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Episode 1182 – The World Is A Better Place This Week

Two men have passed away and, I will say, the world is a better place for it.

A Leftist politicians is asked a question about solving her city’s debt crisis. Let’s just say she’s our Dumbass of the Day.

And Kathy Hochul is asking for a little help from the millionaires of her state.

Well, Maybe?

According to the Daily Wire:

Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has died at age 43 following a battle with cancer, the company announced Monday.

“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” the subscription platform said in a statement. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult time.”

The Ukrainian-American billionaire entrepreneur purchased Fenix International, the parent company of OnlyFans, in 2018, according to The New York Post. He served as the company’s director and majority owner until his death. 

Radvinsky was known for staying out of the spotlight and had not publicly announced his illness. He was a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in economics and is survived by his wife, Katie Chudnovsky, and their four children. The family resided in Florida.

He famously declined interviews and did not attend industry events. According to The Wall Street Journal, employees were required to sign nondisclosure agreements limiting unauthorized disclosures about the company and its operations. At the time of his death, Radvinsky’s net worth was estimated at $7.8 billion. 

The tech entrepreneur is credited with turning OnlyFans into the massively successful company that it is today. Under his leadership, OnlyFans grew into a highly profitable platform that allows creators to sell subscription-based content directly to users, including pornographic material. 

Critics say the model has expanded access to producing and distributing adult content and played a role in normalizing sex work.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/onlyfans-billionaire-owner-dead-at-43?author=Amanda+Harding&category=undefined&elementPosition=26&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=OnlyFans+Billionaire+Owner+Dead+At+43

Yep, I’, Glad He’s Dead

According to the Daily Wire:

An infamous Pennsylvania abortionist convicted of murder for killing babies born alive during illegal late-term procedures has died while serving multiple life sentences in prison, state officials said Monday. 

Kermit Gosnell, 85, died March 1 after being transported from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon to a hospital. He had been serving multiple life sentences following his 2013 conviction on three counts of first-degree murder. His West Philadelphia abortion facility was dubbed the “House of Horrors.” 

The Gosnell case drew national attention after pro-life advocates highlighted the brutal nature of his abortion practice. Many of the gruesome details came out during his 2013 trial and through a grand jury report

“This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women,” the Pennsylvania grand jury report said. “He regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy – and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors.” 

Testimony during the trial described the practice in detail. Steven Massof, one of Gosnell’s former employees, explained the process. “We call it a transection, but it’s literally a beheading,” he testified. 

Massof estimated that around 100 babies had their spinal cords snipped. He said he “felt like a fireman in hell. I couldn’t put out all the fires. … I would run around with scissors.”

The grand jury report documented one case involving a 17-year-old whose baby was delivered at around 30 weeks. According to the report, the infant was “breathing and moving” before being killed.

“He was breathing and moving when Dr. Gosnell severed his spine and put the body in a plastic shoebox for disposal. The doctor joked that this baby was so big he could ‘walk me to the bus stop,’” it said. 

Gosnell denied that any infants were born alive, claiming that movements observed by staff were involuntary.

During the trial, jury members were shown pictures of unborn babies who had been killed by Gosnell, showing how their skulls had been crushed and spinal cords cut. 

Other workers stated that Gosnell stored baby parts in jars in a refrigerator and routinely did abortions past 24 weeks of gestation. “The bigger the baby, the more he charged,” the grand jury report stated. 

The investigation further found that Gosnell’s clinic operated in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. The grand jury described blood-stained furniture, improperly sterilized instruments, and the storage of fetal remains throughout the facility.

“It was a baby charnel house,” the grand jury said.

Gosnell was also convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who died in his facility during an abortion. 

Additionally, he pled guilty to federal charges related to running a pill mill out of his facility and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam, and codeine. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/infamous-abortionist-who-ran-house-of-horrors-dies-in-prison-at-85?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=2&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Infamous+Abortionist+Who+Ran+%E2%80%98House+Of+Horrors%E2%80%99+Dies+In+Prison+At+85

Dumbass of the Day

We Thought Mamdani Was Bad!

Expect This At A State Near You

According to Perplexity:

Virginia’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly has advanced a broad package of gun-control bills in the 2026 session; many are now on Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk and are expected to be signed, but as of mid‑March 2026 most are not yet in effect.wtop+2

Major “assault‑style” firearm and magazine bills

  • HB 217 / SB 749: Ban the sale, purchase, or transfer of most “assault firearms” in Virginia after an effective date (July 1, 2026 is the operative date in current House language). Existing legally owned guns are generally grandfathered, but new sales or imports into the state would be prohibited.arlnow+3
  • Definition: An “assault firearm” is defined as certain semi‑automatic center‑fire rifles, pistols, and shotguns meeting feature and magazine‑capacity tests; language has evolved, but the focus is AR‑15‑style rifles and similar semiautos plus “large‑capacity” magazines.wset+4
  • Magazine capacity: Legislative drafts limit magazines to between 10 and 15 rounds for new manufacture/sales; one Senate version removed grandfathering and would criminalize possession of magazines above 10 rounds, while House language uses a 15‑round cap and grandfathers existing mags.lis.virginia+5

Open and public carry limits

  • SB 312 / SB 727–style measures: Prohibit carrying “assault firearms” (defined semiautos) in public places such as streets, sidewalks, parks, and “any public area,” effectively banning open carry of semi‑automatic rifles and many pistols with magazines over 10 rounds in most public spaces.nraila+1
  • SB 272: Bans carrying firearms in certain public buildings and at public institutions of higher education, including state‑owned or state‑leased facilities and places like the Capitol and state universities.yahoo+1

Storage, vehicles, and red‑flag laws

  • Safe storage in homes: Bills passed by both chambers would require firearms to be securely stored (locked, disabled, or in a locked container) in homes where minors or prohibited persons are present; violations can carry criminal or civil penalties.nraila+2
  • Storage in vehicles: A separate bill creates a civil fine (up to about $500) if someone leaves a firearm unsecured in a vehicle; the car may also be towed.[wtop]​
  • Expanded red‑flag (ERPO) law – HB 901: Broadens who can petition for an emergency substantial risk order beyond law enforcement and Commonwealth’s Attorneys to include immediate family, recent intimate partners, school officials, and licensed health‑care providers, and allows consideration of factors like ongoing substance abuse.yahoo+1

Taxes, training, and “gun‑violence” infrastructure

  • Waiting period – HB 700: Imposes a 5‑day mandatory waiting period on most firearm sales and transfers.[nraila]​
  • Excise taxes – HB 919 & HB 1094: Add separate 11% excise taxes on all firearms and ammunition sold by dealers or manufacturers; revenues go to a Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund or similar state programs.[nraila]​
  • Gun‑violence offices – HB 969: Establishes a Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center as a central body for research, best practices, and implementation of firearm‑violence intervention programs.[nraila]​
  • Training – HB 916 & HB 1071: Tighten concealed‑carry training requirements and require school threat‑assessment teams to receive training on using red‑flag/ERPO procedures.[nraila]​

Additional prohibitions and disqualifications

  • Domestic‑violence and restraining‑order add‑ons: SB 160 closes the “boyfriend loophole” by extending firearm‑possession bans to certain misdemeanor domestic‑violence convictions involving intimate partners, not just spouses; SB 38 requires people under certain restraining orders to transfer guns to non‑cohabiting adults 21+.[yahoo]​
  • Mental‑health and hospital restrictions: SB 173 bans weapons in hospitals providing mental health or developmental services.[yahoo]​
  • Misdemeanor expansion – HB 1015: Adds additional misdemeanor offenses to the list that disqualify a person from firearm possession under state law.[nraila]​
  • Local authority – HB 926: Allows localities to restrict outdoor shooting on private property unless conditions like minimum lot size are met.[nraila]​

Status and politics as of March 2026

  • Passage status: At least a dozen of these bills, including the assault‑weapons sales ban, safe‑storage requirements, expanded red‑flag law, and public‑carry restrictions, have passed both chambers and are heading to or already on Gov. Spanberger’s desk.statenavigate+5
  • Expected outcome: Spanberger has publicly indicated support for major pieces like an assault‑weapons ban, ghost‑gun ban, stronger domestic‑violence restrictions, and stronger red‑flag laws, so supporters expect she will sign many of them; opponents (NRA, VCDL, Gun Owners of America) are preparing court challenges.vcdl-lis+4

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-the-proposed-gun-cont-Q7dEvm_PTd2TrvaF_FSf8g#0

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Episode 1180 – Rest In Peace, Chuck!

