Cuba is a Headfake, Look-out Greenland!!!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "Cuba is a Headfake, Look-out Greenland!!!"
Date: May 22, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This special Memorial Day weekend episode of "Armstrong & Getty On Demand" combines the pair's trademark irreverent political analysis with holiday banter. The main theme revolves around the shifting landscape in American and global politics, particularly focusing on the so-called “Cuba headfake” — a satirical metaphor for political distractions — and urging listeners to “look out, Greenland!” The hosts dig deep into ongoing American political tumult, Trump’s controversial $2 billion fund, the war with Iran, the collapse of party loyalty in the U.S., and the implications of AI and demographic decline. Interspersed with these are light-hearted studio shenanigans, pop culture riffs, and reflections on the week's major headlines.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Memorial Day, Studio Antics & Mood Setting

• [01:13-02:10]
  The show opens in a playful mood, with Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty joking about barbecuing indoors for Memorial Day (and suffering from lack of ventilation). Jack sports a loud floral shirt, drawing good-natured ribbing:
  • "Jack wearing an unusually colorful floral shirt today." – Joe Getty [02:34]

2. “Cuba is a Headfake, Look Out Greenland!”: Political Satire

• [01:44-02:24]
  The titular joke is a riff on political distractions and red herrings ("We thought they were going for Cuba, and they just snatched Greenland... we could snatch the entire population of the country."). It's a satirical swipe at the spectacle-driven nature of politics.

3. American Political Upheaval: Trump, Republicans, & "Impeach Pie"

• [05:07–07:50, 19:18–21:23]
  • The hosts discuss Trump’s controversial $2 billion fund and intra-party Republican unrest.
  • Trump’s move against loyalist John Cornyn and support for "half a crackpot Ken Paxton" is seen as unprecedented and destabilizing.
  • "You don't do that in politics to a sitting senator, an incumbent who’s been perfectly loyal but not like bootlicky enough." – Joe Getty [06:14]
  • Both criticize the "stinking" political maneuverings that have been ongoing for over a decade [07:13].
  • The issue of potentially using the $2B fund to reward January 6th defendants is raised. The hosts caution against outrage until such payouts actually happen [07:50].

4. Political Disillusionment & Rise of Independents

• [09:25–10:17]
  • Noting that, as of last year, more Americans identify as independents than as Republicans or Democrats for the first time ever.
  • "That seems like fertile ground for something quite different to happen." – Jack Armstrong [09:49]

5. The Democratic “Autopsy”, Biden, Kamala Harris, and 2024 Retrospective

• [04:26, 16:44–18:01]
  • The major political story on cable news and YouTube is the Democratic post-election "autopsy" dissecting why the party performed poorly.
  • Joe Getty laments the “absurdity” of Biden's apparent senility and Kamala Harris being a “hilariously terrible candidate," with Trump likely to beat her [17:01].
  • There is a reflection on how American politics now resembles a national reality TV show.

6. Iran War, Oil & Secret Crypto Funding via Binance

• [05:06, 18:01–21:23, 20:18–21:23, 32:59–33:23]
  • The hosts critique media coverage that relegates the Iran war’s impact to a mere footnote to gas prices. "Every day the lead story should be the war on Iran," Jack insists [04:26].
  • Breaking Wall Street Journal news: Billions are being funneled to Iran’s military through the crypto company Binance, potentially undermining sanctions and prolonging the conflict.
  • "If Iran has a lifeline of money, that changes the whole calculation on this war." – Jack Armstrong [20:48]
  • The hosts note the Trump family’s financial ties to Binance further muddy the political waters [18:56–19:25].

7. Economic & Social Angst: AI, Demographics, & UBI

• [31:09–32:59, 34:12–37:34]
  • The looming impact of AI on employment is debated. Listeners question how and when universal basic income (UBI) comes into play as jobs are lost to automation [36:24–37:19].
  • The decline in U.S. birth rates and sperm counts is flagged as a slow-rolling “catastrophe.” The hosts muse on the lack of public or academic urgency around the issue [27:54].
  • "Just from a purely biological standpoint, it's catastrophic." – Joe Getty [27:24]

8. Pop Culture Tangents: Colbert’s Last Show & Lobster Picking

• [14:42–16:29, 12:01–12:55]
  • Stephen Colbert’s emotional farewell is recounted, notably the “fake Pope” skit and Paul McCartney as final guest.
  • The hosts joke about the experience of picking lobsters from a restaurant tank [12:01].

