Sir!!!!

Summary

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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: Sir!!!!
Date: August 25, 2025
Host: Jack Armstrong (Joe Getty on vacation), with Katie Green

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Episode Overview

This episode opens a new week with Jack Armstrong at the helm while Joe Getty calls in from England later. The discussion ranges from breaking developments in U.S. military deployments and foreign policy to personal anecdotes about the misadventures of adult sailing classes. The episode also features analysis of ongoing news stories (Ukraine, National Guard, postal tariffs), memorable banter, and listener-friendly humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Weekly Possibilities & Joe’s Absence

• Jack welcomes listeners to the possibilities of a new week—everything from promotions to surprises, humorous or otherwise (00:14).
• Joe Getty is in England on vacation and will call in later. Jack and producer Michael joke about the beers Joe's probably trying.

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2. National Guard Deployments and Trump’s Legal Stretch

• National Guard Troops Now Armed in D.C.

  • Troops are carrying firearms in D.C. for self-defense, but Jack worries about their lack of urban policing experience (01:00).
  • “There's an opportunity for something to go horribly wrong if any of these National Guard troops end up in a situation…” (01:20).

• Chicago & Federal Troop Deployment

  • President Trump is suggesting sending troops to Chicago to combat crime—a move Jack notes is legally questionable.
  • The theory that cartel activity gives the federal government more legal leeway in intervening is discussed, but Jack maintains any such move will face court challenges (02:10).

• Political Underpinnings

  • Jack frames these actions as playing into national narratives about crime, with Democrats on defensive and Trump seizing a "tough on crime" stance (24:53).

  “Just the average voter, I think we'll see. President Trump wants to do something about crime and in the crime ridden... I think it'll be a political win overall for the President.” (23:05)

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3. The “Deep State,” Pentagon, and Ukraine Tensions

• Old vs. New Presidential Power Struggles
  • Jack recounts a recent article revealing how Pentagon bureaucracy undercut Ronald Reagan's nuclear arms plans with Gorbachev—labeling this the ‘deep state’ in action, now revealed through declassified documents. He draws a parallel to current Pentagon-White House frictions (04:10).
• Ukraine Situation
  • The peace process is “completely dead,” with Russia back to daily attacks. Jack highlights conflicting positions between the Pentagon and President Trump over allowing Ukraine to use U.S. weapons against Russia (03:22).
  • Memorable Quote:
    “You may have a bit of a the Pentagon not doing what their boss wants them to do situation, which is interesting.” (03:35)

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4. Sailing Class Fiasco: Humorous Interlude

• Jack's Sailing Lesson Misadventures
  • Jack shares a personal story of being teamed up with an overbearing, hard-of-hearing old man during his beginner sailing class, leading to repeated tense exchanges:
  • “Sir, I am going to listen to the instructor, not you. I said it just exactly like that, sir. Yes, I did.” (10:47)
  • The old man shouts contradictory instructions, prompting Jack to repeatedly, and loudly, address him as “Sir!” (10:53, 14:15)
  • Humorous frustrations surface:
    “If you're such a, if you're a freaking Christopher Columbus, go take an advanced sailing class or get out in your boat and circumnavigate the globe or something.” (10:57)
  • Reflection on how people bring up divisive politics in casual settings, linking it to his radio career (13:10).

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5. News Updates & Headlines (with Katie Green)

Jack and Katie run through the day’s hot stories with infotainment, skepticism, and good-humored banter:

• Russia/Ukraine:
  • Russian official denies targeting civilian sites, despite widespread reports to the contrary (06:27–06:47).
• Trump’s National Guard Move:
  • Democrats, especially in cities like Chicago, are pushing back on Trump’s call to federalize National Guard involvement in multiple cities (15:38).
• ICE Detention:
  • Focus on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, alleged MS-13 human trafficker and legal confusion over his custody (15:54).
• Postal Tariffs:
  • Major countries suspend postal service to the U.S. due to expiring tariff exemptions; confusion anticipated for online shoppers (16:51).
• SpaceX Setback:
  • Continuing issues delay Starship’s launch, not just weather but technical/project setbacks (17:03).
• Parasites on U.S. Soil:
  • First case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite in U.S.; Jack and Katie dig into the (gross) details, complete with warnings about symptoms (17:33, 20:54, 21:35).
• “Perfect Salary” & Satire:
  • $74,000 cited as “perfect salary” in surveys, and a Babylon Bee joke about sandcastles and California regulations, to laughs (18:53, 19:16).
• WNBA Prank Gone Wrong:
  • Ten criminal charges for a man who threw a green “marital aid” during a WNBA game, teeing up future comic commentary (34:46).

