1 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George 2 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe, Katty Armstrong and 3 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: Jekie and no Hee arms wrong who from the studio 4 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: c definitely let room deeper than the fowls of the 5 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. And today we are under 6 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: the tutelage of Valentine's Day. If this is not the 7 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: perfect val this is the important thing. If the person 8 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: you're in a relationship with does it go one hundred 9 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: percent all out on Valentine's Day, you should break up today. 10 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: Clearly stop. Isn't that the message we're being sent No 11 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: by Hallmark move and cards and whatnot. We need to 12 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: break that. Yeah, well we've been working on that. I 13 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: don't know how many years you been with us? Two years? Yeah, 14 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: so Joe and been. Joe doesn't say this, he's nicer 15 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: than me. Joe's not here today, But I say this 16 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: every single year. And it's just my anecdotal evidence. I'm 17 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: sure there are exceptions, but I personally have never known 18 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: a long term, successful relationship that took Valentine's Day. Seriously. 19 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: I've known hundreds and hundreds of people who took Valentine's 20 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: Day very seriously, and they had horrible relationships or they 21 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: fell apart. They were always in and out of relationships. 22 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: But I've never known a single long term, successful relationship 23 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: that took Valentine's Day or any of these other things 24 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: very seriously. Yeah, I can see what you're saying. That's 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: just my personal experience. Yeah, so I need to have 26 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: a conversation with my husband because he too. See this 27 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: is the problem. Though. You can get into a relationship 28 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: and they pretend they don't care about Valentine, but they 29 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: secretly do, and then you don't do anything and then 30 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: they're all hurt. And but again that gets to what 31 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: I was saying a little bit earlier. He went all 32 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: out this year's and that's nice, maybe, you know, I 33 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know. No, it's very. 34 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: Sweet, but it's like, dude, I got you. I got 35 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: you a card in a box of meat hearts. Meat hearts, Yeah, 36 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 2: you know, like those candy hearts that have stuff written 37 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: on them. 38 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: These are all the meat M E T no M 39 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: E A T. 40 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 3: Yeah. 41 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: Okay, so you know the candy hearts that have writing 42 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 2: on them, like the. 43 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Little chalco ones that are made of chalk. 44 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: Yes, right, These are pieces of beef jerky that look 45 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 2: like those and they have little things written on them 46 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: and they're called meat hearts. 47 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: Awesome, Oh fantastic. Yeah, wow, that's cool. So a lot 48 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: in the news today. We have some interesting people to 49 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: talk to. But I was going to make the sub 50 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: general manager happy Valentine's Day. You're fired, which is fortunately 51 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: or unfortunately fortunately if you believe we need to cut 52 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: government in size and scope, which we absolutely do, unfortunately 53 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: on some individual basises, because it sucks losing your job. 54 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: And I'm sure there are people that work very hard 55 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: and tried very hard and everything like that that are 56 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: losing their jobs. But I personally know once again my 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: anecdotal evidence of federal agencies where they have laid people off, 58 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: and it's in the news today. The letters are going 59 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: out thousands and thousands and thousands of people across the 60 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: country getting the nod that they are being let go. 61 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: Most of them at this point are in the there's 62 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: a one year or two year probationary period. I understand 63 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: it's different depending on your agency or whatever. At a 64 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: certain point you get all these civil service protections. Once 65 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: you're in government, and it's almost impossible to fire you. 66 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: Why we offer those, Well, I know why the government voted. 67 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: It's the government. They of course they voted for themselves 68 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: to have civil service protection. But why we offer those 69 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: I have no idea. None of the rest of us 70 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: have this in any world. Maybe college professors, but other 71 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: than that, none of the rest of us have this. 72 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: Here's an example I've got for you, and I will 73 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: not say what agency this is or where it came from. 74 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: Department downsizing. This is a person who was talking to 75 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 1: their boss yesterday who works in a federal agency that 76 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: I know a number of people in our area offices 77 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: are downsizing. This person said, my boss has never worked 78 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: in the private sector and is very upset. Said they 79 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: only had only were able to give them a couple 80 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: of days notice before they were fired. Really, that never 81 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: happens to anyone else. And this person said, my boss 82 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: apparently doesn't realize this happens every day outside of this 83 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: particular federal agency. Yeah, so, you know, welcome to the 84 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: real world to a certain extent. I mean, if you again, 85 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: on an individual basis, it sucks losing your job. And 86 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: I guess this particular boss said some of these people 87 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: moved for this job, the only reason they moved here. Yeah, 88 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: that happens all the time too. People moved to a 89 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: job and they're there for a week, a month, two years, 90 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: five years, tenures, whatever, and then out of the blue, 91 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: you get fired completely lader, no fault to your own. 92 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: Sometimes you're working hard, you're doing a good job. They 93 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: just decide to go a different direction, or you know, 94 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: the company's failing, or like in traditional media, everybody in 95 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: traditional media, legacy media has been downsizing for years, radio, television, newspapers. 96 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many Black Monday's, Black Fridays 97 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: we've had around here, haven't we all? And we've all survived, 98 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: thank god. But where emails go out and you start 99 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: getting the nod that all across the country people are 100 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: being let go, and you wonder who's next. It happens 101 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: all the time. Why would federal employees be immune to 102 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: that or don't don't or don't have to deal with 103 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: the reality of Jeez, I picked up my family and 104 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: I moved here for this job, and I thought it 105 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: was gonna be my career, and now it's gone. But 106 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: it's happening all across the country. Today, so again, Valentine's Day, 107 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: You're fired. Life is like a box of chocolate. Yeah yeah, 108 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: I one time in a relationship that did not work out. 109 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: Actually making my point with someone who took Valentine's Day 110 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: very seriously, attempted to go out to eat. The one 111 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: time in my life I've tried to go out to 112 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: eat on Valentine's Day. It is a nightmare. I don't 113 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: know how y'all do it, and a lot of you 114 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: do it, because it took me, I don't know how 115 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,559 Speaker 1: long to find a restaurant that had any I waited 116 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 1: until like three days before Valentine's Day. I didn't realize 117 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: it was impossible, and it was nearly impossible to find 118 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: one reservation an awkward time at a restaurant far away, 119 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: but the you can't park in the parking lot, and 120 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: there's not enough room in the restaurant in the waiting area, 121 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: and you're standing outside, perhaps in the rain, in the cold, 122 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: and maybe you're dressed up, but it just it just 123 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: seems miserable, absolutely miserable. But hey, knock yourself out if 124 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: that's your plant, tonite, can't wait to go to dinner later, 125 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: have a good time, but the restaurant stunts make a 126 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: lot of money, so I don't know. As Joe always 127 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: points out, for profit companies, installing expectations on us is 128 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: not the way it's supposed to work. And I wonder. 129 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: And I'm going to tell an amazing Valentine's Day story 130 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: here in about twenty minutes. It's it's it's hilarious, it's heartbreaking. 131 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: It reminds you of what Valentine's Day was like when 132 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: you were a little kid. I dreaded Valentine's Day all 133 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: through grade school and then high school, and like, why 134 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: do our schools put this pressure on all the children 135 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: and make it seem like, boy, this is a very 136 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: very important day. And if you don't have someone that's 137 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: going to give you something and care about you, oh man, 138 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: you are a loser. That's the message I felt like 139 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: they were putting out in school. 140 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: My negative feelings towards Valentine's Day started my freshman year 141 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: in high school. 142 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: I had a crush on this guy, thank you Gladys. 143 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: And the school had this program for where, for like 144 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: two bucks, you would fill out a piece of paper 145 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: and put your money in an envelope and then at 146 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: some point during the day somebody would show up in 147 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,679 Speaker 2: that person's classroom with a rose. 148 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: Right, they're doing that at my son's high school. I think, 149 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: oh my god. Okay, so first of the flower Graham. 150 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: They're calling it or Yandy Graham or something like that, 151 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: the Flower Gram. I was the only girl out of 152 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: our girl group. I didn't get a rose at all. 153 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: I was mortified, embarrassed, and it was. 154 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: Just like, why why did that happen? Right? 