Is That Dead Racoon? No, It's My BBL Gone Wrong.

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand - Episode Summary: "Is That Dead Racoon? No, It's My BBL Gone Wrong."

Release Date: July 8, 2025

In this episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a variety of pressing topics, ranging from political controversies surrounding Hunter Biden to the complexities of gender policies in sports. The discussion is enriched with notable quotes and insightful commentary, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of the issues at hand.

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1. Hunter Biden’s Influence in Biden’s Campaign

Timestamps: [00:14] - [04:13]

The episode opens with a discussion about Hunter Biden's significant role in President Joe Biden's reelection campaign. Referencing the newly released book, "2024 How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America," the hosts explore allegations that Hunter Biden frequently participated in high-level campaign meetings, offering input on strategic decisions.

Notable Quotes:

• Jack Armstrong [00:14]: “Hunter Biden had a major figure in the President of tour, but he was often on these calls. He would pipe in to calls, he was helping him make campaign decisions.”
• Joe Getty [00:59]: “Hunter was ever present in campaign meetings, sometimes even like cabinet level meetings... why the hell is Hunter on the phone yelling at me and telling me what to do?”
• Jack Armstrong [02:39]: “So that's Interesting as an old man with dementia who'd lost several children is his number one focus was keeping Hunter out of jail and having him not be bankrupt.”

The conversation highlights concerns within the White House about Hunter Biden's involvement, with staffers reportedly finding his interjections “inappropriate” and questioning his influence on essential decisions.

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2. Historical Perspective: FDR’s Media Relations and Health

Timestamp: [05:12] - [08:27]

Drawing parallels between President Biden and Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), the hosts discuss how FDR managed his public image and health disclosures. They critique the media's historical treatment of FDR, especially regarding his decision to run for a third and fourth term despite health issues.

Notable Quotes:

• Jack Armstrong [05:17]: “...when he decided to run for that fourth term, it was met with like, you've got to be freaking kidding by the press.”
• Joe Getty [07:24]: “We've done this a bunch of times, and you just can't trust anything that comes out of power. Power will lie and lie and lie if it serves them to stay in office.”
• Jack Armstrong [08:14]: “Power, because that's what it's all about. To hold on to the reins of power or to g them. People will do and say anything.”

This segment underscores the perennial issue of trust in political power structures and the manipulation of information to maintain authority.

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3. Gender Bending Madness Update: "New Hope Edition"

Timestamp: [19:32] - [29:37]

A substantial portion of the episode is dedicated to the contentious topic of transgender athletes in sports. The Supreme Court's impending review of bans on transgender athletes participating in female sports teams is scrutinized, alongside the University of Pennsylvania's recent policy shifts.

Notable Quotes:

• Joe Getty [20:31]: “...a transgender woman that is conceding that that is a woman and you shouldn't, because that person is not, I'm for saying a dude, a transgender dude.”
• Jack Armstrong [22:03]: “If you bring this up 10 years ago, it would be like saying, yeah, the Supreme Court's going to rule on whether gravity generally pulls objects towards the earth.”
• Joe Getty [24:33]: “The university must also try to make amends. It will restore to female swimmers all individual records, titles or recognitions previously given to male athletes.”

The hosts critique the policies as discriminatory, emphasizing the challenges and discomfort faced by female athletes in mixed-gender environments. They also discuss public reactions and the broader implications for gender theory in sports.

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4. Consumer Stories: Vanity Sizing and Brazilian Butt Lift Risks

Timestamp: [12:38] - [18:10]

Shifting gears, Armstrong and Getty address consumer-related topics. They discuss the trend of vanity sizing in the apparel industry, which forces petite women into children’s clothing sizes due to increasing average body sizes. Additionally, they warn about the dangers and side effects of Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgeries.

Notable Quotes:

• Joe Getty [14:41]: “The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds, which is 30 pounds more than she did in 1960.”
• Jack Armstrong [16:15]: “It's called the BBL smell and it is real.”
• Joe Getty [17:36]: “Fat necrosis, which is when fatty tissue in the butt dies, can occur. As a result, a rancid smell develops.”

This segment highlights societal pressures related to body image and the medical risks associated with cosmetic procedures.

