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said anything so Jim Garrulity guideline, young kids, inaugurated on Monday recording Tuesday morning here, and gave a wonderful inaugural address. I thoughts cast caps laid the message of this campaign. Uplifting unifying and with a real emphasis on cost of living and importantly, parents and their suspect they are oh and the raising of their children in the education of their children, and this was a big emphasis of young kids we want identify. One thing: it's the reason why he got elected because obviously Cherry Mccall stepped in it repeatedly. on this issue, and then he deliver on his first day with an executive order saying that parents have the right to opt out. If there school. Districts have mask mandates. Would you make of it? by hitting the ground running. Yet the best mandates we'll get the most attention we pray
We shouldn't glossed over he sighed executive orders and actions that ended the use of critical race theory and public education rescinded see, mandate for state employees withdrew from us other regional greenhouse gas initiative. This is one of those who now climate change, working groups among states and he directed all state agencies to cut the number of regulations by twenty five percent busy. First day, but thing, at least in my neck, the woods is generated the most drama, the most contentious, The most anger is his attempt by executive order to say our right. Schools is apparent. Doesn't want the kid where mask the parent has the right to send their kids school,
that a mask. Now this immediately got push back for from the certain Democrats and Stella argument navigate baked. I checked it out the correct in twenty twenty one Virginia passed, a law declaring the schools must provide in person instruction, but they must quote to the maximum extent practicable use, currently ethical mitigation strategies approved by the citizens rules to reduce the transmission of corporate nineteen, nine law doesn't specifically say masks, but fair Ex County Arlington, Alexandria, rich men, nothing can Rico. We are all saying look as far as we are concerned, the CDC still recommending mass for kids in school, regardless of act, status and us we're gonna, keep the mask and place students you select. Where am I think they're right on this. Almost I'm sure the hell out. You know big long legs like a fight over this. Ideally, the state legislature would alter that legislation to clarify it to say if a parent doesn't want their kids to wear masks, But beware, mass, I dont know that would pass right,
as a member state House gets, it is said, is controlled by report and by Mario Narrow margin, twenty one, nineteen split in the state Senate, but it's worth noting the fact there are twenty one Democrats in this house send it doesn't necessarily mean the Democrats are gonna, have twenty. What about you? nothing they want. Some most Democrats represent these nor the Bijou suburb districts, and maybe they feel pressure from their constituents to vote. Where this worst case scenario Glenn Young, can can get a vote on this and he can get everybody knew them hurt a saying, no parents. You don't, have the right to decide what your kid, whereas a mask. Obviously it's not. victory be looking for, but I think that the next best thing in democratic think would be dreading heading into a mid term. Then just it is clear. It has been obvious for wild mass, have become this clause. I religious totem. There is just zeal
evidence that, especially with the young kids, they make any difference whatsoever. In fact, the CDC did it enormous study. Last year, that. No one heard about the CDC you kind of did everything it could to minimize and bury it showing there's just there's. No, there's no difference whatsoever that you can you get from asking her. Masking, and this is why those areas where a lot of people just are unaware of what an outlier we are in terms of other advanced western democracies. Must paying countries have not done anything, though the way We have masking every of all ages in the schools, the p and equivalent of the CDC doesnt doesn't recommend doing it. Twelve and above it recommends masks, but not not for you Kid same thing with the W h YO, but you say: ok, what's let's have some some was allowed dissenting parent, to not mass their kids,
They don't want to any version, then Saki in and others. Pretending like this are acting like that. This is like gotta endanger kids and public, say de and is is the worst travesty. They ve they ve, never encountered, and now it's the absurd and we ve been seeing things like this for a while, but now it's come to Virginia since we finally have a assain governor in office, actual encouraged by Isn T Inaugural address, but especially by the different executive order, soon put in place on his first day, and this one in particular. I think he followed through. Something you said he was going to do during the campaign, even though he had to know they were going to be parts of the state where he was going to get a lot of pushback right now on day one he did anyways. That was encouraged but, as you say, the signs of a hundred per cent on his side. There is absolutely no reason why you would need to have children and asks all day and his order by the way, say parents may not put a mask on their child right. You didn't say I never want to see another child in Virginia wearing a mask. He moved the authority where it belongs to parents and
parents don't think, there's any reason why their kids should be wearing a mask in school. Then they shouldn't have to put a mask on their get their kid shouldn't have to wear mascot You know, in addition to the point you raised rich about how this doesn't actually do anything in terms of stopping kids from transmitting you're getting covered, two additional points, one of which is kids actually dont, get very sick from covert they usually don't country. There are the contract on a much lower rate and if they do get it there, basically always totally fine right. So maybe the people exposed worry about our teachers, but surely solitude in Virginia and were complaining about this, are you know, double triple vaccinated perfectly? You know safe from the disease and having a lot of probably also have gotten covered already. So the idea that teachers, are the ones who are worried about themselves once again and are now trying to inflict on kids, whose parents don't want them in a mask and who know that they dont each be wearing a mask.
