Spoiler Alert If You're A Moron

Summary

Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "Spoiler Alert If You're A Moron"

Release Date: July 14, 2025
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts

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Introduction

In the episode titled "Spoiler Alert If You're A Moron," hosts Joe Getty and Jack Armstrong delve into a variety of topics ranging from movie critiques and political controversies to personal anecdotes about youth organizations and emerging technologies. The conversation is lively, engaging, and interspersed with humorous exchanges, providing listeners with both entertainment and insightful commentary.

Jurassic World Movie Review

The episode opens with Joe Getty recounting his experience of watching the latest installment of the Jurassic World series with his 13-year-old son. Despite his son's enthusiasm for dinosaurs, Getty expresses his own disinterest in the formulaic nature of blockbuster films.

• Joe Getty [02:56]: "I just cannot handle formulaic movies. I never really liked them, but I've reached a point where I just can't do it."

Getty criticizes the repetitive plot structures and character archetypes commonly found in such movies, highlighting the predictability and lack of originality.

• Joe Getty [04:07]: "It's the same characters in every one of these freaking movies and they have the same conversations and I just can't do it right."

Katie Green adds to the critique by drawing a parallel with Wes Anderson's unique filmmaking style, contrasting it with mainstream cinematic approaches.

Discussion on Movie Tropes and Character Development

The hosts delve deeper into the predictability of movie narratives, focusing on the recurring trope where antagonistic characters meet their demise, often at the hands of the very threats they face.

• Katie Green [08:32]: "I want a dinosaur movie that's more realistic. Just never know when the slashing fangs of antiquity are gonna remove a major character's head. Just like in real life."

This segment underscores their frustration with the lack of suspense and genuine conflict in modern action films, emphasizing a desire for more authentic storytelling.

California Politics and Gavin Newsom Controversy

Shifting gears, Joe Getty and Katie Green discuss recent political developments in California involving Governor Gavin Newsom. They highlight allegations of political favoritism and questionable financial transactions between Newsom's office and local tribes.

• Katie Green [12:36]: "In April of 24, the Democratic governor requested Grattan Rancheria contribute half a million dollars to his wife's charity, the California Partners Project."

The conversation critiques the potential conflicts of interest and the lack of transparency in political donations, painting a concerning picture of governance influenced by financial contributions.

Donald Trump's Statements on Ukraine

The discussion transitions to international politics, focusing on former President Donald Trump's recent statements regarding the Ukraine conflict and his interactions with Vladimir Putin.

• Donald Trump [19:28]: "Is there, we're going to go for a period of time, maybe I'll start negotiating. I think we felt, I felt that we had a deal about four times and here we are still talking about."

Getty and Green express skepticism about Trump's claims of having negotiated with Putin, questioning the effectiveness and sincerity of his diplomatic efforts.

• Katie Green [21:36]: "Clearly, that was sarcasm. That's hyperbole. I just meant I could solve it. The reality might be you can't solve it at all. It's unsolvable."

Personal Stories: Boy Scouts and Youth Responsibility

Joe Getty shares a heartfelt account of his experience with the Boy Scouts, praising the organization's emphasis on youth-led responsibility and leadership.

• Joe Getty [27:00]: "Kids can grow to the responsibility they're given in a way that we seem to have lost in this country."

Katie Green echoes Getty's sentiments, advocating for traditional youth organizations that foster independence and meritocracy, contrasting them with modern practices that often infantilize young individuals.

Discussion on Robot Soldiers and Ethical Concerns

The hosts delve into the advancements in military technology, particularly the development of autonomous robot soldiers. They reference an editorial from a Chinese military publication expressing concerns about the ethical and legal implications of such technologies.

• Katie Green [34:22]: "These kill bots, if you will, violate various of Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics, the first of which is a robot may not injure a human being or through an action, allow a human being to come to harm."

Getty and Green discuss the potential dangers of unchecked military robotics, emphasizing the need for stringent ethical guidelines to prevent indiscriminate violence.

Final Thoughts

As the episode concludes, the hosts offer personal reflections and final thoughts on the various topics discussed. Joe Getty emphasizes the importance of fostering responsibility in youth, while Katie Green highlights the ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies.

• Joe Getty [36:37]: "Teach your kids responsibility. Let them grow."
• Katie Green [37:26]: "They do everything they can. You can't knock it over and it keeps firing accurately."