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5. WNBA Spotlight: Caitlin Clark’s Polarizing Influence

Timestamp: [33:01] - [36:18]

The hosts turn their attention to the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), focusing on Caitlin Clark, a standout player whose immense popularity has ironically led to friction with her teammates. Despite her contribution to a 600% increase in merchandise sales and substantial economic impact on the league, Clark faces resentment from fellow players.

Notable Quotes:

• Jack Armstrong [34:16]: “The players don’t dig. And Caitlin Clark, in terms of her effect on the league... she’s the best thing that ever happened to that sport by far.”
• Joe Getty [35:08]: “They are way more into their cult than their own success or the success of their league.”
• Jack Armstrong [35:29]: “It seems odd to me that you just don’t like, either respect her game as somebody who has dedicated your life to it and like, think, wow, this is great.”

The discussion delves into the complexities of team dynamics, idolization, and how personal ideologies can impact professional relationships within sports teams.

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6. Spot Fixing in Sports: The New Frontier of Corruption

Timestamp: [36:18] - [38:27]

In the final segment, Armstrong and Getty discuss the emerging issue of spot fixing—manipulating specific parts of a game for betting profits. They cite the example of Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz, who is under investigation for suspicious pitch activities tied to betting irregularities.

Notable Quotes:

• Joe Getty [36:18]: “Spot fixing has been scandalizing sports all over the planet and now it's come to America with the computerized sports betting.”
• Jack Armstrong [38:10]: “Are being fixed by players now all over the world for profit.”

This discussion underscores the vulnerabilities in professional sports to corruption through advanced betting mechanisms and the challenges in maintaining integrity.

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Conclusion

Throughout the episode, Armstrong & Getty blend humor with critical analysis, offering listeners a multifaceted perspective on contemporary issues. From political intricacies and historical analogies to societal trends and sports controversies, the hosts provide a thought-provoking discourse aimed at fostering informed discussions among their audience.

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Transcript

[Joe Getty]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[Jack Armstrong]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at.

[Commercial Voice]

The George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty. Hunter Biden had a major figure in the President of tour, but he was often on these calls. He would pipe in to calls, he was helping him make campaign decisions.

[Guest or Contributor]

Such interjections by Hunter were seen as inappropriate by White House staff. That's according to a new book, 2024 How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America.

[Jack Armstrong]

The President was very concerned about his son. It was one of the things that was an albatross on him as he tried to run for reelection. Now, I don't know this book. This is a new book that is out. Is this a real book?

[Joe Getty]

I think so, yeah. A trio of pretty well thought of authors. 2024 How Trump retook the White House and the Democrats Law Democrats Lost America. I mean, it's got some pretty interesting tidbits in it that I've heard, including it really goes into how Hunter was ever present in campaign meetings, sometimes even like cabinet level meetings, although he never met with his Cabinet, but high level meetings where he'd be on the speakerphone weighing in and people would be like, why the hell is Hunter on the phone yelling at me and telling me what to do?

[Jack Armstrong]

Like the President invited him in.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

Huh. And was he at the easel at.

[Joe Getty]

The time, like he's unleashing his masterpieces on the world? Yes, yes, I believe he was. Let's roll on Michael.

[Guest or Contributor]

In the spring of last year, Hunter was going through his handgun trial, reporting to the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware. In a preview of the book provided to the Wall Street Journal, the authors revealed that Hunter expressed interest in the Democratic National Committee pick up his legal fees. Quote, lawyers ultimately decided the President should not be involved in fundraising for Hunter. And the DNC could not justify picking up Hunter's tab. The preview essay continues by claiming that In June of 2024, President Biden told a close friend that all he cared about was his son not being convicted.

[Joe Getty]

Natural Biden and Jill went to the White House counsel and said, hey, what about having the DNC pay Hunter's legal bills? And if that doesn't work, or even if it does, if I were to do fundraisers for his legal bills, how would that look?

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll tell you how it would look.

[Joe Getty]

Well, in the White House Council, to their credit said I, I'd stay away from that. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

So that's Interesting as an old man with dementia who'd lost several children is his number one focus was keeping Hunter out of jail and having him not be bankrupt. That's interesting.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Final short clip from Alexandria Hoffman.

