Taking Whatever Pill Is Appropriate

Summary

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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "Taking Whatever Pill Is Appropriate"

Date: September 29, 2025
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty

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Episode Overview

This episode kicks off a new week with Armstrong and Getty’s signature blend of news analysis, cultural commentary, and comedic banter. The hosts discuss a mix of weighty issues—ranging from mass violence and suicides to Middle East peace negotiations—while keeping the show lively with tangents on modern etiquette, social media culture, and notable current events. Highlights include commentary on the motivations behind high-profile violence, skepticism about political “peace plans,” debates about terminology and gender, and the perennial punchlines about politics and pop culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Uncertainty of Life and the Week Ahead

[03:20–05:06]

• The hosts open with the unpredictability of life, playfully riffing on how each week could bring good or bad surprises—like meeting “Ms. Right” or losing a job.
• Conversation turns into a humorous and somewhat confused discussion about the current "politically correct" terms for addressing women in modern society.
  • Quote:
    • Jack: "You're supposed to say Miss for everyone."
    • Joe: "I don't freaking know. Nor do I." (04:29)
• They poke fun at generational confusion and political correctness, inviting listeners to clarify via their text line.

2. Mass Violence and the Psychology of High-Profile Acts

[05:07–08:52]

• Armstrong and Getty delve into the trend of publicized acts of violence and suicide, emphasizing that suicidality is often the driving force, and these acts become about garnering attention.
  • Insight:
    • "The suicide is the point. And for whatever reason we've crossed into a time where when people want to commit suicide, they find a way to do it in an exciting way that gets a lot of attention." — Jack (05:25)
• They connect this to the social media age—paralleling these violent acts with “elaborate gender reveal” parties and the compulsion to seek validation or attention online.
  • Joe: "It's a natural impulse, but it's been distorted in such weird ways in the modern age." (08:22)
  • Jack: "Hey, look at me is at a higher level than it's ever been in the history of humanity." (08:47)
• They muse on the possible endgame of this attention-seeking culture, wondering if people will eventually get bored of it.

3. Cynicism About Government Shutdown ‘Hysteria’

[10:11–11:42]

• The hosts laugh at the media fuss over looming government shutdowns, arguing that average Americans don't worry about it; it’s mainly a media and Washington elite concern.
  • "Hey, Joe, what do you think about the looming government shutdown? Said no one ever." — Jack (10:49)
  • Joe sarcastically exaggerates the consequences to illustrate the panic-mongering.

4. Politics: New York Mayor Race & U.S. Political Theater

[11:48–12:29]

• Discussion of Eric Adams dropping out of the NYC Mayor race, with Armstrong and Getty lampooning the field as a choice between “criminals” and “communists.”
  • Joe: "That may be the perfect encapsulation of the moment we're living in." (11:42)

5. A World That Feels Upside Down

[12:30–12:52]

• Joe muses on the sense that the world has become a “giant conspiracy to see if we can be driven completely insane,” and Jack jokes about "simulation" theories and conspiratorial thinking.

6. Taking 'Whatever Pill Is Appropriate': Modern Cynicism

[12:52–13:15]

• The title phrase emerges as the hosts riff on modern malaise, referencing “the black pill or the red pill or the green pill” (a Matrix reference), underscoring the bewilderment and detachment many feel amid today’s news cycles.

7. Middle East Politics: Trump, Netanyahu, and ‘Peace Deal’ Skepticism

[13:02–14:10, 27:12–30:29]

• Extended speculation on Trump and Netanyahu meeting for a "Middle East peace deal":
  • They express strong doubt any real progress will be made, suggesting instead it’s “kabuki theater” meant to demonstrate that Hamas doesn’t actually want peace.
    • Joe: "The purpose being to illustrate once and for all to the entire globe Hamas has no interest in peace because they don't." (28:10)
  • Jack recalls Bill Clinton’s frustration with failed peace efforts:
    "They walked away because they don't want that. They want Israel to go away. That's from Bill Clinton, for crying out loud." (28:32)
  • They ridicule the recent move by some European countries to recognize a Palestinian state, calling it empty “virtue signaling.”

8. Selective Outrage and College Protests

[30:29–32:07]

• The hosts play and discuss a Bill Maher clip contrasting intense campus activism over Gaza with indifference to extremist violence against Christians in Nigeria.
  • Bill Maher: "This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza...Where are the kids protesting this?" (30:56)
  • Hosts agree on the inconsistency and selectivity in campus activism and media coverage.

9. Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Semitism in Social Media Spheres

[32:21–33:42]

• Jack describes a disturbing vein of anti-Semitic conspiracy among certain "right-wing" or MAGA-adjacent pundits, specifically referencing wild claims by Tucker Carlson.
  • Joe: Calls Tucker’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk a “dog flute concerto” for anti-Semitic signaling. (33:15)

10. Language & Gender: The ‘Mrs.’ Debate

[17:24–19:04]

• Listeners weigh in via text: “Mrs.” is considered a relic of misogyny in some workplaces.
  • Jack relays being "attacked" for using “Mrs.” in a school setting.
  • Joe and guest voice humor and sarcasm about terms like “assigned female at birth.”

11. Leads & Headlines with Katie Green

[19:04–22:52]

• Rapid-fire reactions to the day’s headlines:
  • Gaza negotiations (skepticism)
  • Government shutdown alarmism
  • Birthright citizenship challenge
  • Pentagon missile production
  • NYC mayoral shakeup
  • AI pushing youth to blue-collar trades
  • Ryder Cup fan abuse (“uglier atmosphere than ever”)
  • Texas cop finishing an Uber Eats delivery after driver arrest
  • The trend of leg-lengthening surgeries
  • Satirical “Trump to demolish UN for UFC arena”
  • Bad Bunny announced for Super Bowl halftime (hosts unimpressed)

12. Freedom, Legacy, & Education

[41:30–45:41]

• “Freedom-loving quote of the day” segment muses on gratitude and legacy (“Being grateful for the shade of a tree is not nearly as honorable as planting a tree.”)
• Rants about the uselessness of the FCC (prompted by listener email), reflecting deep government cynicism.
• Discussion on education reforms (“Mississippi Miracle” apropos basic reading and math) and the trend of families opting out of public schools as discipline declines.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "The suicide is the point. And that's what we need to take a look at." — Jack Armstrong (05:25)
• "It's a natural impulse, but it's been distorted in such weird ways in the modern age." — Joe Getty (08:22)
• "Hey, Joe, what do you think about the looming government shutdown? Said no one ever." — Jack Armstrong (10:49)
• "Taking whatever a pill is appropriate." — Joe Getty, on the episode title and modern coping mechanisms (12:52)
• "It's all about the value something has is directly related to how many people see it and hear about it and like it or, or, or heart it or whatever." — Joe Getty (07:00)
• "Is Ms. Right Latinx? Is she a 'whim mix?'" — Joe Getty, satirizing the shifting landscape of PC gender language (04:17)
• "That may be the perfect encapsulation of the moment we're living in." — Joe Getty, mocking the NYC mayoral race (11:42)
• "The purpose being to illustrate once and for all to the entire globe Hamas has no interest in peace because they don't." — Joe Getty, on the expected purpose of upcoming “peace” talks (28:10)
• "Where are the kids protesting this?" — Bill Maher, on Nigeria’s genocide and selective outrage (31:29)
• "It's a subset of MAGA." — Joe Getty on the anti-Semitic fringe in right-wing politics (32:55)
• "You could have all your important documents in one place. Bank level encryption..." — Jack Armstrong, segueing from “kissing your sister” idiom to estate planning (36:03)
• "No matter how excellent the instruction is, if children arrive at school utterly undisciplined, even the best instruction will face massive headwinds." — Listener “School Marm” email, reflecting on education crisis (47:22)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |:-----------------------------------------------|:---------------| | Week overview, "Ms. Right" debate | 03:20–05:06 | | Attention-seeking violence, social media | 05:07–08:52 | | Gov't shutdown mockery | 10:11–11:42 | | NYC mayoral "criminal/communist" riff | 11:48–12:29 | | Feeling of global insanity | 12:30–12:52 | | "Whatever pill is appropriate" conversation | 12:52–13:15 | | Gaza "peace plan" speculation | 13:02–14:10, 27:12–30:29| | Political language, "Mrs." as outdated | 17:24–19:04 | | Headlines with Katie Green | 19:04–22:52 | | Selective outrage, Bill Maher on Nigeria | 30:29–32:07 | | Anti-Semitic conspiracies on the right | 32:21–33:42 | | Education, classroom discipline crisis | 41:30–45:41 |

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Tone & Style

The conversation is lively, alternately sardonic and earnest, with plenty of asides and comedic riffs—even on serious topics. Armstrong & Getty’s signature “everyman skepticism” prevails throughout, targeting political actors, media, and cultural trends with equal parts exasperation and humor.

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For New Listeners: What You Missed

This episode offers a broad sample of Armstrong & Getty’s style: irreverent, quick-moving, and full of cross-talk—but also capable of insightful commentary on current events and cultural trends. Notable moments include their critique of both right- and left-wing conspiracy theories, skepticism of performative activism, and a recurring motif about modern society’s relationship with attention and validation.

