1 00:00:11,657 --> 00:00:14,937 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Buck Sexton Shoe podcast, make sure 2 00:00:14,937 --> 00:00:17,937 Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app or 3 00:00:17,977 --> 00:00:23,217 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. The CEOs of ten US 4 00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:26,857 Speaker 1: based airlines are urging President Biden to end the testing 5 00:00:26,977 --> 00:00:31,857 Speaker 1: and mask mandate requirements currently on all planes. The call 6 00:00:31,977 --> 00:00:34,417 Speaker 1: comes less than two weeks after the government once again 7 00:00:34,537 --> 00:00:37,497 Speaker 1: extend to the mandates, which have caused a significant impact 8 00:00:37,497 --> 00:00:40,457 Speaker 1: on the travel business. So will the Biden administration relent 9 00:00:40,697 --> 00:00:45,097 Speaker 1: or will they keep ignoring actual science and data passes 10 00:00:45,137 --> 00:00:48,817 Speaker 1: any indication. Don't throw that mask quite yet, friends, It's 11 00:00:48,857 --> 00:00:57,897 Speaker 1: time for hold the line. Welcome to hold on. I'm 12 00:00:57,897 --> 00:01:02,537 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton. Everybody knows that mask mandates on planes are idiocy, 13 00:01:03,017 --> 00:01:08,017 Speaker 1: and yet the Biden administration has continued to push them. Now, 14 00:01:08,057 --> 00:01:12,057 Speaker 1: let's just establish it's stupid on two levels. And this 15 00:01:12,137 --> 00:01:15,177 Speaker 1: is very important to know because it's always been stupid 16 00:01:15,177 --> 00:01:18,697 Speaker 1: on these levels. It's not actually a masking policy. A 17 00:01:18,817 --> 00:01:22,137 Speaker 1: masking policy would be you have to maintain your mask 18 00:01:22,257 --> 00:01:25,737 Speaker 1: in a sealed fashion, if possible, on your face the 19 00:01:25,777 --> 00:01:27,657 Speaker 1: whole time you're on the flight. But that's not what 20 00:01:27,737 --> 00:01:29,777 Speaker 1: we have. In fact, when you get on a plane 21 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:32,017 Speaker 1: is I have many many times during the pandemic. What 22 00:01:32,137 --> 00:01:35,297 Speaker 1: they say over the PA system to you, what the 23 00:01:35,537 --> 00:01:39,017 Speaker 1: airline attendants say is you must mask up when not 24 00:01:39,137 --> 00:01:42,657 Speaker 1: actively eating or drinking. So what this actually is is 25 00:01:42,697 --> 00:01:47,457 Speaker 1: a mask up between bites and SIPs policy for which 26 00:01:47,497 --> 00:01:51,577 Speaker 1: there is no scientific argument whatsoever that anyone could ever make. 27 00:01:51,697 --> 00:01:54,737 Speaker 1: You're sitting there breathing for an indetermined amount of time 28 00:01:54,737 --> 00:01:56,977 Speaker 1: with no mask on, then you're going to mask up 29 00:01:57,017 --> 00:02:00,017 Speaker 1: once you're infected. You're infected. But put that aside, although 30 00:02:00,057 --> 00:02:02,897 Speaker 1: it does show you how utterly moronic this is. It 31 00:02:02,937 --> 00:02:06,257 Speaker 1: has always been idiotic. The fact that Fauci doesn't admit 32 00:02:06,297 --> 00:02:08,497 Speaker 1: it's idiotic to shows you what a little fraud he 33 00:02:08,857 --> 00:02:10,657 Speaker 1: and Will Lens Get the CD see and the rest 34 00:02:10,657 --> 00:02:15,097 Speaker 1: of them all are. But then there's also the realities 35 00:02:15,177 --> 00:02:18,977 Speaker 1: of the air filtration system on an airplane. Airplanes have 36 00:02:19,337 --> 00:02:23,577 Speaker 1: HEPA filters. They have filtration systems that very rapidly, very 37 00:02:23,617 --> 00:02:27,377 Speaker 1: frequently change out the air on the plane such that 38 00:02:27,457 --> 00:02:32,697 Speaker 1: it will remove particulate matter from the air, including viruses. 39 00:02:32,937 --> 00:02:36,697 Speaker 1: That's actually how many microns down the filtration system on 40 00:02:36,697 --> 00:02:38,737 Speaker 1: a plane won't go. So the good news is you're 41 00:02:38,737 --> 00:02:42,217 Speaker 1: actually breathing fresh, clean air on a regular basis on 42 00:02:42,257 --> 00:02:46,777 Speaker 1: a plane because of the systems that they have. Planes therefore, 43 00:02:47,217 --> 00:02:51,377 Speaker 1: in a plane environment, are safer from a respiratory virus 44 00:02:51,457 --> 00:02:57,337 Speaker 1: perspective than bars, restaurants, offices, home environments, hospitals, you name it. 45 00:02:58,017 --> 00:03:01,857 Speaker 1: But we still have mass mandates really only enforced by 46 00:03:01,857 --> 00:03:05,057 Speaker 1: the crazy libs on planes, and also until recently for 47 00:03:05,097 --> 00:03:07,057 Speaker 1: four and five year olds and schools and places like 48 00:03:07,097 --> 00:03:10,737 Speaker 1: New York. Well's, because the libs are insane, airline CEOs 49 00:03:10,737 --> 00:03:12,737 Speaker 1: are finally calling for an end of the mandates. They 50 00:03:12,777 --> 00:03:15,377 Speaker 1: wrote in this open letter, or rather this letter to Biden. 51 00:03:15,817 --> 00:03:19,577 Speaker 1: Now is the time for the Administration to sunset federal 52 00:03:19,577 --> 00:03:24,177 Speaker 1: transportation travel restrictions, including the international predeparture testing requirement and 53 00:03:24,217 --> 00:03:27,017 Speaker 1: the federal mask mandate, that are no longer aligned with 54 00:03:27,017 --> 00:03:34,497 Speaker 1: the realities of the current epidemiological context, epideological environment. Rather, Okay, 55 00:03:35,377 --> 00:03:39,777 Speaker 1: they're making the argument here that because things have changed, 56 00:03:39,777 --> 00:03:44,657 Speaker 1: the viruses way down in terms of cases and hospitalizations, 57 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:47,777 Speaker 1: now we can let it go. I actually think that 58 00:03:47,777 --> 00:03:50,857 Speaker 1: that argument is not the primary argument here at all. 59 00:03:51,737 --> 00:03:54,657 Speaker 1: This was Opie's always a stupid policy, should never have 60 00:03:54,737 --> 00:03:58,097 Speaker 1: been instituted. It was a reckless, idiotic move for this 61 00:03:58,177 --> 00:04:01,337 Speaker 1: to be done for as long as it was. And 62 00:04:01,657 --> 00:04:03,777 Speaker 1: what you really have actually is that on the airlines 63 00:04:04,697 --> 00:04:09,977 Speaker 1: last year alone, they had over six thousand unruly passenger incident. 64 00:04:10,297 --> 00:04:13,657 Speaker 1: Seventy percent of those incidents involved mask issues seventy percent plus. 65 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:17,417 Speaker 1: So it's mostly people on planes freaking out who are 66 00:04:17,457 --> 00:04:21,457 Speaker 1: angry about masks and not complying with the truly idiotic 67 00:04:21,577 --> 00:04:24,577 Speaker 1: mask rules on planes in the first place. So I 68 00:04:24,617 --> 00:04:28,537 Speaker 1: think the airlines have realized their staff doesn't really want 69 00:04:28,537 --> 00:04:31,337 Speaker 1: to do this unless they're little, little petty tyrants, which 70 00:04:31,337 --> 00:04:34,977 Speaker 1: they're some of those in airline attendant uniforms. But they 71 00:04:35,057 --> 00:04:38,697 Speaker 1: realize that this makes everybody uncomfortable. It doesn't make anybody safer. 72 00:04:39,137 --> 00:04:41,617 Speaker 1: In fact, it just raises the anxiety level for everybody 73 00:04:41,617 --> 00:04:44,817 Speaker 1: on the plane. It is truly it is COVID theater. 74 00:04:45,177 --> 00:04:48,137 Speaker 1: It's pointless. It's worse than pointless because it's actually harmful. 75 00:04:48,337 --> 00:04:52,937 Speaker 1: It makes people anxious and uncomfortable. It's a disastrous policy, 76 00:04:53,017 --> 00:04:57,377 Speaker 1: a moronic, disastrous policy. It should be abandoned yesterday. It 77 00:04:57,377 --> 00:04:59,777 Speaker 1: should be gone. It should have never even happened. The 78 00:04:59,817 --> 00:05:02,537 Speaker 1: fact that Biden administration extended little Mayor Pete doesn't know 79 00:05:02,537 --> 00:05:04,257 Speaker 1: a damn thing about anything anyone. It's like, yeah, we're 80 00:05:04,257 --> 00:05:07,697 Speaker 1: gonna listen to signs bullcrap. Get rid of the mask 81 00:05:07,777 --> 00:05:11,817 Speaker 1: mandate on planes everywhere, total failure. But they don't want 82 00:05:11,817 --> 00:05:13,377 Speaker 1: to admit that they're not as smart as they think 83 00:05:13,417 --> 00:05:17,097 Speaker 1: they are. And then there's the vaccine mandate that persists 84 00:05:17,297 --> 00:05:20,417 Speaker 1: kind of in New York City, but not if you're 85 00:05:20,417 --> 00:05:23,137 Speaker 1: really fancy, important and rich, if you're a pro athlete 86 00:05:23,217 --> 00:05:26,137 Speaker 1: or a performer. Here's New York City Mayor Eric Adams 87 00:05:26,177 --> 00:05:29,977 Speaker 1: announcing that there is now a mandate exemption for pro 88 00:05:30,057 --> 00:05:33,297 Speaker 1: athletes and performers in New York. Watch today I signed 89 00:05:33,337 --> 00:05:38,217 Speaker 1: emergency Executive Order sixty two expanding the performance exemption to 90 00:05:38,417 --> 00:05:43,137 Speaker 1: private employer mandates. This is about putting New York City 91 00:05:43,137 --> 00:05:48,537 Speaker 1: based performance on a level playing field. Day one, when 92 00:05:48,577 --> 00:05:51,257 Speaker 1: I was mayor, I looked at the rule that stated 93 00:05:51,897 --> 00:05:59,537 Speaker 1: hometown players had an unfair disadvantage for those who were 94 00:05:59,577 --> 00:06:03,577 Speaker 1: coming to visit, and immediately I felt we needed to 95 00:06:03,617 --> 00:06:07,057 Speaker 1: look at that. But my medical professionals say, Eric, we 96 00:06:07,137 --> 00:06:10,177 Speaker 1: had a different place. We have to wait until we 97 00:06:10,217 --> 00:06:12,777 Speaker 1: had a place where we had a low area and 98 00:06:12,817 --> 00:06:17,857 Speaker 1: we could reexamine some of demandates we're here today. Look, 99 00:06:17,897 --> 00:06:19,537 Speaker 1: this is not about being in a different place. This 100 00:06:19,577 --> 00:06:22,657 Speaker 1: was always a stupid policy from a medical perspective. They 101 00:06:22,657 --> 00:06:26,217 Speaker 1: were allowing players from other teams and other states who 102 00:06:26,217 --> 00:06:30,017 Speaker 1: were unvaccinated to play on the same court in New York, 103 00:06:30,857 --> 00:06:33,257 Speaker 1: but they weren't allowing New York based players to do it. 104 00:06:33,257 --> 00:06:36,417 Speaker 1: It was so stupid, indefensible. These policies are indefensible. No 105 00:06:36,457 --> 00:06:40,617 Speaker 1: one could win an argument based in logic, reason, facts, 106 00:06:40,617 --> 00:06:43,777 Speaker 1: and data about these policies. That is how stupid they are. 107 00:06:44,257 --> 00:06:46,697 Speaker 1: But there's a problem here because while yeah, I'm glad 108 00:06:46,737 --> 00:06:49,017 Speaker 1: that Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets, for example, can 109 00:06:49,097 --> 00:06:51,657 Speaker 1: now play, and there are all these Mets and Yankees 110 00:06:51,697 --> 00:06:54,097 Speaker 1: players who are believed to be unvaccinated, it's not clear 111 00:06:54,137 --> 00:06:57,417 Speaker 1: how many and they'll be able to play. Everybody should 112 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:01,337 Speaker 1: be able to do their job now, irrespective of vaccination status. 113 00:07:01,577 --> 00:07:04,057 Speaker 1: This is the problem. There's now a two tiered system. 114 00:07:04,137 --> 00:07:07,817 Speaker 1: People recognize this is all very arbitrary. It is arbitrary 115 00:07:07,857 --> 00:07:11,937 Speaker 1: and capricious to borrow a legal term. And Mayor Adams 116 00:07:11,937 --> 00:07:14,097 Speaker 1: of New York City is trying to tell us, oh no, 117 00:07:14,097 --> 00:07:16,737 Speaker 1: don't worry We're not treating them differently because they're important 118 00:07:16,737 --> 00:07:19,017 Speaker 1: in their players and all the rest. But yeah, he 119 00:07:19,177 --> 00:07:24,617 Speaker 1: is watched. Currently, only non residents are exempt under this 120 00:07:24,737 --> 00:07:29,337 Speaker 1: executive audio. We expanded it to residents of New York City. 121 00:07:30,657 --> 00:07:36,217 Speaker 1: Unimaginable we would treat in our performance differently because they 122 00:07:36,337 --> 00:07:44,137 Speaker 1: lived and played for home teams. It's not acceptable. I mean, 123 00:07:44,337 --> 00:07:47,017 Speaker 1: he doesn't get it yet, folks, he doesn't get it. 124 00:07:47,577 --> 00:07:51,217 Speaker 1: The whole thing was unacceptable. All the vaccine mandates were unacceptable. 125 00:07:52,017 --> 00:07:54,537 Speaker 1: Weve more on this with the First TV's Rob Smith 126 00:07:54,577 --> 00:07:58,137 Speaker 1: and also the Biden administration calling out doctor Oz and 127 00:07:58,217 --> 00:08:02,657 Speaker 1: herschel Walker. We'll explain. First, let's talk about protecting your 128 00:08:02,657 --> 00:08:06,537 Speaker 1: most valuable asset. Hackers capitalize on all the uncertainty out 129 00:08:06,537 --> 00:08:09,057 Speaker 1: there right now, all the stuff being sent email, text 130 00:08:09,137 --> 00:08:12,457 Speaker 1: into you. 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People 148 00:08:59,337 --> 00:09:01,617 Speaker 1: like you and me are being canceled, our speech increasingly 149 00:09:01,657 --> 00:09:04,657 Speaker 1: censored by big tech and corporate media. Can't let that happen. 150 00:09:05,057 --> 00:09:07,737 Speaker 1: Time to fight back. Please stand with us and support 151 00:09:07,777 --> 00:09:09,657 Speaker 1: the first team. He be a part of our team. 152 00:09:09,697 --> 00:09:13,257 Speaker 1: Dedicate preserving the very essence of who we are free Americans. 153 00:09:15,377 --> 00:09:18,337 Speaker 1: Doctor Oz firing back at Joe Biden after the President 154 00:09:18,337 --> 00:09:22,177 Speaker 1: demanded he, along with herschel Walker, resigned from the Federal 155 00:09:22,217 --> 00:09:25,457 Speaker 1: Health Committee, to which they're both appointed by President Trump. 156 00:09:25,857 --> 00:09:30,297 Speaker 1: Here to react. The host of Rob Smith is problematic. 157 00:09:30,577 --> 00:09:33,897 Speaker 1: Rob Smith, Rob, good to see you. Good to see 158 00:09:33,897 --> 00:09:36,817 Speaker 1: you too, Buck. So what's going on here? Man doctor Oz. 159 00:09:36,857 --> 00:09:40,337 Speaker 1: I know he's running for Senate and obviously Herschel Walker 160 00:09:40,457 --> 00:09:45,457 Speaker 1: running for Senate Oz in Pennsylvania, mister Walker in Georgia. 161 00:09:45,537 --> 00:09:48,977 Speaker 1: But they're part of this federal health committee. I mean, 162 00:09:49,017 --> 00:09:50,817 Speaker 1: what's the big deal. Why is Joe Biden got to 163 00:09:50,857 --> 00:09:54,297 Speaker 1: go after them on this? Yeah? I really have no idea. 164 00:09:54,377 --> 00:09:55,897 Speaker 1: You know, both of these men are on the Council 165 00:09:56,017 --> 00:09:58,657 Speaker 1: of Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. I didn't know that these 166 00:09:58,657 --> 00:10:01,457 Speaker 1: were things that were to be politicized. And I'm thinking 167 00:10:01,457 --> 00:10:04,217 Speaker 1: bad to the Joe Biden, the verson of Joe Biden 168 00:10:04,217 --> 00:10:06,657 Speaker 1: that was running for president, when he talked about bringing 169 00:10:06,697 --> 00:10:08,737 Speaker 1: him the country together, and when he talked about being 170 00:10:09,017 --> 00:10:11,737 Speaker 1: the great unif iron, all of these different things. This 171 00:10:11,817 --> 00:10:15,537 Speaker 1: isn't very unifying at all. Regardless of what doctor Oz 172 00:10:15,617 --> 00:10:20,057 Speaker 1: is in Hershe Walker's politics are, what really is important 173 00:10:20,097 --> 00:10:23,177 Speaker 1: is the fact that doctor Doctor is a fitnessian, is 174 00:10:23,217 --> 00:10:26,337 Speaker 1: a nutrition expert, and a health expert. In Hershe Walker 175 00:10:26,497 --> 00:10:29,297 Speaker 1: is a legendary athlete. So I think that they would 176 00:10:29,297 --> 00:10:31,017 Speaker 1: both have a lot to bring to the table here, 177 00:10:31,217 --> 00:10:34,017 Speaker 1: and the fact that they are both being unceremoniously dumped 178 00:10:34,057 --> 00:10:36,937 Speaker 1: from this position by Biden, who, by the way, has 179 00:10:37,017 --> 00:10:39,897 Speaker 1: more important things to be concerned with. I would think 180 00:10:40,497 --> 00:10:44,137 Speaker 1: it is just very petty. It's explicitly political, and it 181 00:10:44,257 --> 00:10:47,937 Speaker 1: is very much the opposite of this sort of unifying 182 00:10:48,137 --> 00:10:51,697 Speaker 1: candidate that he ran as. Doctor Oz added to this, 183 00:10:51,737 --> 00:10:55,337 Speaker 1: if President Biden wants to politicize health, he'll have to 184 00:10:55,417 --> 00:10:58,537 Speaker 1: fire me. Let Americans see how truly petty and political 185 00:10:58,657 --> 00:11:02,017 Speaker 1: he is. I would think record high energy price is 186 00:11:02,017 --> 00:11:05,137 Speaker 1: a forty year high of inflation, and the tragedy with 187 00:11:05,257 --> 00:11:10,657 Speaker 1: Ukraine would be a more important priority, doctor Oz. You know, 188 00:11:10,937 --> 00:11:16,017 Speaker 1: throwing the stethoscope down, so to speak. Yeah, And you know, look, 189 00:11:16,137 --> 00:11:19,457 Speaker 1: like I said, there are a lot of disasters that 190 00:11:19,497 --> 00:11:21,097 Speaker 1: are going on and a lot of fires that the 191 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:23,017 Speaker 1: Biden administration needs to be putting out right now. I'm 192 00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:25,617 Speaker 1: surprised that they're not, that they're even concerned with this. 193 00:11:25,737 --> 00:11:28,977 Speaker 1: You've got these recordite gas prices, You've got people feeling 194 00:11:29,057 --> 00:11:32,337 Speaker 1: the pain of inflation everywhere from the gas tank to 195 00:11:32,617 --> 00:11:35,857 Speaker 1: their grocery checkout line. And like you said, that everything 196 00:11:35,897 --> 00:11:38,417 Speaker 1: about Ukraine, it's just there's so much going on in 197 00:11:38,457 --> 00:11:41,137 Speaker 1: the world right now, you just really wonder why this, 198 00:11:41,377 --> 00:11:43,897 Speaker 1: why now? And I think the answer to that is 199 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:46,977 Speaker 1: that this is just another distraction. This is a way, 200 00:11:47,057 --> 00:11:49,777 Speaker 1: I think for the Biden administration that kind of throws 201 00:11:49,777 --> 00:11:52,657 Speaker 1: some red meat to that far left base who knows, 202 00:11:52,737 --> 00:11:55,737 Speaker 1: by the way, that their lives are getting worse right now. 203 00:11:55,777 --> 00:11:57,577 Speaker 1: They are very aware of this. Even people that have 204 00:11:57,657 --> 00:11:59,737 Speaker 1: voted for Joe Biden, people that will probably vote for 205 00:11:59,777 --> 00:12:02,777 Speaker 1: them again, know that their lives have gotten worse. And 206 00:12:02,817 --> 00:12:05,217 Speaker 1: so instead of doing things that will actually make the 207 00:12:05,297 --> 00:12:08,737 Speaker 1: lives of Americans better, he decides to be petty and 208 00:12:08,857 --> 00:12:13,097 Speaker 1: political and play politics, which is all that the left does. 209 00:12:14,137 --> 00:12:18,577 Speaker 1: Doctor Oz, He's a doctor, responded to the Joe Biden 210 00:12:19,177 --> 00:12:23,817 Speaker 1: on video. Here he is, I just received the letter 211 00:12:23,977 --> 00:12:26,617 Speaker 1: on your screen some on behalf of President Biden's from 212 00:12:26,617 --> 00:12:29,337 Speaker 1: the White House requesting that I resign. But the President's 213 00:12:29,337 --> 00:12:33,377 Speaker 1: counsel in sports, fitness and nutrition, it's beyond said that 214 00:12:33,457 --> 00:12:36,337 Speaker 1: Joe Biden would politicize such an important issue like health. 