 --> 00:37:42,577 Speaker 1: call ghost guns, or the ability to build guns at 673 00:37:42,617 --> 00:37:46,377 Speaker 1: home with a kit. You follow statistics on crime and 674 00:37:46,417 --> 00:37:50,177 Speaker 1: on gun violence specifically very closely. Is this going to 675 00:37:50,217 --> 00:37:52,537 Speaker 1: do anything? I mean not even Will it do a lot? 676 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:54,577 Speaker 1: Obviously it's not gonna do a lot. Is it gonna 677 00:37:54,617 --> 00:37:58,057 Speaker 1: do anything though, to bring down crime in inner cities 678 00:37:58,097 --> 00:38:02,897 Speaker 1: in any city. No. The states with the highest rates 679 00:38:02,937 --> 00:38:07,857 Speaker 1: of legal gun ownership Vermont, for example, have the lowest crime. 680 00:38:08,857 --> 00:38:12,057 Speaker 1: The guns are not the problem. Illegal guns are, to 681 00:38:12,097 --> 00:38:14,137 Speaker 1: a certain extent problem, but the real problem is the 682 00:38:14,217 --> 00:38:18,657 Speaker 1: breakdown of the family in inner city areas. These mass shootings, 683 00:38:18,657 --> 00:38:24,217 Speaker 1: the Sacramento shooting, this was a gang retaliatory shooting. These 684 00:38:24,257 --> 00:38:26,937 Speaker 1: are kids and young people that have not been civilized 685 00:38:26,937 --> 00:38:30,417 Speaker 1: by their parents. They grow up overwhelmingly in single parent homes, 686 00:38:30,937 --> 00:38:36,137 Speaker 1: multiple fathers involved, multiple mothers with different mothers, with kids 687 00:38:36,137 --> 00:38:40,497 Speaker 1: by different fathers. It is utter chaos. These kids are 688 00:38:40,537 --> 00:38:45,377 Speaker 1: going out and willie nilly spray gunfire across sidewalks. The 689 00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:51,977 Speaker 1: problem is socialization and a lack of impulse control. It 690 00:38:52,017 --> 00:38:54,697 Speaker 1: has nothing to do with the type of firearm that 691 00:38:54,737 --> 00:38:59,217 Speaker 1: they have access to. This is the constant feint of 692 00:39:00,017 --> 00:39:03,457 Speaker 1: the progressive left. They don't want to talk about the 693 00:39:03,497 --> 00:39:06,617 Speaker 1: cultural breakdown that is leading to inner city violence, that 694 00:39:06,737 --> 00:39:09,777 Speaker 1: is leading to the fact that black sty of homicide 695 00:39:09,817 --> 00:39:12,497 Speaker 1: between the ages of ten and thirty four at thirteen 696 00:39:12,577 --> 00:39:15,537 Speaker 1: times the rate of whites. That is a civil rights problem. 697 00:39:15,617 --> 00:39:18,817 Speaker 1: Who's killing them? Not the cops, not whites, but other 698 00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:22,937 Speaker 1: blacks because the black homicide rate is equally disproportionate, it's 699 00:39:22,937 --> 00:39:26,777 Speaker 1: about thirteen times that of the white homicide rate. That 700 00:39:26,937 --> 00:39:29,897 Speaker 1: is the problem that we have to focus on, by 701 00:39:29,937 --> 00:39:34,657 Speaker 1: talking about families, by talking about no longer embracing the 702 00:39:34,777 --> 00:39:40,177 Speaker 1: anti acting white ethic, by no longer embracing an oppositional culture, 703 00:39:40,577 --> 00:39:45,297 Speaker 1: by teaching students to respect their teachers. American history, Yes, 704 00:39:45,337 --> 00:39:47,897 Speaker 1: of course we learn about slavery, of course we learn 705 00:39:47,937 --> 00:39:51,017 Speaker 1: about segregation. But we also have to learn about the 706 00:39:51,057 --> 00:39:54,897 Speaker 1: efforts of this country and its ideals, which now result 707 00:39:55,057 --> 00:39:59,377 Speaker 1: in millions of third world people of color trying to 708 00:39:59,817 --> 