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And now here's Armstrong and get it.
Joe Getty
Hope your plane didn't flip upside down over the weekend. Live from Studio C. I like my.
Jack Armstrong
Planes right side up. No doubt. See, Senor, A dimly lit room deep.
Joe Getty
Within the bowels of the Armstrong Again communications compound.
Jack Armstrong
Today, to kick off a brand new.
Joe Getty
Week, we're under the tutelage of Our general manager, Sensors.
Jack Armstrong
They're doing it for our own good.
Joe Getty
With a C or an S?
Jack Armstrong
A C, indeed. I suppose it could be sensors, yes. Intruder alert. Intruder alert, that sort of thing. But it's not, it's people who would limit our speech again, for our own good.
Joe Getty
Yeah, fantastic. Look forward to talking about that. A lot of movement on that over the weekend. And then live as we're on the air right now, Marco Rubio, I'm looking at him on the tv. He's in Saudi Arabia with a bunch of other big wigs. And for the first time in four years since the war in Ukraine started, a member of the United States meeting with a member of Russia face to face. The Secretary of State's meeting with Lavrov, the equivalent of Russia. And they're going to try to hash out some sort of deal without Zelensky there, which is interesting, but we'll see how that goes.
Jack Armstrong
I, I, along with the Trump administration, deny your very premise. They're not going to try to hash out a deal. They have said it's going to try to understand each other's intentions, open the channels of communication. There will be no deal struck.
Joe Getty
Well, that's the ult, that's the point of meeting. Right?
Jack Armstrong
Sure, sure. They insist they will include Zelensky at the moment any serious negotiations take place.
Joe Getty
Or so they tell him. Zelensky is in Turkey. So he's like, right by. If they get, we all agree on this, we'll get. Okay, let's bring him in and act like we'll have this conversation again and act like he's a part of it. Okay. Tell Zelinsky can fly in from Turkey.
Jack Armstrong
Make it sound like a question, even if it's a statement.
Joe Getty
Right. Which might be how it actually works out. Man, those some, that's some high level stuff right there.
Jack Armstrong
And horrible, horrible stakes, obviously, by the way, taking a light and slightly humorous approach to the question. But it's, of course, a gruesome, gruesome chapter in history.
Joe Getty
It's horrible. I can't believe it's even, hardly even happening that you're sitting down with somebody that high level from Russia, you know, and having a talk. I mean, they're killers, they're murderers, they're, they're, they're the worst of the worst.
Jack Armstrong
Sure.
Joe Getty
But one interesting thing I learned from this as an aside, and then we'll get back to, you know, reality. But one of the things I learned from one of those books that I read, Lavrov, the guy that's, you know, the top negotiator out there for Putin. He didn't even know that Putin was going to go into Ukraine until it happened. He was left in the dark. So how much authority he has to wrap this thing up, I have no idea. But I guess we'll find out. I'll tell you this, Marco Rubio's face is very serious in these meetings. I'm sure they're going to. Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure you're going to kick the cameras out soon. And Lindsey Graham, I just saw this on the tv. Lindsey Graham said a bad deal in Ukraine would be the biggest mistake the United States has made since the end of World War II, which is quite a statement. I mean, that's, that's a pretty big statement. I mean, if you heard about Vietnam and Iraq and a bunch of other different things that went on since World War II ended, that'd be that. That's, that's quite a thing to say.
Jack Armstrong
And certainly Marco Rubio is there to execute the President's foreign policy. But as I made no secret of when he was appointed or nominated and confirmed, Marco's a hawk and he's a hard ass and I love him on foreign policy. So I'm thinking we're in decent hands there. Right? Again, the administration has made some noises that I appreciate the making about not rushing into anything. We're just going to sit down and talk a little bit.
Joe Getty
So back to your general manager C sensors with a C. Some really disturbing stuff happened on Sunday. If you weren't paying attention. And, you know, you, you were enjoying your President's Day festivities with the parades and the gifts and the songs and the lovemaking. I mean, you got the romantic twofer that is Valentine's Day than President's Day. I mean, just back bookends of a very romantic weekend.
Jack Armstrong
Dress like Lincoln again, honey. You know, I love that. So disturbing.
Joe Getty
Sunday was rough. So I guess to preview Sunday's night's horrific 60 Minutes on Face the Nation, earlier that day on CBS, Margaret Brennan actually said the phrase, you know, in Germany in the 30s, free speech was weaponized for a genocide. Yes, she came out anti free speech. And apparently CBS is anti free speech. As later that night on 60 Minutes, they aired an entire episode about how Germany's cracking down on free speech from a isn't this cool standpoint.
