1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,120 I just like hot dog. Hot Dog is my favorite meeting because I just 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:13,160 like I thought, Oh god, that's both there is about you old as 3 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:54,399 you give you have doutiu fid. Look. I understand Senator meant Romney or 4 00:00:54,759 --> 00:00:58,880 Mittens of Utah as I like to call him. I understand he loves hot 5 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,600 dogs. But should a man his age be eating that? I don't know. 6 00:01:03,159 --> 00:01:07,040 That seems risky. He's he's pushing eighty, isn't he? Oh boy, 7 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:11,200 how about about enjoying a delicious lettuce rap or something. Anyway, Welcome 8 00:01:11,239 --> 00:01:15,359 everybody. It is that time again, Matt Connerton unleashed and we are live 9 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:23,359 from the studios of WMNHEM and Glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. And it 10 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:27,359 looked pretty stormy out there for a moment, so I hope although that was 11 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:32,079 a quick storm at least from what I noticed, I got here before it 12 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:37,480 started, which is nice. It's always there's something comforting about being inside the 13 00:01:37,599 --> 00:01:41,519 studio and looking out and seeing terrible weather outside and knowing that I'm safe and 14 00:01:41,599 --> 00:01:45,719 sounding here. But it looks like it is over pretty quick, so hopefully 15 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,519 no flash flooding this time around. Although Jenny did message me that there was 16 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,519 a twister in Keene, New Hampshire. So I'm sure Dave Ridley will be 17 00:01:53,799 --> 00:01:57,760 calling us to tell us how the federal government with their weather machine sent the 18 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:06,359 twister to Keene to disrupt liberty. I'm kidding, I like Dave. By 19 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,960 the way, that's that's not intended as a shot. I'm just kidding around. 20 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,280 But who knows, maybe we will hear from him today. But yeah, 21 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,840 so we are live, of course on WMH ninety five point three FM, 22 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,840 also on Comcast ninety seven if you are in Manchester and hello to all 23 00:02:19,879 --> 00:02:22,719 of our online listeners across a nation and around the globe. You can go 24 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,080 to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all of your live streaming options, 25 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,120 social media links, contact info, show archives, etc. Etc. By 26 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:32,840 the way, the song that you just heard it is I Love hot Dogs 27 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:38,319 by the Remix Bros. Featuring the voice of Mitt Romney. So if you're 28 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:43,520 looking for it on the YouTube, just type in I Love hot Dogs the 29 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,560 Remix Bros. The reason that song exists, if you don't know, is 30 00:02:46,719 --> 00:02:50,800 I don't know. It was National hot Dog Day recently or something. So 31 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:57,280 Senator Mitt Romney posted a video of himself, or someone was holding the camera 32 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,000 for him, I guess, or the phone rather recording the video. And 33 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:07,439 Mitten's is wandering the halls of Congress holding a hot dog and talking about how 34 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:12,439 much he loves hot dogs and it's his favorite meat, and it's just very 35 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,599 awkward and strange and certainly open to ridicule. So naturally someone made a song 36 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:22,280 about it. But yeah, I just don't know if he should be eating 37 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,680 that. And then before that, I did open the show with a beautiful 38 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:30,759 song Shaloo by Matt Litzinger. A little bit of a mishap, however, 39 00:03:32,159 --> 00:03:38,360 the reason I played that song, even though I mean not that you need 40 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,919 a reason to play such a beautiful song, but I did play that for 41 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,919 a specific purpose, which turns out to have been all for not. I 42 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,599 played that because I thought he was performing this weekend at the hop Knot, 43 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,639 because I have a schedule on my phone that says he was scheduled to perform 44 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,960 July twenty ninth at the hop Knot this Saturday night. And then I look 45 00:03:58,039 --> 00:04:00,919 at the social media post and I see that, no, there must have 46 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,039 been a change. Kevin Horn is actually playing at the at the hop Knot 47 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,199 By the way, Kevin Horn was a guest on the show a couple of 48 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,879 months ago. He was a musical guest, came in with his acoustic guitar. 49 00:04:12,039 --> 00:04:15,120 Just incredible, incredible. I got a lot of positive feedback on that 50 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,439 one, and he's amazing and a really nice guy too, very very talented. 51 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,279 He was in a band I say was because I don't think they do 52 00:04:21,439 --> 00:04:26,639 much now, but called the Stone Road Band. Really really good, but 53 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,600 also just a phenomenal solo artist. So he will be at the Hop Knot 54 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,560 Kevin Horn Saturday night from seven to nine pm. So I don't know what 55 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:42,399 happened there with Matt Litzinger, but apparently there's been a change. Let's see. 56 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,199 Boy. That song brought some Facebook comments as I knew that it might 57 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,639 that it might. Jay Fed in the chat room says, how about a 58 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:53,519 weener wrapped in lettuce instead of buns? Oh? Yes, what would you 59 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,600 call that though? Would you still call it a hot dog or would you 60 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,360 call it a would you call it a hot dog rap? You know, 61 00:05:00,519 --> 00:05:03,079 like a lettuce rap but with a hot dog? Well, the lettuce would 62 00:05:03,079 --> 00:05:06,439 still be there though, So why would you replace the lettuce in the lettuce 63 00:05:08,079 --> 00:05:11,279 rap? If the lettuce is still a part of it. I don't know. 64 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,759 I don't know what you'd call it. I don't know if I even 65 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,279 want to think about it, because, uh, you know, look, 66 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,360 it's never gonna happen, right. I mean, it's a fun thing to 67 00:05:17,439 --> 00:05:21,920 think about wrapping a hot dog in lettuce, but is anybody gonna actually do 68 00:05:23,079 --> 00:05:28,839 it? I hope so, I certainly hope so. Um. But the 69 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,959 other thing that I thought of too is, you know when when they do 70 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:35,839 the squad dogs every year on the Morning Show, and I think it's Bob 71 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:40,920 Friedis who comes in for that, and then uh, they they do things 72 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,959 with the hot dogs. You know, Ron puts one in his belly button 73 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,639 for example. They have a lot of fun with that on the Morning Show. 74 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,959 I'm very picky about hot dogs myself. I don't I don't put them 75 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,399 in my belly button, and I will only eat them under specific circumstances. 76 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,120 They have to be well fried. Hot dogs are good fried, even though 77 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:06,199 fried is terrible for you, and steamed is okay, but their best grilled. 78 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,279 I love a grilled hot dog. I will not eat them well, 79 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,480 I don't like them boiled. Boiling them is weird. They get like squiggly, 80 00:06:15,639 --> 00:06:19,959 they become misshapen. It's very strange boiling hot dogs. And I absolutely 81 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:27,639 will not go anywhere near a microwave hot dog. That is. How anyone 82 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,240 can eat a hot dog after it's been in the microwave is baffling to me. 83 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:35,000 That is nasty. I'm sorry what happens to if you watch it, 84 00:06:35,079 --> 00:06:39,720 I mean you can watch it happening in real time while it's cooking in the 85 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,959 microwave. It's horrifying. And how do you then eat that? It doesn't 86 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,120 it doesn't look like a hot dog when it's done. It looks like some 87 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:50,480 sort of food item. But I wouldn't eat that. I don't recommend it 88 00:06:50,639 --> 00:06:57,000 at all. So there you go. But Mitt Romney, I get the 89 00:06:57,079 --> 00:07:00,759 impression that Senator Mitt Romney of the Great State of Utah, from the video 90 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,759 that he posted, which again the remix Bros Made into a song, I 91 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,560 get the impression that he will eat a hot dog under any circumstances. He 92 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:14,279 did not strike me in his soliloquy about hot dogs and his love of hot 93 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:21,399 dogs. He did not strike me as being necessarily picky or overly selective about 94 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:27,399 what hot dogs he will eat. Or what condiments you might put on them, 95 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,480 or what kind of bun. He even said to eat them out of 96 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,120 the bun. That's kind of disgusting to me. A hot dog should be 97 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,480 in a bun at least. And some people do weird things. I'll like, 98 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:39,439 cut hot dogs up and put them in and put the hot dogs in 99 00:07:39,519 --> 00:07:44,600 the macaroni and cheese. I've never understood that those things do not go together. 100 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,279 That is not a flavor profile that I wish to partake him, and 101 00:07:49,439 --> 00:07:54,319 I've never in my life until now, even use the phrase flavor profile. 102 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,519 I find it a bit pretentious to be honest with you, unless you're a 103 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,199 chef. 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We do have 111 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,279 a number of news items to get to, but before we do that, 112 00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:41,840 so let me circle back to the Hop Knot for a moment, our wonderful 113 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:46,240 sponsor in the Brady Solomon at one thousand Elm Street. Today is Thursday, 114 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,960 which means tonight is Trivia and I hosted by the great Broderick Lang. I 115 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:56,240 do suggest, either through social media or a good old fashioned phone call, 116 00:08:56,759 --> 00:09:01,639 that you reserve a spot at the Hop not for that, because those spots 117 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,879 fill up very quickly. Trivia Night is a very popular feature there, so 118 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,960 but that is I believe that. Yes, that starts at seven pm with 119 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:15,600 Broderick Lang. Then Tomorrow night they're open noon to midnight with Happy Hour from 120 00:09:15,759 --> 00:09:20,080 three to six pm, and then of course Saturday's Saturday, they open at 121 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:26,440 noon and they've got live music with Kevin Horn from seven to nine pm. 122 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:33,120 So there you go. Lots lots coming up at the Hop Not. The 123 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:39,679 other thing that I wanted to mention quickly is tickets for Swarmy Fest two have 124 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:45,200 gone on sale. Of course, our friends in the band Sepsis, who 125 00:09:45,639 --> 00:09:48,320 have been on the show many times, they do they do an annual event 126 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:50,639 or this will be the second one, so I guess. Now technically it's 127 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:54,679 officially an annual event, Swarmy Fest at Jewel Nightclub. It's a little ways 128 00:09:54,720 --> 00:10:01,159 away. It's coming up November fourth, but tickets are available online if you 129 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,519 go to event Bright or go to Sepsis's website or their social media pages. 130 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,879 So November fourth, but Jenny and I of course will be there to represent 131 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:15,440 and really looking forward to that representing the show. So that is coming up 132 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,279 November fourth, twenty twenty three, but you can get your tickets now, 133 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:28,200 they are already available at Jewel Nightclub. Looks like Carpathia, is that how 134 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,000 you say that? Is going to be there? Also a Simple Complex, 135 00:10:31,039 --> 00:10:35,600 a band that I know very well. I've interviewed them many times over the 136 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,600 years, Trading Tombstones, who I think was there last year as well, 137 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,080 really really good band. And after the winter two stages, so there are 138 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,480 many more bands to be announced two stages this year, so it's gonna be 139 00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:50,039 a big deal. So really looking forward to that Swarmy Fest. And one 140 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,159 other thing I want to remind you about Tomorrow night. Tomorrow night, of 141 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,320 course, Friday is my long day here at WMHS because I do this show 142 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,879 and then I have the honor and prince village of being police is one of 143 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:07,679 Policy's co hosts on Retrospectrum Radio with Polyc tomorrow night. His friend Aaron Zadovski 144 00:11:07,799 --> 00:11:11,720 is going to be with us live in studio and really looking forward to that 145 00:11:11,799 --> 00:11:15,480 as well. We've been talking about it for a couple of weeks. Now 146 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,720 this is a big deal. He's done a lot of great stuff. So 147 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,679 Aaron Zadovski will be joining us live in studio tomorrow night for Retrospectrum Radio from 148 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:30,759 eight to eleven pm, So really looking forward to that. Let's get caught 149 00:11:30,879 --> 00:11:33,960 up with everybody in the Facebook live chat and then we'll get into some stuff. 150 00:11:35,799 --> 00:11:39,559 Jay fed is in the chat room and says good afternoon everyone. Hello. 