COGB Episode 4: A New Podcast

The speaker talks about various topics, including their experiment and their dislike for certain groups of people. They mention upcoming discussions on La Liga and the Women's World Cup, as well as news on anti-flag. They touch on subjects like the Proud Boys, Andy Ngo, and cruise ships. They talk about a rent strike happening in Eugene, Oregon, and mention the possibility of police intervention. They also discuss the controversy surrounding anti-flag and their response to allegations of sexual violence. Welcome to my latest experiment. This is a big one, the one I've been waiting for all my life. Yeah, well history is gonna change. Alright, listen up. I don't like white people. I hate rednecks. You people are rednecks. Hello, I'm coming for you. The reality of galactic progeny. How are you? How are you? Yay! Hello! It's been a month. You guys still, you know, think you're gonna make it through? Through the year, through life, oh boy. We'll take it one at a time, right? I mean, yeah, we'll see. We'll see how it goes. Well, you know, like John Garneal said, I'm gonna make it through this year if it kills me. Yes, yes. That's the spirit. Okay, so I think we've got lots to talk about, or at least I do. I've just been, I actually did good this month. I wrote a script for one thing, and it's really long, so I apologize in advance. That's gonna be about La Liga and the infamous kiss after the Women's World Cup. Got more news on anti-flag. Yay! Yeah, we'll talk about that in a second. There are some things that I just want to kind of do up front to get it out of the way, so that way there's just like one content warning. Right. And just be like, hey, look at all this bullshit. Yay! It's like a saga at this point, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. And then other things came out for other people who have either stood up for a rapist in some way, or somebody who was just found out to have raped people. Yeah. And then I want to talk about the Proud Boys and their L's real quick, as well as Mr. Andy Ngo. Oh. Oh, no, I just need to talk about his L that he took in Portland court. Fantastic. Yeah, it was a good one. It was fabulous. So, but what do you guys got? One of my subjects I didn't get enough information on, so we could cover that maybe next month. But I would like to talk about this little thing and line of reasoning regarding cruise ships. Also, the Tennessee Titans. I want to talk about names and birth rates with regard to Elon Musk. And it actually, it's less about, it's mostly about names. And then also the commonly employed oversharing as manipulation tool when it comes to folks in leftist spaces. Ah, okay, okay. Dan? I actually have nothing because the world is perfect. We've solved all of our problems. Yeah, we're just nitpicking at this point. We are in the wrong dimension. And I am utterly satisfied with all aspects of the world around me. So you're in the Berenstain universe, I see. Yeah. Everything is fine and normal. I've been affected by a certain very well-known time wizard from South Africa who died in jail, as we all know. Right, right. That's good then. That means you've got money coming, right? You followed the code all the way? Yeah. You've been cleared, right? Yeah, I actually put all of my money into Iraqi Dinar. Ah. Which I'm told is going to be worth a whole lot of money soon. Cool. Well, okay. I think we can get started on this. The first thing that I really actually want to talk about myself, and I'm sorry, I apologize. I don't like going first. But I spoke with a really good friend of mine up in Eugene, Oregon. And he was telling me about something that's been going on there for a month and a half almost. Almost two months. There's been a rent strike going on up there. And there's three homes. It's a pretty narrow area. At least two of the three people in the homes are on rent strike against their landlord for repairs and all those other cool things. The Eugene PD came in and did their typical thing back around the 4th of July. Kicked everybody out, put up a fence around the properties. And all these people who were part of the rent strike with them, because they had supporters and everything, they came back after that, tore the fence down, got everybody's stuff back in, and then built up a barricade along with that fence in front of that barricade. Dang. So it's theirs now, right? Uh-huh. Eugene PD finally gave a ultimatum that Sunday night at 1159, they will clear the property out again. They've got, what, till midnight Monday morning. Hmm. And they are hunkered down, waiting for it to happen. There's going to be, I guess, some kind of a gathering tonight where they're going to be giving out information and seeing if other people would like to come and join them or at least maybe learn about what's going on. And then Sunday they're just going to defend the property from the police. Wow. And what's funny is that, you know, as he and I were talking, Eugene isn't, like, a big, giant town. It's about two miles south of Portland. And did I say two miles? No. No, you silly man. Two hours. That's what that is. It's two hours. Well, I mean, it's depending on how fast you're going. Both can be true. Absolutely. Dan, you know about that. You've got the time travel friend going on. I don't have a bullet train friend, though. Oh, okay. My bad. I thought it was kind of like both things. You know, that's my misunderstanding. I'm sorry. The bullet train is still tied up in legislation here. Oh, yeah. Cool. Let's not talk about this. Yeah. But at any rate, where was it that I was going with this? Oh, the other side of the river. Because the police, the Eugene police probably don't have the firepower to do this on their own and or don't want to do it so as not to, you know, have egg on their face. So they will probably bring in the next city over to handle this. That next city is Springfield, Oregon. And that is the Springfield of Simpsons fans. It is. It is. The actual Springfield, yeah. Yeah. So we will see what happens. My friend will contact me, you know, after it all goes down Sunday night. And we'll have another report back next month. Wow. And maybe we'll bring him in so he can discuss how it all went down and what all we can learn from it. Wow. Yeah, it sounds intense. Yeah. It's a pretty big deal. I get from what he's saying is that Oregon or Eugene hasn't really ever done anything like this. And now with all these new radicals coming out, new anarchists and socialist groups, et cetera, being sprung up all over the place, that they've kind of settled arguments for now so that way they can all coexist on this thing and have a unified front. That is a good way of doing things. Yeah, yeah. Unless, of course, they're taking people out. Yeah. We don't need their help. Their help is an end of a noose for us. Exactly. Been feeling that for a few days. Yeah. Cool. So like I said, I'm trying to do my best not to take up all of this beginning time. But this will be where the big contact warning comes in. So if you want to head out and fast forward a little ways, please do so. So anti-flag updates. The first thing I want to do is read the initial ban statement, minus Justin because Justin wasn't part of it, and then read the second statement to you that they put out about a week and a half, two weeks ago. So the initial statement reads, A core tenet of the banned anti-flag is to listen to and believe all survivors of sexual violence and abuse. The recent allegations about Justin are in direct contradiction to that tenet. Therefore, we felt the only immediate option was to disband. We have been shocked, confused, saddened, and absolutely heartbroken from the moment we heard these allegations. This is the cringy part. While we believe this is extremely serious, in the last 30 years we have never seen Justin be violent or aggressive toward women. This experience has shaken us to our core. We understand and apologize that this response may not have been quick enough for some people. This is new territory for all of us, and it is taking time for us to process the situation. It was a privilege for us to be in the banned anti-flag. As we seek to find our path forward, we wish healing to all survivors, Chris, Chris, and Pat. That was shitty. They didn't even have to say that part. Like, they could have just not put that in there. I mean, we never saw him do this, but... Yeah. Like, come on, dude. Yeah. Like, I had to read it just because that last part, I'm just like, why? It started out strong. Yeah. Yeah, you could have stopped it at, the moment we heard these allegations, we believe you, peace out. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. That's all you need. Yeah. So after they got shit for that statement, which is good. Rightfully so, yeah. Yes. They released a second statement. Okay. Here we go. In light of the recent article in Rolling Stone magazine, to Christina, Jen, Molly, Rebecca, Suzanne, Matt, Suzy, Stephanie, Karina, Ella, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Tally, those are all the victims that have come forward as of yet. We would like to say thank you for your courage in sharing the pain you have experienced. And to others who may yet come forward, while you don't owe anyone your story, please know that you are not alone and that we believe you. To Justin, we believe you are very sick and in need of serious professional help. We want to have compassion and have faith in restorative justice, but fuck you for hurting so many people, not just the ones who have bravely come forward, but anyone still carrying their pain internally. Fuck you for exploiting the work of the band and the many people associated with it for so long. As many predators do, it appears you used our beliefs as a cover for egregious activities that you clearly knew we would never condone. To everyone, we collectively and individually still have far more questions than answers in this moment. We have been learning of and processing all of this information in real time. We trusted Justin greatly and are now learning that we were deceived, lied to, and kept in the dark for the entirety of our association. As more details have been shared since the release of the podcast, we have been waiting for Justin to do the right thing. Given his lack of contrition in any meaningful way, it is very clear that he is absolutely not the person we were led to believe him to be. End of statement. Okay. So, one, you could have said that, like, initially. Yep. Which makes this feel really, like, ass-cover-y. Yes. And it fucking pissed me off. I couldn't... I... I... I get it. They fucked up with the initial statement. But you could have just come back and been like, hey, you know what? We absolutely fucked up with that statement. We apologize. There's a reason why we're breaking up. Reach out to us if you want anything else. Or some kind of support. Yeah, it seems like a little too focused on the predator and, like, going at him than really talking about the victims, which I don't know if they needed to individually name them. I don't know how the victims feel about that, but... Yeah. That feels a little icky. Yeah. Yeah. Cool and good. They're still fucking it up. Wow. I'm sure there will be another statement to combat the reaction they got to the second one. Yeah. Yeah. And I will not ever read Justin's statement. No. Because it's the typical, woe is me... I was not myself. I was this. There's not even I was not myself. It straight-up fucking denies that anything ever happened. Oh, man. So it's like, wow, dude. Wow. It's like these shitty dude apologies, in quotes, are just like a dime a dozen at this point. Like, you can tell they don't believe that they're actually wrong, and they don't take the time to step away and do the work to prove or show that they are trying to change going forward or reconcile or anything like that. It's just always the same every fucking time. Yeah. And it's like, you would think, after so many times of seeing these same type of statements, ad nauseum almost, that you would sit back, take your time, and write a statement. I understand that you can't take too much time, but you can at least have somebody who, a psychologist, something like that, look at your statement and say, OK, you need to change this. You need to make this stronger. And once that's done, put it out. Whenever these people apologize or issue statements or whatever, all they do is center themselves. Mm-hmm. And that just shows that they still just, like, don't get what they did or, you know, the extent of the damage that they've caused. And that just proves that, I don't know if they're capable or at least not willing to step back and be like, oh, you know what, this isn't about me. Well, it is, but it's not about how I wasn't myself or I was off my meds or I was, I don't know, I was just whatever, whatever excuse they want to make instead of them just being, like, a predatory asshole. You know, it's like you need to center the victim. That's always how it should be. I don't know if individually addressing them in public is the way to go. Yeah. That would depend on the victims. But there have been plenty of examples on shitty supposed, quote-unquote, apologies, how not to make them. We've seen just a glut of crappy ones. At least look at that and then look at yours and be like, oh, is there room for improvement? Or do you even mean what you're saying so you don't care how it comes across? Yeah. It's just really upsetting. So there would be only one thing left that I'm going to speak with the both of you about because, well, you'll see. The second shitty thing, the whole stars aligning for shittiness, Russell Brand and, of course, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis. So Friday night, Russell Brand took to Twitter to head off what was going to be reported on Saturday. Accusations of rape and sexual misconduct for women, including one who is just 16 at the time, have accused the actor. The accusations span a seven-year period from 2006 to 2013, during which time Brand was married to singer Katy Perry from 2010 to 2012. Among the most serious allegations involves a woman who, at the time of her three-month relationship with the then 31-year-old, was allegedly 16 years old. According to the woman, Brand was emotionally and sexually abusive during their time together. She also claimed that Brand, who referred to her as the child, asked her to read passages of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Another woman came forward with an accusation that Brand raped her in his Los Angeles home in 2012, while a third woman said she was sexually assaulted by Brand, who then threatened her with legal action if she ever went public with the encounter. So far right-wing crypto fucking conspiracy lightning rod, Russell Brand is a piece of shit. Wow. Lolita though, really? Right. He's so intelligent. Here, read Lolita. Oh my gosh. I mean, I've always made the point that Russell Brand looks like if you touched him, he'd just be sticky. Yeah, he does. Yeah, he looks like a tacky person, you know. But it's like, I can't even say I'm surprised or anything. It just seems like these days, it's like you're just waiting for the shoe to drop, like, with everyone, it seems. Yeah. Yeah. Geez, if you go back and watch the Katy Perry movie, and the stuff that she says about him, and the stuff that he does on camera, you're like, I don't know about this guy. Right. He looks sticky. He looks like, and this is in no way, do I mean, offense to anyone who uses particular drugs, but Russell Brand looks like don't hug him too closely because you might get stuck with a rig. I personally never liked him, so I do have a bias here. But yeah, it's just like, you see these allegations on him trying to head them off. Right. Like, what even is that? It's like damage control much? Yeah, because you know it's true. Exactly. And again, his statement is one of those of, I never did anything like that. Blah de blah, I'm not even going to get into the rest of it. Right. That was it. Right. So. I read this story and before I really knew what was going on, I had seen his video and I think I watched like a little bit of it because it looked like he showered. And so I was like, okay, maybe this is worth looking at. And then he had said something about how like all of the relationships and or relations I've had have been 100% consensual. It's like, okay, but with a 16-year-old. Yeah. 16-year-old can't give consent. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. And that is the, excuse me, I'm going to put on my libertarian glasses real quick. The age of consent. Gotta take those off real quick. Okay. Gonna bleach my eyeballs. Oh, geez. It's just, oh, I mean, 31, dude. Yeah. Yeah. 31 with a 16-year-old. And I didn't even look up how old he is now, but I'm figuring he's got to be in his 40s or something. So because, yeah. So I was just like, I was like, oh, God damn. It's just that power dynamic. Yeah. It always goes back to them. I'm the famous one. I'm the this, I'm the that. Don't you want to be with me? If you do something, I'll ruin your life. You know, if you mention it, I'll make things hell for you. Yeah. I have the money to cause you harm if you try to cause me harm. Exactly. No one will believe you. I am everyone's sweetheart. They got me to the Greek, blah, blah, blah. You know, it's like, come on. Don't you remember that terrible movie I was in? Which one? Which one? What's that movie? Get Him to the Greek? No, there was another one. There's a beach one where they wrote the vampire? Yeah, it was like a Sarah Marshall. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. It was a romantic comedy. What was it called? Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Oh. That's right, because there's another podcaster called Sarah Marshall, and she is always confused for a movie character. Oh. Yeah. No, and honestly, that's the only Russell Brand movie I've ever seen. I never watched anything else with him in it. I saw it. I saw a stand-up special of his. It would have been the 2000s, maybe, early 2010s. Yeah. And he pretty well places himself in, I'm a sex addict, and et cetera, et cetera, which, of course, is not a thing. That sounds like a disclaimer. That sounds like, hey, I'm a sex addict, and then people are like, you assaulted me. He's like, I told you I'm a sex addict. I am sick with this. Yeah. But, yeah, no, he can definitely do what Danny Masterson did. Walk off the prison? Yeah. Try to fight these people in court. Yeah. What is it, like 30 years, 33 years he got? He's 30 till right. Yeah. He is in there until 2053 at least. Yep. Well, he's trying to appellate, so let's wait until the appellate court does their thing. Yeah. Or appellate, however it is you want to say that word. Appellate. Yeah. Applegate. Applegate. That works, too. Pretty sure that's going to be coming around soon. But, at any rate, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, they wrote character letters for said rapist, Danny Masterson. Oh, I should include guilty rapist. Said guilty rapist, Danny Masterson. I did a couple other people involved with that comedy show. Yeah, I know. Who was it? Deborah Jo Rupp. She played Kitty. Oh, yeah. I remember that. I forgot about her, and that one astonished me because I'm like, what are you doing? I don't think anybody really latched onto her, from the best of my knowledge. Everybody just kind of looked at Ashton and Mila. Also, they're latching onto them because Mila and Ashton Kutcher have that quote, unquote, heavy, and I mean fucking heavy air quotes on anti-sex trafficking organization, THORN. Yeah. So they're supposed to be the poster children for advocating against sexual violence and for women's rights and shit. And Mila Kunis also starred in a movie that was on Netflix, Luckiest Girl Alive, I think it was, or something like that, where she plays a victim of, yeah, she was a victim of rape. So it's like people are scrutinizing them extra heavy because they're supposedly all about protecting girls and protecting women from predators and all this bullshit, and here they are fucking taping for one. Right. I think that just yesterday that Ashton had stepped down as his position or lead for that THORN organization