Chuck Schumer tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat with his DHS shutdown and Donald Trump has the last laugh.

Trump learns something from what is happening in Cuba and decides to try it in Iran,

And one of the icons of martial arts passes away.

News

  • Iran is showing that they are more than an imminent threat.
    • Iran launched a medium range ICBM to the Diego Garcia Joint Military Base.
    • The base is British Indian Ocean Territory, about 3000 kilometers away.
    • A medium range ICBM missile has a range of 3000 to 6000 km.
  • Absences among transportation security workers this weekend reached their highest since a partial government shutdown began five weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday, as immigration enforcement agents prepared to fill in for them at some of the busiest U.S. airports.
    • Nationwide, about 11.5% of Transportation Security Administration staff were absent on Saturday, DHS said, but that figure soared to 42.4% at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, 33.4% at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and 33.6% at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
    • Overall, more than 9% of TSA employees have been absent from work over the past seven days, leading to lengthy lines for passengers trying to get to their gates, according to DHS.
  • President Donald Trump on Saturday issued a stark 48-hour ultimatum to Iran, warning that the United States will begin targeting the country’s energy infrastructure if it does not reopen the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz.
    • “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” Trump wrote on Truth Social at 7:44 p.m. EST.
    • Iran said on Sunday it would strike the energy and water systems of its Gulf neighbours in retaliation if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through with a threat to hit Iran’s electricity grid in 48 hours, escalating the three-week-old war.
  • Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on.
    • Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate floor, Schumer used an arcane tactic to force a procedural vote to allow the Senate to get onto the bill in Democrats’ move to shift the narrative of the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown.
  • President Donald Trump took no time taking shots at Robert Mueller, who died at the age of 81, his family announced on Saturday.
    • “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night. His family asks that their privacy be respected,” the family said in a statement. Mueller had reportedly been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, though an official cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
    • In a blunt post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
  • Norris, who died Thursday, was the rare Christian conservative in Hollywood. He advocated for Republican politicians, supported gun rights, pushed for the Bible to be brought back into schools, and published a regular column at conservative website WorldNetDaily.
    • A devout Baptist, Norris spoke frequently about his faith, crediting both famed evangelist Billy Graham and his mother for shaping his beliefs. In his 2004 book, “Against All Odds: My Story,” Norris discussed his mom’s influence on his faith.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-ice-agents-in-airports-may-be-arriving-just-in-time?author=Reuters&category=undefined&elementPosition=0&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Why+ICE+Agents+In+Airports+May+Be+Arriving+Just+In+Time
https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-issues-new-threat-as-trumps-48-hour-ultimatum-hits-halfway-mark?author=Reuters&category=undefined&elementPosition=1&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Iran+Issues+New+Threat+As+Trump%E2%80%99s+48-Hour+Ultimatum+Hits+Halfway+Mark
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reacts-to-death-of-robert-mueller-sparks-media-firestorm?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&category=undefined&elementPosition=11&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Reacts+To+Death+Of+Robert+Mueller%2C+Sparks+Media+Firestorm
https://www.dailywire.com/news/rip-chuck-norris-the-man-who-never-let-hollywood-smother-his-beliefs?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=27&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=RIP+Chuck+Norris%3A+The+Man+Who+Never+Let+Hollywood+Smother+His+Beliefs
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-gambit-fails-dhs-shutdown-hits-36-days-airport-lines-grow

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Episode 1172 – Rest in Peace, Lou!

Boots may be on the ground in Iran, but not American boots.

A horrible story comes out of Miami and there are some big questions we should ask.

And football loses one of its greatest coaches.

News

Here is some news:

  • Legendary Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz has died at the age of 89, the university announced on Wednesday.
    • Holtz was considered one of the most influential coaches in college football history, winning 249 games as a collegiate head coach. He began his coaching career at William & Mary in 1969 and spent one season in the NFL before returning to college football.
    • One hundred of those wins happened at Notre Dame, where he served as head coach from 1986 until 1996.
    • Holtz was also a close friend and longtime supporter of Donald Trump. The president honored Holtz with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in December of 2020 for his contributions to the nation.
  • The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that federal appeals courts must defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions.
    • The court’s ruling, written by Biden-appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, stated that immigration laws require federal courts to use a “substantial-evidence standard” when reviewing immigration judges’ decisions regarding whether an asylum seeker would face “persecution” if deported from the country. 
    • Jackson noted that courts must meet a high bar before overturning an immigration judge’s findings. “the agency’s determination whether a given set of undisputed facts rises to the level of persecution under §1101(a)(42)(A) is generally ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.’”
  • The Senate voted against a resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking further military action in Iran.
  • Boot are on the ground in Iran. The Kurds, a group located in the western portion of Iran and have been contained by the IGRC have joined the fight.
  • Britain and France may have to join the fight in Iran because of an attack of a British base in Cyprus and attacking French bases.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/beloved-notre-dame-football-coach-lou-holtz-dies-at-89?author=Amanda+Harding&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Beloved+Notre+Dame+Football+Coach+Lou+Holtz+Dies+At+89
https://thepostmillennial.com/scotus-unanimously-rules-courts-must-defer-to-immigration-judges-in-asylum-cases
https://thepostmillennial.com/senate-rejects-resolution-requiring-trump-to-seek-congressional-approval-for-further-action-in-iran

Sick

According to Perplexity:

A Georgia father, Colin Gray, was just convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter over his teenage son’s 2024 high school shooting, and a Michigan father, James Crumbley, was earlier convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his son’s 2021 school shooting.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/father-gets-convicted-of-mansl-K.9st21JRvSyRH5l4bUteg

The Padres Have Enough Problems

According to the New York Post:

Once California tax laws entered the equation, two was greater than three for Merrill Kelly.

The math was done by the veteran pitcher at some point this offseason, when he was a free agent deciding between two options for his MLB future.

No. 1 was a two-year, $40 million contract with the Diamondbacks. No. 2, at least on paper, seemed better.

It was a three-year, fully guaranteed deal with the Padres that appeared to have a similar average annual value.

Kelly, though, chose the former — and during a sitdown interview with Foul Territory’s Scott Braun and A.J. Pierzynski this week, he explained the decision was almost entirely due to the Golden State’s tax system.

“I don’t think it’s any secret on how much money you get taken out of your pocket when you go to California,” the 37-year-old right-hander said.

There were, of course, other factors that pulled Kelly toward Arizona. He went to high school at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale and played collegiately at Arizona State.

And, the father of two young kids has called the Phoenix area home while logging innings for the Snakes in each of the past seven seasons.

“Coming back here,” he admitted, “it was always the priority.”

But after Pierzynski jokingly told him he was “the first person ever that’s been offered a bunch of money to go live in San Diego and said no,” Kelly made it crystal clear that giving away a significant portion of his income to a state government was ultimately a dealbreaker for him.

“I love San Diego,” Kelly said. “It’s just, like I said, they take too much money out of my pocket, man. The taxes over there are a different level.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/27/sports/merrill-kelly-turned-down-padres-contract-due-to-california-taxes/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

What A Shock

According to the New York Post:

The number of properties sold in California over the past three years was 24% lower than the same time period before the Great Recession, sparking fears of a statewide crash.

The Golden State had 954,423 property sales in 2023-25, down from 1.25 million in 2007-2009, according to figures from real estate data provider Attom.