More mass wearing indefinite mass wearing, for some unknown reason is absurd. So truly, have you gonna chance to look at all at the legal questions that Jim raised, because not obvious that young and has the authority to issue this executive order. There's a statute as Jim Jim just refer to saying that the Cause need stay open but need to add to the maximum extent practical issue. or to be mitigation. Strategies outlined that CDC that still like a ridiculous age toward above should be mask recommendation from the CDC. But then you have this, Sir one one. You had north them, though, feeling compelled whatever reason. actually on top of that statute, it exists to issue Second, water mandating mass, which, if it were clear and the statute, you think your problem.
wouldn't have to do that and then there's another hardly Virginia code that stipulates that parents should have that the chief responsibility for the welfare of their children- From what I have seen, this question is unclear, partly because the statute in question is limited or ambiguous and partly because there are conflicting parts of the legislative and an ass usual. I will cite with legislatures rather than executives in such a case. I would rather, see, our executives bound by caution then assume abroad reading of legislation, so I'm absolutely open to the idea that young man does not have this authority.
what I think is perhaps more interesting than that in the long run is that the politics have changed in young kids favor now that doesnt effect be statutory question at all. If young can lacks the authority, he lacks the authority, but I dont think that the political class, many of whom live in Virginia, has yet caught up with what has happened in Virginia and in the country at large. And what has happened is that the my sterical policies that would just outlined have gone from being broadly popular, as they were a year ago to being broadly unpopular.
And listening to the manner in which young kids approach is being criticized, is re funny he's being cast us an extremist almost as a cheat? Who pretend did that. He was this fleet swearing, moderate and then revealed himself to be one of those terrible, difficult Republicans, which of course, is not true that young and is trying to achieve what he promised that he would achieve he is trying to do is governor what he ran on during the election, and if I were him, I would now try to take this to the legislature and the sun wrong. Jim, your correct me, the Republicans, are in charge of the house
Delegates are correct and, as such, his allies in the Republican Party can introduce a bill to this effect and put other members of the House of delegates on record and put the Senate on record as well. I would do
if I would have if he realizes this- is going nowhere if he loses any court cases. If his further analysis reveals this mess, you kill thirty. I would take this to date, state legislature, because if you look at the passage of this pandemic, legislators are far more careful. They are far more reluctant to impose sweeping rules than agencies are almost all of the excessive rules, regulations, limitations, shutdown have been the product of agencies of executive branch officials interpreting or over interpreting will usurping legislation, and I am not convinced despite the Virginia Beach,
I think, still run by Democrats. I am not convinced that young king would lose if he he made a push for this, and if he does less I'm not at all convinced that it would hurt him politically, so Jim let's stop and a mass or more broadly, had this extraordinary statement in your jolt yesterday? I guess it was on young and mass from me. I know where he had got up the world from being a chill for regulation to killing unborn children to just being a cop, would alarmist, which is which is much better, but she at every juncture of of this pandemic ones in this room. verse, mostly on CNN she has favoured. Unless I mistaken, the most extreme possible restriction
But let me she said the other day Claude Master not appropriate for this pandemic. It was, it was not appropriate for on the crime, is not appropriate for Delta alpha or any of the free is bearing because we're dealing with something that's airborne. Would you the virus that is extremely contagious, so this is becoming. the conventional wisdom, so we would now three generations of the convention, Wisdom least, from the so called experts. The first you're, an idiot, If you wearing a mass, do not wear masks the wont. Do any good and their name tell us subsequently swiftly. There always saying is to protect a masking and keep them for medical profession. And then for about ten months or so maybe more. It was You are a heretic, you are or reckless you don't you're about yourself or anyone else. If you don't wear masks too now. Actually the massive People been wearing the entire time, basically do nothing.
So our dispute on a microscopic left all the Leanna when, as always promoted the most extreme positions, I think she jumped. I'm not really is obviously not a bit of a passport, the plan, parenthood edge, has taken some really outlandish positions. Like my favorite one September, twenty twenty two writes in an op ed in the New York in the Washington Post urban difference for the New York Post in Washington saying that there's a difference between going out and protesting at a black, lives matter rally and a different one forgot. Your protest rally, I guess what the virus go to a black lives matter rally. Apparently, that's the, but the viruses race, Smith's abysmal somebody. But that, having been said when I saw that you know current CNN and then you know I'm just a contention like. Oh, oh mccrone, super duper contagious and mass. Don't work is well against it, but the notion that cloth, I have always been useless against that
inner Adam sin, is raging. In saying this is informed, we ve been right to have. Two years ago we were people fighting, Stores about whether or not their wearing cloth mass peoples that there's a security guard in stab somebody in alternation about whether they are wearing cloth mask. And now we're told you know what cloth best, never any good at all, really because the other be a factor in all of its zip. If love mass are as she is at a facial decorations, besides the fact that we have wasted so much time and energy and and don't emotional stress and conference taste and knowledge that over something that ultimately was useless. I bet you like it. That's the case. We are weak, everybody has been, you know, give each other grief about not wearing a cloth mask, never mind the thing that look like a net sweater that Alyssum Olano worth of this disaster. In this pandemic they all, but else an apology and a recognition that
sometimes the science or science as they keep insisting it. No Kapital letters and gave a nuisance to its wreck is it the summons. The science is always so clear. Did the sometimes it's not that it's not our story of heroes and billions, and everybody disputes a view as a bad person who wants be activated things like that, The institution of a country wants to get into the business of checking whether the people, the store or the office building or the school, or anything like that, whether their mass are cloth. Ass or whether there and ninety five, or whether the three ply or or anything like that. This is the next people gonna try to stay well if glove, bat, spatial decorations, clear We need to ban them and we need to go send out the mass police. to make sure everybody's got a three Bligh. Instead of a to ply. You know
