A Pig in a Poke

Summary

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Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "A Pig in a Poke" (June 16, 2026)

Episode Overview

In this lively and incisive episode, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty dive into a turbulent news cycle, blending current events, political analysis, and signature wit. Central themes include the recent foiling of a large-scale domestic terrorist plot involving drones, the secrecy and skepticism surrounding a new Iran deal, the perils of escalating political rhetoric, and cultural commentary spanning from World Cup soccer to the American Dream. The episode is marked by frank exchanges, memorable quotes, spirited critiques, and a running current of humor even in the face of dark topics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The “Pig in a Poke” Metaphor & Iran Deal Skepticism

• The title references the old expression, “never buy a pig in a poke” (03:29), which Joe Getty explains means “don’t buy something whose value cannot be ascertained... Don’t take anybody's word that you know it is what it is. Take a look at it first.”
• Armstrong and Getty use this metaphor to frame skepticism about a potential Iran deal, underscoring the lack of available details and mixed messaging. There’s debate about whether to comment before knowing the specifics and cynicism about secrecy from all sides.
  • Jack: “It’s pretty hard to explain why you're keeping the details secret if it looks good for you.” (09:14)
• Both hosts are exasperated by the recurring pattern in cable and political discourse of reducing policy questions to whether “it helps the R’s or the D’s,” rather than focusing on substantive outcomes.
  • Jack: “I don’t give a crap about whether it makes Obama’s deal look better or worse... Who freaking cares about that? I care about whether or not Iran gets a nuclear weapon.” (10:11)

Breaking News: Plot Against UFC Event & White House

• Early in the show (04:24, 22:22, 29:54), the hosts break news of an FBI operation that foiled a terrorist plot targeting a UFC fight coinciding with Trump’s birthday and the White House.
• The plot involved drone attacks, mass panic, crowd manipulation (herding crowds towards sniper teams), and a planned storming of the White House gate.
• Both grapple with the implications of drone technology for public safety and predict its likely emergence as the next tool for terrorist attacks:
  • Jack: “I'm surprised we haven't had foreign terrorism, domestic terrorism, bank robbery, something that involved a drone attack yet. Since they're so easy and cheap to make. Apparently all the directions are online. I’m surprised it hasn't happened yet— it will happen.” (05:38)
• Joe connects this tactic to “classic double tap” methods (06:51) used in recent conflicts, like Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

Allegations & Media Coverage

• The hosts criticize the limited mainstream coverage, speculating on political bias:
  • Jack: “Is it because it would be an attack by lefties against Trump people?... If this broke... they were gonna attack a big Joe Biden event... I gotta believe it would be everywhere.” (32:14)
• Discussion on Signal chat groups and the anti-capitalist, anti-AIPAC (Jewish) motives among suspects: “That is 100% the Bernie-AOC crowd.” (41:42)

Political Rhetoric & Violence

• JD Vance’s comments spark debate on political violence:
  • Vance (34:25): “You see more political violence and violent rhetoric coming from the left than the right these days... But I think a lot of my Democratic colleagues... have to look themselves in the mirror and say, why is so much of this political violence coming from our side of the spectrum?”
• Jack retorts that real de-escalation requires calling out violence on your own side, not just blaming the other—“That whole race to the bottom thing, because then it justifies anything.” (34:45)
• Joe: “There’s too much money to be made. Don’t forget politics... is a for-profit enterprise.” (34:58)

Iran Deal, Israel, and Geopolitics

• The hosts remain skeptical about the Iran deal floating online, questioning both its authenticity and rationale for secrecy.
• Concern is raised about legitimizing the IRGC, possible consequences for Israeli-Hezbollah relations, and the broader implications for regional and US security. (10:26–11:47)

Domestic Headlines & Trends

At several intervals (19:22), Heather Myers delivers rapid-fire headline updates, including:

• Trump’s G7 remarks on Iran and Netanyahu.
• FBI’s disruption of the White House-UFC plot.
• DOJ investigation of Gavin Newsom and his wife.
• Mitch McConnell’s return after hospitalization, aging political leadership.
• JD Vance's resurfaced “childless cat ladies” comment.
• Alarming status of the San Andreas Fault and the new American Dream.
• Housing crisis with starter homes at $1M+ in 242 cities.
• Ozempic alternatives and weight loss drugs.
• Half of parents tracking their adult kids’ locations.
• Satirical news: “UFC fight ends abruptly as Trump brokers peace deal between the fighters.”

Soccer, Sports, and American Grit

• Armstrong and Getty roast 0-0 soccer matches, comparing Cape Verde’s draw with Spain to “Rocky” as a metaphor for the underdog American spirit. (28:14)
  • Joe: “Cape Verde was Rocky. Just go the distance. They were saying to each other, you're right.” (29:06)
• Extended riffs on World Cup fads, “Merlin the World Cup duck,” and viral German tourist “Freddy.”