215 00:12:36,417 --> 00:12:39,137 Speaker 1: In fact, let me offer a suggestion that doctor he 216 00:12:39,177 --> 00:12:43,497 Speaker 1: should ask to resign is doctor Anthony Fauci. I mean, 217 00:12:43,537 --> 00:12:47,657 Speaker 1: you know, I love this, Rob, Oh, I gotta love it. 218 00:12:47,697 --> 00:12:50,737 Speaker 1: It's what I love about doctor Oz, and what I 219 00:12:50,777 --> 00:12:53,217 Speaker 1: love about this new generation of Conservatives is that he 220 00:12:53,337 --> 00:12:56,457 Speaker 1: don't just take these things lying down. He actually took 221 00:12:56,497 --> 00:12:59,497 Speaker 1: the opportunity to respond back in kind. And I would 222 00:12:59,577 --> 00:13:02,537 Speaker 1: say in that video, you know, doctor Oz gave as 223 00:13:02,577 --> 00:13:04,937 Speaker 1: good as he got and I love how he made 224 00:13:04,977 --> 00:13:08,177 Speaker 1: a little dig at doctor Fauci there. And let me 225 00:13:08,217 --> 00:13:11,177 Speaker 1: tell you something a little off topic, but if Republicans 226 00:13:11,217 --> 00:13:14,777 Speaker 1: do succeed in taking back the House in November, doctor 227 00:13:14,817 --> 00:13:18,897 Speaker 1: Anthony Fauci should be very, very very concerned because they're 228 00:13:18,937 --> 00:13:23,657 Speaker 1: gonna caul that guy into DC and give him the 229 00:13:23,697 --> 00:13:26,497 Speaker 1: grilling that I think that he deserves. Oh, I think 230 00:13:26,537 --> 00:13:30,377 Speaker 1: he's gonna resign, as Sue, He's gonna resign right after 231 00:13:30,417 --> 00:13:33,057 Speaker 1: the election. You watch, just in time for Christmas. Fauci 232 00:13:33,177 --> 00:13:36,097 Speaker 1: is gonna retire. He's gonna decide he's had enough. If 233 00:13:36,137 --> 00:13:39,497 Speaker 1: Republicans take the House with the Senate, which God willing 234 00:13:39,497 --> 00:13:41,977 Speaker 1: to do both. Rob, I'm sure you also saw the 235 00:13:42,057 --> 00:13:44,977 Speaker 1: CEOs of I think it was ten major US airlines 236 00:13:45,377 --> 00:13:49,697 Speaker 1: are urging Joe Biden to finally drop the dumbass plane 237 00:13:49,977 --> 00:13:54,537 Speaker 1: mask mandate. Right the mandate for interstate travel on airplanes 238 00:13:55,377 --> 00:13:58,857 Speaker 1: that is supposed to expire. I think it's April eighteenth. 239 00:13:58,937 --> 00:14:01,137 Speaker 1: All they're saying is, please don't extend this thing. Man. 240 00:14:01,417 --> 00:14:03,937 Speaker 1: There's been over do you see this rob over six 241 00:14:04,097 --> 00:14:07,977 Speaker 1: thousand incidents reported, so there's I'm more than that, I'm sure, 242 00:14:07,977 --> 00:14:12,137 Speaker 1: but reported officially of unruly passengers and over seventy percent 243 00:14:12,177 --> 00:14:16,537 Speaker 1: of it is over mask compliance issues and airline the 244 00:14:16,577 --> 00:14:19,497 Speaker 1: airline CEOs are saying the planes are like the safest 245 00:14:19,537 --> 00:14:22,697 Speaker 1: place you can be because of the hepaphiltration systems that 246 00:14:22,697 --> 00:14:25,257 Speaker 1: are all that are standard on all planes. So people 247 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:29,057 Speaker 1: aren't in danger from COVID in planes, certainly less so 248 00:14:29,217 --> 00:14:31,857 Speaker 1: they are in restaurants or bars. And people are really 249 00:14:31,857 --> 00:14:34,457 Speaker 1: getting pissed off over this. So yeah, what do you think, 250 00:14:34,457 --> 00:14:38,017 Speaker 1: will they drop it? You know, let's hope they will, 251 00:14:38,057 --> 00:14:40,577 Speaker 1: honestly to tell you the truth. Now that we were 252 00:14:40,617 --> 00:14:43,817 Speaker 1: following the science, we know that these masks, these cloth masks, 253 00:14:43,857 --> 00:14:46,577 Speaker 1: do absolutely nothing. Remember the suitings that just came out 254 00:14:46,617 --> 00:14:49,417 Speaker 1: that said they do little to nothing to stop the 255 00:14:49,457 --> 00:14:52,417 Speaker 1: spread of COVID. And I think that traveling was never 256 00:14:52,897 --> 00:14:56,697 Speaker 1: a great experience in the first place. But the COVID 257 00:14:56,857 --> 00:14:59,057 Speaker 1: mask mandates and all of that stuff has just made 258 00:14:59,097 --> 00:15:02,297 Speaker 1: air travels so much worse. It has made people more irritable, 259 00:15:02,817 --> 00:15:05,377 Speaker 1: it has made people more violent. Like you said, all 260 00:15:05,417 --> 00:15:08,497 Speaker 1: of these thousands and thousands of incidents, and I get 261 00:15:08,497 --> 00:15:11,017 Speaker 1: the sense that everybody it's over it. I gave the 262 00:15:11,057 --> 00:15:13,577 Speaker 1: sense that the passengers are over it. I get the 263 00:15:13,697 --> 00:15:15,697 Speaker 1: sense even though I think that there was an element 264 00:15:15,737 --> 00:15:18,497 Speaker 1: at the very beginning of these flight attendants and in 265 00:15:18,577 --> 00:15:21,177 Speaker 1: some of the flight crew really loving the idea of 266 00:15:21,177 --> 00:15:24,457 Speaker 1: being COVID enforcers, I think that even they're over it. 267 00:15:24,577 --> 00:15:26,617 Speaker 1: I think that we all really do need to get 268 00:15:26,617 --> 00:15:30,577 Speaker 1: back to normal, and we should make travel we should 269 00:15:30,657 --> 00:15:35,417 Speaker 1: downgrade it from just completely awful to only kind of awful, 270 00:15:35,777 --> 00:15:39,497 Speaker 1: which is what eliminating these mass mandates would do. And 271 00:15:39,537 --> 00:15:42,897 Speaker 1: then on the downgrading of mandates, I'm sure you saw 272 00:15:43,537 --> 00:15:47,417 Speaker 1: Rob that Kyrie Irving has refused. He's one of the 273 00:15:48,297 --> 00:15:50,497 Speaker 1: one of the top players in the entire NBA, right, 274 00:15:50,537 --> 00:15:53,417 Speaker 1: He's a superstar, and he plays for the Brooklyn Nets. 275 00:15:53,497 --> 00:15:56,977 Speaker 1: He has refused to get the shot get a COVID vaccine, 276 00:15:57,657 --> 00:15:59,457 Speaker 1: and they've made him sit out home games. He could 277 00:15:59,457 --> 00:16:02,417 Speaker 1: play away games because other States don't care, but home 278 00:16:02,457 --> 00:16:05,297 Speaker 1: games in New York City they will not allow him 279 00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:08,177 Speaker 1: to play. Until now, the New York City Mayor has 280 00:16:08,177 --> 00:16:11,897 Speaker 1: announced that unvaccinated athletes, which includes the Mets and the 281 00:16:11,977 --> 00:16:14,817 Speaker 1: Yankees too. Of course, it was an opening season for 282 00:16:14,897 --> 00:16:18,937 Speaker 1: baseball is coming up that they're able to play. Why 283 00:16:19,017 --> 00:16:21,657 Speaker 1: isn't this just across the board, though, Rob, Why why 284 00:16:21,777 --> 00:16:25,057 Speaker 1: is anyone now still under a vaccine employer mandate? Because 285 00:16:25,057 --> 00:16:27,937 Speaker 1: in New York City still have one. Yeah, they still 286 00:16:27,937 --> 00:16:29,497 Speaker 1: have one. And the thing about it is is that 287 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:32,137 Speaker 1: during this whole COVID thing, and look, I'm glad that 288 00:16:32,417 --> 00:16:35,657 Speaker 1: you know they've lifted these mandates for the athletes. I 289 00:16:35,817 --> 00:16:38,897 Speaker 1: know that there is a financial and economic incentive in 290 00:16:39,017 --> 00:16:41,297 Speaker 1: that as we head into basketball or seems as we 291 00:16:41,297 --> 00:16:43,897 Speaker 1: had in a baseball season. But what about the tens 292 00:16:43,937 --> 00:16:47,577 Speaker 1: of thousands of employees that have been fired because they 293 00:16:47,617 --> 00:16:50,817 Speaker 1: refused to get the jab that have been fired because 294 00:16:50,817 --> 00:16:53,617 Speaker 1: they refuse the adhere to these mandates. So I didn't 295 00:16:53,657 --> 00:16:56,017 Speaker 1: really spend a whole lot of time losing sleep over 296 00:16:56,097 --> 00:16:59,857 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, that multi billion dollar athlete who by the way, 297 00:16:59,937 --> 00:17:03,577 Speaker 1: still drew a salary this whole time. I'm more concerned 298 00:17:03,577 --> 00:17:06,897 Speaker 1: with the average New Yorker and the average people that 299 00:17:06,937 --> 00:17:10,377 Speaker 1: were affected by these mandates, and nobody seems to pretty 300 00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:13,497 Speaker 1: much care. Like you said, that these mandates are still 301 00:17:13,617 --> 00:17:16,537 Speaker 1: in place for them. So that's a really unfortunate thing. 