Yeah, went from sleeping on the floor, now my jewelry box froze. Fuck a pole, fuck a stove, counted millions in the cold. Bad bitch, booty swole, got her on Bank Row. Can't fold, that's a no. Headshot, case closed.
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All right. What's up, dude?
What's good, gang?
Nothing. I figured I'd talk about that MFCEO project, man. A lot of people are confused on where to find that.
Yeah.
You know, we talked about it for years and years and years, and then we put it in the app and, um, you know, people are like, where, where, where is this?
Where the fuck is this?
Yeah.
Right. So that's where it is.
Hell yeah, dude. Operator Standard is gas.
It's the fucking shit. It's the greatest piece. It's the greatest use of AI technology being used right now. Okay. Like that's the truth. Most of AI is being used to make people's lives easier, which is making them dumber, more dependent, more, you know, subservient to the powers that be. And what our goal here is to make strong, independent thinking, fit, healthy, winning individuals. And because that's how you remove yourself from the programming, from the matrix, so to speak.
And, uh, yeah, use them, use their tools against them, bro.
We've had it for, we've had it going for 10 months now. And bro, the people are fucking winning.
Yeah.
And what's cool about it is, is like, you know, with social media becoming like one big advertisement, you know, and then you have all the trolls. There's no fucking trolls. Okay. Everybody's wanting to win. Everybody's helping to win. Everybody's doing something. You get to meet people who are aligned with you. Um, and that's like all the extra shit, you know, it's just the byproduct. The main product is just fucking amazing, dude. So, uh, you know, go check that out, dude. You know, it's not free, but like what you get out of it is worth exponentially more than what you pay for it. I mean, dude, like it's the price of a fucking delivery pizza once a month. Like if you're not willing to trade your entire fucking achievement for the price of a pizza once a month, then you ain't going to fucking make it anyway.
So it's probably cheaper than the price of pizza right now.
Yeah, no shit.
So that'll help fix that, man. Hell yeah, dog. Uh, well, yeah, dude, we got a lot of really awesome shit to cover and talk about, but I wanted to bring up something first, man. Cause I, I have a confession.
Okay. What'd you steal?
Oh, fuck. Uh, I have a confession. Uh, I, I am an Ella fella.
An Ella fella?
I'm an Ella fella. I'm an Ella fella.
What's, what's an Ella fella?
I am not ashamed to say it.
What is it?
I'm proud.
I don't even know what it is.
Ella Langley, dog.
Oh.
Bro, I'm an Ella fella. I'm an Ella fan.
Oh, okay. So like you're a fella that likes Ella Langley.
That's right.
Who doesn't like Ella Langley? Who couldn't?
You know what I'm saying? And she's fucking killing it right now. I had to listen. We got, you know, I like to, you know, give a little plug, man. She's fucking killing it. She has the longest running number 1 hit of all time.
That's crazy.
It's fucking insane. It's insane.
I saw that she, uh, dethroned, uh, Mariah Carey.
Dude.
Which is great because that song, like, what's it? It's All I Want for Christmas song. Yeah. Yeah. I can't wait to not hear that.
Well, I mean, it surprised me, right? Because usually it's, uh, Black women beating white women. So, For this to be the other way around, it's like, oh.
What's wrong with you, man? No, that's cool.
Dude, it's fucking sick, dude. Yeah, she's killing it. She was in Texas. It's 23 weeks right now. It's the number 1 hit, longest running number 1 hit in the US. 23 weeks at the top spot in the all genre for Billboard Hot 100, man. She's killing it, dude.
Yeah, that's awesome.
She's absolutely killing it. So, you know, just putting a little bit of that out there for her.
Yeah.
Are you a, are you an Ella fella?
Like I said, who doesn't like Ella Langley?
Who doesn't?
Yeah.
You know what I'm saying?
I mean, if it's just, do you like Ella Langley? Like, yeah.
Yeah.
Everybody does.
Yeah. Ladies can be Ella fellas too, bro.
Apparently it's fun to watch her. Um, like if you go back and look at her like 2, 3 years ago, 4 years ago, like her, her, her like transformation.
Yeah.
Like to see a young person, you know, come in and really just disrupt an entire fucking music industry ecosystem.
Yeah. Yeah.
And, uh, and, and be pretty much universally liked.
Yeah.
You know, that's rare.
Yeah.
Uh, but it's hard not to like her because she, she seems cool as fuck.
Yeah. You know, I gotta go to a concert.
Yeah.
I gotta go. Joe, you coming? I'm taking Joe.
All right.
We'll go.
Cool. We'll do it.
That's the show, guys. That's all I had to ask. That's all I had to say, you know? Yeah.
All right.
No, man.
Hello, Langley.
Yeah, that's right. That's right.
Good job.
That's right, that's right. Uh, yeah, guys, remember, if you would like to see any of these pictures, articles, links, videos, go to andyforsella.com. We link them for you there, or just check the description. Um, that's where we list them. Uh, shall we begin the cruise?
Let's, let's begin.
Headline 1.
Mm-hmm.
Headline 1, we gotta talk about it. We got the United Nations General Assembly happening And there are some things happening. Um, going straight to, to the White House, uh, website. President Trump at the United Nations. We, uh, while others have talked, I have acted. Um, this is on the website. Today, President Donald J. Trump addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and delivered a powerful message. American strength and resolve is back. Um, President Trump declared that under his leadership, America is stronger than ever. Uh, and we will use that strength to comfort— uh, confront our enemies, protect our interests, forbid communism, reject global control, and always defend our sovereignty.
That sounds great.
Um, now, you know, the United Nations General Assembly, it gets a lot of heat every now and then. You know, some people say it's just kind of all for show. Um, I do have an all-time favorite moment of the General Assembly from the UN. Uh, and, uh, we gotta go, uh, a couple years ago, bro. It's, uh, it was the, the president of Haiti. Okay, this is probably my all-time favorite fucking moment at the UN.
Respect.
Oh man, no way.
Respect for its dignity and its right to a dignified and prosperous existence. Bro was thirsty.
He drank out the pitcher.
Yeah.
Yep.
He came from Haiti. Probably the first time he's seen a pitcher of water in a while. You know what I'm saying? I better get that clean water while I can.
Oh, fuck, man.
You know that shit's true. He's like, I gotta go back to fucking Haiti.
It's a whole thing of water.
Yeah.
Um, but yeah, that's my favorite moment. But you know, this year's a little hot. It's a little hot. Um, Benjamin Netanyahu, he arrived, uh, he delivered a defiant UN speech while facing protests and political isolate— uh, isolation. Um, so he just took the stage today, uh, and gave a little speech. Interestingly enough, of course he's going to cover all of the, you know, big elephants in the room. Um, but there was not a lot of people in the room. There was a massive walkout literally as soon as he was introduced.
Really?
Let's check the clip.
Okay, we're going to take you straight to the United Nations General Assembly in New York because the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is just taking to the stage. Let's have a listen. No way.
Oh yeah.
Wow, dude.
A lot of this is— now, people have walked out every year. This is the most that have ever walked out.
They walk out when he comes up every year on the stage.
they started walking out. In response to this—
how embarrassing.