[Guest or Contributor]

This book comes as co author Tyler Pager posts page one of an alleged six page memo from President Biden's senior advisers urging him to participate in a debate with then candidate Trump, quote, as early as possible.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, go ahead.

[Joe Getty]

I was just going to say Biden's White House chief of staff Jeff Zients coordinated video call with key Biden staffers, including a bunch of others that you've heard of, to discuss whether Biden should provide an on camera statement of the Supreme Court's July 2024 decision. While Donlin already drafted a written statement, Biden wanted to speak about the matter on camera. The book claims staffers on the call started to hash out the specifics when Biden's son started to chime in on the call. Suddenly, an unidentified voice piped up from Biden's screen and recommended an Oval Office address. At first some aides had no idea who's speaking. It soon became clear the voice belonged to Hunter Biden, who the White House staff had not known was on the call. And several people expressed concern about that plan, about using the Oval Office for a speech. Hunter snapped back, this is one of the most consequential decisions Supreme Court has ever made. Said his father had every right to use the powerful imagery of the Oval Office to deliver the message. They later settled on a different plan, but everybody was walking around grumbling about who the hell is he? Why is Hunter yelling at us?

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll bet Hunter and or Jill were in all these meetings because they knew that at any given moment Joe wasn't capable of speaking up for himself or wasn't paying attention. That's why they were there. I want to hear one more thing here about this book. And then I've got an interesting historical note about why we shouldn't believe anything we hear about any president. But this is Byron York of the Washington examiner who's read the book.

[Joe Getty]

Biden was known as a senator, as kind of a walking gaffe machine. So that was a reputation he had for a long time. And yet anybody who looks at Joe Biden, video of Joe Biden, for example, example, when he became the vice president of the United States with Barack Obama in 2009 and when they were reelected in 2012. Look at those videos and look at him even in the 2020 campaign and certainly by the last year of his presidency in 2023 and 2024, there was a remarkable decline. Everybody could see it.

[Jack Armstrong]

And what was striking, that's well trod ground I thought that was going to be. So there is a section of the.

[Joe Getty]

Book where there was a joke among.

[Jack Armstrong]

The staffers about how many times did he claim today that he flew with Xi Jinping.

[Joe Getty]

Oh boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because of his never ending stories that.

[Joe Getty]

He would tell no matter how many.

[Jack Armstrong]

Times they were debunked by various newspapers. God. So the historical note, and this is the thing I really want to talk about was I'm reading this new World War II book by this guy, last name Tall, T O L L. And for some reason I had missed this trilogy that came out in the 2000. Very, very highly respected trilogy about the Pacific War. I'm reading the third one first. I skipped the first two because we're coming up on, you know how we just did the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. We're coming up on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, war with the finally beaten the Japanese. And I'm reading this book and it's, it's so damn good and interesting. I mean even as a guy who's taken in so much World War II stuff, this is a fantastic book. But all this stuff about FDR that I'd never heard before and I talked last week or before vacation a little bit about like I didn't know when FDR decided to run for a third term, the press turned on him hard all across the country. You know, he's so, FDR is so held up in high esteem now by all historians in the media is like the, the, the, the, the gold standard of what a president should be.

[Joe Getty]

But man, he's a godhead of the left.

[Jack Armstrong]

In the middle of his four term, you know, four terms he won election. The press turned on him hard. Two thirds of papers across of America didn't endorse him when he ran for the third time. So it's like, what are you doing? And then when he decided to run for a fourth term, it was met with like, you've got to be freaking kidding by the press. And FDR had such a bad relationship with the press as he decided to run for that fourth term. There's a quote in there, I should have written it down. But it was something like he wasn't talking to anybody anymore. It was Bidenesque. He just would not talk to the press. He stopped having press conferences, he stopped answering questions. And somebody Brought that up to him. And he said to me, the First Amendment is one of the most overrated things in world history. Or something like that. FDR said, wow. But on the health, which really gets to the Joe Biden thing. He had just been diagnosed with the congestive heart failure, which at that time, there was no way to cure or treat. And you were going to live like a year maybe. And the doctor knew that, but he had a different doctor, a White House doctor, as presidents do, not the physician who diagnosed him, whatever. But as all presidents do, the White House doctor who went out actually said, how Bidenesque is this? Actually said, he's Franklin Roosevelt is in better shape than when he ran in 33. Wow. That's what the doctors told America and the media who were close enough to have some idea, were like, what is going on here?