155 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 2: You know, ah, just bringing up bad feelings guys. 156 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I got quite a story about that. I'll 157 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: tell later later this hour. So we got clips of 158 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: the week coming up a little later. Let's start the 159 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: show officially because I got another newsy thing to jam in. 160 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: I'm Jack Armstrong. Joe Getty's taking the day off because 161 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: he had his big birthday a couple of days ago, 162 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: and all his kids are in town and he's celebrating 163 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: a birthday with a four day weekend. I am Jack Armstrong, 164 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: and it is Friday, the Day of Love, February fourteenth, 165 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: the year twenty twenty five. We are i'mstrong. You getting 166 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: we approve of this program. We'll start the show. When 167 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: should we start it? How about it? Mark Hey? Foo. 168 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,359 Speaker 1: This is mister T and I want to wish everybody 169 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: a happy Valentine Day. 170 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 2: From one sweetheart to another, sweetheart, love you, love your bait. 171 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: Wow, We've been using that clip for a very long time. 172 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: That's mister T, star of the eighties. Some of the 173 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: news that happened overnight that I want to get to 174 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 1: all the layoffs, will get into some of the departments 175 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: and places around the country where they're laying people off, 176 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: and maybe agree with that, maybe you don't. What's going 177 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: on with Eric Adams, the mayor of New York is 178 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: quite the story. They dropped the charges against him. I 179 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: think he's absolutely a crook, but he has decided man 180 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: getting the illegals out of New York's the most important 181 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: thing ever, so MAGA world is jumping on supporting him, 182 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: even though he's a crook. The most interesting thing is 183 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: the senior person in the Justice department there in New 184 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: York resigned in protest yesterday. She said, I'm quitting. If 185 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: we're dropping charges against this criminal with a solid evidence 186 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: we have, I'm out. And she wrote a scathing letter 187 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: that we can get into a little bit later. And 188 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: she had four underlings that went with her. And so 189 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: you're probably thinking, well, this is some sort of New 190 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: York lefty or whatever. She is a Federal Society card 191 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: carrying member. She clerked for antonin Scalia. She is as 192 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: conservative as you can get, and conservative means the law 193 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: is the law, and you know, you buy the ticket, 194 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: you take the ride on breaking the law. And she 195 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: does not like this. She believes, well, she didn't specifically 196 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: say this, but the belief among many is the Trump 197 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: White House, through the Justice Department, made it relatively clear. 198 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: If not, you know, you don't have to state it 199 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: out loud for a quid pro quoil, made it clear 200 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: that hey, we'll find a way to drop these charges 201 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: against you, Eric Adams, if you get full on board 202 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: with the whole boot and the illegals out of New York, 203 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: which I'm all for booting the illegals out of New York. 204 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 1: You can't let him get away of being a criminal. 205 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: So we got a lot more on that coming up. 206 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: I mean, the fact that this very conservative attorney resigned 207 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: yesterday in protest, I think should mean something. We'll see, 208 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: we'll see how it gets portrayed politically, because there's the 209 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: legal aspect and there's political aspect on all these stories. Obviously, 210 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: got a lot of good stuff to get to today. 211 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: Clips of the week on the way in just a 212 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: few Uh, here's our text line four one, five, two 213 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: nine five k ftc oh wow, keep it going CNN 214 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: of yacht rock, Valentine's Day songs that would be perfect today. 215 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: Lou rawls huh with love that's tender as that voice 216 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: is a panty dropper as they say. That's just people say, 217 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: I'm like sitting here loving this song. Jacket at dropper, 218 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: of course, is that I've heard people use that term 219 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: and I did to appreciate it. Oh uh, you're back 220 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: on TikTok. I guess everybody, Huh, Apple Store and the 221 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: Google store. You can get the TikTok app again. I 222 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: haven't looked into why that happened or whatever. Yeah, you 223 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 1: can get TikTok again. 224 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 2: So Pam Bondy told them that there won't be a 225 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 2: penalty if they put it back in the stores, so 226 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 2: they went with it. 227 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: So the band's over or all right? Well, more on 228 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: that later, but first we need to do this. We 229 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: do it every Friday. It's we call it cow. It's 230 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: an acronym for a fond look back clips of the 231 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 1: week here. I don't want to be here every week. 232 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: Let's sound crazy for a week. In just the last month, 233 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: more than twenty million birds have been impacted by bird fluid. 234 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: This is one of the most severe flu seasons. 235 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 4: In the United States in the last fifteen years. 236 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 3: Two suspects loading one hundreds of dollars worth of eggs 237 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 3: and other breakfast foods and white. 238 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 5: Fan President Donald Trump's pledging to enforce the existing twenty 239 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 5: five percent tariff on all steel imported into the US. 240 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania teacher Mark Foegel is all smiles. He says he 241 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: is thrilled to be back on US soil. I feel 242 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: like the luckiest man on earth right now. 243 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 5: President Trump saying that if a moss doesn't release those 244 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 5: remaining hostages, then he thinks that ceasefire deal should be canceled. 