Cultural & Personal Moments

• AI image detection debate: The “world’s leading expert” gives up—Jack says, “I've thought that from the beginning... the AI is competing against itself… and the AI is winning.” (18:42–19:15)
• Jack forgets to fast before a blood draw. (18:25)
• Amusing mailbag entries about parenting and the pitfalls of kids repeating “freaking moron” heard in traffic. (44:08–45:15)
• Thought-provoking “freedom-loving quote” from Thucydides on scholars and warriors: “The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” (42:17)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “Never buy a pig in a poke.”
  — Joe Getty unpacks the metaphor and applies it to the Iran deal skepticism. (03:29–03:51)

• On drone terrorism:
  Jack Armstrong: “I'm surprised we haven't had [an attack] yet—It will happen. It will happen at some point soon. And then I wonder if every, like every capital bank, every big event you go to is going to have to start having some sort of anti-drone technology.” (05:38–06:09)

• On political deal secrecy:
  Jack: “It’s pretty hard to explain why you're keeping the details secret if it looks good for you. That makes zero sense.” (09:14)
  Joe: “If it ain’t done, don’t announce it’s done. If it is... the only reason you would continue to keep it secret is because it doesn’t look good.” (09:36)

• On cable news reducing everything to party lines:
  Jack: “I don’t give a crap about whether it makes Obama’s deal look better or worse or whatever... I care about whether or not Iran gets a nuclear weapon.” (10:11)

• On legitimizing the IRGC in the Iran deal:
  Jack: “Somebody said the worst thing about this is legitimizing the IRG See, to such a level... JD Vance is gonna sit down across the table from the Republican National Guard and smile and shake hands and then pose for pictures and declare them you are the official government in Iran and we're your buddies.” (10:44)

• JD Vance’s warning on rhetoric:
  “You see more political violence and violent rhetoric coming from the left than the right these days... Maybe they can do something different.” (34:25)

• On the hopeful cycles of American history:
  Joe Getty: “We as a country have moved through several periodic spasms of violence where it was embraced and it was widespread. And then everybody's like, that’s stupid. And we stopped.” (36:07)
  Jack Armstrong: “That doesn’t help a whole lot.” (36:38)

• On hatred for Elon Musk:
  Jack: “How angry people get at me in my Cybertruck because they hate Elon Musk so much and how I believe that if they saw me being beaten, they'd be happy about it. I really believe that. Based on how angry they are.” (37:06)

• On “scholars and warriors”:
  Joe Getty (quoting Thucydides): “The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” (42:17)

• On 0-0 soccer games:
  Jack: “All that cheering because 90 minutes went by and nobody scored a single point.” (27:07)

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Time | Content | |-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:29 | “Pig in a poke” metaphor for Iran deal | | 04:24 | Breaking news: FBI foils drone/sniper terrorist plot | | 09:14 | Debate over secrecy of Iran deal | | 10:11 | Dismay at partisan framing in media | | 18:42 | AI image detection, state of the technology | | 19:22 | Rapid-fire national headlines (Heather Myers) | | 22:22 | Return to news of plot against UFC/White House | | 28:14 | Soccer, Cape Verde vs Spain, Rocky/underdog analogies | | 32:14 | Speculation on why the terror plot isn’t bigger news | | 34:25 | Extended JD Vance discussion on political violence | | 42:17 | Thucydides quote on scholars & warriors | | 44:08 | Humorous mailbag about kids repeating adult language | | 47:16 | UK proposal to ban social media for under-16s |

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Flow & Tone

• Lively, irreverent, and rapid-fire, with a mix of sarcasm and sincerity. The tone toggles between alarm, frustration, and classic Armstrong & Getty humor, especially when venting about the absurdities of media coverage or the American obsession with partisan “teams.”
• Quotes are directly attributable; exchanges are brisk and conversational.
• The hosts remain unsparing in their skepticism of all sides and are unafraid to puncture sacred cows of both left and right.

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For Non-Listeners: The Takeaway

This episode offers a rich blend of political skepticism, cultural commentary, and gallows humor. From real-time reactions to breaking news and high-stakes geopolitics to the American Dream and mailbag laughter, Armstrong & Getty dissect the headlines with trademark irreverence. The show provides both insight and entertainment, refusing to let the audience—or politicians—off the hook with easy answers. If you want a full-blooded, if sometimes bracing look at current events with wit and candor, this installment delivers.

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Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

[Joe Getty]

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

And now here's Armstrong and Getty

[Co-host (possibly Joe or Jack's co-host)]

live

[Jack Armstrong]

from Studio C. Sesignor. We are in a dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty communications compound that does not yet have drone technology, but we need it. Today we are toiling under the title

[Joe Getty]

of the show for sale a fat delicious pig in this poke. I'd heard the expression for many years, never buy a pig in a poke. Finally it occurred to me to ask, the hell's a poke? It's a bag. It's a bag you can't see inside. You gotta trust me, this pig in this poke is fat and delicious. Well, left, right and center. That's the way everybody's reacting to the Iran deal. The hell is it?