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6. Deeper Dive: Controversies and Conspiracies

• Epstein Death Debate
  • Newly released DOJ interview tapes with Ghislaine Maxwell revive speculation that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t die by suicide (27:28–30:25).
  • Only 16% of Americans now believe Epstein killed himself, major shift in public opinion (29:23):

    “Wow. Only 16% believe he killed himself.” (29:33)

  • Jack and Katie review suspicious circumstances: missing camera footage, guards asleep, etc. (“Be quiet—yeah, come on.” 30:23)
• Bill Maher’s D.C. Coup Fears
  • Bill Maher worries Trump’s National Guard deployments in D.C. could enable a smoother coup if a disputed election occurs (24:53, 25:26).
  • Jack scrutinizes this argument, suggesting the Chicago deployment actually undercuts the “coup” narrative.

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7. Healthcare & Ozempic Economics

Jack analyzes reports indicating insurance coverage for weight loss drugs like Ozempic may soon “make economic sense,” predicting widespread future use (36:55).

• Potential major cost savings for insurance companies due to reductions in obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

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8. Gags, Callbacks & Audience Engagement

• Jack repeatedly references the “sir!” confrontation with the old sailor as a running gag (10:47, 14:15, 33:21).
• Offers a light-hearted, irreverent take on daily issues, from parasite scares to government secrecy.
• Promotes Armstrong & Getty On Demand as a resource for catching missed content.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On National Guard Urban Policing:
  “I'm pretty certain they don't get a lot of training in urban crime arrests...there's an opportunity for something to go horribly wrong.” (01:20, Jack)

• On Presidential Power and Pentagon:
  “The President being stopped by, call it the deep state...it's an ongoing problem, has been around for, well, more than a half century.” (04:00, Jack)

• Sailing Class Humor:
  “Sir, I am going to listen to the instructor, not you.” (10:47, Jack)
  “He couldn't hear the instructions...but he would constantly tell me what to do...I actually yelled sir. Like that. Just exactly like that.” (10:57)

• On the joys of bantering with opinionated strangers:
  “People want to engage in the most divisive stories in all of politics in casual settings. I don't freaking get that at all.” (13:10, Jack)

• Epstein Death Skepticism:
  “Only 16% believe he killed himself...Wow. So Joe and I have been in the tiny minority all along.” (29:33, Jack)

• Flesh-eating Parasite Segment:
  “If you have a wound that shows up out of nowhere, won’t heal, and you see maggots are involved—perhaps you want to contact your doctor.” (21:51, Jack)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:14 – Show opens, “pregnant with possibilities” for the new week
• 01:00–04:10 – National Guard and Chicago troop discussions
• 03:22–03:35 – Russia/Ukraine war update and Pentagon/White House conflict
• 10:47–14:15 – Sailing class fiasco, “sir!” story
• 15:12–19:43 – Katie Green’s news and headline roundup
• 17:33, 20:54, 21:35 – Flesh-eating screwworm parasite story (Maryland case)
• 24:53–25:26 – Bill Maher quote, coup fears, and political analysis
• 27:28–30:25 – Epstein/Maxwell DOJ tapes, conspiracy polling
• 34:46 – WNBA “marital aid” prank, charges pending
• 36:55 – Postal delivery/tariff discussion, Ozempic and insurance economics

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Episode Tone & Language

Jack Armstrong maintains an offbeat, satirical, and conversational tone, blending headline seriousness with personal stories and pointed irreverence. Katie Green provides wry banter and quick news updates, and the episode moves fluidly between political analysis, personal anecdotes, and news satire.

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In Sum:
This episode delivers a broad survey of current headlines, spirited and skeptical commentary on hot-button public policy and politics, and signature Armstrong storytelling—anchored by a sailing class squabble that gave the episode its title and running joke. The blend of serious analysis and unserious asides make it classic Armstrong & Getty, engaging new and veteran listeners alike.

Transcript

[Announcer]

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[Radio Show Intro/Outro Voice]

