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Katie Green
Delta Airlines has reportedly offered passengers on.
Joe Getty
The flight that crash landed in Toronto $30,000 each in Delta credit with blackout dates excluded and only on other upside down flights.
Katie Green
Pretty funny.
Joe Getty
That is funny. Yikes.
Katie Green
Often you read those things. It'll give you a free night stay, not available around any holiday or part of the year where you would ever travel.
Joe Getty
You would have to dedicate like 72 hours of your life to taking advantage of that generous offer.
Katie Green
Yeah, exactly.
Joe Getty
Speaking of generous offers, this is breaking news, Michael. Breaking news.
Katie Green
Wow.
Joe Getty
So much winning. You're gonna get tired of all the winning.
Katie Green
Oh my God. And that's a burro. Thank God we've already got one. If you had to import a borough from Mexico now, what would that cost?
Joe Getty
I'm telling you, my guacamole is going to be completely unaffordable. An investment group led by BlackRock, the giant American asset manager, which just abandoned all of their WOKE practices recently. They've agreed to buy two ports in Panama that are owned by a Hong Kong company and that have become the subject of tensions between Panama and the Trump administration. The BlackRock will buy the ports which sit at either end of the Panama Canal and over 40 others from the Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchinson for about $19 billion. So Trump got the canal back essentially from the evil grips of China, just indirectly and through deal and throw a.
Katie Green
Bunch of wild, irresponsible, by the mainstream media's point of view, Threats.
Joe Getty
Yes.
Katie Green
About pretending he was on the table to use military force to take it and all that sort of stuff, you know, that he does.
Joe Getty
Right. In Hutchinson, which is the. It sounds very British, but it was Hong Kong based, which of course taken over by the communist Chinese who, who put their boot heel on the throat of everyone there. But they're induced by, you know, it's a great opportunity. It looks like the headwinds are starting to grow. The US is half crazy. They're offering a good price. Yeah, what the hell, you know, it's.
Katie Green
It, a lot of it is the art of the deal. It's Trump's negotiation style, which is not my favorite to deal with, with somebody on the other side. We had an agent for a while who was a little trumpy in his negotiation style and we much preferred the agent we currently have and who's been very, very good to us in Many, many ways. But we had an agent for a while that would just make things so difficult on people, make them insane, that he saw as some sort of advantage by just refusing to call people back or just all kinds of different things. And I think that. And he was a New Yorker. That just might be the New York negotiating thing.
Joe Getty
Right. We're going to have a tough guy contest before we get down to brass tacks to take the measure of each other, or you.
Katie Green
You make people. You make people so discombobulated, they make mistakes or. I don't know exactly what all the theories are, but.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Yeah. Well, this one seems to have borne some, you know, some great results, or so it would seem. So onward and upward.
Katie Green
You know, on the tariff thing, which we weren't going to talk about, but last hour, you had the Wall street journal saying an SUV might cost $9,000 more with the tariffs that have kicked in. I mean, holy crap. If that happens, that's not going to be a subtle change.
Joe Getty
Right? Right. Okay. Well, that's a biggie.
Katie Green
Wow. Okay.
Joe Getty
So.
Katie Green
Well, in case you were getting bored with the way the world was, this all got added overnight.
Joe Getty
Oh, so much stability. Everything the same day after day. Yeah, Just. Just tiring. You know, I'm kind of rejiggering what I wanted to talk about and in what order, because we kind of covered that, and I don't. What was. I have to trot about the. For the first segment. Was it that. It might have been. Anyway, I wanted to hit this really quickly. We'll get it out of the way for you. Carl DeMaio, who's the assemblyman San Diego, has been going after Gavi and some of the incredibly wasteful spending, which is just distribution of money to cronies. Got to remember, when you're talking about government spending, somebody is getting that money, and it's not selected randomly. It's handing out money to cronies and supporters. Anyway, so DeMaio, and this is being reported by the fabulous Katie Grimes in the California Globe, there is this $25 million program, COVID 19, workplace outreach program that Gavi and Co. And the Democrats just asked a committee in the assembly to fund all the way through 2029. Okay. $25 million a year. They wanted to fund it through 2029, a Covid program. And then let me flip ahead, because there's a lot to this. So DeMaio and his staff looked at each of the 76 organizations that this $25 million slush fund was funding. They pulled their IRS filings and examined their websites. Shockingly or not. DiMaio found that most of the organizations did not have the qualifications or performance criteria for labor relations or workplace safety or workplace outreach. The things that support. They were supposed to be getting millions and millions of year dollars for California taxpayers. Many of them are unions, he said and quote, a special interest organization getting funding from taxpayers, quote, how can taxpayers conclude anything other than this is a slush fund to fund left wing organizations, especially unions.