245 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: Let hell break out. I don't want to spend an 246 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 1: hour applying glitter on my face so that you will 247 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:34,599 Speaker 1: hear and see me. 248 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 3: For a best in show, I choose the giant chnellsy. 249 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 5: Mark, who has used the unfortunate nickname big Balls. 250 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: Big Balls. Here, which done? Are you? On the world's 251 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: richest and unelected man. We do need to delete entire agency. 252 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: It is an attempt to take the funding and take 253 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: the right away from each and every child. You're rider 254 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: with the Union or a scavvy musk plod hound. 255 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 3: He doesn't need this, and you know he's abused by 256 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 3: you people every day. 257 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, and. 258 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 5: We don't live in a democracy if we live in 259 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 5: a bureaucracy. 260 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: He wants too bow to him, but we want him 261 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: in jail. 262 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 2: The United States does not believe that NATO membership for 263 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 2: Ukraine is a realistic outcome. You Ukraine is an equal 264 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 2: member of this peace process. 265 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: It's an interesting question. The you don't up on the 266 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: homes turnovers. Google's thought put six looks Cooper ka chuon 267 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: the latest Eagles team in modern history. Eagles fans safer 268 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: and choice, fantastic Cow Hanson. Hanson puts cow together at 269 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: h at great Laborers laborist paints Joe's going to join 270 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: the show just in a few minutes when we come back. 271 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: But how about text line inst mail bag. We got 272 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: a bunch of texts on different topics that we brought 273 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: up already. My neighbor got laid off a year ago, 274 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: along with ten thousand others from one software company. We 275 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: all remember last year when Intel Facebook they started laying 276 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: off people by the thousands. Yeah, I know government workers 277 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: are getting the letter today that they they're fired. But 278 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: it happens to people, It happens. It just happened to everybody. 279 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: Happy Valentine's Day to Katie from another girl who didn't 280 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: get a rose carnation or kansa gramm at school. Thank you. 281 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: We got the text that schools that do do it now. 282 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: When my kids were younger in grade school, they did, 283 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: but it was mandatory. You had to get one for everybody, 284 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: and you weren't allowed to put your name on it 285 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: or something. So then we went so far the other 286 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: direction that they were meaningless. So it was just complete. 287 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: It was a meaningless like task you had to do. 288 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: It was basically just filling out a list of names, 289 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: and nobody got any feeling out of it whatsoever. So 290 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that's the right answer either. The right 291 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: answer is to just stop it and Valentine's stop it. 292 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: Twenty five years in restaurants, writes this Texter. Mother's Day 293 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: in Valentine's Day are humongous moneymakers beyond belief customers will 294 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: put up with anything and pay superinflated prices ten twenty 295 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: dollars more pro ententree, endless weights, and people will just 296 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: put up with it. I won't, but enough people will 297 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 1: that on Valentine's Day and Mother's Day? Can the restaurants 298 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: just print money? So there you go, and I hope 299 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: you have a good time tonight. If you got the 300 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: eat Man Friday night and Valentine's Day. Whoo, my son's 301 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: got a Valentine's Day dance at the high school tonight 302 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 1: and I talk about that later. Joe joins the show. 303 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: Other news of the day on the way. If you 304 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on 305 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: demand Armstrong and Getty. 306 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 3: And how about an amazing moment caught on camera when 307 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 3: a kayaker off the coast of Chile gets swallowed by 308 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 3: a humpback whale. Adrian Simancas admitted later that he thought 309 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 3: he was a dead man, quoting I thought it had 310 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 3: eaten me, that it had swallowed me. Moments after the 311 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 3: whales surfaced, it began to dive deeper, and that's when 312 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 3: Simancas and his fellow kayak or his yellow kayak somehow 313 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 3: got free from the clutches of the whales jaws and 314 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 3: resurfaced grateful as you might imagine to be a If. 315 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: You haven't seen that video, it is amazing. This giant 316 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 1: whale like its CGI comes out on the ocean and 317 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: swallows this guy in his kayak and then somehow it 318 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: like I don't know, it's like a hair ball in 319 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: his throat and the whale kind of coughs it out 320 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: and he's out and the whale goes off. But it's 321 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: just holy crap. Yeah, you'd think you were dead anyway. 322 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Armstrong and Geddy Show. It's just me today. 