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

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty live from Studio C, a dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. Kicking off a brand new week isn't exciting. When you start a new week, all the possibilities, things that could happen, this could be the week you get the big promotion. You run into Mr. Right at the grocery store or Mrs. Right coming out of the gym or whatever or could be the week you, they tell you they don't need you anymore and they march you to your car with cardboard box. Could be you don't know. The week is pregnant with possibilities. That's my point. So welcome. Glad you're here. How you doing? Joe is in England on vacation. Thank you for that, Michael. With his wife Judy. And he is going to call into the program a little bit later and we'll find out which English beer he's drinking or whatever the heck is going on there. We have a whole bunch of guests lined up for today on a whole bunch of different topics that I really look forward to getting to. There are not really any new news stories, thank God, but develop on all the old stories that we've been covering for quite a while including national guard troops in D.C. are carrying firearms starting over the weekend on the order of SecDef. Pete Hegseth and my brother was a National Guard troop for a while and I don't know, I'm pretty certain they don't get a lot of training in urban crime arrests and that sort of thing. And I don't do think there's an opportunity for something to go horribly wrong if any of these National Guard troops end up in a situation with some sort of, you know, gang bangers or something like that. And they got to figure out what their, their situation is with their firearms. They're not, they're only supposed to use them as self defense. But obviously that would get very difficult very fast. But the most interesting part of that whole story is I guess Trump is going to send troops into Chicago now under exactly what law? That's where it gets complicated. There is a stretch of ability to do it with the idea that Chicago's out of control, crime is rampant, the police force is failing and so the federal government's going to step in. That's a stretch. I don't know if the courts will allow them to do that. It's a little less of a Stretch, but still a bit of a stretch to claim that because of cartel gang drug situations being orchestrated by a foreign country, the Mexican cartels in Chicago, that the President has the right to send the troops in. That one's less of a stretch, but still will require probably a court to sign off on it, as it will get challenged at some point. But anyway, National Guard troops in Chicago, and they're talking about other cities, too. So where this goes, nobody knows. We'll keep our eye on that whole thing. Obviously, you have the Russia, Ukraine thing, which to me seems to be completely, completely dead in terms of a peace process. Like, we are back to what seems like it's been a long time, but it's only been like a week and a half. You go back like a week and a half when this whole thing started. That's where we are on the Russia, Ukraine peace process. I think it is completely dead. And now we're just at the point that Russia is attacking Ukraine every day and they're trying to defend themselves, which is where we've been all along. And Trump and Europe have some major decisions to make as to how much they're going to arm the Ukrainians and the whole sanctions thing. There was an article in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. It was pretty damned interesting. Trump has made noises that he's okay with Ukraine firing some of our weapons into Russia. However, the Pentagon is not okay with it, and they have stopped it from happening. So you may have a bit of a the Pentagon not doing what their boss wants them to do situation, which is interesting. On the heels of a Washington Post story that came out over the weekend, you almost certainly didn't see this. Uh, I can't wait to talk about it later. That back in the day, when Reagan was talking with then leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev, about doing away with nuclear weapons, the intelligence departments in the Pentagon didn't like that, and they stymied the President on what he wanted. The elected representative of the people had a plan, and the permanent bureaucracies stopped him from pulling that off, which is a serious problem. And we only know about it now because of some documents that have finally come loose in the way that it happens after 25 years, 40 years, 50 years, depending on the kind of documents, they become public knowledge. And we now know that that's what happened. So the President being stopped by, call it the deep state, call it the permanent bureaucracy of D.C. or whatever, is a. An ongoing problem, has been around for, well, more than a half century, for a very long Time. But I want to tell you that story later because it's. It's interesting and troubling and I wonder to what extent we've got that going on right now. What is one of the other stories I wanted to check in on? My sailing. My sailing lessons. We got to check in on that story. My sailing lessons. One thing on that sailing is way more complicated than I realized. Way harder than I realized. You know how when you're in a motorboat, you spend most of your time just kind of like relaxing and looking around, maybe having a drink? It is not like that on a sailboat. You are constantly working and making decisions. And yesterday, anyway, I was teamed up with this old guy who wouldn't stop ordering me around. And I can't wait to talk about that because it was so freaking annoying. But I do need to start the show officially before we get into trouble with the fcc. Before we move on with a number of news items. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty in England on this Monday, August 25th, the year 2025. We're Armstrong and Getty and we approve of this program on orders of the Federal Communications Commission. We begin the show for the week at.

[Mark Halperin]

