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Episode 162 Show Notes – The Truth is Coming to the Surface

A video is released showing the killing of a black man in a small Georgian town. Is the outrage warranted?

Former New Jersey governor, Chris Christy, gets a victory from the Supreme Court based on the Bridge-gate scandal.

A Texas salon owner, jailed for opening her store, is released from jail and prompts the the Texas governor to ban jail for those opening their businesses. This brings us to the real question: What is a necessary job? My girlfriend and I had a big fight over this one.

And the Michael Flynn drama is finally over. The media is flipping out.

 

At First Sight

Back in February, a 25-year old black man named Ahmaud Arbery was jogging through a coastal town neighborhood in Georgia.

He was stopped by three people in two cars and accused of burglury. A struggle ensued and Arbery she shot and killed. The case was investigated and, amazingly, forgotten. It was never in the news. The men were father Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael.

The entire time, Arbery’s mother had claimed that her son was innocent and was murdered.

This week, a video was released of the shooting. The video shows Arbery running with a truck stopped in front of him In the bed of the truck is an older man with a handgun and the driver out of the car with a shotgun.

Arbery tried to run around the passenger side of the truck then a struggle ensued with the man wit the shot gun. Arbery ended up shot twice. The video was taken by one of the people who were there to confront Arbery.

Here is a quick look at the facts:

  • One of the men was a detective and investigator for the DA of the county.
  • The men claimed there were two shots when the video showed that there were three shots.
  • The men claimed that they were on the side of the road when Arbery was shot when, in fact, the truck was stopped in the middle of the street, blocking Arbery’s way.
  • They said they suspected Arbery in a string of burgleries in the neighborhood. According to records, there weren’t any string of robberies in the neighborhood.

 

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9HlLa_1588700357

This looks bad. And now that the video came out, two district attornies have recused themselves and a DA from another county has called for a grand jury. This is going to trial.

Of course, the media is making this into a race thing. It might be but we don’t know. What we do know is that the kid was running through a construction site. So what? That not a crime. I run through a lot of places when I run. And what is he going to steal?

There’s going to be more to come on this one. I have a feeling that there might be a protest or two coming in the near future as more information comes out.

As I am talking about this, the father and son who killed Arbery have been arrested and charged with murder. I guess I should have enacted to Bongino rule and waited a day.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/5/6/21249202/ahmaud-arbery-jogger-killed-in-georgia-video-shooting-grand-jury
https://nypost.com/2020/05/08/father-of-georgia-shooter-had-investigated-ahmaud-arbery/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_5183493

 

Do You Even Remember This?

On Thursday, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed to overturn federal convictions in the infamous “Bridgegate scandal” from 2013, where two toll lanes on the George Washington Bridge were inexplicably closed, resulting in a massive traffic pile-up. Later, it was revealed that several of then-Governor Chris Christie’s allies were involved in the closure, which was allegedly enacted as a political retaliation against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie for governor.

According to Fox News, former New Jersey officials Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni were acquitted by the Supreme Court on federal charges of fraud for closing the George Washington Bridge. Though the court acknowledged that the lane closure was enacted for political purposes against the Fort Lee mayor, the action was not tantamount to criminal fraud in light of the fact that they were not out to obtain money or property.

“The question presented is whether the defendants committed property fraud. The evidence the jury heard no doubt shows wrongdoing – deception, corruption, abuse of power,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court’s unanimous opinion. “But the federal fraud statutes at issue do not criminalize all such conduct.”

Of course, Chris Christy is calling this a major victory and an absolution of the sins of his people. It wasn’t. It was unethical and probably happened just the way it was claimed but we can’t call it fraud or corruption because mney wasn’t involved.

Who cares. New Jersey is a crappy state anyway.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-unanimously-overturns-bridgegate-convictions-chris-christie-claims-vindication

 

Why Is Every Tyrant a Democrat?

Shelley Luther was sentenced Tuesday to a week in jail and a $7,000 fine for opening her salon in defiance of state orders, The Daily Wire reported.

Republican Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has since amended his executive orders so Texans who attempt to work against state orders will not be subject to confinement.

Eric Moye is a Left-wing hack.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-emotional-salon-owner-speaks-after-jail-release-for-opening-business-in-defiance-of-stay-at-home-order

 

Finally Over

General Mike Flynn has had charges dropped by the Department of Justice.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-doj-dropping-criminal-case-against-michael-flynn

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Episode 161 Show Notes – Hey, That’s a Nice Suit!

Trump releases an ad that makes CNN look bad.

California tries to eliminate more sources of income.

Tyranny is showing its ugly face in Chicago and other places.

And let’s look at when virtue signaling goes wrong.

 

Was It That Bad?

The Trump campaign released another video. It was heavily devastating against those who think Trump has bungled this entire Wuhan flu thing.

I don’t think he did. A lot of people think he did a good job. The polls show it.

But, CNN was not so impressed. Watch:

So CNN, which was about 5 seconds of the video, and probably will viewed by more people than their news cast is viewed by decided to sue the Trump campaign based on manipulated video and a manipulated message. They issued the following statement:

“A lawyer for CNN’s parent company WarnerMedia has written a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump’s re-election campaign over the misleading contents of a new campaign ad. WarnerMedia says the Trump ad is misusing CNN news coverage in a way that’s ‘false, misleading and deceptive.’”

But, as CNN‘s Brian Stelter explains, the network maintains that the framing and the editing of that exchange is “misleading,” giving the impression that Blitzer and Gupta are specifically referencing Trump’s travel ban rather than the broader social distancing measures recommended by his administration. Stelter reports:

The ad takes a segment from CNN’s “The Situation Room” out of context. On March 30, anchor Wolf Blitzer asked Dr. Sanjay Gupta, “Well, is it accurate that if these steps had not been put in place, the stay at home orders, the social distancing orders, as the President said yesterday, it could have been 2 million people down here in the United States?”

Gupta responded, “I mean, you know, these are all models, Wolf. It’s a little tough to say, but, you know, if you talk about something that is spreading, you know, very robustly throughout a community. You know, two to three times more contagious than flu, and up to 10 times, perhaps even more than that, more deadly than flu, then yes.”

Blitzer’s question was about “stay at home orders” and social distancing, but in the campaign ad, that portion of his question was omitted. After Blitzer and Gupta are shown on screen, the ad cuts to taped video that invokes Trump’s restrictions on travel from China, like an airport screen showing cancelled flights.

OK. Trump issued stay-at-home recommendations. He also closed the borders. What, exactly, is CNN bitching about? The stay-at-home orders, that he never issued but recommended? Really? That’s the argument?

That portion of the add was, maybe, five seconds in that minute add. And Trump should fight it. And he should point out the lawsuit. And embarrass CNN, hardly a news organization, more.

I have watch Gupta during interviews. He’s not a black-and-white guy. Blitzer asked him balck-and-white questions which Gupta didn’t answer and even became confused about. Finally, Blitzer asked a black-and-white question Gupta could answer. And he did. Done.

