WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:08.439 Good evening everybody, and welcome to another edition of The 2 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.359 Cajun Night Live. I am your host, Jacob Uk the 3 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:13.720 Cage to Night. I want to thank everybody for being 4 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.919 patient with me. I was in Phoenix. As a matter 5 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:20.039 of fact, we had a big convention, if you will, 6 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:23.120 for a charitable Christian nonprofit that I'm a part of, 7 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.640 which is kind of the double entendre as to how 8 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:28.239 I'm a Knight. If anybody would like to look into that, 9 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:31.480 look up the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. 10 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:34.320 I cannot recommend this group enough. I absolutely love every 11 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.200 member in it. But yeah, so I was in Phoenix. 12 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:39.759 I had to do it once a year they have 13 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.399 the big national meeting, and because I'm the head of 14 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:45.960 our New Orleans chapter, I had to go and represent 15 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.560 Louisiana and all those things. So I do appreciate everybody 16 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.079 being patient. My apologies for not being able to make it. 17 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.759 A lot of things happened, A lot of things happened 18 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:59.399 in that week. Some of them we could talk about, 19 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.759 and I don't necessarily have any issue with talking about 20 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.799 the just overall what's going on in DC right now. 21 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:12.359 Cash Patel and this whole Dan Bongino and Pam Bondi 22 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.439 and the whole Epstein situation. But I mean, we've been 23 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.879 doing a pretty decent job about covering that on the 24 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.799 Cult to Conspiracy. So if that conversation does need to 25 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:26.480 bleed over into this tonight, no issues here in other news. 26 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.400 There is a lot of kind of you know, I 27 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:31.079 say this all the time. There's wild things. It's a 28 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:34.519 wild time to be alive. I understand that that doesn't 29 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:37.560 take away from the reality of it. Let's be real here, 30 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.799 So I'm just gonna go ahead and start off here. 31 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:42.519 We got a couple of things we're gonna be covering. 32 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.200 A couple of them are about China, A couple of 33 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:48.760 them are about the UK. Gonna talk about Russia a 34 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:53.480 little bit, Gonna bring in some North Korea. Uh yeah, Ukraine. 35 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:55.120 I mean, if we're talking abou Russia, we're gonna talk 36 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.159 about Ukraine. It kind of gets like that. We got 37 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.560 some things to cover. We got some things to cover 38 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.000 on this evening, y'all. So without further ado, I'm gonna 39 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:06.640 go ahead and share the scream for anybody who would 40 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.039 like to be a part of this conversation and or 41 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.639 see what we are looking at be a part of 42 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:13.960 it with us. What you could do is go to 43 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:18.159 patreon dot com slash cajan night. Excuse me, I kind 44 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:19.400 of lost my train of th all on that one 45 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.719 and joining this conversation. We get together every Wednesday night 46 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.159 at nine pm Central for everybody listening to this on 47 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:27.719 the Cult on Thursday. The link is down in the 48 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:31.319 show notes below. Now let's just start off here. We're 49 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.439 not gonna watch this whole thing. But General Jack Keane, 50 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.080 he's a retired general. He says that China is in 51 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:42.000 the middle of doing one of the most comprehensive penetrations 52 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.319 in the United States society in our two hundred and 53 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:48.159 fifty year history. Now that's kind of a weird overarching 54 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:52.719 thing here. But we also can't, you know, refute the 55 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:56.199 fact that two, I'm sorry, three Chinese nationals are recently 56 00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:00.520 caught attempting to smuggle a biological fungus into a America. 57 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:04.360 I don't know if everybody heard that or not. I 58 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:06.319 know they kind of mentioned it a couple things here 59 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.960 and there, and yeah, one of them was from Wuhan. 60 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:13.080 I'm not saying, but I'm just saying, right, and now 61 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.479 they got caught and they actually tried defending themselves saying, no, 62 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.719 we were coming here for research. One of these students' 63 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:23.960 boyfriends works in a lab somewhere. The lab had nothing 64 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.639 to do with this biological potential weapon that they were 65 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.360 trying to smuggle in. But let's just get into it here. 66 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:34.439 The US is target one. Oh excuse me, this is 67 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.919 a Fox business. As far as what the source is, 68 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.360 The US is target one for the Chinese Communist Party 69 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:45.039 and retired General Jack Keane says that beefing up defenses 70 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.159 to stand up against the threat should