They Just Look Flaccid

Summary

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Episode: "They Just Look Flaccid"

Date: March 9, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

This episode dives deep into the ongoing global crisis following escalations between Israel and Iran, focusing on the oil industry disruption and the broader geopolitical impact. Armstrong & Getty bring their trademark blend of irreverent humor, skepticism, and real concern as they analyze breaking news, cultural oddities, and listener feedback. The episode captures the uncertainty and anxiety of a world on the brink, with discussions on the consequences for global markets, U.S. politics, and personal freedoms.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Volatile Start to the Week (03:27)

• The hosts open by jesting about the unpredictable possibilities a new week can bring—ranging from extraordinary successes to catastrophic personal losses.
  • Jack Armstrong: “This is the week you can all come together... Or the week they say, we need to talk to you after work. Here's a cardboard box.” (03:32)

2. Middle East Crisis: Oil Attacks & Global Fallout

Israel Strikes Iranian Oil Refineries (04:35–05:31)

• Israel bombed oil refineries in Tehran, causing visually apocalyptic scenes.

  • Jack Armstrong: “Described as apocalyptic... like out of a movie. Raining oil down on people...” (04:59)

• Iran attempted retaliatory strikes on oil infrastructure in other countries but later issued regionally mediated apologies, then “unapologized” after internal pressure.

  • Joe Getty: “That guy who apologized... got dragged off to a secret prison, beaten for a while for it. And they unapologized.” (05:58)

The Strategic Importance & Global Impact (04:35–09:09)

• Joe Getty: Outlines the strategic choke point at the Straits of Hormuz, through which 20% of global oil ships.
• Oil price spikes, economic turmoil, and political danger discussed—especially how these events play into domestic politics in the U.S.
  • Joe Getty: “If you knock out the oil industry, you have put them in horrifying financial straits... It will be a long-term disruption to global oil markets.” (07:26)
• The possible downside of alienating Iran’s population: U.S. and Israeli actions could radicalize the general public.
  • Jack Armstrong: “If you turn the regular people against us because, you know, their capital's on fire and they can't get gas or water, that's not good. Even Lindsey Graham, when you've gone too far for Lindsey Graham, you have gone too far.” (07:02)

Political & Market Repercussions (08:00–09:56)

• The Trump administration is reportedly unhappy with Israel’s choice of targets, fearing a backlash.
• China imports 70% of its energy, which puts it in a precarious position and may have global ramifications as oil prices climb.
  • Jack Armstrong: “We could be self-sustaining completely. They import 70%. Wow.” (08:20)

The Search for Regime Change (09:37–10:51)

• The hosts are skeptical that regime change in Iran is imminent, referencing the gradual then sudden collapse of dictatorships.
  • Joe Getty: “How do dictatorships get overthrown? Very, very slowly, then all of a sudden...” (09:37)
• Assassination talk moves from the theoretical to explicit; Trump and Israeli leaders are openly discussing targeting Iran’s new supreme leader.
  • Jack Armstrong: “Our president just flat out stated, instead of going with the… ‘hope it's somebody that we can work with’… Whoever it is ain't going to last long.” (10:22)

Satirical Sidebars (10:35–11:12)

• The hosts joke about the Ayatollah’s son, the new Supreme Leader, and rumors of his impotence—tying in the episode’s title and poking fun at Iranian leadership.
  • Jack Armstrong: “Have you seen him? He looks like a guy who can't get an erection. He just has that... you know the look.” (10:44)
  • Joe Getty: “They just look flaccid as they walk around.” (10:52)

3. Broader Issues: Domestic and Cultural Spotlights

The Havana Syndrome & Scary New Tech (12:36–13:18)

• Coverage of “Havana Syndrome” as presented on 60 Minutes; speculation that it’s a terrifying new brain-disabling weapon.
  • Jack Armstrong: “Is this the horrifying new weapon... you can carry it around, nobody would even know you have it... goes through walls and just ruin somebody's brain.” (13:03)

Sports Betting & Gen Z (12:23–12:36)

• A brief foray into the dangers of legalized sports betting for college-aged youth.
  • Joe Getty: “Kids don't have the...maturity... to resist the lure of betting... and now it's been open to them.” (12:25)

4. News Roundup with Katie Green (18:42–22:20)

Middle East Headlines (18:49–19:18)

• Raids, war casualties, oil surges, and warnings from both U.S. and Israeli leadership.
  • Katie Green: “CNN: Iran names Ayatollah's son supreme leader as oil price soars past $100 a barrel.” (19:04)

AI and Job Displacement (19:39–19:49)

• Political and industry leaders fear rapid advances in AI will cause wide-scale white-collar job losses.

