Ep. 1747 - One Of History's Most Evil Men Dead At 98

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Michael Knowles Show Episode: Ep. 1747 - One Of History's Most Evil Men Dead At 98
Release Date: June 4, 2025
Host: Michael Knowles
Platform: The Daily Wire

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1. Elon Musk Criticizes Trump’s Legislative Achievement

In this episode, Michael Knowles delves into a significant political development: Elon Musk's harsh critique of former President Donald Trump's key legislative accomplishment, the "big beautiful bill." Knowles highlights Musk's dissatisfaction, stating:

"This massive, outrageous, pork filled congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those of you who voted for it. You know you did wrong." [03:15]

2. Analyzing the "Big Beautiful Bill"

Knowles provides an in-depth analysis of the bill Musk criticized, defending its components and intentions:

• Tax Cuts: The bill extends the 2017 tax cuts, marking the largest in U.S. history. It primarily benefits Americans earning between $30,000 and $80,000, reducing their taxes by 15%.

• Deficit Reduction: Contrary to libertarian expectations, the bill also addresses the national deficit with $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings.

• Spending Allocations: Funds are directed towards border wall construction, ICE agents, the military, and child tax credits, among other priorities.

Knowles quotes Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant on the bill’s significance:

"This is the bill that we can get through. And it's either pass, fail." [05:40]

3. Mass Deportations Under the Trump Administration

The discussion shifts to immigration, where Knowles critiques both Democratic and Republican approaches:

• Current Deportation Rates: The administration is deporting 200,000 to 400,000 illegal aliens annually, a fraction of the estimated 11 to 16 million residing illegally in the U.S.

• Challenges: Despite a high-profile raid in Massachusetts removing 1,500 individuals, Knowles questions whether this signals a broader crackdown or remains an isolated incident.

"If they are, just be aware, at the current rate, you're not gonna get anywhere close to it." [15:20]

4. Decline in Fentanyl Seizures

Addressing drug trafficking, Knowles points out a puzzling decline in fentanyl interceptions at the U.S.-Mexico border:

• Statistics: Seizures have dropped from 1,700 pounds in 2024 to 746 pounds in 2025.

• Implications: This decline suggests that enhanced border enforcement under Trump effectively reduces the influx of dangerous drugs.

"What on earth could have changed? Might it have something to do with Trump stopping the illegal crossings?" [20:10]

5. Death of Etienne Emile Beaulieu: Creator of the Abortion Pill

A prominent and controversial segment focuses on the passing of Etienne Emile Beaulieu, the developer of the abortion pill RU-486 (mifepristone. Knowles vehemently criticizes Beaulieu's legacy:

"This man bears greater responsibility for shortening the average lifespan on earth than anything since the bubonic plague." [24:50]

He argues that Beaulieu's contributions have led to millions of abortions globally, equating his impact to that of historical tyrants:

"There is no comparison. This man...is responsible for the murder of an estimated 5 to 7 million babies in the United States alone." [26:05]

6. Discussion on Alleged Alien Abductions

In a brief segue, Knowles introduces an interview with Timothy Albarino, an explorer likened to an Indiana Jones figure, discussing mysterious archaeological findings in Peru:

"Three fingered tridactyl beings, the largest, most bizarre elongated skulls... Maybe there is a crypto terrestrial non-human race species inhabiting planet Earth, probably subterranean." [27:41]

7. Removal of Harvey Milk's Name from Navy Ship

Knowles tackles the ongoing debate to rename the US Navy ship originally named after Harvey Milk:

• Background: Harvey Milk, a former Navy serviceman turned San Francisco politician, is being reevaluated due to his controversial personal life and allegations of misconduct.

• Knowles' Stance: He supports the removal, deeming Milk's legacy incompatible with honoring naval heroes.

"Harvey Milk should not have his name on the ship. But also just as a practical matter for the US Navy, having a ship named after Harvey Milk was not helping the Navy beat the allegations." [28:30]

8. LGBT Community's Engagement with Astrology and Tarot

A study is discussed, revealing a significant trend among the LGBT community’s interest in astrology and tarot:

• Statistics:

  • 54% of LGBT Americans consult astrology or horoscopes yearly, compared to 28% of the general population.
  • 40% of LGBT men and 63% of LGBT women engage in astrology.

• Knowles' Interpretation: He attributes this trend to the LGBT community's distancing from traditional religions, leading them to seek guidance through New Age practices.