Now, in response to this, he called them moral cowards.
He called them moral cowards?
He called them moral cowards in his response to them walking out.
What, because they don't like you? As you can see, That's kind of the fucking mark of a dictator, right? Like, you don't like me, so there's something wrong with you.
Something wrong with you.
Like, at what point do you, do you question like, oh, well, maybe it's me.
Yeah. At what point do you question?
I think he knows it's him. He doesn't give a fuck.
He knows. Yeah. He also called out, uh, he also called out Zoran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, um, saying that he's making New York City less safe for Jews. Um, so that was also a big thing.
No, not at all. You're making New York City less safe for Jews.
I don't think people understand the difference.
Yeah.
Like they don't understand, like, like, what do you mean by that? Like, how, how is that possible, Andy? What do you mean?
What do you mean how I mean? Sorry, I'm eating lunch. You haven't eaten yet.
No, you're good. Like he's, he's, he's making, he's making it much harder for the average day Jewish person.
Absolutely. Yeah. All the shit he does, all the shit his little sect of the government of Israel does. makes antisemitism rise.
Yeah.
And unfortunately, we have people that do not have the capability to separate themselves from the everyday Jewish person and the country of Israel and all of the corrupt shit that Benjamin Netanyahu does and all of the shit that everybody disagrees with. All the reasons that these people are walking out are the reasons that if there is an unsafe environment being created, it is being created by You. And he knows that. Okay. And they know that.
Yeah.
They want Jewish people to be vulnerable. They want to create a dangerous environment for Jewish people because that allows them to raise the flag of antisemitism and hide behind it.
So perfect defense.
Absolutely.
Yeah. Yeah. It's a perfect defense. And like, I know we've pointed this out, like, guys, it ha— like, it happens. Don't, don't listen to them like, oh, well, that, that, that can't— it happens.
They—
it's a common tactic that's used Everywhere. It's no different.
They've been doing this. Israel's been doing this. And the, the, this little sect of, um, pretend Jewish people, which is running Israel right now. Um, they're not even Semitic people. They're, they're, they're fucking Eastern European. Um, these people, these people are intentionally putting Jewish people at risk so that they can get away with doing nefarious shit. when— and say, oh dude, what are you, what are you, racist? What are you, anti-Semitic?
Right?
What are you doing? You're calling me out. There's something wrong with you. Uh, that doesn't work anymore, dude.
That's right.
It's not working.
So I'm saying, we— and we've seen this, we've seen this happen in BLM, right? Where, you know, they confuse the statement with the organization. And if you question one, you're questioning both. It's the overgeneralization that people fall into that trap, right? They do this with even LGBT. You got pedophiles hiding under that fucking flag. And so if you attack the pedophile, oh, you're attacked. No. All right. Like it's, it's very, it's a very genius tactic in one way.
I guess it's Jews across all protected categories.
Yeah. You know, but now while people were walking out of Netanyahu's speech, what was happening on the outside of the UN General Assembly? Um, and I thought this was a very interesting article. New York City Jews, Israelis, anti-Zionists plan protests during Netanyahu's visit. To the United Nations. Mainstream Jewish network— Jewish groups, leftist Jewish and Israeli and anti-Zionist activists have announced protests this week during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to New York City for the United Nations. The array of protests reflected the fraught politics surrounding Netanyahu's visit and widespread opposition to Israel in the city, as well as concerns about antisemitism and domestic Israeli politics. Um, I thought that was interesting because not only do you have, you know, the, what they call the anti-Zionist group, uh, they don't want Netanyahu there, but you also have, and this is a point that I think, you know, not, is not made enough, but there are plenty of Jewish people that also do not fucking like this guy.
No, it's the majority of Jewish people. That's, that's the, that's the truth.
Yeah.
Okay. So this is what we've been talking about for years and years. I mean, here we're seeing it, you know, so like, you know, oh, we walked out on Netanyahu. We don't believe in what he says. We don't like what he says. Well, what's wrong? You, you fucking hate Jewish people. No, we hate what you're fucking doing. We hate that you think that this is your country and we hate that you influence our policy decisions and we hate that our president seems to answer to you. We don't like this shit. Okay, and they don't like it either. And the reason that you have Jewish people protesting this is because of what we just said.
Yep.
They end up feeling the brunt of the, the repercussions that this man creates. It's no different than— it's no different than when they, when they said, you know, when 9/11 happened and People can't separate a regular guy from— that has Middle Eastern descent from a fucking terrorist. Okay. It's the same thing as Zeeshan saying, you know, I hate that a lot of these Indians that come here do these things because then I get blamed for it and I get looked at strangely because I'm Indian.
Right.
Even though I don't believe in anything that they fucking believe.
Right.
Right.
When Black people steal cars and shit like that.
No, dude, we make jokes and shit, but that's the same thing.
Yeah.
Like, dude, Yeah.
Right.
Like people go look at you, dude, as nice as you are and as cool as you are. And as much as you hate that, you walk into places and people have assumptions because you're a black man.
That's right.
And that those assumptions come from the actions of a few.
Yes.
And that is what we're dealing with here too.
100%, dude. I just thought that was interesting. Cause like, dude, people like, again, generalization. We like, we talk about all the time. It's bad. It's wrong. Well, until the trap you fall into.
Listen, man, until the populace can understand the play that's being run against them and be smarter than that, it will continue to work. They, they get away with what they get away with because they cultivate fighting each other versus us, all of us joining together and fighting the people who are creating the problem.
Mm-hmm.
So the more animosity that they create on the ground level, the less likely we are to recognize who's creating it.
That's right.
And that's the play. And that's why they get along with things. And that's, that's, that, or that's why they get away with things. And that's why, you know, when you, when you say, hey, I don't want fucking Ukrainian flags in, in the, in the chamber, I don't want Israeli flags in the chamber. You know, it's funny when we, when you were saying, when we were saying, hey, we don't want Zelensky in our fucking Congress, nobody was saying, oh, you fucking hate all Ukrainians.
Right. Isn't that weird?
Yeah. But you say you don't want an Israeli flag in, in You hate all Jews.
That's right.
You're a terrible person. That's just not true.
No, it's not logical.
And America's not buying it anymore.
No.
Like the, the, that we are past that point. And the more they try to play that, the worse past that point we're going to get. Like, cause people are fed up with it, dude.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah. It's, it's tough, man. I got a lot of guys working up there right now. A lot of friends that I know, they've been working, uh, you know, security and stuff.
Yeah, dangerous place right now.
It's fucking hot, dude.
Yeah.
It is fucking hot right now.
Um, these fuckers are good.
Just eating off.
The problem is they look average sized. Well, they're white. They're white. They come in the white wrapper. You know what I'm saying? But no, dude, the biggest thing we fucked, like for me, like we, you know, we get these at Target. The, the, the minis are at Target and grocery stores, which by the way, don't forget to pick you up some. Um, But like, dude, when you got like, just like one meat stick, you know, it's over. But now you got a bag and you're just like fucking hammering the protein.
Can you just have one?
No, you can't. Especially these barbecue ones, bro. These barbecue ones are straight fire.