Conspiracy and Culture (19:54–20:33)

• Influencers profit from Epstein conspiracy theories.
• AI companion robots for the lonely and elderly stir philosophical debate.
  • Joe Getty: “If it's preventing them from seeking out real companionship, I have a problem with that... But...let them be comforted in old age.” (20:38)

Food & Wealth Oddities (21:03–21:42)

• Story of worm in McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish goes viral—debated as a possible “positive” sign the fish is wild-caught.
• The pet wellness industry: $1,000 dog grooming and the widening gulf between haves and have-nots.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Joe Getty (on the new Iranian Supreme Leader):
  “Mustafa Khamenei is known as the Shadow Prince. He was the gatekeeper for his father… has close ties to the Revolutionary Guard.” (32:21)

• Jack Armstrong:
  “Even Lindsey Graham, when you've gone too far for Lindsey Graham, you have gone too far.” (07:02)

• Joe Getty (on perpetual conflict):
  “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” (43:10)

• Jack Armstrong (on regime change):
  “How do dictatorships get overthrown? Very, very slowly, then all of a sudden…” (09:37)

• Joe Getty (on advancing dangers):
  “You can’t say civilization don’t advance. In every war, they kill you in a new way.” (43:11)

• Jack Armstrong (on taking shortcuts in marathons):
  “If you take the shortcut and get the certificate or whatever, and then tell people with your T shirt that you ran the marathon, you're a weird person." (47:17)

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Segment Timestamps

• Show Opening & Week Preview: 03:27 – 04:15
• Middle East Oil Crisis Breakdown: 04:35 – 09:56
• Assassination Talk, Regime Change Jokes & Iranian Leadership: 09:56 – 11:12
• Havana Syndrome & New Weapons: 12:36 – 13:18
• News Roundup with Katie Green: 18:42 – 22:20
• Wall Street Journal's Oil Disruption Article: 26:04 – 30:53
• Discussion on the "Magic" $100 Oil Price Tag: 29:25 – 30:37
• Listener Mailbag & Cultural Observations: 43:39 – 47:30

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Tone & Style

Irreverent, skeptical, and conversational. The hosts blend sharp political commentary with dry humor (“drill baby, drill baby, drill!”) and frequent sarcastic asides. They are quick to pivot from nuclear war to Filet-O-Fish worms, maintaining a light-but-attentive approach even during the most dire global developments.

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Conclusion

This episode provides a comprehensive and fast-moving analysis of a world in chaos—zeroing in on the Middle Eastern conflict, the ripple effects on markets and politics, and the strange ways the world continues to spin. Armstrong & Getty’s chemistry and blend of hard news with comedic relief make for a uniquely engaging listen for anyone trying to make sense of 2026’s rapidly shifting landscape.

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[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

from Studio C. Si, senor.

[Joe Getty]

Welcome to a brand new week.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is the week you can all come together.

[Joe Getty]

It all comes together.

[Jack Armstrong]

You get the promotion, you meet the guy. Your dreams. Oh, I'm straight. But whatever, you know, you win the lottery. Whatever. Also could be the week that they say, we need to talk to you after work. Here's a cardboard box.

[Joe Getty]

For what?

[Jack Armstrong]

And you come home and there's another guy in your wife's bed. This could all happen this week.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, Lord.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what's exciting about every brand new week. All the different possibilities.

[Joe Getty]

Fired and left behind. That's a rough week. That's a se week.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is really nice.

[Joe Getty]

This isn't that this, that, that week.

[Jack Armstrong]

How was your week? Well, not good.

[Joe Getty]

Not good.

[Jack Armstrong]

And today we toil under the title

[Joe Getty]

of the show Meet the New Beard. Same as the old beard, or don't snooze on the Gulf of Hormuz. I'm sorry, it's the streets of Hormuz. I got that wrong.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don't snooze on the streets of Hormuz.

[Joe Getty]

That's right. Yes. That would have been good.

[Jack Armstrong]

So what is that one about the. The shipping lanes? Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Iran, excuse me. Effectively closed the Straits of Hormuz by threatening to blow up any ships that squeeze through that, that narrow passage of ocean there. And that's a huge problem for the oil industry. About 20% of the oil shipped is shipped through the Straits of Hormuz. And 20% doesn't sound like a lot, but, you know, it's enough to really upset global market.

[Jack Armstrong]

So Israel hit oil refineries in Iran, in Tehran. Have you seen those videos with the orange sky and the flames and everything like that? Spectacular. Described as apocalyptic. Yeah, that's like out of a movie. That is out of a movie raining oil down on people and just dark, deep orange, the entire sky, flames everywhere.