Mark would know, should know by now that never ever Russia deliberately targeted any sites which are not linked the military abilities of Ukraine.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was spokeshole for Putin. Sergei Lavrov on one of the talk shows over the weekend, Meet the Press in specific, saying, we have never targeted schools and the children and hospitals. And the host to Meet the Press, what's her name, said, well, we've got reporting and proven. Show me the proof. Show me the proof. So play a longer version of that a little bit later. But he did, he did his job of going on in line about it. And that's to my point that we're right back to square one on that story. Um, we got a guest on a little bit later to talk about the whole redistricting battle, which continues. Uh, the mainstream media finally got around to discussing how states are gerrymandered all across the country and have been for years and years and years, often to the Democrats benefit and that this is not a new thing that they're doing in Texas. If you're a Democrat, I can see why you wouldn't like it. But it is definitely not a new thing or outrageous or, or, or breaking the, breaking the traditions or anything like that. For instance, what California is hoping. Hoping to do is quite outrageous and not getting near enough attention. So we'll talk about that. Also want to get into some of the audio from G Dog, as we call her, Ms. Maxwell, because nobody knows how to pronounce her first name. They released the audio tapes from the interview that the Justice Department did with her a couple weeks ago. You remember that they talked to her for like nine hours over two days? Well, they released that some of the things she said kind of interesting. Including she thinks Epstein didn't kill himself, which is interesting, I think. So we'll talk about that a little bit later. Setting the table for a number of updates on a number of different stories. First, we want to tell you about this web root which you're going to come to learn a lot about by listening to the Armstrong and Getty Show. As we all know, cybercrime is moving fast. Every 22 seconds someone becomes a victim of identity theft. I know they're trying on my phone and computer all the time. That's why we use Webroot Total protection. It's not just antivirus, it's real time protection against malware, ransomware, phishing scams, plus a web threat shield that blocks dangerous sites before you click. You also get a firewall VPN password manager to keep your family secure on every device. This is absolutely fantastic. And you're going to be hearing a lot more about it on the Armstrong and Getty Show. They've got plans covering up to 10 identities, for instance. I got it and I can have it for both of my kids. You're protected from kids to grandparents with up to a million dollars in reimbursement. If identity theft happens when you've got webroot, don't wait until it's too late. Get 50 off web root total protection or Webroot Essentials right [e-mail] Armstrong Protect your Digital life today because hackers aren't slowing down. Get 50 off web root total protection or web root [e-mail] Armstrong webroot.com Armstrong nice old guy that was on the sailing with me. Nice enough old guy, but he, he believed he knew everything about sailing, which I don't know why he was in the beginner sailing class at the same time. It was kind of at various times trying to co teach it with the teacher and ordering people around and including me. And I found it highly annoying. And then when we got on the boat, so first day it was the instructors on the sailboat with us showing us what to do and tell us what to do and everything like that. And trying to learn the ropes literally on the sailboat but on the second day it was just me and this old guy I got teamed up with in the sailboat out there by ourselves. And then the instructor was on a motorboat going around like, you know, checking on us and stuff like that. He would shout out instructions, but the old guy couldn't hear because his hearing is shot. Because he's so old he couldn't hear the instructions from the, from the teacher of the sailing class. But he, he would constantly tell me what to do. Well, at the same time that the teacher was telling me what to do. And I at one time said, sir, I am going to listen to the instructor, not you. I said it just exactly like that, sir. Yes, I did. Oh, man. Yeah, I was starting to get really, really annoyed.

[Katie Green]

Were the instructions he was hollering at you matching what the actual instructor was saying?

[Jack Armstrong]

Sometimes, but not always. He's in a beginning sailing class. If you're such a, if you're a freaking Christopher Columbus, go take an advanced sailing class or get out in your boat and circumnavigate the globe or something. But don't sit in the beginning sailing class yelling instructions at me. Opposite of what the teacher's telling me to do. God dang it. He. And he kept saying, I can't hear him. I can't hear him. Okay, that's your problem, old man. Not my problem. Sir. Sir. I actually yelled sir. Like that. Just exactly like that. At that volume. So I have to talk more about that later. We've got Katie. You got headlines for us coming up?

[Katie Green]

Possibly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, Katie's headlines are on the way. Lots here. Stay with us.

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[Katie Green]

Well, did he know what you did for a living?

[Jack Armstrong]

He eventually did. Eventually asked me, but that wasn't at the beginning. But I was just wondering why he was telling you all this stuff.

[Katie Green]

That was a sweet opener.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I was wondering too, but there's. There's just a lot of people that. That's just their thing. They're willing to tell you in very strong terms how they feel about politics. And then you get to either enjoying in the conversation, disagree with them and have an argument with somebody you don't know for no. For some reason, or just keep your mouth shut and let them say all kinds of crap you hate. Those are your options. And I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. Yeah. You know, on the other hand, maybe it's, I have this radio show. I get to say all my crap here. And maybe if I didn't have this radio show, maybe I'd say it in sailing lessons, too. I doubt it. Anyway, let's. Sir, I'm listening to the instructor, sir. I don't know why he said that. I was just so mad. That's what came out.

[Katie Green]

Works.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's get to the headlines now. Katie Green, find out what's going on in the world.

[Katie Green]

All right, you touched on this. Fox News. Russia says Ukrainian drones hit nuclear power plant during Independence Day strikes.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's right. Your Ukrainian, Ukrainian independence is going on their 4th of July and Russia decided to really double down on hit. Like I said earlier, we're back to square one on that whole thing. The peace process is over.

[Katie Green]

New York Times, Democrats are criticizing Trump's push for National Guard move in more cities.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. We're going to talk more about that coming up as the National Guard is going to be sent to Chicago soon and what that might mean.