323 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: It's funny. We got a text yesterday with somebody saying, 324 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 1: if you have trouble telling the difference between Jack and Joe, 325 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 1: Jack's the dumb one. Oh geez. But joining the Armstrong 326 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: in Getty Show today is Joe Getty. You can be 327 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: heard nationwide on a radio station near you on a 328 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: very popular podcast called Armstrong and Getty on Demand. Here's 329 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: Joe Getty. Joe yo, yo. You know what I always say. 330 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: You hate to get swallowed by a whale, especially the 331 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: day before Valentine's Day. Uh yeah, yeah, I'm I'm I 332 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: just got home. 333 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 4: I was behind. I'm sure I was gonna be home 334 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 4: five minutes ago. Got behind guy who does twenty two 335 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 4: miles per hour in a thirty zone like all the 336 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 4: way through the hood. 337 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: And also I ran. That's why. That's why I carry 338 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,479 Speaker 1: a ball, a bag of ball bearings in my car 339 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: so I can throw those at the windshield. I've always 340 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: been a Q ball guy. You're gonna drive too slow, 341 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,919 Speaker 1: You're gonna have dents in your car. That's the way 342 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: I look at it. Joe is not here today because 343 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: he had dipped himself in red paint for Valentine's Day 344 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: and is having an allergic reaction. But yeah, it sealed up. 345 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 4: All my pores and went toxic. 346 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: Some antibiotics will take care of that. Let me hit 347 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: you with the news story of the day, because I 348 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: haven't mentioned it yet and I can't believe it's not 349 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: getting more attention than it is. Interview with The Wall 350 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: Street Journal out today, JD. Vance says that the US 351 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 1: if Russia does not agree to a cease fire deal 352 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: with Ukraine, the US will hit Moscow with sanctions and 353 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: potential military action, and Vance specifically asked if the option 354 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: of sending US troops to Ukraine if Moscow failed to negotiate, 355 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: and good faith absolutely on the table. 356 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 4: Right, yeah, he said, he refuses to take anything off 357 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 4: the table. Why would he seems like a big deal. Well, yeah, 358 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 4: it's a big deal in and of itself, although I 359 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 4: doubt very seriously that that would happen. Why It also 360 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 4: suggests rather strongly that Secretary of Defense Hegseth went off 361 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 4: the reservation the other day making statements specifically saying Ukraine's 362 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 4: not getting their territory back. We're not going to back militarily. 363 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 4: It's up to the Euros if they want to, but 364 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 4: we're not in you know. That was I'm not sure 365 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 4: what happened there. This interview is just out today. 366 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: I haven't really had a chance to go through social 367 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: media or whatever and see how MAGA is reacting to 368 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,239 Speaker 1: the MAGA president, who is super non intervention get out 369 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: of all the wars guy saying no, no, no, no, 370 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: war will continue and we'll support it and we might 371 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: even put troops on the ground. So I don't know 372 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 1: if everybody's just reacting with no, we won't or what. 373 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 4: Right, Well, then heag Seth quote unquote clarified his comments yesterday. 374 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,360 Speaker 4: Tell all reporters that quote what concessions will be made 375 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 4: or what concessions will not be made will be up 376 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 4: to the president. Okay, all right, but you just made 377 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 4: a few so interesting to see how that dynamic unfolds. 378 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:15,479 Speaker 1: If Biden had said that, or idiot Kamala Harris, people's 379 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: heads would be exploding. Oh yeah, but partially because you 380 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: might believe that they would actually do that. I like 381 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: I said, I don't know if anybody believes we would 382 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: put US troops on the ground in Ukraine. So I 383 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: don't know if it's a threat politically or a threat 384 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: to putin putin for I think it none. 385 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 4: You won't, right, So actually it's funny. That's the one 386 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 4: thing I wanted to talk about jumping on briefly today. 387 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 4: And I will charge all of our corporate partners for 388 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 4: a full dayste work. 389 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: So that's what you're doing. You're like if a kid 390 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: goes to school for I think three hours, it's counted 391 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: as a day, so you get your federal funding. That's 392 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: what you're doing. You're coming on the show just long 393 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: enough to be counted as a day at work. Well, 394 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: I've prepared for five hours to make this brief appearance. 395 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: If he's on the air for fifteen minutes, it's like 396 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: lawyer too. You talk to a lawyer for a certain 397 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: amount of time, it's a full quarter hour. 398 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 4: That's right, that's right. You should have read the fine print. 