The episode wraps up with light-hearted banter and a return to promotional content, maintaining the show's signature blend of humor and commentary.

Notable Quotes

• Joe Getty [01:05]: "Wow, that's a good Tucker Carlson impersonation by a comedian."
• Katie Green [05:19]: "It's the Familiarity that people like."
• Joe Getty [09:25]: "What is wrong with you people? Why are you clapping?"
• Katie Green [12:27]: "That's sickening."
• Donald Trump [19:44]: "This is a Biden war. This is a Democrat war, not a Republican or Trump war."

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This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a comprehensive blend of personal anecdotes, political analysis, and cultural critiques, all delivered with the hosts' characteristic wit and candidness. Whether discussing the predictability of blockbuster movies or dissecting complex political maneuvers, Getty and Armstrong provide listeners with thoughtful perspectives and engaging dialogue.

Transcript

[Joe Getty]

This is an iHeart podcast broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty. I'm here in Jurassic World used to be Jurassic Park. I was just informed that it's. No, it's Jurassic World actually. They seem to be moving dinosaurs all over the globe.

[Katie Green]

Seems like a pretty bad idea.

[Joe Getty]

You'd think that they learned from their past mistakes.

[Katie Green]

What about in the 90s when there.

[Joe Getty]

There was a Tyrannosaurus rex stomping through San Diego? It ain't someone's dog. When will California learn? Wow, that's a good Tucker Carlson impersonation by a comedian. Wow.

[Katie Green]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Well, the, the laugh gets a lot of attention. But to start at the beginning, I mean I really like play that, the beginning part. Again, I'm here in Jurassic World used to be Jurassic Park. I was just informed that it's. No, it's Jurassic World actually. So that sort of thing there that he does all the time just, you know, the powers that be have done something wrong that are.

[Katie Green]

And we all know that's wrong, but I won't explain, I'll just hint at will. ALL NOD yes, yes. Jeffrey Epstein, the Israelis. Yes. Jurassic World now.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's pretty good.

[Katie Green]

I went to, coming up, if you're a special interest or you're a powerful person in California and you want something from the government, what you do is you write a giant check to Gavin Newsom's wife's charity and then Gavin will do whatever you want. Stay tuned for the details.

[Joe Getty]

You laugh, I laugh. So I went to the Jurassic movie with my 13 year old and he has crossed into the age of full teenagerdom like his brother, which had, hadn't happened until very recently, which is good, you know, ultimately. But you don't want him to have the attitude of a little kid the rest of their lives. But he wanted to go to the Jurassic movies. Really into that, he's really into dinosaurs, all that sort of stuff. He had a kid he was hoping would go to the movie with him, but that kid was on vacation, the movie came out, he needed to see it the first week. So he, he, he, he was willing to go with me. So we went to the Jurassic movie Friday night together. We get there, he's sitting there, there's a lot of kids in the theater. He said, dad, it's going to be really embarrassing if anybody sees me sitting with my dad. Could you sit somewhere else? And, and I said, sure. That's fine because I wasn't thrilled about watching the Jurassic movie anyway. I don't, I don't go to movies really at all. And I certainly don't go to dinosaur movies.

[Katie Green]

So I said, yeah, see, I love the idea of the dinosaur movie. Plays giant lizards running the rough shot across the landscape eating. People love that idea.

[Joe Getty]

So I got up, going to a different seat, walked out of the theater, went next door and had a burrito, which was absolutely fantastic. And I sat there and I had my burrito by myself. Nice quiet reading my phone while I was eating my burrito. And then I went back in and caught the last part of the movie. And he said, what'd you think of it? I thought, yeah, it was dinosaurs or something. Which I assume is a good catch all for. I just, I cannot handle formulaic movies. I never really liked them, but I've reached a point where I just can't do it. Just. I'm amazed that they still make so much money that you all like them. I mean, it's the same plot, all of these movies all the time. The. They have the scientist geeky guy who the girl eventually falls for. And then you got kind of the schlubby dude often played by Jack Black, but not in this case. This is kind of corny and has funny jokes. Just. It's the same characters in every one of these freaking movies and they have the same conversations and I just can't do it right.