Jack Armstrong
You know, this is an aside, but I almost wish it hadn't been two CBS products that both unmasked themselves in the same way. Because it, the mask coming off, I think is the Main message to take from the weekend. There are in Europe and in the United States prominent forces that are every bit as enthusiastic about eliminating misinformation and disinformation as they were during COVID And guess who they think ought to decide what's misinformation that you probably shouldn't hear. They'd be delighted to take that job themselves. And it is now. It's funny. Another aside. Heard a great interview with an author. He's got a book out about how everybody's tribal and political all the time now, and it's not healthy. You ought not be thinking about politics 24 hours a day. It's just weird. It's never been the way it is in this country except in times of great crisis. And I thought, you know, that's a really good point there. But when you have, again, major societal forces saying, you know, free speech, let's reconsider that. I don't know. I'm at my battle station. Sorry.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I'm staying. I thought those of you who are sounding the alarm on free speech had over egged your pudding. I thought you're overstating it. But, man, after Sunday, I thought, holy crap, this might be the battle of my lifetime. This is. This is crazy. Smart people of high position have decided free speech is a bad idea.
Jack Armstrong
What?
Joe Getty
Oh, my God.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. Wow. Well, welcome to the party. I've been yelling this for years. Years. And finally, this is no way to treat your guests when they get to a party. I am so sorry. Really not a good host.
Joe Getty
You brought deviled eggs. Nobody likes deviled eggs.
Jack Armstrong
Why are you so late? Well, maybe we'll just go. No, get in here.
Joe Getty
So that. That highly disturbing. And we'll play a bunch of clips from that.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
In Germany, you could be laying in bed and the police could bust down your door and run in with guns drawn because you had a tweet that they thought was insensitive. Honest to freaking God.
Jack Armstrong
That tweet about Muslim immigration was really insensitive and hurt people's feelings. So you're coming to jail.
Joe Getty
What? And CBS treated that like something to admire and pretty cool, with no pushback, really, whatsoever.
Jack Armstrong
As I say, freaking delighted by it.
Joe Getty
Yeah, they thought it was hilarious. Some of the things that they've done to some of these people, spreading misinformation. And one of my favorite free speech people, I don't remember which one, maybe Rufo or somebody on Twitter said, would have been nice for 60 Minutes to have a free speech advocate on there to go back and forth on Some.
Jack Armstrong
Of these things they're claiming even for 15 seconds. Right. Somebody to represent that point of view. CBS. Good Lord.
Joe Getty
And then if you think this is not important. I think it's a really big deal. That 60 Minutes, probably the most important news product we have in America treated free speech like it's on the. It's on the table for discussion.
Jack Armstrong
Right. Wow.
Joe Getty
And Germany's already gone down the road. Like I just said, it's against the law to make fun of someone in public. They actually said that out loud.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
It's against the law to make fun of someone. Are you Germany? Wow.
Jack Armstrong
We would really like dissent to be permissible signed all the little kids who are kept out of schools and kept away from their friends and are damaged for the rest of their lives during COVID We think it's important sign those little kids.
Joe Getty
So we've left out of this the fact that J.D. vance was in Europe over the weekend and gave a speech and really blasted Europe for this sort of thing and saying, your biggest problem isn't Russia or China. Your biggest problem is internal in this whole anti free speech. And if you're not gonna do something about it, we can't. You and you can't help yourselves. And so big uproar over that. They had. They're having an emergency meeting there in Europe. Some German high level official cried during the speech. They were so upset. And it turns out J.D. vance is absolutely right.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
Oh, but that's what Margaret Brennan was mentioning on Face a Nation when she said JD Vance said free speech is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Free speech was weaponized in Germany in the 30s for a genocide. God, what are you talking about? So that's, that's something we're going to talk about several times today. That's a really big deal. Really big deal. We should start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Tuesday, February 18, the year 2025, where Armstrong and Getty and we approve of this program.
Jack Armstrong
Let's begin uncensored according to FCC rules and regulations. Here we go at mark. Germany is cracking down. We were with German police as they conducted early morning raids on citizens who'd accused of hate speech threats and inciting violence online in the United States. A lot of people look at this and say this is restricting free speech. It's a threat to democracy. Free speech needs boundaries and they'll helpfully impose those boundaries where they think it's appropriate. Right.
Joe Getty
And then the obvious question is, okay, who's going to draw the boundaries. Oh, you are. Oh, okay. Well, you realize you're not always going to be in charge. You gonna be comfortable with where Trump draws the boundaries or whoever it is you don't like when they're in charge, right?