That means homebuying in California was 24% slower over the past three years than it was in the run-up to the apocalyptic housing crash that triggered the Great Recession.

California’s sales pace over the past three years is down 31% compared to the previous 18 years, while the nationwide drop was 6%.

But while the statewide median property price plummeted 55% — from nearly $600,000 in 2007 to roughly $275,000 in 2009 — prices have actually increased over the past three years, the Orange County Register’s business columnist Jon Lansner reported.

California’s median home price rose 9% from December 2022 to December 2025, reaching $710,000, just 5% below its all-time high.

When the subprime mortgage market collapsed, many homeowners couldn’t find a buyer and walked away from their houses after foreclosures, as the Fed lowered interest rates.

As people were forced out of homes they couldn’t afford, the resulting oversupply tanked property values.

But the current Mexican standoff in California stems from the lock-in effect: owners with 3% mortgage rates refuse to sell and move into a new 7% rate, keeping the market frozen.

Sellers reluctant to lose their low rates and buyers unable to afford high ones result in today’s stagnant market, keeping prices high because inventory is scarce.

On top of that, the first-time buyer affordability index shows less than a third of California households could qualify for a starter home in 2023-25.

Only 30% of households in the state qualified, down from 49% in 2007-09, according to figures from the California Association of Realtors.

Earlier this year, 30-year mortgage rates dipped below 6% for the first time since 2022, offering potential relief to would-be homeowners.

But Lansner warned that no rapid price correction is likely.

In the three years after the Great Recession, California housing sales grew by just 8% while home prices recovered by 15% through the end of 2012, according to official figures.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/02/us-news/california-housing-crash-fears-as-buying-rates-plummet/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

He Shouldn’t Be Running

According to the California Post:

An elementary school in Fresno was forced to file a police report after a child sex offender running for city council held a press conference just steps away.

Rene Campos, 41, a candidate in Fresno City Council‘s District 7 race, spoke Friday on a street outside St. John’s Cathedral to address outrage over his past, the Fresno Bee reported.

He was about 10 feet away from Big Picture Elementary School, a public charter school, which later contacted local cops.

Until 2015, under Jessica’s Law, California prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 2,000ft of any school or park in the state.

The law was later declared unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court, which ruled that residency restrictions must be applied on a case-by-case basis.

It remains unclear whether Campos is subject to any specific court orders, restraining orders or individualized restrictions related to his offense, or whether his limitations fall solely under California’s general sex offender registration requirements.

Campos, who is running to unseat incumbent Nelson Esparza, has not publicly clarified the scope of any conditions that may apply to him. The Post reached out for comment.

Esparza said the council is considering legislation to prevent people like Campos from seeking office. Other city leaders were also furious.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/us-news/registered-sex-offender-holds-press-conference-near-school/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=capost

A Hero!

According to the New York Post:

A Nashville elementary school has cleared the record of a first-grade teacher who was disciplined for refusing to read a book about same-sex marriage to his young students, according to a report.

KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary issued a “final warning letter” to teacher Eric Rivera in January after he declined to read an LGBTQ book to his class that was included in the language arts curriculum. 

Due to his Christian beliefs, Rivera said he could not in good conscience read the book to his class, according to legal group First Liberty Institute, and he asked a colleague to read the book instead.

The next day, Rivera was summoned to the principal’s office and threatened with termination. He was told he must maintain “fidelity” to the curriculum, and a discipline letter was placed in his personnel file.

First Liberty said Rivera had received no prior warnings and had no discipline history. Afterward, he asked for a religious accommodation but was instead reassigned to a lab and technology position and then to a kindergarten position, according to the legal group.

After facing a warning letter from First Liberty in February, KIPP Antioch agreed to clear the incident from Rivera’s record, according to a press release Monday from the legal group.

The school will now also allow “all teachers to ask another employee to read materials objectionable to their faith.”

https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/nashville-teacher-eric-rivera-gets-record-cleared-after-being-disciplined-for-not-reading-lgbtq-book/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

This Probably Is Not Going to Fix Anything

According to the California Post:

The effort to breathe boozy life back into the state’s struggling downtown comes courtesy of a pair of San Francisco lawmakers who want to let cities create special zones where bars and restaurants can serve drinks until 4 a.m., two hours past the legal closing time.

“The nightlife economy is responsible in our state without a doubt for tens of billions of dollars in revenue, hundreds of thousands of jobs,” Matt Haney, a Democratic state assemblyman who introduced the bill, told CBS News.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the number of people visiting businesses in downtowns across the Golden State. California cities are recovering at different rates, but none have reached the levels saw in 2019.

“Getting people back out in the streets is key to the economic recovery of cities across California,” said Wiener, a Democratic state senator who introduced the bill along with Haney.

“By creating Entertainment Zones, we’re giving people a reason to go back to areas where recovery has been slow while creating a vital new revenue stream for bars and restaurants.”

Should the bill pass, bars would need to pay an extra $2,500 each year for a permit to sell alcohol until 4 a.m.

“When the sun goes down, there is so much that is economic and culturally important,” Haney told CBS News.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-news/california-lawmakers-push-bill-to-extend-last-call-to-4-a-m/?utm_campaign=capost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Episode 1164 – Getting It Good and Hard!

We lost a couple of icons this weekend. One good, one not so good.

Another trans person loses his crap in Rhode Island.

And New York is getting what it deserves.

Some News

Here is some news:

  • Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84.
    • Inventor of the Rainbow Coalition.
    • Ran for president in 1984 and 1988.
    • Was a shadow senator for Washington DC.
  • Robert Duval has died at the age of 95.
    • Starred in movies like Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, and The Great Santini.
    • He won an Oscar for Best Actor for the movie Tender Mercies 1983.
  • Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey both made public overtures to the feds for reimbursement for usage of state and city resources and recouping of other alleged damages.
    • Frey estimated economic and financial costs to his city to top $203 million, telling Minnesota Public Radio he would like to see the state and federal governments help pay.
    • Minneapolis estimated $47 million in lost wages for people “afraid to leave home” for work, $81 million in small business revenue losses and $4.7 million from hotel cancellations, according to the outlet.
    • This comes as Minnesota is under investigation for $19 billion for fraud.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/civil-rights-activist-jesse-jackson-dead-at-84
https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-duvall-star-of-apocalypse-now-and-the-godfather-dead-at-95
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-democrats-demand-reparations-ice-losing-18-billion-somali-fraud

Here We Go Again

According to the Daily Wire:

Two people were killed and at least three others critically injured after a man who identifies as a woman opened fire at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island.

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed in a Monday evening press conference that Robert Dorgan, who goes by the name Roberta Esposito, killed himself after what she said was likely a targeted shooting stemming from a family dispute. A clip circulating on social media appears to show Dorgan’s daughter leaving a police station and telling reporters that her father “shot my family” and “he’s dead now.” The woman added that Dorgan “has mental health issues,” and “was very sick.”

Court records from 2020 confirm that Dorgan had undergone gender reassignment surgery. Dorgan claimed to North Providence Police at the time that his father-in-law attempted to throw him out of the house following his surgery. Around that time, Dorgan’s wife filed for divorce, initially citing “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits” as the reason before crossing them out and writing “irreconcilable differences.”

Authorities have not publicly identified the victims, nor have they confirmed the precise relationships involved in the apparent family dispute. Police have also not released information about the weapon used.

This is the latest shooting perpetrated by a transgender-identifying attacker. Earlier this month, a man who identified as a woman and wore a dress killed 10 people at a Canadian school. Transgender-identifying shooters perpetrated deadly attacks on schools in Nashville in 2023 and in Minneapolis in 2025. The latter attack was the subject of the last question Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was asked when he was assassinated in September.


https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-identifying-man-opens-fire-at-rhode-island-hockey-game-killing-two
https://thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-reports-rhode-island-trans-shooters-posts-show-years-of-obsessive-humiliation-of-his-ex-wife

They Deserve This

According to the Post Millennial:

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced his preliminary budget, saying that in order to raise enough tax revenue to fill the gap in New York City‘s budget, New York Governor Kathy Hochul will have to allow him to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations, or that the tax burden will be passed onto property taxes, which would increase costs for everyday New Yorkers. The funding would primarily go to social services, as Mamdani presented on Tuesday. 