[Joe Getty]

I already fight oily hair. I can't imagine the horrors of that.

[Jack Armstrong]

At the same time that Iran attempted to hit a couple of oil facilities in other countries when they announced over the weekend, hey, we're sorry we bombed you. We ain't gonna bomb you anymore. Through their neighbors, but tried to hit a couple of oil installations. And so what is that gonna do to the price of oil around the world and particularly in the United States? And what does that do to the politics of the war? Who knows? We're looking up at the TVs three different places they got the gas price, oil price story going.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Further clarifying the Iranian strategy. That guy who apologized, by the way, got dragged off to a secret prison, beaten for a while for it. And they unapologized. But yeah, if they can hit enough oil refineries in the region and everybody becomes super terrified about oil prices and the shocks to the economy, then they'll say, hey, then we presumably will say to the new beard, what'll it take to open the Straits of Hormuz? How about we all, we call this off and we become friends again? We're desperate. We're desperate for oil. We need it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, and then the other part of it is there are reports that the Trump White House is very unhappy with Israel hitting oil refineries in Tehran and there's some reports of water desalinization plants and that this is going to turn the population against us when only, you know, a portion of the population is on our side. Anyway, if you've seen the hundreds of thousands in the street shouting death to America, I'm hoping that's a tiny percent of the population, but I don't know, country.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

But if you, if you turn the regular people against us because, you know, their capital's on fire and they can't get gas or water, that's not good. Even Lindsey Graham, when you've gone too far for Lindsey Graham, you have gone too far. And Lindsey Graham put out a tweet last night to Israel, hey, be careful about the targets you hit. When you've gone too far for Lindsey Graham, you've definitely crossed the line.

[Joe Getty]

And with all, you know, due respect to my silly jokes about it ruining oil, it's. If you knock out the oil industry, you have put them in horrifying financial straits. It will take a very, very long time to get them back on their feet again, and it will be a long term disruption to oil Global oil markets. Yeah. So that, that did seem a little too far. Somebody, I guess in Israel's military said, well, they depend on that oil to launch their missiles. So he had to deny it to them. I have a feeling Donald J. And BB Are chatting on the phone right now, if not already today.

[Jack Armstrong]

And then you got the price of oil going up. Helps Russia that they can sell oil at a higher price. China is going to get upset about this. I didn't realize. I saw in the news last night. I rewound it to make sure I heard it correctly. China imports 70% of their energy.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah, they're domestic oil production sucky.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're the opposite of us. We could, we could be self sustaining, completely made. 70%. Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Might have to tap into a handful of moose, but, you know, we got to do what we got to do.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, exactly.

[Joe Getty]

Alaska's big. It's fine. We'll fence off the part we're drilling.

[Jack Armstrong]

Drill baby, drill baby, drill. Will fence off the part we're doing. So anyway, I think those are some pretty interesting developments that the United States might be telling, hey, Israel, you're going way too far. And then the idea of turning the population against us in Iran, if they all decide we are the great Satan and we do not care about the people, and now we're trying to punish them as well, and they. Everybody's in the streets. That's not good. That's not good yet.

[Joe Getty]

And then the great question continues to be, what's next? As I experts, military folks continue to look for signs that the coalition is cracking. You have military units refusing orders, for instance. That's a big one. Or you have the governor of the state of what's its face declare that it is ready to make peace with the United States, blah, blah, blah. None of those cracks have appeared yet.

[Jack Armstrong]

None.

[Joe Getty]

At least none that have filtered out to the general public.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. And the protesters are not back in the street. I saw one report where the saying, and you never know what's true, what's not, but that the White House was surprised and disappointed that the young people are not back out in the street protesting at this point.

[Joe Getty]

So I'm not driving toward a conclusion that therefore this has failed at all. It's, you know, like the. Oh, it's practically a cliche, but it's a good one. How do dictatorships get overthrown Very, very slowly, then all of a sudden, you never know when that breaking point is gonna occur, but it just hasn't happened yet and the world is anxiously awaiting it.

[Jack Armstrong]

And how about we've gone from, in a couple of weeks from, you kind of gotta dance around the idea of assassinating a world leader because it's not seen to before they even elected this new guy Trump saying, well, whoever it is, he ain't going to last long.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. Israel's like, yeah, that, that, that, that law Reagan got passed, that's a nice law, but we're going to kill him.

[Jack Armstrong]

But I mean our president just flat out stated instead of going with the, well, whoever it is, we hope it's somebody that we can work with and come to a diploma. Whoever it is ain't going to last long.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Which you know, might be a good message. Didn't scared off the impotent son of

[Joe Getty]

the Ayatollah again, trafficking in that untoward rumor that he cannot see an erection.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have you seen him? He looks like a guy who can't get an erection. He just has that. What does, you know, the look. What? You know, the look.