"When you eschew traditional religion, you become superstitious... you have to consult this fake religion." [35:00]

9. Critique of Modern Worship Music

The episode also features a critique of contemporary worship music, emphasizing its departure from traditional, sacred compositions:

• Key Points:
  • Modern worship music often resembles pop music, diluting its sacred nature.
  • Knowles prefers traditional hymns and Gregorian chants for their focus on God rather than emotional manipulation.

"The whole point of modern worship music, the whole point of modern society since the Enlightenment, is to make everything less sacred." [38:45]

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Conclusion

In Episode 1747, Michael Knowles tackles a range of pressing socio-political issues, from legislative debates and immigration policies to cultural shifts within the LGBT community and religious practices. His analysis is marked by a consistent defense of traditional values and a critical stance on contemporary social movements. Notably, his vehement condemnation of Etienne Emile Beaulieu underscores the episode’s provocative tone.

For listeners seeking a comprehensive breakdown of current events through a conservative lens, this episode offers detailed insights and robust discussions on the topics shaping today’s political and cultural landscape.

Transcript

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[Michael Knowles]

Go to Daily Wire. Plus Elon is turning on the spending bill. This is what Trump is calling the big beautiful bill. This is the legislative achievement that he can get through in this first year. And Elon says, I'm sorry, I can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork filled congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those of you who voted for it. You know you did wrong. You, you know it. Whoa, those are tough words. Elon Musk was the buddy in chief. He was one of the most prominent figures at the White House. He's recently left the White house after his 130 day period when he could be a temporary government employee while still owning his companies. And then he comes out, he's out of the White House for a few days, and he says, the chief legislative achievement of the White House is a disgusting abomination. What is in the bill is Elon. Right? Well, first thing in the bill, largest tax cut in U.S. history. Because what the bill primarily does is extend the 2017 tax cuts that Trump had during the first term. This is why when I sat down with Scott Bessant, the Treasury Secretary, I said, what's your thought on the big beautiful bill? He said, well, it's pass or fail for us. It's not. We're gonna get some of it through, or maybe we'll try to get this part through. Or he said, look, it's, it's all there. This is the bill that we can get through. And it's either pass, fail. If we pass, then we get to keep the tax cuts, we get to fund our government. If we fail, we're gonna be responsible for the biggest tax hike ever. So we have to get the bill through. And that's what they were after. The libs are gonna call this a tax cut for the rich or something. That's not what it is. Americans earning between 30,000 and $80,000 a year. So 80,000, I think, is the median household income in the United States. People earning from 30,000 up to the median household income will pay 15% less in taxes. That is a massive tax cut thanks to Trump, thanks to the big beautiful bill. But it obviously will exacerbate deficits if all you got was the tax cut. So there is also deficit reduction, and to the White House's credit, it's the largest deficit reduction in about 30 years. There's all sorts of savings and, you know, the devil's in the details on this accounting. But $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings, that's pretty good because there's a lot of extra spending in there that the White House had to put in there because it's what President Trump ran on. And it's what the people voted for. That's funding for the border wall, that's funding for ICE agents, that's funding for the military, that's funding for child tax credit, a kind of early version of a White House family policy. So it's all pretty good. Where do the cuts come from? The cuts come largely from waste and fraud. So the other thing you're gonna hear about this bill from the libs is that it takes away healthcare from Americans and from children and all the rest not. So it is taking some money out of Medicaid. Medicaid, which is a government healthcare program that is designed for lower income American citizens. But it's not taking healthcare funding away from the people who deserve it and who are entitled to it under the Medicaid plan. It's taking Medicaid funding away from the 1.4 million illegals who are on Medicaid. To use just one example, it's taking Medicaid funding away from people who are abusing the system, who are not legally entitled to it, people who refuse to work, people who don't meet even basic requirements to avail themselves of healthcare and of welfare. So it cuts waste and fraud in Medicaid, it cuts some ridiculous fraudulent money that was going to environmentalism and all sorts of other liberal pet projects. But all in all, as someone who's paid attention to politics closely for a long time, I think the big beautiful bill is pretty good. I think it's totally necessary for the White House to get this through. Given the razor thin majority in the House and a better, but still not massive majority in the US Senate, I think it's totally necessary. I agree with the Treasury Secretary. It is pass fail. But also I think it's a pretty good bill. All in all, it doesn't spend nearly as much as we might fear that it would spend. But it's not the kind of bill that a libertarian is going to love. It's not the kind of bill that