WEBVTT - He Had Slaves 0:00:01.890 --> 0:00:05.730 Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the 0:00:05.769 --> 0:00:07.770 George Washington Broadcast Center. 0:00:07.830 --> 0:00:10.030 Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. 0:00:10.190 --> 0:00:11.510 Armstrong and Getty. 0:00:11.710 --> 0:00:17.380 And now, here's Armstrong and Getty. 0:00:17.900 --> 0:00:28.900 Hey, Fox fans. Judge Napolitano was, is a scumbag. More 0:00:28.940 --> 0:00:32.660 on that later. Also, the mainstream media lied to you 0:00:32.700 --> 0:00:35.240 about the price of gas all weekend long. Just flat 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:37.900 out lied. Don't care at all. Stay tuned for that also. 0:00:38.580 --> 0:00:42.600 Wow, muckraker Jack Armstrong taking on multiple targets. I love it. 0:00:43.130 --> 0:00:47.089 So the government of California is a big conspiracy, which 0:00:47.170 --> 0:00:50.970 is dedicated to taking taxpayer money and handing it out 0:00:51.030 --> 0:00:54.300 to their cronies and their friends and themselves. They also 0:00:54.700 --> 0:00:58.180 govern in their spare time, but it mostly exists as 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:03.720 a conspiracy. Witness the bullet train, witness the— what was the 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:06.000 other one I wanted to bring up? Oh, the homeless 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:11.340 industrial complex or the immigration services thing. Those are just 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.490 three examples out of many of them. And you're probably 0:01:13.530 --> 0:01:17.620 familiar with independent journalist young Nick Shirley, who— was working 0:01:17.660 --> 0:01:21.850 in the L.A. area, disclosing the fact, uncovering the fact 0:01:21.890 --> 0:01:25.430 that a lot of these immigrant service centers were not 0:01:25.530 --> 0:01:30.369 servicing anybody. They were taking enormous grants of taxpayer money, 0:01:31.190 --> 0:01:34.360 spending it on cars and planes and vacations and houses 0:01:34.420 --> 0:01:36.440 and the rest of it, and not doing anything with it. 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.500 So he made that clear in his fabulous videos, including 0:01:41.660 --> 0:01:46.810 famously the Learing Center, which They didn't even bother to 0:01:46.850 --> 0:01:50.270 spell learning correct. And he put out those videos, and 0:01:50.310 --> 0:01:52.250 it's brought an enormous amount of heat on the government 0:01:52.270 --> 0:01:56.300 of California. Well, California, the government responded by passing what's 0:01:56.310 --> 0:02:00.040 being called the Stop Nick Shirley Act law, which is 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:05.380 a thinly veiled law. It's a charade in which they say, well, 0:02:05.780 --> 0:02:13.109 we can't have people harassing immigration service providers and scaring 0:02:13.150 --> 0:02:16.030 them and doxing them. That would be super mean. So 0:02:16.169 --> 0:02:20.390 we're going to criminalize it if anybody does that, especially 0:02:20.450 --> 0:02:22.790 if anybody, you know, I don't know, throws a rock 0:02:22.830 --> 0:02:25.399 at the building or spray paints it or something like that. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.180 Nick Shirley and people like him will be convicted of 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:34.370 breaking the law. To which Nick said, I'm a journalist 0:02:34.590 --> 0:02:38.049 and everything I've said is the truth. Well, so just 0:02:38.070 --> 0:02:40.549 to bring you up to speed, Nick and his friends 0:02:40.730 --> 0:02:43.830 held a very nice rally at the capital of Calunicornia 0:02:44.330 --> 0:02:48.260 last week. And on hand was Lauren Rosenhall of the 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:53.339 New York Times, who interviewed Mr. Shirley. Her biases are 0:02:53.540 --> 0:02:57.520 utterly clear. uh in the interview but it it evolves 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.740 in an interesting and entertaining way we'll start with 60 0:03:00.740 --> 0:03:02.740 michael and just go from there so i. 0:03:02.700 --> 0:03:05.359 Was just the people who are supporting this bill like 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:08.340 the they say that has nothing to do with you 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.860 that they they introduced it long before you had come 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:16.190 to california that's really not about your work here. 0:03:15.940 --> 0:03:18.570 Not true Why do you think it's not true? 0:03:18.590 --> 0:03:22.680 Because I announced on January 31st I was coming to California. 0:03:22.700 --> 0:03:24.940 I had already filmed the videos. The word had already 0:03:24.980 --> 0:03:27.440 gotten out that I filmed inside these immigration support service providers. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.340 And then they created the bill before I published the video. 0:03:32.620 --> 0:03:34.820 Okay, she says. Well, I've got more questions. 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.839 Well, they say that it has to do with work, like, 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:43.700 experiences that immigration service providers have been having for quite 0:03:43.740 --> 0:03:47.590 a long time, including last year. Like, that they were 0:03:47.620 --> 0:03:49.530 not aware of your work when they felt that there 0:03:49.550 --> 0:03:50.710 was a need for this bill. 0:03:50.970 --> 0:03:52.290 It's a lie, quite frankly. 0:03:52.910 --> 0:03:55.490 And there's already laws out for people that are being 0:03:55.530 --> 0:03:58.490 doxxed and for people that are being threatened. There's no 0:03:58.510 --> 0:04:01.990 need for this bill. They're making a protected class by 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.890 specifically saying immigration support service providers. And they say included 0:04:05.930 --> 0:04:07.990 but not limited to, and they list a whole bunch. 0:04:08.430 --> 0:04:10.310 But what does that exactly mean? It's so broad that 0:04:10.330 --> 0:04:13.730 literally quite literally anything could be an immigration support service provider. 0:04:13.910 --> 0:04:16.110 There's 10 million immigrants here inside the state of California. 0:04:18.470 --> 0:04:20.770 Okay, so I need to give you the visual. Every 0:04:20.850 --> 0:04:24.870 time Nick quite capably answers a question like that, the 0:04:25.070 --> 0:04:30.200 reporter gal, Ms. Rosenhall, has a look on her face like, oh. wow, okay, 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.719 but wait, now I'm not supposed to like this guy. 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.159 And so she presses on with more questions. 0:04:35.580 --> 0:04:39.170 So my understanding is that the bill actually adds immigration 0:04:39.190 --> 0:04:43.270 services to existing categories of people who already have this 0:04:43.290 --> 0:04:44.890 safe at home protection. 0:04:44.930 --> 0:04:47.029 Yeah, so they're putting them inside of this new program, 0:04:47.670 --> 0:04:50.390 yet they don't actually, they're making a new protected class 0:04:50.420 --> 0:04:53.740 for people that work inside immigration support service programs. There's 0:04:53.779 --> 0:04:55.980 already laws for people that are being doxxed and threatened. 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:56.660 Uh-huh. 0:04:56.820 --> 0:04:58.900 That safe at home program is for people who are 0:04:58.940 --> 0:05:00.740 trying to escape their predators that are attacking them. 0:05:01.500 --> 0:05:05.100 And so what is it that you feel that you've 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:07.020 done that would be prohibited by this law? 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:07.860 Have you read the bill? 0:05:08.220 --> 0:05:09.240 Yeah, it does say. 0:05:09.100 --> 0:05:12.430 That it only applies, like someone has to apply for 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:13.089 this protection. 0:05:13.150 --> 0:05:14.630 It's not like they automatically get it. 0:05:14.670 --> 0:05:16.730 They have to show that they're being threatened, that they 0:05:16.770 --> 0:05:19.950 have a law enforcement approval. 