Jack Armstrong
Well, and again, I hate to even go to that argument because the argument in principle is good enough. But I think Vance's point. We'll play you some excerpts from it. His speech, his his point on a practical level was really good and if those dopey Euros would listen to it, they'd be better off for it. He's saying to them, listen, you are stifling a significant and growing portion of your population from telling you what they need and what they want. This will blow up in your face and it will. He's absolutely right. It's already happening.
Joe Getty
Damned interesting stuff. Anyway, got a bunch of clips from Saturday Night Live's big 50 year anniversary, which I watched all of and thought was absolutely fantastic. Got a lot of stuff on the way Mailbag this hour. Stick around.
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I mean, I used to be adored by the left, you know.
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Elon Musk
Less so these days killed that, huh? I mean, less.
Jack Armstrong
I really didn't.
Elon Musk
Well, I mean, this whole sort of like, you know, they call it, like, Trump derangement syndrome. And I don't, you know, you don't realize how real this is until, like, it's. You can't reason with people. So, like, I was at a friend's birthday party in la, just a birthday dinner, and it was like a nice, quiet dinner and everyone was behaving normally. This is before the election, like a month or two before I have to mention the president's name. And it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained, like, methamphetamine and rabies. Okay.
Jack Armstrong
And they're like, why?
Elon Musk
What is wrong, guys? Like, you just can't have, like, a normal conversation. And it's like they become completely irrational.
Jack Armstrong
Wow.
Joe Getty
Meth and rabies, by the way, on the Elon front. Found out over the weekend. Baby number 13. Congratulations, dad. Here's a cigar. I don't know how you get so much done changing diapers and early morning feedings and then you got the other dozen kids to get off to school and help with their homework and teach them how to ride a bike and all those things.
Jack Armstrong
Well, luckily he employs 500 nannies. He's an odd duck. Yeah, virtually every way. There's absolutely no doubt. But if he's doing good things, he's doing good things.
Joe Getty
I feel like he gets a real pass on his personal life for some reason, you know, in a way that other people don't. And I don't know why, but yeah.
Jack Armstrong
He'S just so over the top crazy in that way. I don't think there's any point in bringing it up. It's not like he can be shamed. He's obviously made that decision. But anyway, I'm much more concerned with what he does in terms of, you know, his official capacities.
Joe Getty
But anybody just, you know, just Fred down the hall. Anybody who has 13 kids by as.
Jack Armstrong
Many different women as it took. Yes.
Joe Getty
It's really like, I saw the chart yesterday. I have the chart. I'll get into it later.
Jack Armstrong
It's only, like, need a chart.
Joe Getty
It's only like, four women, but it's complicated.
Jack Armstrong
But you don't need a chart. My kids happen to be visiting all at once for the first time in a couple years. It was absolutely wonderful. We don't need a chart. It's. Those are my kids right there.
Joe Getty
But Fred Vall had 13 kids, four different women. He's not married to any of them. You'd think that's crazy. He's crazy.
Jack Armstrong
I would agree completely. So a couple of notes on what's happening. Doge Wise. I love this writing. Who wrote this? I like to give credit. Oh, Jerry Baker is absolutely terrific with the Wall street, but he's talking about how the left came out and were bellowing into microphones and screeching about how unfair it was that any federal employee should lose their jobs. And he writes, it was a tableau for the ages. One example of the many strange battle lines the Democratic Party has chosen to defend these past few years. Illegal migrants over citizens, teachers unions over parents and children, criminals over victims, men turned women. That doesn't. That can't happen. Transgender people over girls. Good luck with that, Democrats. You might want to fire your pollsters just like that. So I wanted to share it. Uh, Elon Musk responding to a different section of the absolutely idiotically dishonest 60 Minutes yesterday. And that was the first story about the absolute tragedy of canceling funding for USAID even for a few minutes, as it gets reformed. And one of the more prominent quotes was a woman crying that 12 days ago, people knew where their next paycheck was coming from. They knew how they were going to pay for their kids, daycare, their medical bills, then all gone overnight, said Christine Dry, who was fired. Says Elon Musk, 60 Minutes are such liars. As the community note states, all employees were offered eight months of pay and benefits.
Joe Getty
Even without that, you know who else finds out with no notice that they're fired and they walked out to their car and wonder what they're going to do. Everybody else all the time. It's just, I don't understand this.
Jack Armstrong
And I thought this was so interesting. From the Wall Street, Wall Street Journal. It was not intentionally this way, but the headline is Trump Layoffs Push Federal workers into tough job hunt. And and they mentioned that federal workers skew older than those in the private sector and their long bureaucratic experience often makes them less competitive applicants for corporate roles, according to career coaches and recruiters.