Here’s the thing: the other 55 seconds of the video, made up of clips from Democratic governors, is undisputed. This temper-tantrum of a lawsuit just shows the bias of CNN.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-sends-trump-campaign-cease-and-desist-letter-for-deceptive-ad-showing-cnn-agreeing-his-actions-saved-lives-campaign-slaps-back

 

I Guess I’m Walking

Uber and Lyft were hit with a fresh lawsuit on Tuesday by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a coalition of city attorneys who allege the companies are misclassifying their workers in violation of a new state law.

Under the California law, which went into effect on January 1 and is known as Assembly Bill 5 or AB-5, companies must prove workers are free from company control and perform work outside the usual course of business in order classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees.
The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, accuses Uber and Lyft of depriving workers of protections, including a minimum wage, overtime, paid sick leave, and unemployment insurance, that they would be entitled to as employees.
“Californians who drive for Uber and Lyft lack basic worker protections — from paid sick leave to the right to overtime pay. Uber and Lyft claim their drivers aren’t engaged in the companies’ core mission and cannot qualify for benefits,” said Becerra in a statement. “Sometimes it takes a pandemic to shake us into realizing what that really means and who suffers the consequences.”
The lawsuit seeks restitution for the workers as well as civil penalties that, taken together, could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/tech/california-ag-sues-uber-lyft/index.html

 

By the Way, How Many Were Shot This Weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-suggests-people-who-promote-gatherings-on-social-media-will-face-legal-action

 

Ease Off the Creatine, Chris

 

 

 

Just…What?

Actress Gabrielle Union

This past February, Union and her husband, former NBA star Dwayne Wade, revealed that their 12-year-old son now identifies as a female. Appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres show on Monday, Union said that she deserves no recognition for supporting her son’s transition because all parents should love that. Ellen praised Union for having such unconditional love.

“I know this is silly to say because, you know, who doesn’t love their children unconditionally, but I guess a lot of people don’t. But it’s so amazing how supportive you’ve both been,” said Ellen, as reported by Newsbusters.

“I mean, to us, it’s a little odd to get any kind of recognition for doing what, you know, you are supposed to do, which is love and accept and embrace your kids. So it’s odd to get recognition for that,” responded Union. “But unfortunately there are so many people who just don’t. They just don’t. And so many people who really truly feel like their kids are disposable. If they’re not perfect images of them, they aren’t interested. And it’s heartbreaking. So for us, we are just doing what’s natural to us and loving her. There she is! There is our girl. Yeah, we just want happy, healthy, you know, compassionate kids.”

“Zaya is very, very lucky to have both of you as parents and it is unfortunate that a lot of people have children thinking they can mold them and make them who they want them to be and have a certain idea of what they are supposed to turn out like. But they all turn out different,” said Ellen.

“We are proud, when I say proud, we are proud parents of a child in the LGBTQ+ community, and we are proud allies, as well,” Wade said on the show.

“I think going forward I’m ready to live my truth,” Wade recalled his son telling him upon coming out as transgender. “I wanna be referenced as ‘she’ and ‘her’ and I would love for you guys to call me Zaya.”

“I watched my son, from day one, become into who she now eventually come into,” he told the “All the Smoke” podcast. “And for me … nothing changes in my love. Nothing changes in my responsibilities. So, all I had to do now is get smarter educate myself more. And that’s my job,” he continued, noting, “You want to talk about strength and courage, my 12-year-old has way more than I have. You can learn something from your kids.”

 

There’s More

Next week, a prime-time special version of the iconic game show “The Price Is Right” will air featuring drag queen RuPaul playing to raise money for Planned Parenthood.

Broadway World reported, “Since 2009, RuPaul has executive produced and hosted the reality competition series ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ which airs on VH1, for which he received six Primetime Emmy Awards in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. RuPaul is the most commercially successful drag queen of all time, and in 2017 he was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.”

Deadline added, “CBS aired two The Price Is Right at Night specials in December which proved to be ratings winners. David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., AJ Buckley, Toni Trucks, Justin Melnick and Dita the dog from the CBS action drama SEAL Team appeared on the special and became the most-watched entertainment program of its night wile Seth Rogen was chosen to ‘come on down’ and his episode became the top broadcast of the night in viewers and all key demos.”

RuPaul  told Marie Claire magazine that his mother used to work at Planned Parenthood, stating, “Women in our culture have been so marginalized and so really beaten down. We live in a masculine-dominated culture. How dare some man tell a woman what to do with her body. That is outrageous! Outrageous. As a human, that is a big issue for me that really strikes a chord.”

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/gabrielle-union-transgender-kids-feel-disposable-if-parents-dont-transition-them
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-price-is-right-will-feature-drag-queen-raising-money-for-planned-parenthood

 

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Episode 160 Show Notes – Creepy Joe Earns His Name

California has decided to go the way of tyranny but does Gov. Gavin Newsome have the stones to enforce anything.

Sweden does something, I don’t know, insane. Because of the Wuhan Flu.

That brings up a point: How stupid has this whole Wuhan Flu thing gotten?

The women’s United States soccer team gets smoked in court.

And Morning Joe roasts Sleepy, Creepy Joe.

 

Gavin Newsom: Tyrant?

Earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-more-california-counties-to-re-open-in-defiance-of-governors-order
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shutdown-unrest-from-ca-to-ny-thousands-across-nation-turn-out-for-lockdown-protests

Sweden Did What Now?

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/city-to-dump-ton-of-chicken-manure-in-central-park-to-discourage-festival-gathering
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-suggests-illegal-immigrants-should-get-guaranteed-minimum-income-in-next-coronavirus-package

 

A Blast to Feminism

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/schow-the-u-s-womens-soccer-lawsuit-is-yet-another-blow-to-feminist-claims-of-gender-pay-discrimination
https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-sued-over-alleged-gender-pay-discrimination-judge-nope-rapinoe-responds

 

Ugh! He May Be Done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mika-brzezinski-after-biden-interview-were-democrats-wrong-to-believe-all-women
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-accuser-alleges-sexual-harassment-by-joe-biden-when-she-was-14
https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-joe-biden-issues-first-statement-on-tara-reade-sexual-assault-allegation
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-wont-release-senate-records-over-fear-it-will-damage-campaign
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-responsibility-for-investigating-biden-sexual-assault-allegation-should-fall-to-the-dnc

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Episode 159 Show Notes – No Touchy, Creepy Joe!

Joe Biden’s accuser seems to have quite a bit more circumstantial evidence as a tape shows up showing that Tara Read has been telling people about the alleged assault.

The media keeps making the Wuhan flu into a race thing.

President Trumps is getting sued and the media tries to hide why. I actually have to talk to my immigrant girlfriend to see if I was missing time. All I needed to do was read the rest of the story to answer.

Leave it to Slate to give me a great laugh on a Sunday morning.

And could some I enjoy so much really spread COVID-19?

 

I Think We Hit the “Credible” Stage

I never really talked about this because these kinds of reports usually come with no evidence. In fact, they do not become news stories for decades and usually have no evidence, so I just ignore them.

But, this story, not becoming a story, has really ticked me off. And, now, it is looking credible. So my big question is: Where is everyone?