0:05:21.250 --> 0:05:24.710 So imagine a fraudster who knows he's committing fraud. He's like, oh, well, 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.540 now I need this bill. If I'm committing fraud, I'm 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.640 just going to go enroll into this program. And therefore, 0:05:29.660 --> 0:05:32.000 when someone comes up to expose my fraud, I can 0:05:32.020 --> 0:05:35.039 just give them a written paper, a written demand, and 0:05:35.060 --> 0:05:37.000 they can't publish the video according to the law. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.479 And you think they could easily just fake that they're 0:05:41.060 --> 0:05:42.210 facing a threat? 0:05:42.310 --> 0:05:45.710 The harassment, it says harassment on that bill. It says 0:05:45.830 --> 0:05:51.029 unwelcome visitation, unwelcome visits. Like, unreasonable fear. 0:05:51.390 --> 0:05:51.610 Okay. 0:05:52.150 --> 0:05:53.620 If I go expose a fraudster, are they going to 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:54.100 be fearful? 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:54.980 Well, of course. 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:56.200 Okay. 0:05:57.180 --> 0:06:01.789 Unwanted visitation. By a journalist? 0:06:02.310 --> 0:06:04.310 Well, and I like her saying, you think they could 0:06:04.350 --> 0:06:08.530 just fake that? They're fraudsters. Fraudsters are willing to fake 0:06:08.589 --> 0:06:09.250 all kinds of things. 0:06:10.060 --> 0:06:12.360 Yeah, yeah. There are just a couple more, and we're 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:13.820 leading up to my favorite moment. 0:06:14.820 --> 0:06:18.270 And then what about the part of the bill that says, like, 0:06:18.589 --> 0:06:22.770 it's only unlawful to post the information if you're doing 0:06:22.810 --> 0:06:26.110 so to incite violence or make a threat? Like, if 0:06:26.170 --> 0:06:28.990 you're just posting it for information to inform the public, 0:06:29.529 --> 0:06:32.180 that's not, that wouldn't be a violation, would it? 0:06:32.810 --> 0:06:34.800 Who's to say that? Who's to say that? 0:06:35.220 --> 0:06:38.120 If I expose it, and then I expose it to 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.060 somebody else, and then a third party comes in and 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:41.480 incites violence or harassment. 0:06:43.070 --> 0:06:43.730 What does that mean? 0:06:44.130 --> 0:06:47.190 That means that they could literally hire somebody to go 0:06:47.230 --> 0:06:51.150 commit the crime and say that third party was because 0:06:51.190 --> 0:06:53.409 of Nick Shirley. Then Nick Shirley is responsible of that crime. 0:06:54.070 --> 0:06:55.909 And then we're going to give Nick Shirley. 0:06:55.690 --> 0:06:56.090 A $ 4, 000 fine. 0:06:58.450 --> 0:07:03.890 And she gets that wide-eyed looking around look on her face. Oh, 0:07:04.470 --> 0:07:06.830 he's right again. You can read it on her face. 0:07:07.410 --> 0:07:10.470 And then finally he visits where she lives in a way. 0:07:11.310 --> 0:07:12.800 So you as a journalist, if you go expose a 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:14.760 leering center, you know what a leering center is? 0:07:14.820 --> 0:07:15.980 I've watched your videos about that. 0:07:16.100 --> 0:07:18.060 So if you go expose a leering center where there's 0:07:18.180 --> 0:07:22.280 no kids at the daycare, they receive $ 1. 9 million, and 0:07:22.580 --> 0:07:25.060 it just opens up a whole entire fraud ring, and 0:07:25.110 --> 0:07:28.610 then I expose it, a bunch of other people come in, 0:07:28.750 --> 0:07:33.150 and say someone throws, I don't know, say somebody paintballs 0:07:33.190 --> 0:07:36.670 the building, right? They cause fear for that building. And 0:07:36.950 --> 0:07:39.820 then you're responsible for the actions of a third party. 0:07:42.110 --> 0:07:46.810 But that fraud was real. So, like, it completely breaks 0:07:46.850 --> 0:07:50.330 the trust and the amendment of the freedom of press 0:07:50.430 --> 0:07:53.810 by putting other crimes upon another person for reporting the truth. 