9. Social Commentary: The Manosphere, Porn, Dating, and Masculinity

• [25:44–26:50]
  • Dissects how social anxieties around male body image (“the manosphere”) and declining male virility, potentially due to porn, are not sufficiently discussed in mainstream culture.
  • “Every woman’s talking about it... Isn’t that crazy?” – Jack Armstrong [26:22]

10. Listener Mailbag: Homelessness Policy & Work Incentives

• [35:04–39:34]
  • Listener stories highlight unintended consequences of California homeless assistance for students, raising questions about work incentives and fairness [39:12].
  • “Lefties always assume that everybody will...try their hardest at everything if you just give them enough money.” – Jack Armstrong [39:12]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Political Distraction & “Headfakes”

  • "We thought they were gone for Cuba, and they just snatched the leader of Greenland... We could snatch the entire population of the country." – Jack Armstrong [02:10]

• On Internal GOP Fractures

  • “You don't do that in politics to a sitting senator, an incumbent who's been perfectly loyal but not like bootlicky enough.” – Joe Getty [06:14]

• On American Disillusionment

  • "That seems like fertile ground for something quite different to happen." – Jack Armstrong [09:49]

• On Iran War & Sanctions Loopholes

  • "If Iran has a lifeline of money, that changes the whole calculation on this war." – Jack Armstrong [20:48]

• On Social Change and Biology

  • "Just from a purely biological standpoint, it's catastrophic." – Joe Getty [27:24]

• On Masculinity & Modern Dating

  • "If you bring it up to a group full of single women...every woman's talking about [men who can't get an erection, often from too much porn]." – Jack Armstrong [26:22]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:44-02:24: "Cuba is a headfake" set-up/banter
• 05:07-07:50: Trump’s $2 billion fund, GOP in-fighting, and political stench
• 09:25-10:17: Rise of Independents and collapse of party loyalty
• 16:44-18:01: Media fixation on DNC “autopsy”; Biden-Harris-Trump absurdity
• 18:01–21:23; 32:59–33:23: Iran war, Binance crypto scandal, and what it means for Trump and global conflict
• 27:22–28:38: Demographic and sperm count crisis
• 34:04–35:04: Bezos vs. left-wing tax critics (tease for a later segment)
• 35:04–39:12: Listener mailbag: universal basic income, homelessness, and incentives

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Episode Takeaways

• The American political system is in a period of extraordinary instability, with both major parties facing internal revolts and the public shifting toward independence.
• Trump’s recent strategies and financial maneuvers have alienated even loyal Republicans, raising odds of further impeachment drama.
• Geopolitically, the Iran war and crypto-sanctions scandal have potentially massive impacts both abroad and at home — threatening both strategic aims and domestic political careers.
• The intersection of AI-driven economic change and demographic crisis looms large for America’s future, with traditional narratives about work, welfare, and masculinity all under stress.
• The show balances serious analysis with satire, self-deprecating humor, and pop culture irreverence — all delivered in the freewheeling, rapid-fire style fans expect from Armstrong & Getty.

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Transcript

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Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

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Here.

[Jack Armstrong]

A special Memorial Day weekend live from Studio Z.

[Joe Getty]

See, senor, I don't know about putting

[Jack Armstrong]

these little grills in here that we got because we got no windows, we got no ventilation, and the briquettes are starting to get white.

[Joe Getty]

And I got a really bad headache, but I can only see out of one eye.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ready to throw the burgers and hot dogs on, but I think we need ventilation in here. Anyway. Live from this smoky room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong, you get a communications compound. And today we are toiling under the

[Joe Getty]

title of the show, Cuba's a Head fake. Look out, Greenland.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or

[Joe Getty]

that's funny, if you prefer. Who wants a nice slice of impeach pie?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, geez.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, Jesus. Right? Oh, golly gee. Whoa. I'm telling you, the moment the midterms are over,

[Jack Armstrong]

Cuba's a head fake. Watch out, Greenland.

[Joe Getty]

That's funny.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, damn. We thought they were gone for Cuba, and they just snatched the leader of Greenland. And it's 35,000 people. We could snatch the entire population of the country.

[Joe Getty]

Right. What's the point?

[Jack Armstrong]

Put them on one aircraft carrier and take them away from the country.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you're looking festive. Look at you getting in the spirit.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's Memorial Day weekend and they had a sale at J. Crew, so it all comes together.

[Joe Getty]

Jack wearing an unusually colorful floral shirt today.

[Jack Armstrong]

It might be too much. Is it too much, Michael? Yes, it's loud.

[Joe Getty]

In a word, yes. I don't know. It's festive. It's not typical of you and your style.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, it is not. That's the problem. As our old newsman Rick Stewart, the late Rick Stewart would have said. Does that come with a Volume control.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is a loud.