[Jack Armstrong]

I've never heard that expression except for out of you. So is that a common expression that people say?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it was common when I was a kid.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've never heard.

[Joe Getty]

Of course there are a lot of pig sales when I was a youngster.

[Jack Armstrong]

In and out of pokes.

[Joe Getty]

I mean, you name it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is it basically a don't get fooled on a. On a deal? Is that what it means?

[Joe Getty]

Well, it means don't. Don't buy something whose value cannot be ascertained. Don't, don't, don't take anybody's word that you know it is what it is. Take a look at it first.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's do a breaking news. Michael. We rarely do this like minutes into

[Joe Getty]

the show of breaking news. God, this is fast moving times. So the news breaks. The donkey brace. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

The FBI just announcing that they foiled a terrorist plot against the UFC fight on Trump's birthday with a couple dozen people involved. It involved drone attacks on the White House and then waves of snipers. Yes, and Cash Patel has just announced it and more details will be coming out, I assume. But they've arrested multiple people already. That's something Droll.

[Joe Getty]

Explosive laden drones to strike buildings in the vicinity of the event, sparking mass panic and driving the crowd to flee. Toward a sniper team poised to pick them off. Then a second wave of attackers allegedly planned to storm the White House gate. Good Lord.

[Jack Armstrong]

The fact that there has not already been some sort of drone terrorist attack. You know, what do we call these things that happen? It's us attacking us in our own country.

[Joe Getty]

False flag operations?

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no, but, but like not a foreign, not Al Qaeda attacking us. What do we call these things when like a group of people commit political violence in the United States?

[Joe Getty]

Domestic terrorism.

[Jack Armstrong]

Domestic terrorism, I guess. But I'm surprised we haven't had foreign terrorism, domestic terrorism, bank robbery, something that involved a drone attack yet. Since they're so easy to cheap and easy to make. Apparently all the directions are online. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. It will happen. It will happen at some point soon. And then I wonder if every, like every capital bank, every, every big event you go to is going to have to start having some sort of anti drone technology.

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[Jack Armstrong]

You know all the stuff like the Boston Marathon bombing from a couple of years ago. So ever since then, large gatherings, you have magnetometers and very police on the ground. But I don't think we have anything in the sky yet to stop drones from flying in and attacking people.

[Joe Getty]

So all of American life is going to have to be under screens like we're in Florida and there are too many bugs.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know what the anti drone technology will be, but I, I look forward to hearing more details on this terrorist attack to thank God did not go off. And it's got that speaking Al Qaeda. That was the sort of thing that they, you know, they perfected around the world of. You have an attack causing people to run a certain direction, Right? Then you attack all those people.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, Russia did that the other night. The classic double tap in Kyiv where they bombed something. And then as all the folks, the first responders and rescue people and paramedics were there, they dropped another bomb on them. I want to talk about that. At some point, the war in Ukraine has become purely a war of cruelty and punishment with no hope for success. It is Vladimir Putin at his worst.

[Jack Armstrong]

One of the things they're talking about right now at the group of seven meeting, I see them posing for the class photo right now. Trump and four European leaders and then a couple other jokers.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I've made an error. A slight mistake. I only gave you one of the potential titles because I distracted myself with my explanation of the charming expression about pigs and pokes. Alternate title is Freddie the German loves America. And you should too. He is the World cup fan who's gone viral as he travels around this country posting pictures and commentary and saying this country's incredible. Good for you, Freddie. Welcome, my friend.

[Jack Armstrong]

So not Fred Mertz, the leader of Germany, but this Vilkohmann German tourist who is. Yes, more on our side. So Trump has said a whole bunch of things today already that are really interesting around the whole Iran deal. It's getting harder for me to want to wait to comment on it until the details come out because so many details have come out but nobody knows if they're real or not yet. There's a, the agreement, the MOU is in theory floating around on the Internet and lots of people are commenting on it, but it's not verified whether it's the actual thing or not. If the one floating around that everybody's commenting on and people at high levels like Mark Thiessen of the Washington Washington Post, you know, some of your big time commentators, if, if it is the agreement, it is a, it is awful. It isn't, it is a surrender. It is a guy who went to war without the guts to lose any soldiers, which he can't do. You can't declare war on a top 20 world military with the idea that, but we will not lose any soldiers. I'm going to put any boots on the ground. We're not actually going to fight.

[Joe Getty]

This will be easy.

[Georgia Hardstark]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I think it's notable that Left, right and Trumpy, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post are all saying, yeah, what we know so far, this smells bad.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I don't know what we do know, but it's pretty hard to explain why you're keeping the details secret. If it looks good for you. That makes zero sense.

[Joe Getty]

Or is it still, I mean, that's a good theory. The other possible explanation is it's still in flux.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, then don't announce it's done.

[Joe Getty]

Well, because it ain't.