be high on 71 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:49.719 the list of priorities. Y'all know, I'm not exactly the 72 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:52.280 biggest fan of the CCP, so I mean, I can't 73 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.280 disagree with the general on this one. China is conducting 74 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:57.919 the most comprehensive penetration of our society since we were 75 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.639 formed two hundred and fifty years ago to forty nine 76 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.199 years now, and we've never seen anything quite like this, 77 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.360 he said Tuesday, weighing in on news that a third 78 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:09.960 Chinese national has attempted to smuggle biological materials into the 79 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.400 United States within the past week. Fox new senior strategist 80 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.199 Analysis joins The Morning with Maria where he spelled out 81 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:20.959 the severity of the comprehensive threat cyber espionage working to 82 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:26.040 interfere with the food supply, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and transportation. Again, 83 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:30.959 I can't really find things that is incorrect with what 84 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.279 we're saying here, he says. The list goes on and 85 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.439 in the event of a conflict with China in the Pacific, 86 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.839 they would attempt to defeat the American people at home 87 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.439 and break their will to support the war. And here 88 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:43.519 we have a biological pathoge in smuggling into the country 89 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:47.079 that could attack our agriculture and ultimately our food source. 90 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.759 And I think this is more exploration than anyone else 91 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.480 to detect. Excuse me, I think this is more exploration 92 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.240 yet than anyone else to detect and see how they 93 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:00.439 can penetrate and how comprehensive this could be for the future. 94 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:05.600 Now the real implications of Chinese fungus smuggling. The China 95 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.920 threat has escalated of late, with Chinese nationals attempting to 96 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:13.279 smuggle a dangerous crop killing fungus into the United States. 97 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:18.800 Last week, the two bioterrorism suspects were intercepted in Detroit, Michigan, 98 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:25.959 while allegedly attempting to smuggle Fusarium grammar gramminarium yep I 99 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:30.279 know Latin words sometimes in the United States to study 100 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:34.680 it in labs. The toxic fungus causes a crop killing 101 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:38.279 head blight, a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice 102 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:41.560 that is responsible for billions of dollars of economic losses 103 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:46.120 worldwide each year and is also toxic to humans, according 104 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:49.000 to the Department of Justice. A Chinese PhD student from 105 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:53.839 Wuhan was also recently arrested for allegedly sending packages containing 106 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.279 concealed biological materials into the United States from China in 107 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.600 twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five. Now, I don't 108 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.199 know where the article is cut off like that, but 109 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:07.360 fair enough so we have some serious implications going on 110 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:11.480 with what they are trying to do. Hypothetically, I can't 111 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:17.360 imagine a situation where, you know, Chinese labs and Chinese scientists. 112 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:19.240 It's not like America has suffered at the hands of 113 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:24.199 them anytime recently. That comes to mind, of course, But 114 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.959 then we've got this going on. Yeah, I see that 115 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.240 as not a positive thing here Before I go on 116 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:33.560 to the next article that kind of talks a little 117 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:35.199 bit more about this. I'm gonna go ahead and read 118 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:37.040 the chat and see how everybody weighs in, which, by 119 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.920 the way, if anybody has any other articles or anything 120 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:41.600 they would like to weigh in on, please raise your 121 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:43.639 hand at anytime, Raven Lee, please. 122 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.680 So I dropped in the chat there is speaking of 123 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.480 China and like things that they are doing. There is 124 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:54.759 a micro organism, there is a bacteria that they decided 125 00:06:54.800 --> 00:07:00.560 to bring from space. The potential threat they are I 126 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.040 just dropped it in the chat, but it's talking about 127 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:06.839 like they discovered a bacterial thing in their bacterial strand, 128 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:09.879 and I've heard of some about it. There's some kind 129 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:12.120 of fungus or something that they're talking about that might 130 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:14.519 have been brought down from space by China. 131 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.959 So o oho, okay, well let's talk about this a little 132 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:22.120 bit here. As we're on the China thing. Anyway, there 133 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.720 are some reports, not even saying I necessarily believe these, 134 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:27.800 but there are some reports that are saying that China 135 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.439 is trying to set up an actual base of operations 136 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.360 on the dark side of the Moon. We talked about 137 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:34.920 that I think two weeks ago, and I still have 138 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.839 no idea how they're going to power a nuclear reactor 139 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:44.720 without steam or anything, because it's allegedly space as a vacuum. 