It is no matter what number in order, but you, but if you look at the District of Columbia December, twenty first day instituted one of the strictest mass mandates, the countries basically every Norville. Ask only time airline ticket office eating and drinking because the virus pauses when you're eating and drinking is very polite that what he doesn't like into you when you're chewing or anything like that, the ideas here they did and since December, to thirty four December twenty first thirty seven percent of all cases. The gist of Colombia have occurred since they enacted at best mandate and dates. Do not do a darn bitter good. don't run over the way? You know what I'm elder brother gets vaccinated, open, but other gets boosted even if your vaccinated boosted all the chronicle If you use your your body, to get around like it's a higher international airport, it's got a transfer, it's gonna jump around, like almost everybody, the contract exaggerate my say: almost rebellion, lots and lots of people have gotten sick,
since January. First and what was it ever? They travel to see that the cedar, where families for the holidays, everybody was you know, travelling and the other, but some people that either for New Year's Eve celebration stuff like that, and then somebody comes home after they got back off now narrowly like ok while his chest and see what as well some people could find to ass. Some people could not so nowhere that nickel, in the back of the throat, of course, is that it is called the flow is over ninety. A lot of gases, it was all a crime and they went around. They wouldn't and the office of the iraqi people may get networks. We end up with a thousand new cases a day, I'm hoping, I think it's the clear out. You know gradually. Some people think we're peaking is troubling to peek at different points of the country, Big EAST. These may have hit their put their peak so far, but the All in all, I think it a continuous as much as I would love to have made fun of the Vine administration for setting out the others covered. Nineteen test after the underground waited MIKE since we still have a whole bunch of people who are dealing with a grand backer anywhere as we get it. If I were designed
the question to you: how bullish argue about the governorship Glenn yeah, Can vary somewhat a little, not at all. I'm very boy showed saying, and I didn't like what he was selling early in the campaign. But after seeing the way the campaign ended his wine and on his first couple days here and I'm very encouraged, Charlie, He seems to be behaving as governor as he promised. Would behave as governor when he ran and which is a good thing. I said the first forty eight hours weekly. reaches conclusion. I think, require procedure, two things he gave a speech in which he outlined his plan.
And he issued a raft of executive board is obviously being something of a hawk on executive power. I hope he proves to respect the constitution of the agenda and we will see how that plays out but term his politics seem to be solid. Gary which, for the first time since I moved to the state two thousand seven, I am disappointed that my state has a one term limit for its governors. The moment you take the oath of office you're a lame duck sub because of that I would be based on the first page first couple a day for Glenn young for another term, and I look forward to doing so in the earth. Twenty twenty nine. I'm gonna go it's with very as well. I think he is arguably the most important republic in the country now not named Donald Trump or IRAN. Dissenters is just very important to see whether he can succeed in this.
Populist change. You know that the NM cultural were ten, but not entirely about either of those those things it's a kind of a standard republican message updated for the times and if he can make this work in in Virginia It might become a very important model with that was pause in here from our first sponsor this episode, masterwork feel like you, ve hit a wall with Europe. Strategy or maybe been burned by the stock market too, make time since the start of the pandemic. What? If I told you that you can thus in a resilient alternative asset class at the elite, had been quietly putting their money into four centuries. I'm talking about, of course, blue chip works of art, artwork that outpaced it s, MP from ninety ninety five, twenty twenty and while it used to be inaccessible to the everyday investor, that's no longer the case. Master works is the One billion dollars, startup securitized, the once exclusive art market, allowing you to fight,
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the late lacking personality, or do you make of it? While I am also surprised that all this is is coming up so early ahead of twenty twenty four, I mean, I think, it's pretty obvious to everybody, that dissenters would be one of the main contenders against trumpets. People do indeed decide to run against him. Enough Trump decides to run again. It's obviously not clear. In addition, dissenters hasn't sent for sure whether he would run at all, let alone if Trump is running too, but he does seem to be doing all the things that republican governors are public and politicians do if their gearing up for run crises to first when his re election campaign, but a trolley, would know better than me. I don't think he's in particular danger of losing, but I find all think very interesting and the way to centres is handling. It is interesting because I think it looks like
might run, even if trumpeted rate, because if you was going to bail out of Trump came in and said, I am planning to run and expected the rest. The field to kind of fade away, entreat amazement, incumbent dissenters party, would be doing when a law on whether a public and politicians have done, which is act like they get out of the way writer ACT like their friendly with Trump, and I'm sure you prefer Trump not to outright attack him. But the way he's being cage about it and not really saying one way or another? Not really talking a lot about trumpet all suggests to me that he would run anyway. I find that encouraging foresight firstly, help Trump doesn't run at all, but if he does round, I really don't want every other republican politician who might run go away. I also don't mind all twenty five of them. I want to challenge them to do so, but I would hope that the at least would be one of the ones to stick around so Charlie, all this stuff is based on anonymous sources. Baden, obviously Kenneth accords with what you'd, trumps attitude is, and we saw little public corruption of this.
Or so ago, where trumpet did an interview, time, I've, vaccines and boosters and said that he got boosted but their certain gutless pie. Petitions out there, who won't say whether they got boosted, even though they did clearly a shot at Santa's, who has turned cagey on this issue and as as we discuss ruler of offline, I really thought this was: was kind of classic trump conserve, move, I don't know, you know, maybe it's accident, or maybe it's instinct whatever, but trumped just as his genius for putting people. an awkward position, because if the scientists continues to be asked about this- and he is not to answer well then people think ok, their troubles right is gutless, but then of each around and starts answering. This question gives an answer to this question and peoples. I look here.
yes, he's waking up pushed around by Donald Trump. Yes, I think the centre should just have said what his vaccination status is. He's been pretty pro vaccine, albeit opposed to mandates, threw out. I suspect that this is partly political manoeuvring from the centres in part, the product of his own messaging, he has leaned pretty hard into this line. There
Lord will not become a biomedical security. State and part of that is an emphasis on privacy, and I suspect that his refusal to answer that question is related to that, but I think he he made a mistake here. That Trump is exploiting. I think it's interesting trump thinks he needs to exploit these weaknesses. This early in the descent is in so far as he is attacking trumpet all or at least, insofar as he is saying things that could turn into attacks on trumpet IRAN's against him is doing so from the right road. Lay an off dark from may find himself being.
