1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty arm Strong 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: and Jettie and he Armstrong and Yetty. 4 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: Where are my fellow weaklings at? Because that's what Trump 5 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: called us yesterday? 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: Right. 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: He also during a press conference said that we were 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: stupid for still caring about the Epstein files. 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 3: So I think now. 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: We're arriving at the important question here, which is who 11 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 2: is Trump protecting? Because he's clearly protecting someone. Is it himself? 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 2: Is it someone in his family? 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: That's Candice Owens. She's part of the hardcore Mago Wright 14 00:00:52,520 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: online online podcast Commento sphere, her and Tucker and and 15 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: so she's who's Trump? Where I'm call me a weekling? 16 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: Who are you trying to protect Trump? So Wall Street 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: Journal with a big, giant, blockbuster exclusive that came out 18 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: today around Epstein that Trump spent the week trying to 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: keep the Wall Street Journal from printing. He was on 20 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: the phone with people the Wall Street Journal. He even 21 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: called up Murdoch and said, if you print this, I 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: will sue. Joe Getty will tell us what it is. 23 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: It's not that big a deal. I don't know. Oh wow, 24 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: who are you protecting? All right? Fat, you have caught me? 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: Got I admit it all now. 26 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 4: He back in two thousand and three, old Gilaane Maxwell 27 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 4: Geelane Giselaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift for Jeffrey 28 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,279 Speaker 4: Epstein's fiftieth She turned Epstein's family and friends to write 29 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 4: him happy birthday wishes. She's going to compile them into 30 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 4: a book for him, and one of them appears to 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 4: be from Donald J. 32 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: Trump. 33 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 4: The letter bearing Trump's name is body like others in 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 4: the album Jack, It contains several lines of typewritten text, 35 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 4: framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears 36 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 4: to be hand drawn with a heavy marker. A pair 37 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 4: of small arcs denotes the woman's breasts, and the future 38 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 4: president's signature is a squiggly donald lower waist, mimicking perhaps. 39 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: Her horror down there. Neil Trump says, now. 40 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 4: Oh, I'm sorry, And it's several lines, but it ends 41 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 4: with the very odd So yeah, this is the big part. 42 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: Happy birthday, and may every day be another wonderful secret. 43 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: Oh what now. 44 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 4: He's kind of infamous for his wonderful secrets. In quotes 45 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 4: right now and it's like sex and up teenage. 46 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: Girls, if you so so. Trump denies this, He says 47 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: that ain't me. I've never drawn a quote. 48 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 4: This is not me. This is a fake thing. It's 49 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 4: a fake Wall Street Journal story. I never wrote a 50 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 4: picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women. 51 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 4: It's not my language, it's not my words. See I 52 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 4: could say that too and be certain that I was right. 53 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 4: I've never squiggled out a naked woman on a birthday 54 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 4: card in my life, I'm positive oft. But whether Trump 55 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 4: did or not, I don't know. 56 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: But like, if you got some sort of shady, maybe 57 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: even illegal thing like between you and a friend on 58 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: the birthday card, do you sign sure cool that you 59 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: could get me all those drugs happy birthday? You know 60 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: what would you do that? Would you hit at it? 61 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: Even with the have another good secret day? 62 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 4: I mean, would you yeah, have a sticky day, have 63 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 4: a green day, as Green Day would put it? 64 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: Uh No, Well, I don't know. 65 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 4: You wouldn't think so if it was the really illicit stuff. 66 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 4: And you know what's funny about this is I can 67 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 4: so easily picture ms Maxwell hitting Donald J up through 68 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 4: his people or directly or whatever, and him. 69 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: Tasking somebody with dealing with him. 70 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: Then he signed it, and he probably looked at it 71 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 4: and thought, that's kind of clever. It looks almost like 72 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: a cartoon out of Playboy or something whatever, and never 73 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 4: thought about it again his entire life. The other day, 74 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 4: I ran into one of our beloved listeners who re 75 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 4: thanked us for doing a video for I think it 76 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 4: was their wife's birthday, and it was like really elaborate, 77 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 4: and I'd totally forgotten about it completely. I barely had 78 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 4: a shred of a memory of doing it. And it 79 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 4: took us several minutes because it kind of came trickling 80 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 4: back to me. 81 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: So you're saying, perhaps I have signed a birthday card 82 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: where I sketched a naked woman and wrote have a 83 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: beautiful secret day or whatever the hell that is. Oh no, 84 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: it was. I'm saying all Donald J did was sign it. 85 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: Do you think he wrote to have a good secret 86 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: day or another great secret day or whatever that phrases? 