140 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:47.480 So what are you going to do to cause propulsion 141 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.480 to turn the turbans that I don't know. I don't 142 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:53.639 know it. The articles that we read didn't really give 143 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.000 a lot of explanation to that. But China is absolutely 144 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.240 making a push in their own space race right now. 145 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:02.000 So now that we're talking about an unidentified bacterial strain 146 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:07.720 discovered inside China's space station, Okay, this is from gizmoto 147 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:12.600 dot com Space and Spaceflight. Let's read in the microbes 148 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.279 could potentially pose a threat to the health of astronauts 149 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:20.879 on board Tiogong. I hope I'm pronouncing that right. In 150 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.319 October twenty twenty two, China launched the final module of 151 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:27.959 its orbiting space station. Since then, it has been astronauts 152 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:34.320 aboard Tiogong. An unusual and previously unknown microbe has also 153 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:37.799 been occupying low Earth orbit. A group of scientists examined 154 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.799 swabs collected from inside Tiogong space station, revealing a form 155 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:45.559 of bacteria not known to inhabit Earth. The discovery published 156 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:50.360 in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, highlights 157 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:53.399 the need to study the newly identified microbial strain to 158 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.360 protect the health of the astronauts on board the Chinese 159 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:02.360 space station. Pause before we go any further. That's terrifying. 160 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.679 There's movies about this exact thing going on, when astronauts 161 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:10.279 find some sort of space fungus or something along these lines, 162 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.000 and it slowly but surely kills them all or turns 163 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:15.360 them into space zombies. I've seen. I feel like I've 164 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.360 seen a few sci fi horror flicks where this is 165 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.720 what happens. Leave it to China to make the movie's reality. 166 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:29.879 I am her right anyway. The previously unknown microbe named Nialia, 167 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.240 oh geez, there's a bigger one next to it, Unalia 168 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:40.240 tiong gung gensis ti tian gan gensis. I'm just gonna 169 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.960 assume that's a hard G than a soft G. I 170 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:47.120 don't know. After the space station where it was discovered 171 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:50.960 has proven especially resilient surviving in the harsh condition of 172 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:56.720 micro gravity. Chionggong's shin Zoo fifteen astronauts swabbed a cabin 173 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.120 on the space station in May of twenty twenty three 174 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:02.720 as part of a surve by the China Space Station 175 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:08.559 Habitation Area Microbiome Program God's Mouthful. Follow up studies of 176 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.360 the swabs trace the newly discovered microbe to a strain 177 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:17.919 that appears similar to Nealia circulons circlons okay, a rod 178 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.960 shaped spore forming bacterium originally isolated from soil. It's not 179 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:25.440 clear whether the strain evolved on the space station or 180 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.440 had already evolved on Earth before hitching a ride to 181 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:33.519 Low Earth orbit. Again, this sounds terrifying. The newly discovered 182 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:39.200 species can break down gelatin for nitrogen and carbon, helping 183 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:42.600 it to ensure harsh conditions by forming a protective biofilm. 184 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:47.039 It also packs its essential chemistry into tough spores, allowing 185 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:51.240 it to survive in extreme environments. Last year, scientists uncovered 186 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:54.600 a mutated strain of drug resistant bacteria thriving under the 187 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:57.799 harsh conditions of space aboard the International Space Station. This 188 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:05.480 the ISS. Although Nealia tia jung Ginja's Yeah and it's 189 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:10.679 ISS counterpart are both space faring spacefaring strains Jesus, they 190 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:14.320 differ in composition and function. According to the paper, it's 191 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:18.519 not clear if the bacterium poses a threat to the 192 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.679 Tiongong astronauts, but the scientists behind the discovery say further 193 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:25.120 examination of the new strain needs to be carried out. 194 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:29.440 Understanding the characteristics of microbes during long term space missions 195 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:33.200 is essential for safeguarding the health of astronauts and maintaining 196 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:40.440 the functionality of spacecraft, said The paper read. Okay, so 197 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:45.039 not only do we have Chinese nationals sneaking in bacteria 198 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:48.919 and fungus into the United States, we also have some 199 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:55.039 unknown space bacteria that is currently rocking and rolling on 200 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:58.639 the Chinese space station. This sounds like the plot of 201 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.600 a movie. I don't even know how else to call that. 202 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:03.960 But let's go even further into it. Now. This is 203 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:08.480 ABC News potential agro terrorism fungus into US, and this 204 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:10.559 is from the Department of Justice. Let's listen in. 205 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:12.480 I'm going to turn now to the case of two 206 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:15.840 Chinese researchers charge with smuggling what's considered to be a 207 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:19.159 potential weapon for agro terr rhythm into the US and 208 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:22.240 that prosecutors say could target the nation's food supply. Our 209 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:25.159 Chief Justice corresponding Pierre Thomas, has this story for US. 210 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:26.440 Good morning, Pierre. 