If you’re tuning in for news, laughs, and a dose of “what the hell is happening in the world?” skepticism—delivered with authentic chemistry—you’ll find plenty to enjoy in this episode.

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Transcript

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[Jack Armstrong]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center.

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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Live from studio C. It's a dimly.

[Joe Getty]

Let me try that again.

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[Jack Armstrong]

The bowels of the Armstrong and Getty communications compound to start a brand new week. This could be the week that it all. All comes together. You meet Mrs. Wright at a coffee shop, or your boss gives you the big promotion, or whatever your scratcher ticket pays off. Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Wait now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or could be the week your husband says, I need to have a talk. Or your boss marches you out to.

[Joe Getty]

Your car with a cardboard box.

[Jack Armstrong]

You don't know. That's what's exciting about life every week. So many possibilities.

[Joe Getty]

Now, in your scenario where I meet Mrs. Wright, I assume I seduce her away from Mr. Right and she becomes Ms.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, I guess I should have said Ms. Right. Except you're not supposed to use that term anymore, are you? You're supposed to use one. You know. One of you are not supposed to use anymore.

[Joe Getty]

Miss. Miss. I think it's Ms. Miz Wright you're supposed to say, is miss Right. Latinx. Is she a whim mix?

[Jack Armstrong]

You're supposed to say miss for everyone.

[Joe Getty]

I don't freaking know. Nor do I.

[Jack Armstrong]

Somebody told me this. I used one of them and I was laughed at, like, wow, what year is this? When I used one of those terms? And I really.

[Joe Getty]

I. I'm not familiar with that.

[Jack Armstrong]

If you. If you know what's the politically correct term for that, I probably should get on the right side side of it. The text line is 415295KFTC.

[Joe Getty]

I'll do the opposite of it the first chance I get, okay?

[Jack Armstrong]

And today we're under the tutelage of our general manager.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know. I just don't know. I mean, I do know. I know, but I don't want to say it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay?

[Joe Getty]

I just. I just. I have no spirit for it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I hear you.

[Joe Getty]

Angry people who want to kill other people to show how angry they are.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. You know, I've come to ignore these, which is maybe not good, but they happen pretty often.

[Joe Getty]

Maybe it's the only healthy way to deal with it.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Not societally speaking, obviously. Not in terms of law enforcement, but.

[Jack Armstrong]

Individually, not in terms of law enforcement. In terms of Society. Maybe that is the whole problem. We talked about this last week. Joe and I both listened to an expert on this sort of thing who made the point. And I think this is clear with a couple of things that happened over the weekend. The suicide is the point. And for whatever reason we've crossed into a time where when people want to commit suicide, they find a way to do it in an exciting way that gets a lot of attention. And the studies have been done. You look at these people and they've been talking about suicide for a long time. They're what they decided to shoot up, blow up, ram their truck into. Comes pretty late in the game.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So the suicide is the point. And that's what we need to take a look at is you know that.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Knowing what we're dealing with is the first step in determining how to deal with it. This is, this is bizarre, I realize, and it sounds flip, but it's not at all the desire to have a highly publicized suicide that everybody talks about. So everybody knows how angry I was and knows why. It reminds me a weird way of like these incredibly elaborate gender reveal production videos. You want to know if you're going to have a boy or a girl, that's fine. Some people do. Some people fly blind. There is no reason whatsoever to have a gigantic festival and, and PR department.

[Jack Armstrong]

Unless you like to get your drink on.

[Joe Getty]

Well, there's nothing wrong with that unless you're the pregnant lady in question. But it's all about the value something has is directly related to how many people see it and hear about it and like it or, or, or heart it or whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think it might be more subtle because we have been saying that for years. I've always believed it too. I want people to know how mad I was and blah blah, blah. Because I think we've all fallen prey to this weird online phenomenon of it didn't happen unless I post it. No, that's what I'm saying.

[Joe Getty]

Precisely. And the more people who see it, the more real it was and it's not.

[Jack Armstrong]

It doesn't even run very deep. I mean, because I know I've done it myself and I catch myself and it's like weird. Why am I posting this picture? To who?

[Joe Getty]

For what?

[Jack Armstrong]

I mean, I saw this big canyon. Other people don't need to see me standing in front of the canyon. I mean, what's the point of this?

[Joe Getty]

It's a well known canyon. It's readily available online there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, but until we figure out a way to break free of that, I Don't know if we're going to put an end to the craziness.

[Joe Getty]

Well, it's just another example of how our natural impulses as Homo sapiens, when expressed in the Internet age get really, really weird. You needed the approval of your tribe back in the day. You're a hard working guy, a brave warrior. People approve of you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Good.