Katie Green
I'm sure that's what it is.
Joe Getty
Oh yeah. Assemblyman demaio read aloud the organizations getting millions of taxpayer money, including congregations organized for prophetic engagement. What. Which is engaged in ballot harvesting during elections. Why are we funding that organization in the name of COVID 19 Workplace Safety? Or is the funding going to politics? Gee, come on, Carl, is that a rhetorical question? They're funding right to democracy, quote, empowering youth through civic engagement. Have a whole program that they fund on voter engagement and empowerment campaigns. They're not COVID 19 or healthcare experts. They're not workforce safety experts.
Katie Green
They're a political organization under the, under, under the umbrell. This is because of COVID You're going to teach people you know about voting and I'm guessing the, the method you're going to use highly pushes people toward the Democratic Party.
Joe Getty
Right? Right. Tens of millions of dollars of COVID workplace safety money going to a vote harvesting organization. Or here's the ACCE alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment, a rent control lobbyist group.
Katie Green
This is, this is what makes so anti tax and why. You know, Milton Friedman said you should oppose all taxes always, no matter what they're for, no matter how good it sounds for it might even be something you're 100% in agreement because the only way you can stop money from being wasted is not give it to them in the first place. It's the only power you have.
Joe Getty
Right? Right. Yeah. The United Respect Education Fund, which organizes protests in front of Amazon and Walmart saying they're not woke enough.
Katie Green
That's frustrating.
Joe Getty
This is really a story in a lot of ways, whether you're talking about California or Illinois or New York or the blue states around the country. And you know, it's Covid, but it's, it's putting up with this stuff. Stuff. I think that the takeaway from this is we are either so unaware or so passive that we don't punish just the most horrendous felonious theft of tax money and or as I pointed out a million times, they've narrowed the tax Base so much.
Katie Green
That's what I was gonna say.
Joe Getty
Really footing the bill. They don't have the numbers.
Katie Green
So at least on the federal level, half people don't pay taxes, so there's half you can wipe off of giving a crap. And then, you know, percentages smaller and smaller until you get to high earners and then you get the Bernie's or whoever going out there. Gavin Newsom talking about the rich don't.
Joe Getty
Pay their fair share, so.
Katie Green
Oh, my God, it's just so madd.
Joe Getty
All right, here's the punchline. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, Democrat, of course, moved Assembly DeMaio's budget committee meeting to Friday at 5pm the next meeting, so that it would get no news coverage. And if it did, it would be on the Friday night news. Nobody'd hear it. And by Monday it'd be. It had gone away.
Katie Green
Yeah. God, that's frustrating stuff right there.
Joe Getty
Makes you want to, you know, do something impolite.
Katie Green
Yeah.
Joe Getty
To the structure of government.
Katie Green
If people really say that, if people. If taxpayers really paid attention to where their tax money went, there should be a revolution in the streets.
Joe Getty
Yes, yes, I agree completely.
Katie Green
Oh, all right. Well, that would. That didn't make me happier for the day. I don't know what your goal was there. Make me angry and sad.
Joe Getty
Exposing the sins of those who are thieving taxpayer dollars. My. My mission is righteous.
Katie Green
Hey, ever listen to Armstrong and Getty? They'll make you angry and sad. It's fantastic.
Joe Getty
Oh, it's great. If you're ever feeling too cheery or optimistic, tune them in. Trust me.