someone who, who had the expectation that this government was gonna get rid of the budget deficit, that this administration was gonna start paying down the national debt. That's gonna be disappointing for that kind of person. I'm just a little bit surprised that Elon is surprised. Elon is very intelligent. Did Elon really think they were gonna get a better bill? I don't know why anyone would have that expectation. Not because Trump isn't good on his word. Not because Trump isn't serious about cutting his. It's just this is how our political order operates. We have been running massive annual budget deficits for 25 years. Republican, Democrat. She might say, well, that's the problem. We need to turn that around. I know. I get it. I know. But we need to get a little deeper, okay? Rather than just pointing fingers and saying, you stupid members of Congress. It's easy to say that. I've said it many times. We need to ask ourselves, what is wrong with our political order that we keep running these massive deficits? The politicians don't just do it to play a trick on us. They do it because they believe that that's what they have to do to get elected. Because, as H.L. mencken says, democracy is the theory that the common man knows what he wants and deserves to get it good and hard. I think there is a deeper issue, deeper than Democrat, deeper than Republican, that explains why we run consistently. Massive budget deficits. All in all, I think the bill's pretty good. Now, the one little political operative thing that might be going on here with the Elon tweet that I haven't seen anyone else point out, Elon might be tweeting this now as the kind of bad cop to Trump's good cop. And so it gets through the House. Notice Elon didn't tweet this before the bill got through the House because the Republicans had, like, one vote they could play with in the House. Okay. It was so tight, it was unclear if it was gonna get through. Now that we're in the Senate, there's a little more wiggle room. And because the bill is being passed through reconciliation, the Senate now can maybe make this bill a little better. Mike Lee, one of the great US Senators, said in response to Elon's tweet, said, we gotta make this bill better. So the other thing that might be going on here, it might not be just that Elon's having a temper tantrum. And the bromance is what might be going on is that Elon's new job for the White House is to play the bad cop. So you got the good cop coming out of the actual White House and out of the Republicans in the House, and then you've got Elon playing the bad cop. I have to believe there's a little bit of that going on because of the timing, because it's after the House passed the bill, but also because Elon's a smart guy, and anybody who is surprised by this bill, who thought that this big, beautiful bill could possibly be any better on spending given our present political circumstances, just is not paying attention to the political circumstances. But now those senators who are afraid of the Elon bucks in their primaries. Maybe they'll try to tweak the bill, make it marginally better. We gotta talk about a lot of these things. We gotta talk about the great news coming out of Massachusetts cuz the Trump admin is ramping up its efficiency and and productivity on deportations. I have a lot more to say but I want you to all take one brief moment, take a beat and go to PureTalk.comKnowles PureTalk my wireless company, a veteran led company, believes every man and woman who has faithfully served his country deserves to proudly fly an American flag. A flag that was made in America. That is why PureTalk is on a mission to give an allegiance flag, the highest quality American flag there is, period to 1000 US veterans in time for the patriotic holidays. Just switch your cell phone service to PureTalk this month and a portion of every sale will go to provide these high quality flags to deserving veterans. With plans from just $25 a month for unlimited talk, text and plenty of data, you can enjoy America's most dependable 5G network while cutting your cell phone bill in half. 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My view on it is kind of let him cook a little bit because again, you have to ask yourself rather than just saying Democrats bad or Republicans lazy or whatever, you have to ask yourself why is it that we have gotten to a point in America where we just welcome millions and millions of illegal aliens into the country every year? How is it that we got to the place where by conservative estimates we have 11 to 16 million illegals living in the country? That doesn't count the anchor babies who are technically American citizens. How is it that We've gotten to this place. Yeah, Democrats are nefarious and opportunistic. Yeah, Republicans are lazy also. Maybe it's because we haven't had an above replacement birth rate since 1971 and we need mass migration to prop our economy up. Maybe that's a deeper reason why we have this mass migration. Maybe it's because we no longer have a sense of national identity because the globalists have turned us into a kind of incoherent empire and the American right has been afraid of the N word. Not that one. Not nuclear nation. Maybe there are deeper reasons, economic, social, cultural and political. Regardless, if Trump wants to make good on deportations, they gotta seriously ramp it up. We are currently on pace to deport 200 to 400,000 illegal aliens per year. And those are actually pretty rosy numbers. So you do the math. Four years, that's between what, 800,000 and 1.6 million illegals that we deport. As I just said, it's 11 million to 16 million illegal aliens. It's a conservative number. So you talk about what, almost a tenth of that total number, A ninth, an eighth? That's not great. Or maybe significantly less. Trump has arrested, or ICE rather has arrested 1500 illegals in a single raid in Massachusetts. 