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Jack Armstrong
Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
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Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty.
Donald Trump
Elon called me. He said, you know, they're trying to drive us apart. I said, absolutely.
Unknown Sports Fan
No.
Donald Trump
They said, we have breaking news. Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk. President Musk will be attending a cabinet meeting tonight at 8:00. And I say it's just so obvious. They're so bad at it. I used to think they were good at it. They're actually bad at it because if they were good at it, I'd never be president. You know, I wanted to find somebody smarter than him. I searched all over. I just couldn't do it. I couldn't.
Unknown Sports Fan
You really tried hard.
Donald Trump
I couldn't find anyone smarter.
Unknown Commentator
Right.
Donald Trump
So we had it for the country.
Unknown Sports Fan
But this is the thing.
Donald Trump
Settled and we settled on this.
Unknown Commentator
Well, thanks for having me.
Unknown Sports Fan
Donald Trump and Elon Musk, their first interview together, I believe on Hannity and Fox last night. They do have a bit of a bromance going, right.
Unknown Commentator
And we've all seen the just ham handed efforts of the mainstream media to like drive a wedge. And I wondered how that was going. I'm glad to hear they're, they're snickering at it. So obvious.
Unknown Sports Fan
Yeah. Let's hear a little more of this.
Donald Trump
Well, I respect him. I've always respected him. I never knew that he was right on certain things. And I'm usually pretty good at this stuff. He did Starlink, he did things that were so advanced and nobody knew what the hell they were. We watched the rocket ships that we watch Tesla. I think, you know, something that had an effect on me was when I saw the rocket ship come back and get grabbed like you grab a beautiful little baby, you grab your baby, it just hug the rocket. I've never seen everyone. Yeah.
Unknown Sports Fan
A little more on that front.
Donald Trump
When he talks about the executive orders and this is probably true for all presidents. You write an executive order and you think it's done, you send it out. It doesn't get done. It doesn't get implemented. They don't implement it. As soon as he said that, I said, you know, that's interesting. You write a beautiful executive and you sign it and you assume it's going to be done, but it's not. What he does is he takes it. And with his hundred geniuses, he's got some very brilliant young people working for him that dress much worse than him. Actually, they dress in just T shirts.
Unknown Sports Fan
You wouldn't know.
Donald Trump
They have 180 ideas.
Unknown Sports Fan
Wait a minute.
Donald Trump
So he's your tech support?
Unknown Commentator
Actually, I'm tech support, though. But that's.
Donald Trump
He gets it done. He's a leader. He gets it done. So when he said that, he said, you know, when you sign these executive orders, a lot of them don't get done. And maybe the most important ones. And he would take that executive order that I'd signed and he would have those people go to whatever agency it was, when are you doing it? Get it done. Get it done. And some guy that maybe didn't want to do it, all of a sudden he's signing, he just doesn't want to be bothered.
Unknown Sports Fan
I thought that was interesting because that's the thing our friend Tim Sandifer is always talking about. You know, you. They pass a bill, or in this case, it's executive orders, you know, no bad things. Then it goes off into the department or the agency or whatever, and they do whatever the hell they want.
Unknown Commentator
Yeah.
Unknown Sports Fan
And nobody follows up on it.
Unknown Commentator
I've always thought the term deep state was just too scary movie conspiracy theory sounding. Even though it's accurate, I've always preferred the term the permanent bureaucracy because it's more plain spoken. And the permanent bureaucracy swings way left because it is in large measure unionized government employees. And they do what they want. They can slow walk you. They can lose the file. They can not return the call. They can, whoops, sorry, we worded that wrong when we put out the funding. But there are a thousand ways that the bureaucracy, the permanent bureaucracy, stymies cabinet officials and even the President.
Unknown Sports Fan
I like the fact that Elon Musk, as wealthy as he is, cares about taxpayer money for the average person. Like he talks about here.
Unknown Commentator
In order to save taxpayer money, it comes down to two things. Competence and caring. And when the President was shown the outrageous bill for the new Air Force One and then negotiated it down, if the President had not applied competence and caring, the price would have been 50% higher. Literally 50% higher. The President cared, the President was competent. The price was not 50% higher as a result. And so when you add more competence and caring, you get a better deal for the American people. I think the average taxpaying American should be mad as hell because their tax money is being poorly spent.
Unknown Sports Fan
There aren't many people, especially people that have lived their lives in government, who think about how taxpayer money is spent.
Unknown Commentator
At all, or to the contrary of what he was describing. They want more so they can hand out more to enhance their own power. The idea of cutting spending is abhorrent, as we've said many times on many themes, whether it's the bullet train in California or the green energy scam grants. The point is handing out the money, the program is an excuse. The point is to spend the money.