[Joe Getty]

Okay. Thank God they're not going to like stick a knife in me or send me to, to death in the wilderness. I have the approval of my tribe. But now it's, you know, whether, you know, the general reveal thing or sending out pictures and being disappointed that only 37 people liked you standing next to the Grand Canyon. It's. Yeah, it's just, it's a natural impulse, but it's been distorted in such weird ways in the modern age. We can handle it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hey, look at me. Is at a higher level than it's ever been in the history of humanity.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

For whatever reason, I don't know if there's any turning that back. Maybe if we all get bored enough with this stuff. Gotta admit, see a lot of pictures from people in front of, I don't know, looks like an old building or a water, big chunk of water of some sort of lake and ocean. I don't know, I don't even look. I don't even look anymore because it's just, you know, you're in front of something old timey or spectacular big or. So you're in front of something I don't even need to look.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right.

[Jack Armstrong]

At some point. So maybe we'll all get bored with it.

[Joe Getty]

Let's see, I gotta scroll through my picks. All right, there's me in front of a golf course. I could certainly get.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you want a golf course? Not you, but you understood you. Yes, that's a common one. Okay. You play golf, I get it. I've seen, I've seen you.

[Joe Getty]

It's a pretty one.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're wearing a visor, staying someplace with lots of green grass. I assume you play golf.

[Joe Getty]

See, there's my wife in an airline seat. That would get some likes people like travel, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a common one.

[Joe Getty]

On the plane there's me with two stains of beer. In Britain.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm not anti having these pictures for. From, for ourselves the way it has traditionally been, but the impulse to need to show them to others. I think it's twisted us.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, there's me at Stonehenge. That's a good one. Yeah, you're right. I don't, I don't Know, I really don't know not to start the week off too, too glumly and seriously, as there's still plenty to enjoy in life and is there? I was trying my class, really trying, and it kind of stalled out. Yeah. Plus we're all terrified of the government shutdown and. And all the implications of.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh my God. God is there is. Have you ever run into a single normal human being in your life who has ever brought up one of these shutdown conversations over the years?

[Joe Getty]

I haven't.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not one ever?

[Joe Getty]

Well, I think soon one might. No, never. Of course not. Hey, Joe, what do you think about the looming government shutdown? Said no one ever.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's the final.

[Joe Getty]

Gentlemen. If the government shuts down, they are going to disband the Marine Corps, send all the Marines out into civilian life where they're likely to be unemployed and our shores will be completely undefended by the Chinese. From the Chinese.

[Jack Armstrong]

The shut down is tomorrow night or that's the last word I'll have on it. Oh, wait. Some big news. Eric Adams, one of the criminals running for mayor in New York has dropped out. Leaving the other criminal a better path to go up against the communists. That's quite a deal, Excelsior.

[Joe Getty]

One criminal dropped out so a indifferent.

[Jack Armstrong]

Criminal can have a bigger chunk of the vote to run against the communist.

[Joe Getty]

That is the headline that may be the perfect encapsulation of the moment we're living in. No kidding.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's start the show officially before we get in trouble with the FCC man, because he's coming after people. Oh my God. Did you see this? Jimmy Kimmel has the biggest lineup of stars. Movie stars, rock stars, politicians. You just can't believe it that he's got this week because everybody wants to go stand up for whatever he is standing up for.

[Joe Getty]

I have a question for you good folks. Are you starting to feel like me that this is all an experiment to see how quickly the world can make us insane? Do you feel like this is some sort of giant conspiracy to see if we can be driven completely insane?

[Jack Armstrong]

Are you one of those pot smoking. We're living in a simulation, people.

[Joe Getty]

No, No, I am not pot smoking anything at this point in my life. But it all feels like it's actually designed to make you cuckoo nuts.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's working.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm Jack Armstrong, he's Joe Getty on this. It is Monday, September 29th. We're almost out of September here, people. The year 2025. We're Armstrong and Getty and we approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

All right. Well, it's time to take the black pill or the red pill or the green pill. I don't remember. I watched that stupid movie a long time ago. Here we go. Taking whatever a pill is appropriate at.

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On Gaza and we'll, we, you know, I think it's a deal that will.

[Jack Armstrong]

Get the hostages back.

[Joe Getty]

It's going to be a deal that will end the war.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's going to be a deal which is going to be peace. I think we have a deal that'll be number eight. Peter, not.

[Joe Getty]

So.