0:07:54.710 --> 0:07:57.120 People said the Minnesota fraud wasn't true for a long time. 0:07:57.620 --> 0:07:59.800 And now we're seeing that people are being arrested nearly 0:07:59.860 --> 0:08:01.739 each and every single week, and people are pleading guilty 0:08:01.780 --> 0:08:04.640 to that fraud. But the Democrats and the mainstream media 0:08:04.660 --> 0:08:05.580 said that fraud wasn't real. 0:08:11.270 --> 0:08:14.080 She's just looking at him with her mouth open. Yeah, 0:08:14.180 --> 0:08:17.160 if a journalist reports something that's true, and then some 0:08:17.340 --> 0:08:21.540 a-hole decides to paintball the building, the journalist gets fined 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:22.640 under this law. 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.820 Somebody paintsballs the building because they're angry that somebody was 0:08:26.940 --> 0:08:28.020 ripping off their money? 0:08:28.660 --> 0:08:31.840 Right, the journalist gets prosecuted and fined, exactly, according to 0:08:31.860 --> 0:08:34.780 the Stop Nick Shirley Act, which left the poor gal 0:08:34.820 --> 0:08:38.439 from the New York Times utterly befuddled with nothing to say. 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:39.059 It's too bad. 0:08:40.070 --> 0:08:43.500 California stories don't make national news because this is pretty outrageous. 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:44.300 It is. 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:49.780 It's truly, truly outrageous. You don't bust the trust. It's 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:54.560 a good point, sir. Way to go, Nick. And again, 0:08:54.660 --> 0:08:57.150 to the credit of the New York Times, at least 0:08:57.350 --> 0:08:59.790 they interviewed the guy. I did not see the write-up 0:08:59.830 --> 0:09:02.569 of that interview anywhere. I have a feeling it did 0:09:02.610 --> 0:09:04.390 not appear, but I could be wrong. If I am wrong, 0:09:04.450 --> 0:09:07.970 please let us know. Email us, mailbag at armstrongandgetty.com. Or 0:09:08.010 --> 0:09:10.030 I could just search the New York Times. Although most 0:09:10.130 --> 0:09:12.859 major news organizations' search functions suck. 0:09:13.050 --> 0:09:13.420 They do. 0:09:13.780 --> 0:09:17.319 I can't imagine why they aren't better. I mentioned this earlier, 0:09:17.340 --> 0:09:18.839 just to pay this off before we take a break. 0:09:18.860 --> 0:09:21.480 I had the best popcorn I've ever had in my life. 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.800 The new Walmart popcorn. Are you familiar with this, Michael? 0:09:24.820 --> 0:09:26.100 I don't think at all. I don't know if it's 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.360 hit California or not. I don't know if it will 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.979 hit California for a reason you'll understand here in a second. 0:09:31.510 --> 0:09:33.949 It may cause cancer in California. 0:09:34.130 --> 0:09:37.500 So I went to Kansas with my kids to see 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:39.660 my mom and dad, their grandma and grandpa. My dad 0:09:39.700 --> 0:09:42.500 turned 93, and then we visited his office a weekend later. 0:09:42.580 --> 0:09:47.020 Both my brothers were there. And I had a good time. 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.620 Did a lot of stuff. But anyway, the subject of the... 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.300 Have you had the Walmart popcorn? Have you had Circus 0:09:52.300 --> 0:09:53.810 Time popcorn from Walmart? 