Unknown Sports Fan
Yeah, I don't know how you get to where you don't care about people's tax money. I mean, the people I run around with, and you tend to run around with people like yourself, mostly your whole life is just, you know, you get your first real paycheck. It's like how much gets taken out and then you find. And then what's it going to.
Unknown Commentator
What we're explaining is the reason why you have to have severely restricted government. If it gets big and bloated, it will steal and waste, because that is how human beings act every single time. It's not odd or surprising that politicians don't care about. What did he say? Competence and caring. It's because they're out to achieve the opposite. It's not that they're not good at it, it's that they're trying to do the opposite. That would be my only quibble with. With Elon. Now, there are some certainly, who are responsible and care about taxpayer money, but it's. It's a bit of a niche, I think. In D.C.
Unknown Sports Fan
Trump did a lot of praising Elon. Here's Elon praising Trump.
Unknown Commentator
I think President Trump is a good man, and he's, you know, I'm nice.
Donald Trump
The way he said that, you know.
Unknown Commentator
Something nice about it really is, you know, because, I mean, the president has been so unfairly attacked in the media. It's truly outrageous. And I've, at this point, spent a lot of time with the president, and not once have I seen him do something that was mean or cruel or. Or wrong at once.
Unknown Sports Fan
That's interesting.
Unknown Commentator
So according to the Doge guys, they found $4.7 trillion in treasury payments on untraceable budget lines with a code. Well, in the federal government, you've got this treasury access symbol, which is a code you put on the expenditure to show what kind of expenditure is and where it's going. And they said, quote, in the federal government, the TAS field was optional for about $4.7 trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost impossible. They posted on X as of Saturday, this is now a required field. I'm sorry, I meant to say Twitter. I refuse to say X. I will never say X again. Unless I slip up. It's Twitter.
Unknown Sports Fan
That's a good hill to die on.
Unknown Commentator
Yeah, I'm ready to go anyway. This will increase insight into where money's actually going. Now, there have been a handful of things that they've said like the $50 million in condoms in Gaza. That's not true. And the Politico subscript. Sorry, folks, that was completely misunderstood. That was not what it was portrayed to be. It was actually pretty legitimate.
Unknown Sports Fan
The condoms of the Taliban's true, isn't it?
Unknown Commentator
Well, kind of sorta. It was part of a big package of aid to the country and some of it was spent on condoms. And it's, you know, I could get into the details, but a lot of the headlines that get hot online are grossly oversimplified. And actually Elon walked back the millions of dollars of condoms in Gaza. He said, yeah, I just got that wrong, sorry.
Unknown Sports Fan
Which is fine.
Unknown Commentator
That's gonn happen. I'm not. There are some people are using that as an indictment of the entire effort, but they're the ones in on the scam so they'll do anything they can to derail it. But anyway, that's right. My point was this $4.7 trillion in untraceable money. I want to stay with this because it sounds like too perfect to be true.
Unknown Sports Fan
Right.
Unknown Commentator
But if it's even close to true.
Unknown Sports Fan
That there's, I mean it's, that's not impossible. Remember in California, it was a big story in California. The billions of dollars we've spent on the homeless problem, somebody looked into, you know, how it's doing, where it's going impossible. Nobody was keeping track of any results with that money at all.
Unknown Commentator
Not only did they not know what the results were, there isn't even a mechanism to check.
Unknown Sports Fan
There wasn't nobody drew up a the way we would measure results and check back in six months. There just wasn't one. Nathan.
Unknown Commentator
Well, right. And if Cal Unicornia, which is a nation, if you will, of roughly 40 million people, fifth biggest economy in the world, does he regularly hear Exactly. Could get that corrupted off track. Well, it's certainly possible that in the deep dark recesses of the Treasury. There's all sorts of hinky s going on. Anyway, speaking of hinky s and crime and scumbags and progressive policies and that sort of thing, every 26 seconds a burglary takes place in the U.S. according to the FBI data. You got to get yourself Simplisafe's proactive security system. Active guard outdoor protection. Prevents break ins before they happen.
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Unknown Sports Fan
You know when I'll believe that AI is really going to be something is when I don't have to every single day, sometimes multiple times a day, type in my email address or phone number or home address or something like how is there not some sort of AI system on everything I use that fills all that in so I'm not still doing it with my thumbs? I mean, that's crazy. I think about that every time I think, really, how is it, how, how am I once again filling out my address for anything?
Unknown Commentator
Right? And there are enough systems and websites and the rest of it that have autofill. When you run into one that doesn't, it's like, what is this, the 18th century? What are you doing? Right, yeah, yeah, of course that'll, you know, probably enable scammers to scam, but you know, that's fine.