211 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.559 Michael, Good morning. We're talking about a fungus which dj 212 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:33.200 is calling a potential bile terror threat. Take a look 213 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:36.759 at it under the microscroup. This is Fusarium gravit e 214 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.120 aerum and it causes billions of dollars in crop damage 215 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:43.720 each year. A pathogen that rocks wheat, barley, and rice, 216 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:47.120 and if consumed by humans, can cause vomiting, liver damage, 217 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:50.480 and birth defects. This morning, two researchers from China are 218 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:52.679 accused of trying to smuggle it into the US to 219 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.440 take it to a lab at the University of Michigan. 220 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:58.240 Authorities claimed that in July of last year, they allegedly 221 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.240 caught a scientists from China with the fungus hidden in 222 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:04.320 a lot of tissues in his backpack at the Detroit Airport. 223 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:08.039 Authority say the scientists initially lied, claiming he was coming 224 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.600 to America to visit his girlfriend and that he had 225 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:13.639 no idea how the material got into his luggage, but 226 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:17.000 later he allegedly admitted he smuggled the fugus into the 227 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:20.039 US to conduct research on it with his girlfriend, who 228 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.159 was a visiting fellow at the University of Michigan. 229 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.039 Michael well Pierre had the University of Michigan responded to 230 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.440 any of this. 231 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.840 Well, they're telling us that they're cooperating with the investigation, 232 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.919 and they condemned any activity that could harm the public 233 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:33.720 or damaged national security. 234 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:39.399 Michael all right, wow, okay, so I'm trying very hard 235 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.960 to give him the benefit of the doubt here. I 236 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:45.600 don't know how this random, super potentially terroristic fungus ended 237 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.960 up in my bag. I just don't know. Then cut 238 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.399 to he admitted, Oh, no, I put it there on 239 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:54.519 purpose because I was going to do research on it 240 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:59.159 with my girlfriend. The story is not checking out. I'm sorry. 241 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:01.840 That's not even passing the first level of the sniff meter. 242 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:07.240 Let's read it in here. Yeah, those are two of 243 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.120 the most names that have ever been written. Yung Qing 244 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:15.799 Jun thirty three and Zung Kyung Luis Liu Lou Sure, 245 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:18.639 thirty three years old and thirty four years old, respectively, 246 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.519 citizens of the of West Taiwan. I'm not calling it 247 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:27.080 the People's republic of shit. We're allegedly receiving Chinese government 248 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:30.840 funding for their research, well, obviously some of it at 249 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:35.559 the University of Michigan, officials said the complaint. Yeah. The 250 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:40.360 complaint also alleges that Jiun's electronics contained information describing her 251 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:45.960 membership in and loyalty to the CCP. Color me shocked, 252 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:51.440 Color me shocked. It is further alleged that Jian's boyfriend 253 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:56.240 Liu works at a Chinese university where he conducts research 254 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.639 on the same pathogen, and that he first lied but 255 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:05.159 then it it to smuggling Fusarium Griminarium okay into America 256 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.840 through the Detroit Metropolitan Airport so that he could conduct 257 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.559 research on it in the laboratory of University of Michigan, 258 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.799 where his girlfriend Jeon worked. The press release said. Attorney 259 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.360 General Pam Bondi said in a statement that the Justice 260 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:20.919 Department has no higher mission than keeping the American people 261 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.720 safe and protecting our nation from hostile foreign actors who 262 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:26.840 would do us harm. Well, Obviously, thanks to the hard 263 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:30.919 work of our excellent DOJ attorneys, this defendant, who clandestinely 264 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:34.360 attempted to bring a destructive substance into the United States 265 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:38.519 will face years behind bars, the Attorney General said. The 266 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:42.559 FBI says it causes head blight, a disease of wheat, barley, maize, 267 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:44.399 and rice, and is responsible for billions at dollars. We 268 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.000 heard that a couple of times here. Now, I don't 269 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.840 know what the difference between like the potato famine and 270 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:52.759 Ireland that was caused by a blight and what a 271 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.000 head blight is. Maybe this is the same thing. I'm 272 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.639 not the most well educated when it comes to agriculture 273 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:04.679 and agro terrorism. However, just to say that it causes 274 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:08.759 birth defects. I also find that to be pretty interesting 275 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:10.320 because China was also caught. 