Just to catch you up with the story, Tara Reade, an aid to Joe Biden, accused Sleepy, Creepy Joe Biden of sexual assault back in the 1990s. I didn’t talk much about it because I’m tired to 30-year-old accusations being made into a big deal, even if it’s against a guy I don’t like.

But it did tick me off the the media was ignoring it. This wasn’t a groping. This was an actual sexual assault (I won’t go into the details). And, as time has past, it has become more and more credible.

And, here’s to CNN. When Brett Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault and leading a gang rape ring, with no evidence and no credible witnesses (I do not consider Blaisey Ford a credible witness, never have) and with witnesses who actually countered the accusations, CNN had 700 stories about Kavanaugh. Seven hundred stories!

Up until now, nothing about Sleepy, Creepy Joe.

First, let’s look at Reade’s circumstantial evidence. It is circumstantial. None of this means he’s guilty. In fact, I’m not even accusing Biden of being a perv (he is though). I’m complaining about something else.

  • Reade immediately quit as Biden’s aid.
  • Reade filed a complaint that fell on dead ears.
  • Reade told her husband, mother and family and friends, explaining why she quit.
  • Reade told all these people what happened and that it was Biden.
  • Friends and family of Reade said she told them.
  • Reade still liked Biden and that’s why she never went to the press.

 

Mind you, this is all circumstantial evidence. Doesn’t mean anything. But CNN never said a word about it. The other press organizations mentioned it but never investigated.

Well, CNN decided to have a report about it on April 25. That’s Saturday. Two weeks after the story came out. Why all of a sudden had CNN found God? Not because of the ethical reporting standards of CNN had become enlightened. But because Reade’s mother called in to the Larry King show…on CNN!

What a shock. CNN waited until it was pointed out that CNN already had the story. They talked about Kavanaugh 700 times. No evidence. Then CNN has evidence from their own network that make Reade’s story valid and they hide it. They wait until day before yesterday and failed to report it until then.

Listen to how the female VP prospect for Biden are reacting:

Hmm. The leading resource on new, huh?

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-accuser-torches-media-for-avoiding-allegations-im-a-surviver-and-i-would-like-the-question-asked
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/25/politics/tara-reade-mom-larry-king/index.html
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-accuser-tara-reade-lost-total-respect-for-cnns-anderson-cooper-for-not-asking-former-vp-about-assault-claim

 

It’s All About Race

So the LATimes reported that blacks and Hispanics are more susceptible to the Wuhan flu.

Kind of amazing. When Trump called the virus the Chinese flu, basing this statement as a condemnation of the government of China, not of the Chinese people. Let’s remember: the Chinese people suffered from the disease and the forced social distancing policies.

Well, they are still suffering. Retail stores were closed again last week. Guess it ain’t over there.

The Los Angeles Times released an article stating that more black and Hispanic people are dying between the ages of 18 and 64.

Recent deaths also reveal the major role that underlying health conditions such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes and asthma play in the amplified suffering of black and brown communities.

“None of us knew what the numbers would look like. But we know that this is going to disproportionately affect communities that have fewer resources, have higher rates of underlying disease,” said Angell. “That’s the reality of inequities in our country. It’s something that we’re working very hard to address. It’s not acceptable. It’s not just.” – Dr. Sonia Angell, director of the California Department of Public Health.

“None of us knew what the numbers would look like. But we know that this is going to disproportionately affect communities that have fewer resources, have higher rates of underlying disease,” said Angell. “That’s the reality of inequities in our country. It’s something that we’re working very hard to address. It’s not acceptable. It’s not just.”

The article goes on to bring up crap like family losing a loved on and bad America and so forth.

But the story kind of glides over a few things. Like pre-existing conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease were kind of skipped.

Here are some questions I would like answered:

  • How are preexisting conditions systemic?
  • Are there cultural issues that are creating these preexisting conditions?
  • Are there social issues causing this disease?
  • Are there cultural issues that are spreading the disease? Social distancing?

 

None of the questions are answered.

 

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/4/25/21234774/coronavirus-covid-19-protest-anti-lockdown
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-25/coronavirus-takes-a-larger-toll-on-younger-african-americans-and-latinos-in-california

 

Is This Really a Thing?

 

 

https://fortune.com/2020/04/25/trump-sued-stimulus-check-married-immigrant/

Oh Jeez!

 

 

https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/04/transgender-health-care-covid-coronavirus-privacy.html

 

 

Dumb Gets Dumber

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/23/fact-check-no-evidence-passing-gas-spreads-covid-19/5152813002/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/685841/doctor-coronavirus-spreading-farts/

 

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Episode 158 Show Notes – Never Let a Good Crisis Stop Socialism

It’s getting cooler in the United States as President Trump drops a deep freeze on immigration.

Kim Jong Un might need to ease up of eating bats and go for a run.

And oil is cheaper than toilet paper! This is the perfect time for AOC to screw up!

 

Um, What’s the Big Deal

“As we all know, millions of Americans sacrificed their jobs in order to battle the virus and save the lives of our fellow citizens,” said Trump. “We have a solemn duty to ensure these unemployed Americans regain their jobs and their livelihood.”

“In order to protect American workers, I will be issuing a temporary suspension of Immigration into the United States,” said Trump. “By pausing immigration, we’ll help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America re-opens.”

“It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad,” said Trump. “We must first take care of the American worker.”

Exceptions include necessary jobs such as healthcare and families that are already here.

Of course, the media is making something that is so uncontroversial into a big deal.

“Since the outbreak, the White House has been using the virus to justify increased restrictions on immigration, they’ve basically been working up to this. A move like this, though, would be absolutely unprecedented and would essentially shut down the legal immigration system. And one thing that’s certain, this is definitely going to be challenged in court, opponents are calling this xenophobic.”said ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega.

Really?

Every other country is doing this. Heck, Florida doesn’t want people from New York. Double heck, Michigan doesn’t want people traveling from one home to another home within Michigan.

Trump’s main argument is illegal immigration, not legal immigration.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-immigration-freeze-will-last-two-months-reveals-new-details

 

Good Riddance to Bad Trash

Kin Jong Un is, supposedly, in critical condition after heart surgery.

“Well, these are reports that came out, and we don’t know,” Trump responded. “We don’t know. I’ve had a very good relationship with him. I can only say this: I wish him well, because if he is in the kind of condition that the reports say, that the news is saying, that’s a very serious condition.”

“But I wish him well. We’ve had a good relationship. I’ve said it,” Trump continued. “I’ve said it many times: If somebody else were in this position, we would have been right now at war with North Korea. And we are not at war. We are nowhere close to war with North Korea. I just have to say to Kim Jong Un, I wish him very good luck. Good luck. They came out with a very serious medical reports.”

My opinion? Who cares. He’s garbage and I hope he’s already dead and roasting marsh mellows in hell.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-gives-update-on-situation-regarding-health-of-north-korean-dictator-kim-jong-un

 

Just a Dumbass

Oil is another commodity that has been taking a beating this week. Oil crashed to a record low of -$37.63 per barrel. That’s right. If I have a barrel of oil and I want to sell it to you, I would have to pay you $37.63.

There are several reasons for this.