Attack during the primary as someone who failed to achieve his promise. I can imagine republican candidate, saying where you talk to big game on big tack, but you did nothing new, elevated Anthony's algae you're, elevated it and indulged Anthony fat and tolerated lockdown having this discussion about dimension is, of course, preposterous and ugly, but I I even saw a candidate in Arizona attacking Trump on election, integrity from a right now. This is this. Is it I mean this is evil, but it is clever evil, because this and that it clearly wants to pretend that the election was stolen, which it wasn't but also wants to differentiate himself, and so what he said was while the election was stolen, Trump knew it was going to be stolen
to do anything about it. I tell you that that since like that I do think from a certain point of view. A trumps own depiction of himself is of an increase probably weak, loser right. You get cheated like now, Also, the presidency, except for you and you can't do anything about it ahead of time during her afterwards right right. So I think Trump is its trying to to shut himself up because, unlike the press or any Charlie Psych STAR candidate, you you're not going to see jumping attack from the left. If anything, you going to see him being attacked from the right. On the broader question of, whether the scientists will run. I of course, have no idea. I have never spoken to the man in my life. I don't know him. I do know that this is a moment.
six years is too long, and I think that the scientists, wants to be president, then he's and to have to win reelection this year, which at least now seems relatively likely given Florida stilton how good the prospects for a publican same and then he's going to have to work out how to run against Donald Trump and a primary. I, the temptation will be stay out of that kind. Allow yourself to be tarnished and we ve
he seen, or at least we ve heard through leaks, some previous of these attacks, the fantasies borings weak sullen trump will do that. But I dont think in six years the country, the political landscape, the Republican Party, is going to look the same. So not the he's asked for it or word, but my advice to the centre to be. If you want to be run the chips for sown Jim. This just goes to one of the many problems with Trump still having sex Now, outside outsize role you have this guy lost Joe by two Joe Biden right, just the one of the weakest general action can, as we see some story plant and right, and here he is by wanting diminish and will do everything he can push comes to shove, to stop
on. What is it that the brightest rising stars in the park who, by the way, wants to take in what was good from Trump and synthesize it and carry it ahead. And a really a potentially compelling and productive manner. Rich doll, trumps biggest problem with Rhonda Santas. Is that wrong dissenters? not Donald Trump that what he believed. That is his criteria for success I understand this could be the most successful governor in the country and about Charlie might argue that the about getting a lot of larger publicans and argue they ve got the abbess governor of the country wouldn't matter one whit, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, doldrums Focus- is Donald Trump period. Full! Stop you notice critique is not really on. the sentences policies evenly lives are out of you can eat. When you listen to what trumps says about dissenters early, supporting these x. You never hear him say you know he put it on this on taxes or felt like
the move to a new York? California, Karen Flores, some discovered his take by the way. Is that you know the dissenters is boring. America boring sound, really good right now, are you? Johnny's is boring, but there is right inflation. You know the pandemic that you know from sight. It was gonna shutdown and gas prices, food prices open border architecture, but would it just a competent quiet got it or president? We have to worry about what you, yet. It seems that the joy first times it's like probably my mind like two thousand: seventy thousand eight, but maybe you're in your mind, because that's where you would wake up every morning. What does the present gonna do today, got. We are in any event that sense of dread. What's the president, how was the president gonna try to transform America today, Imagine that we present, who wasn't trying to fundamentally transform the United States of America
It was a promising, a revolution who wasn't proxy, who, just you know what our governments got. A lot of duty It's not a really lousy job in those duties for a long time. I is the executive branch bringing to try to make government work better right. When I promise There's gotta be five hundred million tests for go of it. I would try to make sure there are five million test for governor. Would you my boy? make sure they don't get here. I liked the tail end of the spike in cases What are we really do? Our trump look with Rhonda sentences. His personality as lively up this our reality shall go back to hosting the apprentice. If that's what you really want to do governing is not entertainment, and so I think, is very revealing about trumpet yeah. He couldn't come up a big he's, not a policy. Another objective, horses, loyalty that you know the status has demonstrated not loyalty, earth loyalty to Donald Trump is that
You know if he ever helps you in any way an indisputable Donald Trump did around the scientist by endorsing the primary nearby that you all your life to have you, you must never critique him. You must never object anything. He does. You must all agree with them. You must certainly never and in the air in this circumstance you must clear the field for you, you are doing something wrong by not prom sing, I will not one more progress. He's got every right to run for president each took Airbus gubernatorial reelection. I think he will get elected governor, but are they a bad look for anybody to have that this closely associated to presidential campaign speculation before they want the second per se. My guess I, my guess, is wrong dissent, as will run against all from. I wouldn't count him out yet I have a sense of republican patients with Trump is waning month by month, year by year, butter still at a road ahead. We now said I take your point in theory about boring,