87 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 4: No idea, may every day be another wonderful secret I. 88 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: Just can't imagine. I mean, because if the claim is 89 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: Trump's in on hiding this just giant global secret sex 90 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: ring masade thing, would you hint at it in the 91 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: birthday card. It just seems so crazy to me. Let's see. 92 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 4: Among those who submitted letters were billionaire Leslie Wexner, who's 93 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 4: at the center of a lot of theories about this 94 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 4: attorney Alan Derschwitz. Album also contained a letter from now 95 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 4: deceased Harvard economist, one of Epstein's report cards from Twain 96 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 4: Junior High School in Brooklyn, a note from a former 97 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 4: assistant that included an across stick with his name, and 98 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 4: all sorts of dopey birthday card the stuff. 99 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: So, to my mind, the best political journalist in America 100 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: is Mark Halprin. He's been on a bunch of shows 101 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: this week talking about this whole thing, and specifically talking 102 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: about this big, exclusive Wall Street Journal piece. 103 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 3: So on the democratic side, it's a little complicated. 104 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: I'll get to it. 105 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,799 Speaker 3: I'll just say I think the significance of the journal 106 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 3: story is if the letter's true, the President's lied about it. 107 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 3: But more significantly, it speaks to a relationship which we 108 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 3: still don't really understand. Still don't really understand the contours 109 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 3: that the extent these two guys were palsed. This letter 110 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 3: suggests a very intimate relationship and that's I think the 111 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: significance is that it may cause other people to go 112 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 3: look at that question. I'm not sure where that might lead, 113 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 3: but there are a lot of unanswered questions there. 114 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: That's kind of interesting. Regardless the phrase and the picture, 115 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:55,239 Speaker 1: it would suggest a fairly close relationship, probably that Trump 116 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: has denied. Well, one of the biggest mystery to me, 117 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: and the whole Epstein thing always has been. And this 118 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: is long before anybody ever said a word about trafficking 119 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: children in the massade. He had in his home, the 120 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: biggest home in Manhattan, New York. Have you been in 121 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: that Manhattan, New York. There's a lot of giant homes 122 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: and a lot of really related rich people. And Epstein 123 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: had the biggest home on the entire island. And when 124 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: you walked in the door, you were greeted with a 125 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: giant painting of Bill Clinton in a dress and heels 126 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: pointing at you. What the hell is that? And I 127 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: think it's been mysterious since the first time I've ever 128 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: heard it. Isn't it more mysterious now? I mean, what 129 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: the hell is that? Yeah? It sure adds to the 130 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: side that there's something major going on in terms of 131 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: him having sway over a lot of powerful people, which 132 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: I heard a couple go ahead, well you go, because 133 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: my thing is long. 134 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 4: I was just going to say, I heard a couple 135 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 4: of New Yorkers talking about how incredibly big he was 136 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 4: on the social scene for a very long time, and 137 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 4: how he would say to a Katie kurrk Kate, you 138 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 4: want to come to a dinner. Bill Gates and his 139 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 4: wife are going to be there and so and so, 140 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 4: and Katie'd say, yeah, of course, And he'd say to 141 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 4: Bill Gates, you know, Katie Kirk's going to be there, 142 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 4: And he'd have super famous musicians and Wall Street legends 143 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 4: and the scientists of note of the day and have 144 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 4: these incredible gatherings of the heavyweights. And so the fact 145 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 4: that Trump would know him, and I'm not defending Trump 146 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 4: in this, I'm just following my. 147 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: Nose as I usually do. 148 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 4: The idea that Trump would know him, hang with him, 149 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 4: and want to be friendly with him is if the 150 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 4: opposite were true, that would be surprising. 151 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: He would have had to go out of his way 152 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: to not be in Ebstein's orbit. It would have been. 153 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 4: Almost they were like automatically in the same circles. 