399 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 4: But so several things that Vance said have made news. 400 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 4: And then there's a preview out of his speech that 401 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 4: he's going to give in front of the big European 402 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 4: Leadership Group or whatever they call it, and some of 403 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 4: the particulars are super interesting. But I found myself thinking, 404 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 4: when was the last time we got a preview of 405 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 4: the remarks Vice President Harris was going to make. I mean, 406 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 4: what would they say, She's going to prattle on like 407 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 4: a psychosis patient, you know, on a tequila binge. Nobody 408 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 4: cared what she said ever, But anyway, I loved what 409 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 4: he said about Europe because I've been kind of hot 410 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 4: on this lately. Europe, how they're really cutting down on 411 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 4: free speech. They're hardcore. We're going to get rid of 412 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 4: misinformation and disinformation and any speech that would offend any 413 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 4: ethnic or religious group. And the Russians are interfering with 414 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 4: our elections too much, and Advance said a couple of 415 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 4: things that I thought were great. He said, if your 416 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 4: democratic society can be taken down by two hundred grand 417 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 4: worth of social media ads, then you should seriously think 418 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 4: about how strong your grip is, or how strong your 419 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 4: understanding of the will of the people actually is a 420 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 4: great point, and then he went hardcore about the rampant 421 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 4: immigration in Europe and how here's a quote keeping far 422 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 4: right party. This is not a quote keeping far right 423 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 4: parties that campaign against migration out of government coalitions is 424 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: curtailing the will of the people who've repeatedly. 425 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: Been asking for more border control. 426 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 4: He said, quote, I think, unfortunately, the will of voters 427 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 4: is being ignored by a lot of our European friends, 428 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 4: which is exactly what I've been going on about. If 429 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 4: you ignore the masses of the people, you as like 430 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 4: a mainstream political party and say that's impolite. 431 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: We don't want to say that. 432 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 4: The people who say that it be they far right, 433 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 4: the AfD party in Germany or whatever, they are going 434 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 4: to get power and juice. And if you don't want that, 435 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 4: be honest. And then it clicked in my head as 436 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 4: I was eating my delicious biscuits. 437 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: And gravy that biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Oh hell yeah, 438 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: fried chicken, Oh wow, decided to have a light breakfast 439 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: before you start the day. Oh yeah, just little morsel. 440 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: Does you know, take the pangs away anyway? Uh, It 441 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: occurred to me this is just like the story of 442 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: Trump and the magat crowd resting the control of the 443 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: Republican Party away from the old mainstreamers, you know, for 444 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: better or worse, because they ignored what so much of America, 445 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: particularly working class in Middle America, was bellowing. Hey, globalism 446 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: isn't working for us. It's hurting us. 447 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 4: All we're getting is false promises from you and judgment 448 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 4: and ugliness from the left. So so we're not buying 449 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 4: what you're selling anymore. And Trump came along and he said, no, 450 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 4: I hear you loud and clear. You're right, and goodbye 451 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 4: control of the Republican Party. It's going to be just 452 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 4: like that in Europe if they don't quickly start listening 453 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 4: to their people about immigration. 454 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: Well, what's what's the German guy's name, Schultz? Well, Merits, 455 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: it's actually the way I darn it is. The damn 456 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: bird floop I sneezed and I felt like I heard 457 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: a bird like sound come out. That's weird. Schul Meritz. 458 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: Fred A listener pointed this out. 459 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 4: It's Friedrich Mertz, which is for fans of classic TV, 460 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 4: Fred Mertz from The Honeymooners. 461 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: But anyway, the guy that runs Germany yesterday, so somebody 462 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: in Germany, if you didn't hear the story, rammed a 463 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: car into a bunch of people and hurt a whole 464 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: bunch of people. And he's from Afghanistan and seeking asylum, 465 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: and everybody's seeing it as a you know, a ge 466 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: haughty terrorist attack sort of thing. At least an initial reports. 467 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: A guy still alive. He used a Mini Cooper. You know, 468 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm glad it was a little car. Probably be dead 469 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: people if it had been a big truck like happened 470 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 1: down in New Orleans. Yeah, that struck me for sure. 471 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: If you're gonna ram a giant crowd trying to hurt people, 472 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 1: the mini Coopers the odd choice Europe, you can't find big, 473 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: no good and trunks. Good point, But the quotes out 474 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: of various politicians about it was way different than at 475 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: least we've done the last twenty years, where we say things, well, 476 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: the one thing with the biggest fear I have is 477 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: a backlash against Muslims. Remember that after one of our 478 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: horrifying terrorist attacks. Why, I believe that was out of 479 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: our Secretary of Defense at the time, but there was 480 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: no that kind of talk out of high level public 481 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: officials in Germany. Yesterday was we have a serious problem 482 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 1: with Muslim Jihattis and we will root them out and 483 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: they pay the highest price. And I thought, wow, they 484 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: they are way further toward dealing with this than than 485 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: we have them. 486 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, for all of Germany's false there kind of into 487 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 4: being German, and you know, it's Britain is ashamed of 488 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 4: its history, and there Brits. Many Brits are ashamed of 489 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 4: being Brits and are gladly giving their way, their country, 490 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 4: and their culture way to foreign invaders out of some 491 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 4: weird misplaced guilt. 