wearing present, but people just they don't get along. by being boring, Emmi buying was the exception and it was solely because a trump, but the fact that bind was boring, went to political deficiencies of his that have have hurt his presidency, but but I am but I do take your point- that it's a bizarre attack on somebody call them worrying. I'm not sure. I agree that rich, I think we're too residents in a row. Boring, or at least the excited people and Obama and Trump, I think in the modern era, lotta boring president's airlines, didn't it depends what comes before them. Jimmy Carter was boring and George H, W Bush was. Boring and George W Bush was boring and turbines boring. I think we think of Jimmy Carter is boring, but that he was an exciting charismatic new personality when he was when he was running W was it had the x factor? I give you, I give you
H w, but that didn't turn out well and not necessarily because use boiling turn our four tromp either. He certainly was boring well Furthermore, Jimmy Carter is true was way over on the other side, the scale, obviously I've been thinking Thou Carter's legislative failure causes is really interesting. I want to make a comparison between binds legislative failures and Carter's legislative failures, they're both failing but they're, they're failing in and totally opposite ways, because Carter was this in a self righteous, guy, who knew no, it was a genuine outsider. Unity ran outsider campaign on the heels of of you know why gay without was really appealing and just never got along established, a working relationship with congressional leaders. So nothing happened by Ninos. The covert relieved will happen if structure it happened. Those are substantial. But but he's not getting anything done, even though he has joined the hip with with policy and humor and as a product of policy and humor being
in the grip of the same delusion Biden is that date they somehow I have an agenda at a mandated to do this. Big stuff or fair Not only should try to do it because you're not gonna have any other opportunity to do it. So Zan exit question to you at this juncture. Who is likeliest to be the next republican presidential now many Donald Trump around the said, a man. Well, I think Trump is making a lot of noise is like he is at least keeping option open of running, and I fear that if he does run healthy the nominee, but I'm not totally convinced that he is going to run sire. I guess I'm equivocating why I think, probably trumpet slightly more likely at this point trotted out. We cook.
I find this difficult because I think that my perspective is warped by being in Florida, where most people I know who vote Republican have moved from Trump to the scientists. I think it also pens on how many people run, and if you get thirty candidates, trumps going to win, because it's gonna go straight up the middle. I would say at the moment I think it's about fifty fifty between two scientists and Trump. I can construct scenarios in about equal proportion that lead to each of them winning can get it. I am. A few notches over from where Charlie, as setting probably but a six percent chance Trump. Forty thirty, percent chance dissenters and maybe one percent somebody else said I think he has clearly is rob. I think, of tromp runs. I can't see the scientists,
running. I think, Charlie's view is the correct one. You wanna be present. You just gotta. Go this time maybe you're stopped bye, bye tramping in he denser image, reputation such that you can ever do this again at a national level, but you're unlikely to be to be his hot ever again, regardless so The risk is worth it, but I am not sure whether he's gonna think of it. That way, when push comes to shove and just trumpet just can be reduced field, a few runs, and maybe at times of the jolly on this head does grip is, is loosening maybe imperceptibly kind of day by day, but but loosening. But there are tons of administration, our eyes at the moment. So if he, if he decides to iran- and I think parliament a fifty percent chance, it does not guarantee he has strong chance. of winning the nomination, whereas if
Just runs in and I'm stipulating he does, that in a non trump environment either can be twelve people, and I do think this is boring thing. it is, a problem in winning a nomination and that's that's the big question in my mind about two Santa's: does he had the performative a bill and that that remains to be seen. But I think the answer is trump, and with that, let's go to Charlie Food or a big endorsement of Bonn Branch Sheets Columbine sheets that have, of course, been used by three presidents. I have to find out whether. we're on the centre? Has them as well on them will know what he's gonna make it to the White House.
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Being harmed, except for the hostage taker himself, always better did to capture these guys alive. That was not possible. He was shot dead and real heroes in that synagogue. Bud, notable after action, and that we ve seen this time and again for years and years years now is whenever There is a Muslim involved in what has been a perpetrator of of why these incidents- everyone, all the sudden, becomes really reticent about attributing any motives, when obviously let the motive is completely clear. This guy wanted to what was on a mad cab mission to spring, this woman Philly with Al Qaeda from jail from imprisonment. and goes to a synagogue to, try to do it. In other other,
details that you you wanna know, but how much more need to know and broad brush, to make some very simple and obvious statements about what was going on here you have the media and authorities reluctant to do so rich. You know. Listen to this part cast a lab. Leave us. Therefore, under the procedure good for US that delivers his quote. Gas probably knows why, unlike three ninety to me, there were will block. We don't get day over three. Ninety two Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn't have the greatest reputations thanks to a lot of the arena. Russia, investigation and bitter struck ends, and things like that You know some that criticism is unfair, but a lot of it is pretty fair and so, when you heard about this in her- that the hostage rescue team at Quantico doubt at all that stuff flew down to Texas, went in rescue. The hostages took up the perpetrator.