Here he is during a press conference yesterday:

Mamdani said that Hochul and Albany should raise income taxes on those earning over $1 million a year and the “most profitable corporations.” 

Mamdani, when asked about the prospect of raising property taxes, said that it should be a “last resort” and that the tax increases would have to be imposed on those who are the wealthiest in the city. The proposal, as a “last resort,” would be a raise of property taxes by 9.5 percent.

Without pursuing either of those two options, Mamdani said that the revenue gap would stay at around $4.7 billion.

Some facts:

  • The budget has a deficit this year of $3.5 billion.
  • He wants to spend another $1.2 billion.
  • The city has spent $3.75 billion on illegal aliens.
  • The total budget for New York is about $110-120 billion.
Property classTypical use2025–26 NYC tax rate (approx.)
Class 11–3 family homes, small residentialAbout 19.8% of assessed valuenyc+1
Class 2Large residential, co-ops, condosAbout 12.4–12.5% of assessed valuenyc+2
Class 3Utility and special franchise propertyAbout 11.1% of assessed valuenyc+2
Class 4Commercial/industrial (offices, stores)About 10.8–10.9% of assessed valuenyc

How your bill is actually calculated

For a given property in NYC, the tax bill is roughly:

  • Assessed value (after assessment rules, caps, and exemptions) × class tax rate = base tax.
  • Then NYC applies any exemptions or abatements (e.g., STAR, co‑op/condo abatements, senior/disabled homeowner exemptions) to reduce the bill.

Example: If a Class 1 home has an assessed value of 100,000 (not market value), the property tax before exemptions would be roughly 19,800 for the year at a 19.8% rate.

https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-details-plans-to-tax-nyc-homeowners-to-fund-social-agenda-if-hochul-doesnt-fork-over-more-cash
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-the-property-taxes-in-orlp4zbCTwa2UA.QNb7Kjg

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Episode 1146 – Rest in Peace, Scott!

The Supreme Court is hearing a common sense case. We should have some great audio tomorrow.

A domestic terror attack occurs in Mississippi, but no one seems to care. I’ll talk about why this may not be a bad thing.

And Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert and writer of several books, has died after a short battle with cancer.

This Should Be A Slam Dunk Case

According to the Daily Wire:

Lainey Armistead’s first-ever trip to the Supreme Court will be to watch her own case, a high-stakes legal fight that will determine whether states have the right to keep gender-confused men from dominating women’s sports.

Armistead, a former women’s collegiate soccer player, is fighting for West Virginia’s “Save Women’s Sports” law, which barred transgender-identifying males from participating in women’s sports. The fight over the law will come to a head Tuesday as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on West Virginia’s law and a similar measure out of Idaho.

“I just am baffled that a girl from Kentucky who went to school and at a smaller school in West Virginia would have the opportunity to be heard,” Armistead told The Daily Wire. “By them taking up this case, they’ve told me and all the other girls that we matter and that we’re important.”

Armistead was the captain of West Virginia State University women’s soccer team and played from 2019-2022 as transgender sports debate intensified across the nation. During that time, the debate rose to a fevered pitch as University of Pennsylvania transgender-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas won a national championship title in the 500-yard freestyle in March 2022 over female swimmers.

Armistead joined the legal fight to defend West Virginia’s law in September 2021, becoming an intervenor in the case after hearing of female athletes in Connecticut losing to a male athlete competing as a woman.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-set-to-answer-what-is-a-woman-in-high-stakes-trans-athlete-cases?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=7&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Supreme+Court+Set+To+Answer+%E2%80%98What+Is+A+Woman%3F%E2%80%99+In+High-Stakes+Trans+Athlete+Cases

Where Did This Come From

According to Fox News:

A suspect was in custody Saturday after an apparent arson attack set a Mississippi synagogue ablaze, destroying Torahs and prompting an investigation involving the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The blaze broke out shortly after 3 a.m. at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, the state’s largest synagogue. No congregants were injured, officials said.

Photos from the scene showed severe damage to an administrative office and the synagogue’s library, where several Torahs were destroyed or damaged.

Jackson Mayor John Horhn confirmed that a person was taken into custody following an investigation that also included the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-synagogue-burned-arson-attack-suspect-custody

More Communist Policiy Disaster

According to the New York Post:

The Seattle police union is slamming the city’s new socialist mayor for apparently issuing a directive halting all open drug use arrests — in favor of promoting a diversion program they say suffers from “suicidal empathy.”

Wilson, 43, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, ran on a platform of seemingly impossible guarantees — including a promise to “Trump-proof Seattle,” according to her campaign website.

The Seattle Police Officers Guild said it was blindsided by a directive from Wilson’s team to pause open drug use arrests, in a statement issued Sunday.

The union said that an internal memo ordered the police department to funnel related cases through the city’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program, which aims to steer offenders engaged in low-level drug crime away from the criminal justice system.

LEAD seeks to connect alleged drug users with intensive case managers, who typically help their clients with anything from housing to mental illness.

The union blasted her apparent decision as a glaring red flag that will promote societal decay — and claimed LEAD actively supports “suicidal empathy” in its lenient practices.

“Most cops know that the LEAD program supports this ideology, and they don’t want to refer cases. It is a waste of time. We’ve all seen how our streets can be filled with death, decay, blight, and crime when ideology like this infects our city. Now with this resurrected insane direction, death, destruction, and more human suffering will be supercharged,” Mike Solan, the union president, said.

Police Chief Shon Barnes wrote that “new policies and procedures are inevitable” in the wake of “the shifting political landscape our city has grown accustomed to,” in the full memo obtained by KOMO.

The jarring change was “effective immediately,” said Barnes, who also noted that any suspect who refuses to comply with LEAD will still face “traditional prosecutorial measures.”

Wilson, however, denied the union’s bold assertions and claimed in a statement Monday that she hadn’t enforced any policy change.

“You’ll know when I announce a policy change, because I’ll announce a policy change,” she said sarcastically.

Despite the orders laid out in the internal memo, Seattle PD also said “nothing has changed when it comes to police continuing to make drug-related arrests.”

The Post reached out to to the police union for comment.

Wilson’s vision stretches far beyond Seattle’s borders. On the eve of her Jan. 1 inauguration, she shared a post expressing “solidarity” with Somali child care providers in the city who have come under scrutiny amid a day care scandal more than 1,000 miles away in Minnesota. 

City leadership, she said, “will not tolerate anyone who is trying to intimidate, harass, or film Somali childcare providers” — prompting the head of the Department of Justice’s civil rights division to remind her that “citizen journalism are NOT HATE CRIMES in America.”

https://nypost.com/2026/01/05/us-news/seattle-police-union-blasts-citys-new-socialist-mayor-for-allegedly-redirecting-drug-cases-insane-direction/?utm_medium=social&utm_social_post_id=643392115&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_social_handle_id=17469289

Some Common Sense

According to Fox News:

Though Newsom has publicly supported a progressive tax structure, he said the billionaire tax “makes no sense,” adding that, “It’s really damaging to the state.”

“I have a very specific agenda that I’m trying to follow, and then also [be] very pragmatic about what I don’t know — that is, all the things that come your way that are not on the agenda,” he told Politico. “This is not how I wanted to spend my last year.”

“The good news is the overwhelming opposition to this by others,” Newsom said. “I think it will be defeated, because I think people understand what it does versus what it promotes to do.”

Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

A spokesperson for Newsom previously told The Wall Street Journal that the governor opposes “state-level wealth taxes” because they drive away affluent residents. At The New York Times DealBook Summit in December 2025, Newsom criticized wealth-tax proposals and emphasized California’s competitive environment, saying states “can’t isolate [themselves] from the 49 others” regarding tax policy.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/newsom-says-california-wealth-tax-really-damaging-billionaires-move-money-businesses-out-of-state

It’s Ain’t Going to Get Better

According to the New York Post:

More people are fleeing California than any other state — as Golden Staters pack up and head to places like Texas and Florida, according to a new U-Haul analysis.

California ranked dead last for the sixth time in a row on the moving and storage rental company’s list of “growth states.”

The grim news came with a bit of a very small silver lining — the out-migration wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, the company said in a Monday news release.

Rounding out the bottom five were Illinois (49), New Jersey (48), New York (47) and Massachusetts (46). The bottom five and nine out of 10 worst states for growth are run by Democrat governors while seven went blue in the last presidential election, according to U-Haul.

Meanwhile, seven of the top 10 growth states are run by Republican governors and nine went red in the 2024 presidential election, the analysis said. The top five states for growth were Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina, according to U-Haul.

https://nypost.com/2026/01/06/us-news/more-people-fleeing-california-more-than-any-other-state/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_social_post_id=644283951&utm_medium=social&utm_social_handle_id=17469289&utm_source=twitter

RIP Scott

According to the Daily Wire:

Cartoonist Scott Adams, best known for creating the hilariously relatable, satirical comic strip “Dilbert,” has died at the age of 68 following a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Adams’ ex-wife, Shelly Miles, revealed the news via the “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” YouTube show. Miles also shared a “final message” from Adams.

“If you are reading this, things did not go well for me. I have a few things to say before I go. My body failed before my brain,” she read, noting that Adams professed to be “of sound mind” when he wrote the note.

“Many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go. I’m not a believer, but I have to admit the risk-reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me, so here I go. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior and look forward to spending an eternity with Him. The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven. I won’t need any more convincing than that. I hope I’m still qualified for entry.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-had-an-amazing-life-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-dies-at-68-following-cancer-battle?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Amanda+Harding&category=Entertainment&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=%E2%80%98I+Had+An+Amazing+Life%E2%80%99%3A+%E2%80%98Dilbert%E2%80%99+Creator+Scott+Adams+Dies+At+68+Following+Cancer+Battle

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Episode 1145 – Rest in Peace, Bob!

The world seems to be on fire as people see the United States will depose genocidal dictators.

Donald Trump is is looking to expand the land of Cuba.

And we are beginning to learn a little about Renee Good, the woman shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota. It turns out, she ain’t that good.

Another Dictator Ready to Fall

Based on the search results, it appears you’re asking about protests in Iran. Here’s the current status:

Ongoing Crisis

Iran is experiencing its most significant anti-government protests in decades, now in their second week as of January 10, 2026. What began on December 28, 2025, as demonstrations over Iran’s collapsing economy has evolved into open political defiance against the regime.​​

Scale and Spread

The protests have expanded dramatically across the country:

  • Street gatherings have occurred in 348 sites across 111 cities in 31 provinces as of January 7
  • Major cities including Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz, Qom, Karaj, and Zahedan have seen demonstrations​
  • 45 universities have joined the protests
  • Demonstrations at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on January 6 marked a significant escalation​

Government Crackdown

Iranian authorities have responded with severe repression:​

  • Security forces have opened fire on demonstrators, with reports of “hundreds of bodies” throughout Tehran on January 10
  • A near-total internet shutdown and suspension of international calls has been imposed to prevent communication​
  • At least 65 protesters have been killed, including children, according to human rights organizations​
  • Over 2,300 people have been arrested, including 165 minors​

Political Demands

Protesters are chanting “Death to Khamenei” and “Long live the shah,” demonstrating rejection of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rule. Exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi has called for protesters to seize city centers. President Trump warned Iran on January 2 that the U.S. would intervene if peaceful protesters are killed.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-status-of-the-prot-DcUMwkieRvKqnJXrqPaftw
https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-protesters-swarm-u-haul-truck-drove-through-anti-iranian-regime-gathering

Well, It’s About Time

According to Fox Business:

President Donald Trump signaled a hardline stance toward Cuba on Sunday, vowing to halt all oil and financial support and urging the island nation to “make a deal” before it is “too late.”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Venezuela has long been Cuba’s largest oil supplier, though Trump has successfully secured oil shipments to the U.S. on the heels of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro‘s capture by U.S. forces.

“Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela,” Trump added.

The warning comes as the Trump administration intensifies its efforts to isolate regional allies of Venezuela following Maduro’s capture.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-ultimatum-cuba-make-deal-before-too-late-face-consequences

Well, So Much For That!

According to Fox News:

New video footage shared Saturday shows the minutes that lead up to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal agent, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

DHS shared video on its X account that appeared to be three-and-a-half minutes of footage taken by a citizen from inside a nearby home showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and multiple vehicles out in the residential street.

A car can be heard honking its horn repeatedly while someone can be heard continually blowing a whistle. At one point, the video pans over to what appears to be Renee Nicole Good’s Honda Pilot that is parked in the middle of the street.

“The media continues to fail the American people in their reporting on the events in Minneapolis,” DHS claimed in the post. “New evidence shows that the anti-ICE agitator was STALKING and IMPEDING a law enforcement operation over the course of the morning.”

Here’s what we know about Renee Good and her crimes:

  • Renee Good belongs to a professional anti-ICE activist group. This group was so well organized, they have training sessions.
  • Renee Good had her children taken away from her.
  • Good’s wife has been accused of child abuse.
  • She was stalking ICE all morning and blocking them.
  • The final confrontation was to arrest her. That’s when she hit the ICE agent.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-video-shows-minutes-leading-up-deadly-minneapolis-ice-shooting

RIP, Bob!

According to the Daily Wire:

Bob Weir, who co-founded the Grateful Dead and helped introduce new generations to the band at the end of a virtuosic career, died Saturday following a brief battle with cancer. He was 78.

“It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir,” the guitarist’s family wrote in a statement posted on his website. “He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could.”

“A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead,” the statement continues, “Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music.”

Fans were shocked to learn that Weir received his cancer diagnosis in July and began treatment just before performing in a series of shows to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Grateful Dead in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

His final performance with the band was, fittingly, “Touch of Grey,” a 1987 song about coming to terms with growing old that marked the Grateful Dead’s only appearance on the Billboard Hot 100.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-co-founder-who-birthed-a-new-generation-of-fans-dead-at-78?author=Tim+Rice&category=undefined&elementPosition=9&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Bob+Weir%2C+Grateful+Dead+Co-Founder+Who+Birthed+A+New+Generation+Of+Fans%2C+Dead+At+78

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Episode 469 – Well, Duh!

We lost a couple of legends last week.

Joe Biden says what we all knew for over a year then runs off to the beach

And AOC is still an idiot.

 

RIP

Two huge figures passed away last week.

Betty White, known for her work on The Golden Girls, died at the age of 99. She was just 17 days from her hundredth birthday. She was a great actress and comedian and had a firecracker personality. Here is a quick routine from her appearance on SNL when SNL was funny. It’s a longer clip but she was special and this is really funny.

We also lost football coaching great, John Madden. He was the coach that led the Oakland Raiders to the Super Bowl. He then went on Monday Night Football for twenty years or so. Kids know him today because of the video football game that bares his name.

He was energetic and knowledgeable about football and people could not wait to hear his commentary. He main word that everyone loved to hear was, “Boom!”.

Rest in peace to both.

 

We Thought That for Over a Year

Joe Biden has finally figured out how to handle the China virus. And I’m pretty sure he’s right about this. After saying for the last two years that he would crush the virus, he’s finally thrown up his arms and accepted that there is no federal solution and it will be up to the states to deal with it.

Here he is at a press conference last week:

Of course, Biden didn’t take any questions from the compliant media. One of the people in the conference told Biden’s handlers to clear the room before they continued. The compliant media just walked out of the room without a question being shouted.