1500, that's a big number. Cause a lot of these raids we're seeing, it's three people, it's 10 people, it's 20 people. So 1500, that's a big, big number. The question for the White House right now is is this gonna be a signal of a massive ramp up in deportations or is this kind of a one off raid? And the political calculation that they're gonna have to weigh in is whether or not the White House believes that mass deportations really are a mainstream majority political issue. That's what we all said after the election. We said Trump ran on mass deportations. Polish up the railway lines, cuz we are gonna keep the train a flowing all the way down past the Rio Grande. That's what he ran on. And Trump not only won the election, but he won the popular vote. So the analysts came out and they said mass deportations are a mainstream majority political issue. But as of yet, we haven't gotten the mass deportations. And I get why. Because there are going to be some people who thought they wanted the mass deportations. And then when they see Abuela getting hauled off by the ICE agents, they're going to change their mind and say it's cruel and turn on Trump. Trump's going to lose his Hispanic support. There's some sign that Trump has dipped in popularity with Hispanics, so it's unclear exactly why. So it's a live question. I'm not telling you. I got all the answers. I don't work at the White House, so I'm not gonna be responsible for this. But they do have to make a decision. Are they gonna make good on the mass deportations? Okay. If they are, just be aware, at the current rate, you're not gonna get anywhere close to it. And maybe that's just the calculus. Or if you do wanna make good on the mass deportations, we need these 1500 illegal raids like every day. We need them constantly and maybe that's what we'll get. We're at an inflection point. We don't know exactly where we're going from here. Now, related to the putting aside the deportation issue for a second, which is very, very difficult to do. And again, I think we gotta give the Trump administration a lot of grace here because we haven't seen these mass deportations ever. And we've seen mass migration for the past many decades and mass illegal migration for the past at least couple of decades. So there are structural impediments to Trump actually making good on this. But we are seeing some really good stuff in terms of new migrants coming over that has dropped basically to zero under Biden. You had about 3 million illegals coming over per year. And Biden's saying there's nothing I can do to stop it. We need the Republicans and the in the House and the Senate, we need Trump to get on the line and pass a bill. If I don't have a new bill, there's no way I can stop the mass migration. And then what? Trump comes in, he doesn't get a new bill, he just enforces the law. Which is why at the time I and others said that Biden was totally full of it. There was no reason to pass a new migration law. It was gonna make the migration problem worse. And if Biden refused to enforce laws that were already on the books, there's no reason to believe he'd enforce a new law that was put on the books. Well, Trump totally proved that. Cuz the illegal crossings have dropped basically to zero. And the Washington Post is scratching its head. Washington Post is asking about where is it? I have the article right here somewhere. Yeah, yeah, this is great. Washington Post. The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the US Mexico border. So mysterious. We were seizing a lot of fentanyl that was coming originally from China, making its way through Mexico and coming into America to murder 75,000American citizens per year. It was happening, and now that's not really happening as much. What changed? I'll just read you the first paragraph or two. Mexico City. After years of confiscating rising amounts of fentanyl, the opioid that has fueled the most lethal drug epidemic in American history, US Officials are confronting a new and puzzling reality. At the Mexican border, fentanyl seizures are plummeting. It's weird. Just about since, something changed in Washington. The phenomenon has received little notice in Washington, where the Trump administration has made fentanyl trafficking cartels a national security priority. Narcotics of all kinds are pouring across our borders, said a White House statement in March announcing stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada. New data suggest a more complex story. The US Government's average monthly seizures of fentanyl at the Mexican border have dropped by more than half, from 1700 pounds in 2024 to 746 pounds this year, according to CBP. So weird. What on earth could have changed? Might it have something to do with Trump stopping the illegal crossings? By the way, even with Trump stopping the illegal crossings, there's still a lot of fentanyl getting through, because fentanyl is a top priority for the cartels who control the border. So even with that, you're still getting a lot of fentanyl. But it's a real head scratcher, isn't it? When you enforce the law and shut down the border, fewer bad things get across the border. This is a version of that story made famous by the journalist Fox Butterworth. I think was his name Bucks Butterfield, something like that, where he said crime keeps dropping despite prisons filling. As if those two were contradictory rather than went hand in hand. Yeah, yeah. Turns out when you elect a guy who runs on stopping illegals from bringing drugs into our country, and then he actually does that, turns out you get fewer drugs in the country. Washington Post, man. What colleges do they graduate from? What does it take to be a writer at the Washington