302 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:19,737 Speaker 1: So I would say to Mayor Eric Adams, just get 303 00:17:19,817 --> 00:17:23,217 Speaker 1: rid of all of these mandates in general. Just literally, 304 00:17:23,497 --> 00:17:25,497 Speaker 1: it is time to turn the page on all of 305 00:17:25,537 --> 00:17:29,697 Speaker 1: this stuff. It's time to rehire anybody that got unceremoniously 306 00:17:29,777 --> 00:17:32,697 Speaker 1: dumped because they refuse to take the jab We know that. 307 00:17:32,937 --> 00:17:35,497 Speaker 1: And then this is not based on any sort of 308 00:17:35,977 --> 00:17:38,537 Speaker 1: expertise that I have, but it seems to me. You 309 00:17:38,617 --> 00:17:41,777 Speaker 1: saw sak she just got COVID again. She got COVID 310 00:17:41,817 --> 00:17:45,217 Speaker 1: like three times since being vaccinated boosted. And I believe 311 00:17:45,257 --> 00:17:47,497 Speaker 1: that Hillary Clinton got it again too. So it seems 312 00:17:47,497 --> 00:17:50,697 Speaker 1: like people that are vaxxed and jabbed and boosted and 313 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:52,417 Speaker 1: all of this stuff, it seems like they're the ones 314 00:17:52,497 --> 00:17:58,137 Speaker 1: that keep on getting COVID over and over again. Just anecdotal, anecdotal, 315 00:17:58,177 --> 00:18:01,897 Speaker 1: But remember from nineteen eighty four orwell, Rob, the final 316 00:18:01,977 --> 00:18:05,057 Speaker 1: command of the party is to forget what your eyes 317 00:18:05,097 --> 00:18:09,417 Speaker 1: and ears tell you to rejected. Yeah, that's don't never 318 00:18:09,457 --> 00:18:11,777 Speaker 1: forget that one. Rob is always good to see you man, 319 00:18:11,777 --> 00:18:16,777 Speaker 1: Thanks so much, all right, thanks Buck. It's been a 320 00:18:16,777 --> 00:18:19,817 Speaker 1: grim month for Ukraine as Russia continues its assault on 321 00:18:19,857 --> 00:18:22,537 Speaker 1: major cities around the country. So, after twenty nine days 322 00:18:22,537 --> 00:18:25,137 Speaker 1: of warfare, where do things stand on the ground? Vice 323 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:28,017 Speaker 1: President of the Heritage Foundation and retired Army Lieutenant Colonel 324 00:18:28,297 --> 00:18:30,417 Speaker 1: Jim Carafane will be here next to give us analysis. 325 00:18:30,457 --> 00:18:38,337 Speaker 1: Stay with us. Vladimir Prutin's invasion of Ukraine began one 326 00:18:38,337 --> 00:18:41,217 Speaker 1: month ago today, and the Russian military is marking the 327 00:18:41,257 --> 00:18:45,457 Speaker 1: occasion with a major setback. Earlier today, a Ukrainian strike 328 00:18:45,577 --> 00:18:49,657 Speaker 1: destroyed a large landing ship in the port city of Bairdjansk. 329 00:18:50,097 --> 00:18:53,497 Speaker 1: The ship was reportedly resupplying Russian forces currently besieged in 330 00:18:53,537 --> 00:18:57,257 Speaker 1: the city of Mariopal in southeast Ukraine. Two other ships 331 00:18:57,257 --> 00:19:00,457 Speaker 1: were damaging the strike and were forced to make a 332 00:19:00,617 --> 00:19:05,137 Speaker 1: hasty retreat. Ukrainian military continues to demonstrate a surprising level 333 00:19:05,177 --> 00:19:09,857 Speaker 1: of resiliency and has reportedly launched several successful counter offensives 334 00:19:10,137 --> 00:19:13,457 Speaker 1: suburbs of Kiev in recent days. So one month into 335 00:19:13,497 --> 00:19:16,697 Speaker 1: the conflict, where do things stand? Jim Carafano is a 336 00:19:16,737 --> 00:19:20,177 Speaker 1: Heritage Foundation's vice president for Foreign policy and security studies. 337 00:19:20,217 --> 00:19:23,697 Speaker 1: He's a retired Army lieutenant colonel. Joins me. Now, Jim, 338 00:19:23,737 --> 00:19:27,017 Speaker 1: good to see him, and it's thanks for having me on. 339 00:19:27,137 --> 00:19:29,537 Speaker 1: You have a great show. And it's just always not 340 00:19:29,577 --> 00:19:32,097 Speaker 1: her to be with him. Oh, that's very Connie, Jim. Thanks. 341 00:19:32,497 --> 00:19:37,897 Speaker 1: Let's start with this strike on Berdyansk. We saw the footage, 342 00:19:37,937 --> 00:19:40,297 Speaker 1: we saw the video of it. It looks like an 343 00:19:40,297 --> 00:19:42,577 Speaker 1: anti ship missile that hit. I think it was an 344 00:19:42,577 --> 00:19:45,977 Speaker 1: over three hundred foot vessel, a major vessel, A landing 345 00:19:46,017 --> 00:19:50,337 Speaker 1: ship damaged two more. Is this an indicator of a 346 00:19:50,457 --> 00:19:53,577 Speaker 1: greater capability among the Ukrainians than had been anticipated by 347 00:19:53,617 --> 00:19:56,097 Speaker 1: the Russians? What do you make of it? Yeah, look, 348 00:19:56,137 --> 00:19:58,457 Speaker 1: it's you know, thousands of miles from the conflict. That's 349 00:19:58,577 --> 00:20:01,177 Speaker 1: it's very difficult to piece all this together, you know. 350 00:20:01,177 --> 00:20:06,017 Speaker 1: Originally I saw some speculation that it was a short 351 00:20:06,097 --> 00:20:08,337 Speaker 1: range ballistic missile, but that doesn't seem to make a 352 00:20:08,377 --> 00:20:10,057 Speaker 1: whole lot of sense to me, because those things were 353 00:20:10,177 --> 00:20:12,337 Speaker 1: usually not accurate enough to hit a point target. If 354 00:20:12,337 --> 00:20:14,977 Speaker 1: it was something of more what's called line of sight, 355 00:20:15,457 --> 00:20:17,497 Speaker 1: I can see the ship, I shoot at the ship 356 00:20:17,577 --> 00:20:22,297 Speaker 1: right something that's more direct. I was more sophisticated. I 357 00:20:22,337 --> 00:20:26,537 Speaker 1: would believe that, but there's no question the ship blew up. 358 00:20:26,577 --> 00:20:28,537 Speaker 1: We definitely saw that. So you know, what we have 359 00:20:28,617 --> 00:20:30,937 Speaker 1: seen from the Ukrainians, and I do think they deserve 360 00:20:30,977 --> 00:20:33,657 Speaker 1: credit for this, is you know, we hear about counterattacks 361 00:20:33,657 --> 00:20:36,577 Speaker 1: and pushing back and taking out generals and targets and stuff. 362 00:20:36,977 --> 00:20:39,057 Speaker 1: You know, in the military, we have something called the 363 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:43,297 Speaker 1: high value target, which is killed, the thing which bothers 364 00:20:43,337 --> 00:20:45,617 Speaker 1: the enemy the most and makes it most difficult for 365 00:20:45,657 --> 00:20:49,017 Speaker 1: them to operate. And so for some of these counterattacks 366 00:20:49,017 --> 00:20:52,577 Speaker 1: their tactical, but it's very obvious that they're designed to 367 00:20:52,697 --> 00:20:56,777 Speaker 1: prevent the Russians for achieving their major strategic goals, or 368 00:20:56,817 --> 00:21:00,217 Speaker 1: they're taking out targets that impact command and control. We 369 00:21:00,217 --> 00:21:04,137 Speaker 1: supply logistics, the things that enable the Russian army to fight. 370 00:21:04,417 --> 00:21:07,737 Speaker 1: So this is a level of sophistication. This isn't like 371 00:21:08,137 --> 00:21:12,377 Speaker 1: the French underground running around before Detay, you know, trying 372 00:21:12,377 --> 00:21:14,217 Speaker 1: to blow up everything they could do and like throw 373 00:21:14,297 --> 00:21:18,137 Speaker 1: spitballs at German troops. This is a pretty there's a 374 00:21:18,217 --> 00:21:22,857 Speaker 1: pretty sophisticated level of command and control here, and and 375 00:21:24,737 --> 00:21:27,497 Speaker 1: smartness and going after the things that will make it 376 00:21:27,537 --> 00:21:30,697 Speaker 1: most difficult for the Russians to operate. It looks like 377 00:21:30,737 --> 00:21:33,417 Speaker 1: the Ukrainian military has also launched a counter offensive and 378 00:21:33,457 --> 00:21:37,017 Speaker 1: has reclaimed some territory in the suburbs of Kiev, the 379 00:21:37,097 --> 00:21:39,977 Speaker 1: capital city. What does that tell you about the situation 380 00:21:40,097 --> 00:21:42,657 Speaker 1: on the ground up north, I mean Mariopals down the 381 00:21:42,697 --> 00:21:45,857 Speaker 1: Sea of Azov, along the coastline of coastal city up 382 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:49,337 Speaker 1: north the capital city. Feels like something might be under 383 00:21:49,337 --> 00:21:52,137 Speaker 1: away on the Ukrainian side. What do you make of it? So, 384 00:21:52,617 --> 00:21:54,217 Speaker 1: you know, I think three things. You know, I was 385 00:21:54,257 --> 00:21:56,417 Speaker 1: in Kiev a couple of years ago and I actually 386 00:21:56,417 --> 00:21:58,297 Speaker 1: went to the Mystery Defense and they briefed me on 387 00:21:58,337 --> 00:22:01,017 Speaker 1: their military command structure. And I looked at it and man, 388 00:22:01,177 --> 00:22:03,257 Speaker 1: it was like one of these Route Goldberg things. It 389 00:22:03,337 --> 00:22:07,137 Speaker 1: made no sense whatsoever because they were fighting, but the 390 00:22:07,217 --> 00:22:09,897 Speaker 1: military really wasn't in charge because it was terrorism and 391 00:22:10,137 --> 00:22:12,497 Speaker 1: really a war kind of thing, And it was just 392 00:22:12,537 --> 00:22:15,297 Speaker 1: the most byzantine command structure you could ever imagine. So 393 00:22:15,337 --> 00:22:19,217 Speaker 1: a couple of things have happened here. One is, before 394 00:22:19,217 --> 00:22:25,897 Speaker 1: this war started, the Ukrainians really kind of rejiggered how 395 00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:28,457 Speaker 1: they fight, And I don't know if that was external 396 00:22:28,497 --> 00:22:32,617 Speaker 1: advisors or what. But it's clear that they are much 397 00:22:32,657 --> 00:22:35,977 Speaker 1: structured better to have this fight than they were, you know, 398 00:22:36,017 --> 00:22:38,217 Speaker 1: a few years ago. That's question. The other thing is, 399 00:22:38,297 --> 00:22:41,537 Speaker 1: let's be honest, they would not be