[Joe Getty]

This is outrageous.

[Jack Armstrong]

They just look flaccid and as they walk around. So where do you suppose he's hiding? Because Israel said they're, you know, they got an eye on him. They might have. Where in the hell would he be hiding? Because there's been a lot of people trying to stay undercover for the last couple of weeks and they just exploded.

[Joe Getty]

I can't even imagine. They've got to have some sort of like triple secret safe house where no cell phones are allowed and you know, it's six stories underground of some nondescript farm building out in Tehran Heights or something like that. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe he's in Punkin City, Oklahoma. He's gotta kinda hide somewhere where he's not gonna be found. And the way the intelligence has been so far, I wonder if they don't have a beat on him. That'd be exciting. My kids and I, we were wondering how long he would last. We were all making bets. I thought he wouldn't make it till Tuesday.

[Joe Getty]

That's, that's some macabre parenting by the way. I'm not sure experts would approve of that.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's a high school boy sort of thing.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, okay, granted. Hey, for what it's worth too, I have gathered at great effort and expense. I have labored long, my friends in gathering all sorts of non war stuff that's interesting about kitchen table issues, you know, the economy, business. Also, I came across this headline and I do not doubt it for a second. I'm a college student. Gen Z Sports betting is wrecking my friends lives.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I want to hear about that. That sounds.

[Joe Getty]

Kids don't have the. The. The maturity, I guess is the obvious word to resist the lure of betting gambling in general. And now it's been open to them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Love that topic. And then if you want to be flipping terrified. 60 minutes. 60 minutes lead story last night. They've been on this for 10 years and like practically nobody else, for some reason that, you know, Havana Syndrome, that thing that. That ruins your brain. Got the latest reporting on that. And it exists. Our enemies have it. We have it, apparently. Oh, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And there can't be any doubt anymore.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is this the horrifying new weapon that we all have to be terrified about? It's like the size of a backpack. You can carry it around, nobody would even know you have it. You could be hundreds of feet away. It goes through walls and you just ruin somebody's brain.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, Lord.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's horrifying.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, man.

[Jack Armstrong]

So we got some clips from that 60 Minutes story to get to a little bit later too. Let's start the show officially right now on a Monday. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty. It is Monday, March 9th. It's funny, there's a lot of dates that I know are important to someone and I can't remember what they are. So if you're someone I know and it's your birthday or anniversary or I owe you money today or something, this

[Joe Getty]

one rings a bell.

[Jack Armstrong]

My congratulations or apologies. The year 2026. We're Armstrong and Yeti and we approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

I just came up with this and I'll forget it if I don't say it out loud. The answer, the description of everything we talk about is the answer to the question, what happens if a monkey gets too smart for its own good? That is Human beings. Discombobulator rays, Atomic energy, AI. Good lord. All right, let's begin officially now, according to FCC rules, regulations. Leaping into action at Mark Michael Kama from Kenya.

[Jack Armstrong]

Just over 2 hours and 11 minutes on the clock. Oh, wow. Nathan Martin. Oh, my gosh. Wow.

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[Jack Armstrong]

I'm not sure nowhere, because we could only see just a little bit beyond.

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We have to see that playback to

[Jack Armstrong]

see exactly what happened there. Okay, let's explain. That's the LA marathon yesterday. Take that, Kenya. Kenya, American Nathan Martin storms past Kenya's

[Joe Getty]

Kimani Ukamu at the finish.

[Jack Armstrong]

Kenyan thought as usual. He's gonna cruise to the finish line there's a guy way behind me. I know. Way behind me. That guy gets on a sprint like it's a hundred meter dash.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Catches him and passes him right at the end.

[Joe Getty]

Take that, Kenya. Yeah, with your Kenyan belligerence.

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly. We're gonna take your oil.

[Joe Getty]

Do they have oil?

[Jack Armstrong]

They probably have oil.

[Joe Getty]

They have coffee. I know. Take your coffee. Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got, we got the headlines on the way. We got so much news for you. This is going to be a big day. I hope you can stay here.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Noodle boy, Timothy Chalamet. He said nobody cares about ballet or opera.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah, it's funny. He's in trouble. Backlash. Will he apologize and take care of full responsibility.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, Lord. Live team coverage. Stay with us. Let's figure out who's reporting what that matters. It's the lead story with Katie Green. Katie?

[Katie Green]

Alrighty. ABC IDF begins limited raid in southern Lebanon. Cnn Iran names ayatollah's son supreme leader as oil price soars past $100 a barrel.