[Jack Armstrong]

If it ain't done, don't announce it's done. If it is, don't buy a pig and a poke. If it is done, the only reason you would continue to keep it secret is because it doesn't look good.

[Joe Getty]

Hey kids, want some cake? It's half baked.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got a bunch of JD Vance clips and some of the things he says are highly troubling.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

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[Jack Armstrong]

and the ultimate thing, it drives me crazy because it breaks down on cable news conversations and in a lot of talk radio and just a lot of discussions. It's just, it gets back to partisan Politics. Does this help the R's or the D's?

[Joe Getty]

Does this help Trumper?

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't give a crap about whether it makes Obama's deal look better or worse or whatever. Who freaking cares about that? I care about whether or not Iran gets a nuclear weapon.

[Joe Getty]

That's all those people know. And it's the only thing they care about, which is why I don't watch them much at all.

[Jack Armstrong]

And if we're going to now trust the IRGC and give them money and time, I think that helps them get a nuclear weapon.

[Joe Getty]

Well, they're learning the ways of peace according to JD Vance. And they've declared they don't want a nuclear weapon anymore.

[Jack Armstrong]

I forget. I'll have to look back in my notes. But somebody said the worst thing about this is legitimizing the IRG See, to such a level we've never considered them a legitimate government. Now JD Vance is gonna sit down across the table from the Republican National Guard and smile and shake hands and then pose for pictures and declare them you are the official government in Iran and we're your buddies.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. What? So it seems.

[Heather Myers]

Yeah.

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What?

[Jack Armstrong]

And of course, the biggest wild card of this whole thing. How in the heck are you gonna stop Israel and Hezbollah from fighting?

[Joe Getty]

You're not. There's zero chance of that. None.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is why I bet $10 that I don't think anything's gonna get signed on Friday.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, that's right. I better have my tenski ready because I'm not super optimistic.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I think it's more likely than I felt yesterday that it does get signed because why wouldn't you sign that if you're Iran? And because there's like, there's just a whole bunch of we might do this and we might do that and six months from now this could happen. So sign here. Okay.

[Joe Getty]

Sign here, initial here. All right. We're going to ignore it anyway. So let's see. Do I need to put the date yesterday? It's okay. Fine.

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Let's.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do we need a notary public? Somebody. Somebody call a notary public? Yeah. Anyway, more on that we can get into the supposed deal, I suppose. And a bunch of other stuff. SpaceX just bought a giant company that I'd never even heard of, which helped drive home the point that I have no idea what's going on in the world.

[Joe Getty]

There you go. You're not a high flying tech guy, are you?

[Jack Armstrong]

Apparently not.

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My goal hasn't changed. I've been laser focused on stopping these commie animals and I will stop them. If you think we uncovered a lot of fraud and evil in the campaign, just wait. We have some recordings of one your exalted candidates doing and saying something that would make her resign in shame. I was saving it for the general election. Go ahead and pick your demon certify your choice and then you get to see it. So, Karen Nithya, ask yourself, is it possible that one of your employees may have a recording of you doing or saying something that would force you to resign in disgrace?

[Jack Armstrong]

Spencer Pratt,

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go in World War three, full frontal assault. He's out of the election, but he is in it to stay for the disruption.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's the reality TV star running for mayor. Was running for mayor and Los Angeles, but did not make the top two. I don't know. I think this got a little rod to it. I hope it doesn't, but.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, desperation.

[Jack Armstrong]

You think he's actually got something? He's not just trying to have another go at being relevant?

[Joe Getty]

No, I. I bought it at face value. If I end up being the fool, then I will gladly.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope he has something.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it seemed very straightforward and sincere to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Hope you sleep well.

[Jack Armstrong]

He said Los Angeles had a good long look at their candidates and chose the current disaster and a communist as opposed to him. So I'm not sure what he's going to have that's going to damage that.

[Joe Getty]

To the point Karen Bass, the moderates, is a communist, right? A communist is clearly a communist.

[Jack Armstrong]

Communist light versus 100% hardcore 80 proof communist.

[Joe Getty]

How about this? Pretending to no longer be a communist versus openly communist.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good one.

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I'm supposed to do a blood draw today for physical and completely forgot to fast. Been drinking coffee like a fiend. Now I gotta put it off till tomorrow. Damn it.

[Joe Getty]

Anything in that coffee?

[Jack Armstrong]

No, but they told me nothing. They don't want me to take anything including coffee guns.

[Joe Getty]

Here's your dystopian hellscape headline of the day. World's leading expert in AI in detecting AI images says give up. Well, yeah, never mind.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've thought that from the beginning.

[Joe Getty]

Well, you're not the world's leading expert, Jack. I hate to humble you like that, but you're not. He is. Well, he was. Now he doesn't care.

[Jack Armstrong]

I just feel like it's obvious. It's just like any of the detection any of the detection software for figuring out whether somebody actually wrote a paper or not or pictures. No. Eventually, no. Yeah, because the AI is going. Is competing against itself, right?