154 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, because Manhattan's not that big. So Tucker Carlson put 155 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: out a podcast last night. He'd been teasing it all 156 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: week long. It aired live at eight o'clock, and I 157 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: jumped on it and listened. It was three hours long. 158 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 1: I listened to an hour of it. I got sucked 159 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: into it and couldn't stop. He had on that Daniel Cooper, dude, 160 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 1: who Tucker claims is the best historian in America, America's 161 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: most honest historian, who I'd never heard of in my life. 162 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: And I'm a history freak. But Tucker would say, that's 163 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: because you're taking in all the mainstream lying historians, and 164 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: this Daniel Cooper is the only one telling the truth. 165 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: He's the guy. He's not a historian by any description. 166 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 4: He's just a guy who has an affinity for reading 167 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 4: history and talking about it. 168 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: Well, Tucker calls him a historian, but I agree with you, 169 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 1: and he says he's not a historian himself. When he 170 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: got challenged about his whole riff about Winston Churchill being 171 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: the cause of World War Two, he said, well, I'm 172 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: not a historian, but Tucker calls him America's most important 173 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: historian and had him on for three hours doing a 174 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: deep dive on Epstein. And one of the reasons I 175 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: kept listening was how far a feel. I mean, like 176 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: every event of the last thirty years got somehow tied 177 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: into Epstein. I finally turned it off when I was 178 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes into his involvement in Iran Contra. Yeah, yeah, 179 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: Epstein deeply tied into Iran Contra. And fifteen minutes of 180 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: dates and names of things that you know, it would 181 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: take me a week to verify or falsify whether that 182 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: were true or not. 183 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 4: Iran Contra was Bush one, right end of Reagan and 184 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 4: Bush one. 185 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: And who was in charge of that, George H. W. Bush. 186 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: And Tucker would go, oh yeah, George HW. Bush. So 187 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 1: you remember his big scandal was Iran Contra. So Epstein's 188 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: lawyer who worked for Bush's chief of staff. I mean, 189 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: it's just all stuff like that, right, And that might 190 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: all even be true, some of it may not, or 191 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: it might all be true. It doesn't I don't know 192 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: that it proves anything. Part of the thing with well, 193 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: what you were just saying about the powerful, the world 194 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: of the powerful is very, very small, and it's disturbingly small, 195 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: and I'm amazed how often it will turn out that, 196 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: like you know, the former Secretary of State wants his name, 197 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: who was it? Und Lincoln by Blincoln, Blincoln worked with whoever, 198 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: and then they're tied to whoever. And it's just it's 199 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: always like and they went to school that they both 200 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: went to college together. 201 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 4: No, they those two were roommate. I mean, just how 202 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 4: total them we're married to the networks? 203 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and how small that world is is 204 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: disturbing and it really helps with this whole Epstein thing. 205 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: So the guy that hired Epstein is a twenty year 206 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: old math teacher with no resume at one of the 207 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: most exclusive schools private schools in Manhattan is Gas. Name 208 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: is Barr. Bill Barr's dad, Yes, the Attorney General's dad 209 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: is the guy that hired Epstein to be the math teacher. 210 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 1: Bill Barr ends up being the Attorney General and being 211 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: the guy who was in charge of the Justice Department 212 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: when Epstein died in prison, for instance. Do the mass 213 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: I mean, so there's just like a hundred of those 214 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: and and well, I don't think that it proves anything, 215 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: but it's easy to lay that out. And they just 216 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: kept going. There's three hours that like I said, I 217 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: took in one hour and I had enough. But that's 218 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: you know, that's how conspiracies work. And I've gotten into 219 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: him before. It's kind of fun as they continue to 220 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: connect dots, or at least layout dots that can be connected. 221 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: It's kind of fun. I've done it with like the 222 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 1: Kennedy assassination and a variety of things. But the end 223 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: of the day, there's no proof of anything. Of course, 224 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: you would say some of you would say there's no 225 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: proof because Trump and others are working very hard to 226 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 1: keep it from us. I'm reminded of six degrees of 227 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: Kevin Bacon. 228 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, Do we want to talk about the whole 229 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 4: Tucker Darryl Cooper thing. 230 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: We'll have it off air meeting. Uh, yeah, we could. 