[Katie Green]

Well, some people, I read about this and I was super curious about this because just by way of illustration, I convinced my wife we should rent on the streaming, the new Wes Anderson movie. Wes Anderson. If you know him, you love him. Rushmore, Moonlight Serenade. Was that the name of a movie? Just the Hotel Budapest is just brilliant artists. He. He makes art movies and I love him dryly, hilariously surreal movies.

[Joe Getty]

The Royal Tannenbaums was him, right?

[Katie Green]

Right. Yeah, yeah. He's got a great list of very quirky movies, but you love them or you don't get them. And my beloved Bride, my favorite human being on earth, just doesn't get Wes Anderson. She's like, I'm really glad you're enjoying this so much. I don't get it. She likes that formulaic stuff. So I was extra interested in understanding that there are. There's a substantial chunk of humanity that finds it comforting that in the chaos and stress of the world and life and death and disease and hopes realized and hopes dashed, it's comforting. It's like my favorite Beatles song.

[Joe Getty]

So it's the Familiarity that. That people like.

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, God, that's interesting. Okay, I guess it kind of makes sense. It is so off putting to me, but for a majority of people, it's like, this is. I can relax. I know exactly what these characters are. I know it's gonna happen. I know nothing bad is going to happen to any of the people I like in this movie.

[Katie Green]

I.

[Joe Getty]

That guy there who's a jerk through the whole movie is going to get it coming. And he does tyrannosaurus thing, bites him in half, his arm comes off, rips.

[Katie Green]

His internal organs right out of his is belly.

[Joe Getty]

Spoiler alert. If you're a moron and didn't think the guy who was rude to the girl was going to end up getting eaten by a dinosaur and all the people you like are going to be fine. I just. Again, if you like that. You like that. I guess, like, here's.

[Katie Green]

It's funny. You. You were at understanding for like three seconds, then went right back to contempt. Am I wrong, Katie? No, that's. I'm actually loving how upset.

[Joe Getty]

Jack. Here's the scene that I just can't stand. I've seen this like 70 times in my life. I think it was in one of the superhero movies I saw recently. And it. I hope I can portray this well enough. You got somebody. He's trying to solve the pressure situation. Yeah. Like, and he's on. He's working on calculations or he's on the. Trying to do something. And somebody says, we just got a call. I don't have time for that right now. Or you're gonna want to take this call. This better be good, that scene.

[Katie Green]

This better be important.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I'm in the middle of solving this major problem that is a plot point for this movie. Oh, you're gonna want to take this call. All right. But this better be good.

[Katie Green]

And it's a major plot point, sir. It's a new one that's really gonna change the arc of the story. So better take the call.

[Joe Getty]

Makes me want to die seeing that for the 70th time in a movie.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, I know, I know. I'm. Like you.

[Joe Getty]

Said, I'm picturing that line running in a movie, in a theater, and you going, that's it. What is. I want. Stand up. What is wrong with you people? Is that a new thing for you? This thing that just happened in the movie? Haven't you seen this 70 times in your life?

[Katie Green]

I love this idea of a movie where a guy walks in and he says, hi, I'm Joe Jones. I'M the charming good looking fellow who will be slowly revealed as being evil. Then you'll be glad when I get my comeuppance. Nice to meet you, Mr. Jones. Says the other character.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Right.

[Katie Green]

Just go ahead and spell it out.

[Joe Getty]

And I want to stand up. Josephine. How is this suspense for you? Nothing's going to happen to these people.

[Katie Green]

I'm the glamorous current girlfriend who will reveal to be a controlling bitch. Oh, that's funny. I'm the girl next door type whose heart is true. And I will end up with the hero. Good to meet you.

[Joe Getty]

These two people that are falling for each other aren't gonna get eaten by a dinosaur. How are you worried about this?

[Katie Green]

Oh, see, that's what I want. I want a dinosaur movie that's more realistic.

[Joe Getty]

Right?

[Katie Green]

Yeah. Just never know when the slashing fangs of antiquity are. Are gonna remove a major character's head. Just like in real life.

[Joe Getty]

Exactly. Scarlett Johansson's head gets bit off halfway through. Now that would be a plot twist.

[Katie Green]

Right?

[Joe Getty]

But the scientists had fallen for. And she kind of thinks he's cute and. Ah. No, no. She got her head bit clear.

[Katie Green]

Now the T. Rex was hungry and ate her head off. What do you not get about that? The dinosaur doesn't care who's in love with whom. Idiots. The next movie you go to Jackie, you just gotta stand up in the.