Katie Green
Hey, you're on your way to work or on your way home or whatever. It's a nice day and you listen to music and get the windows down. Flip over to Armstrong and get it. You'll be angry and sad when you pull in the driveway.
Joe Getty
All right, now I'm going to flip a little bit. Oh, so Jack's in favor of you being blissfully ignorant and being stolen from sheeps to the slaughter. Sheep to be sheared. Well, sheared, then slaughtered. It doesn't really matter. Whatever. No, I guess you'd want to share them first because they'd be all bloody. Anyway, the point is Jack wants you to be ignorant.
Katie Green
I've sheared many sheep in my life. And you do it whilst alive.
Joe Getty
In sheep shearing. I bow to your expertise.
Katie Green
Yeah, I did some polling earlier on people's attitudes about Ukraine and that whole dust up and everything like that. Got some international polling. It's pretty interesting to check in on that. Give you a better idea of the situation Zelinsky is in and whether or not people feel the same way as you do, among other things on the way. So stay here.
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Katie Green
Ukraine and all of its european allies clear that they need to see a peace with guarantees with enough Ukrainian strength that Russia doesn't use a cease fire.
Joe Getty
As Ukraine says, with factual backing, as.
Katie Green
They have done 25 times in the last decade to refit, regroup, and then attack Ukraine again. Yeah, my current working theory is that, and I don't know why this is unspoken, I would think they'd be having these conversations behind the scene scenes and maybe they are, but that Trump and maybe the Europeans are saying, look, sign the deal. We get some, you know, troops there to verify the deal. The United States is heavily involved in your mining. Those are your guarantees. Those are your guarantees. This is way different than all the other guarantees or all the other, you know, agreements that putin and broke. You didn't have European troops on the ground and, you know, a whole bunch of u. S. Equipment and mine workers and and financial investment going on at the time.
Joe Getty
Right, but what's the explanation? They're just hoping Zelinsky and his people pick up on the hints.
Katie Green
Why would you just tell them that?
Joe Getty
All right. That's right.
Katie Green
So I don't know. I have no idea what's going on behind the scenes. I'm actually kind of interested in hearing this. This is James stravitas. He used to run NATO. He was ahead of NATO for the United states. His view of what this all means since Trump announced yesterday cutting off all aid to Ukraine. We're done.
Joe Getty
Gosh, let me think.
Katie Green
It's got to be Vladimir putin. And by the way, we underestimate this.
Joe Getty
But it's also xi jinping in China.
Katie Green
Who is looking covetously at that small democracy nearby called Taiwan. It benefits Iran, which is pumping military aid into Russia for the war in Ukraine. It benefits North Korea. Gosh, are those the countries we want to be aligned with? I say no, I set that up poorly. The question being, who does it benefit that Trump announced we're cutting off aid to Ukraine? He believes it benefits Putin, President Xi and Iran. Trump would say, well, he's trying to force Zelensky to the, you know, into a peace deal. And so then that will end that war, which is good for everybody, I guess. So want to get to this polling of. This is a YouGov poll of a whole bunch of European countries. Most Europeans feel Ukraine is not getting enough Western support is the headline of the poll. Are the current measures against Russia and aid given to Ukraine enough to prevent a Russian victory? Overwhelmingly, these countries say it's not enough. Denmark, 2/3. Sweden, 2/3. Spain, almost 2/3. Britain, almost 60%. Germany, 54. Italy, 53. France, 52%. So solid majorities in every country think that we're not a Western support is not enough for. To stop Russia from winning. However.
Joe Getty
Right.
Katie Green
However, on the different question of how should your country manage support, it's being. It's giving to Ukraine currently increase, reduce or maintain. Having just heard that poll where two thirds to solid majorities of all these countries say we're not giving them enough to keep Russia from winning, they don't want to Give more. Only 29% of Swedes, and that's the highest number, want to give more. 21% of Britain, 21% Germany, 17% Denmark, 17% Spain, 14% France, 11% Italy. So while you got solid majority say we're not giving them enough to keep Russia from winning. Tiny percentages say let's give them more.