0:09:53.809 --> 0:09:53.949 No. 0:09:53.950 --> 0:09:56.210 Oh, it's a dollar a bag. It's the best popcorn 0:09:56.210 --> 0:09:58.189 you ever had. Which, you know, it builds it up 0:09:58.210 --> 0:09:59.750 pretty good. And then we all ate some and it 0:09:59.770 --> 0:10:01.250 was like, this is the best popcorn I've ever had. 0:10:01.530 --> 0:10:04.729 It's like, it tastes like movie popcorn. It's a dollar 0:10:04.870 --> 0:10:08.130 a bag at Walmart. They started them like in just 0:10:08.220 --> 0:10:10.510 certain Walmarts and then they're growing it, but they're selling 0:10:10.630 --> 0:10:13.900 out everywhere. It's so cheap and so good. They're selling 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.760 out everywhere. It hasn't made every, but there's a Bible 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.959 verse on the back. They have a Bible verse on 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:22.969 the back of the bag. So I wonder if we'll 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.420 have it in California or certainly the town I live in. 0:10:25.429 --> 0:10:27.850 We don't have a Walmart in my town. 0:10:29.170 --> 0:10:32.290 Just the manufacturer, the distributor has chosen to do that? 0:10:32.710 --> 0:10:34.290 Or is it like Walmart's own brand? 0:10:35.030 --> 0:10:36.459 I don't know if it's Walmart's own brand. 0:10:37.010 --> 0:10:39.729 I don't recall popcorn coming up in the good book, 0:10:39.770 --> 0:10:41.730 but I'm no theologian. 0:10:41.910 --> 0:10:43.900 I'm looking at this bag right here. I screenshotted it. 0:10:44.030 --> 0:10:47.390 Best if used by January 2027. So the fact that 0:10:47.410 --> 0:10:51.559 it will stay okay in a plastic bag for a 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:53.320 year or hour long. 0:10:53.500 --> 0:10:58.360 Gimme. Wow. And I love the name Circus Time because 0:10:58.380 --> 0:11:00.950 that brings to mind the world's most delicious candy, the 0:11:00.990 --> 0:11:01.790 circus peanut. 0:11:02.090 --> 0:11:03.830 That's funny. That came up over the weekend because my 0:11:03.850 --> 0:11:05.609 dad actually likes circus peanuts. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:06.620 Oh, yeah. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.020 High five, Mr. Armstrong. 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.709 Oh, the grossest candy ever made. And we used to 0:11:10.730 --> 0:11:15.130 get him for him for Father's Day, like, every year. Disgusting. 0:11:16.590 --> 0:11:18.190 I think what they're trying to do is they're trying 0:11:18.210 --> 0:11:20.730 to have, like, a Costco hot dog sort of thing. 0:11:20.809 --> 0:11:27.130 A loss leader, like, meme thing that, you know, it's 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.100 advertisement in addition to the fact that it's a loss leader. Like, 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:31.600 that's what they're trying to do. And it's really, really 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.350 good popcorn. I mean, because you can't get anything for 0:11:34.370 --> 0:11:35.989 a dollar. A dollar is practically no money. 0:11:38.150 --> 0:11:40.470 But if you're mass-producing popcorn, I mean, what are your 0:11:40.510 --> 0:11:43.650 costs in a single bag? I mean, they might be 0:11:43.690 --> 0:11:44.310 making money on. 0:11:46.150 --> 0:11:46.250 That. 0:11:46.290 --> 0:11:49.320 Well, that's interesting. So, now, I'm a big fan. The 0:11:49.340 --> 0:11:51.059 Bible verse, though, I don't know what that's all about. 0:11:51.900 --> 0:11:53.699 I don't know. It's just a religious company. Blessed are 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.460 the corn makers, for they shall, you know. 0:11:55.740 --> 0:11:57.300 We didn't know if it was a different Bible verse 0:11:57.350 --> 0:11:59.150 on every bag or the same one in every bag. 0:11:59.250 --> 0:12:02.150 Oh, yeah. But I'm a big fan of the kettle corn, 0:12:02.170 --> 0:12:04.570 a little sweet, a little salty. But you're saying it's 0:12:04.590 --> 0:12:05.790 more movie-style popcorn. 0:12:05.809 --> 0:12:07.030 It tastes like movie popcorn, yeah. 0:12:07.210 --> 0:12:07.550 Wow. 0:12:07.610 --> 0:12:08.790 Which is really good. 0:12:08.809 --> 0:12:09.390 Nothing wrong with that. 0:12:09.490 --> 0:12:12.260 And that stuff's like $ 15 a bucket. This is a 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:13.880 dollar a giant bag. 0:12:14.500 --> 0:12:16.860 Smuggle this in under your coat, stick it to the man. 0:12:17.220 --> 0:12:19.459 Like your whole family could eat on this for a 0:12:19.620 --> 0:12:21.730 week if you ate lots of popcorn for a dollar. 