151 00:11:39,279 --> 00:11:43,120 Mariam Banish joins us and says, good afternoon. All done extended school 152 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:46,600 year work. So now I have a few weeks off, I'm sorry, 153 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,240 a few weeks of summer left to enjoy. Very good. Oh, the 154 00:11:50,399 --> 00:11:56,320 EAS system is is just kicked on. For those of you who are listening 155 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,960 live. If you're listening later to the podcast, you won't hear this part, 156 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,200 but I assume there's a see. To me, it looks like the 157 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:15,639 storm here already passed, unless there's another one coming in. Trying to listen 158 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,960 to see. If you're listening live, you might not even be hearing me 159 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:26,279 talk. Well, I'm probably still going out on Facebook. Oh well, 160 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:31,120 that sound is annoying. It's not talking. Oh, here we go, 161 00:12:33,279 --> 00:12:52,279 severe severe thunderstorm warning for for Rockingham County and oh, severe thunderstorm near Manchester 162 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,200 moving east. Yeah, I think it already went through here where we are. 163 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,600 M hmm. It looks like it's raining, but it looks like it's 164 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:09,960 probably about to clear up though. Well, be careful, especially if you're 165 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:16,240 out there driving. But Jenny says, yes, I am on Facebook, 166 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:20,000 so I think the EAS only goes out on the FM band. Um, 167 00:13:24,279 --> 00:13:28,799 all right, it's boy. This is a very detailed EAS warning about the 168 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:41,080 storm torrential rainfall. Oh there was a flash flooding flash flood warning on this 169 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:46,759 one. All right, we got eight seconds left of the e A. 170 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:54,799 S oh, Hillsboro County is included. It's Hillsboro and Rockingham according to that. 171 00:13:54,039 --> 00:13:58,799 Okay, all right, very good, very good. We'll finish saying 172 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,279 everybody in the chat room here Jenny, of course, is in the chat 173 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,519 and says, hello and peeps, let's see. Michael Albert joins us in 174 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,120 the chat says, good afternoon. My dad used to microwave cheap hot dogs 175 00:14:11,159 --> 00:14:15,759 and it would stink up the house. Oh god, I'm nauseous just thinking 176 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:20,480 about it. That is that is some nasty business. Yeah, you should 177 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:24,360 not eat hot dogs that way. A New Force of the Spark joins us, 178 00:14:24,399 --> 00:14:28,399 of course from Greensboro, North Carolina, and says, we say, 179 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:33,919 good afternoon. Hashtag Matt. We say, how are you doing. We 180 00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:39,000 are going to be performing soon as we can. Our manager producer hashtag Texas 181 00:14:39,159 --> 00:14:43,879 Mike. We say, well, very good, Yes Texas mic clearly doing 182 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:48,240 a phenomenal job for New Force of the Spark. And Shannon is on the 183 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,679 line. High Shannon, Hello, Hello, you don't want to find hilarious. 184 00:14:52,320 --> 00:15:01,840 No, it's thundered about three times here and then I don't know, 185 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:07,519 fifteen twenty minutes went by. I turned rading one for your show. You 186 00:15:07,639 --> 00:15:11,200 just said. The yes was on. They're always they always seemed to be 187 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:18,360 a little late. M hmm. It at least for you know, the 188 00:15:18,519 --> 00:15:22,320 areas they're talking about at the time. I don't know. I blame the 189 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:28,720 deep state, the deep space state, the deep state. Oh, they're 190 00:15:28,759 --> 00:15:33,559 all corrupt and they're controlling the weather, just like the Cassadines did on General 191 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:41,120 Hospital, or or or it all fits together. President snow in Hunger Games. 192 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,240 Yeah, I've never actually seen Hunger Games. But yes, I didn't 193 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:50,759 either read the books. Yes, the book is always better anyway, um, 194 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:54,879 I had said the h On the Morning Show, Peter had played a 195 00:15:54,879 --> 00:16:04,440 snippet of Mitch McConnell's Now, I don't know anything before or after his loss 196 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,759 of speech or whatever, but when I was listening to it this morning, 197 00:16:07,799 --> 00:16:14,679 I said, it's like because I heard two years, several years ago there 198 00:16:14,679 --> 00:16:18,559 when John McCain had spoke and he wasn't grasping the words, you know, 199 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,360 and I was it was just eerie. It was. It was weird. 200 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,399 Yeah, and the video if you see the video too, So McConnell is 201 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:32,519 speaking, but he's not speaking clearly and not quite It's not that he was 202 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:36,720 ever a fast talker, but his speech seems a little bit slow, and 203 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,559 then he kind of seizes up and his face isn't moving, and he's just 204 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,360 he looks like he doesn't quite know where he is, and I think that 205 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,440 goes on for about twenty three seconds of just silent a stroke. Well, 206 00:16:48,639 --> 00:16:53,720 so we don't know because he's he's not really saying much about it. That 207 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:59,519 very well could be tia. I believe it's it's called a mini stroke. 208 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,480 Uh, that can happen. Um. The thing is too he did he 209 00:17:03,559 --> 00:17:07,000 had that terrible injury recently where he fell and he hit his head. So 210 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:12,039 some of them did I get whatever news I get, I get from the 211 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,480 radio and I try to get as many different news stations as it can because 212 00:17:17,559 --> 00:17:21,799 sometimes two stories are different. Sure, sure, but I didn't know he 213 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,359 fell on his head. Yeah, he suffered a concussion, So it might 214 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:30,000 be that it might be it might have been a TIA caused by that. 215 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,200 It might it might be a symptom of what is it post concussion syndrome if 216 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,839 I have the term correct um, could be other things. There was some 217 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,079 speculation that it might have been dehydration, but that that seems unlikely that something 218 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:48,319 that severe would happen. But he I assume he's embarrassed or self conscious about 219 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,200 it, because he's you know, when he's asked about it, he just 220 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:55,039 says, I'm fine, I'm fine, or you know, or he tries 221 00:17:55,079 --> 00:18:00,039 to make a joke about it, but um, I didn't know he two 222 00:18:00,319 --> 00:18:04,039 eighty one. I believe, yeah, he should say, you know what, 223 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:07,960 maybe one he told it's about time I tell the truth. This is 224 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:15,160 what happened. Well, And he also apparently he's had more falls recently than 225 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,480 we knew about. So um, I don't know if he's hit his head 226 00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:22,400 more than once. I don't know if he has an issue that's causing him 227 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,519 to lose his balance. It could be maybe his equilibrium is off and that's 228 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,799 affecting his balance, and who knows, I mean, who knows. He 229 00:18:30,039 --> 00:18:33,599 asked to see a doctor though, and get checked out, and I assumed 230 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:38,400 that I assume that he will best because it's it's scary to watch, you 231 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,440 know, you watch the video and it's like, you know, even if 232 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:42,359 you don't like the guy, and you know, to be honest with you, 233 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,079 I don't have a lot of nice things to say about the guy, 234 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,960 but but I don't wish anything like that on anybody. And and it is 235 00:18:48,079 --> 00:18:53,160 really uncomfortable seeing the videoing oh yeah, yeah, because he just kind of 236 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:56,319 stops and you know, he's kind of moving back and forth a little bit, 237 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:00,640 but it's like his face is just sort of froe, isn't in place. 238 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,480 It's really scary. It reminded me of I've seen something like that happened 239 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:08,680 on television once before, but this was years and years ago, many years 240 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,640 ago. But there was a news reporter, I think in a major market 241 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,359 I don't remember where. I want to say, Philadelphia, but I'm not 242 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,920 sure. There's this news reporter who's live on the air and all of a 243 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,200 sudden, something happens to her where in her case, hers was definitely a 244 00:19:22,279 --> 00:19:27,079 tia. She didn't she didn't seize up, but she she started speaking gibberish. 245 00:19:29,279 --> 00:19:30,759 Yeah. Yeah, if you've seen that, you know what I'm talking 246 00:19:30,799 --> 00:19:36,640 about type of migraine is that. I thought it was a tia, but 247 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:37,720 it could have been something else. But all of a sudden, it's like 248 00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:41,599 she's talking and it's like she's suddenly speaking a different language, and she can't 249 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,720 control it, you know, because she just she just keeps going, almost 250 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:49,680 as though she thinks she's speaking the correct words and doesn't realize what's actually coming 251 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,960 out sounds like gibberish and yeah, and it's really scary to see it. 252 00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:56,640 It's like and she she wasn't that old. I think she was in her 253 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:03,720 forties. U he's younger maybe, yeah, I mean or there's two separate 254 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,400 events that are kind of the same. Yeah, it can happen to anybody, 255 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,799 but it's, um, it's a scary thing to watch. Well, 256 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,319 I got a shower yesterday afternoon and I bent my head over to tile drama. 257 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,799 Hey, when it's looked it up at went sideways, should vertigo hit 258 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:25,519 me? Oh, it's good to have a small bathroom. There's no real 259 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:30,759 place to fall. But I was calling also for a warning and a request. 260 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,079 You know, I'm I'm gonna be saying extra prayers for August first and 261 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:42,119 the policeman's thing there at the JFK because pull moon August first. Oh easy, 262 00:20:42,839 --> 00:20:48,759 gee, I believe he typed in something on Monday show to you, 263 00:20:49,799 --> 00:20:53,680 but he hasn't called you. I don't think. Yeah, he apparently is 264 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:59,519 h he wants to resume his entertainment report in I believe the first week of 265 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,000 August. Okay, because he called the Morning show the other day. But 266 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,599 easy, if you're listening, Um, what floor are you on? Because 267 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:12,799 just just you know, on the on the Morning Show, whatever to just 268 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:18,200 say third floor, goodbye, goodbye, you know, because I wrote to 269 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:23,279 him at the address that Peter had given me, and I put Eric Gardner 270 00:21:23,839 --> 00:21:29,920 for Gagnan, and I don't think he ever got it. Well, I 271 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:33,039 blame THEE send him anything else. I blame the deep state for that too. 272 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,960 No, I'm kidding. Actually I blame Bruce. Yeah, I bet 273 00:21:37,079 --> 00:21:41,759 Bruce knows what happened to whatever you sent easy g Well, I just I'm 274 00:21:41,799 --> 00:21:48,680 figuring it went into some if it's I don't know where he's at, Satanic 275 00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:52,400 sat I don't know if it's a big place. I don't you know. 276 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,759 If somebody doesn't recognize something, that could just go in a pile. M 277 00:21:57,079 --> 00:22:02,319 it could be in a pile, pile of stuff, a pilot, a 278 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:10,559 pile of stuff. Well, well, yeah, better workman to Tuesday, 279 00:22:10,839 --> 00:22:15,359 full moon Tuesday. And I knew it because my cat got me the other 280 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:22,880 day. So I looked at the calendar and it was August first three, 281 00:22:23,319 --> 00:22:27,960 every month, a week before I started the Vertigo. Mmmm. Well it 282 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,480 was a great man. One said hello, Hello, We're in a place 283 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:37,400 called Vertigo. It's a song, isn't it? It is this song? 284 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,359 It is a song what is it. I'll give you a hint. It's 285 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:49,240 an Irish band. It's an Irish band, Irish. I don't know. 286 00:22:51,319 --> 00:22:53,839 It's you too, Vertigo. Oh, it's one of their biggest hits. 287 00:22:56,599 --> 00:23:00,400 I would really fail at the RIF sector night. Yeah, Bono would be 288 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:08,960 very disappointed, disappointed with you. I think that policy should just nace it 289 00:23:10,039 --> 00:23:14,640 up and splice the snippets and riffs, you know, not splice them together, 290 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,960 but separate them and not tell you ahead of time. It could be 291 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:22,880 a snippet, it could be a riff. Uh huh, you know, 292 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,640 a little bit challenging. They can be all these things and more. But 293 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,960 I love listening to you guys. And I'll get off the phone now. 294 00:23:30,039 --> 00:23:34,200 But everybody be careful out there. Let's be saved. It absolutely good advice, 295 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,359 all right, Shannon, Well, well, thank you. We appreciate 296 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,200 the call. All right, take care, all right, take care bye 297 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,440 bye? All right. Always nice here from our friend Shannon. And that 298 00:23:42,559 --> 00:23:47,079 does open up the line for you. Six zo three two five zero six 299 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,240 zoo seven. Six zo three two five zero six zoo seven. We'll finish 300 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,400 saying hello everybody in the Facebook live chat. Oh, I see Mike from 301 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:57,640 Queen City Cabinetry joins us. Mike, of course, speaking of Retrospectrum Radio, 302 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,680 Mike is not only one of our great sponsors here at WMNH, but 303 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,200 Mike is one of our co hosts on retro Spectrum Radio with Paul c. 304 00:24:07,839 --> 00:24:11,400 So always nice to get get to hang out with Mike on Friday nights and 305 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:18,359 enjoy that very much. Um let's see. Chris Rose from the Commonwealth of 306 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:25,960 Massachusetts joins us in the Facebook live chat. Also Hello to Carol Zaroora Wicks. 