Yeah. I'm, I'm, I'm the, I'm the jalapeño cheddar guy, you know?
Yeah.
I like the jalapeño cheddar.
You guys want some? Anybody want some? Want some meat? Slaying meat in here. That's what I'm good at, throwing meat around.
That was gay. All right. I'm sorry. Yeah, man. Guys, jump in on this conversation, man. Uh, let us know down in the comments what you guys think. Let's keep cruising, shall we? Headline 2.
Oh yeah. He-Man. He-Man's eating that meat.
And, and Hellcat Man.
He-Man definitely likes some meat. I'm just saying.
Does he?
That's not He-Man, that's Andy Man.
That's Andy Man. All right, man, uh, let's keep cruising, guys. We're gonna head on to— like we said, there's a lot of, uh, there's a lot of big-time figures that are in the United States right now, even in St. Louis. I didn't see this, or I saw this late, but, um, there's like a, a massive like Catholic meeting happening here right now. Yeah. And, uh, one of the— I did see one of the, uh, bishops, he, he straight up called out, he's like, you know, You guys need to wake— basically wake up. Communism's here. Like, need to be a little bit more pressed on that and stuff. Like, it was pretty awesome. Um, but there's a lot of big-time things happening, and, uh, this is, um, you know, one of the bigger stories out there. We got Xi Jinping Pooh Bear is in town.
Pooh Bear?
Pooh Bear is in town. Uh, President Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington, D.C., with coverage brought to you by Lindell TV and Real America's Voice. Um, he's rolling out the 100-foot red carpet for Xi Jinping with an arrival ceremony that is set to include cannons, a 21-gun salute, presentation of colors, uh, the United States Air Force Band, uh, platoons from each branch of the United States military, and American flower presenters. Um, there's also— there was a flyover, uh, 2 B-1 Lancers. Um, this clip right here is getting a lot of attention. Uh, because, and I, you know, obviously I, you know, we'll see what your opinion is of it. Uh, it's not a look, not a good look for President Trump, man. Let's check this clip. It's that right there.
It's not that. That's not even the worst part.
What's the worst part?
First of all, I will say this. I've been to a number of air shows because I like airplanes. That is the loudest motherfucking airplane I've ever heard in my life. A B-1.
They're fucking loud.
Oh my God. Okay. So like, you can like feel it in your soul when it goes by. But like, what I didn't like about it is like, Trump, you could see in this picture, Trump's clearly trying to be like, whoa, look how powerful we are. And Z's like, this shit, like, that was cheesy.
He does not look concerned.
No, he didn't. He looked like this. That's ridiculous. Like, that was the look. Trump's looking like, look how badass we are. And Z's like, this is retarded.
That's right.
Like, that's what he's looking at.
We got robots.
Did you see his face?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was like, he was like, Cool. Yeah.
Yeah. Cool. I did see somebody, they mentioned that like apparently like Z really wants some B-1s.
He really what?
He like, he likes B-1s. He really wants—
They're badass.
He wants them for his country.
Oh really?
And so it was more of an intentional play to—
Okay.
Maybe.
Yeah.
All right. You know, I'll bite. Sure. Right.
I just, I don't know. It just, it seemed it was, he was so, Z was so stoic about it. that it made, it made the whole thing like kind of cheesy.
Yeah.
You know?
Yeah. There wasn't really any reaction from him. Right. Um, yeah. Yeah.
He looks mildly annoyed.
Yeah. Pooh's cool.
Yeah.
You know, he's chilling, you know? Um, now things happen.
That's like, that's like inviting someone to your house and then like walking them through your gun room. You know what I'm saying? Like on the way to that, on the way in the house.
Yeah. Yeah.
You know, like, yeah, I got all my guns. All right, don't fuck with me. Okay, look, I got fucking guns too, dude.
You know?
That's right, that's right.
It's like, all right, dude, cool. Um, now things have been heating up though, Andy. Uh, things have been heating up between US and Chinese, uh, specifically the press. Um, it's been reported there's been some skirmishes between US and Chinese press Chinese delegation press members stepping on women, pushing them.
Really?
Oh yeah, bro. And there's some videos and there's been some— the tensions have been rising. Major skirmish broke out between US and Chinese media on the White House lawn moments before President Donald Trump's lavish welcome for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Tensions were high as press scrambled to get into place ahead of the leader's arrival. Uh, video shows heated shouting between Chinese press and the U.S. Secret Service as they directed the media to get behind a bold security perimeter. Let's check the clips.
I have no plans.
No.
Right now, otherwise you can have—
Yes, sir.
Go ahead. Go on the phone.
Go on the phone.
You're stepping on my feet.
So that's one angle. Here's another angle. Those are 2 Secret Service women, uh, checking one guy's credentials. They eventually actually escort him away. Uh, it's been pretty hot.
I mean, that's not really that hot.
Not too crazy.
I think you're making something out of nothing. Okay.
All right. You know, uh, you know, but my thing is like, dude, they made the cameras. You might as well let them, let them use them. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
Yeah. You're, you're talking about, you deny me my birthright. Bro, you know, moving a camera away from, uh, from a Chinese man is kind of like— that's like cutting his dick off. I made this. Yeah, that's removing human rights.
Uh, but what is interesting though, so we, we've actually— I think this is the most we've actually heard from Xi Jinping, um, during, during this particular meeting, um, when he was addressing the press. Obviously this is being loosely translated for him. He actually dropped, you know, talking about Chinese and U.S. relations, saying that obviously they want China to prosper, but they would also look to see America be made great again. Check this clip.
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. and making America great again can go hand in hand. Let us meet the people's expectation and show our historical initiative. Let us keep advancing the cause of friendship between our two peoples and work together to build a better world. Thank you.
Well, I mean, they need that. They need our trade partner, bro.
They absolutely—
that's the thing with China and the US. It's like They're, they need each other's economies. We need theirs. They need ours. And, you know, there's this constant race, but the reality is, is like, if you could create some sort of harmony between the two, dude, I mean, you would have prosperity across the globe.
Yeah.
Right.
We both can eat.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And, and, you know, for whatever reason, you know, there's always been this tension, which I think is natural, right? Even in business, you know, you have people that you do business with, that you're friends with, that are also competitors. And there's always a little bit of tension there, but—
It's supposed to be, right?
Yes. But the collaborations that come from that typically are exponentially powerful, right? So, you know, hearing that is good.
Yeah.
I think China's in a little bit of a desperate spot right now. You know, they have a big problem with their population collapse. Um, you know, as we spoke about last show, you know, that they're trying to fix with automation and AI robots and shit like that. But, you know, their economy needs our economy and we need theirs. And, uh, you know, I think everybody, I think every, I think if you ask everybody in China and you ask everybody in the US, would you like to see a harmonious relationship where both countries prosper? I think, I think you would find very few people that would say no.
Yeah. I think the biggest concern, at least from like the American standpoint, is like, that's cool, dude. Like, yeah, like that's cool. Let's work together. But like, just stop doing the weird shit. Right.
Yeah. But are they, what weird shit are they doing?
Like buying up the US farm.
Okay. Well, that's our fault. We shouldn't be allowing that.
