Episode 919 – Maybe You Should Still keep Your Hands on the Wheel

Today, we are going to get more into the crazy stuff within the culture. But first, let me prove to you that it is Biden’s policies that should lose him the election, not his senility.

Dumbass of the Day

Meanwhile…

According to Fox News:

The Biden administration recently allowed Iranian citizens to vote in the totalitarian regime’s sham presidential election from makeshift booths in a handful of U.S. hotels, drawing the ire of the terror-sponsoring nation’s critics.

Biden green-lighted Iranian regime voting stations across America for election of the president of the Islamic Republic. The contest on Friday resulted in the victory of Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, over the former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.  Pezeshkian secured secured 53.3% of the vote while Jalili received 44.3%.

Kaveh Shahrooz, an Iranian-Canadian expert on Iran’s regime, urged a “two-front battle” to debunk the myth that Pezeshkian is a reformer and to unite the Iranian opposition against the regime in Tehran.

“But now, with the selection of a ‘reformist’ president, they will revive their lies about the Iranian regime’s capacity for change,” wrote Shahrooz.

The largely symbolic presidential position is controlled by the unelected Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, who has the final word on domestic and foreign policies. Khamenei selects who can run for president. Hence, Iranians call it a “selection” and not a real election.

Last Friday’s first round of voting saw the lowest participation since the country’s 1979 Islamic revolution established a theocratic state. The Iranian regime’s Interior Ministry said that yesterday’s election produced over 30 million votes. The alleged turnout of 50% in the run-off election was higher than the first round (40%) on June 2, but still low by historical standards. Eyewitness reports and videos showed empty polling stations in Iran.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/outrage-over-biden-allowing-irans-terrorist-sponsoring-regime-hold-voting-u-s

What a Shock

According to KTLA Channel 5 News out of Los Angeles:

San Bernardino County supervisors are asking state officials to declare a statewide state of emergency as insurance companies continue to limit business in the Golden State.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on June 25 to adopt a resolution asking California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the State Legislature to declare a state of emergency and take action to strengthen and stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace, the San Bernardino Sun reported.

The state of emergency, if declared, would bar insurance providers from dropping current homeowners policies.

The resolution comes as major insurers, including State Farm and Allstate, have decided to limit business in California. Last year, State Farm announced it would stop accepting new insurance applications for all business and personal property in California.

Most recently, the company’s California subsidiary, State Farm General, recently submitted a request to the California Department of Insurance to raise insurance rates for homeowners, condo owners and renters in the Golden State.

Other insurance companies, including Allstate and Farmers Insurance, have announced plans to limit business in the Golden State.

The rapid decrease in insurance companies offering services to California residents has resulted in many new and existing homeowners turning to California’s FAIR plan for coverage. The plan covers basic hazards but is described as a “temporary safety net” since it was never meant to replace insurance coverage companies can offer.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/san-bernardino-county-supervisors-call-for-emergency-declaration-over-californias-homeowners-insurance

Maybe These Things Aren’t Ready Yet?

According to the New York Post:

An Arizona cop got quite the surprise when he recently pulled over a white Jaguar SUV for an alleged slew of reckless actions near a construction zone — and the car turned out to be a driverless Waymo taxi with no one inside.

Newly released body-cam footage from the Phoenix Police Department shows how the officer chased down the vehicle near Seventh Avenue and Osborn Road on June 19 after it allegedly drove into oncoming traffic, ran a red light and “FREAKED OUT,” according to dispatch records obtained by AZ Central.

The officer’s confusion is audible after he goes up to the driver’s side of the vehicle — which is designed to pull over when it detects emergency lights and sirens — and sees that the car he stopped doesn’t have a driver.

The driver’s window on the car owned by Waymo — which is run by Google’s parent company Alphabet, Inc. — rolls down.

The vehicle’s audio system then connects the officer with a company representative, and the cop informs them of the problem.

“So your car here drove into oncoming lanes of traffic,” the officer informs the company.

The rep responds, “OK, I’ll go ahead and take a look at that right now.”

The cop adds, “Yeah, there’s like a little bit of a construction area, and it went on opposing lanes of traffic, which is real bad.”

Another officer can seen at one point popping by to ask what is going on — and also appears visibly surprised see the car is empty.

He gasps in shock, too, when he learns that the driverless car veered into the oncoming traffic lane.

A Waymo support staffer eventually arrives to assist the first responding cop.

Phoenix officials later humorously noted that the incident ended without further need for action, as the officer was “UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER,” according to the dispatch records.

Waymo said in a statement that the vehicle had “encountered inconsistent construction signage” during the trip, causing it to move into an oncoming lane of traffic.

The car was then “blocked” from moving back into the correct lane for about 30 seconds before the officer pulled it over, the company said.

Phoenix is one of the few cities in the US that allows autonomous vehicles to drive on its roads, with Waymo cleared to operate even in the Arizona capital as of 2024.

https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/us-news/moment-cop-pulls-over-driverless-waymo-car-that-freaked-out/#:~:text=An%20Arizona%20cop%20got%20quite,taxi%20with%20no%20one%20inside.

How Does This Broad Get Elected?

According to Fox News:

A parody social media account named the “Chief Rabbi of Gaza” claimed another victim from the progressive “Squad,” duping Rep. Cori Bush’s, D-Mo., team into boasting about a potential event with the fake rabbi.

Bush’s re-election campaign was considering a possible fundraiser with “Fabbi Linda Goldstein,” a parody X account that posts anti-Israel rhetoric in an attempt to catfish progressives, according to a report from the New York Post.

The parody account reached out to Bush’s team on June 23 with the idea of partnering on a fundraiser, with the account telling the lawmaker’s office that their “congregation was displaced from Gaza after Israel’s invasion on October 7.”

“Also – would [Bush] travel to the Gaza border for the fundraiser? The optics could be incredible,” the account told Ronika Moody, Bush’s finance and engagement director, according to emails reviewed by the Post.

“Cori is interested in hosting in Gaza, and it’s something she has been trying to plan. Unfortunately, we have not been successful with that opportunity as of yet,” Moody responded four days later, asking whether the “theme” of the fundraiser would be Gaza.

Goldstein responded with a suggestion that the fundraiser’s theme could be “the morality” of intifada, according to the report.

“The topics are built around finding a final solution to the problem of Zionism,” Goldstein said in the email, garnering no response from Bush’s team.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fake-rabbi-dupes-another-squad-member