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:22.589 Wow. 0:12:22.890 --> 0:12:25.929 Is there any nutritional value in popcorn at all? Could 0:12:25.950 --> 0:12:26.460 I live on it? 0:12:26.470 --> 0:12:29.710 Maybe a little, right? It's corn. It's a vegetable, right? 0:12:29.770 --> 0:12:30.860 It's a vegetable. 0:12:31.030 --> 0:12:32.600 Maybe a legume. Nobody's sure. 0:12:33.100 --> 0:12:34.860 You were lied to about the price of gas over 0:12:34.900 --> 0:12:37.179 the weekend because they just loved saying it's the most 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.660 expensive gas we've ever had on Labor Day weekend, which 0:12:39.780 --> 0:12:42.650 just flat isn't even close to true. I ought to 0:12:42.690 --> 0:12:45.089 check in on the Iran war because Saudi Arabia got 0:12:45.470 --> 0:12:50.210 bombed like crazy by the Houthis overnight, and they're blaming 0:12:50.230 --> 0:12:53.790 it on Iran. And Saudi Arabia versus Iran would be 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.280 like King Kong versus Godzilla of the Middle East. No 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.960 doubt about that. A lot on the way. Stay here. 0:12:59.460 --> 0:13:00.199 It's Kong! 0:13:02.700 --> 0:13:05.089 Armstrong and Getty. 0:13:06.170 --> 0:13:09.210 And as Cancer Freedom says, he wants to break Wilt 0:13:09.250 --> 0:13:12.930 Chamberlain's record of 100 points in a pro basketball game, 0:13:13.290 --> 0:13:16.750 but while in the WNBA. Wow, I guess he only 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:18.099 wants to play the first half. 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:18.420 Yeah. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:23.400 Who is that cartoon character giving me that joke? 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:27.520 That is Joe Mackey from the Gutfeld Show. Is he 0:13:27.580 --> 0:13:30.989 filling in for Gutfeld? Yeah, he is. That's great. 0:13:33.110 --> 0:13:34.310 Is he a circus clown? 0:13:34.929 --> 0:13:37.990 He appears to be belittling the players of the WNBA 0:13:38.050 --> 0:13:38.510 as well. 0:13:38.550 --> 0:13:39.150 Hate to see that. 0:13:39.170 --> 0:13:39.770 Troubling joke. 0:13:39.910 --> 0:13:42.230 Speaking of the circus, we got this text. Circus peanuts 0:13:42.290 --> 0:13:44.850 taste like banana and gasoline. That's fairly accurate. 0:13:46.670 --> 0:13:48.530 You say that like it's a bad thing. 0:13:49.929 --> 0:13:52.370 And a lot of people texting that, yes, Circus Time 0:13:52.410 --> 0:13:55.070 popcorn from Walmart is the best popcorn they've ever had, 0:13:55.150 --> 0:13:58.370 especially for a dollar a bag. But I did a 0:13:58.370 --> 0:13:58.950 little research. 0:13:58.970 --> 0:13:59.170 Yeah. 0:13:59.330 --> 0:14:03.370 Different Bible verses on different bags. It's a Tennessee company 0:14:03.650 --> 0:14:08.710 and they're religious people. And similar to like In-N-Out Burger 0:14:09.190 --> 0:14:15.970 and a couple other Chick-fil-A, they proudly wear their Christianity, 0:14:17.510 --> 0:14:21.090 including John 316. That'll be the collectible one I put 0:14:21.130 --> 0:14:23.110 on my wall. That's got to be like home run. 0:14:23.290 --> 0:14:26.650 It's like getting a Reggie Jackson rookie card or something 0:14:26.670 --> 0:14:27.430 like that. 0:14:27.470 --> 0:14:29.270 A oily popcorn bag on your wall. 0:14:29.450 --> 0:14:29.650 Yes. 0:14:29.910 --> 0:14:32.050 With the Bible verse that we like so much. 0:14:32.070 --> 0:14:33.030 I love it. Yes. 0:14:34.170 --> 0:14:36.500 Maybe I'm just being pedantic and a pain in the ass, 0:14:37.770 --> 0:14:39.260 which is kind of my thing. 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:40.880 You're working my side of the street. 