[Joe Getty]

Right. And the AI is winning. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's lead story with Heather Myers. Heather, what's happening?

[Heather Myers]

Hey Joe and Jack, good morning. Let's talk about the story that's making headlines across every media outlet covered various different ways starting with CBS News. Trump says Netanyahu has to be more responsible with Lebanon. From Fox News, President Donald Trump delivering tough Talk at the G7 warned Iran to fully comply with the memorandum of understanding. And from Ms. Now Republicans are nervous Trump may have made a bad deal on Iran.

[Jack Armstrong]

Republicans are nervous again at turning it into partisan politics. Who gives a freaking crap about that? The goal is to not have a country that has been vowing to wipe Israel off the map and chanting death to America for my entire life. Keep them from having a nuclear weapon. That's the thing. Not what happens in the midterms in Kentucky's 6th district.

[Joe Getty]

I was just gonna ask how it would affect the midterms. Dang it.

[Heather Myers]

From CBS News this morning, FBI disrupts alleged plot targeting White House UFC event.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I want to hear more details about that. The fact that they were going to use a drone attack. That is the future.

[Joe Getty]

Arrests made in Cincinnati, that noted hotbed of extremism. Interesting.

[Heather Myers]

Scary. From NBC News, Gavin Newsom says DOJ is investigating him and his wife and blames Trump.

[Joe Getty]

Gavin's crooked. His wife is crooked. There's probably an investigation due, but I'm not taking as much delight in this as you might think. I will explain why in a little while.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, and he's also, while acting angry, loving it. They're investigating us.

[Karen Kilgariff]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

He thought as soon as he found out.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, maybe. Although, man, there are a lot of. A lot of loose ends there.

[Heather Myers]

From CNN, Mitch McConnell wants to be back on Capitol Hill after hospitalization.

[Co-host (possibly Joe or Jack's co-host)]

What?

[Jack Armstrong]

He's 108.

[Joe Getty]

He's older than the hills of Kentucky.

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[Heather Myers]

From NBC News, Vance calls childless. This cat lady's comment one of the dumbest things I've ever said.

[Jack Armstrong]

My God, that's resurfaced.

[Joe Getty]

See, I still agree with him.

[Jack Armstrong]

I do, too.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. I disagree. J.D.

[Jack Armstrong]

i'm on. I'm on his original side.

[Joe Getty]

Recant your recanting

[Heather Myers]

this one. Alarming for us here in California. Maui now says San Andreas fault reaches highest stress level in a thousand years.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, we needed something else to worry about.

[News Reporter]

The big one.

[Joe Getty]

San Andreas fault needs to get off social media. That's what's called causing all the stress.

[Jack Armstrong]

As long as it's anxiety, as long as it's not my fault, I'm okay.

[Joe Getty]

Don't count out the count up the likes. It'll just make you miserable.

[Heather Myers]

From News Nation, Stanford researchers say your body already makes an Ozempic alternative.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, it's not working.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I haven't seen a good one. I haven't seen the results to them.

[Heather Myers]

This is interesting. They say that your body makes a molecule, and when they injected this molecule into mice and pigs before a meal, it cut down their food intake by up to 50% within an hour.

[Joe Getty]

Well, I'm not making enough of them, apparently.

[Heather Myers]

We need more brp. News Nation says starter homes now cost a million dollars in 242 US cities.

[Co-host (possibly Joe or Jack's co-host)]

Wow. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a stat.

[Heather Myers]

And that's why the USA Today put out this headline. Young people are rejecting boomers view of the American Dream. Yeah, they say the American dream is now about preserving a quality of life that aligns with individual goals, values and personal personal fulfillment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anytime a headline includes the term American Dream, I am bound to be annoyed.

[Joe Getty]

I roll my eyes.

[Heather Myers]

Yes, Newsmax says half of parents track their adult kids location.

[Joe Getty]

We do our daughter but go ahead as you say.

[Heather Myers]

Finally this morning from the Babylon, the UFC fight ends abruptly as Trump brokers peace deal between the fighters.

[Joe Getty]

Ah, there you go boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

And one of them, one of them got a nuclear weapon. As more details of that terrorist plot come out, domestic terrorist plot come out, we'll bring them to you because it's really interesting. Mou the memorandum of agreement is supposedly out.

[Heather Myers]

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Celebrating Battle it's over. It is a win in every possible way for Cape verde in their first ever World cup game. A00DR. With the European champion, Spain.

[Jack Armstrong]

And that's why those of us who don't watch soccer, don't watch soccer. All that cheering because 90 minutes went by and nobody scored a single point.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, that's what makes it so amazing. The tension, the artistry, the beauty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not a single point scored in an hour and a half of soccer. Why did I come? Do I get my money back? Who do I speak to about getting my money back for this ticket?