[Joe Getty]

Middle of the crowd and look back at him.

[Katie Green]

Just start expressing your displeasure. Lecture them. Try to get this motor to work.

[Joe Getty]

So we can fire up the spaceship and get out of here. Sir, We've got somebody on the phone. I don't have time for that right now. You're gonna want to take this call. It better be good. Oh, and the acting in that. Do you need to have any talent to act in that scene? Makes my head want to explode.

[Katie Green]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

All right. I've said my piece. You really. So I. Okay. You find it comforting that the. The good people don't die and the jerk dies and that's good. And people clapped at the end. I want to say. What is wrong with you? Why are you clapping? This is the same movie as the previous seven with different CGI people.

[Katie Green]

I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Smith. Hi. I'm the secondary character who will help the heroes. But I'm not important enough that I can't be sacrificed. So I'll be eating in about 15 minutes of screen time.

[Joe Getty]

Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith.

[Katie Green]

It's just people are clapping at the end of the movie and Jack's. His blood pressure is triple digits on both sides.

[Joe Getty]

What is wrong with you? How do you clap for this? S?

[Katie Green]

I wish dinosaurs would eat you people.

[Joe Getty]

Now that would be exciting. I mean, I didn't even get to my other story of my son and his Boy Scout camp. Maybe I'll get to that later. Or tomorrow or whenever. Some more. We'll get to later this hour. Not next. But Trump, as he usually does when he makes an announcement and takes questions, it goes on and on. And more details came out about weapons systems were given to Ukraine. So we got the latest on that a little bit later. And then what was the thing you mentioned?

[Katie Green]

If you need the California government to do something for you, you just bribe the governor's wife. Did I say brib? I mean contribute scads of money to her charity.

[Joe Getty]

Awesome. That's next.

[Katie Green]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Katie Green]

Next month, Jake Tapper will receive something called the Truth Seekers Award. In other news, Joy Behar just got a Playboy centerfold. Wow. Inappropriate, I think is what he means.

[Joe Getty]

Well, if that's true, doesn't make sense is the key there.

[Katie Green]

You wouldn't expect that.

[Joe Getty]

The Truth Seekers Award. Oh my God.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, I know.

[Joe Getty]

All right.

[Katie Green]

That's sickening.

[Joe Getty]

When that happens, we'll talk about it, I'm sure.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. So I love this. The free Beacon with some great coverage. They mentioned that Gavi Newsom, the governor of Cal Unicornia, doesn't typically get involved in disputes between rival Native American tribes. But that changed year when Newsom used his office to try to block a small tribe from opening a casino in Northern California. In fact, in August of 24. Newsom's office sent a letter on his behalf to the Biden Interior Department urging it to reject a $700 million proposed casino project north of San Francisco by the Koi Nation, a tribe with fewer than 100 members.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Katie Green]

Biden administration approved the project anyway. So in May, Newsom sued the Trump administration in a last ditch eff to block the Coin nations casino. What the heck is going on?

[Joe Getty]

Indian tribe casino thing. I can't believe that still is existing in its current form.

[Katie Green]

Forget about it. Should Newsom get his way, it would be a major win for the Federated Indians of Grattan Rancheria, a major California political donor which operates its own gambling compound close to the proposed site, which broke ground on a billion dollar expansion, a 1 billion billion dollar expansion in 2023, all under the.

[Joe Getty]

All of this driven by originally the idea that, well, white people lied to the Indians and forced them off their land. So we're going to help them rebuild by letting them have casinos, but then everything after that goes sideways.

[Katie Green]

Absolutely true. A somewhat different story. But back to Gavi Newsom. A little known California government disclosure database may shed some light on why exactly Newsom so enthusiastic at quashing those evil Ko people. In April of 24, a few months before Newsom sent his letter to the Biden Interior Department, the Democratic governor requested Grattan Rancheria contribute half a million dollars to his wife's charity, the California Partners Project. And they did.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. He requested even he. Okay, that's a full on shakedown there.

[Katie Green]

And in April of this year, one month before Newsom filed his lawsuit against the Trump administration, he again asked Grattan Rancheria to contribute another half million dollars to his wife's charity. The tribe cut those checks specifically at Newsom's request, according to California's behested payments database, which discloses whether whenever state elected officials request others to make donations on their behalf. Now I'm kind of glad that database exists because I'll bet a lot of this stuff went on for a long time. Now the Free Beacon says the data does not show an explicit quid pro quo between Newsom and the big Indian crime.