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

My point being, we've done this a bunch of times, and you just can't trust anything that comes out of power. Power will lie and lie and lie if it serves them to stay in office.

[Joe Getty]

Correct? Yeah. Yeah. And I love the fact that you said power, because that's what it's all about. To hold on to the reins of power or to g them. People will do and say anything.

[Jack Armstrong]

And they justified it with people convincing themselves. The same way with Joe Biden. Well, you know, he's. He's got dementia and he shouldn't be in the job, but the alternative is Trump. So as a good American, I'm going to keep Biden off, as they did the same thing with FDR with the idea he's the only man that can finish this war and, you know, keep the alliance together. So it's important for me, as a patriot, to lie about his health and everything. And so you just convince yourself and you go along with it. It doesn't have anything to do with you've got the coolest job in the world as the, you know, Secretary of State or chief of staff or whatever it is, and you would lose that job if you came out and were off. Honest. No, it's all because you're a good patriot. You convince yourself of that.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Yep. Troubling democracy doesn't work.

[Jack Armstrong]

No. But why we have to relearn the lesson over and over again that power will lie just endlessly. I. I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

You're dealing with very, very smart people who craft very, very attractive lies.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, the other side of it, the flip coin. The flip side of the coin, though, is the people in power realize these details won't come out for decades and it won't matter then.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, let's do whatever we want.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. It's funny, I have a handful of really interesting stories about the final days of the Biden administration, including somebody who really ought to go to jail, but it'll probably just go away.

[Jack Armstrong]

A complete side note, and this is narrow casting, the stuff about Douglas MacArthur and what a phony buildup of his image was just so America would have a hero to worship is really interesting. And another thing we should all watch out for when that sort of thing can occur.

[Joe Getty]

Sure. Yeah. Well, I said we've had really interesting discussions through the years, at least they were to me, about secrecy in warfare and propaganda in warfare.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And how a lot of it is not entirely honest, but it's necessary, Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. I'm not.

[Joe Getty]

That's. That's a slope where the footing isn't real good.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, it's not. And there's a quote in Eisenhower in the book about America needed a hero and the media created one for them. He couldn't stand MacArthur, thought he was a complete phony, but, you know, so maybe America did need a hero to worship or whatever. But my point being, you get lied to all the time.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Yeah, agreed. Coming up, gender bending madness update, New Hope edition. And don't you dare get a Brazilian butt lift until you hear about the disgusting side effect. That is very common.

[Jack Armstrong]

What do you think I was doing on vacation? The reason I took that extra day.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no. You know, I noticed you're a little perkier back there. That's a mistake. That explains the oozing, the horrible, disgusting.

[Jack Armstrong]

Side effect that's on the way. Stay here.

[Guest or Contributor]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Joe Getty]

Over the weekend, the rapper known as 4Extra lost two fingers in a fireworks accident. He's now changed his name to 3 left. The good news is he's no longer throwing up gang signs. You know, I saw that first punchline coming, but I enjoyed it a lot. Three Left. I get it. And be careful of fireworks. Kids gender manning madness update coming up next segment. But first, a handful of consumer oriented stories that I found intriguing and or amusing. A Wall Street Journal reporting vanity sizing is forcing petite women into kids clothes changing styles. And the super sizing of apparel is pushing shoppers to unusual lengths to find something that fits. I've heard the sub headline is so much glitter.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, you better like sparkles.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. The petite women who have, you know, been forced to go for children's sizes because the American girth has been increasing. More on that in a moment. But everybody knows this, right? The apparel industry for years has been employing vanity sizing, making clothes larger and larger while keeping the sizes the same. Making matters worse for slender shoppers is a current fashion woman which oversized looks are in vogue. The result, clothes so big that slender people are swimming in them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know. So with young people, they're all wearing super giant baggy clothes.

[Joe Getty]

This gallows five five has tried petite clothing, but because those fits are designed for shorter people, the shirt sleeves stop above her wrists and the jeans don't even graze her ankles. Children's clothes fit better, but the styles aren't sophisticated. Too many flowers and so much glitter. Final note on this. The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds, which is 30 pounds more than she did in 1960. According to the national center for Health.