[Joe Getty]

It was a defensive battle. It's an exquisite illustration of the art form. Oh, so guy was on the edge

[Jack Armstrong]

of my seat and nobody would think that in the NFL if it was 00. Boy, that was some great defense. Really glad I came.

[Joe Getty]

And I really shut down that offense completely. Both of them. First of all, the turf between the 30s, as they say.

[Jack Armstrong]

First of all, verde is a country.

[Joe Getty]

Verde. Okay, Ignoramus.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're ranked 98th in the world or something like that. And they, they died. And the European champion and didn't give up a goal against the number two team in the tournament, Spain. So for them, that's pretty exciting. But still, for an average soccer, Spain's gotta be pretty embarrassed.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, yeah. You know what it reminds me of? Peggy Noonan wrote this beautiful piece about how as we move toward our 250th birthday as a country, we should remember the movie Rocky, which came out that spring or early summer, several weeks before July 4th, and how it is such a great story about America and about how a loser and a bum who imagines a better life for himself finds a couple of people who care about him and he cares about them and he scratches and he claws and he has modest aims, but by God, he achieves them. And it's just, it's a beautiful American story. And, and it's just what this country is about. You can't forget that. And so Cape Verde was Rocky. Just go to distance. Just go to distance. They were saying to each other, you're right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Spain was Apollo Creed. Who was Burgess Meredith.

[Joe Getty]

I don't, I don't know. I can't find Cape Verde on a map. It's over in Africa somewhere. There's a cape. It's on the ocean.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll take your word for it.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, clearly everybody knows that.

[Co-host (possibly Joe or Jack's co-host)]

So.

[Jack Armstrong]

And then later, since we're talking about soccer, later we will talk about Merlin, the World cup duck, which has become a giant celebrity. It's a duck in a little soccer jersey wandering around the very.

[Joe Getty]

Better than a duck wearing human clothing. Plus, Freddy's the German is the toast of America. Yeah, I love this guy. Love him. And we'll talk about that as well. So on a much more serious note, as Brian Todd reports here on cnn, there's a hell of a terrorist attack uncovered in it would be terrorist attack uncovered in the nick of time this

[News Reporter]

week, federal officials have arrested multiple people who they say discussed plots to attack that UFC event at the White House on Sunday, including by using drones and by using gunmen. The official says a law enforcement team, including Secret Service and FBI personnel, uncovered messages, messages discussing this plot between multiple individuals. The FBI director, Kash Patel confirmed the arrests in a post on X this morning. Patel saying that the law enforcement effort to actually disrupt to thwart this allegedly planned plot was a quote, multi state operation and involved actors from outside the Washington D.C. area.

[Jack Armstrong]

Now, before we get into the clips that have some of the details which are really, really interesting, let me play this role for some of our listeners who I know are thinking this and I'm kind of half there myself, how many of the people involved in the plot were also FBI agents who may even have come up with the idea. That's what I would like to know.

[Joe Getty]

None.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right.

[Joe Getty]

Zero.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Wow, Michigan.

[Joe Getty]

Write your cynical, cynical emails to the cynical jack [e-mail] Half the people involved

[Jack Armstrong]

were in the FBI.

[Joe Getty]

Wow, what are you, 4chan now, all of a sudden? The bureau learned of the plot on June 10th. I remember the UFC fight was on the 14th. Executing a search warrant in Cincinnati, where the first arrest was made. Some of the alleged suspects traveled to Fredericksburg, Virginia on June 12th or 13th to make preparations for the attack.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did I see the number that 26 total people were involved?

[Joe Getty]

That's a lot of people. Upon investigating a suspect's iPhone, authorities found at least 23 users of an encrypted chat app signal involved in discussing parameters of what could have been a devastating terror attack in the heart of the nation's capital. Here are the alleged details.

[News Reporter]

Our law enforcement source said that this group of people discussed in messages attaching deadly payloads to drones in order to cause panic at the UFC event and then to use gunmen to shoot at the crowds. But it is not clear, this is an important detail here. It is not clear right now how far this group was in the planning before law enforcement became aware of these messages allegedly sent between these people.

[Jack Armstrong]

Now this is getting, because I got a bunch of TVs on, this is getting like no coverage. Is it because it would be an attack by lefties against Trump people? Is that why it's sympathetic toward Trump?

[Joe Getty]

Exactly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because I gotta believe if this broke, if this story broke and they were gonna attack a big Joe Biden Kamala Harris event and kill a whole bunch of Democrats at the White House. Well, it should, it should make the news no matter who it is, of course, but I'm not seeing it anywhere other than Fox.