[Jack Armstrong]

And Fox, I'd get my affairs in order if I were the ayatollah son or is the ayatollah now.

[Katie Green]

And from Fox News, Hegseth warns more casualties except expected in operation Epic fury against Iram.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, of course. We're at seven now. Another same attack in Kuwait, same base. Just one of the guys that was really badly injured died over the weekend. So we're at seven deads.

[Joe Getty]

I want to talk about the trap that the lefty media lays for the administration every time they talk about this, but I don't want to digress now. Katie.

[Katie Green]

NBC rapid advance announcements in AI have the industry and political leaders warning of massive job displacement for white collar workers.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I've been telling us that for quite a while and I think it's probably true.

[Katie Green]

From the Wall Street Journal for some influencers, Epstein conspiracy theories are big business. We're talking about these, these guys that have these podcasts that with the, you know, talking about the baby Farms and whatnot.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, and the cannibals and the rest of it, the wild stuff. We were talking about some of the super heavyweights like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson last week, but, oh, there's a huge industry people making a lot of money on this stuff from the New York Post.

[Katie Green]

These AI robots are moving in with lonely and elderly New Yorkers and keeping them company.

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[Jack Armstrong]

And is there anything wrong with an elderly, lonely person being kept company? Not really.

[Joe Getty]

It's a little weird, though, you know, if it's preventing them from seeking out real companionship, I have a problem with that. But if that real companionship is probably not gonna come. No. For God's sakes, let them be comforted in their old age.

[Katie Green]

This one. This one's a doozy. USA Today. McDonald's filet o fish may have a gross surprise inside. Apparently it's normal.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're gonna have to send us this. That story, but I will.

[Katie Green]

Do you want me to tell you

[Jack Armstrong]

a little about it? Go ahead.

[Katie Green]

Okay, so a Reddit user posted photos of a filet o fish that apparently had a worm inside of it.

[Joe Getty]

All right?

[Katie Green]

And this guy who is an influencer and a like a nature specialist or whatever, he said it's a sign that the fish was caught in the wild. So this is actually a good thing.

[Joe Getty]

Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

Any story that starts with a Reddit user automatically suspect.

[Katie Green]

New York Times, a $1,000 dog grooming session. The pet wellness industry is booming.

[Jack Armstrong]

Boy, that's part of the whole haves and have nots, I'd say.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, well, that's fine. Drain them of their money.

[Jack Armstrong]

I love it.

[Joe Getty]

I'm in favor of this. That dog groomer and his employees. Her employees, whatever, that's fine. They're probably not the super elite. Drain them. Dumb bastards.

[Katie Green]

And finally, the Babylon be Iranian. Iranian regime calls White House to ask if they can have Biden back.

[Jack Armstrong]

Marco Rubio saying right now that Iran is trying to hold the world hostage on the topic of oil.

[Joe Getty]

Correct. Well, they're desperate.

[Jack Armstrong]

They got a shot at it and they got a shot at it, depending on what the markets do and how people react. This week we got a lot to talk about. If you miss a segment, get the podcast. Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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[Joe Getty]

Timothee Chalamet is being criticized by major

[Jack Armstrong]

opera and ballet organizations after he said

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

tour for his movie about ping pong, which looks really good. So it's up for a bunch of Oscars, America. Yeah. And.

[Joe Getty]

And striving and.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to check that out. I think I'll watch that with the kids.

[Joe Getty]

It's kind of ironic because fewer and fewer people care about movies per se, or at least going to the theater in the standard way. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oscars are this next Sunday. So as mentioned a little bit ago, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State saying Iran's trying to hold the world hostage over oil. This is what the Wall Street Journal is writing today, one week into President Trump's war on Iran. The most severe shock to energy markets since the 70s. Since the 70s. When I was a little kid and saw pictures of all y' all in California waiting in line, while in the Midwest. It had no effect on us whatsoever. Whatever was going on didn't anywhere I lived anyway.

[Joe Getty]

Boy, it did in Chicago. It absolutely did.

[Jack Armstrong]

Rural areas, it was not a thing at all. But biggest shock since the 70s. Its disruption quickly fed into higher gasoline and diesel prices at the pump and higher mortgage rates and borrowing costs for the government. Quoting Daniel Jurgen, who wrote the famous book Oil, which I have read when a Pulitzer Prize. We are looking at what is by far the biggest disruption in world history in terms of daily or oil production. If it goes on for weeks, it will reverberate across the global economy. This is with all the things that have happened in the Middle east over the last 75 years. This is right now the biggest disruption in oil production ever. That is something. And you know, there's probably more bomb and oil refineries to come.