due to the blowback they've gotten from their support of Dani. Yeah. THORNs, they don't do anything of value anyways. Right. So it's good either way, but it's still shitty that, you know, they're supposedly preaching this message and then they fucking go and do that shit. They're just like, it was an error in judgment. Like, really? That's all you're going to chalk it up to be? Right. Error in judgment? Yeah. No. And on top of that, I mean, not to say that that's lesser than, but THORN is even an anti-sex worker organization. Like, that's their whole go-to is, oh, if we stop sex work, then there will never be any more child trafficking. And it's like, it doesn't work that way. Yep. And that makes me very angry as a former sex worker as well. But yeah, you guys touched on everything else that I had. So cool. The only other thing I was going to read was their stupid statement because it's absolutely gross. And it's only little bits and pieces of it, not even like the whole thing. But, you know, fuck it. I haven't heard any of it. Okay. I didn't bother because all I had to hear was in support of and character witness, I was like, I'm not going to bother reading or hearing anything you have to say. You all suck. But I want to hear it just for shits and gigs now. Okay. I think my favorite part of it that I didn't put into my little notes was at one point they said, our letters were never meant to be read outside of court. We wrote them in our diary, you guys. These are live journal entries. Period. Like that stuck with me. I didn't even write it. I was just like, why would you? That is gross. We didn't mean to. You weren't supposed to catch us being terrible people. Shit. At any rate, it goes on. The letters were not written to question the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of the jury's ruling. Kunis said. The letters were not to undermine the testimony of the victims or re-traumatize them in any way. We would never want to do that. And we're sorry if that has taken place. We support victims. We have done this historically through our work and we'll continue to do so in the future. Kunis concluded their message by saying, our heart goes out to every single person who's ever been a victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or rape. There you go. Except for Danny Masterson's victim. Correct. In asterisk. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, cool, guys. Oh, God. It was worse than I thought. Yeah. I mean, I knew it was going to be bad. It was even worse than I thought. Right. You got that confirmation. Yeah. I'm like, well. Danny Masterson can do one good thing that someone in his position can do, which is what that guy from Glee, when he got convicted, or was going to be convicted, decided to stop living. Yeah. So, kill your local rapist? Can I say that? Yeah. Is that what you're going to say? If you happen to be your local rapist, same statement. Oh, man, there's going to be controversy with this one. I said the magic word. Yeah, you did. That's why I said unalive. You're supposed to say sewer slide. Yeah, sewer slide and unalive. And we can't say the R word. We have to say great. Oh, yes. Yes. Man, we're getting into Instagram and TikTok now. Yeah. Well, I have to because as a brown person, I've learned that. Oh, yeah. True. I'm especially not allowed to say those things. Two more things. I just realized I have the two more things. We've got the Proud Boys and then Mr. Andy No. So, the Proud Boys, they got their L's in the last month, taking big losses. Enrique Tarrio, we know him. He's the, quote, unquote, leader of the Proud Boys. Also, the snitch and the big one for the Proud Boys. So, congratulations, Enrique. He got 22 years in prison and 36 months of supervised release. According to court documents and evidence presented during the trial, prior to the events of January 6, 2021, Tarrio created a special chapter of the Proud Boys known as the Ministry of Self-Defense. Fucking nerds. They're so cringy. And this Ministry of Self-Defense included co-defendants Nordean, Biggs, and Rail. Part of this group, those defendants conspired to prevent, hinder, and delay the certification of the Electoral College vote and to oppose by force the authority of the government of the United States, blah, blah, blah. In the days leading to January 6, Tarrio and other leaders of the Ministry of Self-Defense hand-selected members of the organization, including co-defendant Dominic Pozzola, to serve as Rally Boys during the attack. Rally Boys? Oh, God. They come up with the stupidest fucking names for themselves and everything, and then the left can't meme. Come on. Well, we can, thanks to you. Yeah. The most dangerous people always come up with the silliest names. I mean, the fucking Grand Dragons. That's true. Look, I'm a wizard. I'm the Grand Cyclops. They are dangerous and murderers and terrible people, but God damn, are they just fucking... True. True. Good point. So daft. Rally Boys during the attack on the Capitol. To prepare for the attack, Tarrio and the other leaders established a chain of command, chose a time and place for their attack, and intentionally recruited others who would follow their top-down leadership and who were prepared to engage in physical violence if necessary. Previously sentenced in this matter were co-defendants Ethan Nordin, Joseph Beggs, Zachary Rell, and Dominic Pozzola. Nordin was sentenced to 18 years. Begg was sentenced to 17 years. Rell was sentenced to 15 years. And Pozzola only got 10 years. So 22, 18, 17, 15, and a 10. Way to go, Proud Boys. Well, Enrique busted. I think Joe Biggs, it depends on what the rest of the table has, but he can probably hit on a 17. Yeah. How about Joe Biggs? Yeah. Yeah, great, great person. Good dude. Solid guy. Backs hard. So he's convicted, sent to prison, immediately called in and talked on the Alex Jones Show. Because he was an Infowars employee, Joe Biggs. I didn't know that. Yes, previous employee of one Alexander Jones. Oh my gosh. That's absurd. I listened to the interview, and it's terrible. I mean. I can't imagine that it was of quality, for sure. You know, the standard, like, we were railroaded at the kangaroo court. They had no proof that we were planning this. Like, Joe, your group chat was literally called the planning committee. Come on. God damn it. They, like, printed all of the text messages and stuff, right, and presented them as evidence. Oh, yeah. Like, I was like, they don't have any proof that we were planning it. The pudding's right there, dude. It's like, really? You know, that's the whole purpose of going on Infowars and talking about any of this there is to incite that fan base into violence, and they're never going to look anything up. Right. Well, I hope that somebody listens and hears us laugh at them. I think that's important. So let's talk about Andy. No, and then I forgot I have one last thing, and it's also a quick one, but it's we kind of predicted the future. It's very weird. Yeah. So Andy No lost his lawsuit to Rose City Antifa, quote, unquote, because none of them were in Rose City Antifa. So, cool. He will not be getting $300,000 from anybody. And, yeah, he got fucked. And that's good. Excellent. Did he speak in court? Yes. Yes, he did. Was he using a fake English accent? I was going to ask that, too. Honestly, from what I heard a little bit, it's not like when he does interviews on TV. But, yeah, no, I mean, that's his usual thing. Yeah. Pretending not to be who he is and make money. So that's cool. But he got fucked, and that's all that matters. Yeah. I mean, he's a danger to our community. Yes, he is, Andy. He is a danger to our community. And he does also make kill lists for Adam Lawson. Yes. And now the thing that we might have predicted, there is that guy in Pennsylvania who escaped the state prison, right? And he was out going around for, like, three weeks or whatever. Yeah. Something like that. Before he was caught last week with the really silly aerial photo. Never mind. It was a really silly photo that the U.S. Marshals, they finally got involved. But before all that happened, Dog the Bounty Hunter actually put out that he was going to go look for him. Oh, no. The mullet himself. Yep. We brought him up last month, and he decided to roll out, I guess. Did we summon him? That's what it seems like. We said his name three times, and then he just, like, appeared? Yeah. Yeah. I've seen him in person once. Oh, God. I drove past him on the street. Me too. One, he reminds me of, like, what Hulk Hogan should have been in the 80s. And two, reminds me of, like, you guys with Russell Brand, of somebody who's just very sticky. Yes. Very oily. Like, that's Dog. He's more oily than sticky. True. So you go up to him, and you're like, what is that, baby oil? He's like, no, canola. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. He's not sticky. He's, like, slick. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. High gloss. Yeah. Covered in some lubricant, so it is maybe a little sticky, but still slippery. More slippery. You know what I'm saying? Like a grease or something. I don't know. Yeah. Maybe that's what the convict should have been wearing. He could have been, what? Ah, you didn't get me. Oh, that guy. There was something mentioned at a press conference with the sheriff there after they caught the guy, because that dude is a little small in stature. Okay. He's not a tall man. Some reporter in this press conference asked the sheriff, you know, at any point, was there a concern that he might link up with another short man and stack themselves inside a trench coat to escape? The sheriff did not get the joke. Oh, my God. That guy needs a Pulitzer. Something. Come on. Yeah. A daytime Emmy. Something. Some kind of award. Daytime Emmy. Oh, hell no. So, yes. Oh, the last thing, the very last thing. Fuck, guys. I am terrible at this, and I'm really trying to keep it in order, so I apologize. We have been challenged as a podcast to grow tomatoes in honor of the East Side Tomato King. Oh. We have been challenged by what I'm going to assume is our one listener. I happen to know we have at least four. Good. All right. Actually. Good. I like that. But Leonard, the guy who's hooking us up with money each month on our Patreon, and he supports us. So, thank you again. But he has challenged us to a tomato growing contest. It won't start this month, but we can get prepared for it. But I let him know that what we can do is we can see who wants to grow tomatoes amongst us, and so that way it's not just the entire podcast versus Leonard. So, if he knows that two of us are going to be doing it, he'll get to grab one other person, local, a mutual, whatever, and they get to, as a team, grow tomatoes. Okay. Is this for speed, or is this for, like, heftiness of fruit? Or, like, what are the parameters? Flavor quality. What are our metrics here? Exactly. My understanding of the metrics, as we set out, it's going to be, like, poundage and or amount of tomatoes. Okay. So, harvest yield. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, and then, after that, depending on where we are, we give them to homeless shelters or, you know, what am I thinking about the other day? Like, say, visit DePaul, Dan, like that back home. Okay. I was going to say just throw them in a basket and hand them out, because there's a pretty decent unhoused community just in our neighborhood. Yeah. And that can be done, too. It's not necessarily for money or anything like that. It's just, yeah, no, we've grown all these shit and tomatoes, and please have some. But then we get to decide who wins, and I don't know what the prize is. We haven't figured that part out yet. The prize is tomatoes. Yes. I think that's a good thing. Yeah. The prize is the friends we make along the way. Yay! Exactly. Exactly. The simple joys of growing something on your own. Yes. I will not be growing them on my own, though. I will be enlisting my grandmother's help, because goddamn, can she grow tomatoes? Yeah, honey! All right. Aw, all my green-thumb grandparents are dead. Aw, I'm lucky. I never had green-thumb grandparents, so ha! Wow, we are just all across the board here. So yeah, that's my only green-thumb grandparent. The other five are dead. I know one of them made a hell of a tomato sauce, but I don't think she grew them. Well, are we down? Who's in it? Who's going? Yeah, we'll do it. Okay. I'll try. All right. And I, too, will try. I will say I have a slight advantage, because I have been doing vermiculture, I think that's what it's called, where you just feed worms and they produce shit for you. And I've been doing that for a little while. And also, are we growing from seed? Yes. Okay. So, and that's the other reason why we're not starting it this month, because we're pretty much at the end of the tomato season. So this is going to be like February, March thing, I'm thinking. Do we even have seasons? I don't know. I'm used to just seeing everything all the time, year-round, and then not really having seasons where I live anymore, so. Arizona only has two seasons, hot as fuck, and then slightly less hot as fuck. Yeah. Like, that's it. Yeah. That's the same where I'm at up here in the high desert. We'll give it a try. Okay. I make no promises. Are we growing these standards out of a pot regular ways, or like those upside-down things that they used to sell on infomercials? That was never discussed, so I'm assuming, especially because I saw a certain thread underneath the post from Leonard, who is getting support from somebody with other ideas on how to grow these things. And so, I think any way that we can do it, as long as it produces plants, or fruits, right? Yes. Yes. All right. Yeah, we're in. Okay. Okay, Leonard. There is, we'll call it three, or should we call it four with Kat? Ours will probably be a joint venture. Yeah. Okay. So, you've got three people. Three and a half. Yeah. Three and a half. Three and a half. I'm a halfling, so it's fine. So, yeah. You gotta fight half a person as well. Sorry, Leonard. That's just the way the game's played, man. So, yeah. Leonard, go find yourself two and a half more people, and it's on. We'll start this at the end of February next year. I think that's when we should start it. Strike while the iron's still cold. Yeah. February in Phoenix should be only around the mid to upper 90s. I hate that. It used to not be, but yeah. All right. So, there's the updates. Updates, follow-ups, and new business. Attention. If you or a loved one was diagnosed with a bullshit job, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Bullshit jobs aren't rare at all, and they're linked to capitalistic exposure. Exposure to bullshit jobs in the Navy, shipyards, call centers, shopping malls, stores, fast food, and the construction industries may put you at risk. Please don't wait. Call 1-800-99-FUCK-CAPITALISM today for a free legal consultation and financial information packet. If you had a bullshit job, call now. 1-800-99-FUCK-CAPITALISM. Ted. Yes. Let's fucking do it. All right. Well, I have to say, I think my subjects, a couple of them are a little more lighthearted, but one of the cool things about this time of year, right, is that NFL season has started. And I know not everyone is into the NFL for various reasons, legitimate criticisms. I like to watch football, but because it was really cool to see Aaron Rodgers play for like four seconds, injure his Achilles, and then be out for the rest of the season. Like, who doesn't like that, right? I feel bad that I didn't get to see it, but I got to see all the aftermath of it. And I'm just like, ah, that's what you get for being a dick, you know? Yeah, he's like, all right, here I am to play. All right, bye, guys. So much for saving the Jets. Yeah. Also, another favorite of mine is to see how bad Russell Wilson is doing since leaving the Seahawks. He's my favorite lemon of the league. But most importantly, I was hoping that for the team, the Tennessee Titans, people are making implosion chants, because how can you not, right? Exactly. And like, my example is you're like, implode the Dolphins, right? It's like, come on, it's right there. It's right there. There's so much potential. People will be like, oh, it's too soon, too soon. I personally think we should have been doing it before we even knew the Billionaires were dead. Like, it's not soon enough, actually. Yeah. Yeah, so I really want to see that. I really want to see that. They should at least capitalize off of it. I mean, that's the American way. So, come on. You know, if the season goes poorly, I mean, it is the Titans, after all. Yes. At least by week five, if they're just utter trash, then, yeah, no, those chants need to be pulled out. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, because it's like the famous thing that every commentator says, oh, this team is imploding. Right. There it is. Oh, gosh. So, I'm hopeful for that. Yes. And another thing that was kind of interesting this week was going back to Danny Masterson and all of that. His abuses come to light, and then his loser friends wrote their character letters and all that stuff. People were talking about Toe for Grace, right, from that 70s show. Okay. Eric. And, you know, I don't know if it was still while the show was in production or afterward, but he didn't really hang out with his castmates much. And folks kind of called him, like, stuck up or aloof for him, you know, like, distancing himself. And goes to show, you know, he hasn't come out in support of Danny Masterson. So, yeah, maybe his aloofness was not, you know, so bad. But this person, when I was, like, kind of just skimming on Twitter, of course, the subject, this random person had said that they couldn't believe how many people didn't know that Toefer is, like, a nickname for Christopher. And I was like, well, I didn't know that. I just thought he had hippies for parents. Yeah. You know? Like, it makes sense. He's around the right age. Yeah. And I probably could have Googled him, but it's just another white actor dude. So when you know one of them, you know them all. Pretty much. Yeah. And it is a cool, like, original nickname. And I'm really stoked that he actually at least had the option to go by that. Because in less interesting news, apparently people have been talking about Elon Musk's biography. Oh. Yeah. And therein, it was discussed that he and Grimes had had a third kid together. Yeah. Yeah, right. Like, if there's one thing the world needs, it's more of their combined DNA walking around. God. And I'm not going to go after kids. I'm kidding about that. I'm not going to rip on the kids, because they don't have any say. I will absolutely rip on the adults. I understand that it's not their fault. But the names, though. Yeah. I mean. Right. I still can't believe I read it. Right. And so, like, you know, so they were saying in the book that their third kid's name is, I don't know if it's Makinicus or Machinicus. Mekinicus? I'm not sure. But it's just, it's so freaking rich. Because remember that Elon has a trans daughter who changed her name to reflect who she actually is, as well as to distance herself from her dad. And Elon was super uppity about that. And it's like, well, what do you think Tao Techno is going to do when he turns 18? He's going to change his damn name. And who would blame him? Yeah. Right? Yeah. It's, like, so funny because for someone who's so concerned about white birth rates, Elon is pretty much guaranteeing that none of his kids grow up and actually get laid as adults by naming them this way. Or even feel normal. Right. That and just having him for a dad. It's like masterful gambit, sir. Good job. It's like, it's so ridiculous. Because it's like, you know, just even as kids, like, when I was a kid, and I have a very common name. And just, you know, you go into, like, a souvenir shop at, like, Knott's Berry Farm or something like that. And you want, like, a Snoopy with your name on it or something. And it's like, you know, kids that just have different spellings of Catherine or Brian, you know, can't find their name. What hope does Tao Techno have? You know? It's so ridiculous. It's just, like, naming your kids as, like, just for you, just to be edgy, I guess. Yeah. And that's all it is. It's to be edgy and to