The big question is going to be when is Biden, who says only the states can deal with the virus, going to end his mask and vaccine mandates? So far, there doesn’t look like there are any plans to do that. In fact, he is now taking this all the way to the Supreme Court who said they would rule on the vaccine mandates within the month.

This is a huge turn around by the Biden administration. He basically won the presidency by saying he was going to stop the virus. Not only did he not stop it, it has killed more people under his watch than it did under Trump. That’s one of the reasons CNN and MSNBC have dropped their COVID death tickers. Now they have a ticker on the percentage of people being vaxxed.

What’s worse for the Biden administration, the new China virus variant, omicron, is flying around the country. The New York Times reported:

“Wednesday’s seven-day average of new daily cases, 301,000, was also a record, compared with 267,000 the day before. In the past week, more than two million cases have been reported nationally, and 15 states and territories reported more cases than in any other seven-day period.”

OK, now let’s not panic. There is some good news:

  • The virus is far more contagious but not even close to as deadly. It is 80 times less dangerous than delta.
  • Hospitalizations have gone up a bit last week but they are far from being overwhelmed.
  • The death rates have not spiked. They are staying flat.
  • The CDC says we are looking at an additional 44,000 deaths this month but I don’t believe them.
  • South Africa has reported that they are passed the spike and are now leveling off. That’s great. We are not far behind them.
  • As of now, there have only been 19 deaths due to omicron within the United States. Though tragic, that’s not a lot. All those have been reported to have comorbidities.

That is not stopping the panic:

  • New York is arresting anyone who goes into a restaurant without a vax card.
  • Atlanta is going back to remote learning because COVID is so much more dangerous than depression, drugs and socialization for children.
  • Mask mandates are back in most blue states.
  • Testing is now required for students and workers. That’ll be great considering there is a shortage of tests.
  • Israel is now mandating a fourth shot. There is evidence that the shots will lessen the effects of omicron but will not stop someone from getting it.
  • The Netherlands is using attack dogs to quell COVID lockdown policy protestors. That’s awesome.
  • By the way, Florida still remains in the middle of the pack even though they are the oldest state and do not have mask of vax mandates.

I’m sure there will be more mandates in blue cities and states now that the holidays are over. I’m done with the mask and booster thing. Businesses in California are pretty much done with it too. Yes, I carry a mask but I have yet to be told to wear it inside a business. Josie doesn’t wear it either.

 

Is This a Scandal?

Biden’s war against Florida continues. The surgeon general of the state said that Joe Biden is withholding monoclonal antibody treatments from them (and other states).

Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladopo sent a searing letter to the Biden administration’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra:

“The federal government is actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments in the U.S. The sudden suspension of multiple monoclonal antibody therapy treatments from distribution to Florida removes a health care provider’s ability to decide the best treatment options for their patients in this state. This shortsightedness is especially evident given that the federal government effectively prohibited states from purchasing these monoclonal antibodies and serving their populations directly.”

Hmm. So let’s review:

  • The government is withholding a known, successful treatment for COVID in monoclonal antibodies.
  • They have demonized ivermectin, another treatment that has proven successful, by calling it a “horse dewormer”. Mind you, ivermectin has been used in Africa for decades and saved millions of lives from malaria and other diseases.
  • They are not talking about the new pill Pfizer has created for treating COVID which will be approved by the FDA this week.
  • We still do not know the B and T-cell (memory cells) immunity from the vaccine.
  • They are still pushing vaccine mandates for a vaccine that doesn’t stop the disease. Let’s stop calling it a vaccine. It is a preventative treatment.
  • They refuse to look at the science and statistics for omicron. Omicron has been shown to be worse than a cold but not as bad as the flu.
  • We are locking down again based on a disease that has caused about 100 deaths throughout the world.

Do you guys see what’s happening? The government doesn’t want this to end. They don’t want to shutdown the virus. This is all about control. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at how the pro-shutdown folks are acting. The elites.

Enter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-surgeon-general-biden-admin-actively-preventing-the-effective-distribution-of-monoclonal-antibody-treatments-in-u-s?%3Futm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwtwitter
https://www.dailywire.com/news/coronavirus-cases-smash-records-in-u-s-after-biden-promised-to-shut-down-the-virus
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/12/us-hits-800000-covid-19-deaths-omicron-now-36-states

 

How Does Anyone Vote for This Moron?

Last I checked, New York is a mess.

  • They are having a huge COVID spike.
  • The mandated up the butt when it comes to masks and vax status.
  • They have a huge crime problem.
  • It’s cold a hell.

Where does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez represent? New York.

Now she has a month off. It must be nice to get a month off while making $170K a year and never having held a full time job before. Oh yeah, and she’s stupid.

She’s also huge into China virus mandates, limiting our freedoms and taking all our money. So where does she stay on her break? Did she go back to New York to support her district during some of the toughest times she has ever seen? Does she go to Puerto Rico to support abuela, who lost her home from a storm caused by climate change? Does she go to Texas to stand in unity with the 200,000 illegal aliens that crossed the border and are currently incarcerated during their processing?

Nope. She goes to Miami, Florida to drink margaritas with her boyfriend (who I’m pretty sure is gay and has crappy taste in sandals), maskless.

You know, Florida, the freest state in the country. Florida, that doesn’t have mask and vax mandates. You know, Florida, that doesn’t have any state taxes. You know, Florida, that celebrates free speech and gun rights. You know, Florida, that supports the police and has low crime.

Yeah, that Florida.

Anyway, a reporter saw her, took a picture and posted it on social media where it got an insane response, basically calling AOC a hypocrite for riding Gov. Ron DeSantis and saying how awful Florida is because it won’t do what Leftists want them to do. Seems like a pretty obvious point, right?

Well, AOC had another take about it. She said Republicans weren’t attacking her because of her obvious hypocrisy but because she’s so obviously hot. She tweeted:

“If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet. Ya creepy weirdos.”

She continued:

“It’s starting to get old ignoring the very obvious, strange, and deranged sexual frustrations that underpin the Republican fixation on me, women,& LGBT+ people in general. These people clearly need therapy, won’t do it, and use politics as their outlet instead. It’s really weird.”

I can’t decide whether she’s a narcissist or a sociopath. What would ever possess a person to say something like this? How could she think for a second this isn’t going to be used against her in the future.

But she wasn’t finished. Even though she is vacationing in a state she hates instead of helping her people who are trapped and suffering in her own district, she decided to take a shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis. And it made her look more sociopathic. She tweeted:

“Hasn’t Gov. DeSantis been inexplicably missing for like 2 weeks. If he’s around, I would be happy to say hello. His social media team seems to have been posting old photos for weeks.

“In the meantime, perhaps I could help with local organizing. Folks are quite receptive here.”

If Ron DeSantis was on vacation, it still doesn’t explain why AOC was being a hypocrite by spending time in a state she hates instead of helping her own district.

But DeSatis wasn’t on vacation. He was working and his press corp released a statement with his schedule. He was actually quite busy. He also had something more important to deal with over the holidays.

According to Fox News:

DeSantis’ announced in October that his wife had been diagnosed with breast cancer, telling Fox News at the time that as “the mother of three young children, Casey is the centerpiece of our family and has made an impact on the lives of countless Floridians through her initiatives as first lady.”

That’s right. Ron DeSantis has been with his wife, while working, during her cancer treatment. What a mean, apathetic bitch AOC is.

I was on Twitter when I saw this and I responded with three links to Casey DeSatis’ condition. All the Leftists pointed out my links were from right wing sources and they were lying. Maybe these people should turn of CNN and MSNBC once in a while a get the real news once in a while.

These people are all so out of touch.

DeSantis did respond to this and made everyone laughed their asses off:

By the way, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not been doing her job. According to the Daily Wire:

In fact, even AOC has been saying the coronavirus is still a problem. Just a little over two weeks ago, AOC informed Congress she could not cast votes or attend official proceedings in person because of the “ongoing public health emergency” and had to have a proxy do her job for her.