[Jack Armstrong]

Statistics, average is 170.

[Joe Getty]

That is correct. Is that average or median? Because if there's like one 50,000 pound woman that throws. It's like the Bill Gates walks into a bar thing, right? Your net worth, your average net worth, et cetera, et cetera.

[Jack Armstrong]

Bill Gates could walk into a bar and change the average net worth. A 50,000 pound woman is not going to roll into the bar or probably the buffet.

[Joe Getty]

No.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh my.

[Joe Getty]

That was insensitive. She's £50,000.

[Jack Armstrong]

She needs some tough talk.

[Joe Getty]

Look at yourself. When you hit 30,000, didn't you think, you know, I gotta change something?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Katie, this is terrible. There's something terribly wrong here because the average height for a woman is five three. So if we're averaging at 175.

[Jack Armstrong]

Three. 170.

[Joe Getty]

I am pretty portly. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I don't think that that sounds high to me. That sounds really.

[Joe Getty]

Are you arguing with the name national center for Health Statistics?

[Jack Armstrong]

I guess I am, but that just. That sounds high to me.

[Joe Getty]

There's a lot more to get to.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

The Brazilian butt lift surgery is a procedure that enhances the size and shape of someone's rear end through a fat trans.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don't I know it. I've had two of them.

[Joe Getty]

It's often considered a dangerous procedure by experts since there's a possibility of death, infection and more. I would restructure that sentence. Once you have death, infection is kind of irrelevant.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, but.

[Joe Getty]

Or the more but this popular and freaking stupid surgery. Do you seriously think having a bigger butt is going to materially change your life? It's for the better.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's for bigger or higher.

[Joe Getty]

All of it. Lifting. It's both. It's both.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'd like mine higher.

[Joe Getty]

It makes it bigger. Not only is BBL surgery risky, there's one bizarre, rather gross side effect that comes along that potential patient should consider. It's called the BBL smell and it is real. This. Doctor. What? There's often a smell expected for BBL patients after sweating or sitting for long periods. An aggressive scent because you have a variety of.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm guessing because you have crevasses.

[Joe Getty]

No, no. There are tissue death, which is a BBL complication, and unhygienic habits that could cause someone with BBL to have a smelly beehive.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is the worst thing you've ever done. By a lot.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is the worst thing you've ever done.

[Joe Getty]

Horrible. I am issuing an important warning to people who might fall prey to this insidious procedure if a patient was, quote, overfilled with fat during the procedure. Fat necrosis, which is when fatty tissue in the butt dies, can occur. As a result, a rancid smell develops.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, yeah, I imagine you smell like a dead body.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Infections that need antibiotics, hospitalizations, and even that lead to sepsis. Okay, well, this has been a treat. Thanks, Joe.

[Jack Armstrong]

What is that cologne you're wearing? Black plague?

[Joe Getty]

No. Is that dead raccoon? No, that's my BBL surgery gone wrong. I'm telling you ladies. Beautiful the way you are, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

God, you gotta wear the kids clothes and you smell like a dead body and things aren't going well for you.

[Joe Getty]

Gender bending madness. Good news edition coming up next. If you can't stick around, subscribe to the podcast. Armstrong and Gettysburg.

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[Guest or Contributor]

It is the overwhelming majority of us, especially those competing at the elite level, are of the mindset that it's wrong, it's unfair, it's regressive, it's harmful to have men in our sports and men in our locker rooms.

[Joe Getty]

The great Riley Gaines, hero fighting against Gender Bending madness. It's time for an update. There's Hope edition. So I kept hearing about this thing called They're Locos. We're in a brave new world.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, I like that thing at the end.

[Joe Getty]

It reminds you of being in South Beach.

[Jack Armstrong]

Man. Was there a lot of Pride Month going on in south beach and Key West? Although when you live in Northern California, it didn't seem any different than a normal day, really.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I suppose so. So some gender bending madness updates for you. First of all, the Supreme Court has announced it will take up the blockbuster case on transgender athletes joining girls teams. That means boys. Boys. I'm going to really confuse this. There's a great piece I read recently about how confusing it is to everybody. And you've expressed this the whole a transgender man. And everybody's like, I can't remember which that is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? So yeah, exactly.