307 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,880 If I'm saying that even remotely correctly, I hope that I am. 308 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:36,119 And if I'm not, apologize. Let's see. A new Force of the 309 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,920 Spark says we are from Greensboro, North Carolina, and we say to you 310 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:45,200 hashtag Matt and hashtag Jenny. Yes, I say I say that to you 311 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,039 as well. Sapsis joins us in the Facebook live chat and says Unleashed Yes, 312 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,200 Hello to Sepsis. We were we were just talking about you a little 313 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,240 bit ago and Swarmy Fests two coming up in November. Very excited about that. 314 00:24:59,079 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaking of excited, the New Force of the Spark says in the chat, 315 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:07,599 we will be I'm sorry we willing to be performing at Saint Pious Catholic 316 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,799 Church for the Sunshine Club there until September one, twenty twenty three. We 317 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,960 say that as in Greensboro, North Carolina, we say that is so sad 318 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:22,240 news recording artist singer of Shanad O'Connor passed away. We say, r ip 319 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:27,160 Shanad O'Connor. Yes, yeah, we talked about Eric Pilcher and I talked 320 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:32,359 about that a bit yesterday and apparently, you know, we were speculating about 321 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,880 the cause of her death, and you know, because she had just lost 322 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,920 her son, I think a less than a year ago to suicide. And 323 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,119 I did not realize this until today. I was reading today and we still 324 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:52,160 don't know her cause of death, but apparently she had had a couple of 325 00:25:52,519 --> 00:26:00,160 suicide attempts in the past herself. So very very sad thing, oh, 326 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:04,160 Miriam says in the chat. And this is regarding that that news reporter who 327 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:10,000 had the what appeared to be at tia live on the air. Miriam says, 328 00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:12,720 I remember that odd thing with the newsperson had a migraine. She does 329 00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:17,920 seem like she was speaking another language. Yeah, Yeah, it was like 330 00:26:18,039 --> 00:26:21,160 all of a sudden, She's just but she just kept going. It was 331 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,200 like her brain didn't know that she was What she was saying wasn't making sense. 332 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:30,480 It was very strange and very very frightening to watch. Let's see. 333 00:26:30,599 --> 00:26:33,839 Eric Street joins us in the Facebook live chat and says, uh, who's 334 00:26:33,839 --> 00:26:37,359 the eighty one year old you were talking about? Uh? Senate Minority leader 335 00:26:37,559 --> 00:26:45,759 Mitch McConnell eighty one years old. Uh, let's see here. Stepsa says, 336 00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:49,720 thank you always we shared your live feed. Great work always you guys 337 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:56,200 much love, thank you very much, and same back. Absolutely, Let's 338 00:26:56,279 --> 00:27:07,440 see here. Michael Albert says, fifty six is too young to die? 339 00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:12,359 Yeah, yeah, like I said, I mean unfortunately, you know, 340 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:17,000 and you know, Eric Pilcher and I were talking about it yesterday. Her 341 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:22,599 one of her last social media posts was was talking about her son and how 342 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,200 she missed her son. Her son was only seventeen when he committed suicide, 343 00:27:26,759 --> 00:27:30,759 just which you know, we were talking about how that's something you probably never 344 00:27:30,839 --> 00:27:34,440 get over, you know. And and she already had her own struggles with 345 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:42,960 depression as it was, which can you know certainly that type of really any 346 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:47,920 type of illness, be it mental illness or physical illness or whatever it is 347 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:53,039 can very often be hereditary, and so she might have passed it on to 348 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,400 her son. But that may very well have been you know, I'm sure 349 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,599 she was, Like I said, it was still fresh. It just happened 350 00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:03,079 a year ago, so within the last year that her son had committed suicide. 351 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:08,000 So I have a terrible feeling that that played a role. Um. 352 00:28:10,319 --> 00:28:14,440 We may never know the exact truth, but I know that from what I 353 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:18,240 read today, Uh, they've they've ruled out any sort of foul play, 354 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:23,599 and that um, when when they arrived at her you know, when the 355 00:28:23,799 --> 00:28:29,559 MTS arrived at her home, I guess she was found or or a family 356 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,079 member found her unresponsive and then called the MTS. I'm not sure now I'm 357 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:37,799 forgetting, but she was found unresponsive. And yeah, it's it's very very 358 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:47,640 tragic. Um. Let's see, all right, let me give the number 359 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,400 again and then we'll get into some stuff. Six zero three two five six 360 00:28:51,039 --> 00:28:56,480 seven six three two five six seven, Um. Two big big things going 361 00:28:56,559 --> 00:29:00,000 on legally in the world of politics, and the last couple of days, 362 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,640 one which was happening yesterday and we just didn't get a chance to get to 363 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:10,880 it at all, and one which is an evolving story today. Today there 364 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:18,079 was a meeting with the Department of Justice and Trump's lawyers, and there's a 365 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:26,559 lot of speculation that a third indictment is pending, but so we're on indictment 366 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,599 watch for that. But what I'm particularly interested in at the moment is this 367 00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:37,519 debacle yesterday in court regarding Hunter Biden. And we'll look at the details on 368 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,079 that in a moment. But part of why I wanted to talk about that 369 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:47,160 today is I have a little bit of a different take on the whole thing 370 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,200 than a lot of people. Do you know when it comes to if you 371 00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:56,759 think back to the initial plea agreement, Oh, Melanie La Liberty joins us 372 00:29:56,799 --> 00:30:00,839 in the chat. Hello, When you think back to the initial plea agreement 373 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:07,319 that was announced regarding announced regarding Hunter Biden, of course, you know, 374 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:15,799 everyone goes to their corners and says what they will say. Ideologically. Of 375 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,960 course, you had many people on the right, politicians and media saying, 376 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,720 oh, they gave him a sweetheart deal, he got off easy just because 377 00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:26,160 he's the president's son, and and of course you had everybody on the left 378 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:33,960 going no, actually, these are things that you wouldn't even normally be you 379 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,400 wouldn't normally see jail time over if anything, they're going hard on him to 380 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:42,240 make an example of him and um. And then there's a lot more sophisticate, 381 00:30:42,359 --> 00:30:45,279 you know, in between the two extremes, there's been a lot more 382 00:30:45,519 --> 00:30:51,640 nuanced and sophisticated analysis in the media as well. But of course, if 383 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,039 you're a Democrat or a Republican who is actively in office, you know, 384 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:59,279 you have to kind of go to your corner and spin it whatever whichever way 385 00:30:59,319 --> 00:31:04,079 you find verbal to the rest of your party and to your constituents and so 386 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,480 forth. So so that's what happens, and these things get all twisted up. 387 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:18,000 And but I feel like the most concerning thing about this ongoing Hunter Biden 388 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,759 story, the most concerning thing about it to me, has kind of gotten 389 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,759 lost in all of this. But well, we'll come back to that. 390 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:33,200 But I was noticing it seems like what happened yesterday with the unraveling of the 391 00:31:33,319 --> 00:31:37,799 Plea deal goes back to something we talked about on the show, and my 392 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,319 dad texted me about it too. If you remember back to when the Plea 393 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:51,839 deal was announced, there seemed to be two different versions of what had actually 394 00:31:52,039 --> 00:32:00,519 happened and what this plea deal was. The statement on this plea deal h 395 00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:07,799 what prosecutors were saying versus what hunter Biden's attorneys were saying when the plea deal 396 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:15,680 was announced. There was there was something. There was a detail that was 397 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:22,599 not consistent in the two statements. Even though the broad statement was about the 398 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,599 plea deal itself, right, that was consistent, But there's a certain other 399 00:32:27,839 --> 00:32:32,240 detail, a very important detail. And I thought at the time, you 400 00:32:32,319 --> 00:32:39,359 know, this might be a problem later. And that was when the prosecution 401 00:32:39,519 --> 00:32:45,440 statement or the statement that came out of the d d J did reference that 402 00:32:45,599 --> 00:32:52,839 there was still an ongoing investigation regarding hunter Biden, indicating that there could be 403 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:58,480 additional charges later, which a lot of people noticed and said, wait a 404 00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:04,519 minute, this might be a problem. But the narrative that hunter Biden's attorneys 405 00:33:04,559 --> 00:33:07,799 were putting out there was that Yep, this was it. Okay, we 406 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:12,400 got a plea, we had a plea deal here, and this is how 407 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,440 it works. This is what was agreed to, and that's it and we 408 00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:19,160 can move on. And some people said at the time, people who did 409 00:33:19,319 --> 00:33:22,440 notice that, m there's something a little funny here, because what the DJ 410 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:27,200 is saying is not exactly that. They seem to have left the door open 411 00:33:27,759 --> 00:33:34,200 for additional investigation and perhaps additional charges and prosecution. Some people who notice that 412 00:33:34,359 --> 00:33:37,519 said, well, that probably doesn't mean anything. They might just be saying 413 00:33:37,559 --> 00:33:42,960 that because that's just something that they often say in these cases. They don't 414 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,680 want to completely close the door because if you if you say, okay, 415 00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:52,559 well here's the deal that we've arrived at and that settles this these charges, 416 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:58,480 but then you you do come across something far more egregious later on, you 417 00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:00,960 know, you don't want to say other words, you don't want to say, 418 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,640 okay, well these are the charges, and we've agreed to this deal 419 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,920 based on these charges, and then just act like, so, whatever else 420 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:14,239 we happen to find out, well, we've already we've already given this guy's 421 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:19,039 plea deal. So if something else comes up, you know, that's that's 422 00:34:19,079 --> 00:34:23,920 all right. We're not even going to worry about it. I thought this 423 00:34:24,079 --> 00:34:29,159 might be a problem, and you know what this reminds me of. I'm 424 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:32,400 going to I'm going to offer an analogy here. Now, when you hear 425 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:37,000 me say this, you're going to go, what Matt come on, that's 426 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:40,760 ridiculous. When I tell you the analogy that occurred to me, and I 427 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:45,239 will tell you up front, I will concede. It's not a perfect analogy 428 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:52,239 that I'm about to present, but analogies almost never are perfect anyway, So 429 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,519 but hear me out. I'll try to make it worth your while. The 430 00:34:54,599 --> 00:34:59,440 analogy that I thought of is it reminds me again. You're gonna think this 431 00:34:59,559 --> 00:35:02,480 is nuts, but hear me out. It reminds me of when Mick Mars 432 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:07,400 left the band Motley Crewe and Eric Pilter and I talked about this on the 433 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:12,599 show quite a bit when this happened. Now, how what could that possibly 434 00:35:12,639 --> 00:35:15,360 how could that possibly be analogous to anything about Hunter Biden and this plea deal? 435 00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:20,760 Well, I'll tell you. Hear me out. When Mick Mars left 436 00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:28,599 Motley Crew of several months ago. Now, there were two separate narratives that 437 00:35:28,679 --> 00:35:32,920 were put forth. When Mick Mars left, he put out a statement or 438 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,159 his management or his attorney or whomever put out a statement to the press, 439 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:43,239 and it was an announcement. Mick Mars was announcing. He said, due 440 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,719 too, I don't have it in front of me here I'm gonna paraphrase obviously 441 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:50,079 from memory. I'll paraphrase at the best I can. But basically, Mick 442 00:35:50,159 --> 00:35:57,639 Mars said, due to my ongoing health issues and deteriorating condition and so forth, 443 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:04,920 I can no longer handle the rigors of touring with Motley Crue, and 444 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:12,400 so I am effective immediately, I am retiring from actively touring. I will 445 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,440 no longer go on tour with Motley Crue. I will still be involved in 446 00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:20,639 the band if they're doing a show, if they want to play a one 447 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,639 off like a festival show, or if they want to do a residency somewhere, 448 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:30,360 or if there is going to be new studio work to be done, 449 00:36:30,679 --> 00:36:36,440 I will appear in studio with the band to record new music should that opportunity 450 00:36:36,519 --> 00:36:40,199 arise, but I will no longer going forward, effective immediately, I will 451 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:47,320 no longer actively tour with Motley Crue and upcoming tour dates because they still had 452 00:36:47,519 --> 00:36:52,079 more of this, they kept adding onto this stadium tour with def Leppard, 453 00:36:52,199 --> 00:36:59,360 but going forward future touring dates on that tour, I will be replaced by 454 00:36:59,519 --> 00:37:01,760 a fill in, a guitar player. So that was that was the statement 455 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:08,119 that mcmars put out there regarding his departure from Motley Crue. Well, Motley 456 00:37:08,199 --> 00:37:13,320 Crue also put out a statement. Now, everybody was amicable at this point. 