Post? To be obtuse? I think that's all you. Top of the resume. I am extremely obtuse. Oh, you're hired. Here's your desk. Here's your newspaper. Fedora. Here, let's get on some stories where you express your befuddlement. Speaking of poison, the creator of the abortion pill is dead. He didn't die flipping his Corvette. The guy was 98 years old. His name was Etienne Emile Beaulieu, and he helped develop the oral drug RU486, which is more commonly known as mifepristone. And his widow has issued this statement. His research was guided by his commitment to progress through science, his dedication to women's freedom, and his desire to enable everyone to live better and longer lives. I shouldn't laugh. It's so dark. I shouldn't laugh. His research, his creation of the abortion pill was motivated by his desire to enable everyone to live better and longer lives. This man bears greater responsibility for shortening the average lifespan on earth than anything since the bubonic plague, the Black death, probably including the Black Death over enough of a time span. And his widow says, oh, he just wanted to make people live longer. Doesn't that just sum it all up? When you cooperate with evil and when you fall into sin, even the very things that you think you're trying to do are totally undermined. You get the opposite. A true Faustian bargain. There's a phrase, de mortuis nil nisi bonum. You know, nothing but good, say nothing but good of the dead. I generally try to adhere to that. In this case, though, this is such a live political issue, I think we need to be a little more blunt. This man, Etienne Emile Beaulieu, is one of the most evil men ever to walk the earth. Much more evil than Hitler. Much more. And not even close. Not even close. Much more evil than Stalin. There is no comparison. This man, because of his dogged pursuit of this drug, this drug that is intended to kill babies in the womb, this man is responsible for the murder of an estimated. And we don't have the exact number, but an estimated conservative estimate, 5 to 7 million babies in the United States alone. When you add in the rest of the world, most conservative estimate possible, this man is responsible for at least tens of millions of deaths. Maybe already over 100 million. And they're just getting started. The abortion pill is still rising in the total percentage of abortions that it's responsible for. The official number I think is 60 or 63%. But I've spoken to people who are a little more on the ground with how the abortion industry works. I'm told it's north of 70% at this point. Okay, no signs of slowing down. This man, who is going to get eulogies in the New York Times and the Washington Post, I'm sure one of the most evil men ever to live. To put in perspective the amount of pure, needless human suffering this person has caused, nuclear bombs have killed 214,000 people ever. This man has so far killed at least tens of millions. At least no End in sight. At least with Hitler. You say Hitler killed however many millions of people, 8 million people total or so. I don't know. It depends on how much of the war you blame on Hitler. But 10 million people, I don't know. Whatever. For Stalin, you say he killed 20 million people, 40 million people, 50 million people. I don't care. However many millions of people, now they're dead. Now they're not responsible for more deaths. With this guy, Bo Yu, he's going to be responsible for deaths into the future until the end of time. And not just any kind of death. You think of someone like Oppenheimer, who created the atomic bomb, say, well, he was just trying to work on science and progress and. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I get it. But first of all, bombs can be used in a justified way because there is such a thing as just war. There is no such thing as just murdering a baby. It's just murdering a baby, which is always unjust. With Oppenheimer, you could say, well, a nation has a right to defend itself against threats, and the enemies of the United States were working on the bomb. And so, yeah, there are all sorts of justifications for creating the nuclear bomb. And even still, people view him with a great deal of moral doubt. He's responsible for a little over 200,000 deaths ever. There is no moral justification for creating this drug and promoting this drug. This is a reminder. We should pray for the guy's soul. Some people don't believe in praying for the dead, but it's a very traditional Christian practice. We should pray for a soul. We should certainly pray for the souls of his many millions of victims. And we should, as a political matter and a personal matter, remember for ourselves the enormity of the amount of evil that a single person could do. Put a pause on my pearls of wisdom. I want to tell you about shopify.comknowles. i have started multiple businesses. It's odd because I don't really think of myself as a businessman, but I've started multiple businesses. And I'll tell you one thing. Had I known about Shopify, had Shopify been around from the very beginning of my entrepreneurial career, that would have made things a whole lot easier. Shopify is the commerce platform behind millions of businesses around the world and 10% of all e commerce in the US we even use it for our own daily wire shop to make sure things are running smoothly and efficiently so you all can get the goods. Now, you might be wondering, what if I can't design a website? What if I'm worried people haven't heard of my brand. No problem. 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After our previous episode is left in a cliffhanger, we discuss his most recent expedition to Peru, testimonies of supposed alien abductees, and nephilim looking like remains of giants. Allegedly, we get into all of it in this episode. Here's a quick teaser.