Joe Getty
In other words, they're without skills the world needs.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, and it's funny, there are other sentences in here. Instability is a jarring change for many in the federal government, which has been a bastion of long term employment. Long government resumes can make it harder for workers to stand out. Such workers often lack experience that companies seek, such as a track record of exceeding sales or other performance targets in the government, said one expert. These are jobs, jobs that aren't always tied to tangible results. I mean, how revealing is all that we've noticed? They have no standards to reach or goals to exceed or really leadership or. I mean, there are exceptions to this, obviously, but for the masses of workers, no. They're box checkers and paper shufflers and they'll be employed for life no matter how terrible they are at their jobs, protected by their powerful, powerful, politically connected unions.
Joe Getty
So we've got Mailbag, Katie's headlines. We're going to get into that whole censorship Germany thing, free speech thing that is so damned interesting and may be the most important thing going on. All on the way. I hope you can stick around.
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Some days a whale swallows you. Some days your plane flips upside down. Life is like a box of chocolates. Welcome to a brand new week, boy.
Jack Armstrong
Thick with odd metaphors there, folks. Metaphors?
Joe Getty
They're stories from real life. It's not a metaphor if you get swallowed by a whale. You got swallowed by a whale. Sounded like a metaphor thinking that guy got spit out. I wish he spoke English. Man, that interview is something.
Jack Armstrong
It was old. See it?
Joe Getty
Oh, you haven't seen the interview?
Jack Armstrong
No.
Joe Getty
Or have you seen the guy get swallowed by the whale?
Jack Armstrong
Just heard somebody mention.
Joe Getty
Oh my God. It's unbelievable. He gets swallowed by a whale and then spit out the whale like it like tickles its epiglottis or something goes and the guy comes shooting back out. And then they interview the guy who speaks. Whatever he speaks and he says, I thought I was dead. Everything went black.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that's a reasonable assumption.
Joe Getty
Yeah. And then, then he gets spit out and everything's fine. Whale swims off. Holy crap. Geez.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know. Of old.
Joe Getty
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Jack Armstrong
But good Lord, stay out of the water. Canada got a preview of what it's going to be like if they don't become our 51st state. And on the ice the other day, the. The Canada began with our fists. It was a solid US Victory. From what I understand, the US Canada hockey game. There were three fights in the first nine seconds of the game.
Joe Getty
Really?
Jack Armstrong
And I'm told we went three. And oh, and all my hockey fan friends. Why did you not tell me this game was so crazy while it was going on? I missed it. Anyway, I thought that was.
Joe Getty
Things are tense between the US and.
Jack Armstrong
Canada and our soon to be 51st state. Yeah. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Love this. Sent along by Marina in San Diego. It's a classic classic from Frederick Bastiat, a French dude she points out helpfully. When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time, they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
Joe Getty
Right. And then you want those people in charge of the boundaries for free speech. Free speech needs rules, said the Germans.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, boundaries. This is for your own good. We will protect you from your own bad speeches. Yeah, okay, thanks. You know, I'm good over here. We're just fine. Mailbag. More on that to come. Drop us a note mailbagarmstrongetty.com this is from Eric, who sent us a handful of things. He is going deep into the rabbit hole of what is Doge putting out. And here's one of his favorites. $75 million for DEI in the department of Agriculture. And this is how it works, friends. $25 million to AMA Consulting LLC. 25 million dol to Ivy Planning Group LLC. $25 million to Timothy Londigan LLC. These are these DEI white guilt. Ibram Kendi, Robin D'Angelo scammers in the department were making tens of millions in.
Joe Getty
The Department of Agriculture.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, that's right. Right, so we're not harvesting racist soybeans or denying black farmers the right to grow corn or something. Except the DEI stuff, again, is fake. It's Marxism. It has nothing to do with actual racism. Anyway, that's just crazy. Good Lord. The. The. The. The. The size of the theft is just practically beyond comprehension, which is part of what they're counting on. Speaking of Doge side show, Bob writes, I can't wait until Doge gets around to the 300 plus million dollars in free federal money that Tesla took Not to mention the subsidies for buying one. Oh, wait, nevermind. I really do hate hypocrisy. Bob, you're normally a fine and humorous correspondent. I think you're 100% wrong on that. And it's not just because I like what Doge is doing. If the federal government is doling out billions of dollars in subsidies for electric cars, and I'm an electric car maker, I say, okay, write me the check. Well, is he supposed to turn it down because someday Doge would try to.