231 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: I do want to talk about Colbert losing his show? 232 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: Is that political or not. If it's not, the timing 233 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: is certainly suspect. So there you go. We had a 234 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: lot of stuff. We got to get to stay here. 235 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 5: Heyety, Trump keeps telling people to move on from asking 236 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 5: about the Epstein files. In fact, he's so tired of 237 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 5: talking about it. He started singing about it. Really take 238 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 5: a look, let it go, let it go. 239 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: I really don't want to talk about it anymore. Okay, 240 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: I don't care about all of the things that they 241 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: will tweet you and the fake dus he's going on 242 00:13:55,800 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: and long. That list never bothered me anyway. I never 243 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: even heard of this guy. But that's okay. So Jimmy 244 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: found on the Tonight Show is going to have one 245 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: less competitor soon because Stephen Colbert's show is going away. 246 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: And is it political that Stephen Colbert got fired or not? 247 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: So let's get into that. Here's what Stephen Colbert said 248 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: last night when he came out on his show. 249 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 6: Next year will be our last season. The network will 250 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 6: be ending the Late Show in May. 251 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: And yeah, I share your feelings. 252 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 6: It's not just the end of our show, but it's 253 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 6: the end of the Late show on CBS. I'm not 254 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 6: being replaced. This is all just going away. 255 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, So lay out the timeline of this what CNN, MSNBC, 256 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: NPR or talking about in terms of it being political? 257 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: How's it political? Bernie sand lays it out in a tweet. 258 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: CBS's billionaire owners pay Trump sixteen million dollars to settle 259 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: a bogus lawsuit while trying to sell the network to 260 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: Sky dance. Stephen Colbert, an extraordinary talent and the most 261 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: popular late night host, slams the deal he did. Stephen 262 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: Colbert on the air like went really hard at CBS 263 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: and Paramount said it was a bribe, pathetic, He's embarrassed, 264 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. Days later he's fired. Bernie tweets do 265 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: I think this is a coincidence? No, this is Bernie. 266 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: CBS says it's merely a financial thing. It's a cost 267 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: cutting thing. Now The Atlantic has got a peace out today. 268 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: CBS claims that its decision to cancel Stephen Colbert's financial 269 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: but the network that once made Cronkite the most trusted 270 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: men in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt. 271 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: They write in The Atlantic and they go through the 272 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: timeline and think it's political. Also if it's not political, 273 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: and I tend to think it's financial. In the nature 274 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: of all media has changed, and these shows have a 275 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: tiny percentage of the audience that they used to have 276 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: in all different sort of stuff. But the timing is 277 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: really bad. I mean, if you come out and bad 278 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: mouth your bosses really hard on Monday and you get 279 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: fired on Wednesday, I'm supposed to overlook that. And I 280 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: must point out that sometimes a humble straw can cause serious. 281 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 4: Spinal injuries to a camel. If you know what I'm saying. 282 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 4: It's a combination of things. Like everything. The timing is terrible, 283 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 4: absolutely terrible. If you want to say, no, no, no, it's 284 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 4: not at all political, I think it's exactly what you said. 285 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 4: We've been kind of involved in these sorts of things before. 286 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 4: If there's a big financial deal about to be made, 287 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 4: and there is, I mean this company that's trying to 288 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 4: buy CBS Paramount. That's crazy, insane money. You don't want 289 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 4: any snags whatsoever. And Colbert's out there bad mouthing the company. 290 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: Now that's a snag. 291 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: And you were thinking this show is kind of a 292 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: little too expensive anyway, Again, straw that broke the camel's back. 293 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, if you're dealing with tens of billions of 294 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 4: dollars a show that clears I don't know what their 295 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 4: their revenue picture is, but it clears a few million 296 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 4: dollars a year, even thirty million dollars a year, please, 297 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 4: that's a fraction. 298 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 299 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: I don't think the math works on those big late 300 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: night shows anymore. I'll but they're all going to go 301 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: away eventually. They're the scourge of the lake. They're being banned. 302 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: We'll tell you about it, Armstrong and Getty. I'm having 303 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: trouble getting into real news today, but I do want 304 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: to get to the latest and I think final assessment 305 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: of how much damage we did to the Iranian nuclear program. 306 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: And it's good news if you're wanting to blast the 307 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: hell out of their nuclear program. 308 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 4: From the New York Times. So stay t all right, 309 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 4: Debbie Downer, I'm into having fun. It's the Armstrong and 310 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 4: Getty Weekend Report. Hit the theme music, boy, they cut 311 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 4: our theme music budgets anocractically nothing. 312 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: So this is the weekend report? 