Unknown Sports Fan
Wouldn't you think that AI's got a way around that or some way to fill in my phone number and all that stuff that I do a million times a year? Sure. Without putting it out there for I.
Unknown Commentator
Yes, yes. And if they can't conquer that, unplug the Internet. Right. It doesn't work. You're not good enough at it.
Unknown Sports Fan
Right, that's what I'm saying.
Unknown Commentator
Fingerprints, your, your eyeball, grundle print, whatever, it doesn't matter. Just some way to positively identify grundle print.
Unknown Sports Fan
I'm watching your keyboard. Need a grundle print to get in the building. You need to put that lower. I can't get that up my grundle up that high.
Unknown Commentator
No, that was. That was a character in Harry Potter. Grundle print. He was the dark arts teacher.
Unknown Sports Fan
Awesome.
Unknown Commentator
As I recall.
Unknown Sports Fan
We got a lot more on the way. Stay here.
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Unknown Sports Fan
So who is in charge of Doge?
Unknown Commentator
The President of the United States?
Unknown Sports Fan
He's the administrator of Doge. No, the Doge is the what was formerly U.S. digital Services.
Unknown Commentator
It's an agency of the federal government.
Unknown Sports Fan
That reports into the office of the Executive office of the President, which reports.
Unknown Commentator
To the President of the United States. That was a short clip of a longer exchange in which Abbott and Costello like Brianna Keiller, simpleton, cnn. The same gal who was involved with the polls. What polls? Some of them. All of them.
Unknown Sports Fan
I like her actually, just as a presence on cnn. She seems like a nice person.
Unknown Commentator
I don't even remember where to find cnn. Like most Americans, it's dead to me anyway. But the current campaign among the media is who's even in charge? Doge. It's accountable to no one, only to itself. I mean, no, that's, that's what we're trying to deal with is unaccountable only.
Unknown Sports Fan
To it you lying and it's extra hilarious. Of course, since all of the media outside of Fox didn't ask those questions for the last four years when somebody was running the country, the foreign policy, the domestic policy, the everything because the president's mind was shot and you weren't asking those questions of who's running things.
Unknown Commentator
Then you read my mind. So the fact that it's somewhat unclear. In fact, it's not at all unclear. But they were pretending that it's somewhat unclear that this new little agency that's trying to rein in spending is. It's not clear who's in charge all of a sudden. That's a cris effing country was run by nobody knows for the last at least a couple of years. And you didn't have any interest in asking that question. Brianna, you phony. Final thought on Doge. As we mentioned before, Elon was toying with the idea of, as they identify just enormous areas of fraud and waste that they eliminate and save billions and billions and billions of dollars, they ought to carve off a check to the American taxpayer, give them, say, $5,000 of their tax money back. Yes, because we've saved so much. And it occurred to me, with the help of one of Josiah in Utah, brilliant listener, that if you were to carve off, like, I don't know, 25 cents, 35 cents of every dollar they save and return it to the taxpayer, and then the other 2/3 of it just eliminate from the budget and stuff like that. The popularity of Doge would be a perpetual motion machine. The more they cut, the more people would love it. It could be the best idea in the history of politics.
Unknown Sports Fan
Five thousand dollar check. I'm off to the Indian casino. Red 21. Come on now.
Unknown Commentator
Well, to each their own.
Unknown Sports Fan
How much time I got, Mike? I'm trying to decide. I would do this here or not. Depends whether you keep eating poorly.
Unknown Commentator
I got three minutes here.
Unknown Sports Fan
So Trump just tweeted out, oh, this is after yesterday, where he blamed Ukraine for starting the war, which I have no idea what that is. This is Trump few minutes ago. Think of it. A modestly successful comedian, Vladimir Zelinsky, talked the United States of America into spending $350 billion to go into a war that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a war that he without the US And Trump will never be able to settle. The United states has spent $200 billion more than Europe and Europe's money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing back. Why didn't sleepy Joe Biden demand equalization? In that this war is far more important to Europe than it is to us. We have a big, beautiful ocean in separation. On top of this, Zelensky admits that half of the money we send him is missing. He refuses to have elections, is very low in Ukrainian polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden like a fiddle. He's a dictator without elections. Zelensky better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end of the war. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Zelinsky probably wants to keep the gravy train going. I love Ukraine, but Luzinski has done A Zelinsky has done a terrible job. His country is shattered and millions have unnecessarily died. And so it continues.
Unknown Commentator
That's horrible.
Unknown Sports Fan
I know.
Unknown Commentator
Shocking.