  • Contracts in West Texas are ending and the final shipments of oil are being sent to refineries. The refineries do not have enough storage for all the refined oil so the contracts will expire. That means drillers are out of luck and they will have to stop drilling.
  • There is an oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has decided to over produce in hopes of lowering the oil prices to the point Russia cannot sell their stock. Since the Russian economy is weaker, Saudi Arabia hopes to wait out the war.
  • Finally, there’s no demand for oil. No one in the world is allowed out of their houses so no one is driving.

 

There’s good and bad news about this.

First, the good news. Which isn’t that great. Our gas will go down. In certain states, gasoline has gone under $1 a gallon. Of course, no one is going anywhere. So we are not really taking advantage of that.

The bad news is people will lose their jobs. They will lose their jobs from the drilling companies (especially west Texas) and the refinery plants (because companies have no need to refine oil).

Enter the mental giant, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. She released the following Tweet right after the oil crash:

So AOC likes to see the crash of a portion of the economy so that we can implement more expensive forms of the same energy that no one needs. What an idiot.

And she claims that she is for the working person. Really? The drilling companies are going to lay off. The refineries are going to lay off. Tens of thousands are going to be out of work thanks to this oil glut. So much about giving a damn about the worker.

She deleted the Tweet. But then said this:

And that’s her thing. She doesn’t care about people’s lives. She doesn’t care about the workers. She wants everyone unemployed so they will depend on the government and expand government’s power.

Because she’s part of the government, her power will be expanded.

This whole load of crap about her caring about the environment is pure gas lighting. She doesn’t care about the environment. She only cares about power. And the only way she is going to get power is by the people of this country being dependent on the government. In other words, implement socialism. She is such a terrible human being.

And stupid.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/20/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-oil-drop-tweet-lost-jobs/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-barrel-of-oil-is-now-cheaper-than-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-way-way-cheaper
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/us-stocks-april-20-2020

How About Some Zep

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoqQnR8NOVI

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 157 Show Notes – Good Luck Returning That!

I think this montage from the Daily Wire says it all about what is happening in our country right now.

What path are we going on? How can we stop it?

 

A Glimpse of Tyranny

There have been a lot of questions about whether or not politicians were going to take the Wuhan virus crisis and try to change our way of life. And it looks like we are getting the answers.

This could not be so obvious as it is in Michigan.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has put in place an order, enforcing stay-at-home orders during the outbreak. Now, normally, I would not say much to this. We should be social distancing and staying in as much as possible. The problem is Whitmer has taken it to a different level.

  • She has ban social gatherings of any kind and enforces this with fines and arrests.
  • She has banned travel of any kind, even within the state. If someone has two houses, he can’t travel between houses or risk a fine.
  • She has banned all “non-essential surgeries including heart and joint replacement surgeries.
  • She has ordered that stores must rope off parts of the stores that sell “non-essential” items such as paint, flooring, plants and seeds.
  • She has ordered the closing of gun stores.

 

Now, this might be O.K. except for what she allows.

  • The selling of pot and alcohol. I guess those are essential.
  • The exemption of travel for government employees.
  • Abortion is still allowed.

 

“A woman’s health care, her whole future, her ability to decide if and when she starts a family is not an election, it is a fundamental to her life,” she added. “It is life-sustaining, and it’s something that government should not be getting in the middle of.”

Meanwhile, a cop is arrested for playing catch with his six-year-old at an empty public park.

Am Easter prayer service on church grounds, where all the participants are praying in their cars, is raided by police and broken up.

The people decided they were not going to have any of this and started a protest called Operation Gridlock. This was made up of thousands driving around the capital building, blasting their horns. The message was clear:

The cure cannot be worse than the disease. And they are willing to risk their lives to re-open the country and salvage our freedom.

How did Gov. Whitmer respond to the protest? By saying she may have to put out more restrictions.

But Michigan isn’t the only place that is throwing a fit.

In California, Los Angeles is having trouble keeping people away from the skate parks in Venice Beach. Now, I understand that now being allowed to go to school doesn’t mean running to a skate park. But the city decided to fill the skate park with sand, essentially making it unusable.

In New York, Mayor Bill De Blasio, who already is a communist tyrant, released this chilling message:

That’s right: De Blasio wants you to report on your neighbor so “enforcement” can be contacted and the offender can be educated, or re-educated, on being obedient to the will of the government. All we need are some guys in brown shirts loading the “uneducated” into some cattle cars and shipped off to a gulag.

Here’s the good news: Americans know about what we had to do, the lives that were lost, in order to gain and keep our freedom. We won’t tolerate our government overstepping its bounds and trying to take our freedom away.

This should also make Democrats happen because Donald Trump has proven he is not a fascist. He used the Defense Production Act power to the minimum. From what I’ve heard only four times. He has never declared martial law, mandated anything (only offering suggestions), taken power away from state and local government and wants this thing to end as soon as possible to get life back to normal.

Democrats look like the fascists. They look like the tyrants. And, looking that Donald Trump is up to a 52% approval rating, they are going to get killed in the next election.

Unless they can get what they want. We need to talk about that in the next podcast. Because the Democrats are now trying to steal the next election.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/sheriffs-say-no-to-democrat-governors-draconian-lockdown-orders-we-will-protect-civil-liberties
https://www.dailywire.com/news/operation-gridlock-thousands-pack-roads-near-michigan-capitol-to-protest-governors-restrictive-stay-at-home-order
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-525182–,00.html
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/492780-new-michigan-stay-at-home-mandate-sparks

 

Stupid Montage of the Day from Grabien

Grabien released another awesome montage about how the media reacted to the suspension of funds to the World Health Organization. Listen:

And they keep going.

Steven Colbert, Jimmie Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are holding the “One World” online special to raise funds for, you guessed it, the World Health Organization.

Now, I already complained about the WHO. It was their incompetence and promoting of Chinese propaganda that caused this mess. In fact, 95% of this mess probably wouldn’t have happened if China and the WHO were honest and attacked this virus.

Here’s the thing: I don’t think we should give up on the WHO. They are smart people. Most are concerned with stopping the contagions in the world. But leadership needs to be replaced. All they have to do is get rid of the leadership and start over.

The World Health Organization needs to be concerned about the world’s health and not Chinese politics.

By the way, the WHO said that wet markets should be allowed to re-open. Yeah, the same markets that they said caused this whole thing should re-open.

There is a caveat. the wet markets need to meet stringent health standards. I’m sure we’ll see the WHO at the Chinese wet markets buying bats dogs and snakes for dinner.

Yeah, we should be giving the WHO $500 million a year.

 

https://www.etonline.com/one-world-special-how-late-night-hosts-came-together-for-coronavirus-relief-event-144986

 

You Bought It, Now Live with It

This is a refreshing story.

Some idiot in Australia tried to return some stuff at a grocery store and the manager released a viral video saying what happened.

John-Paul Drake from Drake’s Grocery Store told the following story:

“I had my first customer yesterday who said he wanted to get a refund on a 150 packets of 32-pack toilet paper and 150 units of one liter sanitizer!” Drake said. “I told him [shows middle finger] that. That is the sort of person that is causing the problem in the whole country.”