seem like you're smart. Especially the one kid who's just all symbols and letters and, like, him and Techno, I feel just wretched for. I'm just, I'm like, you guys, if you make it out of high school alive. Yeah. Because kids are cruel, dude. Yeah. Man, it's so messed up, like. Okay. We're going to talk Johnny Cash real quick. It's one thing to name your child Sue. Because, yeah, it'll put a little edge on them. You know? It'll make them a little rougher, a little tougher around the edges. But these names will not do that. No. Like, ever. Like, ever. No. It's just, it's so embarrassing. And it's like, you know, Elon just wants to be the cringelord shitposter brilliant guy, but he's such a fucking loser. And it's like, this is just going to prove that. It's like, really? You're going to do this to your kids? If you believed in Elon Musk before this, for whatever reason, you have to seriously look at yourself now. And look at Elon and realize he is not smart. He takes nothing seriously, either. Yeah. Like, he doesn't have the intelligence to. Right. You know, because everything to him is some kind of game, be it 8-D chess or whatever the fuck you want to call it. No, you should not be taking this man, Tate, any of those motherfuckers. Don't take them seriously. They want your money. That's all they want. And it's just so gross because he has such potential to do so much good. Like, he could have fixed Flint's water. Didn't he say he was going to at one point? Whatever happened to that? He could be helping to fund rescue efforts right now in Libya. He could have helped with Turkey and Syria when they had the earthquake in February. He could be doing so much here. You know? Yeah. Instead, he just wants to play. Yeah. It's so gross. Yeah. And from my understanding, that's the way he's always been. Even as a kid, even when he came first to Canada and then to the States to do college, everybody he was around said that. Like, he just didn't take anything seriously. He doesn't have to. He does not have to worry about not being able to pay a bill. He doesn't have to worry about any kind of consequence. Yeah. I don't know if he actually can take anything seriously. Like, does he know how? You know? Like, if he got, God forbid, if he got terrible medical news, would he take that seriously? Or would he just make a meme from 2016 about it? You know? It's like... He would do that first, and then he would start going to all the smart people that he's friends with. So, fucking, oh, what's his name? The guy who thinks he's a wrestler and really sucks. And he hosted that terrible show that scared the shit out of people. He does a podcast, too. And he's not very smart. And he always brings on controversial people. And I feel bad for not being able to put this name out. I could see his face. He was on talk radio, the TV show. I have no idea who you're talking about. It's me. Don't worry. UFC commentator. Where is your ugly face? There he is. Is it not Joe Rogan? That is him. Yes. Oh, okay. Yes. So, yeah, he'll go to Joe Rogan and all these other weirdos and be like, hey, do you guys have any supplements I can take? Yeah, and then he'll get the best medical care in the world, because he's rich enough to get it, and still not, and he'll be around. So, really, the joke's on us in some gross way. Yeah, and he won't tell anybody that he got the medical treatment, and he'll just be like, oh, these supplements that these guys recommended to me, they were perfect. They cured me. Not the doctor from Cedars-Sinai. Yeah, yeah, right. Jeez. I feel bad. Not for him, for the kids. Yeah. Yeah, it's just a lot to endure. They're never going to have any privacy in their life, and on top of that, they have to deal with these names that they're given, and two stupid, stupid parents, because Grimes is an idiot. Oh, my God. I feel really bad for them, too. Grimes is a musical artist, there. That's all you need to know about her, for them. Yeah. Not to be rude. So, like, there you go. Don't trust Aaron Rodgers. Don't trust Grimes. Like, these people don't know what they're talking about. Right. They got to where they are absolutely with talent. Don't get me wrong, well, except for fucking Elon Musk. But that doesn't make them smart. Right. It just means that they knew how to brand themselves. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And it's just further proof that, you know, you don't have to be smart to be rich. Yes. Like we talked about last month. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. And another thing that kind of, kind of ties into that, because it does have to do with capitalist excess, I was reading an article about a cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland. Woo! And I was talking about it and just how, like, you know, knowing today, right, knowing a cruise ship's ecological and environmental impact, you know, how much waste they create, both with wastewater, solid waste and emissions, et cetera. You know, I was like, why do we even have cruise ships in this current literal climate? Right. And they're just, at this point, a shining example of capitalist excess. They're harmful, dangerous, irresponsible. And, you know, like I made the point, I can go get food poisoning and diarrhea at home for much lower cost, right? Yes. So, well, someone said, and I don't know who this person is, but they said, they're like, well, some people actually enjoy cruising, as a reply, like to justify it. And I'm like, well, not only do I not care, that's like a point that really doesn't carry any weight. No. I mean, people enjoy a lot of activities that harm nature and that doesn't justify them. People enjoy a lot of activities that directly harm other people. That doesn't, you know, justify them. You know, people enjoy the products of, like, heinous animal cruelty. And, you know, some people even enjoyed slavery. So you can't use someone enjoying something to justify anything else. I absolutely do believe that in the current hellscape that we're living in, you should definitely have things that you enjoy, that you can do, you know, carve out some joy during the day, you know, to help you get through the experience of life. Yeah. We don't need to go and get like floating cities that spread disease and just hurt the planet more. At this point, I think it's just irresponsible. Yeah. My feelings on this, other than, yeah, you're absolutely correct. This is something, cruises are something that I think should have been dead in the 1940s, maybe the 1950s. How about 1912? Right? With the Titanic, right? Hello. Right? You would think, oh, man, the biggest ship in the world just sunk. I'm going to go get on another one. Let's get another one. Yeah. Yeah. Ships sink. I know. Planes fall from the sky. I was looking up stuff the other day, and for whatever reason, I went down the whole of military universities, you know, the big ones, yada, yada. I had no idea that there is still a merchant marine university. Still? Still. I thought, interesting, because I thought that was like an old thing. It is. You can still be a merchant marine. Well, damn. Yeah. And I was kind of upset with myself, because, well, fuck, I could have gone to this school when I was 19. Right. Dang. And it wouldn't matter. It's not the big five, you know. It's not the Air Force. It's not the Coast Guard, you know. It's the fucking merchant. Yeah, I'm a merchant marine. They're going to be like, what? Wow. And it's pretty much a free education. That was the other thing. That's why I was like, god damn it. So it's still a thing. But, like, these are things you don't get. They just should not. They just should not. They should not be around. They should not be a thing. Other than capitalism, they don't do anything. They don't spread joy. It's not Disneyland. It's not Knott's Berry Farm or Six Flags Over Texas, you know. Right. It's so unnecessary. No one has to go on a Disney cruise. No one has to go on a Princess cruise or whatever. Yeah. It's purely just because, like, you can. It's just, it's beyond me personally. And then I was just annoyed that that person was like, well, some people actually enjoy it. I'm like, well, I don't give a shit because people enjoy things that directly harm other people all the time. Yeah. So that's not a good reason to do anything. No, I mean, that's the whole thing behind, you know, well, not all the time, but sometimes driving drunk. If I can get away with it, I'm going to do it. Yeah. Okay, cool. But, you know, you're kind of endangering life. Yeah, you're really an asshole. Yeah. Great reasoning, dude. Yeah. Good job. Big brain. Cool. And then, like, one other thing that I wanted to touch on, which is timely, but it's also something that has been annoying me for a while, because I've noticed, like, a repeated pattern, both with certain people and certain types of people. So basically, for anyone listening who doesn't know, I came to anarchism through animal rights. And I've been involved in animal rights at, you know, varying degrees for almost, I don't know, maybe around two decades at this point. It's been a while. The animal rights movement, since it has been an actual thing, has been, like, a prime target for government and industrial infiltration through its entire existence. And because of this, because that's how I came to know leftism and then anarchism, I feel like I take my OPSEC a little more seriously than a lot of people do, you know, which is fine. Everyone can do what they want. Everyone can put as much of yourself or as little of yourself out there as you want, as long as you understand it could come back to you at some point. And it just matters, like, you know, to keep your family and friends safe, me, you being me, to keep my family and friends safe. People have accused me of being suspicious. I don't think that's accurate. I'm just a little more, I think, infiltration-minded. And I've noticed different ways that infiltrators try to gain favor of members of various movements to get access to, like, our spaces. And when it comes to leftist movements, aside from, like, the obvious honeypots like CPUSA and PSL, it seems like there's this whole