Joe Getty
Eliminate waste and then try to compete against other electric cars? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know that was going to work.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I don't think that's hypocrisy in the least. I think that's if bad policy affects your company in a positive way, you take it and then, you know, try to institute reforms when you have the reins. Moving along. This is a little out of date, but I loved it. It's a clever Valentine's Day hack from Tony in Portlandia. He says, I'm a man in my mid-60s, not married, not interested at this stage of life. One of my boys is the executive theft. Nice bistro in town, blah, blah, blah. He got me reservations for two for Valentine's Day. I invited a friend, but at the last minute, she couldn't make it, so I still went. What I did not see coming was all the sympathy drinks people brought me bought me because they thought I'd been stood up.
Joe Getty
Oh, wow. That is a good thing. Remember this, guys. Remember this? Single alcoholics, Valentine's Day night. Sit at a restaurant by yourself.
Jack Armstrong
I prefer the term alcohol enthusiast. And. And wait a second. If that. Just one night, that would prove nothing, really. But he says, last year I did the same thing. Went by myself. The same thing happened. The drinks just kept coming.
Joe Getty
Wow.
Jack Armstrong
A couple even invited me to sit with them. This year, I'm thinking of bringing a dozen red roses, put them on the table, and sit there with a sad face. Life is good if you have a sense of humor. Kftc. That's Tony in Portland.
Joe Getty
Well, you're surrounded by the kind of people that go out to dinner on Valentine's Day night, which is a certain crowd.
Jack Armstrong
Yes.
Joe Getty
And then you got. That's quite the combination.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Me and most of mine are like, oh, my God, you went out on Valentine's Day night and you fought your way through. Wow, you're nuts. Let's see, this from Michael, who took a break from talk radio and politics because of the turbulent times and anger and Trump and all sorts of stuff. It's fascinating how far apart the interpretations of each party's actions can be. It's like we all watched the same movie and one side came away thinking it was a western and the other thought it was sci fi. There's no common ground to be had.
Joe Getty
That's not really an exaggeration. Oh, what a great romantic comedy. It was a war movie. It was a romantic comedy. It was a war movie.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. I'm gonna not be specific about this sort of stuff for obvious reasons, but two of my kids live in the Pacific Northwest and they. And the people who they hang out with are. They don't get a lot of differing political inputs in that part of the country. And so once in a while they would say something and I would say, you know, I don't actually see it that way. And that was a first for them and their friends in certain ways. What do you mean? And some of the information. And again, we didn't talk about politics much at all intentionally. But some of the information was completely new to them. Them. They'd watch the western. I'd watched a sci fi movie. Actually, I watch both for a living. But anyway. And then Michael says, I suppose you guys have become conditioned, like first responders, where you're able to leave the horrors you see every day at work and go on with your lives. Maybe they should start teaching that skill in school too, because I certainly don't have it. Glad to be back. Glad to have you back, Michael. Great email. Thanks.
Joe Getty
I was telling my son I'd love to teach a how to take in media class in college, which I. Or high school, which I think ought to be a class in the modern world.
Jack Armstrong
100%, yes.
Joe Getty
That'd be a very valuable skill. First of all, just introducing the idea to people of you need to take in news from multiple sources with multiple points of view to have the slightest idea what's going on.
Jack Armstrong
Right, right. Absolutely. I mean, it's so easy to draw out a scenario where it's. The facts presented would lead you quite confidently to one conclusion. Merely by leaving out the countervailing facts, you come to a wildly incorrect conclusion, or at least highly questionable.
Joe Getty
I've got friends on in both different bubbles that have completely different worldviews because of that.
Jack Armstrong
And in my opinion, they both benefit from a little sprinkling of the other side, just for perspective. Plus, as I've said many times, to me, it's like not. Not coming up against ideas you disagree with is like not exercising, not lifting weights. Your Intellectual muscles atrophy. You just become, you know, laying on your intellectual couch. You don't feel weak, but the minute you come up against something, you realize how weak you are. It's just not. I just don't think it's healthy laying.
Joe Getty
On my intellectual couch.
Jack Armstrong
It's a metaphor again.
Joe Getty
So this one is a metaphor. Unlike the guy who got swallowed by the whale, who actually got swallowed by a whale.
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Joe Getty
I gotta check with my son later to see how this went. He had volleyball practice at 6am before school started. And he was really not wanting to do that. And I told him he's got to said, I'm not doing it. I said, yes, you are. He said, I'm not. I said, you are. And then he eventually just gave in, realizing I was not budging on this. But you signed up for the team. This is. These are the expectations as we got. Do you got two matches this week? But anyway, 6am Practice before school.
Jack Armstrong
That's something that ain't never remember that, man. For. For hockey, for basketball.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Luckily in baseball you gotta have some sunlight. They waited till the afternoon. I don't remember.