Agreed. Agreed. You know what I'm saying? But it's like, there's almost like, there's still like a level of just like, I got you there.
Yes. But they're operating within the realm of the law and what's legal.
Yeah.
It's not like they're doing shit that's fucking illegal. Yeah. You know, in that regard.
For sure.
Doing other things.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like biolabs and shit like that.
Secret police station.
Right.
And shit like that. Which, dude, I saw this other video. Apparently they had like a shit ton of like Chinese, like police, literally like in plain clothes moving around DC and shit. Yeah.
But, but that we allow that.
Yeah.
Okay. So if you're playing a game and the rules are the rules and one guy's, you know, executing within the boundaries of the rules, and then you're not really allowed to say, well, you know, that's them, that's you allowing them. All you gotta do is change the fucking rules. Say, hey, uh, we're gonna, you're gonna give us that same thing or you're not going to have this.
Right.
Or you're not going to have this and we won't have that there. It has to be equal. And I think that's, you know, that's something that we do a poor job. I think they do a better job, but there's a lot of American influence in China too that people, you know, most people don't ever know about or hear about because they never go there and we don't see much from there.
Yeah.
So, you know, I don't necessarily blame when, when we hear like China is buying up this and that, I don't really look at China and say, well, fucking what the fuck, China? I look at it like, what the fuck, America? Why are we allowing that?
That's right.
That's how I see it.
That's right.
Yeah.
You know, and, and if, you know, if— why do we do those things? There's no reason for those things. And that doesn't make sense. And I seriously doubt that China's letting America buy up, uh, you know, the ground around their military bases. Like, that's not fucking happening. But they have a strong— I think that one of the biggest differences between China and America And this comes for a couple of different reasons. One, you know, Chinese is a race of people, right? So they protect that culture. They protect what that country is supposed to stand for. Right. And there's a very strong, proud Chinese culture. You get what I'm saying? And it's easy to see who the fuck fits because they look different than other people. Right.
Yeah.
In America, it's different because our country is based upon not one race, but many different races harmoniously working inside of an agreed-upon culture.
Yeah. The melting pot.
Sort of.
Yeah.
That, yes. But so that makes it harder to enforce what the cultural, what the standards actually are and what's allowed and what's not allowed. Like in China, they could say, well, are you fucking Chinese? No, I can fucking tell you're not.
That's right. Right.
But there's a lot of Americans that look Chinese. Right. So like, there's confusion over here and there's very strong boundaries there. And I think that's where a lot of this comes from.
Yeah. They, they follow me on that. Absolutely. Yeah. I mean, dude, like Chinese people, they care about, I mean, that's the thing though. You see this in every other culture that protects their own culture. You know what I'm saying? We talked about this with Russia, like Russians fucking, they love their country. They understand, you know, their history. They respect it. Right. They protect that culture. You see this in Japan. Right? Like you see, you see these in places where their culture are the, the values of those cultures are protected. And so when it's not protected, it falls apart.
Well, and you, you know, China has a reputation for being quote unquote, I'm not saying this, I'm saying this is what people say, that they're very racist individuals.
Yeah.
But are they racist or are they just protective of Chinese culture?
That's right. That's right.
Okay. Because Most countries don't allow just anybody to come in and do whatever the fuck they want. And so I think, you know, there's a lot of twisting and turning and misrepresentation that happens, especially as we know, because our media is at this point all propaganda to where we don't really know what's going on there.
For sure. You know what I mean?
We know what they tell us is going on there, but do we really know?
Yeah.
You know, I know that the people that go to China from America love China. They're like, fuck, dude, it's awesome.
It's clean.
You've been there? Yeah. It's fucking awesome, isn't it? People are cool too, right?
They're super welcoming.
Yeah.
And the food's amazing. Everything is amazing. They're really ahead of us in tech. I think so too. Yeah.
There's no doubt. There's no doubt.
Let me ask you this, 'cause this is going to be a controversial question. All right. But do you agree with the sentiment that China's our biggest—
But they're also, they're also ahead of us in Total fucking surveillance of their citizens.
Oh, 100%. Yeah. Social credit.
It's like they're living in what everybody here is fighting.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do you jaywalk? You get a fine directly taken out from your bank account. All that stuff. Interest rates are higher depending on your social credit score. I mean, it's crazy shit. Um, this is a controversial question cuz this is a sentiment that I think a lot of people will say blindly. Right. But do you agree with the statement that China's our number one threat, like to America, to our prosperity, to our longevity?
I think it depends on who you ask. I think if you're asking me, no, I don't feel like they're our biggest threat. I feel that our biggest threat is the foreign influence of any country inside American politics. The ability for, and this mainly comes from Israel, but it also comes from China and other places as well.
Sure.
personally, that our biggest threat is the manipulation of our own politicians for money to act in the interests of other countries. Yeah, that's what I see our biggest threat is. Now, if you ask, you know, Trump, or you ask one of— like, actually, I think Trump and Xi— I don't think Trump would say they're our biggest threat.
No.
Um, at some points I think he will because he's, he's kind of shoots from the hip.
Got a grandstand.
But I think if you got a I think if you, you know, I like, I think people that say that, dude, like at one point I did believe that. Right. Like if you go back 4 or 5 years ago, I did believe that.
Especially when they said, oh, they're buying the farmlands and they got fucking—
And they, and the COVID shit happened, you know, but I don't see it the same way as I saw it then. Um, I, I, I think they will take any opportunity to strengthen their position and weaken our position, which is the natural ebb and flow of being competitors.
Darwinism. That's how I suppose. Yeah. They're opportunistic. That's why it's Darwinism. Like you take advantage of what the fuck comes to you, dog.
Yeah, dude. And, and, and I think we don't, I don't, I think we don't play that same way. Um, but I mean, I think, I think, like I said, I think, no, I don't think they're our biggest quote unquote threat. Are they our biggest threat from a terms of like being armed enough to actually do some things to us? Yeah. For sure.
Yeah.
But that's, that's not what's— China is not the, the country that's affecting America negatively, um, on a day-to-day basis for the average American. That's coming out of Israel right now. And it's coming from AIPAC and it's coming from the foreign influence really. And like, dude, it's AIPAC is a big, big part of the problem, but there's other, there's other PACs too.
There's a bunch. That's the one they want you to know about. Yeah.
And, and it's really, that's why I like to use the term foreign influence.
Yeah. Okay.
There should be no foreign influence in our politics directly. There should be considerations made, right? But the interest of the American people should always remain at the forefront of whatever considerations are made to that other country. And there should be no way that America, that anybody outside of America should be able to funnel funds directly or indirectly into our political system to where that politician could be influenced to make decisions that are in the benefit of that country versus the— that would be in the benefit of the American people. And that's the problem with America right now. You know, we talk about what the corruption is. That's what the corruption is.
Talk about fucking swamp.
Well, and it's very— it's, it's, it's— we all know who it is. I mean, we see it, dude. And I think— but I think the answer isn't like saying, no AIPAC. I think the answer is saying no foreign fucking influence from anybody.
Period.
Right.
Period.
FARA. It doesn't matter.
Right.