Joe Getty
Does that not tell you everything you need to know about Europe, Current Europe? That's pathetic. Somebody should do something. Somebody should give more. Somebody should help them. And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to munch on a baguette in my beret.
Katie Green
Well, and then how is from the world and the mainstream media in the United States, the, the story always that the United States is abandoning his friend, his friend. Trump is abandoning our friends and blowing up, you know, a relationship that has benefited the world since the end of World War II and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Europe. Who you can see, I can see Russia from my house. I mean, they're actually within shooting distance, many of these countries of Russia. And they're not interested in increasing enough to make sure Russia doesn't win. Why should we care more than them?
Joe Getty
That.
Katie Green
That's been my question for a long time.
Joe Getty
I think Europe has the character of a trust fund punk.
Katie Green
It absolutely does.
Joe Getty
In every way. Soft, entitled, weak, resentful.
Katie Green
I want to, I want to support Ukraine. I believe it's important. And even if it only benefits us, I still think it's worth it. And we're, we're weakening one of our biggest foes on the planet. But, you know, that's been my ultimate position. But the idea that we care more than Europe is very, very frustrating. And your, your example is right. Trust fund kids.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah, frustrating. There are some in Trump's inner circle that are in favor of giving Ukraine to Russia, giving Taiwan to China. It'll be fine if Iran has a nuke. We can manage that. We need to pull back from the Middle East.
Katie Green
Gonna be a different world.
Joe Getty
Yeah. And even if you're right, Even if you're 100% right, the getting there is gonna be really violent and turbulent.
Katie Green
Trump's argument might be that all that's going to happen no matter what, whether we try to stop it or don't try to stop it, that's what's going to happen.
Joe Getty
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I am huffing gorilla glue. I. I'm sorry.
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Katie's making the how did you get gorilla glue on your lips Face.
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Yep. Need to hear this story. Authorities are unsure precisely how the gorilla glue got to be on my lips, but it has to do with the fact that I was eating breakfast. I got a thing on my thumb that kind of splits open and it's painful, but if you can super glue it, it holds it together and it heals. So I did that and then I wiped off the needle that I'd used. Because after the first time you used the damn stuff, you gotta ream out the opening every time.
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That's the worst part of superglue and always has been, is most of the time the container is a one use container because you're never gonna be able to get any out of it ever again.
Joe Getty
So again, it was just the needle and a paper towel. And then assuming the glue was dry, so I could go ahead and have the paper towel on the table as I was eating my protein bar. Completely worthless. Tasteless. Trying to lose weight. Actually, they're pretty good bars, but breakfast. And I don't know if I'd like, touched my finger to it and then. But I realized, wait a minute, what's that weird feeling I've got, like paper towel glued. Glued to my lips. So it was in.
Katie Green
But you didn't get your lips glued together.
Joe Getty
No, though. But that's what I was afraid of.
Katie Green
Yeah, because then you'd have had to do, will the nail polish remover work on Gorilla glue the way it does on super glue?
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I suspect it would, but I don't want that in my mouth either.
Katie Green
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He won't see me, except from a distance. I can't hear him clearly. What? No, it's. I don't know if that would work, Katie. It's got to be sturdier than that because there's a lot of stress on my thumb right there.
Katie Green
That's like.
Joe Getty
By all means, keep gluing your lips shut. All right, you shut up. Who asked you?
Katie Green
But that's a life hack, right? You get a paper cut, you use super glue to glue it together.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah. And it's super durable. If it's like, on your thumb that you, like, play golf with and musical instruments and all sorts of stuff. It's gotta be tough. Anyway, an update to a previous story about assemblyman of California, Carl Di Maio, uncovering incredible waste and abuse. Alphonse Nominus, who's a friend, says. And this is worth keeping in mind when you look at, you know, or listen to radio reporting and politics and stuff. I think to Maya was correct about the $25 million stuff, but it's worth noting that he also made a big deal about wanting various organizations to provide him with information. They pointed out that the info was in the packages stuff the committee members were given already. He also called it the COVID yada yada yada. And they pointed out that it was renamed already and the C stands for California Now. Now that's interesting.