313 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 4: Is what this is? Is that what I call it? 314 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 4: The arms Strong and Getty weekend Report? Or wait a minute, 315 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 4: how about Armstrong and Getty on the weekend? 316 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,479 Speaker 1: No, I don't know. 317 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 4: Anyway, I thought this is interesting because I'm familiar with 318 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 4: this and I've actually watched people do it. I haven't 319 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 4: done it myself. Super crazy, controversial, getting banned on lakes 320 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 4: all across America. It's the wakeboarding boats speedboats that are 321 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 4: designed to produce a wave so tall that you can 322 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 4: surf behind the boat without a rope. 323 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't know that you use special boats 324 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: for that. Didn't know that. 325 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know if it's always been that way, 326 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 4: because I saw it done years and years and years ago. 327 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: Quick quick tangent. That reminds me briefly, while we're in 328 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: Miami South Beach and we're like looking at various things 329 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: to do around there, and it's a very tourist area 330 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: and stuff like that, they had what do you call 331 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: the thing where you got like a kite on your 332 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: head and they pull you and then you go float 333 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: up in the air paras behind a boat. Yeah. Do 334 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: you have to be able to water ski to do that? No? 335 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: I don't think so anyway. No, Henry, my youngest, briefly 336 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: was really wanting to do that, like really wanting to 337 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: do it bad, and uh so I looked into it, 338 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: how much it was going to cost, and for his age, 339 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: we do it together. We'd do a dual one and 340 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: everything like that. I wasn't really digging the idea of it. 341 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I would do it. I'm not scared of 342 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: I just I'm past the age of needing to do 343 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: anything that's thrilling. I just don't need to. 344 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think they actually they put the shootout then 345 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 4: release you from the boat up into the air. 346 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think your eye rope then they lower you 347 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: back down. Anyway, I watched a lot of people do it. 348 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: You go pretty high over the water and everything like that. 349 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: It would be thrilling. Anyway. I finally talked about it 350 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: because I thought, there's no way you're going to be 351 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: able to do. We're gonna get out there, it's gonna 352 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: be time to start, and you're gonna say no. I 353 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: just know this is gonna happen. Oh boy, he finally 354 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 1: changed his mind. But so this one is the one. 355 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,479 Speaker 1: I get these all mixed up. This one you're like 356 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: on a ski or is this one where you're sitting 357 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: on a seat that's on a ski. 358 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 4: Either way you can be on or like a surfboard 359 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 4: or whatever. But it creates a wave behind the boat 360 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 4: that's high enough that you can surf on it essentially, but. 361 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: You can picture the problem. 362 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 4: This is a boat, and these things can cost well 363 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 4: over one hundred thousand dollars. These boats, which are sometimes 364 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 4: called the monster trucks of lake life. They intentionally create 365 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 4: enormous wakes which if you're a kayaker, or you're a 366 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 4: bunch of sixty pluses on a pontoon boat enjoying a 367 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 4: glass of wine, or you know. Actually they erode shorelines 368 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 4: and damage lake bottoms too, allegedly, But so they become 369 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 4: extremely controversial and. 370 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: They're being banned all over the place. 371 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 4: In Wisconsin, around sixty municipalities, including Lando Lakes, have banned 372 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 4: the boats from using their full wake enhancing mode. 373 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: And that's because people on other boats don't want a 374 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: giant wake. Or the jet ski people probably like it 375 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: because you get to jump the waves, which is what 376 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: you do on a jet ski. 377 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, probably so, but like everybody else doing everything else, 378 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 4: I mean, it's violent wakes that smack you up and 379 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 4: down and spill everything, or terrify and overturn kayakers or 380 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 4: what happened. 381 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: I'm surprised there aren't more deaths on lakes. Oh yeah, 382 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: I mean, whenever you know, you hear in the news 383 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 1: the horrible stories almost always of somebody dying in a 384 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: boat or getting hit on jet ski or whatever. I'm 385 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: surprised it doesn't happen every weekend, every lake. I mean, 386 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: at least in my experience. I know this isn't true 387 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: for everybody, but my experience when I was young, everybody 388 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: was hammerd I mean everybody was absolutely hammered driving around 389 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: a boat, hammered water skiing, jet skiing, everything like that. 390 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: And you know, there are no rules to the road, 391 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: there are no lanes. Everybody's just going every direction. At 392 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: the same time, I'm amazed there aren't more injuries. 