Good for him! Way to be a great American hero even though you are from southern Australia.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/grocer-reportedly-shuts-down-customer-trying-to-return-thousands-of-tp-rolls-and-150-liters-of-sanitizer

 

Closing Song

Finally, I took the DNA test from Ancestry and made a rather shocking discovery: I am 50% Irish/Scottish/British. almost 40% Irish. They even know what town I originated.

I think I always knew this because I’ve always been partial to American Celtic Punk. One of my favorite bands is the Dropkick Murphys, a band from Boston.

My favorite song might sound familiar. It’s from The Departed, a movie about the Irish mob in Boston. I’m not from Boston, I’m from Chicago. Chicago has a different type of mob. But my Irish grandmother is from Boston. And that’s good enough.

Let’ listen to I’m Shipping Off to Boston by the Dropkick Murphys. The only song where xylophones sound cool.

 

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Episode 156 Show Notes – FREEDOM! Soon Anyway

I don’t know about you but I am feeling the warmth from the light at the end of the tunnel. President Trump releases the plan for opening up the country.

But is it a good idea and is his plan solid?

 

Oh My Gosh! Normalcy?!

The CDC and FEMA have created a plant to get the country running again. The plan is a phased plan and is not an “open everything” plan.

The President is suppose to make the announcement on Thursday. But, essentially, the plan is already in action and the start of the opening is scheduled for May 1.

The Washington Post got an early copy of the plan:

“CDC and FEMA officials have worked on the public health response for at least the past week, and the resulting document has been discussed at the White House, including by members of the coronavirus task force,” The Washington Post reported. “The version obtained by The Post appears to be an early draft by FEMA and contains granular instructions for a phased reopening of institutions such as schools, child-care facilities, summer camps, parks, faith-based organizations and restaurants.”

The plan places all communities in three catagories:

  • Low Mitigation – communities where significant spread was never observed, can “re-open” soon
  • Moderate Mitigation – former hot spots entering controlled recovery, limited mitigation communities observing increased, but contained transmission
  • Significant Mitigation – current or emerging hot spots, moderate mitigation communities showing signs of strained capacity

 

Decisions on reopening individual communities – which will be made at the federal, state, and local levels – are contingent on:

  • Confidence that incidence of infection is genuinely low.
  • A surveillance system that is well functioning and capable of promptly detecting any increase in incidence.
  • A public health system that is reacting robustly to all cases of COVID-19 and has surge capacity to react to an increase in incidence.
  • A health system that has the capacity in all respects, including inpatient beds, staffing, an other services, to handle all cases and that is in a position to rapidly scale up to deal with a surge in cases.

 

“Based on the latest data, our team of experts now agrees that we can begin the next front in our war, which we are calling ‘opening up America again,” Trump said during the White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing. “We are not opening all at once, but one careful step at a time.”

The administration released the proposed state or regional gating criteria (The following is from the DailyWire.com):

  • SYMPTOMS:
    • Downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) reported within a 14-day period AND Downward trajectory of covid-like syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period.
  • CASES:
    • Downward trajectory of documented cases within a 14-day period OR Downward trajectory of positive tests as a percent of total tests within a 14-day period (flat or increasing volume of tests)
  • HOSPITALS:
    • Treat all patients without crisis care AND Robust testing program in place for at-risk healthcare workers, including emerging antibody testing.

The plan then breaks out three phases for opening up the country.

  • PHASE ONE: For States And Regions That Satisfy The Gating Criteria:
    • FOR INDIVIDUALS:
      • ALL VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS* should continue to shelter in place. Members of households with vulnerable residents should be aware that by returning to work or other environments where distancing is not practical, they could carry the virus back home. Precautions should be taken to isolate from vulnerable residents.
      • All individuals, WHEN IN PUBLIC (e.g., parks, outdoor recreation areas, shopping areas), should maximize physical distance from others. Social settings of more than 10 people, where appropriate distancing may not be practical, should be avoided unless precautionary measures are observed.
      • Avoid SOCIALIZING in groups of more than 10 people in circumstances that do not readily allow for appropriate physical distancing (e.g., receptions, trade shows)
      • MINIMIZE NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL and adhere to CDC guidelines regarding isolation following travel.
    • FOR EMPLOYERS:
      • Continue to ENCOURAGE TELEWORK, whenever possible and feasible with business operations.
      • If possible, RETURN TO WORK IN PHASES.
      • Close COMMON AREAS where personnel are likely to congregate and interact, or enforce strict social distancing protocols.
      • Minimize NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL and adhere to CDC guidelines regarding isolation following travel.
      • Strongly consider SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS for personnel who are members of a VULNERABLE POPULATION.
    • FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF EMPLOYERS:
      • SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZED YOUTH ACTIVITIES (e.g., daycare, camp) that are currently closed should remain closed.
      • VISITS TO SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS should be prohibited. Those who do interact with residents and patients must adhere to strict protocols regarding hygiene.
      • LARGE VENUES (e.g., sit-down dining, movie theaters, sporting venues, places of worship) can operate under strict physical distancing protocols.
      • ELECTIVE SURGERIES can resume, as clinically appropriate, on an outpatient basis at facilities that adhere to CMS guidelines.
      • GYMS can open if they adhere to strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols.
      • BARS should remain closed.
  • PHASE TWO: For States And Regions With No Evidence Of A Rebound And That Satisfy The Gating Criteria A Second Time:
    • FOR INDIVIDUALS:
      • ALL VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS should continue to shelter in place. Members of households with vulnerable residents should be aware that by returning to work or other environments where distancing is not practical, they could carry the virus back home. Precautions should be taken to isolate from vulnerable residents.
      • All individuals, WHEN IN PUBLIC (e.g., parks, outdoor recreation areas, shopping areas), should maximize physical distance from others. Social settings of more than 50 people, where appropriate distancing may not be practical, should be avoided unless precautionary measures are observed.
      • NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL can resume.
    • FOR EMPLOYERS:
      • Continue to ENCOURAGE TELEWORK, whenever possible and feasible with business operations.
      • Close COMMON AREAS where personnel are likely to congregate and interact, or enforce moderate social distancing protocols.
      • NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL can resume.
      • Strongly consider SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS for personnel who are members of a VULNERABLE POPULATION.
    • FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF EMPLOYERS:
      • SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZED YOUTH ACTIVITIES (e.g., daycare, camp) can reopen.
      • VISITS TO SENIOR CARE FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS should be prohibited. Those
        who do interact with residents and patients must adhere to strict protocols regarding hygiene.
      • LARGE VENUES (e.g., sit-down dining, movie theaters, sporting venues, places of worship) can operate under moderate physical distancing protocols.
      • ELECTIVE SURGERIES can resume, as clinically appropriate, on an outpatient and in-patient basis at facilities that adhere to CMS guidelines.
      • GYMS can remain open if they adhere to strict physical distancing and sanitation protocols.
      • BARS may operate with diminished standing-room occupancy, where applicable and appropriate.
  • PHASE THREE: For States And Regions With No Evidence Of A Rebound And That Satisfy The Gating Criteria A Third Time:
    • FOR INDIVIDUALS:
      • VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS can resume public interactions, but should practice physical distancing, minimizing exposure to social settings where distancing may not be practical, unless precautionary measures are observed.
      • LOW-RISK POPULATIONS should consider minimizing time spent in crowded environments.
    • FOR EMPLOYERS:
      • Resume UNRESTRICTED STAFFING of worksites.
    • FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF EMPLOYERS:
      • VISITS TO SENIOR CARE FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS can resume. Those who interact with residents and patients must be diligent regarding hygiene.
      • LARGE VENUES (e.g., sit-down dining, movie theaters, sporting venues, places of worship) can operate under limited physical distancing protocols.
      • GYMS can remain open if they adhere to standard sanitation protocols.
      • BARS may operate with increased standing room occupancy, where applicable.