[Joe Getty]

My guess would be yeah, yeah, let's hope that the effort to suppress Iran's ability to do that is proceeding. Because I think Donald J. Is gonna talk to B. And say, hey, ick, stay on the knocking out the finery.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'm not trying to work Tucker Carlson's side of the street, but how about reining in Israel's ability to target Iran in addition to Iran's ability to target oil facilities? From Lindsey Graham's tweet last night, Lindsey Graham, who loves the fighting Israel, please be cautious about what targets you select. Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people in a fashion that does not cripple their chance to start a new and better life. The oil economy of Iran will be essential to that endeavor.

[Joe Getty]

Well said.

[Jack Armstrong]

When Lindsey Graham is telling Israel to hold back, that is something. Anyway, back to the Wall Street Journal article about the biggest disruption in world history to oil. The Straits of our Hormuz that Joe put in our title today isn't officially closed or physically blocked. It's just that people are scared to go through. There are more than a thousand ships waiting to pass through, but their owners and sailors are scared of being attacked. There have been attacks in recent days. At least nine vessels have been attacked and one crew member dead. So they're all like waiting back like, I ain't going through. You go through nine going through either.

[Joe Getty]

What experts refer to as shipping constipation.

[Jack Armstrong]

China, by the way, has an enormous stockpile. As I mentioned. They import 70% of their energy. But they've planned ahead. They can cover 200 days. They've got enough stocked up for if crude prices surge toward record highs of $150 a barrel, as some on Wall street are forecasting. Currently, Saudi Arabia built a pipeline to its western coast which it has activated to divert some sales via the Red Sea. So I guess an emergency workaround. US markets are poised for another rough session today.

[Joe Getty]

The

[Jack Armstrong]

one thing I don't quite get is people talking about this magical number of a hundred dollars a barrel and round numbers. Well, there's that. And even if that was true 10 years ago, why is it still true today? That $100 is the number. As we all know, you go to Burger king, it costs 30 bucks to eat Burger King. So why would $100 still be the magic number that it was? It doesn't make any sense.

[Joe Getty]

No, it doesn't. And class, what happens when a price rises? What do producers do in response to significantly higher prices? Say a producer that had set aside a particular way of getting oil because it was just a little too expensive when oil was $55 a barrel. What might they do at $85? That's right, Jimmy. They will begin extracting oil at those with those higher priced methods because it pays for itself. So yeah, you will see a substantial and swift, fairly swift response by world's oil producers. It's still going to be a. It's going to be a thing, as the kids say. It's. It's going to be A challenge.

[Jack Armstrong]

I got to find my siphoning hose. It's somewhere in the garage. It's been a while since I've done that. Crawled underneath somebody's car, got in a mouthful of gas, coughed a little bit.

[Joe Getty]

The old Arkansas gas pump, but, you

[Jack Armstrong]

know, suck the gas out of somebody's car.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. Good. Good method.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a great. Shane. What's his name? I never can get his name right. The comedian Shane Gillis. Shane Gillis. He had a TV show or YouTube show for a while, but anyway, his girlfriend has a new boyfriend, and when she comes upon him and meets her, he's laying on the ground siphoning the gas out of somebody's car. Not the best time to meet your girlfriend's new beau. Coughing up gas, trying to siphon out of a car. I've never actually done that. That looks really hard to do. You almost have to take a mouthful of gas and spit it out to get it going.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, it's impossible to not touch. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Never. No, I'll walk. I'll walk for like a week

[Jack Armstrong]

anyway. So keep an eye on the oil prices, I guess, over the next several days. And can we reign in Israel from attacking more of Iran's refineries? That's a big question.

[Joe Getty]

Michael Grace us, please, with clip number 40. This is Trey Yingston on Fox News. We're tracking developments out of Iran where reports indicate that the assembly of Experts, Iran's Supreme Council, has chosen Mustafa Khamenei, the son of Iran's former supreme leader, as the next supreme leader. And this is an indication they will keep the leadership so far in the family. Mustafa Hammeney is known as the Shadow Prince. He was the gatekeeper for his father and a man who spent much of his time leading IRGC forces and besieged forces behind the scenes and once spent

[Jack Armstrong]

two months in the hospital from lack of an erection, according to the New York Post.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy. And the Shadow and police particularly. I'd been told the Shadow Prince is the title of the upcoming eighth Harry Potter novel, but apparently not. It's the nickname for weird, Weird Beard Jr. Who again, has close ties to the. The Revolutionary Guard.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, I hope he bought the beard insurance because I don't know how many days he's going to last, but he's got a.

[Joe Getty]

An extra rider for his beard.