[Jack Armstrong]

Trump announced that on Friday, said it several times over the weekend. He's saying it today as Netanyahu sits down, sits down in the Oval Office with Trump. And then they're going to have a joint press conference, which I guarantee you there's going to be a lot of questions shouted at them over the supposed peace plan to end the war in Gaza, bring back all the dead and alive hostages and deal with the aftermath. I guess. I don't know. I can't even imagine.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I think I know what they're going to say.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

I think it is a good idea.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, well, you'll have to preview that. That's going to be big news today. Lots of other stuff to get to Katie's headlines on the way. Again, our text line Mr. Mrs. Ms. 415295 KFTC Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, Hannah confirmed on the text line. Mrs. Is a relic of old timey misogyny. You do not use the term Mrs. Somebody said @ their work. As a matter of fact, their email will will not allow you to use Mrs. In a if you try to send an email.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Filtered out like an F bomb.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, the idea being that like how come guys get to be Mr. Whether they're single or married? But women have a different term Ms. Or Mrs. Applied based on whether or not they're with a man so you know whether.

[Joe Getty]

To hit on him or Not. That's, that's why it's Handy.

[Jack Armstrong]

So, yeah, Mrs. Is a relic of the past. I used it in again. I don't remember the crowd, but I used it and somebody's like, wow, what year is this? Mrs. Is Mrs. Somebody here around? I think I said it at a school and yeah, I got attacked for it and I said I had no idea that that was not cool anymore.

[Joe Getty]

I would have made the same mistake.

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[Joe Getty]

Have you. Were you declared a woman at birth?

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[Joe Getty]

That's, that's the word. Yeah. Assigned. Female at birth. Yeah. Jack, I realize you have to keep harmony in your life and I completely respect that. So as I don't really, if you would just call me when things like that happen, I will come by immediately and shout half crazed, semi obscene epithets at the people involved and then withdraw and allow you to continue your life. All right, let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the Leads story with Mrs. Katie Green. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Ma'.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, and Joe thinks he knows what the deal is going to be. Okay. I'm not optimistic that anything's going to happen here, but we'll see.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, it won't. It absolutely won't. But that's going to be the point, Jack.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, no, nobody's worried about that other than the media and people who work.

[Joe Getty]

In Washington D.C. the entire Navy is going to be disbanded, all the ships recycled and made into aluminum cans. That's right.

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[Joe Getty]

Okay, wake me when it's over.

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[Joe Getty]

Whoa. Yeah. Now you have my attention. Pete and company over at the Department of Defense having that giant all generals and admirals meeting. And it appears that's gonna be one of the themes. Guys, we've got to arm up and be ready. And I love that proactive. That's exactly what we need.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Right. And we'll need some polling to see if how that's going to affect the race. The idea that Andrew Cuomo could end up sneaking in as the government as just a crook and a woman abuser. I mean just an awful human being.

[Joe Getty]

As Jack put it. Last segment they had to narrow down which crook would run against the the communists. Now the stage is set.

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[Jack Armstrong]

It's interesting, I've actually heard that in real life from a couple of parents. Smart. One kid was interested in computers and is actually going to trade school right now to learn to weld cool.

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[Joe Getty]

Oh boy. Yeah, the Ryder cup over the weekend. Europe versus the U.S. very exciting. I will talk at length about it. Everybody loves to talk about golf and hear other people talking about golf. But yeah, the atmosphere is uglier than ever.

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[Jack Armstrong]

That's nice. And what the delivery driver get arrested for?

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[Jack Armstrong]

He stole a car.

[Joe Getty]

Deliver food for Ubereats. That's not a good plan. The cops served and protected. Well done.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, is that the whole leg lengthening.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Wow.

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And finally, the Babylon be more winning Trump to demolish UN building and replace it with a UFC arena.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. UFC featured on 60 Minutes last night, which I want to talk about. The second story from 60 Minutes last night. You left out one of the biggest headlines apparently as my phone kept buzzing with the information when it came out yesterday. Bad Bunny will be the performer for the halftime of the super bowl this year. Bad Bunny they announced Bad choice. Why? Boo. Who did you want?

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[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Paul McCartney? What about Frank Sinatra? The class act?

[Jack Armstrong]

Frank Believe he's dead. We'll catch you up on more news and a whole bunch of other stuff coming up in just a little bit. Stay right here.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Joe Getty]

State of Connecticut announced they are banning first cousin marriages. But don't worry, Ilhan, they didn't mention siblings.

[Jack Armstrong]

Got a couple of pieces of breaking news, actually. Trump has just announced a 100% tariff on movies made outside of the United States.

[Joe Getty]

What does that even mean?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, a lot of people have asked that that, that'll be pretty hard to nail down the particulars of And Vice President J.D. vance just said that U.S. the United States is looking at selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, which would be a significant new tool for them to use against Russia.

[Joe Getty]

Interesting that Vance would be chosen to make that statement too, given his right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Restrainer policies.