She has no problem traveling across the country in a plane and going to a bar without a mask

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-missing-accompanied-wife-cancer-treatment
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/aoc-new-york-florida-desantis/2021/12/31/id/1050631/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-slammed-for-claiming-republicans-are-mad-they-cant-date-me-broke-the-cringe-meter
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-slammed-for-false-claim-on-desantis-who-was-taking-wife-to-cancer-treatments-a-dirtbag-evil
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-lashes-out-at-critics-after-being-caught-in-florida-republicans-are-mad-they-cant-date-me
https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-surprised-desantis-says-hed-be-a-pretty-doggone-wealthy-man-if-he-had-a-dollar-for-every-lockdown-politician-who-escaped-to-florida
https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-guess-i-should-have-been-on-the-beach-in-delaware-desantis-trolls-biden-after-dems-falsely-slam-him-for-absence
https://www.dailywire.com/news/since-december-14-aoc-hasnt-been-doing-her-job-in-person-due-to-ongoing-public-health-emergency-but-she-can-hit-up-miami

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 333 I Love Talking About Dumb

Sometimes we, as Americans, are so busy worrying about dumb things that we forget there are actually real issues in the world.

Let’s go through some of the news, talk about some of those dumb things and then talk about some of those things we might be missing.

 

Rest in Peace

Walter Mondale passed away at the age of 93. Most people won’t remember much about him and that’s not a surprise. He wasn’t a really relevant politician in my time.

  • He was born on January 25, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN.
  • He served as a Senator from Minnesota from 1964-1976.
  • He served as Vice President under Jimmie Carter from 1976-1980.
  • He ran for President in 1984 against Ronald Reagan.
  • Mondale chose U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro from New York as his running mate, making her the first woman nominated for that position by a major party.
  • He ran on raising taxes to cut the deficit and support the ERA.
  • He lost that election by one of the largest landslides in history, only winning his home state and Washington DC.

 

What a Dumbass

The judge in the Derrick Chauvin trial had some rather harsh words about Maxine Watters during a request for a mistrial. Judge Peter Cahill said:

Cahill also said that this could be means for overturning a verdict on appeal since it sis sound like Watters was trying to intimidate the jury. The defense council brought up the fact the jury was not sequestered and the news of the trial is everywhere. The judge rejected the defense’s stance saying there was no evidence the jury was not following his orders not to watch the news.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-in-chauvin-trial-maxine-waters-remarks-could-lead-to-whole-trial-being-overturned-on-appeal

 

 

What Happens When Libs Get Extra Money

Los Angeles is $5.1 billion in debt. Now, that’s not the state of California, that only Los Angeles. That will cost each tax payer would have to pay an extra $4000 to dig us out of this debt.

Now, Los Angeles and California will receive money from Joe Biden’s COVID recovery bill, which is something that really turned Republicans off to the law. Actually, it turned off all of the Republicans. So is the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, going to used that money to balance his mismanaged budget? Of course. He’s going to spend it.

It has been reported that Eric Garcetti is going to implement a Universal Basic Income trial that will give $1000 a month to 2000 families in Los Angeles below the federal poverty line. This is part of his Equity and Justice budget.

The program is called “BIG: LEAP,” an acronym for Basic Income Guaranteed: L.A. Economic Assistance Pilot. It will cost $24 million.

When asked, Garcetti said:

“We have to end America’s addiction to poverty. For families who can’t think past the next bill, the next shift or the next health problem that they have, we can give them the space to not only dream of a better life, but to actualize it.”

OK:

  • So he expects to end poverty by giving away money?
  • What this actually does it put more people under more dependence of the government.
  • Universal Basic Income has been tried over and over again and has failed.
  • It was tried in Stockton, California for about three months. Guess what happened? Stockton ran out of money.
  • It’s these redistribution programs which are killing California and is causing their tax base, like Tesla, to move out of California.
  • I think it would be much better if Mayor Garcetti decided to pay off his debt instead of giving money away and increasing the debt.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-democratic-mayor-to-propose-guaranteed-basic-income-pilot-in-most-progressive-budget-hes-overseen
https://www.data-z.org/state_data_and_comparisons/city/losangeles

 

Changing of Language

President Joe Biden has banned federal immigration agencies from using terms such as “alien,” “assimilation,” and “illegal alien” in official documents and statements.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Tae Johnson said:

“In response to the vision set by the Administration, ICE will ensure agency communications use the preferred terminology and inclusive language.”

OK:

  • The term, “illegal alien” is a legal term. It has nothing to do with race.
  • Biden is changing the terms to make illegal aliens more legal. I won’t change my usage of the term for this reason.
  • It amazes me that the reason Biden is contacting ICE is to change their terminology. You’d think he’d be more worried about the disaster on the border than the terms they use in their reports.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-bans-terms-illegal-alien-assimilation-to-make-u-s-seem-more-inclusive

 

How Is She an Expert?

Greta Thunberg has come out of her basement and continued to chastise society for not doing what she wants us to do. I think this is great because now she is 18-years-old and now I can make fun of her without being accused of being mean to a child (which I never gave a damn about anyway).

Here she is at a World Health Organization presser discussing how the vaccine distribution is not equitable:

A few things here:

What is she doing at a WHO presser? She just, theoretically, a high school graduate. She has no expertise in anything and is autistic. As far as I’m concerned, this really damages the already rickety credibility of the WHO. And who is she to listen to when in comes to prioritizing who gets vaccinated.

I will also point out that she never actually thinks anything of this up. We already know that her father is running her Twitter account. If you watch the video, one can see she is actually reading a prepared statement. In the past, when she had to speak in front of the press without any preparation, she couldn’t seem to get a word out. She should just have her parents talk to the WHO.

A couple of things she says here are kind of odd:

  • The richer countries are getting vaccinated, and I think she’s specifically speaking of the United States because she hates us, we came up with the vaccine. We pain for the production of the vaccine. If Ghana wants the vaccine, they can invent, produce and distribute it.
  • She also brings up this from the stance of globalism and anti-capitalism. That’s her real thing. She does the same thing with environmentalism. She doesn’t go to China about any of this. She points only to the United States. She detests nationalism which the left always associates with white nationalism or white supremacy.
  • I’m a proud nationalist. You know what other country is? China.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-greta-thunberg-lectures-about-the-crisis-of-so-called-vaccine-nationalism

 

The Real Problems

Remember I said a while back that we have become such a self-centered society we only fight about the stupid things and are missing that there is an entire world out there? By the way, I have two other stupid stories but you’ll have to wait for those till tomorrow.

We, Joe Biden’s weakness is beginning to embolden other countries and is pissing other leaders. Jen Psaki is being asked some question about it and her answer is always to circle-back to it. But we are really looking at some serious conflicts that are probably going to read their heads in the next year and I don’t know if the administration has the leadership to deal with them.

  • Iran is purifying uranium to the highest purity that they ever reached, 60%. I think it might be a little late to rejoin the Iranian Nuclear Agreement.
  • China is running fighter jets over Taiwan. The Taiwanese have asked for more weapons to counter the threat.
  • Russia’s military is building up on the Ukrainian border. The troop counts are as high as they were since the 2014 invasion of Crimea.
  • North Korea has started missile testing again and still refuses to communicate with the Biden administration.
  • The Presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala and  Honduras are blaming the Biden administration for opening the borders and causing mass migrations from their countries. This is an issue for them because they are losing working age males.
  • The President of Mexico is blaming Biden for the open border policy because the cartels are getting rich and more powerful through human trafficking. This is making them hard for the Mexican government to deal with.

 

We are so busy in this country worrying about race, police, equity and whether a man can compete against women we are missing the big picture.

By the way, did you know the United States flew a drone on Mars yesterday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 248 – Rest in Peace, Guys

We have been so busy with the election, other news has been put on the back burner. We have lost two major figures in our culture. Considering I made yesterdays podcast long, I think I’ll shorten this one up.