Is really great sake. It was you I am one of those great unvarnished victories. He has a deficit. This is what we have enough. Be IFOR, thank God they were there. I think got everybody else save your rate. I feel really good about and then- Matthew Dishonor, who was the special agent in charge of the FBI Dollars Field Office, is doing this press conference in his comments. You know and he says we do believe, from our engage with this subject. But he was singularly focused on one issue and it was not we related to the jewish community, but we can do he went to work to find motive. Now, thankfully, the FBI backtrack on that statement, but the idea that this guy would attack a synagogue completely unrelated eyes as if you take it at random, I was looking for a church, but I just couldn't find a church rejects this so I had to settle for a synagogue commodity. The rabbi making is demands of his release, this Al Qaeda operative and shock people, but
a lot of Islamic are actually anti semitic, really shocking. In other, they tend to believe. The Jews control the world and on the site, The Israelis are behind everything, stuff. So the idea that lamas deter. If somebody was acting out of a religious set of jihadism, it's not stunning that they don't like Jews, another following up the next day or at midday? Business is all we are sheiks out Saturday night work and a lot of us were watching the football games and checking twitter. getting this updating the southern Apsley terrifying situation, We all remember the shooting in Pittsburgh. We'd, all the chances is not going to turn out. Well it all Sunday. We know we have but the basic lorries and out of a shock you listeners but rest, bite and that a statement that was gonna garbled and didn't make a lot of sense, but I think the state but the very real is indeed want to speculate on. The motive of this this gunman and it did didn't that party. like of even more bizarre was he says we don't have
I think there is sufficient information to know about why he targeted that sitting why he insisted on the release of someone has been in prison for over ten years. Why you? engaged. Why using anti semitic and anti israeli comments, we just don't have enough facts, call me crazy The fact is using anti semitic it at Israel caught it gives you as to what is motivation, what I think the guy hated Jews? Why is this controversial wire people afraid to say this. Why? Why is it that you no one, but this sort of thing happens and it's a right? You know anti semitic, white National is not job. We learn about backward cleanup. Nobody has any from Russia to the micro to denounce that. But what it turns out to be somebody is a g hottest. Almost never look at her feet were close. Looked about this cut member that they are there you it's all. I think we ve heard nothing about. What's going on with the guy who drove his car to that Christmas, people know this. People can see this
utterly bizarre that I, with the fear of cultivating hate. I am against muslims- are striving this. There's this ludicrous double standard to the point where people are Fraid to say something blatantly obvious a guy I who attacked a God, because you did you get it all kind of operative released. Guess what the guy's anti semitic NEWS, Flash Norman alone so Charlie, there's, there's a friend of ours to move from the northeast standard to Florida, for your country for state easily get a gun and go there's the synagogue every Sabbath Amelia acquired a gun and The rabbi about it in the rabbi encouraged him and their their people packing. Who who go? to these services every weekend exactly because there there feel fearful of some sort of white nationalist, not like a solemn Pittsburgh or some sort of situation like this
and something that that held the rabbi and folks in a synagogue in good stead, there's been a lot of training that they bade undertaken for exactly this sort of situation, which is in all its is, is that it that help them get out alive, but is really depressing that its necessary in the United States of America in the twenty first century. I I Nor have I agree with that. I think the story. Unfortunately, I've Judaism has been this for thousands of years. I don't know why we would expect it to be different in America and in the twenty first century. It's it's always been depressing and I suspect it always will be, and as such, I would urge people to defend himself a minute. I think a lot of
synagogues do defend themselves, especially on share this one seems not to have for a couple of reasons. Firstly, there are only about four people enacts ever live streaming. Second told their differences in approach. Had this been an orthodox synagogue, be much more likely that someone would have been armed or they would have been. God. The interview with a rabbi in the New York Times was cited annoying me, I'm I must confess- and this is no it's take away from what he did he was there. I wasn't, but he talked about the training he'd had what sounds great now. I would encourage people to get it. And he said you know it's just like CPR. You probably won't need to use I certainly will need to use it every time you leave the house, but it it's really great just to have it in a crisis in case, and I thought
you know that sounds quite a lot like a particular tool. Americans are fond of this constitution. They protected, and this was put to him. What what about guns you she'd had a gun these manner, because I didn't I wouldn't have been able to use it before. I've been shop, He was there. I wasn't, but he then said that he threw a chair at the guy and ran twenty heat out of the door, and I think it the Throat Aragon run twenty feet out of the door is probably is a firearm any had they be. The likelihood is there will be an increase in people carrying and they'll be
increase, insecurity and- and I do agree with you that sad, but in our I just adding a new. This is an age old problem, it's the biggest problem still in America. If you look at the violence that is committed as a result of ethnicity or religious belief, the vast majority of it is anti semitic. It is wonderful that descended without Without loss of life, the one thing I just that at the end here is this: guy shouldn't have been in the country where the details are still
little bit murky, I now I D Mccarthy's working on a peace on exactly how this happened, but the guy had a criminal record in England and he had been on terror watch list. I think he was dropped from the terror watch this he was a former subjective interest, but its criminal record should have kept him out of the United States. As far as I understand it- and I think the bite administration made some changes as to how we evaluate people coming in If it turns out that those changes help this guy get in, then we should review that, because if you listen to british author
she's, there was no doubt whatsoever that this guy was bad news. He had been out of his brother say I am shocked that he is able to get into the ice. It yeah. I believe you, some Blackburn, which is in the north of England, and he had been kicked out of a court, from there for saying that he wished he'd been on one of the plains on nine eleven. This wasn't a surprise. This wasn't the perennial guy. Oh no one had any idea he flew to the United States. I think in early January president by I think we're trying turn this into a gun control issue, but it's not one ready it to its in immigration and border security issue at root said, I think most things have been said about this already understand. I would echo especially what Jim