[Joe Getty]

Working with Liberace.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is a loud shirt. Wow, that's funny. Any who. How y' all doing? So which direction I want to go here? Trying to figure, figure out my own mood. What I'm willing to talk about. How about this? Death. Death is actually better than talking. Death is easier to talk about than impeachment. For me, I'd rather talk about everybody's impending death than impeachment. So that NASCAR driver dying, I think the reason that's getting so much attention is not that NASCAR is so huge or that many people knew who he was. It's just, wait a second. A really healthy 41 year old felt bad like a week ago and is now dead. What the hell? That. That's what the. That's what's grabbing everybody. Not, you know, some NASCAR fans. It's a really big deal. Kyle Busch, he was a big star in nascar. But no, I don't, I didn't know who he was, but when I heard, wait a second, he started feeling bad like a week ago. Then he's dead.

[Joe Getty]

He won a race last week.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, right. And then. And then called in. We probably have the sound, although it seems a little grim to me of him. Him. The call into the. Hey, is the doctor still around? I really need to see him after the race. They've got the audio of like, why, what were you feeling? What was going on? I think that's what list.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, list your symptoms. Flu like symptoms and a mild headache. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I hope that comes out because that's a weird story. Goodness sakes. I was watching my favorite news show that is on YouTube yesterday afternoon, and the host of that show, Mark Halperin, was saying the only thing anybody wants to talk about in my world, which is politics, is this democratic autopsy that came out and he said, that's fine, but that's like the fifth story and like way down the list of other things that we should be talking about. He says every day the lead story should be the war on Iran. I think so too. Even if there's not much to report on it, it should be because we're at war with a major country.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And like I've been saying, how do you do the gas prices story as the lead story and then say, because of the war in Iran. Anyway, here's a woman saying, I don't know if I can go to grandma's this weekend. It's all because of the war in Iran. Anywho, the other story is he was saying what you were alluding to in one of your titles is this whole Trump $2 billion fund thing is a huge story and you've got some big time Republicans just in the last 24 hours that have come out and said, no, no, no, no, no, this can't happen.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I was tempted to go fairly political in one of the titles of the show today, but I thought you would rebel and yell and whine, what's on my shirt?

[Jack Armstrong]

Look at my shirt.

[Joe Getty]

I totally misjudged you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is this the shirt that wants to talk about impeachment? This is a party shirt.

[Joe Getty]

Right, Clearly. But what I was going to point out was that there are a handful of moves that Trump's made recently that quite a number of Republicans are pretty uncomfortable with, as you are alluding to. And he just successfully primaried Bill Cassidy in Louisiana, who's got months and months to serve, and he just came out against John Cornyn of Texas, who's been a loyal Trump senator and very cooperative and blah, blah, blah, in favor of half a crackpot Ken Paxton. And Cornyn is understandably, really upset about it. You don't do that in politics to a sitting senator, an incumbent who's been perfectly loyal but not like bootlicky enough. And so there's two more. There are two more votes that if things look a little hairy, you think Cassidy's gonna stick his neck out for Trump. They only had a three senator majority. Then you got the other moderates, Susan Collins, blah, blah, blah, Lame duckitude could be starting early. That was what the title of the show is going to refer to.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you know, and then, you know, to the extent you care about the president being a lame duck, but the whole $2 billion fund, what he's going to do with that, what the hell

[Joe Getty]

is quite the thing. Oh yeah, yeah, it stinks. It's the further extension of the stinking that has taken place over the last 16 years or so. I'm really looking forward into reading a scholarly piece about it, but it was long and I thought, nah, I don't have time. But yeah, left, right and center, people are saying, no, no, we, this can't, we can't do this. And the inoculation that Todd Blanche has gotten the entire Trump family against any tax investigations that are like, have already just, that's, that stinks too.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, what's Trump gonna use that $2 billion fund for? Every Trump hating media outlet talks about the January 6th protesters getting big checks. That hasn't happened yet. So I don't necessarily see the need to pretend that it has happened and then talk about how awful it was until it happens, because maybe it won't happen. Maybe that's not on his mind. But I did see on the news,

[Joe Getty]

Red Lobster is closing the first look.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did everybody hear Jimmy Fallon or am I having whatever Kyle Busch had?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy, is that one of the signs?

[Jack Armstrong]

I think so. You hear late night talk show hosts.