Rest in peace Sean Connery and Alex Trebek. Let’s go over their lives, their greatest moments and one of the greatest comedy sketches involving the two.

 

There is News

There is some important news out there today.

  • William Barr is starting an investigation into votes fraud and irregularities.
  • A new vaccine by Pzitzer has been found to eliminate 90% of the COVID virus. Trump is wondering why they waited until a week after the election to announce it. The Democrats are trying to take credit for it.
  • Fox News has lost all credibility along with the rest of the mainstream media.
  • Finally, something really interesting. Blaze TV’s Louder with Crowder, an Internet news source…sort of…beat CNN, Fox News and MSNBC on election night. Interesting. I think we talked about this the other day.

 

More on all of this tomorrow. But first, real news.

Sean Connery

His Life

Let’s take a look at the life of Sean Connery.

  • Was born Thomas Sean Connery on August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • His mother Effie was a cleaning woman and his father Joseph was a factory worker and a lorry (truck) driver.
  • Connery’s first job was delivering milk.
  • At age 16, he joined the Royal Navy. He worked with an anti-aircraft team and was assigned to the HMS Formidable.
  • He was discharged at 19 for a medical for having an ulcer.
  • Afterwards, he returned to the co-op, then worked as, among other things, a lorry driver, a lifeguard at Portobello swimming baths, a labourer, an artist’s model for the Edinburgh College of Art, and after a suggestion by former Mr. Scotland, Archie Brennan, a coffin polisher.
  • Connery was a body builder. Rumors are that he won a tournament in 1953 but the records are sketchy.
  • In 1951, Connery started acting at King’s Theatre in a production of South Pacific.
  • In 1954, he starred in a few production in the theatre of London.
  • In 1957, he starred in his first film role in a movie called No Road Back. 
  • In 1962, Sen Connery hit it big. He was selected to play James Bond.
  • Between 1962-1971 he played in Bond films: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
  • He left the Bond series but returned for the movie Diamonds are Forever. His final Bond film was Never Say Never Again.
  • After Bond, he starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Marnie. Hitchcock wanted Connery for North by Northwest and Notorious but Connery refused because he thought he might be typecast.
  • In 1987, Connery won his first and only Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the movie The Untouchables.
  • In 2006,he received the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award. There, he confirmed that he was retiring from acting saying, “Only idiots are now making films in Hollywood.”
  • Connery was married twice. His first wife was Diane Cilento (m. 1962; div. 1973) and his second wife Micheline Roquebrune (m. 1975). He has a son, Jason Connery.
  • Connery died in his sleep on October 31, 2020 in Nassau, Bahamas.

 

I did not see a lot of Sean Connery’s movies. I was never a James Bond fan. That’s OK, I am also not a Marvel or DC comic book movie fan and people think I’m nuts. But the movies I saw I loved. That includes The Untouchables, Hunt for the Red October and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

He was a first tier actor when he did The Untouchables where he won his one Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (my favorite move). In the movie, Sean Connery plays Jimmy Malone, a policeman who has ethics and morality and will not take payments from the mob but does not have the courage to go after the mob on his own. When Eliot Ness says he wants to go after Al Capone but doesn’t understand how to do it. Malone knows and tells Ness that he is going to have to go beyond the law in order to accomplish his mission. By the end of the movie, Ness gets it and goes way beyond the law.

In a very powerful scene, Malone is shot and dying. When Ness finds him, Malone is not concerned with himself but with getting Ness the information he needs to capture an important Capone accomplice. In his last breath, Malone says, “What are you willing to do?” Malone was willing to go against his caution and give up his life to get Capone. Ness gets it and does what needs to be done, bloodying his hands.

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery

 

Alex Trebek

The host of Jeopardy died last week. Let’s talk about his lift. I’m sure it’s going to be shorter than Sean Connery..

  • Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940,
  • the son of George Edward Trebek ( Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Lucille Lagacé (born April 14, 1921), a Franco-Ontarian.
  •  He grew up in a bilingual French-English household. Trebek’s first job was when he was 13; he was a bellhop at the hotel where his father worked as a chef.
  • Trebek graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy in 1961.
  • While a university student, he was a member of the English Debating Society. At the time, he was interested in a career in broadcast news.
  • Before completing his degree, Trebek began his career in 1961 working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. According to Trebek, “I went to school in the mornings and worked at nights; I did everything, at one time replacing every announcer in every possible job.] He would eventually read the CBC national radio news and cover a wide range of special events for CBC Radio and CBC Television, including curling] and horse racing.
  • Trebek’s first hosting job was on a Canadian music program called Music Hop in 1963.
  •  In 1966 he hosted a high school quiz show called Reach for the Top.
  • In 1973, Trebek moved to the United States and worked for NBC as host of a new game show, The Wizard of Odds.
  • A year later Trebek hosted the popular Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley game show High Rollers, which had two incarnations on NBC (1974–76 and 1978–80) and an accompanying syndicated season (1975–76).
  • Trebek hosted the short-lived CBS game show Double Dare
  • For Merv Griffin, he shot two pilots for a revival of Jeopardy! when original host Art Fleming (a friend of Trebek’s) declined to return to the role owing to creative differences. This revival sold; Trebek began hosting it in 1984 and remained the host until his death. His final episode hosting Jeopardy! will air on Christmas Day 2020.
  • Trebek was married twice and has three children.

He died on November 8, 2020 of stage four pancreatic cancer, which he announced he had on air.

I have been watching Jeopardy since I was a kid. It was a favorite with my family. we actually used to keep our own scores (in our heads, of course). If someone got over $0, we were winners. That game was amazingly hard.

Trebek was a stoic, friendly sort. He came across quiet and reserved. He also came out kind of…arrogant. If someone gave a wrong answer, he could tear that person apart with a quip that seems like nothing but everyone knew was an insult. But his fatherly persona always softened the blow.

In this video clip, we here some of Jeopardy’s best moments. Listen and enjoy:

I know, I could have cut this down by a minute and a half by getting rid of the Final Jeopardy music but I thought it would bring back memories.

The next clip is probably the most touching clip in live television history. Trebek announced that he had stage four pancreatic cancer but he was going to beat it and continue doing the show. The news was devastating to a lot of people. A contestant named Dhruv Gaur had no chance of winning. He gave Alex a special message during his Final Jeopardy answer. Alex became very choked up. Listen:

To this day, I still tear up over this. To be loved so much that someone will state it in the middle of a competition, even if he is going to lose, takes a lot of heart. This will be a moment that is celebrated in television history and it only cost $1995.

 

 

 

 

 

SNL Accidently Honors Two Great

In one of the greatest coincidences, Saturday Night Live offered the greatest honor to two great men that died within a week of each other. In the long running skit, Will Ferrell would play Alex Trebek and an assorted number of actors would play Sean Connery. In the skits, that were so popular SNL included a skit for their 40th Anniversary, Connery and Trebek hated each other. It was hysterical.

One of the things the skits made fun of was how dumb, either purposely of by accident, Sean Connery is. Watching this video from Austin Kellerman on YouTube, in a tribute to both men from the SNL skit.

The next recurring joke on these skits was the fun that Sean Connery made about his sexual escapes with Trebek’s mother. These were great, especially with Will Ferrell’s stoic response to Connery. Here is a montage from Alex Kellerman.

Finally, and probably the most hysterical, is when Connery would rearrange the words in the topics to create rather dirty topics. Trebek would, frustratingly, correct Connery with the actual topic. I have cleared out any disease in my lungs from any disease because I laughed so hard. This is also from Austin Kellerman.

Final Jeopardy was just as funny. I won’t play any of those because, for the most part, they were sight gags. But anytime Celebrity Jeopardy showed up on SNL, I watched. It really was a tribute to both of the cultural icons of our time.

Our culture lost a couple of icons over the last two weeks. We have been so busy with this election this election mess, we ignored this. I decided that we should talk about them.

 

 

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