[Jack Armstrong]

That might be on purpose.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So do you want to hear my theory on the the so called the would be peace agreement that Netanyahu and Trump are going to talk about?

[Jack Armstrong]

Trump meeting with Netanyahu in the Oval Office, going to have a press conference today. Trump announcing he's got a plan to end it all, bring back the hostages. It'll be peace in the Middle East.

[Joe Getty]

There may be just a touch of my wishes being the father of my thoughts here, but given everything Trump has said lately about the situation and everything Bibi Netanyahu has said lately about the situation, the fact that they're getting together to make whatever this announcement is, I suspect very strongly that Trump has pushed BB to say what is the best you can do, the biggest, brightest promise you can make in return for. And this is engraved in granite.

[Jack Armstrong]

All.

[Joe Getty]

Of the hostages, living and dead, being released immediately and Hamas laying down its arms. What is your maximalist offer? The purpose being to illustrate once and for all to the entire globe Hamas has no interest in peace because they don't.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that very well could be. I came across a clip over the weekend. We've played parts of it before. Bill Clinton giving a speech. I don't know if it was at the convention or just at a Harris Walls event during the campaign, but Bill Clinton giving a speech about the agreement that he brokered in 2000 and how the Palestinians were given. They were going to give all the west bank and Jerusalem as the capital and all these different things. And he said they walked away because they don't want that. They want Israel to go away. That's from Bill Clinton, for crying out loud.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. The criticism almost, it's almost funny of some of the Euro leaders announcing that they will recognize the Palestinian state has been just absolutely devastating, as I think it was Mike Pompeo put it. What are you recognizing who's making the laws. What are the borders? Who is their ambassador? What. Where are you going to go to talk to what is the state. Tell me about this state. It doesn't exist. It can't exist. The. Did you know the more moderate Palestinian Authority hasn't held an open election in 20 years? I think Hamas has held an election more recently. No, I guess they were 2014, weren't they? Uh, anyway, it's fanciful, it's farcical, the idea you're going to recognize the state. 90% of Brit British citizens recently. Now, I'm not sure this poll was entirely, you know, neutral, but rejected the idea of recognizing the Palestinian state. And you know, even if it was 60%, it just. There's so much kind of kabuki theater going on here. People saying things they don't mean to virtue signal this or that. It's just, it's tiresome. Meanwhile, the hostages starve and grow more psychotic by the day probably.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you know, part of it might be from the left. Anyway, you got to play to that college crowd that has made this such a cause with the genocide and everything like that, which is good. Time to play this clip from Bill Maher from Friday night making an excellent point about our college kids. And they're protesting against the genocide that Israel's putting on Gaza and whatnot. He had this to say.

[Bill Maher]

I mean, the fact that this issue has not gotten on people's radar.

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[Bill Maher]

It's pretty amazing. If you don't know what's going on in Nigeria, your media sources suck. You are in a bubble. And again, I'm not a Christian, but they are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria. They've killed over 100,000 since 2009. They've been burned 18,000 churches. This is so much more. These are their Islamists. Boko Haram. This is so much more of a genocide attempt than what is going on in Gaza. They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country. Where are the kids protesting this?

[Jack Armstrong]

Thank you.

[Joe Getty]

No one will talk about it. So thank you.

[Bill Maher]

Absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

Applause in a left wing crowd for a left wing show over that idea.

[Joe Getty]

Islamists have slaughtered 7,000 Christians in Nigeria this year.

[Jack Armstrong]

So a hundred thousand over the last whatever, however many years, burnt however many thousands of churches. He just said that's amazing. And you're right, the selective. What we're going to march for on campus and cry about and chain ourselves to a tree over and all that sort of stuff. All right, whatever.

[Joe Getty]

Right, Yeah, I know you're annoying. By the way, ISIS has just called for the killing of Christians and Jews everywhere, especially in Europe. That's a quote again. That's funny. That didn't get much coverage at all in the mainstream media.

[Jack Armstrong]

From the other side of the political spectrum though I became more aware talking to somebody and then did a little bouncing around Twitter feed with Tucker and Candace in that crowd voice. The Jews killed Charlie Kirk. The Jews are behind the sex trafficking Epstein thing. The Jews are the reason for all the problems we've got in this country thing is really big among a certain part of. I don't even know if you call that maga. I don't, I don't know what to call that segment.

[Joe Getty]

It's a subset of MAGA.

[Jack Armstrong]

Tucker's got a new five part series out about 911 in which he states very strongly that the Jews were behind 911 in addition to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. So there's that too. You got the politics on both sides.