[Joe Getty]

Yikes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Speaking of which, we'll have some Colbert for you because it was his last show and Trump hating media acted like that was a very, very big deal, even though he had 2 million viewers. A TV show goes off the air that has 2 million viewers. All right, enlist you like a hundred TV shows that have 2 million viewers that went off the air and went off the air. Nobody would mention. But anywho, what was I talking about? I don't even remember. What are we talking about? Oh, I saw the, one of the leaders of the proud boys who stormed the Capitol and beat cops with sticks and stuff like that, talking about how he's suing for $10 million. So if Trump goes ahead and gives him $10 million and then they had the particular cop, we've all seen the video Back from January6, who was getting his head crushed in the door and screaming, somebody saved my life. Yeah. Saying, I, that's outrageous. I am going to countersue if that guy's going to get $10 million. So. So it could get very spicy around that time.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was also reading just a couple of minutes ago about how sizable minorities, but large minorities of both political parties are very unhappy with their party, which is not surprising. There's definitely great unrest and tumult in the wind, politically speaking, which there ought to be.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe that's the, the way to look at that. That whole thing is as of last year, I think it was middle of last year that for the first time ever there were more people declaring themselves independent rather than Republican or Democrat because they didn't want to be associated with either party. First time ever. That, that's, you know, that seems like fertile ground for something quite different to happen.

[Joe Getty]

Perhaps.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it might take a while, but certainly seems like something could happen.

[Joe Getty]

I was at an assembly of learned gentlemen just last night at a table that I would say was 80% conservative. And geopolitics and politics in general came up, which was fine. It was very civilized. But when the topic of the President of the United States came up among this 80%, you know, conservative Republican crew, there were a lot of eye rolls and shakes. The, the bloom is definitely off the rose. The rose so colorfully depicted on Jack's shirt. Among other floral, you know, manifestations. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

As I can see myself in the monitor where we get cameras in here. It's. It's too much. This shirt is too much. I might be better off going bare chested. Michael. Wait. Now I might take.

[Joe Getty]

Do we have a vote?

[Jack Armstrong]

And just go bare chested.

[Joe Getty]

That's a close call. Move, watch, move, watch. Whoop, whoop.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think it is a close call. All right, let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Friday, May 22, the year 2026, where Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

Let's begin officially then, according to FCC rules, regulations. Here we go at Mark. Red Lobster is closing the first location they ever opened back in 1970. Right now there's a 56 year old lobster hiding in the back of the tank going, oh my God, I actually made it. You gotta be good. How to be kidding me?

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, that's a pretty good joke.

[Joe Getty]

That's a very silly joke, but I enjoyed it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Thank God I made it.

[Joe Getty]

But thank you, Lily. Because he's a Northeastern, because he's a lobster, so of course he talked like this, right? Oh my God, I made it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have you ever picked out your lobster from a tank at a restaurant?

[Joe Getty]

I have indeed. It's been a long time, but yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And is. Is there because like if. If I'm at one of those fancy steak places where you pick out a steak, I kind of have an idea what I'm looking for for a steak. Although I'm probably wrong, but I have no idea if I was looking at a lobster. How do you. How do you choose which lobster? By looking at them.

[Joe Getty]

I was a hungry young man at the time, so I'm pretty certain I just picked the biggest one. Whether that's good lobster picking technique or not, I have no idea. You just point to it or do you actually put your hand in the tank and pull it out? I've never done it, so I don't know. The. The fella was lobster plucking for me.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've never done it before either. I think you just stick your arm in there, you roll up your sleeve so you don't get your shirt wet and then you stick your arm in there and grab the lobster.

[Joe Getty]

I was looking at the tank and one gave me a look. I didn't like it all, so I said that one.

[Jack Armstrong]

Then you hold it up to the light and look underneath it and thump it like a melon and see if it's a lobster.

[Joe Getty]

Squeeze it for ripeness.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, exactly. All right, we've got some headlines to get to. We got clips of the week today, all on the way. Stay right here.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Welcome to a special Memorial Day weekend episode of the Armstrong and Getty show, which is just like the other episodes, except I'm wearing a floral shirt and we're barbecuing hot dogs in the studio. I did not watch the final Stephen Colbert last night. Maybe I'll watch parts of it on YouTube, which is the way most people watch those shows. Anyway, a couple of interesting things though. I did see the There's a funny bit about There were a lot of rumors that Colbert's final guest would be the Pope Colbert, a very devout Catholic and he talks about it on the show a lot. And anytime he had a guest on who was also Catholic, they'd Have. They'd do a who's the most Catholic quiz where they'd answer trivia questions and stuff like that. So he made a big deal out of his Catholicism. And so there was a rumor that he was going to have the Pope as the final guest. And then. That's good rumor. And then they acted like he was and built up like he was. And then they. He introduces the Pope. And then the critic, the cue card guy, said, we have a problem. The Pope won't come out of his dressing room, something like that. And then they have a fake pope shaking his fist in the dressing room, something like that. So then the last guest was actually Paul McCartney. And Paul McCartney gave him a big signed photo of the Beatles at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where they debuted, you know, and changed music in America. Everything way back in the mid-60s, because that's the Ed Sullivan Theater where the Colbert show was, which is a pretty cool gift.