00:40:03,257 Speaker 1: get into this country by any means possible. The left 709 00:40:03,297 --> 00:40:05,737 Speaker 1: has to explain that if this is such an oppressive, 710 00:40:06,177 --> 00:40:10,417 Speaker 1: white supremacist place, why are people of color the world 711 00:40:10,537 --> 00:40:13,537 Speaker 1: over trying to get in and why is the left 712 00:40:13,697 --> 00:40:18,217 Speaker 1: encouraging them to do so? That is an even greater mystery, Heather, 713 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:20,457 Speaker 1: I always appreciate the respective. Thanks for being with us. 714 00:40:21,497 --> 00:40:25,897 Speaker 1: Thank you bye. All right. A state lawmaker is blowing 715 00:40:25,897 --> 00:40:29,457 Speaker 1: the whistle on New Jersey's new sex curriculum, which appears 716 00:40:29,457 --> 00:40:33,337 Speaker 1: to include a video and encouraging young students to watch pornography. 717 00:40:33,417 --> 00:40:35,017 Speaker 1: We have the video and quick hits, stay with us. 718 00:40:40,897 --> 00:40:45,097 Speaker 1: New Jersey's new sex curriculum points elementary school students to 719 00:40:45,137 --> 00:40:48,857 Speaker 1: videos that encourage them to watch pornography. Oh and more 720 00:40:48,937 --> 00:40:51,657 Speaker 1: evidence that mask mandates are causing mental illness. While there's 721 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:53,857 Speaker 1: a lot of that those stories on quick kits, let's 722 00:40:53,897 --> 00:40:57,137 Speaker 1: get to it. I mean, this is remarkable. New Jersey's 723 00:40:57,417 --> 00:41:01,137 Speaker 1: new sex said curriculum points elementary school student elementary school 724 00:41:01,137 --> 00:41:05,617 Speaker 1: students who watch videos from an organization called Amaze. This 725 00:41:05,697 --> 00:41:07,657 Speaker 1: is one of those one of their videos which tells 726 00:41:07,737 --> 00:41:10,937 Speaker 1: nine year olds that they should be watching pornography. Is 727 00:41:10,937 --> 00:41:22,217 Speaker 1: it normal to watch porn hashtag Aska Maze. Yes, it's normal. 728 00:41:22,937 --> 00:41:26,257 Speaker 1: Lots of people watch porn, after all, it's right there, 729 00:41:26,297 --> 00:41:30,657 Speaker 1: and it's free and anyway, many people are curious about 730 00:41:30,657 --> 00:41:36,137 Speaker 1: this sex stuff. But and it's a big butt. Remember, 731 00:41:36,537 --> 00:41:41,697 Speaker 1: porn is not real, it's just a fantasy. Like like 732 00:41:41,897 --> 00:41:45,977 Speaker 1: superheroes movies, Bodies don't look like those in porn movies. 733 00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:51,537 Speaker 1: In general, everything is exaggerated in sex. It often looks 734 00:41:51,657 --> 00:41:55,177 Speaker 1: very different in real life. So don't expect your own 735 00:41:55,217 --> 00:41:58,337 Speaker 1: body or sex life once you have one, to look 736 00:41:58,417 --> 00:42:02,097 Speaker 1: anything like what you see in porn, or to sound 737 00:42:02,177 --> 00:42:09,977 Speaker 1: like it either. Nine year olds Okay, current mass mandate 738 00:42:10,057 --> 00:42:12,377 Speaker 1: sign at Chelsea Piers in New York City. It reads 739 00:42:12,577 --> 00:42:17,017 Speaker 1: masks required only for children two to four. Just to 740 00:42:17,137 --> 00:42:19,817 Speaker 1: remind everybody, there's a little mask Chelsea Piers. You get 741 00:42:19,817 --> 00:42:22,457 Speaker 1: a sense of just how stupid this is. Only little 742 00:42:22,497 --> 00:42:24,937 Speaker 1: kids wear masks. Now those who are at least at 743 00:42:24,977 --> 00:42:27,377 Speaker 1: risk and least likely to spread the disease of any 744 00:42:27,377 --> 00:42:33,937 Speaker 1: age group we have it exactly asked backwards