[Timothy Albarino]

I had this intuition there's something under that pyramid in Peru. These three fingered tridactyl beings, the largest, most bizarre elongated skulls. Let me tell you the most compelling thing though. Two of the mummies are pregnant. Maybe there is a crypto terrestrial non human race species inhabiting planet Earth, probably subterranean.

[Michael Knowles]

It sounds crazy.

[Timothy Albarino]

It sounds absolutely crazy. Even according to the Smithsonian's own records, there were the remains of people of unusually large stature were discovered.

[Michael Knowles]

What does it mean for us? What does it mean for everything from our human nature to salvation history if that actually happened?

[Timothy Albarino]

Well, those are the essential questions.

[Michael Knowles]

Watch the full episode now on the Michael Knowles YouTube channel. For the full uncensored ad free version, subscribe to Daily Wire. Plus Speaking of reprobates, Harvey Milk might have his name wiped off a US Navy ship. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is reportedly looking to remove Harvey Milk's name from the ship. USNS Harvey Milk. Which is. What is that like an oil ship or something? Yeah, it's an oiler ship. This according to military.com looking at a memo from the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. So the Office of the Secretary of the Navy has the power to name Navy ships. And I come from a Navy family. Actually my grandpa was a Navy captain. Number of members of my family have served in the Navy, so I've been to plenty of naval bases over the years. I was at the christening or some I Forget if it was the christening or one of the events in the commissioning of the USS Michael Mansoor. Michael Mansour, real naval hero. And the ships are named after all these sorts of great naval heroes. And then there's Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk did serve in the Navy. He was discharged without an honorable discharge because he was a little bit of a derelict, you know, a little bit of a reprobate. And he proved this in his later political career when he was involved in politics in San Francisco and, and was known for preying on young runaway boys, minors. He was a pederast. This guy. This guy in his 30s at least was preying on like a 16 year old boy. I mean, this is a true degenerate. Harvey Milk. And then he was killed in actually just a matter of workplace violence. But he's become a martyr for the pseudo religion of LGBT elementop. In any case, his name should leave the ship. This is a great move from Pete Hegseth, great move from the Pentagon. I think as a matter of morality and justice, Harvey Milk should not have his name on the ship. But also just as a practical matter for the US Navy, having a ship named the USNS Harvey Milk was not helping the Navy beat the allegations. Okay, you know, people always. There are rumors about the Navy. As I told you, I come from a Navy family. I, you know, there are all the jokes that people make about the Navy. Well, having a ship named after Harvey Milk does not allow the good men and women of the United States Navy to beat the allegations. So anyway, this is a really good thing. Some people are gonna say, who cares? Who cares what the name of a ship is? The libs care, don't they? It's the same people who say, who cares what words we use? Who cares what language is enforced by the Cultural and Political Institute? Who cares? Oh, it's just words. It's just trivial. The libs seem to care a lot. They spend a lot of money and a lot of time and a lot of effort trying to change words, trying to change the names of ships. Why? Because they know that words have a lot of power and they color the way we view the world. And in this case, they create a quasi pantheon of people to venerate. Secular saints. And so there are a lot of great people in American history that we can honor. A lot of great people. The US Navy has to pick from a lot of Michael Mansoors out there? Not all, exactly. Obviously these are individuals who have committed individual acts of heroism. But all in all, there are a lot of people of great virtue and heroism that we could pick from. We don't need to pick people who are known strictly for vice, because to do that is to exalt vice. To do that is to change the public morality. To do that is to change the public religion. We don't want to do it now. Speaking of homosexuals, there's this weird study out from Pew Research. It's actually not. It's not that weird, but it has thus far left some people scratching their heads. This is on how many Americans consult astrology and tarot cards and fortune tellers and all that kind of stuff? The headline is 30% of Americans consult all of those things. Younger adults, especially younger women, are more likely to believe in astrology and to consult astrology and horoscopes. No surprises there. And I'm quoting directly from the article. Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are especially likely to consult astrology or a horoscope and tarot cards. About half of LGBT Americans, 54%, consult astrology or a horoscope at least yearly. That's roughly twice the share among US adults overall, just 28%. And LGBT women are more likely than LGBT men to consult astrology at least yearly. 63%. 