457 00:37:13,519 --> 00:37:17,159 You know. Mick his statement very very pleasant, you know, thanked 458 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:22,119 the guys for you know, called them brothers or whatever, my brothers and 459 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,360 Motley Crewe, whatever it was. It was all very friendly, right. 460 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:30,800 Motley Crewe put out their statement also very friendly, very deferential, you know, 461 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,559 with platitudes of you know, this is our brother, Mick is our 462 00:37:34,599 --> 00:37:37,360 brother. But Molly Crue statement was, Mick Mars has left the band, 463 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,599 and uh, you know, we wish him well. It's his health obviously 464 00:37:42,639 --> 00:37:45,559 has to be the number one priority, and and we thank him for everything 465 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:49,960 that he's done for us. And here's our new guitar player, John five, 466 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,440 and we welcome John five, who is replacing mc mars in the band. 467 00:37:54,679 --> 00:37:59,559 Now again, both statements were amicable, friendly enough, all of that, 468 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:06,480 right, you know, business like but amicable. And I remember at 469 00:38:06,519 --> 00:38:19,000 the time thinking these two statements don't quite match up. And the area in 470 00:38:19,079 --> 00:38:23,320 which these two statements don't quite match up makes me think that there's some trouble 471 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:29,519 coming. In fact, I think there's gonna be a heap of trouble. 472 00:38:29,639 --> 00:38:31,239 And by the way, I realized, geographically in the Northeast, we don't 473 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,360 usually say heap of trouble. That's not a phrase we use. But I 474 00:38:35,519 --> 00:38:37,079 like it, so I'm saying it anyway, and I'd like to get other 475 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,599 Northeasterners to say that. I know it sounds like it's from another place, 476 00:38:40,679 --> 00:38:45,360 but a big heap of trouble. I just think it's fun. But I 477 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:50,400 remember thinking, yeah, there's trouble. And because it's Motley Crue, whatever 478 00:38:50,559 --> 00:38:58,280 trouble occurs will immediately spill over into public view for us all to witness and 479 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:06,679 be fascinated by, while simultaneously having our hearts broken somewhat over this, watching 480 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:10,280 this unfold, because there is an element to it that's very sad. But 481 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,119 and that's exactly what happened, and it's a big mess, and it still 482 00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:17,280 hasn't all been resolved legally, I don't think, and there's lawsuits in all 483 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:22,760 of it. But I remember thinking at the time, these two statements don't 484 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:30,559 quite match up. They sort of, you know, same same overall message 485 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:35,280 here, right, the message being Mick Mars has left the band, But 486 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,079 there's there's some important details here that don't match up, and that's going to 487 00:39:38,119 --> 00:39:45,760 be a problem later. And that is my analogy with the Hunter Biden situation. 488 00:39:46,679 --> 00:39:54,480 They had a plea deal, but the statements coming from Hunter Biden's legal 489 00:39:54,519 --> 00:40:00,199 team versus the DOJ, the statements at the time didn't quite match up up, 490 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:04,599 and that there was that one detail that didn't quite match up. Hunter 491 00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:07,039 Biden's legal team saying, Yep, this is all settled, this is all 492 00:40:07,079 --> 00:40:10,039 good, but the DJ and their statement leaving open that little window there. 493 00:40:10,159 --> 00:40:15,599 Oh, there might be something else coming, but this part is all set, 494 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,400 but there might be something else coming in. I thought at the time 495 00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:22,119 the same thing I thought of when mc mars left Motley Crue and those statements 496 00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:24,360 didn't match up. At the time, I thought, there's gonna be trouble 497 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:29,840 later. Something's not right here. There's gonna be trouble. And sure enough, 498 00:40:30,039 --> 00:40:36,320 yesterday in front of the world, trouble arrived. A heap of trouble. 499 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,719 See I use it again. It sounds good, doesn't it when I 500 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:45,400 say it, a heap of trouble regarding Hunter Biden. Oh. Dylan Reynolds 501 00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:47,760 joins us in the Facebook live chat and says hello, Hello, Dylan nice 502 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:54,599 to see you in there. So oh and also Rondo Fervero from the great 503 00:40:54,639 --> 00:40:59,079 state of California joins us and says love Mick Mars. Yes, mc mars 504 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:04,599 one of the most underrated guitar players in rock in my opinion. Ever, 505 00:41:05,079 --> 00:41:07,840 Um, I always say about Mick Mars. I know I've said this before. 506 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:08,880 I'll just say it again quickly because I do want to get to the 507 00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:14,000 Hunter stuff in more detail. But the song Home Sweet Home, I never 508 00:41:14,159 --> 00:41:15,079 liked it, even when I was a kid, even when it was a 509 00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:19,119 big hit. I mean Moley Crue, I do love Molly Crue. I 510 00:41:19,199 --> 00:41:23,760 never liked Home Sweet Home, except for the guitar solo. The guitar solo 511 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:29,079 that Mick Marris plays in that song is so magnificent, and it just it 512 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,679 makes the song. I don't really like anything else about it. I don't 513 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:36,800 you know. It's it's it's cheesy, it's I don't like the way Vince 514 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,559 Neil sings it. I think is horrible, to be honest with you, 515 00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:43,239 I mean, it's a it's a It's such an iconic song, though, 516 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:47,000 I'm sure even even in even in this day and age, I'm sure at 517 00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:52,039 high school proms across America. I'm sure Home Sweet Home is still played at 518 00:41:52,079 --> 00:41:55,960 every prom I have no doubt about that. It's a truly iconic, multigenerational 519 00:41:57,079 --> 00:42:00,960 song, but I never liked it for the guitar solo. Mick Mars is 520 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:09,760 phenomenal on that song. He makes a song. But yes, yesterday everything 521 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:21,280 went haywire and this judge did not except the plea deal, to the shock 522 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,039 and chagrin of Hunter Biden's legal team. So let's look at this a little 523 00:42:25,079 --> 00:42:31,559 bit closer. But then I want to get to the part that I'm well, 524 00:42:31,639 --> 00:42:35,400 it'll make more sense after we look at the details of this thing. 525 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,880 If for anyone who doesn't know, this will get us caught up, there's 526 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:43,679 a short story here from Axios dot com, and this will get us to 527 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,880 the part that I'm most concerned about with Hunter Biden. By the way, 528 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,000 Rocky Huber says in the chat room, Hey, it's been a while. 529 00:42:50,039 --> 00:42:52,880 Am I still in the Unleashed Club? Or has my card been revoked? 530 00:42:53,519 --> 00:42:58,960 You, sir, have a lifetime membership, Rocky Huber, unless you team 531 00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:01,559 up with Garth Brooks and go on a killing spree or something. If you 532 00:43:01,599 --> 00:43:05,239 don't know what I'm talking about. You got to listen to the show every 533 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,199 day, okay. Axios reports this Hunter Biden's plea deal on hold after roadblock. 534 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:14,840 Hunter Biden's plea deal on two misdemeanor tax charges was in jeopardy on Wednesday, 535 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,360 as Biden pleaded not guilty after a judge says she wasn't ready to accept 536 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,239 the terms of a revised deal. Whyat matters. Hunter Biden's legal team was 537 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:27,119 stunned by what it had expected to be a formality of a hearing that would 538 00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:30,719 allow the president's son to avoid prison time. The case is now on hold 539 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:35,320 for at least a few days while both sides submit new materials to Judge Mary 540 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:39,000 Ellen Norikas and she takes time to review them. The delay came at the 541 00:43:39,079 --> 00:43:45,880 end of a raucous and tense hearing that featured two recesses as prosecutors and Biden's 542 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:50,599 attorneys privately and publicly feuded over what they had agreed to. Hunter Biden's plea 543 00:43:50,679 --> 00:43:54,320 deal to avoid jail time included a guilty plead to two tax misdemeanors for failing 544 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:59,400 to pay taxes, and a diversionary agreement on a gun related felony for owning 545 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:05,800 a weapon using drugs. The first recess was prompted when Hunter testified that he 546 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:10,880 believed the guilty plea agreement on tax misdemeanors was connected to the diversionary agreement on 547 00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:20,800 the separate gunfelony, which the prosecutor said was incorrect. Let me just stop 548 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:27,559 there for a moment. When this is all said and done, I cannot 549 00:44:27,639 --> 00:44:32,920 help but wonder if Hunter Biden will be hiring a different set of lawyers to 550 00:44:34,119 --> 00:44:40,559 sue this set of lawyers for legal malpractice, because this is like, how 551 00:44:40,639 --> 00:44:47,840 does this even happen? Now again, think back though those two competing statements 552 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:53,159 when the original plea deal was announced. Why didn't see? What I couldn't 553 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:58,360 understand then is why didn't Hunter Biden's lawyers? And look, I'm not a 554 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,440 legal expert of any kind. I can in way over and over my head 555 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:07,079 on this stuff pretty quick, but at the time I couldn't help but wonder 556 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:19,000 our Hunter Biden's lawyers just ignoring what the DOJ said about an ongoing investigation and 557 00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:22,079 sort of keeping that window open. However it was worded in the statement, 558 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:24,679 I don't remember the exact words, are they just kind of is it a 559 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:29,599 wishful thinking thing? You know? Okay, well yeah they said that in 560 00:45:29,679 --> 00:45:31,639 the statement, but we're pretty sure they're done with you. I mean, 561 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:39,239 what went on here, because it seems to me like this is a pretty 562 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:47,239 serious misunderstanding on this original plea deal. This is pretty bad. I mean, 563 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:52,960 if if I were a client of these lawyers, I'd be really upset. 564 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:59,880 Oh, Geo Stowe, if I'm saying that correctly? In the chat, 565 00:46:00,039 --> 00:46:05,280 him says, Wisconsin Chapter checking in, it's hot, stay safe out 566 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,920 there, Yes, you as well. It's actually not that hot here, 567 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,519 but it's it's been raining, it's it's humid though, it's muggy. Okay, 568 00:46:10,599 --> 00:46:14,639 let's let's get back to this. So all right, so the prosecutor 569 00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:22,280 said Hunter Biden's see Hunter Biden himself, apparently, as we was, as 570 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:27,199 was learned in court yesterday, didn't fully understand the terms of the plea deal. 571 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:31,599 Apparently shouldn't his lawyers. I mean, it's kind of their job to 572 00:46:31,679 --> 00:46:37,760 make sure that he understands what he's signing off on here. So I don't 573 00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:42,239 understand how this happens, all right, So, I mean I assume these 574 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,480 are pretty expensive attorneys I assume. I assume they're being paid a tremendous amount 575 00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:49,760 of money to get this right. Oh, the light's just flickered in here. 576 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:53,280 I hope we don't lose power. All right, here's some more from 577 00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:59,079 this article. After the judge gave the two sides time to iron things out, 578 00:46:59,159 --> 00:47:05,480 tensions aired as Biden lawyer Chris Clark snapped at Justice Department prosecutor Leo Weiss 579 00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:09,880 or Wise Rather that this wasn't the deal and that they might as well just 580 00:47:10,119 --> 00:47:15,840 rip it up. Noticing that reporters were listening nearby, both lawyers relocated to 581 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:20,280 the other side of the courtroom, out of your shot. After both sides 582 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,920 huddled again, Biden reversed his previous testimony and said he did not think the 583 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:34,039 misdemeanor guilty plea was dependent on the other agreement. Nikes, all right, 584 00:47:34,079 --> 00:47:37,079 we're gonna get to the bringing it to the part of this whole thing that 585 00:47:37,159 --> 00:47:39,960 I'm most concerned with here. This is coming up. So, like I 586 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,719 said, I have a little bit of a different take on all this, 587 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,480 all right. So the second recess was prompted by Norika's questions whether the diversionary 588 00:47:47,519 --> 00:47:53,400 agreement shielded Hunter Biden here it is shielded Hunter Biden from future prosecution under other 589 00:47:53,519 --> 00:48:00,480 laws, including the Foreign Agent Registration Act also known as FARAH. Acronomically, 590 00:48:01,119 --> 00:48:04,559 it's an acronym. I don't know if acronomically is a word, but I 591 00:48:04,679 --> 00:48:07,760 like it. I like it almost as much as I like a big heap 592 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:12,639 of trouble. Acronomically, meaning to put it into an acronym. I'm pretty 593 00:48:12,639 --> 00:48:19,280 sure acronomically it's not a word. Okay. Again, that goes back to 594 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:22,519 the Remember the statement that dj put out when the Plea agreement was originally announced 595 00:48:22,559 --> 00:48:30,599 it left that window open to future prosecution. And Nika saying, here, 596 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:38,159 Judge Narrika, well, I don't think this agreement shields Hunter Biden from prosecution 597 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:46,559 over violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act. Now, if you don't know, 598 00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:52,719 oh, Michael Albert says, I'm at Clemento's. Lights flickered here too, 599 00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,320 and Jenny says, the lights flickered at home. Yeah, I guess all 600 00:48:55,360 --> 00:49:00,920 over the city. For those you don't know. If you're not in the 601 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,840 area, there's a online listeners might not know there's a storm here. I 602 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,599 mean, it looks like it's passed, but somewhere. It's causing lights flickering 603 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:17,280 from somewhere. So the Foreign Agent Registration Act, this is what basically, 604 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,840 we'll look at this a little bit more closely. We might have to do 605 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:25,960 it in the second hour after the break, but basically it says that if 606 00:49:27,039 --> 00:49:35,320 you're doing business with foreign governments or foreign companies, you have to tell the 607 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:39,519 State Department that you're doing that. The State Department or the DOJ you have 608 00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:43,480 to note. Well, basically, again we'll look at it a little more 609 00:49:43,519 --> 00:49:47,039 closely, but you have to notify the American government that you're doing business with 610 00:49:47,159 --> 00:49:52,800 these foreign entities, you know, and the reasons should be obvious, right, 611 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:58,320 potential for espionage and all kinds of things that could happen. Now, 612 00:49:59,519 --> 00:50:04,400 this is the thing that I'm most concerned about with Hunter Biden, and I 613 00:50:04,519 --> 00:50:10,320 think I think the Republicans are really getting this wrong. When, you know, 614 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:20,480 instead of reacting to the Plea deal the way they did, or wanting 615 00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:25,719 to investigate, well, how the Plea deal was arrived at, investigate the 616 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:31,760 investigators and all the stuff they do, why not focus in on Farah because 617 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:37,480 you have to. So the law compels you. This is the law. 618 00:50:37,639 --> 00:50:42,280 It compels you to register with the government that you are working with these foreign 619 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:47,280 entities. You have to do it now. Is it consistently enforced. No. 620 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,039 There are many lobbyists in Washington, for example, a lot of these 621 00:50:53,159 --> 00:50:58,800 case street lobbyists who they don't like to register and they avoid it and they 622 00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,920 don't get caught. They go about their business. But it is enforced sometimes. 