[Joe Getty]

Well, and interestingly enough to me not to get off on this for too long a time, but to say a transgender woman that is conceding that that is a woman and you shouldn't, because that person is not, I'm for saying a dude, a transgender dude. That is a dude who's trying to appear as come off as present as a woman. But again, that would further confuse it. Yeah, I'd say so the Supreme Court is going to review Idaho's and West Virginia's bans on transgender athletes joining female sports Teams again, that's dudes. Just weeks after the court's conservative majority upheld Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapies in cruel experiments on minors.

[Jack Armstrong]

Very different topics, though, so it'll be interesting to see. So they're going to take it up next year.

[Joe Getty]

I disagree. Well, yeah, I mean, clearly they're different. Although they all come back to the same question. Is radical gender theory supportable by any scientific measure or any reasonable measure? The idea that you can choose whether.

[Jack Armstrong]

You'Re a man or a woman man getting a fight. I can't believe it's taken this long. We're going to get a final ruling from the Supreme Court, I hope, on whether or not dudes can be in girls sports. That would. And like, I know, like I've said before, I think a lot of the people who out loud are claiming they're all for this will love the Supreme Court to weigh one way or the other and it just be over. They don't have to worry about it anymore.

[Joe Getty]

If you had brought this up 10 years ago, it would be like saying, yeah, the Supreme Court's going to rule on whether gravity generally pulls objects towards the earth.

[Jack Armstrong]

Whether dogs can vote.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Yeah. The USA Today, which I'm quoting intentionally because it is hilariously, idiotically left wing, says more than half states have passed laws preventing transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams. That's because they're dudes. They pass laws preventing dudes from. From competing on female sports teams, saying they're trying to prevent competitive advantages. The laws don't take into account someone's athletic ability or how far they are in transitioning to another gender. That's because you can't. And because they're dudes is why they're. They're fellas.

[Jack Armstrong]

So how big a. A deal do you think this will be as a Supreme Court case? Will this be, like, huge? Huge, you think, like gay marriage huge or.

[Joe Getty]

Well, no, partly because this is a fairly small number of people and. And it's more calling bull s on a ridiculous radical fringe theory that nobody believed except in the outer reaches of academia until very, very recently.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I don't know the specific.

[Joe Getty]

They were so vicious about it, they got miles beyond anywhere they should have.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know the specific situation they're looking at. And as often happens with the Supreme Court, they could end up with a very narrow ruling that applies only to that situation.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. So. And we gave short shrift to the announcement by the University of Pennsylvania the other day as the Editors of the National Review put it a blow to trans insanity, a victory for common sense. What a difference a couple of years in a new administration make. University of Pennsylvania issued a statement last week announcing it would comply with the Trump administration's Title IX policies and single sex sports in a signal victory for common sense, women's sports and the administration. According to the press release from the Department of Education, the school will adopt, quote, biology based definitions of male and female, as if there are any other definitions. To ensure the integrity of single sex teams and facilities like locker rooms. The university must also try to make amends. It will restore to female swimmers all individual records, titles or recognitions previously given to male athletes. And it must send a personalized apology letter to the impacted females swimmers. Sorry about that. No need folks, to ever go beyond male and female in this discussion.

[Jack Armstrong]

A personal letter of apology. Sorry about that. Signed the college.

[Joe Getty]

In other words, it was a near total capitulation by an institution that was at the forefront of the trans insanity in sports. About three years ago they get into the details of Leah Thomas oh, the presidents of the university president's letter. While Penn's policies during the 2122 swim season were in accordance with NCAA eligibility rules at the time, we acknowledge that some student athletes were disadvantaged by these rules. You think we will recognize this and apologize to those who experienced a competitive disadvantage or experienced anxiety because of the policies in effect at the time?

[Jack Armstrong]

Anxiety? Yeah, that's what I, I suffer from. Anxiety because as a 19 year old girl, I got to see a giant dude's wang when I'm changing clothes and.