[Joe Getty]

Well, which is why you can get away with it because you can't prove that that' It's a. It's just a coincidence they donated to my wife's charity and I did them a solid because I don't like that other Indian tribe.

[Katie Green]

Kendra Arnold, executive director of the foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust watchdog group, said any reasonable, objective person would conclude this looks horrible.

[Joe Getty]

Of course.

[Katie Green]

And it is hardly the first time Gavi has taken action to benefit donors just after he secured their contributions to charities connected to him and his wife, according to a free Beacon review of this website. Ah, and they get into more of the details on that. Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom does not take a salary from the California Partners Project, but it works closely with her government office and serves an integral role in her efforts to force gender equity in private corporate boards. And remember, she is a big time movie producer of educational films of woke themes in schools including DEI and gender bending madness and that sort of thing.

[Joe Getty]

Now I don't know if she's doing this, but oftentimes the whole they don't take a salary, you don't take a salary, but you drive a car that the particular entity pays for, etc. Etc. Etc.

[Katie Green]

And you travel and you eat and drink, etc. Nome has performed other political favors after behesting contributions from companies within with business in a state. September of 24th, he behested a $25,000 contribution from CVS. At the same time the pharmacy giant lobbied Newsom's office against the bill that would have cracked down on pharmacy benefit managers.

[Joe Getty]

Another coincidence.

[Katie Green]

I know, it's crazy. CVS cut its check to the California Protocol Foundation, a charity that pays for Newsom's out of state and overseas travel. Wow. That's not a bribe at all. Paying for his travel. That's just a contribution. Then Newsom vetoed the bill a few weeks later.

[Joe Getty]

Of course everybody involved with this would say to someone like, you know, maybe you, the listener us would say grow up. Geez. Grow up you children. How do you think this works?

[Katie Green]

Newsom has behested nearly $6 million to the California Protocol foundation from private corporations such as CVS and activist groups with business interests in California since he became governor in 2019 and he's put the funds to good use. In January of 20 for inst. Protocol foundation gifted nine grand to Newsom so he could represent the state of California at the super bowl in Miami.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Katie Green]

There's so much goodness California was represented.

[Joe Getty]

So much disgusting stuff goes on. Oh it's my. My God. Okay, so what did what was Trump's big announcement about Ukraine? Today we're starting to figure it out. We've got some of his words for you.

[Katie Green]

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[Joe Getty]

Is it your view that Vladimir Putin did not clarify his intention to a peace deal? And what happens now in the next phase?

[Donald Trump]

Is there, we're going to go for a period of time, maybe I'll start negotiating. I think we felt, I felt, I don't know about you, Mark, but I felt that we had a deal about four times and here we are still talking about.

[Joe Getty]

So that's Donald Trump in the Oval Office with the guy who runs NATO saying, I thought we had a deal four times with Putin.

[Katie Green]

Fool me once, shame on me. You fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on who? How about four times?

[Joe Getty]

I guess fool me four times and I finally come out and say I think Putin's a liar and you start doing things like severe tariffs. If no deal in 50 days, why 50 days? Well, Trump was asked, why are you giving 50 more days?

[Donald Trump]

I think, Well, I think it's a very short period of time. I think, don't forget, I've just really been involved in this for not very long and, and it was initial focus. This is again, this is a Biden war. This is a Democrat war, not a Republican or Trump war. This is a war that would have never happened. It shouldn't have happened. A lot of people being killed. When the, when the final numbers come in, you're going to see a lot more people are being killed in this war than you think, than you've been writing about.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know about that because the numbers are horrific. If you've been paying attention and have been for three years and why you need 50 more days. Last week was the worst week in terms of drones and missiles and everything for Ukraine and the entire war and why you'd get 50 more days of doing that before you finally hit them. I don't understand.

[Katie Green]

My guess is because, you know, he mentioned I haven't been on the steel for very long. It's been six months in like a week. My guess is he is still clinging to the hope that he can get a deal out of Putin. I mean, obviously.

[Joe Getty]

Why?