393 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, they cracked down a lot more than they used 394 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 4: to on drunken boating, just like they did with drunken driving, 395 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 4: which was way way more acceptable way back in the 396 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 4: day quote unquote acceptable. So anyway, I spent a fair 397 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 4: amount of time for a number of years bass fishing 398 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 4: with Craig, the healthcare guru, as a matter of fact, 399 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 4: And and a lot of bass fishermen refer to the 400 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 4: jet ski people as lake lice or your pleasure boaters 401 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 4: zooming back and forth. So the bass fishermen hate those 402 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 4: boaters that the kayakers hate. The pontoon people hate these 403 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 4: wake borders. All right, do what you like. 404 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: And then speaking of recreation, with my floaties on, just 405 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: trying to get a tan, I. 406 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 4: Hate y'all right, right, all oiled up with criscom smelling 407 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 4: like a he's a rag chicken. This is adline from 408 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 4: the Wall Street Journal that I found oddly, weirdly amusing. 409 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 4: But Jack you, I want to hear your take. One 410 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 4: man's quest to break a record for birthday freebies. Competitive 411 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 4: free loaders plan for months to cash in on as 412 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 4: many offers as they can on the big day, says 413 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 4: the subject of this article. 414 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: I like to push myself. That's kind of funny. I've 415 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: known people that like have a like a circuit they 416 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: do on their birthday, and it's just kind of a 417 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: joke of they get their free taco at Taco Bell, 418 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: you go through Starbucks, that's a quick one. You get 419 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: your free drink, you know, just a variety of places. 420 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: It's funny. 421 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 4: I'll go ahead and get to the punchline. I can't 422 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 4: decide if this is a great example of a human 423 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 4: being trying to overcome a challenge to plan to Babba ba, 424 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 4: or if this is a jackass wasting his time. He's 425 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 4: in La Clint, shout out, brother, I'll bet you're a 426 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 4: fun guy to hang out with. But the night before 427 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 4: his birthday, Clint was up late worrying about whether everything 428 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 4: would go to plan. 429 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: His schedule was packed with stops all over LA. I 430 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 1: think he's starting at six am. I think that's hilarious. 431 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: You map out a route where you can hit the 432 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: most places on your birthday. Get my appetizer to Applebee's 433 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: of course. 434 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 4: Wait no, no, no no, don't don't throw out your imagined list, 435 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 4: wait for the real one he was getting. He anticipated 436 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 4: eating a lot of sweets, receiving a bunch of gifts, 437 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 4: and returning home exhausted. The thirty eight year old Aquatics manager, Hell, 438 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 4: Aquatics aren't going to manage themselves. 439 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: No, you don't want them completely unorganized or unmanaged. Yeah. 440 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 4: He's part of a proud breed of competitive birthday freeloaders. 441 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 4: Each year, they celebrate the big day by trying to 442 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 4: get one over on big retail. It requires hours of 443 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 4: meticulous planning, careful strategize his stamina for sugar crashes. This year, 444 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 4: Savata Clint was hoping to break his record of thirty 445 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 4: five freebies set last year. 446 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 1: I was stressed about it. How am I gonna get it? 447 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 4: Donnie said, But once I started with Starbucks first and 448 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 4: got my quad shot coffee, it was adrenaline for the 449 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 4: first half of the day. That's not adrenaline. That's caffeine, Clint. 450 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 4: But the real work starts months before. 451 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: The big day. 452 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 4: He spent about fifteen hours sifting through emails, reinstalling loyalty apps, 453 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 4: racking his brain for loggins and passwords, reading through the 454 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 4: dreaded terms and conditions of rewards to make sure he's 455 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 4: made any necessary purchases to qualify. Then he builds a 456 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 4: spreadsheet with meticulous notes to map out the rute he's 457 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 4: going to take. He prioritizes rewards with the highest monetary value, 458 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 4: tries to include shopping centers because they're a jackpot jack 459 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 4: multiple opportunities for rewards in one location the shopping center. 