[Joe Getty]

And it's been widely discussed in the last week or so worldwide that Tucker's speech at Charlie Kirk's funeral was absolutely a. Not just a dog whistle but a dog flute concerto of signaling that it just like killing Jesus. It was the Jews that killed Charlie Kirk. A bunch of hummus eaten people there who wanted to silence them. Yep, we know what's going on.

[Jack Armstrong]

So do you have a sister? If you're a man, do you have a sister? Have you ever kissed her? Because that's what they say, a tie is like kissing your sister. I've never quite understood that saying.

[Joe Getty]

That's funny. Just yesterday I was with a group of fellows post round of golf in which a guy used that expression. And I said, here's my rule, you don't get to use that expression unless you have a sister. And he said, oh, I don't have a sister.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't, I don't have a sister. So I've never really understood what that even means. But there was a tie last night. The biggest TV show of the week in all of television every week is Sunday night football. Cowboys, packers ended in a 4040 tie. I didn't watch the game. I guess it was a very exciting seesaw battle, but I didn't think they had ties. What do you do overtime and then run out of time or something where everybody gets bored and goes. Or somebody looks at their watches, oh geez, look at the time and you just go home.

[Joe Getty]

I think they run through the motions.

[Jack Armstrong]

They do A, B and C. If.

[Joe Getty]

They don't Have a winner. We just go home.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, all right. Like kissing your sister. I'm sure somebody said that on the telecast.

[Joe Getty]

Who's going around mashing with their sister and comparing it to various life experiences? That's. That's who. Who came up with that? I want a name.

[Jack Armstrong]

And then, and then ranking things that feel like it.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Exactly. How about blanking your brother? What does that feel like exactly? Losing a job? I don't know. I've never done it.

[Jack Armstrong]

So imagine if this happened. Imagine if dad passes on and then you and your sister are in an argument about the house and the money and the land and everything like that. And she says, you remember time that time you kissed me? I think I should get the house anyway. If you have a trust and or will, you could not have to deal with all these sorts of problems, which seems like a good idea to keep lawyers out of it and the government out of it and everything else.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong on a long list of things I do not want to talk about today. Donald Trump sending National Guard troops or at least threatening to send them to Portland, Oregon with the idea that he needs to protect ICE officers there. I don't know how well founded that is, but there's protests in Portland and they're throwing a fit. And similar to what we've seen in Tennessee, Louisiana, Los Angeles, back for that situation and Chicago.

[Joe Getty]

So I am delighted to talk about that. So I would be happy to take the lead as lawless junkie strewn. Portland finally gets a dose of federal discipline. And you know what? If they don't need it, nothing's gonna happen. Well, you have gonna have guardsmen standing around.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let me say this briefly to get to remind you who Bill Maher is, which makes it so amazing some of the things he says. He and his crowd believe that Trump's putting National Guard in these cities. So then when we have a contested midterm election and people start to riot, the National Guard troops will be there to suppress it right away so they can steal an election. That's the theory from the left and they seem to really believe it.

[Joe Getty]

I don't think they're in nearly enough cities.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is all a pretense putting National Guard. Well, they're working. It's going to take a while. You got to do one city at a time. You got a year and a half to get it done. But that's, that's the theory from the left. The National Guard troops are going to these cities to stop any protests when they steal an election. So just putting that on your radar. In case you didn't know that, we got Mailbag on the way and a lot of other stuff. Stay here.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

You seem to be less than excited that Bad Bunny is going to perform at the halftime of the super bowl this year. I think my son will be excited about that. I don't know, I'll have to ask him. But that reminds me from that culture. Are you familiar with Six7? I guess that's a hot thing you need to know about if you're an unhip person like myself. Six, seven? We'll bring you up to speed on that. Teachers are having to ban it in schools around the country. It's become so distracting. So stay tuned for that.

[Joe Getty]

Here is your freedom loving quote of the day. Continuing our series on posterity. Being grateful for the shade of a tree is not nearly as honorable as planting a tree.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay. Am I supposed to feel bad about myself if I'm in the shade and thinking, ma', am, this is nice?

[Joe Getty]

Have you planted any trees?

[Jack Armstrong]

Probably not.

[Joe Getty]

Well then yes, you should feel bad. See, do we have a better one than that? So damn long.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh my God.

[Joe Getty]

You know, I kind of like this one. The artist. And actually, anyone doesn't have to concern themselves with posterity because ultimately the audience will decide. Our only option is to do the best we can here and now. Yeah, there you go. Mailbag. [e-mail] whether substandard rabbit is a great choice for the super bowl or not is really not a question for me. I'm an oldish white football fan. I will tune in. Anyway, they're trying to get young people. The young people like the hippity hop music. I get that. It's fine. See? Oh, you know, here's a note about the FCC and Brandon Carr. But the key part of this email, I'm just going to jump to the important part is Jack is an imbecile.