when in doubt about how it's almost impossible to understand- why it so difficult for people to admit that there's anti Semitism at root when these types of things happen I mean there's, obviously a lot of buyers going on same with what on saw When the new cycle moved on after a day of a guy ramming a car to the crowd for very obvious nefarious reasons- and I'm not wonder- that we should immediately rushed to judgment as soon as we know the skin color of the person or the name of the person who did something horrible. Like this, I always like to wait till there's enough infirmity But once there's enough information we all kind of no what happened and yet theirs The same crowd every time, prominent very prominent people, the media, the in this case f b. I dont want to admit that and I think it's reprehensible. GM. Let's go to another topic exit question style. We had this podcast interview from a partial owner of the golden state warriors. I guess maybe
more than an investor, is the way to put it. Even though, on his twitter bio, he hee hee proclaims himself an owner Gordon State, warrior saying that no one cares about. Are the weaker saying other reprehensible things about China So that's a question to you. The count owing to China that we seen from sports legs Firstly, the NBA from various aspects of the business community will be. Unsustainable over the next couple years and change yes or no. It is she polyp attire while to try to get the latest off you decide. You can write Jim I got wrote all about this morning and the day I was struck by the fact that everybody, because, as the paid attention to the snippet about him, saying he doesn't care about the weaker and China, which is a bad thing to say, and if you feel for saying that what was even worse,
This is that, as the conversation goes out, this is not one of those things. I owe it sound, but it was taken out of context as a bunch of people try to contain this, were not the entire conversations tear it just gets worse and worse. Think. The part that really jumped out at me, though, is that he stared at peace were you know you until we actually clean up our own house, dear, that we step outside of our borders with you now, with a sort of like morally virtue signalling about somebody else's human rights track record is deplorable. So is he's much angry about people who call out China on its human rights violations that he is Agraea China itself for committing the human rights violations by using the word deplorable, I tried a really fascinating loaded were to use their I've, no rented about rich ones. So this become a sustainable. This kind of thing, the sort of our
well, he's already issued. I'm sorry. If anyone was offended statements, alchemists cowardly apology was extraordinary. He pretended that here been somehow misunderstood or come across rung of the town had been misreported and any issued. A statement didn't mention the wages will say anything about it too or had no. Connection two I had set as if it was some sort of walk back. It was so weak, though I also think the text that is relevant to him he's not his owner, apparently minority owner of the minority as at stake, not minority. As in The golden state warriors he's eight days. Silicon, valley, venture capitalist, and I think what you We should just above all, because the NBA does not always big influence, despite Lebron James, I think he's being interest by this by the attitudes in Silicon Valley that China is This massive market end pretending to not notice ongoing genocide. Is the price of that market? That's what you do there.
This is getting some good push back, but clearly economic early and Ba commissioners, but statement yet the overall sense of purposes be community is pro genocide if it maintains market access so answered. The question this and a couple years. Short answers- I don't know, but I'm not going After that, huge lead and we get guarantees and I suspect it won't totally stop and I think they're just for a lot of these people. There is kind of a very obvious profit motive for some there, maybe its ideological- and I just really dont like America night. They take it out on on us by trying to pretend like
China's fine or we're just as bad or something, but I think there's also a lot of dishes profit motive for a lot of these people and the others, people, economic, canter and others who are trying to make it stop or at least make them look bad for doing it. But I'm not sure that it is the profit motive. Doesn't change they'll change troika, not sure you were. I do think, there's a special place in how the people who come from other, countries become immigrants in america- do well and then took down the place and compare it to China. his is the alien Omar of Silicon Valley. As far as I can see- and I hope is not represented,
So I'm gonna say I guess maybe it is a terrible thing I take a pass on. My question is well, so sustainable is kind of love. Strong word, I think it's become less sustainable, as are conflict with China becomes clear is China's conduct. I soon becomes even worse. and we see a move on Taiwan in some form or other is could be harder to maintain this sort of posture, which is totally oppose, and just an amazing cultural and propaganda victory for China. I mean what feats of subversion did the Soviets attempt to to to get that the american business community on it on its side during the cold war, any and then they got varies activists and double democratic politicians. In the back, on on their side or at least against doing the things that were necessary, but
So many readers and an american society unwilling to say the truth about China is just his just astonishing, and I do think that it will become less sustainable over time bonus exit question to you. First zags I know you're so eager to answer. One even more eager than Jim was do answered the question but kowtowing to China, who will in the superbowl couple weeks. From now, from the air Sea and the annex ii. I understand it is not committed patriots, I'm a giants fanon since there so terrible. My last remaining joy and not a faster it against the patriots, but I'll say I think in a private packers, the bills, Pakistan, those two belly cook. Ah well,
as you know, rich because we talked about this, I actually him. I think far more bullets titans really really thoughtful about this. One I'm more more bullish on the titans than you are I don't know why. I just I just think that they keep winning and I wouldn't be surprised if, if they can, Winning and then I think the package as well will make a super bowl tightened. Hackers, Superbowl, Jim Gary, yes or no Pakistan's so slate in the seas and I've been forecasting packers and chiefs, and that is still a plausible option here. It is right to point out, didn't airborne enjoy Sunday night watching the Buffalo bill. It's just lately obliterate Bilbil attack and ensure that we want to have a Bilbil object. Ambrady Superbowl my understanding is that the worst loss for a group of american patriots since the battle of online, stay back up have a new job.