460 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,719 Speaker 4: Then he looks for the that He prioritizes true freebies 461 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 4: and avoids buy one, get one deals or anything that 462 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 4: requires them to spend more than ten dollars to get 463 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 4: his freebie. Ugh, he knows his energy eleven flow, so 464 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 4: he schedules free coffees at intervals. He also brings his 465 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 4: four children along for parts of the day. Even those 466 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 4: teenagers think it's a little embarrassing. Sometimes they slow him 467 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 4: down by wanting to stop in stores that have no freebies, 468 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 4: but they make up for it by helping him devour 469 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 4: the sweet treats so he can stave off a sugar crash. Anyway, 470 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 4: there's the actual list. Arbi's, Annie Ann's Baja Fresh, Baskin, Robbins, 471 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: Ben and Jerry's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Burger, King, Cheesecake Factory, 472 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 4: Chick fil A, Chipotlely Cinnabon, Coldstone Creamery, Corner Bakery, Crumble, Firehouse, 473 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 4: Habit Burger, That's a Fine Burger, hot Dog on a stick, 474 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 4: Jack in the Box, Jamba Juice, Jersey, Mike's, McKenna Coffee, 475 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 4: McDonald's Nothing, Bunt Cakes, Panda Express, Panera, Pize's Coffee, Popeyes, Portillo's, 476 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 4: Red Robin, Regal, San Fernando Coffee Company, Sabarro, Share a Tea, Sharky's, Starbucks, Subway, 477 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 4: Taco Bell, Wendy's Wetzels Pretzels, and finally, yogurt Land. 478 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I can't believe you can do both 479 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: of the different kinds of cinnamon roll, fast food things 480 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: and a crumble in the same day, along with some 481 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 1: of those others. Oh that makes me want to vomit. 482 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 4: Yes, so many sweets, and again I can't decide whether 483 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 4: I should be mocking this guy or holding him up 484 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 4: as a testament to humans something or other. 485 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: By the end of the day, he's got to be thinking, 486 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can eat an anti and 487 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: cinnamon roll right now. Maybe I got it. I get 488 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: one more cup of free coffee. Oh, Clint, we salute you. 489 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: That's fantastic. This report on Iran will make it brief, 490 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: but it's good news. If you're hoping it was successful, 491 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: it was. Stay here, army. 492 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 7: The New York Times editorial claims defunding NPR and PBS 493 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 7: is like defunding the police. 494 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: It's true. 495 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 7: Think of all the times you've been violently assaulted, and thought, man, 496 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 7: if only the cast of Downton Abbey were here. 497 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: Man, do I have a day tomorrow I want to 498 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: talk about But I'll do it after this New York 499 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: Times reporting on how much damage we did to the 500 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: nuclear facility in Iran. Remember somebody leaked a negative report 501 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: early that turned out to be incredibly misleading, and then 502 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: every report since then has been much more positive in 503 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: terms of our success. So I don't know who that was, 504 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: but they're not patriots to this country. I'll tell you 505 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: that Iran's deeply buried nuclear enrichment plant at Florida was 506 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: badly damaged and potentially destroyed by the twelve massive bombs 507 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: that the US Air Force B two bombers dropped on 508 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: it last month, according to new American intelligence assessments. This 509 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: is from The New York Times. Two other nuclear sites 510 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: targeted in the attacks were not as badly damaged, but 511 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: facilities at the sites that would likely be key to 512 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: fabricating a nuclear weapon were destroyed and could take years 513 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: to rebuild. According to the latest story, A senior Israeli 514 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: officials said last week that the strikes most likely did 515 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: not eliminate the stockpile of the uranium bomb grade uranium, 516 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: but without the facilities to a manufacture a weapon, the 517 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: fuel would be of little use even if the Uranians 518 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: can dig it out of the rubble, which they probably can't. 519 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: The new assessment helps create a clearer picture of what 520 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: combined strikes between US and Israeli achieved, probably crippling Rand's 521 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: ability to make nuclear fuel for years to come. Well, 522 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:18,239 Speaker 1: that's a much more good news report than we were 523 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: initially told by whoever wanted to bad mouth the Trump 524 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: administration from ours. Whatever they're trying to accomplish. 525 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 4: Right, that need to quickly announce something critical and negative. 526 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, like you say, they are no patriot. Absolutely not. 527 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: So my son comes back from his weak long boy 528 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: scout camp tomorrow and I go pick him up. I 529 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: got a text yesterday that the wagon one of the 530 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: adult scouts had pulled a wagon. You have to hike 531 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: from the lake for two miles I think to the 532 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: camp spot up steep hill, and they had a wagon 533 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,040 Speaker 1: carrying the tents and a bunch of other stuff. Of 534 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: the wagon broke and they like a Kna Stoga wagon 535 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: with a horse team or don't remember seeing the heavy 536 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: duty one you pull. We had these at the farm. 537 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: You can get these really heavy duty home depot. You 538 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: can haul nine hundred pounds on them, depending on which 539 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: wagon you bought. Wagons. They look like a kid's wagon, 540 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: but they're very, very sturdy. Anyway, their wagon broke and 541 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: they wanted to know because I was just going to 542 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: drive up there, pick up kids there at the base, 543 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: and drive home. It's going to be five hours of driving, 544 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: but pretty simple deal. Now yesterday I had to go 545 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: buy a wagon. Now I'm going to drive there, get 546 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: there very early, hike up there pulling the wagon, meet 547 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: them all there, load it all up, then hike back 548 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: down with the rest of them, then drive home. So 549 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: it's going to end up being like a ten to 550 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: twelve hour day probably, but you know, you do what 551 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: you gotta do. That would be my exercise. 