492 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: But I don't think the Germans are going to put 493 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: up with that. 494 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 4: And they're famously very very polite people until they're you know, 495 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 4: invading Poland, and so I think it took a lot 496 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 4: to get them to say, hey, we don't like this, 497 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 4: In fact, we hate it, and we're going to do 498 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 4: something about it. But that that worm has one hundred 499 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 4: percent turned and the next you know, three, four, five, ten, 500 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 4: twenty years are going to be crazy interesting to watch. 501 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: So I had teas Day Funny at tragic Valentine's Day 502 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: story that I'm going to tell I will get to 503 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: an hour or two. At some point I can give 504 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: you a preview while you're here, just a bit of it. 505 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 1: It's it's grade school, it's fourth grade, and it's old 506 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: school fourth grade Valentine's Day, like we were talking about 507 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: with Katie earlier, which had its positives and negatives. They've 508 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: they've they've so watered it down in the modern schools. 509 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: You don't have the really hurt feelings of the little 510 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: boy or little girl gets left out. But you also 511 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: don't have any of the good feeling of anybody expressing 512 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: any you know, feelings of a crush or something like 513 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: that that could be pretty powerful too, like emotional socialism. Yeah, 514 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: they just watered it down. Every bringing a Valentine for everybody, nobody, 515 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: no names, just hand them all up, so everybody gets 516 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: exactly the same thing from everybody, and it's got no 517 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: personality whatsoever. So it's just it's just a homework assignment. 518 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: It's like a busy work, homework assignment, so checking a box. 519 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: It's very sophiet. But but Valentine's Day, at least the 520 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: schools I went to as a kid was very emotional. 521 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: Lord of the Flies, I mean, Maki, that was rough. 522 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: You got an example, tell the story or two, like 523 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: I said, because I know this person and they are 524 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: horrified to this day. They say, if there's one thing 525 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: in their life that they could go back and change, 526 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: it would be this. The way they treated the overtures 527 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 1: from this little fourth grade boy that they believe and 528 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: the kid cried all day in class. Oh lord, can 529 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: you imagine. I mean, if you're you wouldn't cry in 530 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: fourth grade as a boy in front of everybody unless 531 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: you were really upset, because it'd be horribly embarrassing. Yeah, 532 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: he went on to a life of crime and prison, 533 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: and she believes it's all because of this, and it's 534 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: always believed. Probably so almost certainly. Yes, that is so awful. 535 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: That is so awful. 536 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 4: Oh if she won't have me, then society can't have me. 537 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 4: I'm turning to the dark side. I get age nine 538 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 4: or whatever you are in fourth grade ten. 539 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: I've got whatever word weird personality, type where I get like, 540 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: I'm bothered if other people are upset, Like if I 541 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: go to a party, which I haven't done in many, 542 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: many years, But if I'm at a party and there's 543 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: somebody alone in the corner, I have to go talk 544 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: to them. I can't. It's even if it's not my party. 545 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: I can't stand the idea of somebody being over there 546 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: like not having fun. I feel like it's my responsibility, 547 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: which is weird. But I never had any tragic Valentine's 548 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: Day stories, but I saw them for other people, and 549 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: I'm bothered by those. I remember the girls that for 550 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: whatever reason, were not popular, that wouldn't get any Valentines. 551 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: And we would make these like male boxes for our 552 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: desk and everybody to go around and put the Valentine's in, 553 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: and the super popular girl hers would be overflowing out 554 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: of the box ondoor desk, and then some of the quiet, 555 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: shy or whatever, not popular girls would get nothing. And 556 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: I would look at them and just think, this is 557 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: the worst thing I've ever seen. This is so heartbreaking, horrible. Yeah, 558 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: oh my god, why why did we do it? 559 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 2: Was? 560 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: You know, it was funny. 