The plan says that vulnerable individuals include the elderly and those who have “serious underlying health conditions, including high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, and those whose immune system is compromised such as by chemotherapy for cancer and other conditions requiring such therapy.”

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-fema-have-created-plan-to-reopen-america-heres-the-projected-start-date

 

What Do I Think of This?

As far as the plan that I know of based on the reports on Wednesday, it is a good plan. Well, it’s the best plan one can come up with considering the information we have.

It does a couple of things well:

  • It is a phased approach. We’re not going to open everything at the same time.
  • It rates areas of infection. More information would have been better in order to be more accurate in the classification of communities. But it’s something.
  • It looks to classify communities, not just states and cities. It is important to go slow and open pockets of our civilization.
  • It gives states and local governments control the decisions. For some reason, people were fighting whether opening the economy was a federal or state decision. This was a stupid contraversy. Now we see, in the long run, it is going to be a community decision. This is huge.
  • The plan has been set up as scalable. It is defined an macro-phases not micro-phases. The reality is some decisions are not going to work. But this plan allows to take a macro-change and make little changes to perfect it. We’ve never been through anything like this and a plan needs to be written in pencil, not pen.
  • The CDC, FEMA, the Corona Virus task force and the state’s governors are involved. This is not President Trump saying, “Let’s do this now!” He’s letting the professionals make the recommendations and letting the governors help.
  • Finally, it is a plan. The light at the end of the tunnel can be seen. There’s hope.

 

There are some problems with this plan:

  • This whole thing depends on the models and the numbers being plugged into the statistics. None of which looks good for understanding what this virus is about. Remember that the death toll would be between 100,000 and 240,000. That’s kind of a bad range. But now they’re saying it could be as low as 60,000. Not great stats.
  • Viruses like these have a tendency to be seasonal. The flattening of the curving could be that it’s getting warmer. Could this thing come back in the fall and start all over?
  • What about a second wave? Is that possible?

 

This is going to be politicized by the Democrats and media But this is to be expected. They want to economy shut down until at least November. Because the economy is going to go back up when it opens again. And Trump is going to look like a hero. If one person dies because he catches the virus while going back to work, Trump is going to have, “blood on his hands.”

We already see some of this from Andrew Cuomo and the rest of the Dems in the northeast states that want to increase the stay-at-home order until May 15th. It’s their states. They can do what they want.

no matter what happens, Trump is going to get crap. Opening up the economy is the best way to handle this mess.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-new-coronavirus-guidelines-for-opening-up-america-again
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-releases-opening-up-america-guidelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 155 – Show Notes – Screw WHO and Where to Poo!

Sleepy, Creepy Joe finally got something he was wanted since he started his Presidential run. But he got it at a time that e didn’t really need it. But he’s got bigger issues. Thanks God the New York times is there to protect him.

Trump screws the WHO.

And I love left wing sites. There is so much funny stuff to talk about.

 

It’s About Time

Barrack Obama has finally decided to show some love for Joe Biden. Not really sure Joe really needs it now but OK.

In a statement, the former President said this:

I am not exactly sure what the point of this is right now. Joe could have used the endorsement during the primaries and he was no where to be seen.

This just shows how arrogant and self-centered Barrack Obama is. He doesn’t care about the country or thinks Old Joe is a good candidate. He waited until Joe got the nomination because, if he didn’t, it would have looked bad on what’s left of his legacy. It’s quite cowardly and is not the actions of a good friend like Joe has been peddling on us.

But Joe has a bigger issue that is going to haunt him, no matter how the media tries to spin it.

In two recent interviews with The Associated Press, Tara Reade alleged the assault occurred in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building in the spring of 1993. She filed a police report in Washington on Thursday saying she was the victim of a sexual assault by an unnamed person in 1993, a copy of which was obtained by the AP.

It’s not the first time Reade has made an accusation against the former vice president. Last year, Reade publicly accused Biden of inappropriate touching, but did not allege sexual assault.

“dedicated his public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully. Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: it is untrue. This absolutely did not happen”
I do not put a lot of faith in 30 year claims of sexual assault but a police report was filed and the claim is credible. Thank God for the New York Times.
The NY Times decided to hold the story and ignore it. This has been a story out there for 30 years. When the editor of the Time, Dean Baquet, he said that he did not thing it was a big story. At the time, which is strange in its own way, only a small news outlet called The Intercept, had reported the incident.
One thing to remember: it was the New York Times that, not only reporting the Brett Kavanaugh had committed sexual assault, but had hidden exculpatory evidence which said he didn’t do it.
When Baquet was asked about that, he said:
“Kavanaugh was already in a public forum in a large way. Kavanaugh’s status as a Supreme Court justice was in question because of a very serious allegation. And when I say in a public way, I don’t mean in the public way of Tara Reade’s. If you ask the average person in America, they didn’t know about the Tara Reade case. So I thought in that case, if The New York Times was going to introduce this to readers, we needed to introduce it with some reporting and perspective. Kavanaugh was in a very different situation. It was a live, ongoing story that had become the biggest political story in the country. It was just a different news judgment moment.”

How about the big difference is that Kavanaugh was a conservative and Biden was not.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-barack-obama-endorses-joe-biden-in-video-message
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-editor-kavanaugh-accusation-was-a-big-story-biden-accusation-not-so-much
https://apnews.com/d922da60baa91121f4529fe51a0fd55a

 

The WHO Took It in the Tookus

Last week, we talked about how the World Health Organization was promulgating Chinese propaganda that increased the spread of the Wuhan flu by 95%, killing tens of thousands. This is not an exaggeration. The CDC and other disease control organizations have said that if the WHO had attacked the virus directly or, at least, questioned the Chinese about the virus, it could have been contained in Wuhan.

But the WHO’s loves of China. When China takes over, they want to be the main health organization.

So, when President Trump said he was thinking of suspending payment to the WHO, the director with a name I won’t attempt to pronounce, said this:

Here’s the problem with this jerkoff’s speech: if he or his cronies didn’t kiss China’s butt, there would be a whole lot less body bags filled.

This all started because Taiwan, a staunch opponent of China and heavily under their influence, asked why Taiwan was kicked out of the WHO and if the WHO would consider taking Taiwan back in. The WHO represented hung up on her. You know why? Because Taiwan is RACIST!

That’s right. The WHO director general said:

“When as a community people start to insult us, that’s enough. We cannot tolerate that. But since I don’t have any inferiority complex when I am personally affected or attacked by racial slurs, I don’t care because I am a very proud black person.This attack comes from Taiwan,” he added. “The foreign ministry knows about this campaign and they didn’t disassociate themselves.”