276 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:10.840 This was. 277 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:15.279 Ten years ago. They were caught putting certain paints on 278 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.279 toy baby toys on purpose, hoping that the babies would 279 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:21.720 put it in their mouths and would cause some serious 280 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.000 defects later on. I think China kind of screwed themselves 281 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:28.000 to that whole one child policy. Now I think you're 282 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.279 allowed to have two, but even still there's like restrictions 283 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:35.000 on these types of things. And so they now would 284 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.399 be coming after their biggest enemy, aka the United States. 285 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.519 I could see that one hundred percent the alleged actions 286 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.080 of these Chinese nationals, including a loyalty loyal member of 287 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.840 the CCP, are of the gravest national security concerns. These 288 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.360 two aliens have been charged with smuggling a fungus that 289 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:54.960 had been described as potential agro terrorism weapon into the 290 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:58.320 heartland of America, where they apparently intend to use the 291 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.799 University of Michigan Laboratory to further their scheme. US attorney 292 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:10.079 Jerome Gorgan says today's criminal charges levied upon the Chinese 293 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:14.359 nationals are indicative of CBP's critical role in protecting the 294 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:18.519 American people from biological threats that could devastate our agricultural 295 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.759 economy and cause harm to humans, especially when it involves 296 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:24.839 a researcher from a major university attempting to clan destinely 297 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.240 bring potential harmful biological materials into the United States. US 298 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:33.640 Customs and Border Protection Marty c Ravens said, And that's 299 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:37.799 also kind of interesting too. Up until relatively recently, we 300 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:41.920 were selling a lot of food to China because, you know, 301 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:44.559 when the Communist revolution took over a lot of these 302 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.720 you know, if you want to call it, the peasant 303 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:50.400 class of farmers in China were forced off of their 304 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.440 farms and forced into factories to work slave labor jobs 305 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:58.039 or sweatshop jobs, same thing, interchangeable dialogue. We're going to 306 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:00.680 be honest about this, and a lot of the farmland 307 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:05.160 in China that used to feed the billion people that 308 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:09.480 live there was no longer being produced. Now China doesn't 309 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.920 have as many mouths to feed. Now arguably I disagree 310 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:15.519 with that, but some people were saying this because the 311 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.839 one child policy all the things, A fine, fine, okay. 312 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:23.400 That being said, they rely on American soy. Now, I 313 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:25.599 don't know how that is shaking out currently with the 314 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:27.920 tariff war that Trump is putting on with them right now. 315 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:31.400 Not to mention, most of Europe also just cited with 316 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:33.839 Trump on this and are now levying their own tariffs 317 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.400 against China currently. So maybe this is their way of, 318 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.000 you know, evening the playing field a bit. If we 319 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.400 can't buy the soy, no one can. I don't know, 320 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:46.240 but I didn't even say soy. It was grain though, 321 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:51.000 but you know, it's in the same agro terrorism conversation, 322 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:54.240 so maybe that was their plan. Jiam was scheduled to 323 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:56.880 appear Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Detroit for her 324 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:00.839 initial appearance on the complaint. The DJ said. The affidavit 325 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:05.200 alleges that Jien and Liu were dating and also researching 326 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:08.440 the biological pathogen, and when questioned about smuggling the pathogen 327 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.759 into the United States, lied to authorities at the Detroit Airport. 328 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:17.920 On July twenty seventh, twenty twenty four, Leo entered the 329 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.599 United States and told authorities he was visiting his girlfriend 330 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:23.000 and then returned to China to start his own laboratory 331 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:25.200 in China. I feel like that was a double entunter. 