[Joe Getty]

You want to hear something funny? I had to be reminded that the Ed Sullivan show was at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

Mm.

[Joe Getty]

Well, it could have been named after him, I guess. Anyway, back to you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyhow, I didn't see this. I read this that Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello sang hello, Goodbye at the end of the show and that it's really, really great. So.

[Joe Getty]

Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe look for that if you're into that sort of thing.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, man.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm going through the news and everything. I just. I just don't know. I got. I got a floral shirt on. I smell hot dogs. I see a three day weekend coming. I just, I can't. I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

I. I'm looking at various news outlets that I trust and treasure, and a lot of them are leading with that DNC election autopsy. Well, I know.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what I was saying. Mark. Mark Copper could not understand why that. That's the lead story. It's got to be that the it. Our number one TV show in America thing, that's part of it.

[Joe Getty]

But I also just think the absurdity of it. The whole Biden is senile and everybody knows it and everybody's making these implausible denials. Kamala Harris is a hilariously terrible candidate. Donald Trump, who emerged from the January 6 fracas with miserable approval ratings on both sides of the aisle, looks like he may beat her. He does beat her. It's just there's so much absurdity there. I think people, there's. I feel a certain excitement when I hear that we get to go over it again.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, yeah. All those things in our most Our favorite TV show of the last several years. You know, it's like when we used to all the whole country watched American Idol there for a couple of seasons. Everybody watched presidential elections for a couple of seasons. And oh, wow, we have kind of

[Joe Getty]

like a reunion show and 2024 was a very special episode of American politics.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, no kidding. Exactly.

[Joe Getty]

Absurdity, hilarity, tragedy.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll have some of the highlights from the big so called Democratic autopsy report on the 2024 election. Coming up a little bit later. Couple of different things. Headlines. Wall Street Journal's got an exclusive. The secret payment network that's funneling billions into Iran's military. And that's pretty big.

[Joe Getty]

I haven't read the whole story. I just read like, thank you very much. And it is so bad for Trump.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, yeah, obviously. So if it's true and our whole plan is, well, we're starving. We're starving the country by blockading them and they're losing a half a billion dollars a day and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. If the military is getting billions of dollars, then they can hang on as long as they want to, right?

[Joe Getty]

Well, it's worse than that. It's way worse than that because it's all run through Binance, which is the cryptocurrency company that sounded like the word

[Jack Armstrong]

finance, but it started with a B.

[Joe Getty]

You clever boy. You caught right on. Anyway, so. So that is the company whose CEO Trump pardoned and Binance partnered with the Trump meme coin to make zillions of dollars for the Trump family. It's all the same company and guy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. And I'm not sure I'm following all this. You'll have to explain this whole thing in deep detail, but the end result being the Iranian military is getting billions of dollars.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Yeah. And Binance will be a name everybody knows the moment the first impeachment begins.

[Jack Armstrong]

Really?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah. 100%.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Okay, this is not a good story of ugly. We need to go big on this. Then is right. We got a lot for you. Hope you can stick around. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Before we get to the Armstrong and Getty Friday classic clips of the week. So I'm reading through that Wall Street Journal exclusive about the money being funneled to Iran through this crypto company. We'll have to talk more about that. You're, you're interested in the Trump's in trouble part? I'm only interested in the what's this due to the war in Iran part.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I'm interested in both.

[Jack Armstrong]

Holy crap.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's an enormous story.

[Jack Armstrong]

If Iran has a lifeline of money, that changes the whole calculation on this war.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And I was also reading how there's a great deal of disagreement over how far they are from tank top, I think is the term they use in the industry to say they can't steer, they can't store any more oil. Some, some are still saying, oh, it's only days. Others saying, oh no, they're like it, 60%. They've got weeks and weeks worth. So nobody's really sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, Trump said two days, two weeks ago. Then there were other entities saying months, so.

[Joe Getty]

Right. Yeah. Yeah, so we'll talk about that. The big Binance story coming up in a couple of minutes. And there is a fair amount of negative news. But, you know, I don't want anybody to get the ide that I'm excited about this or happy about any of it. In fact, I'm quite the opposite because I was just looking at the effort to eliminate fraud from all these giant government programs. My God, how overdue is this? How great is it? And they are having some real success. This is the sort of crap that only Trump is going to aggressively take on, I think. And I just, when he screws up, to my mind it's regret. It's not that I'm rooting for him to fail. It's quite the opposite. If only we could eliminate the negative stuff. The positive stuff could be fantastic. But, you know, I don't know, you get the president you vote for or something. Anyway, let's take a fond look back at the week that was its cow clips of the week. The President says that the US Military is ready to go.