63% of lesbians consult astrology versus 40% of gay men. 40%. That's a high number. It's still much higher than the national average and certainly than the national average of men. 33% of LGBT adults say they consult tarot cards, making them three times as likely as US adults overall to say this. 21% of LGBT Americans say that when they make a major life decision, they rely at least a little on what they've learned from astrology or a horoscope. That's more than one in five LGBT elementop people. When they're making a major life decision, they go to the tarot cards or a fortune teller. While there is limited academic research on this topic, media publications focused on LGBTQ issues have described the prevalence of New Age practices in the LGBTQ community. No surprises here, at least to me. The reason is the LGBT elementop people eschew traditional religion because traditional religion, I'm not even just talking about Christianity, but Islam, Judaism. Really, anything that could even be remotely described as a traditional religion in the United States says no, no on the LGBT stuff, says that that is contrary to the moral order. So people who embrace this identity, not just people who have a same sex attraction, not just people who have done some weird stuff or whatever, but I'm saying people who put on the armor and identity of LGBT ism. They are not participating in traditional religion. And when you eschew traditional religion, you become superstitious. This is a big lesson that people have not understood for the past 25 years, but they should figure it out now, because people have understood it for most of history. The last 25 years, since the new Atheists, at least we've been told that when religious people are superstitious, and in order to stop being superstitious, you need to give up religion, and then you can be reasonable. That's not actually what happens. Religious people, especially people who participate in true religion, they're actually the least superstitious people. They're the least superstitious people because their belief is grounded on both natural reason and revelation that go in accord with each other. Fides et ratio, Faith and reason. When you give that up, when you deny facts that are knowable by natural reason, namely that there is a God, he exists, then you actually undermine your own reason. It's like that old cliche, the guy who doesn't stand for something will fall for anything. Similar kind of principle here. When you give up true religion, you are divorcing yourself, at least to some degree, from reality, and yet the eternal questions continue to bubble up. So instead of praying, you consult the tarot cards. Instead of trying to discern the signs of the times, you try to discern the meanings of astrology or tea leaves, you have to consult this fake religion. If you give up true religion, it's not that you're gonna have no religion. It's that you're gonna fall into some kind of false religion. That is what LGBT people in particular have done because they so manifestly are separating themselves from the traditional moral order. It actually really doesn't have all that much to do with sex, per se. It's just a. It's a kind of rule of thumb show. Okay, well, I'm not. If I'm gonna be a transgender identifying person, if I'm gonna be an LGBT identifying person, then I'm not gonna be Catholic because the Catholic Church says I can't identify that way, that I have to go along with the moral teachings of the Catholic Church. Okay, well, then I'm gonna fall into some other New Age religion. You don't need to take my word for it. You don't even need to take Pew's word for it. The LGBT publications per pew are admitting there's a lot of New Age stuff there. Don't fall into that it was a priest or a layperson. I don't Remember which that said that today used to be 20 years ago, you'd have to convince people not to be atheists. The evangelists would go out and say, don't be atheist, be Christian. Today. You don't need to convince people not to be atheists. You need to convince them not to get involved in the occult in New age, in all the weird pseudo religions. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't consult astrologers, folks. It says it in the Bible and you heard it here as well. Father's Day is coming. Skip the socks, skip the grill tools. Get something for dad that he will actually use, I.e. dailywear plus now 40% off, you will get ad free shows from the most trusted voices in conservative media. Plus full access to our premium entertainment library, including Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's new series, Parenting. It's the content that he wants with the values he raised you on. No shipping, no fluff, just click. Gift instantly become his very favorite child. Go to dailywireplus.com, use code DAD40save40% now. My favorite comment yesterday is from Ivan Ud1gr who says, oh, this is a fitting topic. Why do lesbians get to have an opinion on abortion if men can't? It's a good point. I guess they would say because in principle a lesbian can get pregnant, but a lesbian as a general matter will not get pregnant. So why yeah isn't if the rule is, well, if you can't get pregnant and you don't have an opinion on it, well, if a lesbian, you know, inasmuch as she is a lesbian, can't get pregnant, why does she get to have an. I wanna have an opinion about abortion. Speaking of religion, there is a modern Protestant worship music composer named Brandon Lake. Now, you know me, I'm a mackerel snappin papist. So I got a lot of Protestant friends, obviously, but I'm not totally familiar with, with what is called modern worship music. In fact, even the Catholic church has a lot of this kind of modern worship music where it's like, you know, hey, hey girl, everybody, I just wanna pray and it's all really sappy and like, it ain't my thing, let's put it that way. Well, anyway, one of the most prominent composers of this kind of music has now come up with the audacious claim that, that they need to make the modern worship music even less about God.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

I think last thing I'll say is, like, I'd love to see more worship sets, more churches, like kind of keep Bubba in mind.

[Michael Knowles]

Yeah.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

Like, we call him Bubba, the guy who's like in the back of the room and he's like. He got dragged there by his wife.

[Michael Knowles]

Yeah. Yep.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

And I just don't know if like when you're opening song or the. Most of your songs have so much Christianese.

[Michael Knowles]

Yeah.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

Language.