oversharing thing that goes on, right? Yeah. So, like, as a general manipulation tactic. And you can usually tell if someone is genuinely opening up to you or if they're, like, kind of acting like a character and, like, oversharing. And I think a lot of it has to do with so many leftists practice mutual aid. You know, it's an easy way of being like, look, I'm vulnerable just like you, that kind of thing. Or just to get money or, you know, gather information about people. You know, don't use PayPal. Or if you do, change your name, you know, stuff like that. And it's, like, there's just a lot of that that's going on. And it's, like, I'll put it this way. When I consider someone might be dishonest or might be not who they say they are, I have yet to be wrong. Okay. And I'm pretty intuitively pretty decent track record. And so I'll hold people at arm's length or whatever. And it's, like, it's not that I'm being standoffish or whatever. It's, like, I just don't want them to have more access to me than they need. And it's kind of, like, I personally need, like, two-factor authentication. You know what I mean? Yeah. Because there have been people, they're not on any platforms right now. There have been people in the past that, like, employed that same type of oversharing method. And usually, if you pay attention to what they say, you can catch inconsistencies because they're lying. So, you know, you have to lie, you know, to keep in line with your other lie and et cetera, et cetera. And I just think when you come across someone who overshares to a large group of people or the public, just kind of step back and go with their instinct. You know, if you think they're safe and fine, if you want to give them money, give them help, whatever. But just know that it's a well-documented method of people gaining access to our spaces, to our information, and then relaying that back to either police, government, companies, industry. Family members. Yes. Anything like that. So it's just something to be aware of. Especially when, you know, on various apps, people right now are, like, really trying to build community and, you know, kind of solidify bonds and stuff like that. It's like you generally know who the genuine good people are. But if there's someone that just seems off or, like, they seem like a character or, like, I don't know, just maybe the way they talk isn't always consistent all the time. And I know people speak differently depending on who they're speaking to. And that's normal and fine with everyone. But just, like, pay attention because I really don't want anyone that I know and care about to get screwed over by someone for being a good person. You know what I mean? Yeah. One thing that always has put me on edge, and again, you know, I might not have come directly from the animal rights movement. I know I came through Food Not Bombs, and that was my introduction to the animal rights movement, as well as Earth First. So, you know, that's where my OPSEC pretty much comes from, other than when I'm silly and forget about such things. And thank you for, you know, pointing them out to me. There are all these chains, especially on Blue Sky, because everybody feels very comfortable on Blue Sky right now, where they are doing, you know, take a picture of yourself, do a selfie of blah, blah, blah. And there's all these chains. And I'm like, like, I'm making the sign of the cross, like it's a vampire, you know. Right. Go away, you know. And I just want to go into it and be like, you people don't do this. Yeah. It's like, nice tricot. Yeah. Stop it. And that's the thing. It's like you're saying, people feel safe over there, because I think they just hit one million users, and it's still invite only. But it's not going to be like that. Yeah. And right now, like, I have invites. I can't give away. It's like market saturation. So it's like everyone that was going to go over to Blue Sky is in Blue Sky right now. And it's just really gross to see people, like you said, just doing these chains, where they're just showing their face, showing their name, giving, you know, whatever. And I'm like, what is wrong with you people? Yeah. It started on Facebook. We realized that's not a good idea on Facebook. Everybody moved to Twitter. It happened off and on on Twitter, but it wasn't like ever a big thing. And now, like you said, everybody's over on Blue Sky, and it's whoever wants to be on Blue Sky. And it's just like every other day I'm seeing it. Yeah. And it's just like, and especially, I don't know if you are current on Blue Sky drama. Because it's been a shit show lately over there where it's the same story. A man uses the platform to woo some women or be a creep or whatever. And then they, you know, they do a blanket apology. Then they like log off for three days. They come back and they're welcomed back by their, you know, their fans, basically. It's the same like a celebrity worship that happens on Twitter where people are absolved of all of their sins. Yeah. But it's these big popular accounts, and they're the ones that are perpetuating all these threads and everything like that. It's just so aggravating. It's like you're putting your whole face out there. Yeah. You are giving the feds, local police, all that they need so that when you go out for that protest, or in my friend's case up in Eugene, you go out for that rent strike, they know who to look for now. Yeah. They can find you. Yeah. Unless you go in black or some way to cover your face or some way to, you know, all that different types of clothing that you can use to fuck around with video surveillance. They're going to find you. They're going to know exactly who you are, what you look like, and they're going to be like, okay, you're one of the organizers. Yeah. And it just goes back to like I said, it's like, you know, put whatever you want of yourself out there. But understand, especially if you are going to get into any kind of organizing or protesting or anything like that, they will find what they can and what they need based on just what you're putting out there. Case in point, the Proud Boys. Exactly. So, you know, it's just like, it's really ridiculous. And people need to just think about, I don't want to say think about what they say, but yes, but also what you're putting out there as far as identifying things like tattoos. If you have a unique eye color, anything like that, you know. Yeah. You have to do a risk assessment. Doing this, what will happen? And you have to keep that risk assessment or updated constantly because even though you think it's one step ahead, it's not that far for the state to be like, oh, see, this is what they're doing now. It's not that hard. Just look at everything that's going around with you. And if you're part of actually organizing something, then don't. Yeah. If you know you're not going to be going out and you're just going to be cheering everybody on from home or partaking in some other way, you know, I'm not trying to admonish or down talk that. Right, right. But, you know, think of the people around you. Think of your family. Think of who you want to know who you are and do the things that you need to to protect you. And at the same time, like you said, you know, pay attention and listen to your gut. Look at what's being put out there because you might just have a tree pop up out of nowhere. Yeah, exactly. And usually also if you find yourself like doubtful of someone or you think that maybe they have an ulterior motive or whatever and other people are working to convince you otherwise, like it's their job to convince you, then that's even more reason to be like, wait, do you know them personally? You don't? Okay, then why are you on their PR team? Yeah, why are you here? Yeah. One of those things like back when I was doing some organizing, when we initially started, we threw around ideas of like, well, how do we want to vet people? What can we do to vet people? Do we just want, and when I say access, I'm not talking like, hey, give us your password or anything like that. Right. Do we just want to like verify things that are on their Facebook page and access, you know, their background through that? We want them to give us their real name and a specific area that they live in and kind of verify that way that they're telling the truth and can be trusted, you know, how do we go about doing this? So that way, everybody who's doing this is safe. And like, that's what you have to do. If this is your thing, if you are any kind of an organizer or anybody who's going to take any kind of action, this is what you have to do. Yeah. And it does come back down to like sometimes if you trust the wrong people, they will get you either in jail or prison or worse. Yeah. You know, by all means, use your best judgment. Go with your gut. If you think there's a possibility that someone is just not on the level, look them up and just go with your gut. Because we have incredible natural instinct for picking out bullshitters. So just listen to yourself. Yeah. And I think with the one thing that should be said, like a positive, and again, this is me not just going off an assumption, so cool. But it seems like it's working, though. Because especially when the feds and local police departments are saying, hey, you know what? We have no idea who these people are. We have no idea how to really make sense of them, no clue how to actually infiltrate them. Because they aren't organized in some way where we can, you know, step in and play the part of a leader or whatever. Right. Cool. We're doing good OPSEC. Yeah. But just don't for a second let your guard down and think, well, they're not looking anymore. Right. And another thing is, and this is actually timely because I actually had someone tell me that certain groups should work together. But if you are of one, let me just lay it out. If you're an anarchist and you take your personal identity and your personal safety seriously and you don't share your shit anywhere, do not go to a demo or a protest and hang out with people who do the opposite. Like when you have someone that is always taking pictures of themselves at actions, never blurring