[Katie Green]

ABC Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained at ICE office in Maryland.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is going to be the one of the big stories of the day, especially for the mainstream media. The Maryland man who our government believes was smuggling illegals across the country, perhaps as part of Ms. 13. We sent him to El Salvador once, remember that wasn't cool because that's not his home country with the hell we sent him there for, then got him back and now he's in, he was released and is in ICE custody. Not exactly sure what's going to happen.

[Katie Green]

From USA Today, President Trump threatens Chris Christie with new bridge gate investigation.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. I, I haven't, I'll have to look into this. Chris Christie said some nice things about the Trump side of the story on a couple of things yesterday. And I don't know if these are related, but have that for you later, too.

[Katie Green]

From the Washington Post, countries are suspending postal deliveries to the United States due to the ending tariff exemptions.

[Jack Armstrong]

So you can't get stuff mailed here.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. From a lot, especially the European countries.

[Jack Armstrong]

Really?

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Katie Green]

I have that story in hot links for you from cnn. Space X Scrubs attempt to launch Starship mega rocket after months and months of mishaps.

[Jack Armstrong]

And so it's not just a weather problem. It's actually the, the project is, it's.

[Katie Green]

The project is having an issue.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

But Elon says we're still going to Mars at some point.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

From NBC, First Human Case of flesh eating screwworm parasite is detected in the United States.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I don't want that. No, I don't want to get the flesh eating screw worm parasite. I don't know what it does, but it's not a good name.

[Katie Green]

No. Oh, this is. This is my favorite video of the weekend from the New York Post. Mandami fails at bench press while trying to show off at men's day in Brooklyn.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I do not want to pick our leaders based on how much they can bench. That seems stupid, but why would you show up to a gym, lay down and do the photo op? I'm going to lift some weights. If you're the kind of guy that can't bench 135, which if you know anything about Olympic weights and weight rooms is one plate on each side. Yeah. The bar weighs 45. Each plate weighs 45. 90 and 45. 135. So they had 135 on there. He couldn't do it. But why would you lay down to lift weights if you're not a super strong guy? I just, I don't understand. You're setting yourself up for mockery.

[Katie Green]

Yes, I mean, rightfully so.

[Jack Armstrong]

James Madison probably couldn't bench 50 pounds. I mean, I don't care how much various lead. But why James Madison probably didn't w over to the gym and laid out. Let me go. It's a world. Yeah.

[Katie Green]

Study finds survey shows $74,000 is the quote. Perfect salary for Americans.

[Jack Armstrong]

How much?

[Katie Green]

74,000.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, where I'm from in middle of nowhere, Kansas, that'd be a pretty good salary in Marin County, Bay area, San Francisco, not so much. Depends on where you live.

[Katie Green]

And finally, from the Babylon Bee, California finds family for building sandcastle without coastal commission approval.

[Jack Armstrong]

There you go. I need to know more about this flesh eating screw worm bacteria thingy. Make sure I don't get it. Signs, that's what I need. Signs that you've got the flesh eating bacteria. If you could come up for the with those for me, Katie. You got it. Because we're all going to be wondering, we feel an itch or something like that today, we're gonna think, oh, I hope that isn't that flesh eating screw.

[Katie Green]

It's the screw worm.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got a lot more on the way. Hope you can stay with us.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Katie, why are you laughing? I see you laughing.

[Katie Green]

You have me look up the most disgusting things.

[Jack Armstrong]

So the flesh eating bacteria screwworm which is finally arrived in the United States. We have one case. Where did the case arrive?

[Katie Green]

Oh that's a great question.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Where in the United States is the flesh eating screw room screw worm detected.

[Katie Green]

To the new I'm gonna have to look.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Katie Green]

Oh Maryland. Maryland.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay good. So I'm in California. It's 3,000 miles away from me.

[Katie Green]

Yeah they visited Guatemala and came back with it apparently.

[Jack Armstrong]

If you're listening on the east coast I feel bad for you probably will have it by later this afternoon you'll probably have the screw worm virus. So tell me what to look for so I know if I've got this or not.

[Katie Green]

Oh boy. Get ready not good morning talk unexplained non healing or worsening skin lesions that may be painful or bleed and the feeling of the feeling or sight of maggots within the wound.

[Jack Armstrong]

So you're telling me if I have a out of nowhere no reason to have it open wound with maggots crawling out of it I should be concerned.

[Katie Green]

Okay, I will Unexplained non healing they're saying it could stem from the site of a tick bite or something of that nature and also a foul odor may come from the infection that's the.