I use a disappointing wildcard weekend. The girl was were kind of barely closed, because these last ditch come back said that didn't work out. In other words, they just working So, sir, I gotta go. I think it's packers coming at the end of sea and- and I gotta do the head heart thing- it had says chiefs heart says titans, I'm guessing I gotta go with it. The titans there they ve been lucky all your long. I think they can be achieved if everything breaks the right way. So what the heck I'll say stops gonna break the right way and its packers Titans other witnesses. Let me say, just lose sight we had no votes for the box. Yeah yeah most interesting, I thought we would have at least one bucks vote.
right so without was hit a few others things before we go then you're working on a new book project. I am I'm writing a book with my car. They ran Anderson and I'll be out this June, her player on the same time that adopt decision comes down the books about abortion. Of course, I'm sure listeners, one be too surprised to hear that if they read my work at an hour, but the book basically said Yes, you know, we all know abortion harvest unborn child, but let's look at all the other ways. It devastated our society to end. The aim is so pro life risk and make a very comprehensive case against abortion once Roby weight is gone and states can make their own laws. Are. You know that guy? I would say that the case against it, because it kills the importance important, but there's a lot more to it, so was asking in order that our friends and I was on the sorts places Suzanne. Congratulations, that's very exciting, look on it bugs.
there's a light item, they'll make it impossible for you even to have the light items you you ve had priests, ear, you're, not gonna Pittsburgh. When you workin on a book now from here on our work done about this week at my desk, again, the gym Gary, you watch goes busters afterlife year one that didn't catch in theatres. Look good in the trailers got the late about your times, because the pandemic, Therefore, those who have break out in hives at the inn- oh god awful Lady goes busters reboot from you, completely different. This was directed by Jason, right man who the son of the director of the first two Ghostbusters movies Ivan right man. If you seen it. May this really cute little bit about what it's like to work on a film serious at your dad, created and apparently he had his dad, you know on set a bunch of times inviting him over. I said boy, if you think you're jobs. Imagine we haven't your dad. Looking over your shoulder
death and clearing his throat and give you an indication that the way would do it. It's really funny really Hartfield very much about family very outside of the tone a bit. Yes, you see the old guys come back and cameos, but just a grateful. The story about a family gonna rediscover pigeon. What makes them, unique and special and had a lot of fun watched with folks last night jacket trip Disney. Absolutely this has become something of an annual tradition. We go from my youngest birthday, he is spoiled little boy and it was just absolutely terrific. Ass, usual kids loved it. The highlights
was it. We got to try out the new right, EPCOT remedies, ratatouille III, adventure which is based on the Pixar movie, ratatouille III and combined, sees giant sets with three d video and he's right vehicles that are attached to anything and can spin and rock and move, and so on is very, very clever. If anyone is planning on going to Disney, I would make a bee line, for that is in the front section of the world. face at EPCOT said this year and any legitimacy I have and make marking sands. Not The exciting light items, but I got a new bird feeder said. Those big advance Here I had a little bird feeder squirrel buster, this extremely effective anyone was to spoil squirrels out their as until the squirrel buster for feeders a phantom, but I had a one point: three pounder whatever it was so every single day. Seventy
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So I never have to be no fuming that someone else let it when I was little a colleague, Charlie Cook. It Republicans pick the right time to Sticking out usually like the idea of a winning a collection being on a poisoned chalice. I'm sure a lot of people come back with the Vince Lombardi. Quote you now. You show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser euro, but there really is kind of this fascinating dynamic going on here that Democrats, more than anything wanted to win the presidency in twenty twenty and if they take off and twenty one, and I guess they figure, the pandemic would go away and the economy would recover and everything be great and it hasn't shake it out. That way. A lot of this is because of the death policies, Democrats of enacted to enact energy, we know taxes, giant spending, bill, the dumping more money into the economy with it, you know ignoring what is about inflation, but tat looked if twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two Didn't you be a really lousy stretch of the country? You don't to be the Incumbent party, and so it looks like things could be a phenomenal red Sox
we have the same thought about it. That way, I think Charlie really makes the argument in a much more are plausible and intriguing way than than almost anybody else would have. My congratulations draw your plausible, an intriguing Zan. It's your pic, I think, is the latest great serious. We have here- and I can't forgotten fact- checks by Isaac, shorn, Bernie Bernstein and in this particular peace they cover both the press, joining Biden and overlooking Anti Semitism, Texas passage taker and some of the worst responses to young kids. First down the job jirga. What's your pic, while my pay It is a bit older than the others, but ask as I wasn't on the last episodes. I'm gonna pick it anyway in the hope that no one did this last time. I take it all clear minds, autism, wondering here my
Ex Carl Smith old Man yells. That cloud was that yours now wasn't someone pick that last week, when I think go, went when you are here, but I had to get again I'm picking up again. This is Classic Kyle. It's funny it just runs on and on. You can't stop reading it and he makes point halfway through in the midst of the amusing, that violence is going to be. The second straight presidency destroyed by Twitter So my pet goes even further back. I don't think anybody got this one because it appear right round the end of the year when we took in an episode off it by one of our aid. young writers, guy named Nay, Hartman, the graphic obscene material material, sparking parental revolt in the schools, making. The really important point that we hear a lot about these book bans, but the books that that
People are targeting by and large are really a problem. and have in a absurd material. That's fine for adults if, if they want to read that kind of thing, but really inappropriate schools, and this piece is hard to read at times. I admit I do not read the whole thing. I skipped through a lot of this because it is so disgusting and disturbing, but is really important context in a debate that gotten attend and will continue to do so. So that's it for us even listening to a national. Your part Cassie Ribaut cash, retransmission, countless game without express written permission of national amazing quickly prohibited as podcast been produced by the incomparable Sarah should he makes a sound better than we deserve. Thank Charlie, thank you and thank you. Jim thanks to master works and born branch sheet. And thanks especially to argue fuss and radiators, will see next time.
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