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.920 But it just, it bothered me how many times I 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:47.250 heard over the weekend that That this was gasoline, the 0:14:47.270 --> 0:14:49.370 most expensive it has ever been on Labor Day. This 0:14:49.410 --> 0:14:53.750 is the most expensive, like a thousand times. It was 0:14:53.770 --> 0:14:57.450 the lead story for the whole weekend. And I get 0:14:57.510 --> 0:15:00.070 to a certain extent that we don't adjust everything for 0:15:00.110 --> 0:15:02.790 inflation all the time. And it doesn't matter a lot 0:15:02.820 --> 0:15:06.100 of the times. With movies, who cares? They're trying to 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.120 boost whatever movie. The new Spider-Man came out. Number one 0:15:09.140 --> 0:15:11.160 movie opening of all time. Well, you adjust for inflation. 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.730 You know, Avatar was bigger or whatever was bigger. But 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:19.170 the gasoline thing, because it has political ramifications, I think, 0:15:19.330 --> 0:15:22.270 and has a lot to do with people's mood on 0:15:23.430 --> 0:15:25.790 right direction, wrong direction in the economy and everything like. 0:15:25.710 --> 0:15:26.630 That, it has some meaning. 0:15:26.690 --> 0:15:29.250 So I feel like the media being somewhat accurate would 0:15:29.270 --> 0:15:33.380 be helpful. Not only was it not the most expensive 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:37.520 gasoline on Labor Day weekend we've ever had, it doesn't 0:15:37.580 --> 0:15:41.640 even crack the top 10 since 2005. 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.480 Wow. Not even in the top half since 05. 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.020 Not even in the top 10 since 2005. 0:15:49.020 --> 0:15:52.080 Well, that is notable. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.500 In fact, it's a full gasoline over Labor Day weekend 0:15:55.520 --> 0:16:00.920 was a full dollar cheaper than it was in 2008. 0:16:01.900 --> 0:16:06.190 and 2012 and 2011 and nearly a dollar cheaper than 2005, 0:16:06.190 --> 0:16:09.760 2013 and 2004. I mean, so it's not even close. 0:16:09.980 --> 0:16:13.320 So it's just a lie. So at that point, aren't. 0:16:13.210 --> 0:16:17.109 You just stating a falsehood? It's not being pedantic. You're 0:16:17.130 --> 0:16:18.610 just lying to people. 0:16:19.290 --> 0:16:22.990 Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. At the very least it's disingenuous. 0:16:23.070 --> 0:16:24.650 Incredibly misleading. 0:16:25.530 --> 0:16:29.270 Everything is clickbait. Everything. Clickonomics. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.420 So nobody cares. 0:16:35.660 --> 0:16:38.920 So many really important ideas we've tried to pitch through 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:40.950 the years, but I think this may be the one 0:16:40.990 --> 0:16:44.250 that will stick with people. Did you adjust for inflation 0:16:44.330 --> 0:16:48.070 or no? Which is not a bad one. I mean, 0:16:48.110 --> 0:16:52.190 especially given my militant stance against artificially inflating the currency 0:16:52.250 --> 0:16:53.980 to benefit the political class. 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.280 Oh, my God. Got on that topic with my family. 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:59.740 Inflation and how it eats away your rough. 0:16:59.860 --> 0:17:04.350 And it's an intentional strategy. I will overspend the Treasury 0:17:04.790 --> 0:17:07.550 to my own benefit. Then I will inflate the currency 0:17:07.710 --> 0:17:10.020 so that we can cover those debts I ran up 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:11.580 as the government. I hate it. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:13.960 Well, check in on the Warner ran, among other things 0:17:14.020 --> 0:17:15.200 on the way. If you miss the segment, get the 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:16.980 podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:20.250 Armstrong and Getty. 