out anyone's faces, always being like, oh, I'm here doing this with all these people. If that's who you're hanging out with, it's just a matter of time before it's like your problem too. Yeah. It's always so hard to go to like liberal protests because everybody is always recording or taking selfies because, look what I'm doing, look how cool I am. Yeah. And like this is me trying to blend in and be like, get the fucking thing out of my face. Yeah. You know? Yeah. It's like they want that clout capital. Yeah. And you got even like larger supposed leftist accounts that really don't care if, you know, share pictures of other people or information about other people or even anti-Semitic count quotes. They just want the numbers. Yep. So just be careful. Like I can understand the excitement and the allure. I want to be part of this group. I want to go to this thing. It's, you know, for the betterment of workers' rights or whatever. Like I understand that. But at the end of the day, you got to watch out for yourself and just make available what you want basically to be out there for, like, you know, law enforcement to question you on is basically when it comes down to. Maybe I'm just overly cautious, but I feel like I've seen a lapse in caution. Yeah. Especially, you know, with TikTok and all these other apps popping up where it's like instant recognition, instant clout, instant gratification for doing something. Yeah. And it's like it's the same thing as like, you know, you know, like a live news broadcast. Like you don't know what's going to happen. And it's kind of like you just kind of have to go with it because it's on. Yep. If you're going to be overcautious, then not cautious enough. Agreed. And don't be paranoid about it either, though. Right, right. Don't fall into the, oh, everybody's a Fed bullshit, you know. Right, right. Just look what they're posting. Look who they, you know, see if you can get a feel for them. And like you said, trust your gut. Fur Free Friday marches in Hollywood on the day after Thanksgiving. See if they're wearing police-issued boots because that's a giveaway, too. Fucking idiot. Oh, no. So, yeah. Just pay attention. Yeah. Especially these days and especially younger kids because, you know, the 20-year-olds and stuff like that. It's like you've got a lot of life ahead of you and you really don't want to create like a paper trail, for lack of a better term. Yeah, yeah. I know everybody brags about, oh, I bet my Fed file is so big, you know. And, oh, hey, FBI man inside my computer, how are you doing today? I get it. Right. You know, be cocky. That's what we can do. I get it. That's a good defense. But be realistic, too. Yeah. I've just, I've known too many people personally that have been taken down by bad faith actors and people that tagged them on Facebook at a demo when they were in block or stuff like that. Like, I've just known too many good people that have been taken down by others who employ these terrible tactics and also take advantage of someone's plight. And it's just, it's a real bummer to see. And I just hate other people to experience that, you know. Yeah. If you or a loved one was diagnosed with a bullshit job, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Bullshit jobs aren't rare at all, and they're linked to capitalistic exposure. Exposure to bullshit jobs in the Navy, shipyards, call centers, shopping malls, stores, fast food, and the construction industries may put you at risk. Please don't wait. Call 1-800-99-FUCK-CAPITALISM today for a free legal consultation and financial information packet. If you had a bullshit job, call now. 1-800-99-FUCK-CAPITALISM One other thing that I want to add is that we're not coming from a position of authority in any way, shape, or form. We've made mistakes in the past. Mm-hmm. I know I did when I was still coming into this, and I still do on occasion. But this isn't to shame anybody or to make you feel like you're fucking up, because that's not it. It's to be like, hey, just think. Right. Just take a step back, take your time, and think about it. Exactly. It's coming from experience, and also it's born of love. If we didn't care about the safety of our comrades or other people, if we didn't care, it wouldn't even be brought up. Yep. 1,000%. Yeah. I have come across often as being bossy and telling people what to do and stuff like that, and that's definitely not my intention ever. Like you said, we're not telling people to do things. Injecting a different point of view or asking, hey, do you really need to post that selfie? Should I really tell people I'm doing this while I'm doing it? That also just comes down to, like, Internet safety, because how many times have we seen stories about people tagging themselves at a location, and then someone shows up there and harms them or something like that? It goes back to that whole, yeah, say you were at this location after you've left it kind of thing. Yeah. It's one of those things, and not to call anybody out, but if you ever wanted to learn really good OPSEC and learn tricks and techniques, other than talking to animal rights activists, follow sex workers. Yep. That's their job 24-7. Yeah. See what they do. Yes, they're posting photos and shit. That's their job. Mm-hmm. But they're also not telling you where they're really from. They're also not telling you where it was really taken at. Yeah. You know, you can guess and be like, oh, that's your room, and they'll be like, ah, yes. You know, but no, pay attention to what they do. Yeah. Because that is their job. Yeah. And they do it to be safe. Like, safe, safe. Yes. They're not doing it to—not all of them are doing it to stay anonymous or whatever, but a lot of them do it because people are gross. A lot of them do it because they have to and to remain safe. Yep. Dudes are tragically pieces of shit a lot of times. Yeah. Yeah. Especially white dudes. Yeah. So. So, yeah, no, Strike Corner. WGA, SAG-AFTRA, still on strike. No TVs or movies being made except by scabs. The two most notable being Drew Barrymore, scab, and Bill Maher, scab. Yep. Scum. Bill Maher, I saw a headline, and I pulled it up just so I could read it. Keith Olbermann, who is some kind of CNN talking head who gives a shit. Yeah. He had something to say to Bill Maher. He said, fuck you, Bill Maher, for bringing back this scab edition of Real Time with Bill Maher and called him a selfish and unfunny scumbag. So Keith Olbermann now kind of OK in my book. He's an interesting person because sometimes he has really great takes. Because he used to do ESPN. He used to be a commentator, one of the presenters on ESPN back in the day. And he started having, I don't know, emotions or whatever about certain things going on in sports. And ESPN was like, we can't use you anymore. And he started doing his own political thing at that point. And he's incredibly liberal, but sometimes he gets a little fire underneath his ass. So it's good that he got the fire underneath his ass for this one. Broken clock twice a day, that kind of thing. Yeah. Yep. And speaking of the SAG-AFTRA and Drew Barrymore, because I have found a little tidbit from Bradley Whitford on Drew Barrymore. And it's fun. Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher, people who are kind of resuming their show this week. I, I, yeah. Uh, yeah, you're fucking scabs. There you go. Succinctly put. And Kat just found something a little upsetting. Yeah. Jamie Lee Curtis described herself as Switzerland in regards to the strike. Oh no. And urged people to see both sides. Wow. Jamie, why? Come on. Right? Yeah. That, like, physically hurts. Like, out. Jamie, you can't be neutral on a moving train. Yeah. In the most famous words of Howard Zinn. Good lord. Oh, I'm looking at an article about it, about some of the most, the more famous scabs. Totally unsurprisingly, Kim Kardashian physically crossed the WGA picket line to get to the set of American Horror Story. Oh my god. So, in typical Kardashian fashion, just literally stepping on people to get to whatever the fuck she sees as beneficial to herself. Yeah, definitely her practice. At some point, we need to talk about them. I know it's old news. I just want to have a little segment about the absolute shittiness of the Kardashians. Oh yeah, I can go on and on about that. Cool, that's your job, and when you're done, hats on it. All right, a little more strike news. Oh yeah. The United Auto Workers are currently on strike. That's right, I saw that. Striking against the three major automakers, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Atlantis, who owns things like Dodge, Chrysler, etc. So, no cars being made right now. The last thing that I heard, they're set for 11 weeks. The previous UAW strike was 40 days. Okay. And the numbers I also don't have right in front of me, but proof that it's never about the money. To give the UAW what they're demanding in the form of pay increase and cost of living allowance benefits, etc., is somewhere in the low single-digit billions of dollars over the next four years. And the amount in lost revenue if the strike lasts 40 days is somewhere in the 20s of billions of dollars. So, those big three automakers are willing to lose tens of billions of dollars to avoid paying a livable wage. That's about right. Yeah, because I know this is also the same strike is about ending tears inside the union itself, where, you know, if you're new to the job, you get less than people who, when they started, got more than you, basically. They're trying to get rid of temp workers, make more permanent paid positions, and have those automakers help prepare them, the auto workers, for the upcoming transition to electric vehicles. Yeah, that's legitimate concerns and legitimate needs that need to be met. It's not like all these people who are like, oh, they already make 40 bucks an hour. Why do they need more money? Because if they get more money, that raises it for everybody else. If they get huge amounts of money, that means you can go to your boss and be like, hey, man, can I get 35? Yeah, you know, these guys who don't know anything, who just build cars, are getting 45. Or these