623 00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:09,840 Matter of fact. In recent years, you might recall Paul Manafort ran 624 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:15,400 a foul of Farah. Paul Manafort's in prison, I mean for that, 625 00:51:15,559 --> 00:51:21,119 among other things. Mike Flynn ran a foul of Farah, did not did 626 00:51:21,199 --> 00:51:25,079 not register that he was working with a foreign government, and he got in 627 00:51:25,159 --> 00:51:29,719 trouble for that, he was held accountable. Those are a couple of examples. 628 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:37,639 There are others. But um so the law is not consistently applied. 629 00:51:38,039 --> 00:51:42,960 But but it's still a law, and it's there for a good reason, 630 00:51:43,119 --> 00:51:46,199 and sometimes it is and people are held accountable, like Paul Manafort, like 631 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:54,840 Mike Flynn. My biggest concern about Hunter Biden is not the gun charge. 632 00:51:58,159 --> 00:52:01,880 We've had discussions about that. Basically, you know he lied on a federal 633 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:06,679 form. When you fill out your form for your permit, you have to 634 00:52:07,559 --> 00:52:12,039 assert on the form that you are not a drug user. Well he was. 635 00:52:14,679 --> 00:52:17,000 There have been again, We've talked about it on the show, and 636 00:52:17,039 --> 00:52:22,199 there are discussions and debates we can have about whether or not that's valid. 637 00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:28,239 People are almost never prosecuted for that. Again, I don't want to get 638 00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,960 into that sidetrack, But that's not my greatest concern about Hunter Biden. Nor 639 00:52:31,159 --> 00:52:35,480 is the tax stuff. And apparently he has paid his back taxes. But 640 00:52:36,159 --> 00:52:38,519 you know, when it's you know, a couple million dollars and you seem 641 00:52:38,559 --> 00:52:44,559 to be avoiding it, you can be criminally charged for that, or it's 642 00:52:44,559 --> 00:52:50,199 a misdemeanor anyway, but you can end up in prison. Again, I 643 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:54,000 think that happens pretty rarely because if we're talking about that kind of money, 644 00:52:54,039 --> 00:53:00,239 then you're obviously rich, powerful and probably well connected and part of the eat. 645 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:01,920 And we live in a country that, you know, the elite generally 646 00:53:02,039 --> 00:53:07,719 doesn't get punished for very much. Our criminal justice system typically is much more 647 00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:15,440 enthusiastic about punishing poor people, middle class people second, and the elite last, 648 00:53:15,679 --> 00:53:19,320 or never, if possible, as little as possible. So again, 649 00:53:19,639 --> 00:53:28,039 not something people are are typically charged for criminally. But but I certainly don't 650 00:53:28,079 --> 00:53:32,800 mind seeing someone punished for it. To be honest with you, because I 651 00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:37,639 say that no one is above the law, and I mean that when I 652 00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:39,800 say it, regardless of who it is. Doesn't matter if it's Donald Trump, 653 00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:43,079 doesn't matter, if it's Hunter Biden, doesn't matter, if they're a 654 00:53:43,159 --> 00:53:45,360 D or an R. Doesn't matter if they're a liberal or a conservative. 655 00:53:45,559 --> 00:53:50,559 This is what I believe. No one is above the law. I know 656 00:53:50,679 --> 00:53:52,400 someone who tells me it's an empty platitude when I say it, Well, 657 00:53:52,519 --> 00:53:55,440 it's not. It's not an empty platitude. I damn well mean it. 658 00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:01,559 But what I'm really getting to here is my biggest concern. It's not the 659 00:54:01,679 --> 00:54:07,400 taxes, it's not the gun charge. My biggest concern is Farah, the 660 00:54:07,559 --> 00:54:13,920 Foreign Agent Registration Act. Why didn't he register? Now, Again, lots 661 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:16,159 of people don't register and they get away with it, I understand that, 662 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:21,440 but some people don't. Some people get caught and they're held accountable. I 663 00:54:21,559 --> 00:54:25,000 think he should be held accountable, and I want to know why he didn't 664 00:54:25,039 --> 00:54:30,400 register. Maybe he didn't register because he found it inconvenient, maybe he forgot, 665 00:54:31,119 --> 00:54:39,800 but maybe there's something more nefarious. I'd like to know, so I 666 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:45,800 think it makes sense to me that this judge would say, hold on a 667 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:53,039 second. Here, nobody said anything about this plea deal, including potential future 668 00:54:53,280 --> 00:55:00,960 investigations into Hunter Biden's violation of Farah or a potential charging of him for that. 669 00:55:01,679 --> 00:55:04,920 No one said anything to me about that. No one talked to me 670 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,719 about it. But I might have to rule on this in the future, 671 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:14,960 So we need to go back and look at this. Rocky Huber says, 672 00:55:15,079 --> 00:55:19,559 I think Hunter said the drugs use him. He doesn't use the drugs. 673 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:29,400 Lol. Hmm. It reminds me of a Marilyn Manson song. So it 674 00:55:29,519 --> 00:55:32,159 says here again, this is from Axios. Why Is also told the court 675 00:55:32,199 --> 00:55:37,599 that there is an ongoing investigation. Asked for more information by Norika, Wyse 676 00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:43,320 said he was quote not in a position where I can say unquote. Biden's 677 00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:47,400 legal team was shocked when Wise told the court that prosecutors believed they could still 678 00:55:47,559 --> 00:55:53,719 charge Biden with Farah violations. Now see again, let me read that sentence 679 00:55:53,760 --> 00:56:00,079 to you again. Biden's legal team was shocked when why I told the court 680 00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:07,400 that prosecutors believed they could still charge Biden with Farah violations. I'm telling you 681 00:56:09,119 --> 00:56:15,159 the Hunter Biden is going to have a lawsuit against these lawyers when this is 682 00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:19,599 done. It. We were talking about it the day the plea deal was 683 00:56:19,639 --> 00:56:25,000 announced. Why does the DOJ say there could be future charges and Biden's legal 684 00:56:25,039 --> 00:56:28,280 team is acting like, nope, we're all set, We're all good. 685 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:35,639 Why nobody on Biden's legal team bothered to say, hey, how come they're 686 00:56:35,679 --> 00:56:37,559 saying they might charge for something else later. Why are they saying that? 687 00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:45,119 Did they just not want Hunter Biden to realize that what's going on here? 688 00:56:45,119 --> 00:56:52,239 But it says here, No, they were shocked when prosecutors When Wise told 689 00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:54,480 the court, the prosecutors believe they could still charge Biden with FARA violations. 690 00:56:54,639 --> 00:56:58,960 Well, the rest of us knew that. The rest of us who were 691 00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:02,000 paying attention, we do that right because the DOJ said it at the time. 692 00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:13,280 So why are his lawyers so surprised? This is bizarre? Clark said 693 00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:15,679 that was not his understanding. Clark as Biden's lawyer. Hunter Biden's lawyer. 694 00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:21,320 Clark said that was not his understanding, to which Wise replied, quote, 695 00:57:21,679 --> 00:57:30,320 then there's no deal unquote. The hearing almost concluded. Melanie says in the 696 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:35,480 chat room, note to self, do not hire your cocaine dealers as your 697 00:57:35,559 --> 00:57:38,280 lawyer. Well, we don't know that. We don't know that melody, 698 00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:43,760 But regardless of whether that is the case in this case, that is good 699 00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,159 advice and I support you in that note to self. I would not hire 700 00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:52,800 your cocaine dealer to be your lawyer. The hearing almost concluded with a new 701 00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:57,119 court date a month away, before Clark pleaded for another recess to see if 702 00:57:57,119 --> 00:58:00,079 the sides could hash out their differences. As the two two sides haggled, 703 00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:05,920 Biden's plea deal was orally amended to be more explicit and what Biden was immune 704 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,280 from in the future, but it still could be tweaked in the coming weeks. 705 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:14,039 Biden's lawyers reached the initial deal with a Trump appointed US attorney, David 706 00:58:14,119 --> 00:58:20,280 Weiss. Sentencing on the charges is at the discretion of Norika, also a 707 00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:24,559 Trump appointee. The plea deal had drawn major scrutiny from Republicans, who alleged 708 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:30,480 that Biden was benefiting from a quote two tiered justice system. Yeah, we've 709 00:58:30,519 --> 00:58:38,360 talked about that. Biden agreed in June. Little backstory here. Biden agreed 710 00:58:38,519 --> 00:58:45,559 in June to plead guilty to not paying taxes in twenty seventeen and eighteen. 711 00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:49,400 The federal charges were from a period in which Biden, by his own admission, 712 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:53,119 was in the throes of an addiction to crack cocaine. Biden initially failed 713 00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:58,639 to pay one point one million to one point five million in federal taxes before 714 00:58:58,679 --> 00:59:04,119 the deadlines for them, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Clark told CNN in 715 00:59:04,159 --> 00:59:07,639 twenty twenty two that his client had paid fully his tax debts and was current 716 00:59:07,719 --> 00:59:15,199 on tax obligations. The Justice Department also charged that Biden possessed a cult cobra 717 00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:20,920 revolver in Delaware in October twenty eighteen, while quote knowing that he was an 718 00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:27,639 unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance unquote. Any conclusion of this 719 00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:31,239 legal investigation of Biden would not be the end of the political investigations he faces. 720 00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:37,920 His longtime business partner, Devin Archer, is set to give testimony to 721 00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:42,599 the Republican Ledhouse Oversight Committee in the next week. The two leading candidates for 722 00:59:42,639 --> 00:59:45,039 the GOP nomination, former President Trump and Florida Governor Rond De Santis, have 723 00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:49,639 made clear they intend to talk about Hunter Biden and his business ceilings to go 724 00:59:49,719 --> 00:59:58,840 after President Biden in the general election. Now there you go. But I'm 725 00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:05,440 more concerned about Farah. See that to me is the bigger deal than any 726 01:00:05,519 --> 01:00:10,840 of it, because I want to know why he didn't register and is that 727 01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:16,239 because he is hiding something? And from what I vaguely recall, in the 728 01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:22,760 case of Mike Flynn again he got into legal trouble for violation of Farah. 729 01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:27,840 From what I recall, he certainly seemed to be hiding something, and same 730 01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:32,400 with Paul Manaford. Is Hunter Biden hiding something? And I'd like to know 731 01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:35,960 what that is? And I understand, you know, Republicans jump to all 732 01:00:36,079 --> 01:00:40,199 kinds of conclusions, and you know that's even Fox News acknowledges that a lot 733 01:00:40,239 --> 01:00:45,599 of that is a speculation, and you know, you need actual evidence. 734 01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:51,719 I understand there's I guess as a tape of Hunter Biden talking to somebody threatening 735 01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:55,320 somebody saying I'm sitting here with my father right now. But but you don't 736 01:00:55,320 --> 01:01:00,559 actually hear his dad's voice on the tape. Listen. That to me, 737 01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:04,880 absolutely circumstantial evidence. I will say that. I mean, look, if 738 01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:09,679 you're an active drug addict, you could tell somebody that Elvis Presley is sitting 739 01:01:09,719 --> 01:01:15,199 at your kitchen table. It doesn't mean that they actually are. An addict 740 01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:19,360 will say anything, especially if they need something. So if you're trying to 741 01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:23,159 get something out of somebody, you know, and you want them to think 742 01:01:23,199 --> 01:01:30,559 that Stephen Seagal is in the room with you, of course that would only 743 01:01:30,599 --> 01:01:32,039 happen if you happen to be in Russia at the moment, because that's where 744 01:01:32,079 --> 01:01:38,679 Seagal lives now and has for some time. But you know, I'm just 745 01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:45,599 saying, just because an addict says something doesn't mean it's true, especially if 746 01:01:45,639 --> 01:01:49,840 they're trying to threaten somebody into getting something they want. So I take it 747 01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:55,039 with a grain of salt. I will say that, but I do want 748 01:01:55,119 --> 01:02:00,199 to know I would like to hear I guess what I'm saying is if they 749 01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:05,800 think that they can charge, you know, put put this current stuff aside, 750 01:02:06,199 --> 01:02:09,519 whatever happens there happens, right. I don't have any strong feelings one 751 01:02:09,519 --> 01:02:13,039 way or the other. I've heard all the arguments on both sides. I 752 01:02:13,119 --> 01:02:15,039 don't have any strong feelings one way or the other about the deal itself. 753 01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:21,760 I really don't. I'm concerned about something else. I'm concerned about the Foreign 754 01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:27,800 Agents Registration Act. That's my concern. And again, I think the Republicans 755 01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:30,239 in Congress who are investigating all of this and trying to make as much hey 756 01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:34,679 about it as they can, which from a political standpoint, I understand. 