Unknown Sports Fan
I know people that believe that. I think you're unbelievably wrong, that this is some sort of for profit scheme that Zelensky has dreamed up and he's a dictator and all that. I think he's a hero and a patriot who risked his own life and his family's life to stay there and try to defend his country in the face of the worst invasion since Hitler.
Unknown Commentator
Right. And he was freely elected. Yeah. I, if I'm gonna be brutally honest about, I don't think he has a philosophy of geopolitics other than America first. And sometimes I think he doesn't understand that it is absolutely in America's long term interest materially to enforce and preserve the norms of international relations that have existed post World War II. I think he is way too cavalier about throwing that away.
Unknown Sports Fan
Yeah. When the world order is gone, we'll miss it. We'll miss it a lot because it benefits us greatly.
Unknown Commentator
And everything Doge is doing right could be washed away by the tides of chaos.
Unknown Sports Fan
Anyway, that's Trump's latest tweet. You got any comment? 415295kftc armstrong and getty what are you.
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Hi.
Donald Trump
I'm Doug. Across the street over here.
Unknown Sports Fan
Right.
Donald Trump
I live over in that house there.
Unknown Sports Fan
Okay.
Donald Trump
And that's an invite to a party on February 50th.
Unknown Sports Fan
I open the door and it is.
Jack Armstrong
Our like 85 year old neighbor who.
Unknown Commentator
Is truly like such a sweetheart.
Jack Armstrong
And he gives me this little invitation and it says a celebration of winter 4pm until the cops arrive.
Unknown Commentator
Until the cops arrive.
Jack Armstrong
He's literally 85.
Unknown Commentator
Only bring a smile RSVP to his.
Unknown Sports Fan
Email and he gave his phone number.
Jack Armstrong
Love, doug.
Unknown Sports Fan
Oh, your 85 year old neighbor shows up with a party invitation. Party starts at 4 and goes until the cops arrive. Wow, that's fantastic. Of course you get over there and it turns out he's got some sort of breaking Bad meth lab thing going or something.
Unknown Commentator
Yeah, I found that. Yeah, I have more questions than answers about that clip.
Unknown Sports Fan
So here you go. I want to see if we can put this to rest once and for all here. And I you'd be better to present this story than me me because you have studied it way more than I Have. But I think if I present it and you, like, comment on, might work better. And this is, and this is low. This is around free speech and what, you know, kicking off the conversation yesterday with JD Vance lecturing Europe about letting free speech go and the ridiculous CBS over the weekend, Margaret Brennan with. They weaponized free speech in Germany for a Holocaust. What are you talking about, lady?
Unknown Commentator
And then that's one of the stupidest sentences ever uttered in the English language.
Unknown Sports Fan
And then 60 Minutes cheering on Germany for breaking down people's doors and coming in with guns drawn for inappropriate cartoons and whatnot. Anyway, this is the whole conversation because I was saying this up until a couple of years ago, not having any idea what I was talking about, which is true of a lot of things that I talk about. But, you know, you can't yell fire in a crowded movie house. So to, to, like, nail this down without even getting into the court case it came from originally and all that sort of stuff, which we can do if you want, but I don't even think we have to. First of all, it is, I, I, I, I did a deep dive on YouTube videos, and there's so many great things from Fire and various judges and legal minds across the country into this sort of thing about the, it's impossible to stop. The, the never. You can't bring up free speech without somebody saying, well, you know, you can't yell fire in a crowded movie house. You just, you can't. It's impossible. It's like, it's like, it's like having weeds or something.
Unknown Commentator
Right.
Unknown Sports Fan
And they grow back or whatever.
Unknown Commentator
It's worse than that.
Unknown Sports Fan
But the best example I heard of was, I think it was a podc. I was listening to it a couple of weeks ago with Charles C.W. cook, who was really upset about this is he said, just, just strip all that away. Let's just get down to the basic. You're in a movie house without any of the other extraneous legal matters. If you yell. First of all, the one word that's always left out is you can't falsely yell fire in a crowded movie house. But people always say you can't yell fire in a crowded movie house. But there's a big difference there. But. So if you're sitting in a theater, you're watching the new Captain America.
Unknown Commentator
Yes.
Unknown Sports Fan
And you.
Unknown Commentator
But yes.
Unknown Sports Fan
And you yell fire. If there's, if there's nobody there, it makes no difference. If there's only a few people there. They're gonna look around, think. You think there's a Fire, honey, I don't know, smell smoke, like, I must know some. Something. And you would walk to the exit and no, nobody'd get hurt. Nothing would happen. So nobody'd be charged with anything if the place is on fire. As I saw one legal expert from fire. They're the people that stand up for.