[Jack Armstrong]

Most disgusting thing we've ever done. Sorry about that. If you were eating a while that but just trying to save you so if you have a wound like that shows up out of nowhere won't heal and you heard magos are involved so perhaps you want the French pronunciation perhaps you'd want to contact your Doctor. I'd even go to urgent care. Yeah, Just to make sure you get an appointment. Okay, so there's that. So this story is getting a lot of attention. Here's the ABC News version of it.

[News Reporter]

As President Trump's mobilization of nearly 2,000 National Guard troops to the nation's capital nears the end of its second week, planning is underway to potentially expand that mission and send the National Guard to Chicago. Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker pushing back, saying there is no emergency that warrants Trump federalizing his state's National Guard or sending active duty military within our borders.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I don't know about the constitutionality of the President sending National Guard troops into Chicago. I think we all understand at this point what's going on in Washington, D.C. the federal government and the president do have the ability to do this in certain cases. This will work its way through the courts and all that. I don't know about Chicago. Um, well, I'm sure that will be challenged and then we'll deal with that then. Mark Halperin writing in his newsletter today, he sees this just big picture politics, as Trump is goading a lot of Democrats like Pritzker, the governor of Illinois and the mayor there, Mayor Johnson, into standing up for criminals or high crime areas. And just overall, the way it's going to be taken in by the average voter is one side wants to do something about crime and the other side doesn't, and that that's the way it will land nationwide. Now, if you're, you know, an activist, lefty Democrat, you're not going to be swayed by any of this anyway. But just the average voter, I think we'll see. President Trump wants to do something about crime and in the crime ridden. I mean, Chicago's got such a reputation at this point of being, you know, crime ridden and all the shooting statistics you hear every weekend and all that sort of stuff, I think it'll be a political win overall for the President. But this is interesting. So I was wondering where some of the hair on fire, pushback concern from the left is around the federalizing of the police in Washington, D.C. or the Senate in the National Guard. Bill Maher on his show Friday night, I think this is nuts, but explains that position.

[Mark Halperin]

So you have in the Capitol a sort of permanent police presence. So when an election dispute might come up, just hypothetically, I mean, I don't want to be a big pessimist. And I'm going to pretend for the rest of the duration that the Democrats do have a chance of winning and they might win the next election. I just don't think they're ever gonna take power because this is what's gonna happen. Because I think this coup is gonna go off a lot smoother than the last one.

[Jack Armstrong]

So there's your argument, in case you were wondering or you have lefty friends or that this is what you might run into. Bill Maher stating that this is. This breaks down a little bit with the sending the National Guard troops to Chicago. Cause then to me it just looks like one he's trying to win. The political argument of our side cares about crime. That side doesn't. Just in general, but then also that this is about crime in some of our crime ridden major cities. Now, of course, Chicago is throwing out all kinds of statistics saying crime is actually down, just like Washington D.C. did a couple of weeks ago. Then we turned out some of those statistics were not only bogus, but were manipulated. And some of those people may be going to jail for manipulating those stats. Plus, crime statistics are easily massaged, like all statistics are, to try to make anything look one way or another. Um, I, like I said, I think the impression of Chicago as having a crime problem is pretty settled at this point. Anywho, if it were just Washington D.C. that Trump was using the National Guard troops in it, Bill Maher would have a lot better argument. I think now that they're being sent to Chicago too, it kind of waters it down. But anyway, it's the idea that Trump wants to have National Guard troops, mostly from red states in Washington D.C. so that the next time there's a January 6th sort of thing and Trump tries to hold on power as a Teemu Hitler, as he's been called, that you'll have red state National Guard troops there to help, I guess with the protesters break into the Capitol and take power, whatever Trump's third term. So that's the argument from the Bill Maher left. There you go. You're welcome. Now you know, um, that's that. We'll be following that over the next week or so. I don't know when National Guard troops are supposed to actually arrive in Chicago, but obviously that will get a heck of a lot of attention. What else did I want to get on this segment before we take a break? Joe is in England. He's going to call in a little bit later. Looking forward to that. Oh, I know what I want to do. Just wanted to get this on. We'll do more in depth on this later. This is from the audio tapes released Friday afternoon. One of your typical Friday news dumps that they do usually to cover something up. I don't know why, but this is G Dog Maxwell. You know the short haired brunette that went out looking for hot 15 year olds to get Jeffrey Epstein to sex traffic her. She's in prison for that very crime. This is from the audio tape of her being questioned by the Justice Department a couple of weeks ago. On the topic of do you think Jeffrey Epstein killed himself or not? So you think he was. He was. He did not die by suicide. Given all the things we just talked about, I do not believe he died by suicide. Do you believe that? Do you have any speculation or view of who killed him? I. No, I don't. I think that's interesting. So could you look this up? Katie? I don't know if there's got to be national polling on what most people think whether Epstein killed himself or not. Joe and I have been pretty hardcore. He killed himself pretty much from the beginning. I mean all the jokes were made when he was arrested. Boy, better keep an eye on him. Mostly around the Clintons, but anybody. There's a lot of powerful men that were in that orbit that might want not him to ever be able to testify to anything. But I just have always thought he's a super rich guy. He's an old rich guy who's lived the life of posh and he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison. He's caught, he knows he's caught. He knows he's not getting out. So he killed himself. It doesn't seem that shocking to me, but go ahead.