It doesn't matter where it's coming from. There should be no way that an American politician should feel any sort of pressure to make a decision that they don't feel is the right decision for America and its people. And then we can extend that conversation into the situation of corporate lobbying. Right. 'Cause the same thing happens from within.
Yeah.
I think it's less harmful than the foreign part of it, but it still shouldn't be happening.
Yeah.
Right? If you're the owners of Citadel or fucking BlackRock or Vanguard or whatever, right? You shouldn't be able, or even Zuckerberg, you shouldn't be able to put $400 million into an election to remove the influence of the regular American because you just happen to have more money than them.
Yeah.
Right.
That's moving from voice of the people to voice of the person.
Correct. And the voice of the haves.
Right.
And that's not what a republic is based upon. The republic is based upon the voice of the people. And when we have either foreign influence or domestic influence, lobbies, funding our politicians, we've— we are very— the politician that actually makes decisions in the interest of the American people is, is such an anomaly that people almost like can't recognize it when it's even happening, right? Like, like, like, like when you look at like, like Marjorie Taylor Greene and everybody like makes fun of her and they're like, oh, she's just some like you know, white lady from Georgia that is an idiot or whatever, whatever they think of her. I don't think that, but like people dog her out. Well, our government's supposed to be made up of people like that.
Just like her.
It's supposed to be made up of regular people who have lived regular lives, who have made mistakes, who have done things, who have lived their lives as American citizens. And those are the people that are supposed to be representing the government or representing the people in our government. And They aren't supposed to be Mitch McConnell or Joe Biden who served in our government for— it's not a career, dude. It's a fucking act of service.
Yeah.
And I think our people are starting to understand that more. Um, but I don't know if they're understanding it at a fast enough rate because to really fix what's going on, the average American has to get involved at the ground level and start to like build up that foundation of, of from the bottom up, you know, of real people. acting in the interests of other real people.
Yeah. Right. And it's crazy to think, man, cause it wasn't even too far, like too long ago, bro. Like you'd have a farmer, right. And he sees some legislation or see some shit moves. Like, oh, this is going to fuck me up. It's going to fuck my friend down the street up. It's going to mess up his farm.
I'm going to run for office.
I'm going to fix this.
Yeah.
And I'm going to go back to my fucking farm.
Right.
You know what I'm saying? Like, and that just does not happen anymore. Now they're being fucking trained from middle school.
There's too much. There's too much. Yeah, dude. You got that kid. Um, What's that fucking kid? He came out right after Charlie Kirk got shot and they plastered—
Oh, bro, he went away quick.
I know.
Colley Hand. Yeah. The dude from Texas or whatever.
Yeah. But like that, you could tell that kid is like, he's got, he's gotten coaching.
He's been trained.
He's been like the— that's not America, bro. That's not the people that you're training for problems.
You don't even know what problems are, dude.
Dude, that's what I'm saying.
It's like, what?
What?
Yeah. It's just like, It's crazy. And I don't— no disrespect to him. I'm sure he's a young kid with ambitions and he probably doesn't even realize that he's being put in a position that he's being put in. But, you know, we need people that represent the interests of America and not their own personal interests of finances. You know?
Now to finish up on this China-US relationship, right. Uh, you know, I saw this other thing that came out, uh, that there is a billionaire in China. who has allegedly fathered over like 100 kids in the US.
Oh really?
Bypassing the immigration. You know what I'm saying? Like, like to, to have the US-born babies. Now they're American citizens. Yeah. There's some billionaire in China that this report just came out on it. Um, you know, but, but to your point, they're opportunistic, right? They don't allow that. They wouldn't allow that. I couldn't go over there and have a bunch of little DJs running around. That's not happening. You know what I'm saying? And those are just automatically Chinese citizens.
Qingjies?
Qingjies, that's right. It's not happening. It's not fucking happening. Um, that might change. It might change. Uh, 'cause another piece that Xi Jinping came out with is he says he's going to be opening up, uh, not just standard tourism, uh, but a different level of citizenship for Americans going to China. Check this out.
Like President Trump mentioned earlier, during the Second World War, Chinese and Americans fought shoulder to shoulder against fascist aggression. Chinese people have never forgotten that part of history, nor have the American people. The hope of China-U.S. relationship lies in our people, and its future lies with the young. I am glad to announce an invitation for 100,000 young Americans to visit China for exchanges and study in the coming 5 years.
Yeah, so they're opening up now new extended visas for American citizens to come to China. Uh, I don't know how to feel about that. I don't know. Like, I mean, one, I don't know how to feel about that.
Did they say why?
Just to strengthen the relationship. I mean, they're like, they're taking some serious steps here and it almost makes me think like— Well, they, they need us to. Dude, they need it.
They're desperate right now. Like, dude, China is not as strong as what people think they are. Yes, they have strong technology. Yes, they have benefits. Yes, they have a good military, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But they have a very real problem with their population collapse. Like, it's, you know, for however many years they had limits on how many children you can have and like strict ones.
One-child policy.
Right.
Yeah.
And then, you know, what was happening too was like, you know, Well, regardless, if you do that for 30 fucking years, you're gonna have a fucking population collapse. You know what I mean?
Yeah. So it just makes me think, dude, like, I, like, what is happening globally right now that you have a guy like Xi Jinping taking these steps, taking these positions? You know what I'm saying? The dude said, make America great again. Why the fucking—
why? Let me ask you this. Let me ask you this. Why does any of that surprise you? that he's saying that?
I, I, well, one, he's never said those type of things.
How do you know?
We've never heard it. We've never been shown it.
That don't mean he didn't say it. True.
But I've never seen it. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, I mean, to me it's just like, I don't know.
That, that doesn't mean he's always, he hasn't always thought that.
Never felt that. Listen, dude. Yeah.
We have to understand we have been fucking manipulated to a level that no generation of humans have ever been manipulated to. Okay. The media and the press and the amount of shit that's on social media and the amount of programming and the amount of lies and the amount of propaganda. We live inside of a propaganda machine. What the fuck do you think social media is? Okay. We don't actually know what fucking Xi Jinping thinks.
Yeah.
We, you don't know. I don't know. You don't know. So you're— the reason that you're surprised is because you're making assumptions that you don't know about. Because it really— I don't, I don't have assumptions about him the way that I may have in the past, because I realize how much we've been lied to about everything. Like, dude, you don't know. Like, and this, you know, this is probably not the case, but I'm just saying, maybe this guy's a fucking amazing dude.
Exactly.
Maybe he's the coolest dude ever. Maybe, you know, like maybe that's true about Putin. Nobody fucking knows because we don't get told the truth here anymore. We're no different than North Korea in a lot of ways. We are told what the fuck to believe, what is, what isn't. And the only reason that you would know any different is if you actually got on an airplane and went and spent significant time in these places, which nobody does. So when you have a group of people that aren't willing to go out and culture themselves or don't have the financial means or whatever it is, to go and experience these things, well then of course you're going to believe— it's, it's the allegory of the cave, dude. You, you're, oh, there's monsters out there, don't go out there. And you're like, oh fuck, all right. Like most people just don't know, dude.
Yeah.