Katie Green
Yeah, that if it was Covid and you just changed it to California, that doesn't necessarily mean it's not still the same.
Joe Getty
Right? I'm gonna call no harm, no foul on that one. During the hearing, he said he might not attend future hearings because he doesn't have faith in the accuracy of the info depart provided by the Department of Finance and Legislative Analyst, which is to say he seems to be grandstanding as much as legitimately asking questions, which is his here his modus operandi. Saying he might not attend hearings, he makes it easier for the speaker to replace him so he could grandstand some more. Those who worked with him in San Diego say privately that while he is right about political stuff and is an effective critic of waste, he is also all about taking credit for everything with lots of grandstanding and pissing off everyone he encounters, including political allies, which is definitely what I've heard through the years. And then final note from Mr. Nonimus, it's pretty awesome though that the Democrats punished a gay guy, a Muslim guy and a woman of color because they are Republicans who are taking on the bureaucracy shows how they only adhere to identity politics when it aligns precisely with their bigger priority of ruling with an iron fist. That part is true fo sho. Moving along to what I'd intended to talk about. You're not gonna like this, but you're gonna take it like a man. Unless you're a woman, Then take it like a woman. New study published in the Journal of Immunology finds a direct link between poor sleep quality and significant changes in specialized immune cells called monocytes. These altered cells appear to drive widespread inflammation, the same type of inflammation associated with obesity and numerous chronic diseases. The research shows how even a night sleep deprivation triggers an increase in inflammatory non classical monocytes, immune cells that amplify inflammation. Study authors examined three factors increasingly recognized as critical determinants of overall health sleep, body weight and inflammation. Our findings underscore a growing public health challenge. Advancements in technology, prolonged screen time and shifting societal norms are increasingly disruptive to regular sleeping hours. This Disruption sleep has profound implications for immune health and overall well being.
Katie Green
So why did you say you're not going to like this? Because practically everybody doesn't get as much.
Joe Getty
Sleep as they're supposed to and practically everybody knows they should and struggles with it and probably doesn't want to hear about it anymore.
Katie Green
I'm going through the worst sleeping of my life the last several months. It's really frustrating.
Joe Getty
I dread going to bed and you're sick. But correlation does not prove causation. It was going on anyway.
Katie Green
It was going on before I was sick.
Joe Getty
Sure, yeah. The study's most compelling finding emerged when researchers discovered that poor sleep quality correlated with increased non classical monocytes regardless of body weight. Even lean participants who experienced sleep disruption showed elevated levels of this, suggesting that sleep deprivation, starvation itself independent of obesity, may trigger inflammatory responses.
Katie Green
Wouldn't that be something if the whole obesity thing is because we don't sleep enough?
Joe Getty
Oh my gosh. Wow. Or even if it's 40% of it or you know, a third, that would be something. Final note these findings highlight sleep's crucial role in immune regulation. Where is it sleep quality matters as much as quantity. You know, my, my guilt is a loves mascotch late in the evening, you know, and, and there's just no doubt that alcohol use reduces the quality of sleep even if you're in bed for a long time. Efficiency.
Katie Green
I don't know about my sleep quality. I don't have really any idea.
Joe Getty
Got to get one of them apps or something. Sleep efficiency, the percentage of time in bed actually spent sleeping was significantly lower in obese individuals. Those with higher body weights also experienced more wake after sleep onset periods, indicating fragmented sleep patterns that may contribute to immune dysregulation. Anyway, we'll, we'll post this or repost this@armstrongandgetty.com in today's Hot links. And if you want to read more about it, go ahead. It's pretty interesting. But then I wanted to get to this too, unless you had another comment on this is also about sleep and the whole blue light thing. Yeah, well, morning exposure to blue enriched light significantly improves sleep quality and stability of daily activity patterns in older adults. So they've tried. A new study from the University of Surrey has found that the right light at the right time makes a significant difference in adults, older adults sleep and daily activity patterns.