Unknown Commentator
Free Speech foundation for individual rights and expression. Correct.
Unknown Sports Fan
Yeah.
Unknown Commentator
He's unfortunately named for this discussion.
Unknown Sports Fan
He said, I'm telling you this right now. If you're in a theater and it's on fire, it's your duty to yell fire.
Unknown Commentator
You can indeed yell fire in a crowded movie house in virtually every circumstance except the one where it's falsely claimed and you cause a panic and people are hurt.
Unknown Sports Fan
Right, but. So if you yell fire, the other scenario is you yell fire. There isn't a fire. And people rush toward the door and somebody gets knocked down, hits their head and dies or something like that. One, that makes you a complete lunatic to do that and a danger to society. And then two, you're gonna get sued for all kinds of different things by maybe by the movie theater, maybe by an insurance company. All kinds of different things you incited. Maybe you'd call it a riot or there's a variety of things, but it's.
Unknown Commentator
Got civil liability, obviously.
Unknown Sports Fan
Nothing to do with free speech.
Unknown Commentator
No.
Unknown Sports Fan
That doesn't even factor into the whole thing.
Unknown Commentator
No.
Unknown Sports Fan
So what do you think? Yes, Katie, I have a very just a question. I have never in my life heard it called a movie house. Okay, well, that, that, I think that goes. That goes to the original court case. I think that's why they called a movie house, because it was 1913 or whatever it was. I thought that was you being you, not just me being an old man.
Unknown Commentator
That's not a bad assumption. But no, in this case, indeed, that citation was from yester here.
Unknown Sports Fan
As a woman once said to me, and I, I, I said, I'm. She said something about me being a boomer, and I said, I'm actually generation X. She said, yeah, but you really scream boomer.
Unknown Commentator
Wow. Boomers have taken you in as an honorary member. Yeah, it's also.
Unknown Sports Fan
Well, let's go to the movie house.
Unknown Commentator
As your clever Gen X retort. Worth.
Unknown Sports Fan
Katie, I was just. I was just using the language of whichever judge it was that wrote that Supreme Court citation.
Unknown Commentator
Woman, maintain your silence. All right.
Unknown Sports Fan
Okay. Theater. You can't yell. You can't. But.
Unknown Commentator
So. But it is perfectly legal to shout movie in a crowded firehouse. Keep that in mind.
Unknown Sports Fan
That's funny. Gotta do that. Does that ever happen to fire people? Ever do that?
Unknown Commentator
Fire.
Unknown Sports Fan
Fire people probably do firemen. When you're. If we're ever doing that again, we're at a fire station. I'm gonna do that. Movie. Movie, everybody. Let's see if anything happens, happens. So what do you think? The. Since. Since even on its face, without even getting into the legal principles, it doesn't make any sense. Why do you think it continues the way it does? As always coming up, if you're discussing.
Unknown Commentator
Free speech, because it's a very handy, easy to understand way to state that there are a few exceptions to the right to free speech. That's it kind of illustrates.
Unknown Sports Fan
But is there anybody.
Unknown Commentator
It's bass hackards. But.
Unknown Sports Fan
But are there people that think, you know, I can walk up to my boss and call him an a hole because of free speech? Well, if you do, you're either a child or an idiot.
Unknown Commentator
Or a former employee.
Unknown Sports Fan
Or a former employee. Right, right. Well, there.
Unknown Commentator
I just actually, funnily enough, wrote a bit of an essay on this. And yeah, there are. There are all sorts of societal, religious, just good manners, practical considerations before you exercise your free speech. And so it's limited in various ways. It's not limited by the government, except in some very specific, very, very limited ways, which include nothing to do with shouting conflagration in a house of cinema.
Unknown Sports Fan
Where I learned years ago. Here's a good one for you, Katie, because this was long before you joined the show. I once went to a movie.
Unknown Commentator
You are allowed to speak again now.
Unknown Sports Fan
Oh, thank you.
Unknown Commentator
Appreciate it. This is.
Unknown Sports Fan
I'm telling a story here, Gladys. A little harp would be good. This is many, many years ago. This is probably 20 some years ago. She didn't get permission to play from Joe, so she was probably hesitant. Right. I went to a movie and I. I didn't like it right off the bat. I thought it was horrible. And so this is the middle of the day. I'm by myself and all the theaters were empty. Back when I was single and childless, it's hard to believe that my life was ever like that, that, that I was ever like at a movie theater by myself in the middle of the day. I just.
Unknown Commentator
I was thinking the same thing as you were doing that. And I had a house full of little kids. Yes. I can't believe anybody lives like that. That's wild.