[Katie Green]

I mean, because he's. Four times he thought he had a deal. Allegedly. He finally wakes up the other day, says, Putin, he surprised a lot of people. He's, he's given us bull ass. He talks pretty, but it's bolas. Therefore, if he doesn't come around in 50 days, we're going to hit him with some real sanctions. I don't get that.

[Joe Getty]

I don't either. But I'm happy that they are sending weaponry to Ukraine like Patriot missiles. And Trump was asked about that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Will these be Patriot missiles specifically or.

[Joe Getty]

Patriot batteries that you're planning and when do you think?

[Donald Trump]

Patriots, it's all of them. It's a full complement with the batteries.

[Jack Armstrong]

And when you expect them to arrive in Ukraine?

[Donald Trump]

Well, we're going to have some come very soon, within days. Actually.

[Joe Getty]

I think that's pretty significant. Patriots, lots of them, whole battery within days. So that's pretty helpful. Maybe that gets Putin's attention. I don't know.

[Katie Green]

One more clip, if I might request it. 78.

[Donald Trump]

I speak to him a lot about getting this thing done. And I always hang up, say, well, that was a nice phone call. And then missiles are launched into Kiev or some other city. I said, strange. And after that happens three or four times, you say the talk doesn't mean anything. My conversations with them are always very pleasant. I say, isn't that very lovely conversation? And then the missiles go off. That night I go home, I tell the first lady and I spoke with Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation. She said, oh, really? Another city was just hit. So it's like, look, he's, I don't want to say he's an assassin, but he's a tough guy. It's been proven over the years. He's fooled a lot of people. He fooled Bush. He fooled a lot of people. He fooled Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden. He did fool me.

[Joe Getty]

True. He did fool all those people. I, I don't know how he fooled them either, but wow, I'm making my squinty face over that one.

[Katie Green]

He didn't fool you. Except those four times you thought you had a deal and you did.

[Joe Getty]

Or you're explaining to us how Putin's a bad Guy, like, we don't know that.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, we know. Like, everybody knows. Odd blind spot for a very practical guy.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we're, we, we're going through the possibilities on this earlier. Like, how do you explain that Trump is not a dumb guy at all? And in certain. I got to believe in terms of reading human beings. He's got to be like, at the very highest level of that throughout his life. I would agree.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. I think. Could it be, you know, he made the claim, I could solve this in 24 hours. Now he's said, look, clearly that was sarcasm. That's hyperbole. I just meant I could solve it. The reality might be you can't solve it at all. It's unsolvable. And that, I think, would be a serious blow to his self conception, his ego.

[Joe Getty]

Do you think that we and Europe can make this ugly enough for Russia that they'll quit?

[Katie Green]

Yeah, we'd have to go a long, long way. And I think Europe's willing to, they're willing to do whatever they have to do.

[Joe Getty]

Man, I don't know where this is headed. More to come on that story.

[Katie Green]

If you weren't listening at the time. The lines are frozen, more or less the front lines, because there's so many drones in the air. If anybody so much as, you know, comes out of their foxhole and walks 50 yards, a drone sees them and kills them. So it's practically impossible to get an offensive going. Anyway, enough of that.

[Joe Getty]

Well, we mentioned last week how Russia had taken out one of Ukraine's top spies there on the streets of Kiev. I don't know if you saw those videos, but guy in T shirt and shorts runs up to super spy there in Kyiv who's just walking down the street in front of his apartment complex, shoots him five times, sticks a gun in his pants and runs off. Well, there was a reaction to that from Ukraine, not surprisingly. Let me find that for you. Pretty good story on how they found that dude and someone else. Where are my notes on this? I'm sorry.

[Katie Green]

And gave him a stern talking to.

[Joe Getty]

Gave him a stern talking to. And then that's how it ended. I can't find my notes. Sorry. Anyway, they found the dude and an accomplice in their apartment and said while being questioned, they resisted and we had to kill them. Oh, okay. In the midst of a war, I imagine you, you don't worry too much about the.

[Katie Green]

No, no, indeed.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. So they found him and killed him pretty quickly. Wanted to tell briefly a story about dropping my son off at Boy Scouts yesterday. I continue to be amazingly impressed by the whole Boy Scouts. I guess it's just supposed to be called Scouting America now because girls are involved too. Not very many, but there are some.