[Jack Armstrong]

He. It is definitely a gesture. Not only are we not gonna, like, go more moderate and try to appease you to have some negotiations end this, we're getting somebody that is known to have exactly the same Hardline view on

[Joe Getty]

all of these policies.

[Jack Armstrong]

The revolution continues. Take that, evil America.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, this guy's just younger and harder core. Yeah, that's precisely what they're signaling. And you've gotta remind yourself at least once in a while when you're talking about the Muellers, the Islamic Republic of Iran, that these guys are serious. They're religious fanatics. They are hardcore, you know, seventh century, dyed in the wool religious fanatics.

[Jack Armstrong]

They actually believe this stuff, right?

[Joe Getty]

Exactly. Yeah. They believe that Islam is the last hope for mankind and if they lose, mankind is lost forever. So they will do whatever it takes to defeat the Great Satan until they're dead. They're not, you know, Maduro's henchmen or

[Jack Armstrong]

like, hey, we're just scammers. We don't care.

[Joe Getty]

Socialism, please. That's our excuse to steal. What, what, what do you. What do we need to do that you don't snatch us up? That was their attitude, the mullahs.

[Jack Armstrong]

Nuh. Lots more. Asking Donald Trump over the weekend about boots on the ground and lots more him saying, well, if the circumstances warrants it, yeah, I'll do it, but there are no plans for it right now. And people trying to pretend that that means something. I don't know if it does or not. Not. So that's that. How long this war goes on. I was watching a couple of different reporters, like, serious reporters talk about this, and they feel like the end of this week is going to be a. A big. Does Trump take this to the end or like at the end of the week say, okay, that's enough. We did our thing. Good luck to y'.

[Joe Getty]

All.

[Jack Armstrong]

And call it good, partially because of the roiling oil markets.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

This across from ABC News just now. The US has intercepted encrypted communications believed to originated in Iran that may serve as an operational trigger for sleeper cells outside the country. According to a federal government alert sent to law enforcement agents.

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[Jack Armstrong]

I gotta believe that if there were any significant Iranian sleeper cells, they would have been activated by now. They're almost all dead. What are you waiting for? I mean, when the Ayatollah is dead and the 40 beneath him, and then the next 90. And how many things would have to get blown up before you would operate, set your sleeper cells in motion? So that's the only reason I'm a little dumb mouthful of this. Okay, well, why would you wait this long? You're under the greatest threat you've ever been under. What are your sleeper cells there to do?

[Joe Getty]

If I'm the mullahs, I'm thinking, boy, when we put that plan in action, the US Is gonna go ape poo.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're already going ape poo.

[Joe Getty]

Exactly. That's why they might as well try it.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know if you've watched the tv, but we started ape poo.

[Joe Getty]

That's right. Well, that's my point exactly. The ape was raging, clearly, but not yet hurling its pooh. And when it began hurling it, they thought, all right, we'll try this now. Desperation.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. So anyway, I'm not particularly worried about Iranian sleeper cells. I think if they had them, they would have used them already. But that morning went out to law enforcement across the country.

[Joe Getty]

How about those two Muslim counter protesters in New York City hurling explosive devices around to defend Islam.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's interesting. She had had an anti Islam protest outside of Commie momdani's office or home. Actually. Anti Islam protests, but peaceful. Then the counter protest you'd have to assume is pro Islam, showed up and got violent.

[Joe Getty]

Couple of Muslim guys. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So what do you take from that? She had a non violent anti Muslim protest, then the. You can't do that violent protest. Children up. Oh, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

That's precisely the pattern we see over and over again. Ask a Brit how that goes. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Speaking of the Brits, over the weekend, Starmer, the Prime Minister said, hey, we can send a couple of, we can send an aircraft carrier over there to help you out. And Trump said, yeah, you should have helped at the beginning. It's a little late now. Never mind. I don't know that that was a good idea.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Yeah.

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[Jack Armstrong]

But I don't mind him calling him out on the fact that you didn't help. Yeah, you weakling. But I wouldn't turn down help.

[Joe Getty]

So final note on the Islam thing I tweeted out in, I think it was Manchester, England, which is kind of an industrial city in the north. You have Muslim guys in pairs patrolling the streets of their neighborhoods on horseback wearing a quasi police uniform. They're completely unauthorized by the government, but they have begun mounted patrols and they will chase people down and do whatever they want to do, I suppose. And this guy, I tweeted this, Brett, is saying to the cops who are standing around, these people are chasing people down on horseback. Are you gonna do anything about it? The cops are just shuffling their feet and mumbling and kind of looking the other way. Unbelievable.

[Jack Armstrong]

And more reports of Russia helping Iran. At what point does that cross a line? Russia helping Iran? We're at war with Iran, so we'll talk about that a little bit later too. Mailbag.