561 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 4: I was talking to my son last night about a 562 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 4: couple of different cultural norms and how growing up being 563 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 4: raised by and among to some extent, depression survivors and 564 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 4: people who had lived through World War Two and seen 565 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,959 Speaker 4: half a million million, half a million men not come 566 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 4: back and the wounded and blah blah blah. It's a 567 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 4: It was a very different culture because it had to be. 568 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 4: It wasn't just being a holes or bigots or whatever. 569 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 4: When you're under threat, you behave in ways that are 570 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 4: different than when you're perfectly comfortable, and every generation is 571 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 4: kind of a softened echo of what came before it. 572 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not sure we should have let candy and 573 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: card companies force our schools into the emotional lord of 574 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: the flies that we did for quite a few decades. 575 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: Amen to that. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. Well you were 576 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: here long enough you don't have to count today as 577 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: a vacation day. Excellent, So that is good news for you. Excellent. 578 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,719 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start drinking on the job. Technically, we got 579 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: Katie's headlines on the way stay here, digging the yacht Rock, 580 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: Valentine's Day music Today, Michael good Stuff and the Beauty. 581 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 4: Tink Electric piano means only one thing, Love, Love, and 582 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 4: or sex or both. 583 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: Yes, lovely sex, sexy love. Joe's sticking around and then 584 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: he's taking off because he always takes Valentine's Day off 585 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: because it's the most important day of the year. Yeah, 586 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: not so much. I suppose we ought to jump right in. 587 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: Who's reporting what it's the lead story with Katie Green. Well, 588 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: we'll start with this one. It's at the top of 589 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: all the websites today. From NBC. 590 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 2: Trump administration tells federal agencies to fire probationary employees. 591 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, Joe, you weren't here earlier, But I was talking 592 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: about a somebody I know who was a meeting last night. 593 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,479 Speaker 1: Their boss very upset that they had to lay off 594 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: six people, and he was just horrified that saying, these 595 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: people that moved here for this job, and now I'm 596 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: laying them off. It's rough. It sucks for them. It 597 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: does suck, but it happens all the freaking times. 598 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 2: From Breybart dot com, HHS squandered more than twenty two 599 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 2: billion dollars on migrants for vehicles, home loans, and startups. 600 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: Good lord. With the budget as big as it is, 601 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: HHS's budget is bigger than the Pentagon's budget. They're not 602 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: surprising that that much gets wasted. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. 603 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: Who voted for that? Who would vote for that? When 604 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: did Congress say that was a good idea? Holy crap? 605 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: From the New York Post. 606 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 2: New York City Mayor Adams vows to reopen ice office 607 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 2: at Rikers Island following meeting with Trump and borders. 608 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: Are Tom Homan boy interesting side by side today? So 609 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: on CNN and MSNBC, they're talking about a serious constitutional 610 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: crisis that the president had his Justice Department dropped the charges, 611 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: find a way to lean on and drop the charges 612 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,520 Speaker 1: against Eric Adams if he would play ball on immigration. 613 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: On Fox, they got Eric Adams sitting on the couch 614 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,320 Speaker 1: and they're all yucking it up and laughing about what 615 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: about what you got planned for Valentine's Day? Wow? 616 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 2: Wow? 617 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: And I don't know if you've heard this, because I 618 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: know you're busy with your birthday week and everything like that. 619 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: But that woman, that lead attorney who resigned yesterday in protest, 620 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 1: she's a Federal Society member, she clerked frant and Scalia. 621 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 1: She's as conservative as you can get. She is not 622 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: a progressive liberal person. There are aspects of this story 623 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: that are very, very troubling. Yeah, that's true. From Forbes. 624 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 2: Elon Musk's X paying ten million dollars to settle Twitter 625 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,439 Speaker 2: era Trump lawsuit alleging citizen censorship. 626 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: When you said X, I thought you meant like ex 627 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:56,800 Speaker 1: wife you met Twitter? 628 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, ok, okay, I know That's why I call Twitter 629 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 2: h right. From Newsweek. Woman who was missing for six 630 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 2: months found giving birth on New York subway. 631 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,320 Speaker 1: I saw the video of that. Yeah, you family couldn't 632 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: find her, saw her on TikTok. 633 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,320 Speaker 2: And finally, the Babylon b RFK Junior sworn in on 634 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 2: a raw thirty two ounce rabbielike. 635 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: He is so tan? Does he does he use a 636 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 1: tanning bed? Or does he do the spray? It looks 637 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,400 Speaker 1: like the spray? Do you think it's a spray? I 638 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: think so. He's so dark. He must have thought, well, 639 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 1: I'm about to be sworn in as a secretary. I 640 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: better get good in tan what we've got more on 641 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:38,760 Speaker 1: the way. If you miss a segment, get the podcast 642 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 1: Armstrong and Getty on demand. 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