You know? And so like I try to keep that in mind when I hear them say things. Like when I hear him say that, I don't, I don't think like, man, that's so shocking what's happening, things must be changing. My first thing is, is Maybe they're just allowing that to be heard now. You know what I mean?
Yeah.
I don't know, but I don't, I try to keep as many assumptions off the table as I can. Now, I don't always do that. Sometimes I'm horrible at that. Sometimes I get emotionally stirred up and I fucking make all the assumptions. But I think if we're gonna be honest, I think every single person that's listening to this, the truth of the matter is we don't fucking know. We don't know. And the reason we don't know is because the people that run our government do not allow us to know what we should know. And if the powers that be globally would let people know the actual truth about things in that regard, we'd probably have a lot more peaceful, cohesive society, which is against their interest. Because what Causes people to act? Fear. Okay. So their idea is to keep everybody afraid all the time so that they have a sky is falling story that they can tell us when they want us to do something. Right, bro? I've traveled the world, man. I've never been to China, but I've been a lot of places and I've been fortunate enough to meet a lot of different people.
And I've also been fortunate enough to experience life as someone who didn't have a lot and someone who has had means. And I'm going to tell you something that I've experienced, dude. Most people are the fucking same. It doesn't matter if they're black or Indian or white. And this is why I have no problem making jokes about shit, because I know that that guy that looks different than me on the inside is the fucking same as me.
Mm-hmm.
And we've lost that as humans. We think that, you know, just because someone looks a certain way or someone is from a certain place or they have a certain religion, even people with totally different religious beliefs than you, If you sat down and had a fucking beer with them, you know what they want, dude? They want a healthy family. They want a place to fucking lay their head down where they're going to be safe. They, they, they want to live in a nice society. They want to make some fucking money. They don't want to be poor. They don't want to live in poverty. You know what I'm saying? Like, they don't like the oppressive nature of their governments. I mean, most people, most human beings on this earth hate their governments.
Okay.
Because that's where the most corrupt people end up. And the good people that just want to follow the rules and they want to be good people and they want to be a good neighbor and a good influence, because those people have for their entire lives looked at their government as evil, they don't want to be a part of it, which keeps the good people from ever being a part of the solution. You follow what I'm saying?
Absolutely.
So like, dude, we got a lot of problems with the way that we have been culturally indoctrinated, not just in America, but globally. And social media has, and technology has really got us around the fucking ball, so to speak.
It's helped expose a lot of it.
Yeah, it is.
Helped expose people. Yeah, for sure.
But like, dude, we run a massive podcast where we talk about this shit day in and day out, day in and day out. The average person doesn't have the ability to go in and learn all that stuff or pay attention to everything that's going on. They don't know what the fuck's going on. So they listen to someone. And unfortunately, all of the avenues that we have for the most part have an interest that they're trying to accomplish with the information that they deliver to the, to the end user. So like everything's a lie. Everything's a twist. Everything's a sales pitch. Everything's propaganda. And so when you see, like my whole point in this conversation was like, when you say, well, what's happening in the world? Well, fucking, maybe it's always been that way. We just don't know.
Yeah. That's real, man. That's some real shit. Yeah. Guys, jump in on the conversation. Let us know down in the comments what you guys think. Uh, that being said, let's get to our 3rd and final headline. Headline number 3. Oh yeah.
There we go. Dude, I just watched this movie the other night. Last Samurai.
Is that what this is?
I mean, I don't know.
Your sword's in a weird place. Looks like it's, uh, yeah.
I came a couple of them blue chews, bro.
You guys call them blue juice. We have honey packs.
We got a— no, this is— these are, these are blue juice.
Oh shit. I think my sword's a little bigger.
Yeah. That's pretty funny. Yours is like that too.
Yeah. It's a little bit bigger. Yeah.
I don't think so.
Headline 3. This is a follow-up from earlier in the week. uh, from the ban of the media. CNN, Politico, MSNBC reporters regain access to White House after judge's order. Um, so that's been stopped. According to a court filing, the White House operations were notified at 7:10 AM to restore access to the reporters. Secret Service then began the process of delivering the badges to the affected reporters. Um, the order came down that they must immediately restore the privileged White House access to CNN, I'm messing now. But here's the thing. You think everybody'd be happy, right? I think everything'd be good. Hunky-dory, right? Everything's fine now. Right. Cause I mean, crazy thing is like, I did have this thought. It's like, I thought they fucking hated this dude. Like, why would they want to record it?
But— They love to hate him.
They love to fucking hate him.
They don't have nothing to talk about without him.
Like they know their ratings are going to fucking tank. Like they got to get back in there. Right. Judge, please get us back in there. Right. Um, but you also, a lot of people don't know this. There's a lot of privileges you get from having that fucking pass. I mean, you get free fucking flights, you get free fucking food, you get, you know, transported. You're in the circle, right? You're in those rooms. There's, there's power that comes from behind that, right? You would think everybody'd be happy, but they're freaking the fuck out. They're all freaking the fuck out. CNN staffers panic over this Paramount merger that's coming. Bloodbath coming. Newsroom is like a funeral. Uh, so Paramount's looming acquisition of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly sending shivers down the collective spines of news gatherers, uh, at the 46-year-old legacy outlet. As Breitbart News reported, Paramount reached a deal with 12 state attorney generals Monday that surmounted a major hurdle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, which will now proceed forward. Okay, but like, what's scary about that, right? Like What's the big deal? Well, I'll tell you what the big deal is, Andy.
David Ellison reportedly, he's eyeing Elon Musk for Paramount Equity investment, sparking fears at CNN.
Why, why would they be scared about that?
Well, what did he do to Twitter?
That's, that's not my point. My, my point, right. My point is, is if you were doing things on the up, there would be nothing to worry about.
What are you afraid of? Right. Yeah, bro. Yeah. Yeah. And they're fucking shitting their pants right now. Yeah. Paramount executives reportedly have discussed asking billionaire Elon Musk to take an equity stake in its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, a move that could fuel the burgeoning panic among CNN staffers. Uh, Hollywood mogul David Ellison is looking to build up his media empire's finances ahead of the mega merger, um, and has been mulling over several wealthy individuals who could back the deal. Um, this is according to a Semafor report. The size of the investment that Paramount is seeking is unclear. Um, but here's why many people are believing it's going to be Elon Musk. It's because David Ellison was a big backer in the X takeover and Twitter. David Ellison was a key stakeholder in that merger and helped provide a lot of the funds there. Um, and so that's why it's looking very, very, uh, likely that it's going to be him. Uh, amazing it comes out now, of course. The CNN source said of the Musk news, adding that it's a bad look for California Governor Gavin Newsom, who backed the deal as he feared Paramount could exit the state and take thousands of jobs with it.
Not good for Gavin. Um, as part of the settlement with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Paramount pledged to create independent editorial boards for both CBS News and CNN, though it hasn't shared details on what powers those boards will have. Um, and it looks like if this goes through, then more than likely Elon Musk is going to have a significant amount of share in this, um, thus making a significant amount of control of CNN, of the CBS. Um, and they are freaking the fuck out. Uh, somebody said, when it rains, it pours. When CNN said of the Musk news, uh, quote, it's really scary given what he did at X and Doge. What did he do? What'd he do at X and Doge?