552 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, some nice exercise and nice physical exertion in nature. 553 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: What I need is proper footwear. If you'll remember the story, Gladys, 554 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: can you tell us remember I told this story? Well, 555 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: but the last time I hiked, I'm not much of 556 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: a hiker. I get a lot of exercise, but not 557 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: much of a hiker, and mostly just because I don't 558 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know. Why don't I like hiking. 559 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: Whenever I do it, I'm pro hiking. But last time 560 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: I hiked with my kids, I fell down. I wore 561 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 1: slippery shoes. There were boots, but they had a very flat, 562 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: slippery bottom on them, and it was a dry time 563 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: of the year where all the weeds were laid flat 564 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: and it was like ice, and I fell. Because the 565 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: kids started counting, I fell on this hike nine times, 566 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: which is a lot. Wow, that's a lot of times 567 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: to fall completely to the ground. That is, as the 568 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: kids would say, at least a few years ago, a 569 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: complete fell If you fell twice on a hike, because 570 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: generally you fall zero, If you fell twice in a hike, 571 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: that would seem like a lot. Then if you doubled that, 572 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: it would seem crazy. You're at four, then you double 573 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: that again to eight, and then one in extra on 574 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: the way down. Nine times I fell completely to the 575 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: ground on that hike. Oh my, They still mocked me 576 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: to this day. For that. I would be asking does 577 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: he have some sort of neurological condition or right you 578 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: would enter ear problem. They had to be thinking, should 579 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: dad be doing this? Do we have cell phone service here? 580 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: Or are we going to to call a helicopter to have 581 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: him carried out of here? 582 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, you'd have been better stripping off your boots and 583 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 4: walking barefoot like the native people's Wow, I should have 584 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 4: thought of. I think wore some sort of shoes. Anyway, 585 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 4: became almost a game. 586 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: I mean when I got to like six or seven, like, 587 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: how many times am I gonna completely on my back? 588 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 1: And you say they still mock you. Yes, yeah, it's 589 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: hard to imagine starting to hear that it's disrespectful. I'll 590 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: let you know how it goes. 591 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, hiking boots are kind of the antithesis of what you're. 592 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: Describing, completely flat on the surface. Uh, like designs to 593 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 1: make you fall. Yeah. Really, the one thing they try 594 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: to do is grip, grip, grip. At least it's going 595 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: to be good and hot. I quick prediction is, are 596 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,359 Speaker 1: we done? Are we done with the E word? Next week? 597 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: It's over? Gotta be right, gotta be has to be. 598 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: That's a great question. I don't know. I'm torn. 599 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 4: I've heard some people I respect say, yeah, it's got 600 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,800 Speaker 4: to tap her off. But then Wall Street that's a 601 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 4: pretty big piece. Yeah, and then and the Trump administration 602 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 4: is under pressure legitimately to release more comes somewhere close 603 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:41,360 Speaker 4: to living up to your promises. Pam Bondi, Cash Pateel, 604 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 4: Dan Bongino. And you know what we haven't really talked 605 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 4: about much is the shouting match between Bongino and Bondi 606 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 4: at the Justice Department last week where Bongino didn't even 607 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 4: show up for work Friday he was so pissed off. 608 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: Here's one of the pieces from Tucker Carlson's three hour 609 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 1: PIECEE Last Night about the whole Epstein thing. So the 610 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 1: first rich person that comes to Epstein that helps launch 611 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,279 Speaker 1: him into grazy wealth. Last name Koshogi yep, father of 612 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: the Koshogi that got bone sawed, and that Koshogi was 613 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: somehow tied into the Masad and just blah blah blah. 614 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:22,239 Speaker 1: I mean, so yeah, if it's all true, I mean, 615 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: the tentacles of the thing are just insane. 616 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 4: Shorter to list people who aren't involved. Next Hour is 617 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 4: going to be a blockbuster. What you don't get Next Hour, 618 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 4: just subscribe to our podcast, Armstrong and Getty on demand 619 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: Armstrong and Getty