[Katie Green]

Scouting, call it whatever you want and maybe they change the name back someday. Although I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

I, I'm highly impressed by the organization on every level except for their paperwork and websites, which is partially because they got the bejesus suit out of them a couple of years ago. You know, that whole scandal and then got lots of lawyers involved. And now the amount of paperwork that is involved in scouting is insane. I mean you can't even imagine. It's like buying a house every camp.

[Katie Green]

It's just crazy.

[Joe Getty]

Hours and hours, just last week I spent on paperwork and websites. Hours.

[Katie Green]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

It's something. Anyway, not their fault. That has nothing to do with it. The organization is absolutely fantastic. And one of the things I didn't know about it that I've really come to appreciate is how it's kid led. Parents are there, you know, to oversee and if anything came up, I mean you can't just send a bunch of kids out into the wilderness on their own. On their own for obvious reasons. But the parents just, the leaders just stay back and kids take care of it. And you go through the ranks and you, you climb the ladder of authority by proving yourself and end up in positions of being in charge. And the way I've seen some of these 14 year old, 15 year old, 16 year old kids taking charge of these things is so incredibly impressive. I mean it would have been impressive years ago, but in this modern era where I know 25 year olds who can't do that, I mean it's really something and just absolutely love it. Like we got to the camp and there were kids out there with, with clipboards and everything like that and you know, hey, who you here with? Okay, well you go down there and you park there and you drop this off and everything like that. And then I get down there and then there was some kid that came to our group and he looked like he was 14 years old and he said, who's the PSO? I think that's the initials, which is the Patrol Scout Organizer or something like that. So whoever's in charge. Who's PSO here? I am. How many scouts you got? How many adults? 14. 3. Okay, you over there, you over there. And it's just, it's amazing to watch these kids behave this way and what it reminded me of and we all should know, and I'm a victim of this or a victim. I'm a perpetrator of this. As as much as anybody unfortunately is. Kids can grow to the responsibility they're given in a way that we seem to have lost in this country. And you know, you give them the opportunity and they can grow into it.

[Katie Green]

Yeah. I don't need them working in a mercury factory at age 8 like it's Dickensian London. But we've gone so far in the other direction, like infantilizing them until they're 25, which is crazy.

[Joe Getty]

It's the polar opposite of the adults in charge of every aspect of a lot of youth sports.

[Katie Green]

For instance, I love it.

[Joe Getty]

As opposed to, you know, when you used to, you know, if you're old, this happened back in the day. You get some of your friends and go have a game and your bases were squashed, pop cans or whatever that you just put out there random distances and you made up the rules as you went. That sort of thing just does not exist anymore.

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And parents weren't everything. And just to see that all these kids in charge like that, it was just, it was something to watch. And there were 400 kids there and so many cars and unloading stuff and loading them on boats and taking them there and getting everything and it was the kids running everything is, is. I was so impressed by it.

[Katie Green]

Wow, that's so cool. I love hearing that.

[Joe Getty]

I know, I know.

[Katie Green]

Not to turn it bitter, but I, I love the idea of the kids proving themselves, earning respect, climbing ladder. A true meritocracy. As opposed to, I don't know, some other belief systems or it's whoever makes the most impassioned speech or whoever claims the greatest grievance, they are given the floor, they are given the respect. Nah, not in my world.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And I gotta, watching that yesterday reminded me I gotta do better with my kids of, you know, allowing them to grow into responsibility and everything like that. I saw that a lot as a kid working. I know it had a big effect on me. Getting into working with adults and being treated like an adult and being expected to act like an adult from age 14 on.

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And I worked with guys who were 15 years old. You couldn't have told them there was no way to tell them from a 30 year old in terms of their ability to like just be in charge of things.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, yeah. Likewise. Well, that's in a great deal of the media is controversy. Clickbait. There's plenty controversial and there are plenty of things to bring to your attention that are kind of outragey or controversial. But there's no coverage of what you just were describing of how notable that is and important that is. So for all of the sins or whatever, Scouting, absolutely worth your support. Boys and girls clubs, big fan of them. Helping kids develop the tools to give themselves good lives, not put them on the freaking government dole. Give them the skill sets they need. You know that those organizations, friends, you love America, you love kind of traditional values. Look into those organizations and support them.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Either financially or the parents. You know, a lot of parents. A lot of hours like youth sports and other things. A lot, a lot of. I mean just underappreciated but absolutely 100% necessary parents putting a lot of time in. I did nine hours of driving yesterday. Not near as much time as a lot of the other people. Anyway, we'll finish strong. Next, Armstrong and Getty.