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He claims he was planning to launch a new attack on Iran tomorrow, but

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changed his mind an hour away. Trump backed Ed Gal Ryan, defeated Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie. Thomas Massie is a terrible congressman. He's been a terrible congressman from day one. I had to call my opponent and Concede. And it took a while to find Ed Galran in Tel Aviv. When I say that I want billionaire

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Zionists in prison, that does not mean I want Jews in internment camps.

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Three people are dead, including a security guard at the largest mosque in San Diego after authorities say two teenage gunmen opened fire.

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His children are better off without him. They need to learn to not be like their dad and enjoy the blood money. Kid Beth rocks your teeth. You can't succeed without teeth.

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Bath. The president's settlement also creates a nearly 1.8 billion doll fund. We're trying to give money, not give money. We're trying to compensate people. People were destroyed, they went to jail. Their families were ruined. If we ran Amazon, the way New York City runs their school system. Right. Your packages would take six weeks to arrive. We'd have to charge you a hundred dollar delivery fee. Time magazine selected its person of the year for 2025. And it would this time it was the architects of artificial Intelligence. Interesting. The part of you that knows what the chord should sound like will always notice it will not let you go. Life won't be right until it is tuned. Trust what your heart hears and is telling you about your song.

[Jack Armstrong]

Raul.

[Joe Getty]

Looking for the arm. And already the arm. It's over. Mamma mia.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is just incredible. Five on four, Wemby's gonna pull a deep three.

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Oh. Oh, Mol. My goodness.

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It's clips of the week.

[Jack Armstrong]

There you go. What a week. There is some interesting stuff in there we've talked a lot about and we'll talk more about. Reminded me that horrifying mosque shooting. And we really try to stay away from, and wish all media would stay away from reading the manifestos from these murderous lunatics because that's what they want. There's one, There's. Here's one line that's interesting though, from the murderous loser who then killed himself. Kill yourself first. Do it in reverse. Don't take innocent people with you, you losers. The one guy was really short, I guess, and he wrote, being short, especially now more than ever, is nothing short of a torturous humiliation ritual. So he was upset about being a short guy in the world. One of the things he lashed out about, which fits in with what we've been talking about. It's just. It's people who are miserable who pick a topic to aim their misery at and act like that's the reason.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Often that's a topic that they latched onto just a few weeks before. A few months. Yeah. It's that smacks to me of somebody who is kind of obsessed with the. The manosphere looks, mass maxing or whatever, that if you're not big, strong and attractive to women, you're worthless. And blah, blah, blah, to point that you ought to tap your face with a hammer. Good lord.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which as a guy who's out in the single world, I can tell you is not what women are talking about. What they're talking about is they can't find men who don't watch video games all the time, like, as a focus of their lives and can get an erection that seems. That seems to be like the two things women are looking for the most.

[Joe Getty]

Bingo and bango.

[Jack Armstrong]

How about a little bongo? Have the ability to get an erection because many men don't anymore because of watching too much porn, which is crazy. I don't understand why this isn't a bigger topic. It's a big topic in the dating world. I mean, if you bring it up to a group full of single women and these, you know, I'm in from women of the all over, the age of 40, it's like, yeah, every. Every woman's talking about it. Isn't that crazy?

[Joe Getty]

That is crazy. Yeah. I'm not in that world.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, wow. And I was just reading a long scholarly piece about the declining birth rates around the world and how, you know, it's probably a stew of at least four major factors, maybe five or six. And. But it's. It's catastrophic. I mean, in terms of. Maybe you think the world is overpopulated with human beings and you're not particularly concerned about.

[Jack Armstrong]

Pardon me, I don't.

[Joe Getty]

You're not particularly concerned with economic growth. I think you would be if you understood how modern governments work. But just from a purely biological standpoint, it's catastrophic. It is endangered Panda posters on every schoolroom. Catastrophic and extraordinary. And again, I think the five or six factors that people are citing that we could go through are perfectly legitimate, but nobody's sure to what extent each one is significant. The rest of it, but it's just from a pure biological standpoint, it's. It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, surprising to me that the, the drop in sperm count among males that started in the 70s, I think early 70s and is. Has been huge, like went for decades without anybody talking about it. Seems like it would be. Seems like you would cancel practically everything else at the university to figure out

[Joe Getty]

why this is happening. Is that. And I don't mean to be paranoid. Is That a manifestation of the whole anti. Man.