0:17:21.790 --> 0:17:24.300 Iran threatening to put more pressure on the Strait of 0:17:24.340 --> 0:17:28.520 Hormuz after renewed strikes in the critical waterway. Over the weekend, 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.200 Iran saying they targeted three oil tankers that crossed a, quote, 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.740 unauthorized route near the strait, as well as three U.S. 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.870 affiliated vessels in other areas. The Pentagon saying they hit 0:17:39.910 --> 0:17:43.430 three Iranian oil tankers. Now, Iran saying they're planning a 0:17:43.510 --> 0:17:47.580 new restricted zone outside the strait. saying any shit that 0:17:47.730 --> 0:17:50.719 enters that zone with the intention of crossing will be 0:17:50.820 --> 0:17:52.359 put on a sanctions list. 0:17:53.369 --> 0:17:56.169 So Rand's shooting at ships, and then we blew up 0:17:56.230 --> 0:17:58.619 some of their ships, and meanwhile you got this also 0:17:58.650 --> 0:17:59.020 going on. 0:17:59.859 --> 0:18:03.439 Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a wave of strikes 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:06.659 on Saudi Arabia, a key partner to the United States. 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:09.540 The kingdom says that this wounded about 70 people and 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.740 that those strikes hit oil facilities in the area. The 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.820 US and Iran also traded strikes over the weekend. All 0:18:15.859 --> 0:18:18.359 of this escalation comes as a new report from Brown 0:18:18.420 --> 0:18:23.240 University says American consumers are paying $ 100 billion more in 0:18:23.310 --> 0:18:24.710 energy costs due to this war. 0:18:25.369 --> 0:18:27.570 I can't imagine Saudi Arabia is gonna put up with this. 0:18:29.900 --> 0:18:33.480 No, no. Goodness knows what the talks are behind the 0:18:33.619 --> 0:18:38.830 scenes and strategizing. It's probably worth throwing in. Ukraine is 0:18:38.890 --> 0:18:41.750 trying to bash the hell out of Russia's refining capacity 0:18:41.790 --> 0:18:44.929 right now, too. So it appears there's a war on 0:18:45.050 --> 0:18:49.300 oil going on. Not the one Al Gore pictured, but. Oh, yeah. 0:18:49.619 --> 0:18:51.530 Makes me want to reconsider the electric car idea. 0:18:51.550 --> 0:18:51.770 Anyway. 0:18:52.369 --> 0:18:54.010 And as I mentioned earlier, Wall Street Journal had a 0:18:54.030 --> 0:18:55.470 big piece over the weekend. It was one of the 0:18:55.550 --> 0:18:58.250 first positive pieces about where things are with the war 0:18:58.310 --> 0:19:02.109 I'd seen in a long time, practically ever since the 0:19:02.130 --> 0:19:05.449 war began, and that the economic sanctions and choking them 0:19:05.580 --> 0:19:08.180 off is really starting to have an effect all over 0:19:08.220 --> 0:19:13.540 the country. Although the ending summary was no indication that 0:19:13.580 --> 0:19:15.679 that's going to cause the regime to fall or for 0:19:15.700 --> 0:19:20.970 them to change their It is really, it's definitely having 0:19:21.010 --> 0:19:23.510 an effect. Just whether or not it will force them 0:19:23.570 --> 0:19:25.770 into anything is a completely different question. 0:19:26.810 --> 0:19:30.250 Right, right. Yeah, that's the beauty of being a totalitarian regime. 0:19:30.770 --> 0:19:33.090 I mean, what would the formula be? How much pain 0:19:33.109 --> 0:19:36.669 would you have to cause the populace before there was 0:19:36.710 --> 0:19:39.469 enough pain on the IRGC to make them do anything? 0:19:40.590 --> 0:19:42.850 I mean... I don't think they care at all. 0:19:43.470 --> 0:19:46.840 No, right, exactly. I'm not sure that number exists. Well, 0:19:46.900 --> 0:19:51.170 in a nakedly obvious attempt to... distract us from all that, 0:19:51.230 --> 0:19:54.419 President Trump made a series of social media posts over 0:19:54.440 --> 0:20:02.140 the holiday going for changing New Mexico's name to New America. Which, 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:05.240 as you know, Jack, the cable news is of the 0:20:05.300 --> 0:20:08.400 world who have practically no viewers and soon will have 0:20:08.510 --> 0:20:12.300