Joe Getty
I don't specifically remember many. Maybe one wrestling practice one time early, but had a lot of band practices before school.
Jack Armstrong
I was just gonna say, yeah. Jazz band, I remember in high school was insanely early.
Joe Getty
Yeah. And so you know, it's preparing you for life, huh? Doing a variety of things you don't want to do. Having long days, which he's starting to have in high school where it's, you know, you're busy from when you get up until you go to bed at night. Yeah, that's the way life often is.
Jack Armstrong
It prepared me for a career long career in morning radio, which wrecked my health and my life.
Joe Getty
So. Your health and your life? Oh, you're not a coal miner. You talk on the radio.
Jack Armstrong
I'm barely hanging on.
Joe Getty
Wow, you got black lung from talking on the radio.
Jack Armstrong
I need to go lie down on my intellectual couch.
Joe Getty
We got Katie's headlines on the way. See what's going on in the world.
Jack Armstrong
Stick around Armstrong and Gettysburg.
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Joe Getty
I just tweeted out the chart if you want to see it. Elon chart. So you got Elon on at the top you got four women and then the 13 kids. Now the 13th revealed over the weekend he's got six kids with his first. I don't know if they're actually married or not. Justine Wilson. And there's pictures of everybody here too. A lot of the kids too, which I'm don't think I'm cool with. But anyway, six with Justine Wilson, three with Grimes, three with Siobhan Zillis, and now one with this Ashley St. Clair. Woman, woman, 24 year old hottie that was revealed over the weekend.
Jack Armstrong
Siobhan Zilla. Sounds like a made up name. Just saying it does.
Joe Getty
Now a few people have commented that they all have crazy eyes, the four women. But I don't know, I think these could be just the pictures.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know all four of them. But the ones I can picture. Yes indeed. Let me got them Realtor eyes. They got them.
Joe Getty
You got Griffin Musk, Vivian Musk, Damon Damien Musk, Saxon Musk, Kai Musk, Nevada Musk.
Jack Armstrong
Musk.
Joe Getty
Then Xaeax2 Musk, Exa Dark, Citarel Musk, Techno Mechanics, Techno Mechanicus Mux Musk. An unnamed child, Strider Azure and then that's no one that hasn't been named.
Katie Green
Yet can confirm the crazy eyes.
Joe Getty
They all got crazy eyes.
Jack Armstrong
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. She got him. Anyway, we need to get big into the absolute Nightmare which was 60 Minutes last night. A increasingly relevant old media hack shop if there ever was one. But boy, their sympathy for censorship was on display. So that to come next hour. But first let's figure out who's reporting what. It's lead story with Katie Green Katie, thank you, guys.
Katie Green
Starting with NBC, US and Russia agree to restore embassy staffing in high level talks on Ukraine war without Zelinsky.
Joe Getty
Yeah, it's one place I heard an interview with Marco Rudy Rubio where he started with they got to do something about our embassy, which is a nightmare. Then Moscow and has been horrible forever. Let's start there.
Katie Green
From the New York Post, Trump congratulates US Forces after airstrike kills quote, terrorist leader in Syria.
Joe Getty
Didn't even hear that. That's why we listen to you, Katie.
Katie Green
Hey, you know from Fox News, acting head of Social Security quits after clash with Doge over date.
Jack Armstrong
Boy, is that overblown. That whole. They've been granted access to the computer systems. They could, they could do anything. Now it's a number one, it's read only access. And how are they going to figure out where the money's going unless they look at the money?
Joe Getty
I saw a senator point out over the weekend, Elon Musk has one of the highest security clearances you can get. He's involved in rockets and works with NASA. He had to have a high security they not just a guy up the street.
Katie Green
From Daily Mail, Elon Musk's Doge finds $4.7 trillion in treasury payments on untraceable budget line and no one knows where the money went.
Joe Getty
Oh, boy.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, see, that's exactly what they're supposed to be looking for. If they overstep, they do something they're not supposed to. If they're rude to somebody, we have ways to deal with that. But when you're taking on the gigantic, horrific, wasteful, complex, abusive federal government and the minute a toe gets stepped on, Chuck Schumer goes to the steps of the Capitol and weeps the bitter, bitter tears that he can on cue anytime, please. That's not a reason to not do it.
Katie Green
MSNBC investors haven't been this pessimistic about stuff stocks since 2023.
Joe Getty
That's actually a Wall Street Journal headline. Investors have not been this pessimistic about stocks in two years, which is not a long time. But I don't like to hear that from abc.
Katie Green
Quote, hanging like bats. Toronto plane crash survivor speaks out after aircraft flips on the Runway.