UPS drivers who don't do shit are getting 45. And it's like, one, that's the power of the union, so fucking get in one or start one. And two, do wildcat strike. Fuck it. If you can get people behind you and do it, then fucking do it. I don't give a fuck. Get paid, dude. Get the bag, whatever it is you want to say. Fuck. Go for it. Make money. Feel comfortable. Quit feeling like you're a fucking shrimp on the barbie or whatever. You're not taking money from the boss. The boss has plenty of money. Exactly. If you take just the profit from Walmart for a year and divide it equally among all of their employees, everybody makes $200,000 a year. Jesus. That's nice. That's comfortable. And that's every single worker when currently they have incentive to keep their workers on food stamps. Yeah. Because the states made it easy for them to do that. They get extra government handouts if they have more workers. Yeah. The system isn't broken. It's working exactly as it was built. Yeah. Yeah. I was about to say, I know somebody who just posted that. Yeah, I do. All right. What else you got, Dan? I think that's all I have. All right. I got a few more things. So there was this guy earlier this week, CEO of some company. Tim Gurner. I'm literally looking at it right now. Yeah, that's the man, Tim Gurner. So, yeah, here's the man, the myth, the legend, the piece of shit. He was one of the originators of the if you don't eat avocado on toast and buy Starbucks, you'll be able to get a house. He's one of those guys. Oh, yeah. Tim Gurner, the flying piece of shit. I think the problem that we've had is that people decided they didn't really want to work so much anymore through COVID, and that has had a massive issue on productivity. Tradies have definitely pulled back on productivity. They have been paid a lot to do not too much in the last few years, and we need to see that change. We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40%, 50% in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around. I mean, there's been a systematic change where employees feel the employer is extremely lucky to have them as opposed to the other way around. So it's a dynamic that has to change. We've got to kill that attitude, and that has to come through hurting the economy, which is what the whole global, you know, the world is trying to do. The governments around the world are trying to increase unemployment to get that to some sort of normality, and we're seeing it. I think every employer now is seeing it. I mean, there is definitely massive layoffs going off. People might not be talking about it, but people are definitely laying people off, and we're starting to see less arrogance in the employment market, and that has to continue because that will cascade across the cost balance. Wow, yeah. He needs some guillotine off of his head. It's fun, right, to know that he's just like, yeah, no, this is our plan. We've been talking about it. It's cool. Don't worry about it. This is capitalism. I hope you die. It's hurting productivity, ignoring the fact that productivity is up, what, 63% in the last 40 years? No, no, no. That's just the arrogance of the workforce talking. That was my other favorite part. Yeah, we have to kill that attitude. Yeah. Yeah, no. Oh, and don't forget, they don't do much working from home now, okay? Oh, yeah. And we're the ones who got cocky about it, you know? It's our fault for going to an employer and being like, hey, you're making a shit ton of money, give it to me, and not, hey, you're making a shit ton of money and hoarding it. Thanks a lot, man. That's great. Fuck him. I hope, no, I will not say it because I don't, knock on wood, because it was a thought. So there we go. Yeah. No, Tim Gern, he's a developer of luxury apartments in Australia. Of course. Yep. He's been described by the Australian as an apartment wunderkind. Gerner said in May 2017 that millennials should not be buying smashed avocado on toast and $4 lattes in their pursuit of home ownership. You know, since he's such a big fan of apartments, maybe we should make his head apart from his body. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Big hugs around to our bosses. Everybody go in to your boss and just smash him in the face with a brick. How old is he? Because he's talking about millennials and, like, I'm an elder millennial. He looks like he might be in my peer group. I didn't see how old he was, but I know he's definitely, like, in our age range. Yeah, Ted. Yeah. People don't realize that, like, millennials are 40 now. Yeah. Yeah. And they're still going off on him like they are the fucking plague of locusts or something. Just do something. You'll get a job. Middle fingers in the air, man. Yeah. So $4 latte once a week. If you save that money, you would have enough for the average down payment on a house in 96 years. Yeah. So get on it. Yeah. Start now. So California's doing fucking California shit. And I mean in the good way, in the looking ahead way, not the, oh, man, we're fucking destroying shit. California passes legislation to let strikers qualify for unemployment benefits. Hell yes. So now it's just waiting for Governor Newsom's signature. So we'll see how he plans that one out because he is, of course, a business person and has quick ties to all the business people. Right. So even though it's passed the House and Senate, it might not get through the desk. We shall see. One other thing for California, in order to avert a big legal battle, the fast food restaurants of the country have agreed to a new deal where the fast food workers here are going to start at $20 an hour. That's incredible. So this is from September 11th. Cool. Hashtag never forget. Yeah. Fast food companies agreed over the weekend to pull a California referendum off next year's ballot that sought to reverse a landmark worker protection law foregoing a costly political fight with labor unions over employee pay. The deal between labor and fast food companies will result in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour in April and form a new council of representatives for workers and companies to consider pay bumps in the future, according to sources involved in the negotiations. So there you go. That is good. Cool. There are a lot of places that $20 is not enough to live where you work, but it is something. It's a start at least. Yeah. There are places in California where $20 an hour is a fine wage and you can live quite comfortably. Yeah. There are a few. Not that you can find easily, but yeah, no, there are a few. Oh, you will be surrounded by deer ant races. Yeah. In the middle of Woodlands, California. Yeah. And the mountains. We have those at the beach anyway. So little pockets. Oh, yeah. Huntington Beach. Woo hoo. Shout out to Huntington Beach and all their Nazis. Yep. Fucking dickheads. That's just going to lose. Your time is coming. Okay. So then my last thing. They are still on strike and they're doing like little strikes like here and there in front of Hollywood hotels and shit like that. Like the big places like you can think of. And they haven't won any concessions yet, but they've been doing this since July, where like every weekend, they're doing a strike. And they're doing a strike. And they're doing a strike. And they're doing a strike. And they're doing a strike. And they haven't won any concessions yet, but they've been doing this since July, where like every weekend, they pick a new, a few actually, like three or four hotels to go and pick it in front of. And the people inside that hotel go kind of step out, do their walking around and everything. And then the next day, they go back to work. And then the following weekend, they find other hotels and go and picket them. So it's kind of been fun to watch this go on. But a couple weeks back, Enter Miami FC was coming to town. And that is, of course, the new home of the GOAT himself, Messi. And so the union put out a letter to Enter Miami FC and said, hey, you know, these are the hotels we'll be picketing this weekend. The hotel that you and the team are planning to stay at is going to be one that we picket. So could you please pick another hotel? And the team recognized that and picked another hotel. So that's good. That is good. Especially when it involves Messi and fucking David Beckham. Yeah. And then they are still waiting to hear back from Taylor Swift to see if she's going to postpone her shows here in L.A. later on in the year. So that way she doesn't stay at any of the hotels that they're striking at. And, of course, nothing's been heard back from Taylor Swift yet. I doubt that it will. Yeah, she dated that fuckface dude. And, yeah. Which one? You know, the one that, what was his name? The most recent one that she only dumped because of the pressure of her fans. Well, not really her fan base, but public, you know, pressure from other people, you know, being like, hey, like your boyfriend is like being shit ass and fucking thing and doing all this, you know, really fucked up shit. Like, and you're dating this guy? The lead singer of the fucking band, the 1975. Oh, Maddie Healy. Yeah. And she only dumped him because she had to for her brand's image, you know. So I don't expect her to do anything as the goodness of her heart for anyone. Yeah, that's a good point. Her brand will not be hurt by crossing a picket line. Just her fans won't give a shit. They'll defend her the same way they've defended her for flying private jets for 30 minute trips in one direction, you know. I did hear the single best description of her fan base. Taylor Swift makes music for girls who give really teepee heads. You can ask her. Hey, yeah. Fact is fact, you know. Oh, my God. We are just picking on people this month. Yeah, we're being mean today. I don't know what it is. God. You know me. I'm always mean. Isn't that why you love me? I think the Gatorade isn't in retro anymore or something. That's out of the microwave. Someone took it out. Yeah. So I think we're all back to normal again. So, yeah, maybe this is just normalcy. Could be. All right. Well, that's the Strike Corner. Congratulations. Solidarity forever. Yes. Solidarity forever.