here. Okay, absurd, 745 00:42:34,577 --> 00:42:39,057 Speaker 1: but this is where we are, and it's because of 746 00:42:39,377 --> 00:42:43,097 Speaker 1: lid lunatics. Here's a student recording himself in a car 747 00:42:43,617 --> 00:42:45,217 Speaker 1: saying he had to pull over on his way to 748 00:42:45,257 --> 00:42:47,377 Speaker 1: school because he had a panic attack because the school 749 00:42:47,417 --> 00:42:51,177 Speaker 1: wasn't requiring masks. Watch, I was on my way to 750 00:42:51,297 --> 00:42:53,897 Speaker 1: school and had to pull over it because I started 751 00:42:53,897 --> 00:43:00,497 Speaker 1: to panic keeping and that's because starting today, my school 752 00:43:00,657 --> 00:43:05,497 Speaker 1: is allowing people to go indoors without wearing masks or 753 00:43:05,537 --> 00:43:11,017 Speaker 1: any sort of facial protection. And that terrifies me, and 754 00:43:11,097 --> 00:43:14,697 Speaker 1: it should terrify you too, because this pandemic is not over, 755 00:43:15,537 --> 00:43:23,337 Speaker 1: is so far from over. I actually feel badly for 756 00:43:23,377 --> 00:43:24,897 Speaker 1: people like that. He has mental illness. I mean, he 757 00:43:24,937 --> 00:43:28,097 Speaker 1: has an anxiety disorder, and he thinks that it's based 758 00:43:28,097 --> 00:43:30,497 Speaker 1: in the pandemic, but it's actually just been his own mind. 759 00:43:31,697 --> 00:43:34,537 Speaker 1: And I get ready for terrible inflation tomorrow. Here's Sky 760 00:43:34,697 --> 00:43:37,897 Speaker 1: telling you it's coming. Watched. So because of the actions 761 00:43:37,897 --> 00:43:40,737 Speaker 1: we've taken to address put the Putent price hike, we 762 00:43:40,737 --> 00:43:43,297 Speaker 1: are in a better place than we were last month. 763 00:43:43,897 --> 00:43:48,177 Speaker 1: But we expect March CPA CPI headline inflation to be 764 00:43:48,217 --> 00:43:52,537 Speaker 1: extraordinarily elevated due to Putent's price hike, and we expect 765 00:43:52,577 --> 00:43:55,897 Speaker 1: a large difference between core and headline inflation, reflecting the 766 00:43:55,937 --> 00:44:00,777 Speaker 1: global disruptions and energy and food market inflation doesn't include 767 00:44:00,857 --> 00:44:05,137 Speaker 1: energy and food prices. Headline inflation does, and of course 768 00:44:05,177 --> 00:44:08,777 Speaker 1: we know that core inflation, you know energy, the impact 769 00:44:08,777 --> 00:44:11,257 Speaker 1: of energy, of course on oil crisis, gas prices. We 770 00:44:11,337 --> 00:44:15,537 Speaker 1: expect that to continue to reflect what we've seen the 771 00:44:15,617 --> 00:44:20,497 Speaker 1: increases be over the course of this invasion. The poutin 772 00:44:20,537 --> 00:44:23,097 Speaker 1: price like I mean, she really is shameless as everton 773 00:44:23,177 --> 00:44:25,097 Speaker 1: I told the line the no Spinoos with Bill Riley 774 00:44:25,177 --> 00:44:42,737 Speaker 1: is next shield Tie. There's a battle going on right now, 775 00:44:42,737 --> 00:44:44,617 Speaker 1: but maybe the most important fight our country has had 776 00:44:44,617 --> 00:44:47,497 Speaker 1: since the Revolutionary War. Once again, it's about our freedom. 777 00:44:47,577 --> 00:44:49,617 Speaker 1: People like you and me are being canceled, our speech 778 00:44:49,617 --> 00:44:52,817 Speaker 1: increasingly censored by big tech and corporate media. Can't let 779 00:44:52,817 --> 00:44:55,697 Speaker 1: that happen. Und to fight back. Please stand with us 780 00:44:55,737 --> 00:44:58,257 Speaker 1: and support the First TEAMV be a part of our team, 781 00:44:58,257 --> 00:45:00,617 Speaker 1: dedicated to preserving the very essence of who we are 782 00:45:01,017 --> 00:45:01,817 Speaker 1: free Americans.