He removed, he removed the censorship at X. I mean, you know, and whether you agree or not agree or whatever, it has truly become a town square now.
Free speech. Right. And that's somewhere to a fault in some cases.
Well, yeah, but there's always idiots.
Yeah. Yeah.
You know, that's the point of free speech. Like the point of free speech is not that there's going to be offensive things said. It's that we can find out who the idiots are.
It's another way of looking at it, you know? 100%, dude.
Like, if you have people that are smart enough to understand that everybody has an opinion and some opinions suck, that's how you rule out the bad, bad shit and find the common ground.
Yeah. Yeah. No, that's a great point. I mean, but not even just on the censorship shit. He also exposed all the Twitter Files, the fucking collusion with the fucking federal government and even state governments through the COVID shit. I mean, there was a lot that was exposed there.
Yeah.
What did he uncover at Doge? All the fucking fraud, waste, and abuse. You know what I'm saying?
So it's like, bring some of that to the mainstream media, dude.
I think this could shake some shit up. Maybe potentially. I don't know. I mean, what do you think?
I don't know. You know, on one hand I like it because of the reasons we're saying, right? Uh, free speech. I think he would promote real journalism again. Um, that's what he did when they went into Doge. That's really what that is.
Yeah.
I don't like the idea of one person having— I, you know, we've gotten to this point now where we have a small group of people that control the flow of information. We have Musk, Zuckerberg, You know, Larry Ellison, um, the Ellison family.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and they control a, a disproportionate amount of the media. So you have 3 or 4 or 10 people that control the ability to message. Well, the reason that's so bad is because we have 6 people in this room. So you had 4 more people in a secret little room and you say, this is what we're going to do. And everybody gets along and does it. And that's, that's what, that's what's been going on. It takes someone that has the financial means that isn't part of that club to start to break that up. Or it takes a total deregulation of the media where they just break up all the monopolies.
Right.
And there's a number of monopolies forming in this country, which should be deregulated in my opinion. You know, we have technology monopolies, we have communications monopolies.
Distribution in some sense.
Yeah. No shit, dude.
Right.
And so we have, we have, We have gone to the extreme of capitalism, which I'm a capitalist through and through.
Yeah.
But there is a point to where you get to the top of capitalism where very few people own most of the shit. And when that happens, in the past, the government has come in and broken up those organizations into many smaller ones to avoid exactly what we're talking about, which is too few individuals having too much control. And so I don't like that part of it. And my hope would be that if Elon does get in there, that he is the guy that stands on the other side of the line and, and kind of balances out what's going on. But really, dude, if the government was doing their job according to the letter of the law, you know, companies like Meta and companies, um, you know, like this media merger and these other companies would be shattered up into many different companies.
Amazon.
Mm-hmm. They would be broken up into other companies because they control too much. of the influence of information, media distribution, and all of these things.
The way of life.
Yeah. And they will argue, well, that's anti-capitalist, but to have capitalism work properly, you can't allow at a certain time all the resources to funnel to a very, very few amount of people because resources beget resources, right? Like money makes money. And When you have, you know, and the left, they, they, they convolute this messaging into making people believe that they're talking about people like me.
Right.
Right. Like people who have started a business at 19 years old with no fucking money and have grown that, didn't make it. I made $58 grand my first 10 years combined. You know, I had to work 3 other jobs. Then I built another company. Then we built another company. Then, you know, and now we've got a portfolio in the 10 figures. And the left says that's the enemy. Well, no, motherfucker. I'm the guy that's sponsoring your kid's fucking T-ball team.
Right.
I'm the guy that's providing jobs in the community. I'm the guy that's doing the things that entrepreneurs are supposed to do, but they will blame people like this to create that fucking tension in society, the class warfare that they want.
Yep.
So, you know, when in reality we should all be looking at the biggest names and saying, bro, these guys got too much control, way too much.
I think that's my fear, dude, because I see, like, I think Elon would do absolutely great.
Maybe.
I think I would like to hope. Right. But here's my fear in this is that I fear—
Elon's also making a billion robots.
Right. And my fear is, dude, I feel like this is nothing but fucking fuel for the communist argument. You know what I'm saying? I think they see things like this, the big cap, like, like this is fuel for, you know, of course their argument is, you know what I'm saying?
But instead of targeting those people, they target— because yeah, they target the mid-level entrepreneur.
Right.
And they say that those people are the problem. Those people are not the problem. It's the people that have so much influence and so much control over certain segments that you can't get in otherwise.
Yeah.
You know what I mean? Like, I mean, dude, if we look at like, the way that tech is now. I mean, yeah, there's, there's these, there's, you know, there's some good young tech entrepreneurs that, you know, they, they create things and they create an app or a function or a tool and it becomes, you know, a billion-dollar brand. But who buys it? Who buys it?
The bigger ones. Right.
And then that, and so then—
Why are there only 2 Play Stores, 2, 2 app stores? You know what I'm saying, bro?
But that's what I'm saying. So they, so So these people end up just getting more and more and more. And as an entrepreneur, you know, if you've worked for 30 years or 5 years or 10 years and you get someone that comes up and says, hey, here's billions of dollars for your thing, that's kind of the fucking goal.
Yeah.
That's why you fucking started it. So, you know, they, they're playing again. It's like we were talking about with China. They're playing within the rules of the game, but the rules of the game aren't conducive to the benefit of the actual system that we run in, which is supposed to be like like a responsible level of capitalism.
Yep.
And this is also why socialism is becoming so appealing, because when you have certain individuals that control so much of the resources, then the people that are, you know, they're just coming up now, 20 years old, they can't, they can't see how they can get their piece, right?
Yeah.
Even though they can, they can, it's there, but they have trouble seeing it. And, um, You know, and that fuels that fire. So 100%, you know, we've got a big problem with the polarization of kind of like everything, right? Like it's, you know, political polarization, cultural polarization, business polarization, uh, resource polarization. Like all of these things are happening at once and it's kind of coming to a head. And, uh, and then not only is it like actually happening, but then you have these propaganda machines like CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, et cetera. that are agitating that on top of it.
Stoking it, bro.
Yeah. Right.
Yep. Yep.
So it's, you know, ideally in this situation, what I would like to see is the government to step in and fucking deregulate, but see, that doesn't happen. Do you know why that doesn't happen?
It's not in their interest.
It's not in the actual direct interests of the politicians to vote that way because they're getting funds from these people.
From CNN, from—
No, from the fucking biggest names in the world.
world, bro. Yeah.
So it's like, okay, they're, they're gonna go stand for the same thing and, and they're gonna vote and they're gonna lose the vote because everybody else took the money and you didn't take the money and you're still gonna lose. Not many people are gonna make that call. And that's the problem that we have. That dude, if we eliminate, if we did a few things differently in our government, we could get a fair system. The system itself as a structure works. There's things that are allowed that allow it to be corrupt. There should not be lobbies. There should not be PACs. There should not be— I don't even think you should be able to run ads for politicians. I think, I think it should be organic.
Grassroots. Fucking get out there in the streets. Knock on doors.