Katie Green
So why morning? Yes, I don't understand why the blue light thing still exists if it's so bad for us. Now I remember hearing once, is this true or not that the blue light Only became a thing because of the movie. What was that Harrison Ford movie about the future, way back in the day. Blade Runner. That in Blade Runner there are super fancy computers. This is before everybody had a computer had a blue glow come out of it. So when the computers got started, they kind of like an Elon Musk sort of way, thought it'd be cool to have blue light coming out of the computers just like in the futuristic movies showed. And then that's where blue right came. Blue light came from originally. I don't know if that's true or not. I remember reading that it. But if blue light disrupts our sleep the way they say, then get rid of it. Why do we have it in all our screens and I don't also know the answer to this? On your iPhone, for instance, or any Apple product. I can go on there right now and turn my blue light on or off. Look, it's off. I keep mine off all day long. If I have mine on now, it distorts the colors so things don't look quite the way they're supposed to. But I don't care if I have my blue light off all the time. Does that. Does looking at my screen do the same kind of harm or. No, I haven't heard an answer to that question.
Joe Getty
No, I. I suspect from what I've heard that it's better. The interesting part about oldsters, and it's not just blue light at night because you need it from like sunlight in the morning. And you know, it's funny, I was going to bring this up in a different context. We are so designed to rise with the sunlight and get to work and shut it down when it's dark. All of our body regular, our hormonal flow, our neuro function, it's all coded to daylight for obvious reasons. We're diurnal.
Katie Green
My dad is close to live that way his whole life and certainly up until he left home because they didn't have electricity. So that's what everybody did. Because you know what else you gotta do? It's gotta be good for you.
Joe Getty
So the idea of getting blue light in the morning, extra blue light as an older person. Here's why Part of the problem lies in the aging eye. As we get older, our eyes undergo natural changes. The lens is yellow, pupils get smaller, and we have fewer photoreceptor cells as our bodies shut down to get us out of the way. For the younger generation, all these changes mean less light reaches the brain's master clock, located in a tiny region called the Hypothalamic superchiasmatic nuclei.
Katie Green
Wow.
Joe Getty
The yellowing lens is particularly problematic because it filters out blue light wavelengths. Specifically. It's like wearing subtle yellow sunglasses all the time. This matters because blue light is especially powerful at regulating our body clocks. With less blue light reaching their brains, older adults, internal clocks can become weaker and more prone to disruption. And so if you have a specific program of exposing yourself to extra blue light at specific times, your body says, oh, it's. It's like, you know, honestly, as a musician, it's like when you lose the groove of a song and the drummer's off a little bit and everybody's like, oh, no. Oh, no. And then when you find the groove again, it's like, oh, okay, all right. Everything's going to be okay. And that we actually have that as we get older with the way light triggers our brains, isn't that interesting?
Katie Green
So, like, for instance, I got custom lens replacement thanks to Laser Eye center of Silicon Valley, but I got my lenses replaced. So the yellowing lenses I had removed. I know, have perfectly clear lenses, made all the colors better and everything like that. But that's also beneficial to me from a blue light standpoint.
Joe Getty
Yeah. In the morning, maybe.
Katie Green
So that might be a recommendation for avoiding the lenses yellowing over your lifetime. Right there. That's interesting. But that, that, that's always been true for human beings. But you weren't staring at blue light screens prior to. Right, you know, 20 years ago.
Joe Getty
Yeah, but older folks having trouble speaking, not speaking, sleeping is. I mean, that's been true, like, for all of human existence. And this is part of the reason why. Because, you know, we focus on the blue light keeping us up at night, but the blue light waking us up in the right way at the right time every day, that goes backward, in effect, and helps us know when to go to sleep.
Katie Green
Huh. But so then my clear lens of making the blue light worse at night, better in the morning, it could, yeah.
Joe Getty
Depending on what you're doing. Yeah.
Katie Green
Although I turn off my blue light on my iPhone and I still have never heard an answer of does that actually work or do any good? If you know any of you Silicon Valley geniuses, please text 415295 KFTC. I'd like to actually know. We should all be doing that if it makes a difference. Anyway, we will finish strong.
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Ooh. But then again, you could look at Odoo in terms of how its individual software programs are a lot like building blocks. Whatever your business needs, manufacturing, accounting, HR programs, you can build a custom software suite that's perfect for your company.