[Joe Getty]

Can you imagine if it was the opening of the Obama library in Chicago? Oh, yeah, Klingon prison as it's been describ. Oh, I actually don't think it's that bad. But you know, my part of my offense to your offensive suggestion was that that was the Biden administration and their out of control FBI that was targeting everybody to the right of Mitt Romney. And I don't, I don't think that's probably happening right now, but we'll see, we'll let this play out. But you're right, it should be an enormous story. I mean, unless it was a bunch of yahoos who didn't even have a Gun. But I find that unlikely in the US of A.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you know, we'll get more details. Were they just talking about drones or did they actually have drones that they had, you know, spent the time and money on to try to pull this thing off Again? That's coming as a common attack. Robbing a bank instead of a school shooter. It's going to be somebody with a drone that's coming.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, good Lord. Wow. Wow. What do you think of J.D. vance's take on this stuff?

[Political Analyst]

This is very, very dark stuff. And unfortunately we're talking about this a little bit off camera, but this is what happens when people turn the rhetoric up so loud that disagreeing with somebody is a cause for violence. That's the place that we've come to, unfortunately, with too much of our political rhetoric. We gotta tell everybody to tone it down. And I hate to say this, but it's true. You see more political violence and violent rhetoric coming from the left than the right these days. Everybody has a role to cut this stuff out. But I think a lot of my Democratic colleagues in Washington have got to look themselves in the mirror and say, why is so much of this political violence coming from our side of the spectrum? Maybe they can do something different.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think he's right. But I continue to say I believe this, jd. It's never gonna end until we start calling out our own sides. You call out conservatives, Democrats gotta call out Democrats. That's the only way we'll ever get out of this. As long as we stay in the. The other side does it more, Cam. Well, it'll never end.

[Joe Getty]

Right, Right. Yeah, I would agree. And I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Too much money to be made. Don't forget politics. Government is a for profit enterprise and there's tremendous amount of profit at stake.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, for him to not throw in there. What show was he on as he was talking there? Does anybody know Fox and fans? Okay. He was on Fox and Friends. For him not to throw in there. And there's way too many people on our side that talk about violence for him to not include that. That you just. We got to call out our own sides or we're never going to get anywhere. The other side's worse. That's that whole race to the bottom thing, because then it justifies anything.

[Rob Gronkowski]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Very frustrating.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Well, yeah, I, I guess I would suggest since that's never going to happen, we need to find a different strategy. But you're pining for it is lovely. It really is. If Only, you know, it's, it's. Yeah, go ahead.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm as optimistic as Merlin, the World cup duck.

[Joe Getty]

There he is there, the great Merlin. The thing that keeps me going in the midst of discussions like we've just had, is that we as a country have moved through several periodic spasms of violence where it was embraced and it was widespread. And then everybody's like, that's stupid. And we stopped.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't quite get this. That's 100% true, but I don't quite get this as a, like good news situation. We're about to go through a long period of tremendous political violence in which many people will die and be afraid. But it's happened before and we've come out the other side. Oh, okay, good. Then I won't worry about it.

[Joe Getty]

Try not to get shot or have your fingers blown off. God born. Yeah, I know it's, it's dark. The fact that it's happened before is not.

[Jack Armstrong]

That doesn't, doesn't help a whole lot.

[Joe Getty]

And so called right wing violence is a tiny, tiny shadow of the left wing militancy we're seeing in our schools, our universities, our graduate schools, and all the young brainwashed kids getting churned out of there. They are all coming hard with left wing violence. I've got a. Yes, I'll call out my own. All political violence is abhorrent, including right wingy violence. But it's just that it's, it's a way unbalanced scale.

[Jack Armstrong]

I got a great thing I just came across about the Cultural Revolution in Chinese China, which I was mentioning yesterday. How angry people get at me in my cyber truck because they hate Elon Musk so much and how I believe that if they saw me being beaten, they'd be happy about it. I really believe that. Based on how angry they are. Yes, they're insane in the brain and that's coming, that sort of thing.

[Joe Getty]

When, when you spend all your time and your again, your educational establishment teaching people that people, other people who disagree with you are not wrong, misguided, or see the world differently, they are evil. They are evil people who will kill you and your children. Well, that would excuse violence. If people believe it and people believe it, stop teaching it. That's what we need to do.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll get to that Cultural Revolution stuff later. It's really interesting. We got to do the whole Gavin Newsom man, the video he put out yesterday. Is he loving this or what? But this is fantastic news for him.

[Joe Getty]

He won't love it when he's wearing manacles. Huh?

[Jack Armstrong]

Manacles.

[Joe Getty]

Shuffling his way to the prison bus.

[Jack Armstrong]

You'll be at that El Salvador, pushing. Rather pushing your head down. He's in the white T shirt.

[Joe Getty]

If there's any justice, he will be. That's right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, we got mailbag on the way. Next. Stay here.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

domestic terrorist attack being thwarted is not making any news since it is known now that they were targeting capitalist elites, billionaires and anybody who received received AIPAC money. Okay, well who does that sound like?

[Joe Getty]

Absolutely clear. Wow. At least. Yeah, a couple of dozen or more users of Signal discussing this attack against capitalist elites.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, Billionaires.