Joe Getty
As I was hanging upside down in my plane, flames about. I would think this might be it. Even if you're on the ground, I think this ain't good.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. And the fact that a plane ended up upside down and it would appear nobody's going to die from it is really amazing.
Katie Green
From the Washington Post Soldiers are arriving at our southern border, but hardly any migrants are crossing.
Joe Getty
Right. Well, word got out out there. No point in trying to come now. If you can get across, and you probably can't, you're going to get deported soon. So that's a big message.
Jack Armstrong
Boy, does this have the feel of society weaving from guardrail to guardrail, as I've talked about many times through the years. Some at some point, you can already hear it being said, why do we have such a presence on the border? We don't have a lot of illegal immigration. Right. Remove it and then they'll flood across the board order. And we will veer to the other guardrail again.
Joe Getty
Don't come. Don't come.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, my God.
Katie Green
From Breitbart.com Vacationer loses both hands in Turks and Caicos trying to take a photo with a shark. He had both hands bitten off, both hands gone. Tried to take a photo with a shark. Not of a shark, but with a shark.
Joe Getty
What is the sound of? No hands clapping? That is. That's not a good vacation. How's your vacation? Well, I lost both hands.
Jack Armstrong
That's Darwin rubbing his beard and thinking, I don't know if I want to kill him, but we got to send a message here. Yes.
Katie Green
And finally, the Babylon Bee Democrats demand transparency from the main man who literally posts everything he does on the Internet.
Joe Getty
Right.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
And how about that? They worked in getting back to 60 minutes from Sunday night in their whole Up With Censorship episode. How about that? They worked Elon Musk in there somewhere, like he benefited or something. And it's. What. Whatever this is, it's out of hand, this whole focusing on and always have to mention, they mentioned in this story the world's richest man. Like that some extra level of something. Like he was the third richest man. It wouldn't be a big deal, but he's the world's richest man.
Jack Armstrong
Well, and they made a line about kicking people out of work who are struggling to feed their families. I mean, like he was some sort of Dickensian character, you know, Ebenezer Scrooge foreclosing on some, you know, starving Englishman. No, no. It's a giant, wasteful GU government that we're trying to reign in.
Joe Getty
Oh, I remember the line. It was something like the world's richest man shutting down food to hungry people.
Jack Armstrong
That's it. The USAID star story.
Joe Getty
Yeah, exactly. Right. All right, we got a lot more of this coming up. We are going to get into the censorship thing. Heavy JD Vance gave what a lot of people are calling a historic speech in Europe over the weekend like Reagan level Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.
Jack Armstrong
Stuff and the European's response to it proved he was absolutely right. We'll have that as well.
Joe Getty
They got their weird European underwear in a bind. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand.
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand Episode: "I've Been Yelling This For Years!" Release Date: February 18, 2025
In the February 18, 2025 episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into pressing political issues, media criticisms, and personal anecdotes, delivering their signature blend of insightful commentary and sharp humor. Here's a detailed summary capturing the episode's key discussions, insights, and conclusions.
The episode kicks off with a deep dive into recent developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Joe Getty highlights the significant meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Saudi Arabia, marking the first face-to-face encounter in four years since the onset of the Ukraine war.
Joe Getty [03:14]: "Marco Rubio's face is very serious in these meetings. I'm sure they're going to… Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure you're going to kick the cameras out soon."
Jack Armstrong counters by expressing skepticism about the possibility of a tangible deal, emphasizing that the administration’s intent is to "understand each other's intentions" rather than to finalize agreements.
Jack Armstrong [03:45]: "They are not going to try to hash out a deal. They have said it's going to try to understand each other's intentions, open the channels of communication. There will be no deal struck."
The hosts debate the effectiveness and intentions behind these high-level discussions, questioning the exclusion of Ukrainian President Zelensky and the real objectives of such diplomatic engagements.
A significant portion of the episode centers on the erosion of free speech rights, drawing parallels between contemporary actions in Germany and the United States. The conversation is sparked by recent CBS programs that seemingly criticize free speech, prompting Armstrong to assert that prominent forces are actively working to eliminate misinformation by controlling speech boundaries.
Jack Armstrong [07:30]: "When you have, again, major societal forces saying, you know, free speech, let's reconsider that. I don't know. I'm at my battle station."
Joe Getty reinforces this concern by referencing a distressing segment from CBS's "60 Minutes," which portrayed free speech as a tool for genocide in 1930s Germany, sparking outrage among the hosts.
Joe Getty [06:53]: "Sunday was rough. Margaret Brennan actually said the phrase, you know, in Germany in the 30s, free speech was weaponized for a genocide. Yes, she came out anti free speech."