Joe Getty
So what is Odoo?
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Jack Armstrong
But you know what?
Joe Getty
We believe in transparency, and America has.
Jack Armstrong
The right to know.
Joe Getty
The Biden administration sat on these documents. No one did anything with them. And why were they sitting in the Southern District of New York? I want a full report on that, and everything's going to come out to the public.
Jack Armstrong
The public has a right to know.
Katie Green
I feel like the Trump team kind of painted themselves into a corner on the whole Epstein files thing, promising some or insinuating there's some really exciting details that were going to come out that were being hidden from you. And they ain't got the exciting details is my guess. And, I mean, they were waving around some binders the other day with the names are in here. And then turned out there wasn't really anything in those binders specifically. So I don't know how this is going to play out or how you're going to satisfy the crowd that thinks there's a really, a giant scandal there.
Joe Getty
Right. And what I don't know enough about, I suppose there's some people I could ask is the ethics of if a person who is not guilty of anything has their name come up in an investigation, what are the ethics of putting that out, especially if that brings them, like, harm and misery or loss of reputation or, God forbid, some lunatic, you know, decides to attack them or something? I don't know how that works.
Katie Green
Yeah, I saw some interesting stuff online yesterday about people really upset about this Epstein file thing. So I don't. I don't know.
Joe Getty
Well, there's Jack and there's Joe, and it's time to close the show with the help of Katie Green and Michelangelo. They're our friends. They're like family and they're on our radio. So let's hear their final thoughts before.
Jack Armstrong
They have to go.
Joe Getty
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Katie Green
That thing is so creepy. Let's get final thoughts with your host, Joe Getty.
Joe Getty
How about a final thought from everybody on the crew? There he is, pressing the buttons. Our technical director, Michelangelo Michael. Final thought. I blame sporting events.
Katie Green
I should be getting a good night's sleep, but I always, always get, you.
Joe Getty
Know, stuck watching a sporting event.
Katie Green
I guess I just got to turn them off. That's a good one indeed.
Joe Getty
Katie Greener, esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie.
Katie Green
I have posted a new katie's corner@armstrongandgetty.com.
Jack Armstrong
And if you go there, you can see this live cam of the big bear. Bald eagles. Their babies are hatching right now and they're very cute.
Katie Green
Cool.
Joe Getty
And these animals are majestic. Majestic, Majestic. The national bird. Did you, did you know that? Yep. Let's go, birds. Jack, final thought.
Katie Green
You know, I've been saying for years that the State of the Union address isn't even really worth watching in, and that's what Trump's basically doing tonight. And guaranteed it's worth watching. I mean, there's almost no chance that newsworthy stuff doesn't come out of this one way or the other.
Joe Getty
Absolutely. It will be much more substantive than these things virtually ever are. It's going to be fairly simple, straightforward, and according to the White House, powerful.
Katie Green
Well, what the resistance has planned and just all the way around the coverage up it.
Joe Getty
My final thought is it'll be powerful.
Katie Green
Okay. Armstrong and Getty wrapping up. Another grueling four hour workday.
Joe Getty
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Joe Getty
No bueno.
Katie Green
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Joe Getty
We're good at it. Okay, you think you just fell out.
Katie Green
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Joe Getty
Let's go out with a bang. What would James Madison say?
Katie Green
I'm gonna scratch my butt and where's my check? And I want to watch the real world right?
Jack Armstrong
And on that possibly nightmare inducing note.
Joe Getty
Thank you all very much.
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Podcast Title: Armstrong & Getty On Demand
Episode: I Had Paper Towel Glued To My Lip
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts
In this engaging episode of the Armstrong & Getty On Demand podcast, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a variety of pressing topics, blending personal anecdotes with in-depth discussions on current events and societal issues. The episode is aptly titled after Joe Getty’s humorous yet relatable mishap involving super glue, which serves as a springboard for wider conversations about everyday challenges and larger systemic problems.