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[Joe Getty]

Why didn't I buy Nvidia stock? The company that makes the super cool chips for AI which is now a $4 trillion company. It's blown by Apple, Google, Tesla, some of the other biggest stocks in the world. And if I'd have got in the first time, I said why didn't I buy Nvidia stock? I would have been very, very happy.

[Katie Green]

I'm sorry to interrupt, but Michael, could you bring a towel in here please? I just saw a video of a demonstration of the state of the art robot soldier and I wet myself. So I would appreciate the help. Oh lord. Oh lord.

[Joe Getty]

Probably using the chips I was just.

[Katie Green]

Talking about, you know. Yeah, probably so. Honestly, it's funny, I came across the video through an article about an editorial that interestingly enough was in one of the Chinese big newspapers that is approved of by the Communist Party. And it was a bunch of researchers expressing their concerns about the ethical and legal research into robot soldiers. And again, the fact that it was published in Chinese communists, you know, publications I find intriguing and something I'd like to learn more about. But an op ed by these three researchers in the People's Liberal Liberation army daily warned that faulty robots could lead to, quote, indiscriminate killings and accidental death, which would inevitably result in legal charges and moral condemnation. And they pointed out that these kill bots, if you will, violate various of Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics, the first of which is a robot may not injure a human being or through an action, allow a human being to come to harm.

[Joe Getty]

Well, those. What did you say there? Those moral recriminations will really do me a lot of good when the robot armies are sweeping across the plains.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, they're really worried about the things just won't stop when they ought to stop and will indiscriminately kill when set loose to rampage across wherever they're set loose. Yeah, I share your concern, especially after watching that video.

[Joe Getty]

It's Final Thoughts.

[Katie Green]

I'm strong again.

[Joe Getty]

It's Final Thoughts. It's Final Thoughts.

[Katie Green]

I'm strong again. Get ready with Katie Green and Michael Angelo.

[Joe Getty]

Post that video or send it to me or something I want to see.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, we'll put it [e-mail] under Hot Links.

[Joe Getty]

Here's your host for final Thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Katie Green]

Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap up the show. There is technical director Michelangelo to lead us off. Michael. Yeah. Teach your kids responsibility. Let them grow. The next time there's a thunderstorm and there's a whole hole in the roof and is leaking, have him get a.

[Joe Getty]

Metal ladder out of the garage, get.

[Katie Green]

Up on the roof and patch that hole.

[Joe Getty]

Responsibility.

[Katie Green]

Let him grow.

[Joe Getty]

Good one.

[Katie Green]

They'll gain confidence up there. That's right. Katie Greener, esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie, speaking of responsibility, I have way too much of it today. I have like three appointments and I don't want to go to any of it. Adulting. So tiring. Jack, final thought.

[Joe Getty]

Shopping for a cheap, crappy car. Have you done it in many, many years. But my, my son's about to turn driving age, and so it's time to get back into the world of shopping for cheap, crappy cars.

[Katie Green]

Oh, man, I haven't done it in.

[Joe Getty]

Such a long time. It's kind of its own funny little niche thing.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, go. Go for a good safe one though. Good. You know, airbags, etc. Can you buy a car without airbags? I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

How old would you have to go?

[Katie Green]

Probably not. I don't know. Model D probably. My final thought is, and again, we'll post this video. These guys who are testing these robots, shove it. They beat it with heavy sticks. They, they do everything they can. You can't knock it over and it keeps firing accurately.

[Joe Getty]

It's like the Winter Soldier. Like the Bucky, the super Soldier from the Marvel movies.

[Katie Green]

A lot like that.

[Joe Getty]

That's frightening. Armstrong and Yeti wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Katie Green]

So many people. Thanks. So little time. Go to Armstrong and getty.com.

[Joe Getty]

We will see tomorrow. God bless America. Armstrong and Getty. Match made in heaven. It's 100 on the crazy meter.

[Katie Green]

Unbelievable. We're all better off and we're working together. No joke and everyone knows it. Okay, so let's go out with a bang. You know, I'd rather swim in a pool filled with the boiling hot sulfurous urine of Satan and say this phrase.

[Joe Getty]

That's quite a phrase right there on that high note.

[Katie Green]

Bye bye, Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

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