[Jack Armstrong]

I wonder.

[Joe Getty]

Who cares?

[Jack Armstrong]

We're better off without them or.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I don't want to get pregnant anyway. I don't want to be saddled to a child. I mean, that's. Young, progressive female is America's university system at this point.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

So. And that's where the bulk of research takes place. So I don't think it's paranoid to suggest that might be a factor.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I don't know. Lots.

[Joe Getty]

What do I care about sperm?

[Jack Armstrong]

That's quite the accent.

[Joe Getty]

I wish Katie were here.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's highly. Yeah, she's good at that.

[Joe Getty]

She could add in the vocal fry.

[Jack Armstrong]

She might be here later. She said she might call in, but.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that would be lovely. She wanted us to give her a

[Jack Armstrong]

time to call in, but I feel like that's intruding.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's what she said.

[Jack Armstrong]

She said, let us know. Let me know when you want me to call. And I, and I, I'm like, whenever works for you. You got a brand new baby.

[Joe Getty]

So when your baby is awake but placid is what I would suggest. Kid takes a nap, you take a nap.

[Jack Armstrong]

Placidity comes and goes quickly with babies.

[Joe Getty]

You gotta strike while the baby's hot. Actually, it comes and goes quickly with teenagers.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm learning, so.

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Oh, boy.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, so true. It comes and goes with me sometimes.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm always when I'm feeling really good. I had a couple of days this week where I was feeling like, really good. Like just that, that ability to not be concerned about things you have no control over and just, you know, with the sweet spot you want to be in all the time.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I was like, I just, I don't want to ruin this. I don't want to ruin this. It's probably like when you got a good golf round going or you're, you know, you're playing basketball and you keep hitting your shot. It was like, I don't, I don't want to think about this too much because I don't want to ruin it.

[Joe Getty]

But don't think, don't think, don't think.

[Jack Armstrong]

But why is this happening and how do I make this happen again?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I kept thinking that, why, why am I perfectly in the groove right now? What is it? Is it just like the right amount of sleep and caffeine? I mean, is it something as biological? Is that, Is it more spiritual? Is it just like, you know, people who claim there's male menstrual cycles just like there are for women? Am I Just in my. What is going on here? Yeah, I want to. It's been going for three days though. I got a three day run of it going.

[Joe Getty]

I'll bet surfers can totally relate to that. You're just riding the wave perfectly thinking, you know, this used to be hard, but man, if I got. You're on top of the wave.

[Jack Armstrong]

I heard Eric Clapton talking about that one time. Said it just. If he starts thinking, wow, this is what, 2/3 of the way through the concert? And I just, I haven't made him. Ah.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, that's. That's funny. Even the great Eric Clapton. Yeah, we all do that one. One more story that I'm anxious to get to at least briefly, is we're all going to start learning new terms like vibe slop and technical debt.

[Jack Armstrong]

Vibe slop?

[Joe Getty]

Vibe slop. A couple of the engineers who built the massively popular open Claw AI agent that people who use AI agents are super hot for. It's like the Claude code thing, it's an alternative to that, I guess, but it's very, very, very popular. Are starting to realize that, oh, you know, a lot of this code turns out to be not as good as we thought it is. It's buggy, it's difficult to. It's vulnerable to hacks and blah, blah, blah. And it's getting into more and more and more systems with old hardware too, which is part of the whole technical debt problem. And what they're saying is, yeah, this is not nearly as good as we thought it was going to be. And all sorts of companies all over the world are going to realize pretty soon that, oh my God, we have a massive software problem. So who knows? Vibe slop, that's a combination of vibe coding. Coding, which is creating software with AI tools just by describing what you want in plain English. And then AI slop, the endless low value AI generated content all over social media. Perhaps you've seen some of it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh boy. Yeah, that's interesting.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I'm not gonna worry about it. I'll just, you know, when my bank crashes and all my money disappears, I'll just, I don't know, start robbing my neighbors, I guess.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's an excellent long term plan. So we got a lot on the way. We'll get into that. Crypto currency funding, Iranian military, Wall Street Journal exclusive. This throws the whole war plan into flux and then, you know, probably gonna doom the Trump presidency if it turns out to be true. So that's. Those are two pretty big stories.

[Joe Getty]

Other than that, it's kind of minor. It's the small beings.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's a big small story. We'll get to that now or two. We got mailbag next.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Man is Jeff Bezos, the world's second richest man taken on left wing financial people this week given his little spiel at CNBC the other day. We played some of yesterday taking on AOC and Bernie and their weird claims about you can't be a billionaire and all that sort of stuff yesterday. Good piece on how Professor Reich.