fighting if it 400 00:22:41,657 --> 00:22:44,617 Speaker 1: wasn't for the West surprising arms and ammunition and medical 401 00:22:44,617 --> 00:22:47,577 Speaker 1: supplies and food. That Western assistance and the fact that 402 00:22:47,577 --> 00:22:51,257 Speaker 1: the Russians can't cut that off. That's what's keeping Ukrainians 403 00:22:51,257 --> 00:22:53,897 Speaker 1: in the fight. And the third thing is the Ukrainians 404 00:22:53,897 --> 00:22:56,577 Speaker 1: are definitely fighting. I mean, at least three hundred thousand 405 00:22:56,657 --> 00:23:00,057 Speaker 1: Ukrainians have gone back into Ukraine in the last few 406 00:23:00,137 --> 00:23:04,017 Speaker 1: days to help with the fighting, and so they have manpower, 407 00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:10,457 Speaker 1: they have a competent military structure, and they have acts 408 00:23:10,497 --> 00:23:14,617 Speaker 1: to weapons to fight with. That means that I don't 409 00:23:14,697 --> 00:23:20,937 Speaker 1: think the Russians can achieve their Look, I don't they 410 00:23:21,537 --> 00:23:24,177 Speaker 1: Russians them not yet demonstrated that they can achieve their 411 00:23:24,217 --> 00:23:27,817 Speaker 1: strategic goals. I don't see anything that suggests that's going 412 00:23:27,857 --> 00:23:32,137 Speaker 1: to change right now. So these you know, these guys 413 00:23:32,137 --> 00:23:34,857 Speaker 1: can fight forever. I mean, the Russians can always go 414 00:23:34,897 --> 00:23:36,697 Speaker 1: back we are and befit come back. They could send 415 00:23:36,697 --> 00:23:39,497 Speaker 1: in conscripts or whatever. As long as the West continues 416 00:23:39,537 --> 00:23:42,577 Speaker 1: to play the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians can fight. So this 417 00:23:42,777 --> 00:23:46,137 Speaker 1: the shooting part of this conflict will only end when 418 00:23:46,177 --> 00:23:49,537 Speaker 1: the leaders of the of Ukraine and Russia decide they 419 00:23:49,537 --> 00:23:52,857 Speaker 1: want to stop shooting at each other. This is a baseline. Now, 420 00:23:52,897 --> 00:23:54,937 Speaker 1: it's tough to get an exactly we don't have exact 421 00:23:54,977 --> 00:23:57,577 Speaker 1: numbers to stough to even get a pretty good overview, Jim, 422 00:23:57,657 --> 00:24:02,457 Speaker 1: but visually confirmed losses of vehicles and weapon systems each 423 00:24:02,497 --> 00:24:04,817 Speaker 1: side by side here. Now this may be bias in 424 00:24:04,857 --> 00:24:07,497 Speaker 1: favor of Ukraine, but where you just use as a baseline, 425 00:24:07,937 --> 00:24:10,617 Speaker 1: I mean you see here two intern eighty ten Russian 426 00:24:10,657 --> 00:24:14,097 Speaker 1: in terms of Russian losses, six hundred plus armored vehicles, 427 00:24:14,897 --> 00:24:19,497 Speaker 1: five hundred and eighty trucks, fifteen aircraft losses, thirty five helicopter. 428 00:24:19,537 --> 00:24:22,337 Speaker 1: I mean, assuming that this is even in the neighborhood 429 00:24:22,417 --> 00:24:26,217 Speaker 1: of accurate, those are substantial material losses. Then on top 430 00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:27,897 Speaker 1: of it, I think the Wall Street Journal today said, 431 00:24:27,937 --> 00:24:31,977 Speaker 1: the NATO assessment is that the Russian losses in terms 432 00:24:31,977 --> 00:24:36,577 Speaker 1: of personnel killed an action or casualties is something along 433 00:24:36,577 --> 00:24:39,217 Speaker 1: the lines of seven to seven to twelve thousand. I 434 00:24:39,257 --> 00:24:41,817 Speaker 1: think the was the estimate, or seven to fifteen thousand. 435 00:24:42,097 --> 00:24:44,177 Speaker 1: So let's just take a middle number there. If the 436 00:24:44,257 --> 00:24:48,097 Speaker 1: Russians have lost ten thousand and they've lost this many vehicles, 437 00:24:48,857 --> 00:24:53,137 Speaker 1: roughly speaking, is this I mean just putin At what 438 00:24:53,217 --> 00:24:54,897 Speaker 1: point is it not worth it to putin anymore? Is 439 00:24:54,937 --> 00:24:57,097 Speaker 1: the question I really want to ask you, Right, So, 440 00:24:57,417 --> 00:24:59,537 Speaker 1: I think the real key metric is people, because at 441 00:24:59,537 --> 00:25:00,897 Speaker 1: the end of the day, you can have all the 442 00:25:00,977 --> 00:25:03,097 Speaker 1: armored vehicles in the world. If you don't have people 443 00:25:03,137 --> 00:25:05,697 Speaker 1: coming out the back or running the tank, right, then 444 00:25:06,017 --> 00:25:08,977 Speaker 1: you're out of luck. Right, So you know, pick a number, 445 00:25:09,017 --> 00:25:12,137 Speaker 1: and we've got different numb but there's Kia's and then 446 00:25:12,137 --> 00:25:16,777 Speaker 1: there's wounded, and the wounded is wounded in action. But 447 00:25:16,817 --> 00:25:19,217 Speaker 1: then you also have to add in the number of 448 00:25:19,297 --> 00:25:23,857 Speaker 1: people who are incapacitated from illness or frost bite or 449 00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:25,737 Speaker 1: other stuff. We don't have a good number for that. 450 00:25:26,417 --> 00:25:28,697 Speaker 1: And then I've never heard anybody give out a number 451 00:25:28,697 --> 00:25:33,257 Speaker 1: on missing in action and deserters and prisoners of war. 452 00:25:34,217 --> 00:25:37,257 Speaker 1: So if you add all those numbers together, I think 453 00:25:37,297 --> 00:25:39,377 Speaker 1: the number, the number could be a lot bigger. And 454 00:25:39,417 --> 00:25:44,177 Speaker 1: what's important is remember putin led with his first line troops. 455 00:25:44,657 --> 00:25:47,417 Speaker 1: He led with his best fighters. There's a lot more 456 00:25:48,137 --> 00:25:51,777 Speaker 1: people in Russia and belarusa can fight, but the highest 457 00:25:51,817 --> 00:25:54,137 Speaker 1: caliber are the were the guys at the front end. 458 00:25:54,777 --> 00:25:56,697 Speaker 1: You know, this is like the you know, the best 459 00:25:56,697 --> 00:26:00,337 Speaker 1: guys went to went over the top in nineteen fourteen 460 00:26:00,737 --> 00:26:06,137 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixteen. Right, So Putin doesn't have to end 461 00:26:06,177 --> 00:26:07,817 Speaker 1: the war and end the fighting. He can pull back 462 00:26:07,817 --> 00:26:10,057 Speaker 1: the defensive positions, he can dig in. It'll be difficult 463 00:26:10,137 --> 00:26:13,297 Speaker 1: from the Ukrainians to root amount. They won't do that. Um. 464 00:26:13,657 --> 00:26:17,537 Speaker 1: So there are two different questions. That's that's what happened 465 00:26:17,537 --> 00:26:19,297 Speaker 1: in the in the dawn boss, just for everybody. It's 466 00:26:19,337 --> 00:26:21,577 Speaker 1: been effectively a trench warfare in the east for like 467 00:26:21,617 --> 00:26:25,497 Speaker 1: seven years now, right, So he put and can fight forever. 468 00:26:27,177 --> 00:26:29,897 Speaker 1: Can The other the flip question is is can he 469 00:26:29,937 --> 00:26:36,537 Speaker 1: achieve his strategic goals of basically making wiping Ukraine off 470 00:26:36,537 --> 00:26:39,937 Speaker 1: the map that you know, having a rum stay and 471 00:26:39,937 --> 00:26:43,217 Speaker 1: then taking The answer is we haven't seen anything that 472 00:26:43,297 --> 00:26:46,137 Speaker 1: suggests that he can do that or anything that looks 473 00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:48,897 Speaker 1: like a game changer that can do that. So it 474 00:26:49,017 --> 00:26:50,977 Speaker 1: raises a question of what is Putin fighting for it? 475 00:26:51,017 --> 00:26:53,257 Speaker 1: And just to a point. You know, people talk about 476 00:26:53,377 --> 00:26:56,857 Speaker 1: chemical weapons and tagical nuclear weapons. Let's talk about that. 477 00:26:56,897 --> 00:26:58,897 Speaker 1: I just had that Jim real quick on the chemical weapons, 478 00:26:58,897 --> 00:27:00,657 Speaker 1: because Biden, we wanted to have you to react to this. 479 00:27:00,697 --> 00:27:03,297 Speaker 1: Here's what Joe Biden said earlier today on chemical weapons. 480 00:27:03,257 --> 00:27:05,537 Speaker 1: I want to have you keep going, go ahead. If 481 00:27:05,617 --> 00:27:09,257 Speaker 1: chemical weapons were used in Ukraine, would that trigger a 482 00:27:09,297 --> 00:27:15,057 Speaker 1: military response from NATO? It would, It would trigger a 483 00:27:15,137 --> 00:27:18,577 Speaker 1: response in kind. Whether or not you're asking whether NATO 484 00:27:18,617 --> 00:27:22,337 Speaker 1: would cross We'd make that decision at the time. Okay, 485 00:27:22,377 --> 00:27:24,217 Speaker 1: I'm kind of vague. Ever, keep going on the chemical 486 00:27:24,297 --> 00:27:25,897 Speaker 1: weapons issue, and what do you What do you make 487 00:27:25,937 --> 00:27:28,977 Speaker 1: of what Biden says? Well, what Biden just said was 488 00:27:29,017 --> 00:27:32,977 Speaker 1: confusing nonsense. It's we'll do something, but I don't know what, 489 00:27:33,217 --> 00:27:35,217 Speaker 1: which is not a very clear red light. Look, I'm 490 00:27:35,217 --> 00:27:38,977 Speaker 1: obviously not in flavor of NATO being the belligerent in 491 00:27:39,017 --> 00:27:41,697 Speaker 1: the war. It's a Ukrainians war. The Ukrainians are fighting. 