757 01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:42,079 I think they're a little bit confused about what they should be paying most attention 758 01:02:42,159 --> 01:02:45,679 to forget about. I mean, even Chuck, who was it, Chuck 759 01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:50,880 Rasley I think, was on Fox saying, well, you know, it's 760 01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:55,039 really not my place to be worried about the Plea deal. I don't care 761 01:02:55,079 --> 01:03:00,119 about the Plea Deal. I care about what's next the Foreign Agents Registration Act. 762 01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:06,400 We do know there's an ongoing investigation about that. So the investigations into 763 01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:10,000 Hunter Biden by the dj continue. Is there something to charge him with there? 764 01:03:10,519 --> 01:03:15,480 And what is the standard under which you charge someone for violating farah? 765 01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:21,159 Do you accept? You know, because there's always you know, there's such 766 01:03:21,159 --> 01:03:24,639 a thing as prosecutorial discretion, and you know, I want to know more 767 01:03:24,679 --> 01:03:29,239 about that. That to me is the bigger deal than any of this. 768 01:03:30,719 --> 01:03:32,320 Paul he sees in the chat and says, Elvis is sitting at my kitchen 769 01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:37,320 table right now. Stephen Seagal says, hi, big fan. Now see, 770 01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:38,880 I don't know if I believe you, Paul. I mean, you 771 01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:42,480 know, no offense. I mean you're my friend. I love you dearly, 772 01:03:42,599 --> 01:03:47,320 but I don't know if I believe you. I don't know. All 773 01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:52,559 right, we should take a break. We are past the top of the 774 01:03:52,599 --> 01:03:57,079 hour, so let's show some love to our amazing sponsors. But I'm also 775 01:03:57,159 --> 01:04:00,280 going to play a little song. And I think I'm going to play so 776 01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,360 we have a band. We have a musical guest dot tomorrow on the show. 777 01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:08,039 Who's gonna be skyping in Lewis Tyvee. Really looking forward to talking to 778 01:04:08,159 --> 01:04:10,239 him. But he's got a song I'm gonna play. I'm gonna give you 779 01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:14,760 a little preview of this tomorrow. We've got a full show tomorrow, of 780 01:04:14,800 --> 01:04:16,840 course, as we do on Fridays, we have Eric Pilcher's classic film review 781 01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:20,239 of the Quentin Tarantino film True Romance. But we also have a musical guest, 782 01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:25,599 Lewis Tyvee. And I'm gonna play this song. My dad might appreciate 783 01:04:25,719 --> 01:04:28,159 this. It's you know, my dad growing up, he would often say. 784 01:04:28,199 --> 01:04:31,840 According to Freud, Sigmund Freud of course, and yeah, his books. 785 01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:39,079 But this is a song called Freudian Slip from Lewis Tyvee. Let's give 786 01:04:39,119 --> 01:04:41,679 this a spin and then we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors, and 787 01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:45,159 then we'll be back with the remainder of our number two numerodose of Matt Connor 788 01:04:45,239 --> 01:04:50,039 to an Unleashed There is more to come. Check this out. Wm H 789 01:04:50,440 --> 01:05:39,920 rips the Norms. Hello everybody, welcome back. It is Matt Connerton Unleashed 790 01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:46,000 and we are live from the studios of wm n HIM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, 791 01:05:46,159 --> 01:05:49,639 New Hampshire, also on Comcast ninety seven if you're in Manchester and hello 792 01:05:49,679 --> 01:05:53,679 to all of our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You 793 01:05:53,719 --> 01:05:57,039 can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all of your live streaming 794 01:05:57,079 --> 01:06:00,840 options, social media links, conduct in folk show archives, etc. Etc. 795 01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:05,000 Today is Thursday July twenty seven, twenty twenty three, and glad to 796 01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:08,480 have y'all with me. I hope everyone is safe and sound. We've had 797 01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:13,800 some bad weather moving through the area. Apparently there was a twister earlier in 798 01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:17,559 Keene, New Hampshire, and we've had a couple of eas warnings here for 799 01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:24,320 stormy weather rolling through this area, although like I said, here in downtown 800 01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,360 Manchester it looks to me like it's just kind of raining out. But we 801 01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:30,840 did have the lights flicker earlier and in other parts of the city as well 802 01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:34,679 apparently, so who knows. Who knows what could happen, But I hope 803 01:06:34,719 --> 01:06:40,880 everybody is safe and sound wherever you are. If you'd like to join us 804 01:06:41,079 --> 01:06:44,400 today on the program, the studio line is open six zo three two five 805 01:06:44,519 --> 01:06:47,480 zero six seven six ZO three two five O six Z seven. You can 806 01:06:47,559 --> 01:06:51,440 also text me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. 807 01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:57,000 I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at matt 808 01:06:57,079 --> 01:07:00,800 Connerton dot com, and of course you can interact in Pine in the Facebook 809 01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,840 live chat. But the best thing to do so that we can hear and 810 01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:06,880 enjoy your dulcet tones is to give us a call at six zo three two 811 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:11,880 five six seven six ZHO three two five zero six Z seven. I do 812 01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:14,440 want to remind you, of course, our amazing sponsor, the Hop Knot 813 01:07:14,519 --> 01:07:17,800 right across the street a one thousand Elm Street in the Brady Sullivan tonight is 814 01:07:18,159 --> 01:07:24,639 Trivia Night. It being Thursday, of course Trivia Night with Broderick Lang starting 815 01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:30,960 at seven pm. You should call Call Ahead to reserve a spot there because 816 01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:35,400 trivia fills up very quickly. It's a popular feature there, but Broderick Lang 817 01:07:35,639 --> 01:07:41,079 does a great job. Rave reviews Tomorrow. The hop Knot opens at noon 818 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:45,519 until midnight, with Happy Hour from three to six pm, and no, 819 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:50,239 that is not happy Hour named for John Hopwood. That is like the hop 820 01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,960 Knot, so instead of happy Hour, it's happy Hour. You get it. 821 01:07:54,719 --> 01:07:59,280 And Saturday Night from seven to nine pm live music from Kevin Horn. 822 01:08:00,079 --> 01:08:02,760 Kevin was a guest on the show a couple of months ago. Phenomenally talented 823 01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:10,320 guy and he'll be performing live at the hop Knot on Saturday night. We 824 01:08:10,360 --> 01:08:15,800 should talk about tomorrow here at WMH because of course I do double duty on 825 01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:18,760 Fridays and I do love it. Friday is my favorite day of the week 826 01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:24,159 here at WMNH. On this show tomorrow, we have, of course Eric 827 01:08:24,199 --> 01:08:27,199 Pilcher's classic film review, as we do every Friday, and this week the 828 01:08:27,239 --> 01:08:31,159 subject is true Romance. And then in the second hour we will be joined 829 01:08:31,279 --> 01:08:35,159 by Lewis Tyve skyping in from the Uk. I just played a song of 830 01:08:35,279 --> 01:08:39,720 his called Freudian Slip. I love his sound. I love the energy, 831 01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:43,920 I love the aggression. It's loud, it's kind of garage rock but kind 832 01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:46,159 of metal, but kind of just in your face. I love it. 833 01:08:47,239 --> 01:08:50,000 I'm really looking forward to talking with him. So that will be out tomorrow 834 01:08:50,039 --> 01:08:55,399 in the second hour, of course, and tomorrow night on retro Spectrum Radio. 835 01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:59,359 I mentioned it earlier in the show, but this is a big one 836 01:08:59,439 --> 01:09:02,600 and this is Paul posted on social media earlier. Be sure to tune in 837 01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:06,880 tomorrow night to retro Spectrum Radio and we will be joined in studio by producer 838 01:09:08,039 --> 01:09:13,880 and director Aaron Zadovski. Oh the Stories. He has a couple of friends 839 01:09:13,960 --> 01:09:18,319 Aaron is currently working with will be calling in as well. Oh I'm intrigued. 840 01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:20,960 You don't want to miss us. The fun starts at eight pm. 841 01:09:21,199 --> 01:09:25,119 Do join us, and of course you can you can join us in the 842 01:09:25,199 --> 01:09:29,520 Facebook live chat on the retro Spectrum Radio Facebook page, but we also encourage 843 01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:32,880 you to open a second browser tab and stream the audio of the show at 844 01:09:33,039 --> 01:09:38,840 WMNH radio dot org, where you can hear it in all of its stereo 845 01:09:39,239 --> 01:09:43,159 glory. So that will be tomorrow night from eight to eleven pm, and 846 01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:45,880 I believe Aaron is staying with us for the full three hours, and of 847 01:09:45,960 --> 01:09:49,439 course I get to hang out with you know, always nice to see PAULI 848 01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:56,680 C and DJ Steve and Mike from Queen City Cabinetry, who is not only 849 01:09:56,720 --> 01:09:59,920 one of our great sponsors here at WMNH, but one of our co hosts 850 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,680 on Retrospectrum Radio as well, So really looking forward to that. Paul did 851 01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:06,760 have aaronon once before via phone to talk about the I think it's called train 852 01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:15,560 Wreck Woodstock ninety nine, the Woodstock ninety nine documentary. But but he's gonna 853 01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:18,119 be with us tomorrow night for the full, for the full three hours in 854 01:10:18,399 --> 01:10:24,199 studio, so that's gonna be very cool. One other thing to mention, 855 01:10:24,279 --> 01:10:27,840 two tickets have gone on sale. It's a little ways off, but I 856 01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:33,279 suggest you get your tickets now. Sepsis presents a Swarmy Fest two at the 857 01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:41,079 Jewel Nightclub November fourth. Jenny and I will be there representing the show and 858 01:10:41,319 --> 01:10:44,600 looking forward to that. Sepsis, of course such a great live band and 859 01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:47,239 we had a great time at the first Swarmy Fest. We're a little more 860 01:10:47,279 --> 01:10:51,399 involved this time around a simple complex. Is also there a band that I 861 01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:57,760 know very well and have interviewed many times over the years trading tombstones after the 862 01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:01,920 Winter Carpathia if I'm saying that correctly, and there will be plenty more bands 863 01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:04,479 at it. There's actually going to be two stages this year, so this 864 01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:09,000 is a big deal. So check that out, Swarmy Fest. You can 865 01:11:09,119 --> 01:11:12,960 go to the go to event right to get tickets. That's probably the easiest 866 01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:17,399 way to get them at that will be a Jewel Nightclub. Jewel Music venue 867 01:11:17,439 --> 01:11:21,000 is how it's listed here. Actually, I'm not sure what the official title 868 01:11:21,119 --> 01:11:25,560 is actually of Jewel. We'll just call it Jewel. It's at Jewel. 869 01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:29,560 I've heard it called Club Jewel. I've heard it called Jeweled Nightclub. I 870 01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:32,439 don't know. Just it's at Jewel. No, it's a great place to 871 01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:38,439 see see live bands, so I recommend it. We'll get back into some 872 01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:41,000 stuff, but again, let me give the studio line one more time. 873 01:11:41,039 --> 01:11:45,560 Six zo three two five O six Z seven six two five zero six O 874 01:11:45,199 --> 01:11:50,560 seven. Uh, let's see. Um just gotta put a button on the 875 01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:55,439 Hunter Biden thing that we were talking about during the first hour. I do 876 01:11:55,680 --> 01:12:01,000 have the Wikipedia page pulled up for the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and like 877 01:12:01,119 --> 01:12:04,000 I was saying in the first hour, this is the thing that I'm most 878 01:12:04,239 --> 01:12:11,600 concerned with. So it says here the Foreign Agents Registration Act. I'm not 879 01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:15,279 going to read the entire thing, but is a United States law that imposes 880 01:12:15,439 --> 01:12:23,800 public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests. It requires quote foreign agents defined 881 01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:29,000 as individuals or entities engaged in domestic lobbying or advocacy for foreign governments, organizations 882 01:12:29,159 --> 01:12:33,960 or persons to register with the Department of Justice and disclose their relationship activities and 883 01:12:34,119 --> 01:12:40,039 related financial compensation. So again, this is a law. But now this 884 01:12:40,199 --> 01:12:43,840 is important. FARAH does not prohibit lobbying for foreign interests, nor does it 885 01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:47,680 ban or restrict any specific activities. Now that's important. That's important to be 886 01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:54,359 aware of. FARAH does not prohibit you from doing business with these foreign entities 887 01:12:54,680 --> 01:12:59,720 or lobbying. There's no prohibition whatever. You simply have to register with the 888 01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:02,439 DEJ. You have to tell our government that you're doing this. That's all. 889 01:13:03,239 --> 01:13:11,960 That's it. That's not that hard. Again, continuing on its explicit 890 01:13:12,159 --> 01:13:16,640 purpose is to promote transparency, which I'm a big fan of transparency, accountability, 891 01:13:17,760 --> 01:13:23,560 transparency with respect for an influence over American public opinion, policy and laws. 892 01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:28,359 To that end, the DOJ is required to make such information publicly available. 893 01:13:29,039 --> 01:13:31,279 Again, I love it, big fan of transparency. PARAH was enacted 894 01:13:31,319 --> 01:13:36,720 in nineteen thirty eight primarily to counter Nazi propaganda, with an initial focus on 895 01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:45,720 criminal prosecution of subversive activities. Since nineteen sixty six, enforcement has shifted mostly 896 01:13:45,880 --> 01:13:50,159 to civil penalties and voluntary compliance. For most of its existence, FARAH was 897 01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:57,000 relatively obscure and rarely invoked. Since twenty seventeen, the law has been enforced 898 01:13:57,039 --> 01:14:02,159 with far greater regularity and inten city, particularly against officials connected to the Trump 899 01:14:02,199 --> 01:14:05,760 administration. And I talked about this in the first hour. Paul Manafort Mike 900 01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:12,720 Flynn both got in big trouble for violating this law. Subsequent high profile indictments 901 01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:16,600 and convictions under FARAH have prompted greater public, political, and legal scrutiny, 902 01:14:17,159 --> 01:14:23,159 including calls for reform. By the way, with all of that, what 903 01:14:23,520 --> 01:14:28,720 would be Hunter Biden's excuse for not complying when he knows that enforcement has been 904 01:14:28,840 --> 01:14:31,479 ramped up to such a degree during the time period that he's working with these 905 01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:35,000 foreign entities, So I guess, and what I'm really saying is he had 906 01:14:35,039 --> 01:14:41,520 no excuse. Farah is administered and enforced by the Farah Unit of the Counterintelligence 907 01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:43,640 and Export Control. Okay, I don't want to get into all of that, 908 01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:51,600 but that's what I'm most concerned about with Hunter Biden. Like I said, 909 01:14:53,600 --> 01:14:56,600 I don't have any strong feelings one way or another about the plea agreement, 910 01:14:57,279 --> 01:15:03,239 but I cannot believe his lawyers. Again, as I said earlier, 911 01:15:03,279 --> 01:15:12,880 I think his lawyers really are probably guilty of some legal malpractice here if they 912 01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:15,399 did not tell him, Hey, this is what you're actually agreeing to, 913 01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:24,640 and the window is still open for future prosecution and investigation leading to prosecution, 914 01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:29,239 charging in prosecution. So but we'll leave it at that for that. Six 915 01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:32,159 three two five six seven is the studio line. Six three two five six 916 01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:35,119 seven. We'll try to get to a couple of other things here. Oh 917 01:15:35,199 --> 01:15:40,159 you know what I wanted to look at. I think I had mentioned it 918 01:15:40,279 --> 01:15:45,840 on the show, Greg Gutfeld. Yeah, I was talking about Greg Gutfeld 919 01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:48,960 the other day, That's right. I was talking about how I've always regarded 920 01:15:49,039 --> 01:15:56,039 him as a poor man's Adam Carolla Greg Gutfeld the other day on that show, 921 01:15:56,439 --> 01:15:59,319 is that the Five is that the show. These shows are interchangeable. 