[Joe Getty]

Is that the right name? Robert Reich, Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of. Yeah, Berkeley. Claiming Bezos plays no pays no taxes and went through that lie that everybody always spills out. And we'll get to that a little bit later in the show. It's interesting in case you don't know it because that lie gets. Gets thrown out there all the time in mainstream media. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

You cannot sell Marxism without lying. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Continuing our series on optimism. This from Anne Frank, who quite a few people in the Democratic Party and some on the right side of the aisle would hunt down in that attic.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I and I ran through Anne Frank's attic at the World War II Museum because I needed to get to the bathroom and wow, everybody gave me a bad look.

[Joe Getty]

Manage your bladder. And said this. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. A wise young lady, or as the immortal philosopher David Lowry of the band Cracker put it, if you want to change the world, shut your mouth and start to spin it. Start in your home or your hometown. Stop worrying about the president and worry about where you live. I'm not yelling at you folks. I'm yelling at me through you. Mailbag. Drop us a note. Mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com is the email address. Feel free to reach out anytime. For instance, this is from Jared in Missouri. Guys. On the question of AI and universal basic income. And a number of folks agreed that we seem to be like the only people talking about this. Jared writes, I get that AI Excuse Me will make engineers, soldiers, and even doctors obsolete. But what about blue collar jobs? Farmers, miners, plumbers. Others may find some greater efficiency but won't be replaced. And why would they be willing to work long, grueling hours if they don't have to? With your universal high income, no one actually asks this, much less explains it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[Joe Getty]

And, and Jared, I mean, even if the answer were, well, robots will do the farming, mining, plumbing and the other stuff. But wait a minute, they're not going to do it all of a sudden. They're not gonna. The humans are not gonna end on a Friday and then the robots take off on Monday. So as robots, theoretically AI robots, are being phased into your particular line of work. When does your universal high income start?

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, Exactly.

[Joe Getty]

And again, through what means? What does that look like?

[Jack Armstrong]

The robot plumber is going to tell me, stop flushing wipes down the toilet.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Exactly.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're flushable. Nothing is flushable.

[Joe Getty]

So I get done with my shift at Joe's Plumbing on Friday, I go play around a golf on the weekend, and then Monday I'm in my hammock collecting my universal high income check because that day a robot took over for me.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, that's absurd, right? Tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs due to AI. When do the checks start coming in? At what point? At what number people laid off? Do the checks start flowing? I don't get it.

[Joe Getty]

That's the crazy blind spot. I think unworkable part of all these conversations is they act as if it is going to be an A, then B, as opposed to phased in one person at a time, one industry at

[Jack Armstrong]

a time, because the very industry to

[Joe Getty]

industry, of course, moving along. Note here from Paolo, guys, Trump has rubbed many former supporters the wrong way. Now Republican senators are publicly calling him out on the slush fund thingy. He quotes a couple. You're talking about the seemingly unavoidable avoidable post midterms impeachments. I think it would take 20 Republican senators for an impeachment conviction. Could the weight of a multiply impeached lame duck Trump be great enough to get 20 Republican votes to convict? He's done some stuff that could be made to look pretty bad in an impeachment circus. Yeah. Wait for the first segment of next hour. And I say that with regret. Might they decide that Trump's net remaining value is less than the value of giving Vance and Rubio a head start on 2028? Not to mention not having Trump to kick around would be a major fly in the Dems ointment, they'd have to run on policies. Yeah, I don't know. That's an interesting theory. Let's end on this charming note from John. So my kid just finished a semester in the dorms at a California junior college. His roommate is a previously homeless 18 year old that apparently got free dorm, free meal plan, even extra cash for checking the homeless box. He spent the cash on a gaming system. He dropped out the first month but was allowed to stay in the dorm because, well, homeless today. Five of the six suite mates got together to clean the dorm to get their deposit back and also not to be slobs. This guy sat in a chair watching because taxpayers paid his dorm deposit. Anyway, just a little report on California's efforts to house the quote unquote homeless.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? Lefties always assume that everybody will. Everybody's going to try their hardest at everything if you just give them enough money.

[Joe Getty]

They just got a bad break from systemic patriarchal settler, colonial capitalist oppression.

[Jack Armstrong]

Straight.

[Joe Getty]

Just straight white, right? Otherwise everybody would be successful and happy because everybody works as hard as they can all the time. We all know that.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got the grills in the studio fired up, ready to throw some hot dogs on. Michael's gonna start the daiquiri blender. Hour two's gonna be big. I hope you can stick around for it.

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