492 00:27:42,057 --> 00:27:45,737 Speaker 1: If if weapons are used on Ukrainian soil, and I 493 00:27:45,737 --> 00:27:49,457 Speaker 1: think that includes chemical and tactical nuclear weapons, I don't 494 00:27:49,457 --> 00:27:51,897 Speaker 1: think that changes the dynamical what's going on here isolate 495 00:27:51,937 --> 00:27:53,777 Speaker 1: punishing everything else. But are you going to become a 496 00:27:53,777 --> 00:27:56,617 Speaker 1: belligerent to the conflict because that happens. I think the 497 00:27:56,617 --> 00:27:58,697 Speaker 1: answer to that is no. The point I was going 498 00:27:58,737 --> 00:28:02,297 Speaker 1: to make is is military guys think in terms of 499 00:28:02,537 --> 00:28:06,577 Speaker 1: fire and maneuver, right, So you you blow things up 500 00:28:07,457 --> 00:28:09,977 Speaker 1: in order to create a space to maneuver your four 501 00:28:10,217 --> 00:28:14,017 Speaker 1: to achieve an objective. The Russians have proven unable to 502 00:28:14,017 --> 00:28:16,537 Speaker 1: do that. They're blowing up things right and left, but 503 00:28:16,577 --> 00:28:19,697 Speaker 1: they're not advancing. They're just blowing stuff up. I'm not 504 00:28:19,777 --> 00:28:23,577 Speaker 1: sure chemical or tactical nuclear weapons change that. They can 505 00:28:23,657 --> 00:28:26,617 Speaker 1: use chemical weapons, but I'm not sure they're going to 506 00:28:26,657 --> 00:28:28,417 Speaker 1: be able to advance any faster. They could use a 507 00:28:28,417 --> 00:28:31,817 Speaker 1: tactical nuclear weapon, but I think the Ukrainians will still fight, 508 00:28:31,817 --> 00:28:33,697 Speaker 1: And to be honest with you, I'm not sure at 509 00:28:33,737 --> 00:28:37,057 Speaker 1: this point how well trained are the Russian forces to 510 00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:40,497 Speaker 1: operate in a chemical radiological environment. I'm not sure there 511 00:28:40,497 --> 00:28:43,057 Speaker 1: are any better trained than the Ukrainians. So how do 512 00:28:43,057 --> 00:28:44,537 Speaker 1: we know that half of the Russian army will just 513 00:28:44,617 --> 00:28:47,417 Speaker 1: run away when they see a mushroom cloud? So I 514 00:28:47,417 --> 00:28:54,137 Speaker 1: would say, from a professional military analysis standpoint that the 515 00:28:54,297 --> 00:28:59,097 Speaker 1: tactical use of chemical and nuclear weapons in Ukraine would 516 00:28:59,657 --> 00:29:05,177 Speaker 1: not have any military significant military consequences of changes. Now 517 00:29:05,417 --> 00:29:07,217 Speaker 1: that's not to say Putin won't do it. It's not 518 00:29:07,257 --> 00:29:09,457 Speaker 1: to say he might not do it to scare the 519 00:29:09,537 --> 00:29:11,377 Speaker 1: hell out of people. But I'm just saying, is will 520 00:29:11,377 --> 00:29:14,977 Speaker 1: it change the course of the war, And the answer isn't. 521 00:29:15,257 --> 00:29:17,977 Speaker 1: I don't think there's I don't think we can assume 522 00:29:18,017 --> 00:29:21,177 Speaker 1: that that would happen. Really interesting, Jim, Always good to 523 00:29:21,177 --> 00:29:26,017 Speaker 1: see you, Thanks so much, Thank you. Could another stimulus 524 00:29:26,057 --> 00:29:28,217 Speaker 1: check be on the way. A group of House Democrats 525 00:29:28,217 --> 00:29:31,257 Speaker 1: are proposing a gas rebate to combat high prices. At 526 00:29:31,257 --> 00:29:34,617 Speaker 1: the pump, National Review senior writer David Harsan, he gives 527 00:29:34,697 --> 00:29:36,657 Speaker 1: us taken the idea we come back. 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We'll 546 00:30:30,257 --> 00:30:37,537 Speaker 1: be right back with more. Hold the line. A group 547 00:30:37,577 --> 00:30:40,617 Speaker 1: of Democratic lawmakers are looking to ease the burden on 548 00:30:40,657 --> 00:30:45,137 Speaker 1: American drivers facing skyrocket and gas prices by offering another 549 00:30:45,257 --> 00:30:49,417 Speaker 1: round of view guessed it stimulus checks. Three members of 550 00:30:49,457 --> 00:30:53,897 Speaker 1: Congress from California, Illinois, and Connecticut are co sponsoring a 551 00:30:54,057 --> 00:30:57,657 Speaker 1: bill that would authorize one hundred dollars monthly energy rebates 552 00:30:57,697 --> 00:31:01,897 Speaker 1: for any month this year in which the national gas 553 00:31:01,937 --> 00:31:05,617 Speaker 1: price exceeded four dollars per gallon. The Gas Rebate Act 554 00:31:05,617 --> 00:31:08,657 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two would work similarly to the stimulus 555 00:31:08,697 --> 00:31:11,857 Speaker 1: checks that were sent to America in the early stages 556 00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:15,497 Speaker 1: of the pandemic. So is this the smartest way to 557 00:31:15,697 --> 00:31:19,977 Speaker 1: combat bidens rising gas prices? Or is this just use 558 00:31:20,057 --> 00:31:22,657 Speaker 1: the money gun so that people don't realize how bad 559 00:31:22,697 --> 00:31:25,377 Speaker 1: Democrats are at this whole governance thing. Let's ask a 560 00:31:25,377 --> 00:31:29,657 Speaker 1: senior writer at National Review, David Harsany. Mister Harsani, good 561 00:31:29,657 --> 00:31:33,977 Speaker 1: to see you, Good to see you. So let's just 562 00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:37,057 Speaker 1: start with your take on Now we're just going to say, 563 00:31:37,097 --> 00:31:41,977 Speaker 1: all right, we have inflation because the government has printed 564 00:31:42,137 --> 00:31:45,017 Speaker 1: and spent too much money. So now the way to 565 00:31:45,097 --> 00:31:48,137 Speaker 1: deal with inflation as it pertains to the price of gas, 566 00:31:48,137 --> 00:31:50,257 Speaker 1: which obviously is not just inflation, there's other things involved 567 00:31:50,297 --> 00:31:53,577 Speaker 1: as well, Russia, etc. But nonetheless is to give people 568 00:31:53,617 --> 00:31:57,857 Speaker 1: more money. I mean, what do you think if you're 569 00:31:57,897 --> 00:32:00,617 Speaker 1: begging the question right, Yeah, I think it's a pretty 570 00:32:00,657 --> 00:32:04,537 Speaker 1: bad idea to throw more cash out there. Obviously inflation 571 00:32:05,137 --> 00:32:07,857 Speaker 1: inflationary pressures, or due to and then the price of gas, 572 00:32:07,937 --> 00:32:09,817 Speaker 1: or due to numerous things, but certainly part of it 573 00:32:09,857 --> 00:32:12,537 Speaker 1: is that the government right on the cusp of reopening 574 00:32:12,537 --> 00:32:16,217 Speaker 1: the economy through a bunch of money at people. So 575 00:32:16,297 --> 00:32:18,257 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a good idea for that reason, 576 00:32:18,337 --> 00:32:20,297 Speaker 1: but another reason. I mean, if you really want to 577 00:32:20,337 --> 00:32:22,257 Speaker 1: do this, why not just cut out the middleman and 578 00:32:22,297 --> 00:32:25,577 Speaker 1: cut the tax rate, the gas tax rate down instead 579 00:32:25,617 --> 00:32:29,057 Speaker 1: of doing this ridiculous thing where you where you collect 580 00:32:29,097 --> 00:32:31,097 Speaker 1: the tax and then send it back in a check. Now, 581 00:32:31,097 --> 00:32:33,097 Speaker 1: obviously you know why they want to put their names 582 00:32:33,137 --> 00:32:35,137 Speaker 1: on these checks, and you know, it's the way to 583 00:32:35,137 --> 00:32:39,777 Speaker 1: get boats and to pretend you're doing something. That's the 584 00:32:39,817 --> 00:32:42,577 Speaker 1: first thing. The second thing, the third thing is why 585 00:32:42,577 --> 00:32:45,577 Speaker 1: not just drill Moore in California? Why not open up 586 00:32:45,577 --> 00:32:48,617 Speaker 1: pipelines to Canada? Why not ensure that next time we 587 00:32:48,697 --> 00:32:52,617 Speaker 1: have sort of world event that undermines capacity and production, 588 00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:55,297 Speaker 1: that we are prepared to deal with it in a 589 00:32:55,337 --> 00:32:59,097 Speaker 1: better way. I mean, Democrats, especially in California and elsewhere, 590 00:32:59,217 --> 00:33:03,817 Speaker 1: keep undermining fossil fuel production, so, you know, just doesn't 591 00:33:03,817 --> 00:33:07,057 Speaker 1: make sense. Yeah, David, I mean, to that point, it 592 00:33:07,137 --> 00:33:10,257 Speaker 1: seems to me that the Biden administration, the White House, 593 00:33:10,297 --> 00:33:12,977 Speaker 1: the Democrat Party in general really always want to have 594 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:15,817 Speaker 1: it both ways. You know, when the American people are 595 00:33:15,857 --> 00:33:19,777 Speaker 1: focused on gas prices and also just how fossil fuels 596 00:33:19,817 --> 00:33:22,777 Speaker 1: affect the economy more broadly, it has to do with transportation, 597 00:33:22,817 --> 00:33:25,177 Speaker 1: has to do with products that you buy, right, I 598 00:33:25,177 --> 00:33:28,577 Speaker 1: mean half of petroleum doesn't actually go into cars. It 599 00:33:28,617 --> 00:33:31,377 Speaker 1: goes into things that plastics and other things that people 600 00:33:31,417 --> 00:33:35,417 Speaker 1: actually purchase. So it rises costs all around. So they say, 601 00:33:35,457 --> 00:33:37,817 Speaker 1: and they'll have Jensaki come out to say, Oh, we 602 00:33:37,897 --> 00:33:39,857 Speaker 1: don't stand in the way of fossil fuels at all, 603 00:33:40,017 --> 00:33:43,257 Speaker 1: that's not our problem. But on another day they'll say, oh, 604 00:33:43,297 --> 00:33:47,057 Speaker 1: my gosh, climate change is a national global emergency, an 605 00:33:47,097 --> 00:33:50,537 Speaker 1: existential challenge, and so we have to transition away from 606 00:33:50,537 --> 00:33:53,457 Speaker 1: fossil fuels as fast as possible. Well, which is it. 607 00:33:55,497 --> 00:33:58,257 Speaker 1: I mean literally, every single in the past twenty years, 608 00:33:58,257 --> 00:34:01,897 Speaker 1: every single piece of legislation that aims to fix the 609 00:34:01,897 --> 00:34:05,617 Speaker 1: climate or whatever is meant to make fossil fuels be 610 00:34:05,657 --> 00:34:08,377 Speaker 1: more expensive, to make scarce, to make it harder to buy. 611 00:34:08,417 --> 00:34:11,777 Speaker 1: I mean every single Polace see prescription is about that. 612 00:34:11,857 --> 00:34:14,017 Speaker 1: And Europe you see it all the time. So it's 613 00:34:14,097 --> 00:34:15,697 Speaker 1: kind of a joke that they pretend they don't want 614 00:34:15,697 --> 00:34:17,977 Speaker 1: gas prices to be high. I mean the first thing, 615 00:34:17,977 --> 00:34:20,217 Speaker 1: I think it was the first day Biden became president, 616 00:34:20,257 --> 00:34:23,337 Speaker 1: he stopped all new leases on public lands, and you know, 617 00:34:23,417 --> 00:34:25,777 Speaker 1: the government owns tons of federal government owns tons of 618 00:34:25,857 --> 00:34:28,617 Speaker 1: lands that land in America where there's oil, and then 619 00:34:28,897 --> 00:34:31,817 Speaker 1: and then shut down the pipeline from Canada. I mean, 620 00:34:31,937 --> 00:34:34,537 Speaker 1: these are the initially the first things they did. If 621 00:34:34,537 --> 00:34:37,617 Speaker 1: you read his climate plan, it says that in by 622 00:34:37,817 --> 00:34:39,297 Speaker 1: twenty thirty, I think it is, you know, we're going 623 00:34:39,337 --> 00:34:41,777 Speaker 1: to be have zero emissions in this country. I mean, 624 00:34:42,297 --> 00:34:44,577 Speaker 1: these are not just fairy tales. They're kind of scary. 