Timestamp: [25:57] - [28:18]
The episode opens with a light-hearted personal story from Joe Getty about accidentally getting super glue on his lips. This anecdote not only provides a humorous start but also highlights the hosts' ability to connect with listeners through relatable experiences.
This segment underscores the podcast's blend of personal storytelling and practical advice, as Katie suggests using Liquid Skin to safely cover minor cuts without the risks associated with super glue.
Timestamp: [02:56] - [03:25]
Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty discuss Delta Airlines’ recent offer to passengers affected by a flight that crash-landed in Toronto. Delta proposes a $30,000 credit with restrictive blackout dates and conditions, prompting skepticism from the hosts.
The hosts critique the lack of genuine support and the impracticality of such offers, emphasizing the need for more meaningful compensation for affected passengers.
Timestamp: [03:38] - [05:09]
A significant portion of the episode focuses on BlackRock’s acquisition of two Panama ports from the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchinson for approximately $19 billion. This move is analyzed in the context of US-China relations and former President Trump's influence.
The discussion highlights geopolitical implications, the shifting power dynamics, and the skepticism towards large asset managers influencing international infrastructure.
Timestamp: [05:47] - [12:15]
The hosts delve into Assemblyman Carl DeMaio’s scrutiny of Gavi’s $25 million COVID-19 Workplace Outreach Program in California. DeMaio alleges that funds are being misallocated to organizations lacking relevant qualifications, such as political and union groups.
This segment underscores concerns about governmental waste, the politicization of funding, and the importance of taxpayer accountability.
Timestamp: [06:10] - [06:33]
The discussion shifts to recent tariffs impacting the automotive industry, specifically the potential $9,000 increase in SUV prices as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The hosts express frustration over sudden economic shifts and the broader implications for consumers and the market.
Timestamp: [17:37] - [21:19]
Armstrong and Getty analyze a YouGov poll revealing European citizens' perspectives on Western support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict with Russia. While a majority believe that support is insufficient, only a small fraction advocate for increased aid.
This segment critiques the European hesitancy to bolster Ukraine’s defenses, drawing parallels to broader themes of entitlement and fiscal responsibility.
Timestamp: [30:00] - [38:40]
The hosts explore recent studies linking poor sleep quality to significant changes in immune cells, specifically monocytes, which drive inflammation associated with various chronic diseases.
They emphasize the critical role of sleep in maintaining immune health and discuss societal factors contributing to sleep deprivation, such as technology and shifting norms.
Timestamp: [34:00] - [38:40]
Furthering the discussion on sleep, the podcast examines research from the University of Surrey indicating that morning exposure to blue-enriched light can enhance sleep quality and stabilize daily activity patterns in older adults.
The conversation touches on the evolutionary design for humans to rise with the sun and how modern technology's interference with natural light cycles affects sleep, especially in the aging population.
Timestamp: [39:03] - [39:26]
Promoted by the segment "Ashley I Almost Famous," the hosts discuss the rising popularity of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Semaglutide for weight loss. They highlight Future Health’s role in assisting individuals to determine if these medications are suitable for them.
This segment underscores the ongoing societal focus on weight management and the solutions businesses are offering.
Timestamp: [40:32] - [41:49]
In a brief promotional segment, the hosts describe Odoo as a comprehensive suite of business management tools, likening it to fertilizer, a magic beanstalk, and building blocks for businesses.
The promotion emphasizes Odoo’s flexibility and affordability for various business needs, from manufacturing to HR.
Timestamp: [43:54] - [47:54]
As the episode nears its end, the hosts share their final thoughts on various topics, including the upcoming State of the Union address and the importance of staying informed.
They encourage listeners to engage with the content, share perspectives, and stay connected through their website and social media platforms.
This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand masterfully balances light-hearted personal stories with critical analyses of current events. From scrutinizing government funding practices to exploring the nuanced effects of sleep on health, the hosts provide listeners with insightful commentary and relatable content. The inclusion of notable quotes enriches the discussion, offering listeners memorable takeaways and encouraging further engagement with the topics presented.
Note: For more detailed discussions and to engage with the hosts, visit armstrongandgetty.com or follow them on their social media platforms.