[Jack Armstrong]

About.

[Joe Getty]

You got to narrow it down saying it doesn't matter. Saying Brendan Carr is the commissioner of the fcc. There are five commissioners. He's the chairman. Okay, so much for being an insider who knows how all this works. Jack is an imbecile.

[Jack Armstrong]

We don't need.

[Joe Getty]

Maybe try to have a basic grasp of what you're talking about before you spout off.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, here comes me spouting off. We don't need any of them. We don't need the FCC at all. It's useless.

[Joe Getty]

Forgive us for not studying and memorizing the nomenclature of the useless and idiotic antiquated bureaucracy, which I would say rules over us, but it never does anything. I mean, we have as much interaction with the. The only thing we have to go through training once a year to make sure we understand the emergency broadcast system, which we have nothing to do with. The only time we brush up against the fcc, like a lot of government.

[Jack Armstrong]

Agencies, there's a tremendous amount of paperwork involved that radio stations have to fill out and TV stations to stay on the right side of them. But it doesn't actually accomplish anything.

[Joe Getty]

Let's see. This is from David. Guys, at your Recommendation, we watched 60 Minutes for the first time in years. My TV is still intact. I said to my wife, well, that didn't piss me off one time.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was a good episode last night. And that second story, I want to talk to. Did you see that? About the. The tankers dragging their anchors and cutting the cables there between Finland and Estonia that the Russians are behind.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Tanker anchors. Damn it.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was a good story.

[Joe Getty]

And they're clearly desperate to try to come off as anything but hopelessly progressive, which is good. Blah, blah, blah. Here's frequent correspondent J.T. and Livermore, who is shocked that after all James Comey has done, the indictments that came down are for two relatively minor accusations. Lying to Congress, maybe obstruction, he points out at fair length and thoroughness, which is his. His way we already know Comey admitted leaking memos about his meeting with Trump. He was a part of the lies on FISA application, conspired with the Obama administration to hurt Trump's campaign and hurt the transition team and also the presidency once it began. Then he writes, well, I'm not sure. While I'm not sure any of those things by themselves are illegal, it sure looks like a conspiracy by the Obama administration, including Biden and many of the top FBI and DOJ people under Obama, including Comey. Surely it is a crime sedition to conspire with others to damage presidential campaign or the presidency. Where it goes from politics to criminality, though, is extremely murky and the statute.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of limitations closed on a lot of that stuff.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, I think you're right in recognizing the broad outline of the thing and how it worked. But again, there's a lot of politics that looks pretty criminal. But separating it from criminality or deciding where that line ends line lies rather, it's a difficult thing and you just you vote. The justice system is voting and voting the bastards out. How about this 20 year school marm writes Good morning fellas. Quick thought on the success oh, this was a follow up of our discussion last week, end of the week about charter schools and fundamental schools. The incredible the Mississippi Miracle. They're calling it the Turnaround of Mississippi Schools. And there are a number of other states that have embraced this. Look, we're going to teach read and write and arithmetic. None of the woke crap. The kids who fall behind. We're going to get them tutoring and we're going to expect the kids to behave in school. Period. We're going old school. And to the shock and amazement of some people, somehow it works great anyway. School mom writes Quick thought on the success of schools when deciding to stick with curriculum other than social justice mumbo jumbo, of course. Of course. Direct instruction, as it's known in the biz, is the best, most effective way to teach children. If the children don't know something that they're supposed to know, it is most helpful if the teacher can tell them, nay, teach whatever that thing may be. Congrats to the school boards, administrators and teachers that have pulled their heads out of their proverbial asses. Finally, another note. No matter how excellent the instruction is, if children arrive at school utterly undisciplined, even the best instruction will face massive headwinds.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's interesting. I heard a teacher clearly.

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[Jack Armstrong]

I heard a teacher over the weekend talking about how how difficult the kids are since COVID still that topic.

[Joe Getty]

Right to that topic. We have Children in schools now have realized that no one in the building is allowed to touch them, right? And therefore, if they would like to spend the day running the halls rather than sitting for instruction, there's quite literally no one in the building that can stop them. How do we think these youngsters will do on assessments later in life? Finally, mark my words, in the next 20 years, all families that have the ability and wherewithal to do so will opt out of public schools. Our public school system will more finally and completely into community behavioral TR centers. Definitely not the job I started 20 years ago.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think you're right. I think it's. I think it's there's going to be a tipping point where people scream toward getting out of public schools.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Well written school marm. Well done. Thank you for your strong words. Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Kids have figured out there's nothing you can actually do to me. You have no power over me whatsoever. Kids have figured that out. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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