[Katie Green]

This is according to a you. A YouGov poll most recent found that the belief in suicide had fallen to 16% while belief of murder had grown to over 50.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Only 16% believe he killed himself.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. So that one got updated in this month because the month prior it was at 20% believe that he killed himself.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. So Joe and I have been on the tiny minority all along. That's interesting. I was speaking to Mark Halpern again yesterday. I was watching his new show. That's where I grabbed that Epstein clip that we just heard. I was watching Mark Halpern's new show. He said, I've never believed that he killed himself. And Mark Halpern's way more plugged in to the rich and powerful in D.C. than I'll ever be. He doesn't think Epstein killed himself.

[Katie Green]

People have been rolling their eyes at me since this happened and I would always drop in a Epstein and kill himself on the air all the time.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Katie Green]

It just didn't seem right. It was way too convenient.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, it's. Yeah, it's convenient to a lot of people. And then you got the whole. They didn't have the cameras on or the cameras were pointing the wrong direction.

[Katie Green]

The guard was asleep. Be quiet.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Come on.

[Katie Green]

This is, what is this Hollywood? I mean, it might as well be.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, maybe we'll get into it. Well, I know we're gonna go into a little more of the audio tape a little bit later. Hey, football season is here. We're done with this silly preseason stuff. It's time for the real games to start. Football's finally back and so the hard hitting gridiron action is available. Gridiron, that is action is available on price picks. Get $50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. How cool is that? With millions of members and billions of dollars awarded and winnings Prize picks is the best place to put your takes. Your I think so and so is going to have a great year or I think so and so is washed up. Take that take and put it to the test and make some money. The Price Picks app is super simple to use. Just pick two or three, three players across any sport. Pick more or less on the projections and if you're right, you could win cash. Price picks is available in 40 plus states including California, Texas and Georgia, which is really real cool. So this is what you do. Download the Price Picks app today. Use the Code Armstrong. Get $50 instantly in lineups when you play. $5. That's Code Armstrong on Price Picks to get $50 instantly in lineups when YOU play. 5 bucks win or lose, you'll get 50 bucks in lineups just for playing guaranteed prize picks. Run your game. I'm excited about the football season going. I think I'm going to pay more attention this year than I have in years past as my kids are getting older. I was a hardcore sports fan prior to having children. I'm not happy about it. I wish I could have some of those hours back. I remember on a Sunday though, I was always going to watch three games. Your two afternoon games in the Sunday night game, every Sunday and some pre and post game coverage. So what is that? Six? Nine? Just for the games. Nine hours and then probably probably a couple more hours. 11 hours of watching football on a Sunday. How many Sundays did I do that? Lots and lots and lots for many, many years. Then after I had kids I just abandoned it and kind of dropped off to for the past 15 years or so, I pretty much only watched the Super Bowl. That's about it. And now I might get back into a little bit. I don't want to go back to. And I don't want to. I don't want to lay on my deathbed and think. I'm sure glad I saw that early season game between two teams that are never going to make the playoffs. You know, that's not what I want to do with my deathbed. But I might pay more attention this year. What else? The redistricting thing. We got a great guest on later. As I said, the mainstream media is waking up to the fact that gerrymandering is something everybody's been doing for a very long time. It's not a new invention by the Republicans. We got the Maryland man. Is he going to be released or sent to Uganda or not? The Maryland man who I think is a human trafficker, among other things. And a bunch of other stories to get to. And then I'm gonna, I do have to at some point tell the still full story of my sailing lessons. And the old man that kept older ordering me around and me yelling at the old guy should have pushed him overboard.

[Katie Green]

Seriously.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know what? That was an option. Why didn't I think about that? When the instructor turns his back, I could have just with a tight. He's a, he weighed like 80 pounds and he's like 75 years old. I could have just little handed. That's a hip track. Little hand in the chest. Off he goes.

[Katie Green]

Goodbye, sir.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. It would have been so easy. Okay, we got more on the way. Next. Stay here.