Unknown Sports Fan
But so I was at this movie and like 15 minutes in it. This movie is horrible. I'm gonna hate this movie. And there was another movie I'd been trying to decide between it and that in the theater, in the. You know, it's a multiplex. So I'd get out of my seat and I go over to watch the other movie. Movie. Thinking, no harm, no foul. I paid for a movie and I watched a movie. Right. It wasn't. I stuck around and watched two movies, like some people do. I just went to a different one. Anyway, I talked about it on the air and found out that that is a crime. It's an actual crime. And it's called defrauding an innkeeper. What? Yeah. Well, you're supposed to waste 10 minutes to go up and exchange your movie ticket or something. I don't know. But it's defrauding an innkeeper. So I tell my kids that all the time. I think we might be defrauding an innkeeper here. Like if we sneak a water into the movie instead of paying for it. Because I was at the theater the other day, they wanted $6 for a regular bottle of water. $6. You know what? And I kind of thought, you know, that's not bad. You're actually just. You're just charging somebody for. You're not going to bring your own.
Unknown Commentator
What?
Unknown Sports Fan
How high would we have to mark up the prices on these waters before you'd bring one in your purse?
Unknown Commentator
I'm going to suitcase it like a prisoner before I pay $6 for a bottle of water.
Unknown Sports Fan
Please, Joe, why you walking like that down in the movie theater? Suitcase. Nobody.
Unknown Commentator
Give me a minute, I'll. I'll. I'll meet you in the theater. Plus, if a fire breaks out, I can use this water to put it out.
Unknown Sports Fan
So nobody shouts defrauding an innkeeper. You can't sneak in the popcorn the same way. I mean, you could bring in popcorn, but it's not as good. They're chemically delicious. Butter that doesn't taste anything like butter is its own unique flavor.
Unknown Commentator
Oh, and I love an early grave, but it's delicious. Yeah.
Unknown Sports Fan
And they'll butter the popcorn. And then now they've got the spouts where you can go add more yourself. Have you seen those? Yeah. Access to it. Yeah, it's like. Yeah, it's like an all you can drink butter bar that they've got once you buy the first tub of popcorn. Last time I went to the movie, we went to Gladiator 2 with both my kids. I didn't get anything, but I got them a couple of things, and it was 40 bucks. So total for the three people going in the movie, and the concession was almost a hundred dollars.
Unknown Commentator
Wow.
Unknown Sports Fan
I Thought I told them. I said, I'm not doing this again. We are not getting concession. I'm not spending 40 bucks on concessions. Next time, get a big purse.
Unknown Commentator
I tried to sneak a fajita in. You know the fajitas?
Unknown Sports Fan
Yeah.
Unknown Commentator
Oh, yeah.
Unknown Sports Fan
Do you sneak things into the theater other than, like, beers? I used to do that. Katie, I will not confirm nor deny if I sneak things, since it is defrauding an innkeeper. Exactly. How old I. Old timey. Is that at the movie house? Like. Yeah, exactly. Okay.
Unknown Commentator
Boomer.
Unknown Sports Fan
Water. Yes. A candy bar. If you need a candy bar, you don't need a candy bar during the movie. Anyway, Mike and I sort.
Unknown Commentator
Well, yeah, I don't. I don't. Yeah, I don't know. I just. Ever since I was a little kid, if we wanted food, we brought it with us because it's so expensive. And I grew up, as they say, without money, so the idea of bringing your own snacks is perfectly reasonable to me. It doesn't seem odd at all.
Unknown Sports Fan
No, no, no. I think. No. And. And they don't. I've never been anywhere where they seem to police that, so they're not. I don't think it bothers them. At a great time, I'll occasionally show.
Unknown Commentator
Up at a restaurant with a nice ham and several side dishes, and I just like being waited upon on. But no, I brought my.
Unknown Sports Fan
You just need your cutlery. I have no forks at home.
Unknown Commentator
Not really.
Unknown Sports Fan
I had a great time once when I had. I don't know where this purse went, and I'm so sad about it, but it could hold a bag of wine and it had a spout. Oh, cool. Very great time. Yeah, I used to drink beers into the theater, and then you gotta. You gotta time opening your beer with some loud noise on the television. So when Nicholas Kjic blows something up, that's when you open your beer.
Unknown Commentator
Wow. Wow. So my home state, or at least I claim it as my home state of Illinois, is crumbling and corrupt. And then I moved to California for 25 years and. Crumbling and corrupt. I'm beginning to think it's me. But in the race to the bottom, Illinois has really got some momentum. Share that with you in a moment or two.
Unknown Sports Fan
So it's kind of like when Kanye west was talking to his wife about the divorce and he said, it's not you or me, it's the Jews. I like that joke.