That's right. And, and I think, you know, uh, you eliminate lobbies, you know, you create a situation where the people of government get no special privileges. They get— they have to live by the laws that they make. You remove the insider trading, you know, they can't trade, you know, you do a few things, you know, install term limits, a few of these things. And we've got a really effective system that works, but, but the way that it's been corrupted, you can't get someone to vote for that who's part of the corruption. Like no one's going to vote themselves out of the honeypot.
That's right.
You know, that's right.
That's right, dude. Yeah. I think a lot of people think there needs to be this like mad, like burn it all down. We got it. Like, no, bro. It's just a few things, bro. If they were changed, World life would be much better.
Yeah.
Much better.
Yeah. But, but that takes courage and that takes the willingness to sacrifice your own wellbeing. And it could be your own life to stand for those things. And what we need is we need a grassroots from the bottom movement that is willing to stand for those things from the beginning. You know, like if you're on your city council, you probably don't expect to get a big check from some sort of like influence, right? Yeah. But what happens along the way? You know, they go to state government and they get a little something.
It goes from $500 to $5,000 to $500,000.
Yeah. And it gets, it starts slow. And, you know, unfortunately, dude, humans are selfish and they're going to act in their, in their best interests. And it's very rare that we have individuals that are willing to pass on the, you know, quote unquote dollar, which has become our God, um, to do the right thing. And until America finds its moral high ground legitimately and is willing to stand on it, nothing's going to change.
Nothing.
Yeah, man. Guys, jump in on this conversation. Let us know down in the comments what you guys think. That being said, Andy, it is time We have arrived. Thumbs up or dumb as fuck.
You like them grapes?
Yep.
I actually prefer the green ones.
Yeah. Green grapes are better than the purple grapes.
Green grapes are superior.
Yeah.
Don't even try to argue with me.
But if you're, if it's a drink, it's gotta be purple.
If it's a green, yeah.
There's no, you don't want a green grape drink.
Dude, that, you might actually be onto something though.
Hold on. I don't think so.
Hold on, bro.
Fuck.
Uh, green grape. Oh bro, that might be gas.
Yeah, maybe, maybe we need to delete that from the, from the show.
Hell yeah, man. Guys, we are at Thumbs Up or Dumb as Fuck. This way, bring a headline in, we talk about it, we vote on it, we give it one of these 2 options. Andy, we have reached that time of year. You know what week this is? Take a guess. I don't know. This week, it's Fat Bear Week.
Oh, Fat Bear Week.
Fat Bear Week is here. Um, and there's voting.
I feel like I should know this.
I thought you would, dog. I thought, I mean, I teed it up for you, bro. I figured you would have known. Um, voting has already broken the internet. Uh, so let's meet the contenders, shall we?
Let's do it.
Yeah.
What are we rating them? How fat they are?
Yeah. So they've like, this is a, this is a thing. I had no, no fucking clue.
So we're just gonna We're just going to body shame the bears?
No, but like the bigger, the better. You know what I'm saying? Like the blacker the bear.
So we're going to lie.
What do you mean?
We're going to make them feel big and beautiful.
Fat positivity. Yeah. This is a real thing though. I didn't know this. 16 bears are facing off for Fat Bear Week 2026, the highly anticipated tournament among the chunkiest bears at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The bracket Uh, for this year's single elimination contest expanded from last year's 12 competitors and includes the defending champion Chunk. So they've actually like been tracking these bears, like they've photographed them, they, they, they've been monitoring their movement. And apparently this week specifically is where the bears have reached peak fat. Okay. Mike Fitz, the resident naturalist at explore.org, said Monday That the bears at the national park have reached peak fat after gorging on salmon, berries, and other foods all summer. Bears get fat to survive, and fat is the fuel that powers their ability to endure the months-long famine that is winter hibernation. Um, so let's go through these. I think we have to obviously start with the reigning champion of Fat Bear Week 2025, which is Chunk. Uh, so this is Chunk here. That, uh, picture on the left is from June 28th to September 14th. Uh, he's got pretty healthy, you know.
Yeah, he's all right.
You know, he's doing okay. Uh, we got Backpack.
Oh yeah, he got fat.
He's up there.
Yeah, he was fucking— that dude was starving, bro.
He's up there, dog. You know, he's doing all right. Uh, we got Walker.
Yeah, that's a big booty hoe right there.
Walker ain't walking.
Yeah. That's, that's Big Booty Judy.
Yeah, he's good. He's got a dog on him for sure. Uh, you got Bucky.
Oh dude, that's a haul. Same bear.
Yeah, same bear.
That's crazy.
Isn't that crazy? Like, that's just what, 2 months barely?
He understood the mission.
You got Marshmallow.
No way.
That's a big dog right there.
Yeah.
That's a big dog. Uh, and last we have, uh, 910.
Oh man.
9, 10.
Yeah.
So who's the, who's the chunkiest?
Go back.
Go back. Bucky's in the, I think Bucky's got to run.
I think it's Bucky or Backpack.
Bucky or Backpack.
Backpack's pretty, pretty donkey.
Backpack. I think Marshmallow looks pretty good too though.
Yeah.
Not gonna lie.
Yeah.
So there's Bucky.
That don't even look like the same bear.
Yeah. Like, it's crazy, dude. It's crazy. So that, so that's Bucky.
He was on that 1P protein powder, bro.
He's been eating all the meat sticks.
He went to, he went to Target, got himself some meat sticks. All of them.
Yeah. Bucky or Backpack? Hmm.
I'm gonna say Bucky.
I, I think I'm, I think I, I have to agree.
Yeah.
I have to agree. People in the comments, let us know.
Yeah.
Bucky or Backpack? I think Bucky's gonna get it this year.
Yep. I agree.
He's gonna get it. Dude, it's the same. So I also noticed it's the same guy. Uh, like that is like Loberg. He's like been photographing a lot of these. Like, is that all he— like, that's his life, I guess. He's just out there, you know?
Yeah. Not terrible.
I like it.
Yeah.
But that's gotta be pretty fucking dangerous though. Like, I wouldn't want to do that shit.
I don't know. I think it'd be cool.
Just photograph some fat bear. Well, they can't chase you at that point. So I guess—
Bullshit. They run like 40 miles an hour, dude.
Even when they're this big?
Yeah.
Huh.
You can't run from a bear, dude.
Oh, I could outrun a bear.
No.
I could, bro. Listen, my life depended on it.
Usain Bolt couldn't outrun a bear. You sure as fuck can't.
All right, well, we gotta, we gotta, we gotta check in with the audience. Well, guys, let us know who you guys think it is, if it's, uh, Bucky or Backpack.
Yeah.
My money's on Bucky.
Yeah, I think so too.
I think my, I think my money's on Bucky.
Bucky's been, uh, Bucky's Bucky's man. Yeah. What?
Yeah. He's been going to Bucky's. That's right. Yeah. Fuck yeah. All right. Well, Fat Bear Week, we got to stay tuned and see who's going to win this. Um, but yeah, man, guys, Andy, that's all I got.
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On today's episode, Andy & DJ discuss President Trump's appearance at the United Nations, delegates walking out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stage, Trump welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States, and reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico regaining access to the White House.