What a jerk. They’re pissed off at China and his decisions. Not because he’s a black guy from Africa.

Well, Trump responded on Tuesday:

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-health-organization-criticism-of-our-coronavirus-response-is-probably-racist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-slams-those-who-are-pointing-fingers-at-them-if-you-politicize-this-virus-then-youll-have-many-more-body-bags

 

Just Dumb

The bidet is a sink that is used for your butthole after one takes a dump. So, I dump in a toilet, then move to another toilet-sink thing and let a fountain of water do its work.

Vox.com asked if, because of the panic over toilet paper, should we bring back the bidet. They seven questions that they decided to answer about the bidet. I read the article but I’m going to answer these questions.

1) What is a bidet?

2) Is it weird to spray water at your butt after you use the toilet?

3) Why don’t Americans customarily use bidets?

4) Are bidets more sanitary than just using toilet paper?

5) Are bidets more environmentally friendly than toilet paper?

6) Are bidets easier to find than toilet paper right now?

7) Even if there wasn’t a toilet paper shortage, would you recommend buying a bidet?

OK, I lied. This is just too stupid so I’m going to quote from Vox:

“Toilet paper shortage or not, Americans should seriously consider the beauty of the bidet. We live in a world full of modern conveniences that would have been unimaginable to our ancestors. We can control lighting from our phones and have robots that vacuum our floors, yet we still wipe our butts with dry paper — just like our ancestors did. Perhaps a toilet paper shortage is the shock to the system Americans need to realize the joys of having a clean, non-irritated, environmentally friendly butt.”

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/14/21218467/bidets-toilet-paper-shortage-tushy-toto-washlet
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/november-election-post-office-bailout.html

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Episode 155 Show Notes – Happy Easter!

Easter is a very special time for Christians like me. This is a special time because of the Wuhan flu. And I don’t think it is a bad thing.

Let’s talk about Easter in the middle of a global pandemic.

 

An Easter Message

I’m a big fan of Easter. The reason is it is very difficult for the secular commercial industry to put their spin on it that makes it a Hallmark card holiday like they did with other holidays.

I know they tried to make it about bunnies and chocolate eggs. I think that failed because the thought of a rabbit giving kids a chocolate egg is kind of disgusting. It just doesn’t work.

I start my Easter week as I have since I was a kid. I just think of what happened and how it has affected the world. It starts on Good Friday when Jesus was crucified. I get a visual every year by watching Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ. That’s a movie that puts me in my place every year. It forces me to realize the suffering Jesus went through. It’s hard to disconnect the celebration of Easter with the suffering of Jesus. And I don’t want that disconnect. Holy Week, heck, all of Lent, is connected.

Suddenly, when seen this way, the whole bunny and Easter basket thing seems kind of irrelevant and petty. And the greatness that is Jesus really breaks out of the commercialism.

But this Easter is special. Very special.

We are all stuck at home, unable to join our families.

But this is not a bad thing. On this holiday, I think we appreciate what we have and what we are missing. Here’s the thing: though we cannot be with our families today, things could be a lot worse. Think of the families that lost a member and were not able to see that person because of this disease. They die in a hospital, alone. That is happening.

Here’s what I think: Easter could not have come at a better time. I think Easter is the holiday of hope and promise, not of bunnies or colored eggs.

I think Pope Francis in his Easter message said it best. The audio has sound bleed from music and another translator but the point at the end of the minute long clip is what I want to talk about:

His message is clear and powerful. I’m going to ad-lib here. the corona virus is a contagion of the lungs and body. But Jesus is the contagion of the heart. The holidays of Holy Week; Holy Thurday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter are contagions of the heart. We, Christians, are reminded of what Jesus sacrificed to save us.

Suddenly, not spending time with family and eating honey-glazed ham is not so important. A Zoom meeting with my parents, my kids and my grandkids was enough. They’re all health and that should be enough to make me happy.

 

President Trump’s Easter Message

President Trump had an Easter message for us. Listen:

I won’t lie: President Trump is clumsy with his words. But he said pretty much what I said in only 48 seconds. Have hope. We’re going to get through this and things will get better.

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Christmas Message

Another strong message came from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is a realist and not the most positive guy in the world.

He said:

“I think faith means different things to different people. People with a strong foundation in faith, I think it’s very, very important when you go through serious, really terrible ordeals that the country is going through, I think faith helps people through this.”

Fauci’s father was a man who had a lot of faith in God.

“His faith was just extraordinary. I was always in awe of him. I think that there are many, many people that way. So, faith is a good thing.”

Fauci also showed hope for this virus going the way of the Dodo. Though he might have let his optimism take the better of him. We still have to think of second waves and things like that. But I appreciate it.

“It’s started to turn a corner… it’s cautious optimism that we are seeing that decrease. Once you turn that corner, hopefully we will see a very sharp decline. Then you can start thinking about how we can keep it that way and prevent it from re-surging.

“I think it could probably start at least in some ways maybe next month. We are hoping by the end of the month we can look around and say, ‘OK, is there any element here that we can safely and cautiously start pulling back on.’ If so, do it. If not, then just continue to hunker down.”

Don’t know if we’re there yet but one can, and should, hope.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/on-easter-sunday-dr-fauci-says-faith-plays-an-important-role-in-addressing-coronavirus-pandemic

 

Queen Elizabeth’s Easter Message During the Pandemic

Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain has also been taken out of her element because of the virus. She had to make a State of England speech, which she has only done once before. She is feeling the need to calm her country. And she should.

Boris Johnson is the leader of the country but when he was put in the hospital because of the Wuhan flu and had to put the second in command in charge of the country, the person who could control the country most is Queen Elizabeth.

Her leadership in Great Britain may be ceremonial, but her words have meaning. She also released a powerful Easter message.

Listen:

That was a beautiful speech and I have more respect for the Queen of England now more than ever.

With Trump could talk like that.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/queen-of-england-easter-isnt-canceled-risen-christ-gives-new-hope-and-fresh-purpose

 

Andrea Bocelli Live from Duomo di Milano

 

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-andrea-bocelli-wows-the-world-with-transcendent-easter-performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 153 Show Notes

The Democratic Presidential race is down to one after Bernie bows out. But did he have an impact?

Joe Biden may the the Democratic Presidential candidate but his gaffes are being ridiculed by the Right and the Left demands that he stick with Comrade Bernie’s agenda.

The Wuhan flu is costing China as U.S. companies are leaving and Japan is encouraging business to relocate to anywhere but China.

And President Trump lays in to the World Health Organization for their repeated screw ups. Their response is typical.

 

Ciao, Comrade Bernie

Bernie Sanders has finally yelled, “no mas.” He has suspended his campaign paving the was for Joe Biden to gain the Democratic nomination.

In a speech earlier this week, Bernie said he could not see a path to victory and thought it would be better to pull out.

He said that, even though they lost the elections, they won the ideological war and the generational war. That their ideological fight was just beginning. And because the younger generations are accepting his crap about all the injustice in this country, they will win the war.