625 00:34:44,577 --> 00:34:46,137 Speaker 1: I mean, to do that, you'd have to shut down 626 00:34:46,177 --> 00:34:50,217 Speaker 1: modernity basically. And now you know, they're pretending they want 627 00:34:50,217 --> 00:34:53,217 Speaker 1: more drilling and more gas. But the things that they 628 00:34:53,217 --> 00:34:55,577 Speaker 1: could do on private land you see more drilling, but 629 00:34:55,617 --> 00:34:58,057 Speaker 1: the things that government can do federal government they have 630 00:34:58,137 --> 00:35:01,257 Speaker 1: not done. And you know, and I'm not saying this 631 00:35:01,297 --> 00:35:03,297 Speaker 1: is all their fault, but certainly part of it is 632 00:35:03,337 --> 00:35:06,017 Speaker 1: their fault for sure. I know, you just wrote a 633 00:35:06,097 --> 00:35:10,457 Speaker 1: book Eurotrash about people in this country that think that, oh, 634 00:35:10,497 --> 00:35:12,257 Speaker 1: it's also better in Europe, and you explain, no, that's 635 00:35:12,257 --> 00:35:16,697 Speaker 1: actually not true. European countries compared to US states, you know, 636 00:35:16,737 --> 00:35:18,817 Speaker 1: are your people are less well off. There's this whole 637 00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:22,097 Speaker 1: perception of you know, per capita GDP and how it's skewed. 638 00:35:22,257 --> 00:35:25,577 Speaker 1: But I also think it's interesting that you have countries 639 00:35:25,617 --> 00:35:31,097 Speaker 1: like France have been much more willing to embrace nuclear energy, 640 00:35:31,777 --> 00:35:33,417 Speaker 1: which is a I mean, if you want to move 641 00:35:33,937 --> 00:35:37,857 Speaker 1: to a zero carbon future, there is a serious conversation 642 00:35:37,897 --> 00:35:40,017 Speaker 1: that I think can be had. When I say serious, 643 00:35:40,057 --> 00:35:42,337 Speaker 1: I mean not insane. I mean it would take a 644 00:35:42,337 --> 00:35:43,857 Speaker 1: long time and it would have you know, a lot, 645 00:35:43,937 --> 00:35:45,577 Speaker 1: a lot of cars on the road still dike ass, 646 00:35:45,937 --> 00:35:48,737 Speaker 1: But you could talk about nuclear energy powering a whole 647 00:35:48,777 --> 00:35:51,697 Speaker 1: society pretty much or something close to it. And yet 648 00:35:51,737 --> 00:35:55,537 Speaker 1: in this country because the environmentalists, including the ones that 649 00:35:55,617 --> 00:35:58,457 Speaker 1: run the Biden administration, the ones that are in this EPA, 650 00:35:58,537 --> 00:36:00,737 Speaker 1: are essentially opposed to it because they think it's ikey 651 00:36:00,777 --> 00:36:05,777 Speaker 1: and scary. I mean, am I missing something? Listen, I'm 652 00:36:05,777 --> 00:36:07,937 Speaker 1: a fan of fossil fuelist. I don't even pretend I'm not. 653 00:36:07,977 --> 00:36:10,417 Speaker 1: I think it's the best energy we have. It's mostly liable, 654 00:36:10,457 --> 00:36:13,097 Speaker 1: it's the most easy to to take from place to 655 00:36:13,177 --> 00:36:16,097 Speaker 1: place to to to run society on. But if you 656 00:36:16,137 --> 00:36:19,017 Speaker 1: want electric cars, and incidentally, there's like one point three 657 00:36:19,337 --> 00:36:21,417 Speaker 1: you know, percent of our fleet, is I think electric 658 00:36:21,417 --> 00:36:24,057 Speaker 1: cars today or are you know the things we drive. 659 00:36:24,137 --> 00:36:26,817 Speaker 1: But you're going to need nuclear energy because you know, 660 00:36:26,937 --> 00:36:31,297 Speaker 1: first of all, electricity is generated by coal and gas 661 00:36:31,337 --> 00:36:34,497 Speaker 1: and natural you know, and oil, and I think like 662 00:36:35,017 --> 00:36:37,697 Speaker 1: eight percent is renewable, and of that eight percent, like 663 00:36:37,857 --> 00:36:40,977 Speaker 1: two percent is so so you know this it's just 664 00:36:41,017 --> 00:36:42,857 Speaker 1: a fairy tale. You can do it without nuclear energy. 665 00:36:42,897 --> 00:36:46,737 Speaker 1: And you're right. If Europe does anything better, particularly France, 666 00:36:46,777 --> 00:36:49,417 Speaker 1: it's it's relying on nuclear energy. Germany was on a 667 00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,937 Speaker 1: great path as well, and then they because of the environmentalists, 668 00:36:51,937 --> 00:36:54,977 Speaker 1: they stopped. And then now I think fifty five percent 669 00:36:55,017 --> 00:36:58,777 Speaker 1: of their energy sources come from Russia. So it causes 670 00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:01,537 Speaker 1: a huge problem for Europe and there's no reason for 671 00:37:01,617 --> 00:37:03,377 Speaker 1: us to go down that road. I mean, I don't 672 00:37:03,377 --> 00:37:05,457 Speaker 1: think there's been a new nuclear license though for like 673 00:37:05,577 --> 00:37:08,297 Speaker 1: thirty five forty years in this country. So it's uh, 674 00:37:08,617 --> 00:37:11,257 Speaker 1: no one is serious about that that we should be 675 00:37:11,457 --> 00:37:13,377 Speaker 1: if we want to do, as you say, if we 676 00:37:13,417 --> 00:37:15,897 Speaker 1: want to have any chance of lowering emissions in any 677 00:37:15,977 --> 00:37:19,857 Speaker 1: kind of serious way. It also feels like we've seen 678 00:37:19,977 --> 00:37:24,857 Speaker 1: now which there should be a desire to make the 679 00:37:24,937 --> 00:37:27,697 Speaker 1: necessary corrective here to policy. I mean, this just brings 680 00:37:27,697 --> 00:37:29,617 Speaker 1: a full circle of what we started talking about, which 681 00:37:29,657 --> 00:37:31,577 Speaker 1: is so you've got the Biden administration. Gas price is 682 00:37:31,617 --> 00:37:36,017 Speaker 1: really high. There's an issue of production, right, production and 683 00:37:36,097 --> 00:37:38,977 Speaker 1: distribution of the fossil fuels that you like so much 684 00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:40,337 Speaker 1: that I like so much too, by the way, and 685 00:37:40,377 --> 00:37:43,057 Speaker 1: that are actually the basis for a modern economies, you 686 00:37:43,097 --> 00:37:46,697 Speaker 1: point out, and instead of Democrats just saying, fine, all right, 687 00:37:46,857 --> 00:37:48,937 Speaker 1: you know they have this, now, let's just give everybody 688 00:37:48,937 --> 00:37:51,217 Speaker 1: a check until the election. I mean, it just seems 689 00:37:51,217 --> 00:37:56,097 Speaker 1: pretty pretty obvious. Yeah, it's even worse than that. Actually, 690 00:37:56,137 --> 00:37:58,577 Speaker 1: I mean, Biden's out there begging OPEC to drill Moore. 691 00:37:58,697 --> 00:38:01,017 Speaker 1: He's going to Venezu whale. He wants oil from them. 692 00:38:01,057 --> 00:38:03,257 Speaker 1: He's going to you Ron, he wants oil from them. Now, 693 00:38:03,577 --> 00:38:06,017 Speaker 1: you know, oil is a fungible commodity. It's not light. 694 00:38:06,137 --> 00:38:08,617 Speaker 1: Just because you're drilling, the prices are immediately going to, 695 00:38:08,737 --> 00:38:11,337 Speaker 1: you know, fall, But it definitely matters that you can 696 00:38:11,417 --> 00:38:14,657 Speaker 1: help control a bit more how those prices look. And 697 00:38:14,737 --> 00:38:18,337 Speaker 1: yet he's done nothing to change policy in the United States. 