[Michael Knowles]

Yeah.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

I think he has a hard time going like, can I sing that? Like, I'm not there yet.

[Michael Knowles]

Right.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

I think he hears a hard fight. And I'm not. I'm not saying hard fought is the answer, but like, I love, like, like when your first song is like, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. I think he's going like, what does that. What does holy mean?

[Michael Knowles]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

Holy crap.

[Michael Knowles]

Like what?

[Jordan B. Peterson]

Like, I don't, you know, like. Yep. I don't know. Obviously that's where we want to get to in a worship set is where it's just every eye is. Is fixated on him.

[Michael Knowles]

Right.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

And it's just like everyone. It's like vertical.

[Michael Knowles]

Yeah.

[Jordan B. Peterson]

But like, give Bubba some language. He can be like, all right, I find myself in that song. I feel like that, you know, and. And hopefully that's what some of my music can continue to do.

[Michael Knowles]

Okay. So I think this guy's totally wrong, though. He seems sincere and he's trying to do something good, but he's totally wrong. I prefer as a traditional Catholic. I don't even like the modern Catholic hymns. I like some good. There's some good 19th century hymnody. You know, there's some good. Some of the stuff. Actually the Anglicans have some good hymnody, but, you know, like, I think of good old sturdy English hymns. Come thou long expected Jesus born to set thy people free. You know, it's. But. But what, really, what I prefer is Gregorian chante. Oh, love that. You know, Credo in unum de um. I really like all that now. Why? Is it just because I'm an old fogey and I like old stuff? No, there's a little bit that. But that's not why. The reason I like those old chants in Latin and even the. The sturdy English hymnody is because it's not emotivist. It puts God front and center. But it's strong. It's the kind of hymn and it's the kind of chanting that a man can sing. You could be a man and sing that. It's strong, it's tough, it's to the point. It's not trying to play on your emotions like you're a 13 year old girl and A lot of the modern worship music Catholics play it too is this sappy stuff. People sometimes refer to it as, you know, like, Christ is my girlfriend or something kind of music. But even I think of one very popular in the liberal Catholic parishes. I will raise you up on eagle's wings. First of all, I'm not gonna raise anybody up on eagle's wings ever, because I'm just a guy. God can raise you up. I will not. I'm not doing that because I'm just a guy. But it's all this. Well, we're going to kind of put God a little. We're going to remove God a little bit. We're going to make it more about you and your feelings and your feelings. He talks about Bubba in the back of the church. He says, well, we just got to play something for Bubba. You're not going to win Bubba over by playing some sappy, girly nonsense ballad from the 70s. It's not going to work. Bubba doesn't like that. You are much more likely to appeal to bubba with a 9th century Gregorian chant than you are at least as manly. At least you're not asking him to turn himself into some kind of wimp or sissy. This is the issue. But what this guy's saying here is the logical conclusion of all modern worship music, the whole point of which is to make things less sacred. Hey, what if we took sacred music and made it more like the world and made it more just common and popular and vulgar? That's what it is. That's why these songs musically are indistinguishable from pop music, ballads. And I don't want to beat up too much on the modern worship music, because this is actually the whole point of modern society since the Enlightenment, is to make everything less sacred. There was a chasm between the sacred and the profane and the vulgar down here, the common. And in the Enlightenment, we said, oh, forget about the sacred. We're gonna bring it. We're gonna make everything terrestrial. We're gonna have the low, solid ground of liberalism, and we're just gonna make it all like the world. Well, guess what? No one's gonna go to church if they're just gonna get more of the world. You get enough of the world in the world, you don't need that, okay? And I think what people are crying out for now, including Bubba, what Bubba is cr. Is a little re. Enchantment, is a little bit more seriousness, is a little bit more of the sacred. The thing that's been missing, that's the thing we're yearning for. And you ain't gonna get it by further weakening the music or further weakening the culture. You gotta make it sturdy and you gotta make it sacred. Gotta make it real, man. Okay, I have so much more to say on this point. There is a very liberal Catholic priest. He's a Jesuit. You know how they are. Father James Martin, you might have heard of him. He's active on social media. Guy's good at getting attention. Father James Martin has urged Catholics to acknowledge Pride Month. Luckily, we don't have time to get to it today. Maybe we'll get to it tomorrow. Today is Woke Wednesday, and because of the death of the man who invented the abortion pill, the producers are focusing on abortion. Abortion arguments, abortion nonsense. So the rest of the show continues now. You don't want to miss it. Become a member. Use code nolscanawles at checkout for two months free on all annual plans.