[Joe Getty]

Anybody who takes money from Jews.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, and the billionaire class. That is 100% the Bernie AOC crowd. So no, Donnie.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's the Islamist crowd. I'm telling you, they're coming. And when they come, you'll wish you'd listen to me. Well, you're listening to me right now. He realizes. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day sent along by Justin from Woodland. Beautiful Woodland California guys. In an effort to sound fancy, I thought I'd share this quote from. Can you help me there?

[Jack Armstrong]

Thucydides.

[Joe Getty]

Thucydides. I knew I would stumble over it and I did. Who in turn is quoting a Spartan king? The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's interesting.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I had to read that twice to really pick up on it. The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. And I was meditating on this and I've had the privilege through the years of knowing a number of folks of high level in our nation's military, as has Jack. A handful of generals and admirals in my case. And every single one of them was absolutely brilliant. I mean impressively smart. And you know, I bring up geopolitical issues and their knowledge was tremendous. That's what he's talking about. Our warriors must be scholars and our scholars must not be limp wristed cowards. Anyway, think about it. If you like or don't, mailbag or don't drop us a Note mailbag. @armstrongandgetty.com Diane, formerly of San Jose now in Colorado, writes, I listen four hours every day. Yesterday Jack said the funniest line this year when you were talking about the European fans loving the flyovers at soccer games, Jack said, mine, your p's and Q's. Those are bummers for a reason. Reason I fell on the floor laughing my ass off. Thank you Jack for making my year. I found it militaristic, bombastic, autistic and simplistic. How about this from mj, who is signs off attempting to parent without AI in Tennessee. Thanks for the laugh, guys. Had this to the bank during my driving with my 3 year old son, Jasper. That's good name.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a cool name.

[Joe Getty]

That's a great name. Traffic was getting hectic and we were cut off. I had to slam on my brakes. I yelled out loud, God, you freaking moron, get off the damn road. My son, of course, now calls out to all drivers. Merging or driving closer than usual, thick and moan.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Joe Getty]

He's beautiful. Of course, dad and I had a heart to heart about nice words and not nice words. Of course, moron topped the list along with several others he had unfortunately picked up on the drive to a birthday party across the way. I put the radio on, but my son asked for Jack and Joe. Good boy. Put on an older episode, blah, blah, blah. However, when segwaying from hour one to hour two, Jack said, stay tuned, there's more on the way. Jasper immediately said, jack, that's not a nice word. Don't say moan. Oh, that's sweet.

[Jack Armstrong]

When you see your kids mirroring your behavior, it can be charming, it can be uplifting, it can be horrifying.

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Depending on the behavior they're mirroring.

[Joe Getty]

Mirroring indeed. Yeah. Yeah. Christo and Reno love this. On the topic of Elon envy, I too am dumbfounded by the response of some people in thinking that when Elon makes money, they somehow lose money. I want to challenge them and ask them if at some point in their lives their plans to colonize Mars didn't succeed because Elon sold their idea. Or ask them if their plans to build the most innovative EV on the planet many years ago didn't take off because Elon got there first and stole it. Or asked them if their plans to put neural control devices into human brains was so close. But gosh darn it, Elon somehow beat them to it. And he goes on, he cites the boring company. All of this points to the fact that of all people, Elon Musk has created new industries, entirely new pathways to

[Political Analyst]

wealth,

[Jack Armstrong]

and paid tons of taxes and will continue to.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah, astounding amounts of taxes. Yeah, I would agree. And then, let's see. This is pilot Bob from the blah, beautiful Los Altos Hills. Oh, he's a friend of Armstrong and Getty. Over 25 years.

[TNA Wrestling Announcer]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Thanks Bob. Totally agree that Elon deserves every penny of his trillion dollar net worth and his insight and big risks warrant large payouts. Just remember that Elon cashed in big on zero emissions vehicle credits. California and other states forced manufacturers to build a certain percentage of their fleets as EVs. If car company think GM did not produce that percentage, they'd be limited to how many cars they could sell in those states. The percentage grows every year, etc. Since Tesla makes 100% EVs, they were allowed to sell their excesses as credits on the open market to these other companies since the credits were bankruptcy. Tesla sold lots of credits in the early years, et cetera, et cetera. That was all Democrat led government regulation. Is Elon supposed to say I'm not taking those credits, I'm not going to sell those credits? I don't believe it. He'd be a fool. Please. You know, I've got some more great email. Maybe we'll sprink it in later. Sprinkle it in later. Throughout the day there's a lot to talk about.

[Jack Armstrong]

England banning social media for anybody under 16 is an interesting idea. I don't know how they're going to enforce it. And what do they mean and what do they mean by social media? That's a pretty broad term.

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Plus Freddie the German and Merlin the Duck Fun at the World Cup. Stay with us

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She starts dating Howard Hughes and in fact she helps him design a faster plane. So she finds the fastest bird and the fastest fish and sketches out a drawing of what the two would look like as a plane. And that becomes the plane that we know today. And he calls her a genius.

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