[Joe Getty]

Then get whooped up on in the pool after spending my whole life trying to become an elite woman swimmer. Yeah, as the National Review editors write, of course, competitive disadvantage is a euphemism for discrimination, denial of opportunity and stolen awards. While experienced anxiety is a sliding way to put the normal reaction of female athletes forced to share locker rooms with males. The university repeats the same tired verbiage about committing, quote, being committed to fostering a community that is welcoming, inclusive and open. All students, faculty and staff. Not too long ago, in the name of these ideals, the school unreservedly supported Thomas while ignoring his female teammates. I would, I would cribble that they actually browbeat them and bullied them. In 2021, Penn Athletics shamelessly boasted that Thomas, quote, delivered another record breaking performance at an event. This is a 6 foot 4 inch man and quote, won the race by nearly 7 seconds and her time was the fastest in the country. Yeah, of course he did. We noted at the time that Thomas was an average swimmer for the men's swimming division. Nonetheless, in 2022, the university nominated Dude Thomas for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

A dude. And again the women were browbeaten and bullied and threatened with losing their scholarships and the rest of it three years ago. Moving along. Now that they're no longer afraid for their scholarships and social pressure and that sort of thing, all of Leah Thomas's so called teammates are coming out and saying, thank God Monica Brzezinska around Leah. I wasn't going to risk anything. She just ended up changing in other places. Left the locker room at her inconvenience. As the season dragged on, she became less and less comfortable, just avoided it. A couple other of the teammates are quoted here as saying, it was, it was bizarre. Yeah, it was like a surreal thing happening because they would say this is a guy and they would be yelled at, that's a woman. You're a bigot if you say otherwise.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. It had to be surreal. Like you couldn't believe it was happening.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. And then, you know, I'm, I'm looking at, you know, it's mostly good news these days, but Slate.com the liberal news outlet, says UPenn's capitulation of the Trump administration is disgraceful.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

And, and, and this writer, this Julie Kliegman, goes into the extremely rare existence of folks with ambiguous genitalia, internal testicles, XXY chromosomes, that sort of thing, and says because those people exist, a big hulking dude who just says, yeah, I'm a woman now, ought to be allowed to dominate. Powerlifting. It is a very strange argument and I feel for somebody who's like, lives for athletics and it turns out they are a woman but have internal testicles and, and especially high levels of those are very, of testosterone. Those are very rare cases. But it's troubling. I feel for those gals. It's got to be confusing and disconcerting. And then the final note. The state of Cal Unicornia has announced officially they will not submit to the Justice Department's Title 9 complaint. And California will spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars fighting to let boys continue to compete on girls teams if they've got a little eyeshadow on. Way to go California. Way to stand up for what's good and right. It's gender bending madness.

[Jack Armstrong]

So California is going to fight that until the Supreme Court rules and then that will be a rallying cry for an election about vote for Gavin Newsom for president or whoever because he'll appoint Supreme Justice, Supreme Court justices that will overturn this madness.

[Joe Getty]

Right. The strategy being that that hardcore radical very small percentage of Americans that believes boys ought to be able to be on girls teams if they throw on a little eyeshadow and that's again, it's shrinking all the time. The idea being that that hardcore will get you the nomination and then you tack toward the center like he did pathetically on Charlie Kirk's podcast. I just on a pure strategic level, never mind what's sane and what's right and what's good. I don't even think it makes sense on that level.

[Jack Armstrong]

Some AI. Somebody was using AI to sound like Marco Rubio and actually was able to talk to foreign diplomats though, which is three foreign ministers, a US Governor and a member of Congress as fake AI Marco Rubio. We'll get to that story later. That's a good one. Among other things. Stay with us.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Gettysburg.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Alex Cooper all right Daddy gang and.

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Cubs fans, are you ready?

[Joe Getty]

You've never seen something like this before.

[Jack Armstrong]

A one, a two, a three.

[Joe Getty]

Take me out to the ball game, take the alarm to the crowd, call me some peanut and crack a jack.

[Jack Armstrong]

Appropriate booing.

[Joe Getty]

Drag her onto the field.

[Jack Armstrong]

Stoner. So she's from that podcast.

[Joe Getty]

Call Me Daddy.

[Jack Armstrong]

She's from the famous Call Me Daddy podcast. That was an attempt to, you know, get what she got played on our radio show in lots of different places for getting attention. The the reason people were booing was not that the, you know, singing is bad. You're taking something that people like and is a tradition and you came with your kids to the game. And you're mocking it basically.