922 01:15:59,359 --> 01:16:02,399 To me, I don't know which one is. Which Outnumbered is the one 923 01:16:02,439 --> 01:16:05,720 where it's all women in one dude, right, and the Five is just 924 01:16:05,920 --> 01:16:13,800 the five where they usually have like four conservatives and one liberal and anyway, 925 01:16:14,359 --> 01:16:19,359 that's kind of the format there. But the subject came up about, um, 926 01:16:19,720 --> 01:16:26,640 you know, the new law in Florida which encourages or requires that in 927 01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:30,479 the state of Florida. In terms of the curriculum, when the subject is 928 01:16:30,680 --> 01:16:40,199 a slavery it is very important and it is compulsory that these children are taught 929 01:16:40,600 --> 01:16:46,199 not only the negatives of slavery, but also some of the positives as well, 930 01:16:46,319 --> 01:16:48,439 you know, some of the benefits, like how it was you know, 931 01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:53,239 they like it's it was a glorified jobs program. You know, some 932 01:16:53,319 --> 01:16:55,800 of these slaves, you know, they went on to have great careers with 933 01:16:56,079 --> 01:17:02,520 all the amazing skills that they learned. Pretty pretty disturbing in my estimation. 934 01:17:03,399 --> 01:17:12,880 But Greg Gottfeld made some comments. He tried to draw an equivalency to the 935 01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:16,479 Holocaust because the liberal host on The Five, and I forget her name. 936 01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:19,800 I think her last name is Tarlav. You know, she was talking about 937 01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:24,199 this subject and she brought up I think she's Jewish, and she brought up 938 01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:26,880 you know, it would be like somebody saying to me, the Holocaust had 939 01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:30,079 some benefits. And while Greg Gottfeld had a response and he started talking about 940 01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:34,119 it probably has the exact verbiage in this article. But he started saying something 941 01:17:34,199 --> 01:17:38,600 like, well, you know, actually, and I don't even want to 942 01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:42,439 repeat the rest of it. I don't I don't much want to dignify what 943 01:17:42,600 --> 01:17:45,800 he said. But he tried to drawn equivalencely saying well, actually, basically, 944 01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:50,000 you could make an argument that that in the concentration camps, some of 945 01:17:50,079 --> 01:17:53,640 these Jewish people who are locked up in these camps, you know, they 946 01:17:53,840 --> 01:17:58,760 they learned some skills. Apparently there's a book that talks about that that he 947 01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:02,159 was referring to. I don't know, I'm not familiar with the book itself. 948 01:18:02,279 --> 01:18:06,399 I didn't recognize the title or the author. Probably some Holocaust denier, 949 01:18:06,760 --> 01:18:15,359 who knows. But pretty pretty disturbing, so media reports Fox staff anonymously revolted 950 01:18:15,880 --> 01:18:20,880 by Gottfeld Holocaust remark at any other place's career would be over, and that 951 01:18:21,079 --> 01:18:25,479 is true. It said, well, not any other place. I'm sure 952 01:18:25,520 --> 01:18:27,920 if he you know, if he was on Newsmax and said something like this, 953 01:18:28,039 --> 01:18:32,399 that would also be fine for them. I'm sure, Um, this 954 01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:38,439 is what they're reporting here a media. Fox News staffers were revolted by a 955 01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:45,359 comment Greg Gottfeld made to colleague Jessica Tarlov about the Holocaust and defense of the 956 01:18:45,479 --> 01:18:49,680 controversial new Florida slavery curriculum, at least anonymously. They were right, they're 957 01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:53,119 not going to speak out. They're not gonna say anything publicly because they don't 958 01:18:53,119 --> 01:18:58,000 want to lose their jobs. But and and Gottfeld apparently is very powerful within 959 01:18:58,159 --> 01:19:01,479 Fox News. I believe. I don't know if this is confirmed, but 960 01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:09,199 I believe it is widely speculated at least that Gottfeld might have had something to 961 01:19:09,279 --> 01:19:15,880 do with Geraldo Rivera getting kicked off of that show, The Five and then 962 01:19:15,319 --> 01:19:17,880 which then Erraldo just said, all right, well, I'm just gonna leave 963 01:19:17,880 --> 01:19:24,319 Fox News entirely says here. Tarlov and her co host debated the newly approved 964 01:19:24,439 --> 01:19:30,079 Florida curriculum on black history, which includes teaching that quote slaves developed skills which 965 01:19:30,199 --> 01:19:35,880 in some instances could be applied for their personal benefit unquote. On Monday's edition 966 01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:41,920 of Fox News Channels, the Five that Debate included this stunning exchange. All 967 01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:45,079 right, they've got the actual verbia here. This stunning exchange in which Tarlov, 968 01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:50,920 who is Jewish, asks a hypothetical analogizing the Florida Standards to a similar 969 01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:56,439 premise about the millions slaughtered by the Nazis, and Gottfeld had a quick reply. 970 01:19:57,359 --> 01:20:01,319 Tarlov said this, I do think that she read the whole thing. 971 01:20:01,680 --> 01:20:06,199 Oh, they were talking about Kamala Harris going and speaking out about about this. 972 01:20:06,680 --> 01:20:12,199 She went and spoke in Florida. Okay, Tarlav said, I do 973 01:20:12,399 --> 01:20:15,840 think she read the whole thing, and I think that it is an incredibly 974 01:20:15,960 --> 01:20:18,920 complex piece. When you look at it, one ninety one passages, you 975 01:20:19,039 --> 01:20:25,239 have some good and frankly, I'm just fundamentally uncomfortable with the sentence that Black's 976 01:20:25,279 --> 01:20:29,640 benefited at all from this, And you know, it made me think of 977 01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:33,399 someone Obviously I'm not Black, but I'm Jewish. Would someone say that about 978 01:20:33,479 --> 01:20:39,600 the Holocaust, for example, that there were some benefits for Jews right while 979 01:20:39,640 --> 01:20:44,199 they were hanging out in concentration camps, you learned a strong work ethic, 980 01:20:44,359 --> 01:20:47,760 right, maybe you learned a new skill. She's obviously being sarcastic, but 981 01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:53,600 this is what Greg Gutfeld said in response. Did you ever read Man's Search 982 01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:58,600 for Meaning? Vic Frankel talks about how you had to survive in a concentration 983 01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:02,039 camp by having skills. You had to be useful utility. Utility kept you 984 01:21:02,119 --> 01:21:06,960 alive. So that was Guttfeld's response. By the way, it doesn't even 985 01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:14,000 make any sense. It's not even I mean, aside from that, in 986 01:21:14,159 --> 01:21:17,800 my view, fundamentally being it just an anti semitic thing to say that, 987 01:21:18,600 --> 01:21:27,760 you know, in response to what tar Lava is saying, it also doesn't 988 01:21:30,319 --> 01:21:33,199 not only is it is it just a repugnant thing to say, and that's 989 01:21:33,239 --> 01:21:36,760 what Miriam said in the chat room, but also it doesn't even make sense. 990 01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:42,000 You had to I don't even want to dignify it by analyzing it further. 991 01:21:42,119 --> 01:21:44,880 Let's just go on with the article. Okay. The remark drew a 992 01:21:45,079 --> 01:21:49,680 lengthy rebuke from the Auschwitz Museum and from President Joe Biden's press team, and, 993 01:21:49,840 --> 01:21:56,720 according to The Daily Beasts, justin Beregona, a media alum. Fox 994 01:21:56,840 --> 01:22:00,760 insiders were also disgusted. Beregona rounded up some of the public fallout, but 995 01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:09,760 also included these choice cuts from anonymous Fox employees, including a producer. One 996 01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:13,439 said quote, Obviously, it is a disgusting thing to say. Same with 997 01:22:13,560 --> 01:22:16,840 Jesse's remarks on the matter, I assume that's Jesse Waters had something horrible to 998 01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:20,560 say. Jesse Waters has a lot of horrible things to say. Just generally 999 01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:26,239 speaking, I'm amazed that Fox has any ability to retain employees from multicultural backgrounds. 1000 01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:30,119 Our workplace is shockingly diverse, given the vitriol that often makes it on 1001 01:22:30,239 --> 01:22:34,399 the air, understand that they're likely here for the same reasons I am These 1002 01:22:34,479 --> 01:22:38,800 jobs are scarce, but I can't help but feel awful for them because they 1003 01:22:39,119 --> 01:22:44,640 undoubtedly see this nonsense and can't do anything to stop it. Another reporter merely 1004 01:22:44,720 --> 01:22:47,960 told The Daily Beasts yikes when asked to react to Goutfeld's comments, while a 1005 01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:54,000 network insider suggested there was a lot of internal worry about the host latest controversy, 1006 01:22:54,159 --> 01:22:57,159 especially since he's just recently made the move to prime time. The insider 1007 01:22:57,239 --> 01:23:00,640 added quote, at any other place, his career would be over unquote um 1008 01:23:04,119 --> 01:23:10,359 let's see. Yeah, that's that's that pretty much gets it out. But 1009 01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:15,560 yeah, that's true. I mean almost anywhere else his career would be over. 1010 01:23:15,159 --> 01:23:20,159 But that's uh, that's pretty disturbing. Uh six three two five six 1011 01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:24,600 seven six three two five six seven. If you'd like to weigh in on 1012 01:23:24,640 --> 01:23:27,479 anything, we do have a little bit of time left in today's show, 1013 01:23:27,560 --> 01:23:30,720 So if you are going to call, I would suggest you don't wait too 1014 01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:38,640 long. Another bit of news here, speaking of repugnant uh, Politico reports 1015 01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:45,520 Juliani won't contest Georgia election workers claims that he falsely accused them of manipulating ballots 1016 01:23:46,239 --> 01:23:53,560 in a heavily couched statement. He also conceded that his statements meet the factual 1017 01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:59,319 elements of liability for Moss and Freeman's claims that his attacks amounted to quote intentional 1018 01:23:59,399 --> 01:24:02,399 infliction of emotional distress unquote. So if you don't know what this is about, 1019 01:24:02,880 --> 01:24:06,880 Rudy Giuliani talked about, um, you know, in the whole trying 1020 01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:11,760 to overturn the twenty twenty election. He was putting out there that and he 1021 01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:15,159 told the President Trump this at the time, Ruby Freeman and I forget the 1022 01:24:15,199 --> 01:24:17,479 other woman's name, but I'm sure it's in the article. You know, 1023 01:24:17,600 --> 01:24:24,079 they were manipulating votes and doing this and that Ruby Freeman and her daughter, 1024 01:24:24,399 --> 01:24:29,520 I believe, you know, people who volunteered in the middle of a pandemic 1025 01:24:30,359 --> 01:24:36,960 to be poll workers and help facilitate the election. And um Giuliani just made 1026 01:24:38,039 --> 01:24:43,920 this stuff up with no evidence, uh none whatsoever. But uh but you 1027 01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:48,000 know, and that's that's his thing. He stood in front of UM four 1028 01:24:48,119 --> 01:24:53,680 Seasons Landscaping and lawn care that time, with black goop dripping off of his 1029 01:24:53,840 --> 01:24:57,880 face and just made stuff up for forty five minutes or whatever it was. 1030 01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:00,119 And that's you know. And if you if you actually analyze what he says, 1031 01:25:00,199 --> 01:25:02,600 none of it makes any sense or adds up to anything. But it 1032 01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:05,760 doesn't matter. He's just making it up as he goes along for an audience 1033 01:25:06,239 --> 01:25:12,239 that is so willing and happy to believe whatever he tells them, and so 1034 01:25:12,399 --> 01:25:15,359 it doesn't matter if it even makes sense or tracks in any logical way. 1035 01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:23,119 But these poll workers, who he did this too, spreading these lies about 1036 01:25:23,199 --> 01:25:31,840 them just to push a BS narrative. It really disrupted their lives and it's 1037 01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:38,479 it's so disgusting, and my god, how far this man has fallen. 1038 01:25:39,119 --> 01:25:46,319 Rudy Giuliani at one time respected, perhaps even revered, federal prosecutor, a 1039 01:25:46,520 --> 01:25:51,760 US attorney, and then he goes on to be mayor of New York City 1040 01:25:53,479 --> 01:26:00,239 for a long time, referred to as America's mayor, right, and look 1041 01:26:00,279 --> 01:26:04,880 at him now, look at him now. And he did recently give that 1042 01:26:05,079 --> 01:26:11,119 profer testimony where he got to go in and sit down and with prosecutors and 1043 01:26:11,239 --> 01:26:14,960 apparently, you know, have like a one day immunity where he could tell 1044 01:26:15,000 --> 01:26:18,840 them anything they wanted to know, and he would be immune from prosecution for 1045 01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:21,760 anything he told them on that one day. Apparently that's how that work. 1046 01:26:21,800 --> 01:26:26,840 I'd never even heard the term profer testimony or a profer witness, or I'm 1047 01:26:26,880 --> 01:26:29,880 not sure I have the terminology even quite right. I'd never even I didn't 1048 01:26:29,880 --> 01:26:34,840 even know that was a thing until recently. But this guy were truly despicable, 1049 01:26:35,359 --> 01:26:42,000 just you know, and at one time so much respect for him throughout 1050 01:26:42,039 --> 01:26:46,199 the country from both Democrats and Republicans, you know, And to look at 1051 01:26:46,279 --> 01:26:50,319 him now, he's just a pathetic creature. And the rumor is too that 1052 01:26:50,399 --> 01:26:56,119 he's broke because Trump never paid him, because Trump doesn't pay his lawyers. 1053 01:26:56,680 --> 01:27:00,199 Trump treats his lawyers like they're buy here, pay here, attorney. He's 1054 01:27:00,199 --> 01:27:02,640 like you see on TV, you know the personal injury attorneys. Well, 1055 01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:08,600 you don't pay us if we don't win. Right, That's who this guy, 1056 01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:14,119 That's who Rudy Giuliani became. I mean, my god, anyway, 1057 01:27:14,239 --> 01:27:18,880 let's look at this. This is from Politico. Rudy Giuliani made significant concessions 1058 01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:26,520 late Tuesday in a long running defamation lawsuit by two Georgia election workers, dropping 1059 01:27:26,640 --> 01:27:31,039 efforts to challenge their claim that he falsely accused the pair of manipulating ballots in 1060 01:27:31,079 --> 01:27:35,760 the twenty twenty election. In a two page statement filed in federal court just 1061 01:27:35,960 --> 01:27:43,720 before midnight on Tuesday, Juliani said he quote does not contest unquote that his 1062 01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:48,880 statements, which fueled a torrent of public attacks on the workers, Ruby Freeman 1063 01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:57,520 and Shay Moss, were false and quote carry meaning that is defamatory unquote. 