They express alarm over media outlets seemingly endorsing censorship, fearing a slippery slope towards authoritarianism.
The hosts shift focus to tech mogul Elon Musk, entertaining a discussion about his extensive family life and the media's portrayal of his personal affairs. Joe Getty humorously critiques the public's fascination with Musk's numerous children with different partners.
Joe Getty [38:15]: "I just tweeted out the chart if you want to see it. Elon chart."
Jack Armstrong playfully mocks Musk's situation, blending personal anecdotes with broader commentary on media sensationalism.
Jack Armstrong [35:15]: "It's a number of different women as it took. Yes."
Armstrong and Getty scrutinize the Department of Agriculture's allocation of $75 million towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. They express skepticism about the effectiveness and intentions behind such expenditures, labeling them as "fake Marxism" rather than genuine efforts to combat racism.
Jack Armstrong [27:14]: "That's just crazy. Good Lord. The... The size of the theft is just practically beyond comprehension."
The hosts argue that these funds are misallocated, benefiting organizations they perceive as promoting divisive agendas rather than addressing actual issues of racial inequality.
Engaging with their audience, Armstrong and Getty address various listener submissions. Highlights include:
Eric's Observation on DEI Funding: Eric points out the substantial funding directed towards DEI initiatives at the Department of Agriculture, which the hosts critically examine.
Tony's Valentine's Day Anecdote [28:21]: A humorous story about a man repeatedly dining alone on Valentine's Day, leading to sympathetic drinks from fellow diners.
Tony [28:21]: "Last year I did the same thing. Went by myself. The same thing happened. The drinks just kept coming."
These interactions showcase the hosts' ability to blend serious political discourse with relatable, everyday stories.
Katie Green presents a series of news headlines, which Armstrong and Getty dissect with their characteristic insight:
US-Russia Embassy Staffing: NBC reports that the U.S. and Russia agree to restore embassy staffing without Zelensky's presence, which Armstrong questions regarding its effectiveness.
Trump Congratulates US Forces [40:12]: Highlighting Trump's praise of U.S. airstrikes against a terrorist leader in Syria, prompting discussion about military actions.
Social Security Head Quits [40:31]: From Fox News, the acting head of Social Security resigns after conflicts with DOE officials.
Elon Musk's Financial Scrutiny [41:11]: Coverage of Elon Musk's Norwegian Dogecoin (DOGE) holdings and unresolved treasury payments, raising questions about financial transparency.
Plane Crash Survivor [42:13]: A dramatic account of a plane survivor’s experience, which the hosts find both harrowing and incredulous.
Southern Border Security [42:41]: Washington Post reports soldiers stationed at the southern border with minimal migrant crossings, leading to discussions on immigration enforcement.
Each headline serves as a springboard for deeper analysis, often highlighting perceived governmental inefficiencies and media biases.
Throughout the episode, Armstrong and Getty intersperse humor and personal stories to balance their serious commentary:
Jack Armstrong [25:14]: "Canada began with our fists. It was a solid US Victory."
As the episode wraps up, Armstrong and Getty reiterate their concerns about the current state of free speech and media integrity. They emphasize the importance of maintaining open channels of communication and resisting efforts to impose restrictive speech boundaries.
Jack Armstrong [45:33]: "They got their weird European underwear in a bind. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand."
The hosts advocate for critical media consumption and encourage listeners to stay informed through diverse sources, emphasizing the need for intellectual resilience in the face of media manipulation.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
Joe Getty [03:14]: "Marco Rubio's face is very serious in these meetings. I'm sure they're going to… Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure you're going to kick the cameras out soon."
Jack Armstrong [07:30]: "When you have, again, major societal forces saying, you know, free speech, let's reconsider that. I don't know. I'm at my battle station."
Joe Getty [06:53]: "Sunday was rough. Margaret Brennan actually said the phrase, you know, in Germany in the 30s, free speech was weaponized for a genocide. Yes, she came out anti free speech."
Joe Getty [38:15]: "I just tweeted out the chart if you want to see it. Elon chart."
Jack Armstrong [27:14]: "That's just crazy. Good Lord. The... The size of the theft is just practically beyond comprehension."
Joe Getty [28:21]: "Last year I did the same thing. Went by myself. The same thing happened. The drinks just kept coming."
Jack Armstrong [25:14]: "Canada began with our fists. It was a solid US Victory."
This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a robust examination of contemporary political and social issues, intertwined with personal narratives that humanize the hosts and engage the audience. Armstrong and Getty encourage listeners to remain vigilant about media narratives and advocate for the preservation of fundamental freedoms.