[Joe Getty]

Right. For your attention, for your career. Yeah, you're, you're, you're mocking what we're all here to enjoy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. So that is a very booable offense.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

In my opinion. Speaking of sports, mentioned this briefly yesterday. The WNBA has a weird problem with their professional sports league that I don't think any professional sports league has ever had. Their most popular player, maybe their best player, but their most popular player by far is hated by the other players. So they did the all star voting in fan voting. Caitlin Clark, who the league president said is the most popular athlete in America and might very well be. Caitlin Clark set a new record, beating last year's record by just dominant number of votes to be on the all star team. The media voted her in third. The players ninth among guards, I believe. So you the ninth guard.

[Joe Getty]

So wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

The players don't dig. And Caitlin Clark, in terms of her effect on the league, merchandise sales have risen 600% all merchandise sales since she entered the WNBA. She's responsible for almost 30% of all WNBA economic activity by herself and ratings for games and blah, blah, blah, blah. She's the best thing that ever happened to that sport by far.

[Joe Getty]

Right, Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And the other players either resent it or I don't know exactly what's going on there.

[Joe Getty]

Well, you've got the racial thing going on. And it's not coincidental or not unimportant that we're talking about a league full of young women who tend to be wildly left political and really into the grievance thing and grievance studies and ra Racializing everything. And there's the sexual thing, too. Caitlyn is straight in a league that's dominated by lesbian players. And so, yeah, they, they hate her. And in every other league of any other sport around the planet, they think, you know, I'm not, you know, I'm kind of bothered by this. But man, it's a gravy train. So we'll just say pleasant things and move on with our lives. But no, because they're young women and they're so political, they can't restrain themselves.

[Jack Armstrong]

Seems odd to me that you just don't like, either respect her game as somebody who has dedicated your life to it and like, think, wow, this is great. People are watching us more than they ever have. We got packed stadiums, we got. We're getting on TV channels we've never gotten on before. This is fantastic.

[Joe Getty]

Great example of how ideology makes people into fools. They are way more into their cult than their own success or the success of their league.

[Jack Armstrong]

I bet that's not a lot of fun if you're Caitlin Clark.

[Joe Getty]

No, to know that'd be an odd.

[Jack Armstrong]

Existence to know so many of the players resent you that way. I mean, it's one thing that, you know, the rivalries of. We hate, you know, the other guy on the other team, their star player. That's different though. You know that they hate you because you're so good. You know, it's a competitive thing. You kind of like that. You like being the villain. But when. When they like, personally dislike you because you're straight or white or whatever, that's got to be very hurtful.

[Joe Getty]

It is hurtful, Jack. But not as hurtful as spot fixing. Do you know about spot fixing?

[Jack Armstrong]

Classic Joe Getty transition.

[Joe Getty]

No, I don't know what spot fixing is. Spot fixing has been scandalizing sports all over the planet and now it's come to America with the computerized sports betting. It's one of the most pernicious forms of corruption of sports that's ever been witnessed. And like the, the, the, the Murder Hornet or what was that? The latest killer bee to invade our shores. It is now here. And they begin this, this story with Cleveland pitchers. Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz began the third inning of his recent outing by throwing a slider in the dirt. Ball one. No problem. He's thrown more than 1500 pitches this season. A third of them have been balls out of the strike zone. There's no reason to think twice about one that slipped. But within the gambling industry, alarms were blaring. You can bet on will the first pitch of the inning be a ball or a strike from this pitcher or this, you know, will this batter do? There are a never ending list of propositions and a betting integrity firm, which is a thing, had identified unusual wagering activity on that specific pitch being a ball. And there was another first pitch of an inning that Ortiz threw that you couldn't have hit with two bats nailed together. It was so far outside. There was unusual activity on that pitch.

[Jack Armstrong]

Being a ball with the insinuation that he's in on the deal and somehow.

[Joe Getty]

Profiting, he is now what is suspended. A non. What do they call it? A non disciplinary leave while they investigate the matter. Individual tiny parts of games that nobody would notice.

[Jack Armstrong]

No.

[Joe Getty]

Are being. Are being fixed by players now all over the world for profit.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's interesting. We got to talk more about that. If you missed a segment or an hour, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand subscribe Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

This is an iHeart podcast.