332 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:28.440 He allegedly said that he had no work materials, but 333 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.960 upon a secondary screaming of his luggage, authorities found tissues 334 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:35.039 concealing a note in Chinese, a round piece of filter 335 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.440 paper with a series of circles drawn on it, and 336 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.720 four clear plastic baggies with small clumps of reddish plant 337 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.519 material inside. He told authorities he didn't know how the 338 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.839 materials ended up in the bag, and suggested someone placed 339 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:50.160 them there without his knowledge. He was arrested at that time. 340 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:53.880 The court record suggested Leo stated in that he intentionally 341 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:56.359 hit the samples in his backpack because he knew there 342 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:01.240 were restrictions on the important importation of the materials. You 343 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:06.200 think okay. According to the complaint, Leu confirmed that he 344 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:09.000 had intentionally put the samples in a wad of tissues 345 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:12.359 so CBP officials would be less likely to find it, 346 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:16.720 and confiscated and he could continue his research in the 347 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:20.839 United States. The University of Michigan put out a statement 348 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:24.759 late Tuesday afternoon. We strongly condemn these actions. We heard 349 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:28.559 about that already, and you know all this to say. 350 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:30.279 And if I've said it once, I've said it a 351 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:32.519 thousand times. But again, I will die on this hill. 352 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:37.799 Don't Trump, don't trust China. China is asshole. Thank you 353 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:43.400 random of Malaysian gentlemen. Anyway. All right, so now we've 354 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:47.480 gotten the whole China conversation out of here. Let's move on, 355 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:49.599 shall we. But before we do, if anybody's anything they 356 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:53.160 would like to add into this, comments, questions, whatever the 357 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.079 case is, go ahead and feel free to just unmute 358 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.599 yourself and let's chime in on it. Otherwise we can 359 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.200 just kind of move forward with it. Let's see the 360 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:07.720 Jerusalem Post. This is an article from the Jerusalem Post. 361 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:09.640 As a matter of fact, Royce shout out to you, 362 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:14.559 our resident Jewish correspondent Iran orders thousands of tons of 363 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:19.759 ballistic missile ingredients from China. Yeah. I do promise this 364 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:23.400 is not going to be an overly Chinese episode. But 365 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.480 I can't help the fact that the news is the news, 366 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:28.559 right now and China be doing the most they really 367 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:31.880 do be let's go into it now. Sources estimate that, 368 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:35.359 if delivered, the materials could produce around eight hundred missiles. 369 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:38.960 Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients 370 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:41.359 from China as part of an effort to rebuild its 371 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:46.039 military capabilities while navigating ongoing nuclear talks with the United States. 372 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:49.039 According to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday, citing 373 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:53.279 sources familiar with the transactions, the shipments, which are expected 374 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:57.160 to reach Iran in the coming months include ammonium perchlorate, 375 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:01.200 which I'm gonna be honest with you, I've never heard 376 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:04.079 of that specifically. What I do know is that it 377 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:08.359 is a critical component in the rocket propellant that they 378 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:11.200 are using these days. Oh it says, are there a 379 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:13.799 key component the solid and the solid propellant used for 380 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:17.799 ballistic missiles? Boom? How about them? Sources indicated that these 381 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:21.440 materials could potentially fuel hundreds of missiles. Some of the 382 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:26.359 ammonium perchlorate, Yeah, perchlorate is expected to be sent to 383 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:31.000 militias aligned with Iram, including the Hoothies and Yemen because, 384 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:34.279 of course, because the Houthis have to make their appearance 385 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.920 in some way, shape or form. I do like I 386 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:39.359 will take this moment to kind of pause this one. 387 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:44.359 I do like how whenever America started decimating the Hoothies 388 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:47.519 with airstrikes, Iran turned the cold shoulder and acted like 389 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:50.359 they didn't even know who they were. That was hilarious, 390 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:56.119 that being said, without Iran, the Hoothies have no armament whatsoever. 391 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:00.440 So and I know, I know America shouldn't ness necessarily 392 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:02.920 get involved with things that aren't our a problem, but 393 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:06.240 the who these keep attempting to touch our boats and 394 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:08.839 America has an issue with people touching our boats. Now, 395 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:12.400 they haven't been successful, let's be honest here, but they 396 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:16.799 keep trying. But that's the thing. It's an insurgency. You're 397 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:18.680 not going to bomb them enough to where they'll quote 398 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.839 unquote get the message and stop, because that's not how 399 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:24.799 an insurgency works. There's only one way to get rid 400 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:27.759 of an insurgency, and that's eradication. And I'm not exactly 401 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:31.480