698 00:38:18,977 --> 00:38:22,737 Speaker 1: But I think that these kind of shocks actually remind 699 00:38:22,817 --> 00:38:25,617 Speaker 1: people how ridiculous those policies are. I think they support 700 00:38:25,657 --> 00:38:28,897 Speaker 1: them in theory, right, but when they actually have to 701 00:38:28,937 --> 00:38:31,377 Speaker 1: do it. They never actually want to do it. No 702 00:38:31,457 --> 00:38:35,057 Speaker 1: one wants. You know, when oil hits like three three fifty, 703 00:38:35,177 --> 00:38:37,217 Speaker 1: people are like freaking out. What are they going to do? 704 00:38:37,257 --> 00:38:39,737 Speaker 1: In Germany oils like seven dollars a gallon or something 705 00:38:39,777 --> 00:38:42,577 Speaker 1: like that. I mean, if environmental has actually have their way, 706 00:38:42,857 --> 00:38:46,457 Speaker 1: and as you mentioned, it's embedded in everything the entire economy, 707 00:38:46,537 --> 00:38:50,137 Speaker 1: just your FedEx delivery or your groceries, it's just in 708 00:38:50,217 --> 00:38:52,937 Speaker 1: every embedded in all things. It's going to cost a 709 00:38:52,937 --> 00:38:55,017 Speaker 1: lot of money and drive inflation, and people don't want that. 710 00:38:55,097 --> 00:38:57,177 Speaker 1: So I think this is actually killing the green agenda 711 00:38:57,257 --> 00:39:00,657 Speaker 1: in many ways, at least for a few years, let's hope. So, 712 00:39:01,057 --> 00:39:04,377 Speaker 1: David Harsani, good to see you, Thanks so much to 713 00:39:04,617 --> 00:39:08,857 Speaker 1: thank you. President Biden apparently thought the NATO summit in 714 00:39:08,857 --> 00:39:11,697 Speaker 1: Brussels would be a good time to revive one of 715 00:39:11,697 --> 00:39:14,417 Speaker 1: the big, big old Democrat lies out there. We'll have 716 00:39:14,457 --> 00:39:16,137 Speaker 1: the video and the story for you and quick Kets, 717 00:39:16,177 --> 00:39:24,177 Speaker 1: among others. Stay with us. Joe Biden repeats a familiar 718 00:39:24,257 --> 00:39:26,417 Speaker 1: lie during the NATO summit. You know how to take 719 00:39:26,457 --> 00:39:28,897 Speaker 1: a shot at the political opponents he has here at home, 720 00:39:29,297 --> 00:39:32,257 Speaker 1: and Twitter makes its final ruling on the fate of 721 00:39:32,297 --> 00:39:35,417 Speaker 1: the Babylon b satire site, those stories and more on 722 00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:41,417 Speaker 1: quick kits. Let's jump right into it. Biden was at 723 00:39:41,457 --> 00:39:44,777 Speaker 1: the NATO summit, and he decided to make this at 724 00:39:44,817 --> 00:39:47,457 Speaker 1: a moment when you would think there's a huge war 725 00:39:47,537 --> 00:39:51,217 Speaker 1: going on in Ukraine. There's massive challenges right now in Europe. 726 00:39:52,097 --> 00:39:56,537 Speaker 1: NATO is at the forefront of trying to help contain 727 00:39:56,617 --> 00:39:59,617 Speaker 1: this and bring it to a conclusion in whatever ways 728 00:39:59,617 --> 00:40:02,897 Speaker 1: that it can, diplomatically and through other pressure. And Biden 729 00:40:02,937 --> 00:40:05,017 Speaker 1: wants to take the opportunity to take cheap shots as 730 00:40:05,017 --> 00:40:07,697 Speaker 1: political opponents and lie about them. Here he is. Watch, 731 00:40:08,657 --> 00:40:11,937 Speaker 1: I made a commitment. I ran this time. I wasn't 732 00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:14,337 Speaker 1: going to run again, and I mean that sincerely. I 733 00:40:14,377 --> 00:40:18,337 Speaker 1: had no intention of running for president again. And until 734 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:21,737 Speaker 1: I saw those folks coming out of the fields and 735 00:40:22,497 --> 00:40:27,657 Speaker 1: Virginia carrying torches and carrying Nazi banners and literally singing 736 00:40:27,697 --> 00:40:33,377 Speaker 1: the same vile rhyme that they used in Germany in 737 00:40:33,417 --> 00:40:38,177 Speaker 1: the early twenties or thirties, I should say. And the 738 00:40:39,457 --> 00:40:42,057 Speaker 1: gentleman you mentioned was asked what he thought, and a 739 00:40:42,177 --> 00:40:46,217 Speaker 1: young woman was killed the protester, and he asked was 740 00:40:46,257 --> 00:40:49,657 Speaker 1: asked what he thought. He said, they're very good people 741 00:40:49,697 --> 00:40:53,417 Speaker 1: on both sides. And that's when I decided I wasn't 742 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:56,937 Speaker 1: going to be quiet a new longer. He's a liar. 743 00:40:57,057 --> 00:40:59,297 Speaker 1: That's actually not what the President said in the context 744 00:40:59,297 --> 00:41:03,097 Speaker 1: of that the Nazis were good people in the Charlottesville situation. 745 00:41:03,417 --> 00:41:05,057 Speaker 1: He was saying they were good people on both sides 746 00:41:05,097 --> 00:41:07,657 Speaker 1: of these should statues be taken down arguments. He made 747 00:41:07,697 --> 00:41:10,497 Speaker 1: that clear in the transcript. No person who reads the 748 00:41:10,497 --> 00:41:13,737 Speaker 1: transcript or watches the actual video of what Trump said 749 00:41:13,897 --> 00:41:17,257 Speaker 1: would believe Joe Biden here. But Joe Biden is and 750 00:41:17,377 --> 00:41:22,457 Speaker 1: always has been, a well practiced and mendacious fellow. A liar, 751 00:41:23,217 --> 00:41:27,737 Speaker 1: A liar, Okay, obviously I don't like that stuff very 752 00:41:27,817 --> 00:41:31,977 Speaker 1: much when he lies Twitter, which is run by crazy Libs, 753 00:41:32,017 --> 00:41:35,097 Speaker 1: as you know, unfortunately, and has been for a long time. 754 00:41:35,457 --> 00:41:37,857 Speaker 1: They suspended the babylon Be. What did the Babylon Be do? 755 00:41:38,057 --> 00:41:41,177 Speaker 1: Just to remind everybody to babylon Be referred to Rachel 756 00:41:41,257 --> 00:41:43,577 Speaker 1: Levine as Man of the Year. Rachel Levine is a man, 757 00:41:44,057 --> 00:41:48,017 Speaker 1: a biological male. Rachel Levine can grow his hair long 758 00:41:48,177 --> 00:41:52,017 Speaker 1: and change his name, but Rachel Levine will always be 759 00:41:52,737 --> 00:41:55,777 Speaker 1: a man. It doesn't matter what the left says, it 760 00:41:55,817 --> 00:41:59,617 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what the system demands of you. But Twitter 761 00:41:59,857 --> 00:42:02,497 Speaker 1: thinks that it can create its own reality, and so 762 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:06,617 Speaker 1: they view that as hateful a statement of factual reality. 763 00:42:06,937 --> 00:42:11,137 Speaker 1: Rachel Levine as a man, is hateful to people who 764 00:42:11,257 --> 00:42:14,097 Speaker 1: run Twitter. So they have in fact denied the Babylon 765 00:42:14,137 --> 00:42:17,217 Speaker 1: Bees appeal over this. They wrote, our support team has 766 00:42:17,217 --> 00:42:20,217 Speaker 1: determined that a violation did take place, and therefore we 767 00:42:20,257 --> 00:42:24,057 Speaker 1: will not overturn our decision. Man, I wish it was 768 00:42:24,097 --> 00:42:26,657 Speaker 1: a way that we really could just replace Twitter with 769 00:42:26,737 --> 00:42:31,977 Speaker 1: something better and metaphorically speaking as a company, burned the 770 00:42:31,977 --> 00:42:35,617 Speaker 1: Twitter stock to a to the ground and just destroy 771 00:42:35,777 --> 00:42:39,217 Speaker 1: that company because it is awful what they're doing. Anyway. 772 00:42:39,297 --> 00:42:42,657 Speaker 1: Washington Post editorial out there, because the Washington Post. This is, 773 00:42:42,657 --> 00:42:46,017 Speaker 1: remember not an editorial. This is the editorial board of 774 00:42:46,137 --> 00:42:49,737 Speaker 1: the Washington Post claim that Republicans have been worse to 775 00:42:49,857 --> 00:42:53,617 Speaker 1: Katangie Brown Jackson than Democrats were to Kavanaugh. This is 776 00:42:54,377 --> 00:42:59,337 Speaker 1: just disgustingly stupid analysis from the idiot cowards of the 777 00:42:59,377 --> 00:43:03,577 Speaker 1: Washington Post editorial board. They lied about Kavanaugh being a 778 00:43:03,617 --> 00:43:06,257 Speaker 1: gang rapist thirty years ago when he was in High School. 779 00:43:07,137 --> 00:43:09,417 Speaker 1: The worst kind of smear imagical. They lied in front 780 00:43:09,457 --> 00:43:11,297 Speaker 1: of millions of Americans watching the line, in front of 781 00:43:11,297 --> 00:43:12,857 Speaker 1: the man's women and children. It was a lie. That 782 00:43:12,937 --> 00:43:14,537 Speaker 1: woman who came after him was a liar. The other 783 00:43:14,537 --> 00:43:18,777 Speaker 1: ones who came after Cavana were liars, but useful anything 784 00:43:18,817 --> 00:43:21,017 Speaker 1: anything to protect rov Wade. Oh, yes, that's what it 785 00:43:21,057 --> 00:43:28,017 Speaker 1: was really all about. It's ridiculous. And then there's Jennifer 786 00:43:28,057 --> 00:43:31,737 Speaker 1: Granholm clean energy. She wants to talk about that now 787 00:43:31,777 --> 00:43:33,857 Speaker 1: while we have super high gas prices. Oh, that's gonna 788 00:43:33,857 --> 00:43:37,737 Speaker 1: go over well watch this one. As Minister Ryan has said, 789 00:43:37,857 --> 00:43:42,697 Speaker 1: this clean energy transition could be the peace project of 790 00:43:42,737 --> 00:43:49,897 Speaker 1: our time. But peace always comes after struggle. So let's 791 00:43:49,897 --> 00:43:54,417 Speaker 1: give this peace project the focus and the commitment and 792 00:43:54,497 --> 00:44:02,017 Speaker 1: the resources of a wartime effort. Our Marshall Plan, Marshall 793 00:44:02,057 --> 00:44:06,257 Speaker 1: Plan for clean Energy. Wow, she's a lunatic. That's ever 794 00:44:06,417 --> 00:44:07,937 Speaker 1: to night to hold the line. The no spin news 795 00:44:07,937 --> 00:44:25,737 Speaker 1: that Bill A. Riley is next Shields High. There's a 796 00:44:25,737 --> 00:44:27,857 Speaker 1: battle going on right now, but maybe the most important 797 00:44:27,897 --> 00:44:30,697 Speaker 1: fight our country has had since the Revolutionary War. Once again, 798 00:44:30,737 --> 00:44:32,537 Speaker 1: it's about our freedom. People like you and me are 799 00:44:32,537 --> 00:44:35,297 Speaker 1: being canceled. Our speech increasingly censored by big tech and 800 00:44:35,377 --> 00:44:38,537 Speaker 1: corporate media. Can't let that happen. Time to fight back. 801 00:44:38,857 --> 00:44:41,577 Speaker 1: Please stand with us and support the First TEAMV be 802 00:44:41,617 --> 00:44:43,657 Speaker 1: a part of our team dedicated to preserving the very 803 00:44:43,817 --> 00:44:45,897 Speaker 1: essence of who we are, free Americans.