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[Jack Armstrong]

So I'm going to try to get as much information on the radio show today as possible. That's entertaining information for you, which I think is why you come here. And we have a whole bunch of guests so I'm gonna jam in a bunch of stories in between the guests. Joe is in Great Britain and he will on vacation and he will. He didn't move away because he can't stand to live in Trump's America or something like that. He's just on vacation. Before we get to any of that, I'm a little concerned about the topic matter of this joke from Greg Gutfeld. So here we go. The city New York has filed 10 criminal charges against a man who threw a green dildo onto the floor of a WN NBA game. Ten charges for punishment. He has to watch a WNBA game. Katie, I have an assignment for you for later in the show. If you could look up what those 10 charges are. 10 different charges. Maybe we can get to that later. I don't like that word. As I've said, that's not a word I've ever said. I'm not going to say the word. Maybe it's the hard D that makes it sound so harsh.

[News Reporter]

Duh.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know. I just gives me, gives me the oogies. Katie, did have this headline a little bit earlier. I wanted to hear more on this to see if it affects me or you. This news story. Didn't I set that up for. I thought I said told you what I wanted there, Michael, did I not? This would be clip number. Sorry, really thought I said something. Number 20.

[Postal Industry Expert]

Some European postal companies have decided to stop shipping to the US until they figure out how this new rule is going to work. So starting Friday, Friday, any package coming into the US that's worth under $800 will have to go through customs and will be tariff. That tariff had been waived under what's called the de minimis tariff exemption. But President Trump getting rid of that after signing an executive order last month. This will affect all the countries shipping to the U.S. u.S. Customs only releasing some technical details about the new rule a week ago. Still not clear who will collect the tariffs, what additional information is needed or how the the packages will be processed.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, huge deal. Or not huge deal depending on what you order. But I've bought a number of things off ebay or stock list or various places where they sell you stuff many times that have come from other countries. And now it would go through a very long, slow process in which you're going to have to pay more for a tariff. And also the buyer may not want to ship to you or you may not want them some. That's going to change things a little bit. Check that before you buy something from ebay with something that's coming from Uganda or wherever you ordered it. Different headline I came across over the weekend, are you overweight? Which sounds like I'm about to do an ad. I'm not. Ozempic for all is starting to make economic sense according to people in the healthcare industry and, and economists as prices are coming down. And we had this story last week that they'd been cut basically in half for zempic and some of these other drugs do the same thing that help you lose weight. They've been cutting about half. It's starting to make some sort of sense that it would be paid for by insurance because it saves so much money overall. For instance, medical researchers recently estimated that for every hundred thousand Americans treated with one of these drugs, you'll see between 32 and 45,000 fewer cases of obesity. So nearly half as much obesity for 100,000 fat people, overweight people, 20,000 fewer diabetes cases. That means 10,000 fewer cases of heart diseases, heart disease, that means. And that preventative effects would save like $30,000 in medical care for each patient. And that doesn't even include potential savings from addiction, Parkinson's, kidney disease, or a whole bunch of other ailments that they think not being overweight would help with. That means the overall savings is almost certainly much higher than the cost from buying the drug that the insurance company has to deal with. So it's quite possible in the very near future you're gonna find out that on your health plan, Ozempic is paid for by your insurance, because I think it saves them some more in the long run. So, man, that's been a barrier for I think a lot of people of you heard how expensive it was and you thought, well, I'm not, I'm not that overweight and I'm not that worried about it, or I just plain don't have the money to be able to afford to get on these expensive drugs. Well, once the insurance offers it, I, I, I would not be shocked at all that five years from now, half the countries on one of these drugs, lots and lots and lots of us, they've also brought down the how overweight you should be before you take these Originally it was like you had to be on my 600 pound life before they thought it was a good idea for you to be on these drugs now just kind of being, you know, 20, 30 pounds overweight, which gazillions of us are, they say it's oh, to get. Okay to get on these drugs and insurance will pay for it. So there you go. For better or worse. The. The stuff about how it could help with Parkinson's or addiction. I don't quite understand that. And a whole bunch of other diseases if you lose weight. Really interesting stuff, man. If they can prove that heart disease, for instance. Heart disease is by far the number one killer in America. Did you know that? For men and women, heart disease. And if it cuts way, way, way down on the likelihood of heart disease by losing weight, of course insurance pay for that. Yeah. Because heart disease is a very expensive problem to have. Or if you, you know, get it in a, in a bad sense that it's going to kill you. Those, those last weeks, months of you being alive. Costs the insurance company tons and tons of money anyhow. A lot more coming up. An hour, too. If you miss a segment or an hour, you can get our podcast. It's called Armstrong and Getty on Demand. We'll find out exactly what the 10 charges are for that poor man who threw a marital aid onto the court at a basketball game, for instance, among other things in the coming hours. So hope you can check that out.

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