[Joe Getty]

Next Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

man, there's a lot of punditry out there today of Trump deciding you know this is too much for the oil markets is going to do too much damage domestically. We've made our point. We got rid of the bad guy. Let's end this thing. That could happen, we'll have to say.

[Joe Getty]

Interesting. Here's your freedom loving quotes of the day continuing our theme of warfare. A couple of them for you. First, George Santayana Only the dead have seen the end of war.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good one.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Peace, Nicks. It's always going to be necessary. You just try to do it as little as possible. Is this a violation of that? Anybody cannot express their own opinion. And then I like this one from Will Rogers. You can't say civilization don't advance in every war, they kill you in a new way. Speaking of which, the discombobulator ray, the brain scrambler, more and more is becoming known about that. As I said earlier, I think it's proof that this monkey has gotten too smart for its own good.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[Joe Getty]

Mailbag. Please do correspond with us when you get a chance. Mailbagarmstrongygetty.com mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com Nice note from Ron. He says, hey, gents, wanted to say I really enjoy your show. Listen as often as I can. You're an oasis of sanity in an all too often insane world. They removed your show from my market, Buffalo, New York, recently.

[Jack Armstrong]

Really?

[Joe Getty]

What?

[Jack Armstrong]

They booted us off that station. I didn't know that.

[Joe Getty]

You fools. You fools. May you suffer ignomous failure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anton, you got to look it up. What did they replace us with in Buffalo, New York? That's what I want to know.

[Joe Getty]

God knows. Some garbage recently. So I listen on iheartradio. Yeah, if our show goes away for whatever reason because the state of radio is a bit influx these days, just grab the podcast or listen via iHeartRadio or whatever. The podcast is everywhere. You get podcasts. Thanks for sharing your talents around. That's awfully nice of you to take a minute just to say something nice. We need more of that in the world. Antonio, you.

[Jack Armstrong]

You probably said something not positive enough about Josh Allen.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy. Antonio says they always go in threes. Venezuela, done. Iran, work in progress. Cuba, tomorrow. Bless the magic of the Trinity. You know, I want to talk about whether Venezuela is quote, unquote done or not at some point. And yeah, Trump is absolutely, 100%, boldly, perhaps wildly betting his presidency. These actions, trying to bring about a better world through force.

[Jack Armstrong]

And while he still has control of Congress.

[Joe Getty]

Completely different topic, at least briefly. This is from Diane. So, to my favorite morning radio crew. I've never been caught in a scam, never thought it would happen to me. I've saved others from scams. However, it can happen to anyone. They are so clever. Now, I've coined a new word. Today I am feeling stangry, stupid and angry. Yeah, that's a good word.

[Jack Armstrong]

I. I'm stangry all the time.

[Joe Getty]

We've all felt Stangry at times and she signs off.

[Jack Armstrong]

Aunt Diane.

[Joe Getty]

I'm excited about Katie's baby. Isn't that sweet? That's nice.

[Jack Armstrong]

Explain what the scam was.

[Joe Getty]

No, no. But, boy, they are sophisticated. Oh, let's see. Frequent correspondent Paolo on the topic of assisted suicide. Guys, I don't want anybody interfering with my right to do whatever I want with my body whenever I want to do it.

[Jack Armstrong]

It.

[Joe Getty]

My agency is the most precious thing I have. I don't want to take it from me because others might exercise that same agency to do something stupid. Don't take my freedom because someone else might use it stupidly. Can't disagree with you. It's a tough one. Let's see what's wrong with California in a few sentences. The LA Marathon announced this year that if you're struggling at mile 18, you can take a shortcut to fin the finish line and still get a medal as a finisher.

[Jack Armstrong]

What?

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

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[Joe Getty]

Yes. And Henry, who's run several marathons, including one at 75 years old, is calling bull spit.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's crazy.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no, no, I like it. I like it. In fact, I tell you what, if you've hit the 72 after 14 holes of golf, you just walk off the course and we'll call you a scratch golfer. It's ridiculous. Unbelievable.

[Jack Armstrong]

The whole point of running a marathon is, can I run a marathon?

[Joe Getty]

Well, they tried real hard, Jack. So we're gonna give him a trophy or a medal or whatever. Wow. I got a few more good emails. We'll. We'll squeeze them in later on. Time is precious.

[Jack Armstrong]

If you take the shortcut and get the certificate or whatever, and then tell people with your T shirt that you ran the marathon, you're a weird person.

[Joe Getty]

Throw it in the garbage in front of the organizers. That's the only way to show you have some character. Damn it.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got a lot more on the way. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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