Unknown Commentator
Wow. That was from Saturday Night Live.
Unknown Sports Fan
Is that right? I don't remember. Stay with us.
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Unknown Sports Fan
I've been wearing the same one hoodie I have for everything for a long time and I really need a new hoodie. It's looking a little grungy.
Unknown Commentator
Oh my gosh. I could you want three or four? Anyway. One that I absolutely refuse to get rid of no matter how little I wear it is my State of Jefferson hoodie. The State of Jefferson. A movement in Northern California and Southern Oregon for the good and reasonable folks of those two regions to secede from their crazy ass progressive crumbling, mobbed up high tax states ruled by Portland in one case and the big coastal cities and California on the other and form their own reasonable state of moderate to conservative politics. I wish it could happen. It probably won't. But I was extra excited to read this my the state where I grew up Illinois Secession is in the Air. This did not get much notice, but in November, seven Illinois counties voted to consider seceding. I could list the counties, but most of you had never heard of them. And six of the seven counties approved the advisory question should we consider seceding from the state of Illinois? Six of the seven approved it by more than 70%.
Unknown Sports Fan
Now, are they talking about forming their own state or joining with a surrounding state, Nebraska or Indiana? Okay.
Unknown Commentator
Indeed, Indiana. And the House speaker of Indiana, Todd Huston said, come on over. You'd be more than welcome. It's. It would be very difficult to pull this off, but the child grooming gender bending nightmare of a governor mobster J.B. pritzker called the secession idea stunt and derided Indiana as a low wage state that doesn't protect workers. A state that does not provide healthcare for people when they're in need. Which is all code for they don't mutilate their little kids who are momentarily confused about their sex during puberty or whatever. But if you look at the this is, you know, the organizations here are a little cumbersome. There are a variety of think tanks and business organizations, but the state economic outlook for 2024. Indiana is fifth in the country. Illinois is 48th. The average effective property tax is three quarters of a percent. In Indiana it's two and a quarter percent in Illinois.
Unknown Sports Fan
Wow, it's so interesting if you think about various states. I mean there'd be some serious gerrymandering going on, but I think most people would be in favor of it. Like I was picturing a chunk of Nebraska. Then you know, you go through Iowa and get the college towns in Des Moines on into Illinois and then you know, their blue parts, put those together, then surround it with other stuff that and, and everybody'd probably be happy. The, the, the progressives would be like, yeah, good, get rid of you corn poem pone Trump voting weirdos. And the rest of us would be like, yeah, go ahead, enjoy your trans bathrooms and you know, knock yourself out with your high taxes.
Unknown Commentator
I've advocated many times. Yeah, you can have 25 states, we'll take 25 states, we'll run them the way we want to. You run your, you want to. Then after 10 years we'll get together and see who's doing better. But a number of people pointed out people are kind of already doing that fellas, they're moving that they're self segregating. But anyway, so there are a bunch of statistics by which by any measure Indiana's way better option. Mr. Pritzker writes. I think this is. The Journal editorial board is essentially claiming the superiority of his welfare state public union governance model. But fewer people are buying it. Since 2020, 33 Illinois counties have voted to consider breaking away from the state. They're alienated from. The progressive governance of Springfield and which is owned by Chicago, saw the third highest out migration of people in the country while Indiana was gaining 30,000 residents. And then Illinois is also facing. There it is. The Illinois fiscal mess is so great that pressure will keep building to raise taxes again and again. Pension debt was 144 billion last year, up from $16 billion in the year 2000. So in 24 years it went from 16 billion to 144 billion. And JB Pritzker says this is a stunt. The other headline out of Illinois that only Illinoisans would care about is one of the greatest, most evil political mobsters in the history of the United States. Michael Madigan, legendarily grimy Illinois House speaker and all powerful master of a one party state, has finally been convicted by a federal jury of 10 felonies. So he is gone from Illinois. Whether there's any saving that poor beleaguered land of Lincoln, I don't know. But it was easier to secede from your crappy, crappy state.
Unknown Sports Fan
Yeah, no kidding. That whole pension bomb thing in a whole bunch of different states or big cities across the country that's going to come due someday?
Unknown Commentator
Oh yes, soonish. In Cal Unicornia, for instance, we do four hours.
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand – Episode Summary: "There's All Kinds Of Hinky S Going On"
Release Date: February 19, 2025
Host/Authors: Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty (iHeartPodcasts)
In the compelling episode titled "There's All Kinds Of Hinky S Going On" from the Armstrong & Getty On Demand podcast, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a variety of pressing socio-political issues. The discussion spans themes such as governmental efficiency, leadership dynamics, the role of artificial intelligence, free speech paradoxes, and emerging state secession movements. This detailed summary captures the essence of their rich and engaging dialogue, complete with notable quotes and timestamps for reference.