1064 01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:02,920 So he doesn't admit that he defamed them, but he's not contesting it either. 1065 01:28:08,600 --> 01:28:14,159 Well that's something I guess. In the heavily couched statement, Giuliani also 1066 01:28:14,279 --> 01:28:20,640 conceded that his statements meet quote factual elements of liability unquote for Mouston Freeman's claims 1067 01:28:21,159 --> 01:28:30,239 that his attacks amounted to quote intentional infliction of emotional distress unquote. I mean 1068 01:28:30,319 --> 01:28:33,880 the stories they've told, by the way about you know, here's the thing. 1069 01:28:34,079 --> 01:28:40,880 If you're if you're working somewhere and you're a poll worker, and now 1070 01:28:41,439 --> 01:28:45,439 it's out there, it's your name is being circulated nationally, spoken by the 1071 01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:53,239 President himself, Trump on that tape, for example, with Raffinsburger and Georgia 1072 01:28:53,399 --> 01:28:59,239 call in Ruby Freeman a scam artist and a vote hustler, or however he 1073 01:28:59,359 --> 01:29:01,359 put it. And then the whole country gets to hear that in the news. 1074 01:29:02,800 --> 01:29:05,880 Do you think that woman felt safe? Of course not after that. 1075 01:29:08,239 --> 01:29:12,159 And it all started with this guy. It all started with Rudy Giuliani, 1076 01:29:12,600 --> 01:29:19,239 the once respected Department of Justice US attorney, the once respected America's mayor because 1077 01:29:19,279 --> 01:29:28,520 he was mayor of New York City on nine to eleven. Unbelievable, unbelievable, 1078 01:29:29,680 --> 01:29:36,000 Just what a pos this guy is. Unbelievable. But it says here 1079 01:29:36,239 --> 01:29:43,439 Giuliani is not abandoning his effort to fight the lawsuit altogether. An aide Ted 1080 01:29:43,520 --> 01:29:48,399 Goodman said his concessions and acknowledgements were an effort to bypass the fact gathering stage 1081 01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:54,119 and move on to legal arguments about whether he can be held liable for damages 1082 01:29:54,239 --> 01:30:00,199 Moss and Freeman are seeking, Goodman said quote. Mayor rude Giuliani did not 1083 01:30:00,399 --> 01:30:06,920 acknowledge that the statements were false, but did not contest in order to move 1084 01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:12,399 on to the portion of the case that will permit a motion to dismiss. 1085 01:30:13,159 --> 01:30:16,479 This is a legal issue, not a factual issue. Those out to smear 1086 01:30:16,600 --> 01:30:21,560 the mayor are ignoring the fact that this stipulation is designed to get to the 1087 01:30:21,720 --> 01:30:28,560 legal issues of the case. Unquote, I honestly don't know what that's even 1088 01:30:28,640 --> 01:30:35,960 supposed to mean. I'll sit here and smear him because I see the guy 1089 01:30:36,079 --> 01:30:44,119 for what he is. Sorry, I see Rudy Giulietti for exactly what he 1090 01:30:44,359 --> 01:30:55,840 is, not for any any other reason anyway. It says here, Oh, 1091 01:30:55,960 --> 01:30:58,600 Miriam says in the chatwoman, this is a great point, Miriam. 1092 01:30:58,640 --> 01:31:01,720 Will anyone want to be workers in the future, Well, yeah, I 1093 01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:08,279 mean it's pretty dangerous, right if if the election doesn't go the way some 1094 01:31:08,399 --> 01:31:11,520 people think it should, they might harass you in public. They might send 1095 01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:15,079 you death threats. By the way, these women are black, they might 1096 01:31:15,319 --> 01:31:20,199 uh say racist things to you, which they've both had to endure. Yeah, 1097 01:31:20,279 --> 01:31:24,880 why would you want to be a poll worker if the election doesn't go 1098 01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:30,640 the way some people think you might be under the threat of violence. And 1099 01:31:30,760 --> 01:31:34,600 it started with this guy, Rudy Giuliani. Y'all sit here and smear him. 1100 01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:42,399 I mean this guy, I means it's incredible, and I and and 1101 01:31:42,439 --> 01:31:45,760 of course there's millions of people who are just fine with it, which is 1102 01:31:45,319 --> 01:31:49,920 even more bothering to me. Bothersome. Eric Street says in the chat, 1103 01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:55,840 I was scanning through radio stations in the car. In a station mentioned mister 1104 01:31:55,960 --> 01:31:59,159 Crabs. Yes, mister Crabs has been in the news lately, that's for 1105 01:31:59,279 --> 01:32:04,760 sure, it says here. Still a significant acknowledgment from the former president's attorney, 1106 01:32:05,079 --> 01:32:11,000 who spent months pointing to security footage of Moss and Freeman as proof that 1107 01:32:11,199 --> 01:32:16,079 thousands of ballots had been mishandled or sabotaged in Georgia. Those claims were widely 1108 01:32:16,239 --> 01:32:23,359 debunked by Georgia and federal investigators, but were nevertheless echoed by former President Donald 1109 01:32:23,399 --> 01:32:27,640 Trump and others in his orbit. Moss and Freeman testified to the jan sixth 1110 01:32:27,680 --> 01:32:32,159 Select Committee that both had faced significant threats and suffered damages to their livelihoods as 1111 01:32:32,239 --> 01:32:43,399 a result of Trump and Giuliani's claims. Michael J. Gottlieb, partner at 1112 01:32:43,640 --> 01:32:48,920 Wilkie far and Gallagher, LLLP, said, quote, Giuliani's stipulation concedes what 1113 01:32:49,039 --> 01:32:55,199 we have always known to be true. Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss honorably performed 1114 01:32:55,399 --> 01:33:00,159 their civic duties in the twenty twenty presidential election in full compliance with the law, 1115 01:33:00,520 --> 01:33:04,640 and the allegations of election fraud he and former President Trump made against him 1116 01:33:04,680 --> 01:33:11,439 have been false since day one. While certain issues, including damages, remain 1117 01:33:11,520 --> 01:33:15,640 to be decided by the court, our clients are pleased with this major milestone 1118 01:33:15,960 --> 01:33:20,720 in their fight for justice and look forward to presenting what remains of this case 1119 01:33:20,880 --> 01:33:28,840 at trial. Unquote, Giuliani's stipulation appears intended to head off more legal pain 1120 01:33:29,239 --> 01:33:32,159 in the long running lawsuit, which has resulted in depositions of several high level 1121 01:33:32,239 --> 01:33:36,199 figures in Trump's orbit, the disclosure of text messages, emails, and deposition 1122 01:33:36,279 --> 01:33:44,760 transcripts, and threatened significant financial penalties. Most recently US District Judge Beryl Howell, 1123 01:33:45,239 --> 01:33:49,680 who is presiding over the lawsuit, threatened severe sanctions on Giuliani overclaims that 1124 01:33:49,720 --> 01:33:55,800 he failed to preserve significant caches of evidence related to the matter. Giuliani's stipulation 1125 01:33:55,880 --> 01:33:59,640 of the facts of the lawsuit came in response to an order from Howell demanding 1126 01:33:59,680 --> 01:34:04,520 an explanation for his failure to produce certain batches of records and asking why she 1127 01:34:04,600 --> 01:34:14,239 shouldn't simply rule in Moss and Freeman's favor. Giuliani's attorney, Joseph Sibley emphasized 1128 01:34:14,359 --> 01:34:18,640 in an accompanying a Company Hating filing that Giuliani was not, in fact admitting 1129 01:34:18,720 --> 01:34:24,039 to Moss and Freeman's allegations against him, but making a decision to stop contesting 1130 01:34:24,119 --> 01:34:29,720 them, which he says should end the women's effort to seek further in factual 1131 01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:35,359 evidence emails, sex messages, and other communications from Giuliani. Though the statement 1132 01:34:35,439 --> 01:34:40,920 amounts to an admission of the facts, Sibley said Giuliani still contends that he 1133 01:34:40,960 --> 01:34:45,439 has legal defenses to the claims and is asking Howell to rule purely on those 1134 01:34:45,560 --> 01:34:50,640 legal questions now that the facts have largely been established. In Tuesday's signed statement, 1135 01:34:50,680 --> 01:34:56,319 Giuliani said he still maintains his legal argument that his comments about Moss and 1136 01:34:56,479 --> 01:35:04,600 Freeman were quote constitutionally pretend acted statements or opinions unquote, but by admitting to 1137 01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:09,920 the facts, he says, further efforts by mosson Freeman to obtain documents and 1138 01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:15,640 other factual evidence are no longer necessary oh constitutionally protected statements or opinions. So, 1139 01:35:15,720 --> 01:35:20,800 in other words, he's he's making a First Amendment argument. By the 1140 01:35:20,920 --> 01:35:25,680 way, Now again, I'm a I'm not an attorney, I'm not a 1141 01:35:25,760 --> 01:35:30,319 legal expert of any kind. But uh so, forgive me if I'm wrong. 1142 01:35:30,439 --> 01:35:34,840 But my understanding is the First Amendment is not absolute, and there are 1143 01:35:34,840 --> 01:35:38,800 certain things that you're not allowed to do under the First Amendment. For example, 1144 01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:44,079 you're not allowed to incite violence against people. You're not allowed to defame 1145 01:35:44,319 --> 01:35:46,520 people. I mean, there are there's kind of rules, right, Like 1146 01:35:46,600 --> 01:35:55,880 you're not allowed to use the First Amendment to ruin somebody's life because you don't 1147 01:35:55,880 --> 01:36:00,079 like how an election turned out, right, I mean, that's that's my 1148 01:36:00,279 --> 01:36:05,520 understanding of things. No rights are absolute, and these things do have limits. 1149 01:36:06,119 --> 01:36:11,760 Yeah, So I don't know because if if Juliani's argument, which as 1150 01:36:11,800 --> 01:36:15,319 I understand it from some other things. I was reading basically his argument as 1151 01:36:15,319 --> 01:36:16,600 a First Amendment one, saying that he has a right to speculate, to 1152 01:36:16,640 --> 01:36:21,439 say whatever he wants about these women, and you can say whatever you want 1153 01:36:21,479 --> 01:36:25,079 to about anybody, and that's you have a First Amendment right to do that, 1154 01:36:25,560 --> 01:36:29,600 you know, regardless of the consequences. But if that were true, 1155 01:36:29,760 --> 01:36:33,800 then there would be no such thing as defamation of character or definition of character. 1156 01:36:33,880 --> 01:36:38,279 As somebody from New York I know likes to say, that's a little 1157 01:36:38,359 --> 01:36:42,960 inside, But there would be no such thing as defamation if Juliani's argument is 1158 01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:45,560 true. If you can just go around saying whatever you want to about anybody, 1159 01:36:45,680 --> 01:36:53,880 consequences be damned, their mental health be damned, their physical safety be 1160 01:36:54,079 --> 01:36:59,800 damned, then their defamation isn't even a thing then, right, that's a 1161 01:37:00,199 --> 01:37:04,920 is that just a made up legal concept? There's no such thing as defamation 1162 01:37:05,000 --> 01:37:08,680 of character. I guess if you can just go around saying whatever you want 1163 01:37:08,680 --> 01:37:12,439 to about anybody, because I'm pretty sure people have been sued for defamation of 1164 01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:16,600 character and one. But according to Giuliani's argument, now that's just not a 1165 01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:20,920 thing. He could he could say whatever he wanted to about Moss and Freeman 1166 01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:25,720 based on zero evidence. Just make it up just because it sounds good and 1167 01:37:25,800 --> 01:37:30,760 it pleases his boss at the time. And if that puts them in danger, 1168 01:37:30,880 --> 01:37:32,920 if that ruins their lives, so well, he's a First Amendment, 1169 01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:39,079 right, that's his argument. Right, What a guy, What a guy 1170 01:37:39,159 --> 01:37:44,600 he is. The statement comes as Special Counsel Jack Smith a piers poise to 1171 01:37:44,720 --> 01:37:47,880 charge Trump and potentially others for their efforts to subvert the twenty twenty election, 1172 01:37:48,119 --> 01:37:53,159 an effort that has included a penetrating look at efforts by Trump and his allies, 1173 01:37:53,199 --> 01:37:58,039 including Giuliani, to mount false claims of election fraud. Giuliani is sat 1174 01:37:58,119 --> 01:38:04,039 for at least one properse session with Smith's investigators, and again, a proper 1175 01:38:04,119 --> 01:38:08,560 session, as I understand it, that's where you go in and for that 1176 01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:13,520 session you can say whatever you want to answer whatever questions, and you have 1177 01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:18,680 immunity. You've been given immunity for whatever you say on that day in that 1178 01:38:18,840 --> 01:38:25,119 session. I mean, I'm sure there's common sense legal exceptions to that. 1179 01:38:25,279 --> 01:38:27,439 Like if you went in for a proper session and you said, hey, 1180 01:38:27,520 --> 01:38:30,800 by the way, I murdered somebody, Well that wouldn't that wouldn't fall under 1181 01:38:30,880 --> 01:38:34,159 that. I'm sure however it works. I'm sure there's very specific guidelines and 1182 01:38:34,279 --> 01:38:42,039 parameters for how that works. But but but Juliani, he did, he 1183 01:38:42,119 --> 01:38:47,239 did go in for that at least once. Smith has also scrutinized other figures 1184 01:38:47,279 --> 01:38:53,800 working with Giuliani on the election effort, including former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerrick, 1185 01:38:53,880 --> 01:38:58,840 who, by the way, has spent some time in prison. Kerrick, 1186 01:38:58,880 --> 01:39:02,000 who is also who has also come under pressure from Howell to provide more documents 1187 01:39:02,920 --> 01:39:08,479 to Moss and Freeman. In the lawsuit, revealed this week he had obtained 1188 01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:14,680 the Trump campaign's permission to produce documents he once considered protected by attorney client privilege. 1189 01:39:15,720 --> 01:39:19,279 In Tuesday Nights filing, Giuliani also sharply contested that he personally mishandled or 1190 01:39:19,359 --> 01:39:25,359 destroyed any of the evidence Moss and Freeman were seeking. He produced a statement 1191 01:39:25,439 --> 01:39:30,239 from another attorney, Robert Costello, that primarily pinned to blame on the Justice 1192 01:39:30,319 --> 01:39:33,199 Department seizure of his devices in twenty twenty one, which he said were returned 1193 01:39:33,279 --> 01:39:39,079 with corrupted files or in some cases wiped all together. All right, So 1194 01:39:39,359 --> 01:39:47,840 there you go, there you go. That's Rudy Giuliani. Miriam asks do 1195 01:39:47,960 --> 01:39:51,119 people get paid to work at the Pulse? Not usually. I think that's 1196 01:39:51,359 --> 01:39:55,800 usually a volunteer gig. Or maybe they give you some sort of a stipend 1197 01:39:55,880 --> 01:39:58,119 for the day. I mean, it depends on where you are. I 1198 01:39:58,159 --> 01:40:00,560 don't know how it works in Georgia. All right, we gotta go. 1199 01:40:00,760 --> 01:40:03,920 We are out of time, so we will begin to wrap up. If 1200 01:40:03,920 --> 01:40:06,159 you miss any part of today's show it we'll be up in just a little 1201 01:40:06,199 --> 01:40:11,359 bit at WMH radio dot org and on my website Maatt Connerton dot com. 1202 01:40:11,600 --> 01:40:15,680 Don't forget Tonight is trivia night at the Hop Knot, but call ahead if 1203 01:40:15,720 --> 01:40:16,760 you want to get a spot. But of course, even if you're not 1204 01:40:16,880 --> 01:40:21,279 participating in the trivia, you can always enjoy one of those delicious pretzels and 1205 01:40:21,760 --> 01:40:29,520 the assortment of Kraft beer that they do have their m oh I should play 1206 01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:32,960 this. I'm going to close the show with another Lewis Tivy song. It's 1207 01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:36,600 called let It Rain. It seems appropriate for the weather. I don't forget 1208 01:40:36,640 --> 01:40:40,680 Tomorrow. Of course, we have Eric Pilcher's classic film review this week. 1209 01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:44,760 The subject is true romance, and in the second hour tomorrow we will be 1210 01:40:44,840 --> 01:40:48,479 talking to Lewis Tivy all the way from the UK skyping in. And then 1211 01:40:48,560 --> 01:40:56,039 tomorrow night on Retrospectrum Radio with PAULC. Paul's friend Aaron Sadovski will be with 1212 01:40:56,199 --> 01:41:00,159 us and that is going to be fascinating, really really looking forward to that. 1213 01:41:00,800 --> 01:41:04,319 Oh, Miriam says in the chat room, definition of character just intruded 1214 01:41:04,319 --> 01:41:08,640 into my brain. Yes, Miriam knows who I'm talking about. When I 1215 01:41:09,039 --> 01:41:12,680 refer to a definition of character. What can you do? The guy has 1216 01:41:12,720 --> 01:41:15,720 a speech impediment. He talks funny. I'm gonna think of it. So 1217 01:41:15,800 --> 01:41:17,960 does Rudy Giuliani. Anyway, all right, we gotta go, We are 1218 01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:20,439 out of here. I Am going to close with one more Lewis Tivey song 1219 01:41:20,760 --> 01:41:24,560 to close out today's show. This is called let It Rain. And of 1220 01:41:24,640 --> 01:41:29,079 course, if you are listening live on Thursday through the Stage Stoor hosted by 1221 01:41:29,159 --> 01:41:33,279 Rob Dyon is coming up next. And that's it for me for now. 1222 01:41:33,640 --> 01:41:36,039 I gotta go. I will talk at you all a little bit later. 1223 01:41:36,079 --> 01:41:36,680 By everybody,