I’m thrilled Bernie is out. In this political climate, I was really worried he’ get the nomination. And that means he would have had a chance of winning. Even though it probably would have been a blow out, there was a chance.

But, worst of all, Bernie is right about some things. The ideological war is in his favor. Our youth, right now, has this chip on their shoulder. They like getting things for free, do not believe in personal responsibility and believe the our country is a crappy place.

What’s worse is that moderate liberals and conservatives have society stacked against them. The public schools and colleges teach socialism, the mainstream media confirms what the schools teach and the entertainment industry puts an emotional spin on the socialist ideologies.

The last two generations are so under educated when it comes to reason but are pummeled by ideology. Books like 1984, Animal Farm, The Gulag Archipelago, Fahrenheit 451, Atlas Shrugged, the Constitution and the Bible used to be required reading in high school. Controversial writers like Twain, Locke, Jefferson, Franklin, Sarte, Neithche and Camus, just to name a few, are not in high school curriculum whereas they were when I was in high school. These authors stirred debate. We didn’t all agree. And we students had to use reason to prove our arguments.

And that’s where Bernie has won with help from the education system, the main stream media and the entertainment industry.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/bernie-sanders-addresses-supporters-we-won-the-ideological-struggle
https://www.dailywire.com/news/stocks-surge-after-bernie-sanders-ends-presidential-campaign

 

Bernie is Out But Sleepy Creepy Joe Has Issues

So Sleepy, Creepy Joe is probably the Democratic nominee for President. Probably. We’ll get into that later.

Bernie is gone. But old Joe has got some issues. The guy is going to have to juggle to get all of the Democratic votes especially from the Left. And the Left is like a woman scorned.

Bernie’s group has issued a list of demand from Biden.

The Washington Free Beacon’s Brent Scher reported Thursday that the groups, calling themselves “leaders from a diverse array of organizations building political power for young people,” sent the letter to Biden just hours after Sanders announced he was dropping out of the race.

The following was read from the Daily Wire courtesy of The Washington Free Beacon’s Brent Scher.

“The letter demanding Biden embrace far-left policies such as the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and a wealth tax comes from eight groups with diverging policy focuses, from climate change groups such as NextGen America to the anti-Israel IfNotNow Movement. The groups write in the letter to Biden that if their demands are met, they will spend $100 million targeting youth voters and ‘work tirelessly’ to help him defeat President Trump in November.”

“While you are now the presumptive Democratic nominee, it is clear that you were unable to win the votes of the vast majority of voters under 45 years old during the primary. With young people poised to play a critical role deciding the next president, you need to have more young people enthusiastically supporting and campaigning with you to defeat Trump. This division must be reconciled so we can unite the party to defeat Trump.”

“Messaging around a ‘return to normalcy; does not and has not earned the support and trust of voters from our generation. For so many young people, going back to the way things were ‘before Trump’ isn’t a motivating enough reason to cast a ballot in November.”

“If I’m the nominee, I can tell you one thing. I would very much want Bernie to be part of the journey. Not as a vice presidential nominee but just engaging in all the things that he’s worked so hard to do, many of which I agree with.”

Biden is in trouble. He will lose the Left if he doesn’t get crazy but will lose Independents and moderates if he does take on these crazy policies.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-groups-issue-list-of-policy-demands-to-presumptive-nominee-joe-biden

 

That’s Sleepy Creepy Joe’s First Issue

The second issue Biden is going to have is that he’s an idiot. He can’t keep his foot out of his mouth. And he has screwed up this Wuhan flu thing beyond all belief. Everything he suggested Trump do, Trump did before he opened his mouth.

The Daily Wire had a list of seven things Biden suggested that Trump do during the pandemic. Unfortunately, Sleepy, Creepy Joe must have been too busy sniffing the hair of little girls to pay attention to the news to know what Trump has been doing. Let’s go over that list:

  1. Biden called for coronavirus tests to be free 9 days after Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  2. Biden called for coronavirus testing to be available nationwide 12 days after Trump announced that testing was available in all 50 states
  3. Biden called for “cooperation” between the federal government and the states after numerous Democrat governors praised Trump for his work with them

 

  • On March 27, while talking on CNN about how Trump is supposed to be working with governors, Biden said, “I mean, this is — there’s supposed to be cooperation here. I mean, this has nothing to do with politics. And it really — it really doesn’t. It really doesn’t.”
  • On March 15, New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo praised Trump: “I often tell you when I am unhappy with the federal response to this state. The fairness dictates that kudos where kudos are due and here the President and the Vice President responded very quickly. So I want to thank them for that.”
  • On March 19, California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom praised Trump: “We need more swabs… The president assured me, not only assured me, he was aware of where those swabs are being procured before I even offered my own insight. Not only is he on top of it, but they’re securing and beginning the process of distributing those swabs.”
  • Newsom later said that same day: “Let me conclude by just making a few points to fill in that. We had today, a very important conversation. It was punctuated earlier today by President Trump and his press conference with the CEO of Gilead, it’s a California based company, around treatments. I want to compliment the President in his focus on treatments. It is a focus of positivity as we work to bridge towards a vaccine. It was a very encouraging conversation. … Here’s the good news in the State of California. I was talking to the Vice President and the President today, thanking them for the first national stockpile transfer of assets that we just received, where we received quite literally, hundreds of thousands of gloves and face masks. Not just N95, but also surgical masks.”
  • On March 24, New Jersey Democrat Governor Phil Murphy praised Trump: “I want to thank the President and his Administration. We need hospital beds. So, we’ve got four field hospitals getting erected by the – by FEMA and the Army Corps, will – that will allow us to displace currently cared-for individuals, non-COVID, into those hospitals to free up critical care beds.”

 

Biden announced support for barring entry into the U.S. for individuals who had been to China 2 months after Trump announced a travel ban on China

Biden called for a CDC team to go into China 50 days after the Trump administration took action

Biden claimed that he called for the Defense Production Act to be used “before anyone,” which came shortly after Trump announced plans to use it

On March 18, Biden said Trump must, “Prioritize and immediately increase domestic production of any critical medical equipment required to respond to this crisis – such as the production of ventilators and associated training to operate – by invoking the Defense Production Act, delegating authority to HHS and FEMA.”

  • On March 18, Trump said during a White House press briefing, “We’ll be invoking the Defense Production Act, just in case we need it. In other words, I think you all know what it is, and it can do a lot of good things if we need it. And we will — we will have it all completed, signing it in just a little while. Right after I’m finished with this conference, I’ll be signing it. It’s prepared to go. So we will be invoking the Defense Production Act.”

 

Biden called for someone to be put in charge of handling the coronavirus response 5 weeks after Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the White House Coronavirus Task Force

On March 31, Biden said, “Who’s in charge, this is not rocket science it is consequential, incredibly consequential that there is certain things that can be done now – should have been done a week ago, three weeks ago, a month ago. The test for me is what does he do from this point on and he has significant responsibility – put somebody in charge. This is a war, you need a general. Put somebody in charge every single day that is accountable. Let people know exactly what is happening. Tell them the truth, they can handle it.”

On February 26, Trump announced that he had selected Vice President Mike Pence to run the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-things-biden-called-for-that-trump-already-did-to-combat-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

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