The episode opens with a satirical clip featuring a fictional exchange where Donald Trump announces he has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk:
Donald Trump (03:29): "Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk. President Musk will be attending a cabinet meeting tonight at 8:00."
This humorous setup leads into a serious discussion about the effectiveness of leadership and the practical challenges of executive orders. The hosts explore the contrast between Trump’s assertive leadership style and Musk’s tech-driven approach, emphasizing the importance of actionable directives in governance.
The conversation transitions to a critical analysis of the "permanent bureaucracy" within the government, which the hosts argue often hampers effective policy implementation and leads to significant taxpayer money wastage.
Unknown Commentator (07:16): "In order to save taxpayer money, it comes down to two things. Competence and caring."
The hosts discuss how bureaucratic inefficiencies can stall the execution of executive orders, drawing parallels with Elon Musk's reputed ability to swiftly implement directives through his ventures. They argue that a shift towards more competent and caring leadership could streamline governmental operations and enhance accountability.
A segment of the discussion focuses on the potential and limitations of artificial intelligence (AI) in improving governmental functions. The hosts debate how AI could automate routine tasks, reduce human error, and increase overall efficiency.
Unknown Sports Fan (13:48): "You know when I'll believe that AI is really going to be something is when I don't have to every single day... type in my email address or phone number..."
They explore both the optimistic prospects of AI enhancing governmental processes and the skepticism regarding privacy concerns and the reliability of such technologies in sensitive applications.
The hosts introduce and critique a fictional or metaphorical "Doge" agency, representing the complexities and potential pitfalls of unaccountable digital services within the federal government. They argue that without proper oversight, such agencies could become breeding grounds for inefficiency and misuse of funds.
Unknown Commentator (18:30): "It's an agency of the federal government."
This segment underscores the necessity for transparency and accountability in digital governance to prevent wasteful spending and ensure that taxpayer money is utilized effectively.
A substantial portion of the episode is dedicated to dissecting the classic free speech example: "You can't yell fire in a crowded movie house." The hosts provide legal perspectives and personal anecdotes to clarify the limitations of free speech.
Unknown Commentator (31:01): "You can indeed yell fire in a crowded movie house in virtually every circumstance except the one where it's falsely claimed and you cause a panic and people are hurt."
Through storytelling, they illustrate the balance between upholding free speech rights and ensuring public safety, debunking common misconceptions about the legal precedent set by this metaphor.
The discussion shifts to the intriguing topic of state secession, focusing on recent movements within Illinois. The hosts analyze the economic and political factors driving several Illinois counties to consider seceding from the state and potentially aligning with Indiana.
Unknown Commentator (43:28): "Todd Huston said, come on over. You'd be more than welcome."
They compare Illinois' fiscal challenges, including ballooning pension debts, with Indiana's more favorable economic indicators, such as lower property taxes and a stronger economic outlook. The conversation highlights the complexities and practical challenges of state secession, questioning its feasibility and long-term implications.
Interwoven with the main discussions are lighthearted exchanges and personal stories, particularly about experiences in movie theaters and navigating governmental systems. These moments provide a relatable and entertaining break from the heavy topics, showcasing the hosts' chemistry and ability to engage listeners with humor.
Unknown Sports Fan (35:58): "I've been wearing the same one hoodie I have for everything for a long time and I really need a new hoodie. It's looking a little grungy."
These anecdotes serve to humanize the hosts and make complex discussions more accessible to the audience.
While the episode concludes with ongoing discussions and commercial segments, the primary content leaves listeners with critical reflections on governmental efficiency, the role of technology in governance, and the ever-evolving landscape of political accountability.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
Donald Trump (03:29): "Donald Trump has ceded control of the presidency to Elon Musk."
Unknown Commentator (07:16): "In order to save taxpayer money, it comes down to two things. Competence and caring."
Unknown Sports Fan (13:48): "You know when I'll believe that AI is really going to be something is when I don't have to every single day... type in my email address or phone number..."
Unknown Commentator (31:01): "You can indeed yell fire in a crowded movie house in virtually every circumstance except the one where it's falsely claimed and you cause a panic and people are hurt."
Unknown Commentator (43:28): "Todd Huston said, come on over. You'd be more than welcome."
This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers a thought-provoking exploration of contemporary issues, blending rigorous analysis with engaging storytelling. For listeners seeking a deep understanding of the interplay between leadership, bureaucracy, technology, and civil liberties, this episode serves as a valuable resource.