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I’m probably in the chat right now. Hasan, Hasan. Get it, Hasan is streaming. I’m just a gamer frog, of course I hate myself. If there’s just one stun lock more, my hopes will go up. You’re just a debate perv, of course you hate yourself. Every thought to justify your own
Self-worth to someone else. Again, what do I always say? Lost in the sauce, you can’t escape. How unhinged can one chatter get? Don’t ban him, mods, they’re our new pet. Can I find hope, can I debate, for this top of the hour break? Boss makes a dollar and I only make
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A fantastic one. Because today is a beautiful day. Today is a wonderful day. Today is a motherfucking Tuesday. That’s right. It’s fucking Tuesday, lads. And you know what the fuck that means. It’s fucking Tuesday. We’ve got a lot to do. We’ve got a lot to talk about,
Yeah? It’s Tuesday, the second day of the fucking year. Second day of the week, second day of the year. 1-2-2024, right. That’s right. There’s a lot to talk about today. It’s Tuesday, Newsday. We’re going to talk about the Haneda Airport. The earthquake in Japan. We’re going to talk about fucking Harvard.
Deciding to, uh… No longer have any gays in the fucking college, yeah? We’ll be talking about the fucking Israeli drone killing the deputy chief of Hamas in Beirut. Great escalation. Great escalation in a conflict, maybe. Turning it into a two-front war. Or maybe, just maybe, we’re going to be
Doing something a little bit different on this fucking Tuesday beyond the news, right? We’re going to be doing a fucking heist. That’s right. We’re going to fucking an American institution, an Ivy League, yeah? We’re going to be going to fucking Harvard and we’re stealing everyone else’s fucking theses, right?
Dissertations. We’re stealing it for President fucking Gay. We’re doing it. We’re fucking going to Harvard and we’re stealing. I don’t know why I sound so, I don’t know why I sound so Massachusetts when I do that. And we’re stealing the fucking dissertations, yeah? We’re doing it. We’re stealing the fucking dissertations
From President Gay. Anyway. Harvard. There’s no way to say Harvard without going Harvard. It’s heliophobic as hell, man. What do you fucking mean, lad? It’s Tuesday. I’m Britophobic. An attempt was made on the accent? Yeah, I know. Listen, it’s because I’ve been in Italy, alright? Let me tell you something.
It’s because I’ve been an Italian man for too long. I went to the motherland. I went to the motherland and it fucked me up. Um, yes, but we aren’t British, lol. You’re converting back into a Roman before my eyes? I mean, literally, I went from Italian to English, so…
Anyway, it’s Tuesday. We’re back to the news. I’m back on my bullshit. And yeah, that’s what we’re going to be doing today. Hopefully everyone had a wonderful night. This is part of the broadcast where I tell you a little bit about my personal news about what’s going on in my life.
In the world of HasanAbi Piker. But there’s honestly nothing going on in my life. I’m, I’m… Well, to be fair, actually that’s not true. There is one thing that’s also back. It’s not just that I’m back. It’s not just that we’re back. One other thing is actually back as well.
And that is… One piece updates on… Mugiwara! That’s right. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the One Piece updates are back. And let me tell you, I’m almost at the end of the Dressrosa saga. I’ve seen Gear 1. I’ve seen Gear 2. I’ve seen Gear 3.
I’ve seen hockey. And now, the culmination of it all, Gear 4. That’s right. And Dressrosa is almost done, baby. It’s almost done. And the blind admiral has geniflected to the king. There are so many twists and turns. There are so many complex dynamics. There’s politics going on inside of the navy.
Are there good cops? No. But there are cops in the sea that are motivated by at least some semblance of keeping and maintaining a presence of law and order. The only good cops quit, like the other dude. Ok. Smoker and the blind admiral are working on
Taking down, taking down the pirate warlord structure. How fucking sick. Yeah, Kuzan Alkiji is the only good cop because he quit so far. And honestly, honestly things are looking excellent currently. Things are looking excellent currently. Never ever trust cops. I called the cops to report abuse against myself and they arrested me.
What? What is happening? Oh my god. I gotta stop reading chat. I just have to stop reading chat. Ok. Kuzan Hussein. Yeah, Uday and Kuse Hussein. Let’s chat more gaming 2024. More gaming in 2024, but also more One Piece in 2024. That’s right. Dressrosa arc has been peak.
Despite the pacing issues, I would say Dressrosa, probably one of my favorite arcs, if not my favorite arc so far. Doflamingo, unironically greatest goaded villain. You have incredible protagonists, antagonists. You have it all. And now, and now you have the worst generation moving in. The machinations have set in.
You have Kid making money moves in a different direction. You have Doflamingo now incapacitated. Who’s Kaido? What will Kaido do? Why is Kaido so important? What about the four pirate emperors? Ok. There’s a lot going on in the world and it’s just, you know, it’s opening up. And I personally love that.
I think it’s great. I’m trying not to type words like F, mother effer, B word, S, and shit. If it’s a resolution of yours, why shouldn’t I try to help? Good. Great. Anyway. So, it’s just, it’s great. It’s great. Yes. Don’t forget, don’t forget my New Year’s resolutions. Don’t forget my New Year’s
Resolutions. Less malding, less reading chat. Be more easygoing. Be more easy-natured. I’m so happy you liked it, Jess. Rosa was hard to complete because I didn’t skip episodes. Yeah. How much time per night do you spend watching One Piece? I know nothing about it, so I’m just
Curious. Are you, like, binging it or one episode a night? No, definitely not. Definitely, oh, the other part that I was going to talk about is Cypherpoll 2. I mean, there’s a lot going on. There’s a lot going on in the world of One Piece, and I like it.
I like it a lot. There’s… Yeah, CP, CypherPulse, CP0. Why did they go over the heads of the top of the leadership in the Navy? What are they cooking, you know? What’s CPO cooking? Who knows? Anyway, what did you think about the Toy Soldier storyline? One of the best.
CPO is, no, not Chris Paul III. Cypherpoll is like their CIA, basically. And they work, I think, it seems like they work directly with the Celestial Dragons, the elite ruling class of the world, that kind of thing. The age gap discourse on Toy Soldier and his late wife? Oh my god, dude.
Oh my god. I hope you read this, Hasan. I’m 22 years old and long story short, I went through a long psychosis for the last few years. Lost my relationship with my friends and family. It’s been the hardest time of my life. Now I’m getting professional help and I’ve been
Able to clear mine and start to rewire from all the delusions. I give a big thanks to you for keeping me somewhat sane. Love you, man. Welcome back from Italy. Alright, keep up the good work. What do you think about God Usopp? It was hilarious. God Usopp is exactly the
Type of, like, subplot that I appreciate. Even though, like, Usopp is the Jar Jar Binks style comedic relief character that I don’t personally like all too much. That, like, there’s already enough comedic relief happening with, like, regular characters. God Usopp is, like… A great and clever way to basically weave
Him into a serious story where he ends up accidentally popping off. I also love when he actually does unironically use his sniper capabilities and he pops off in general, right? But, God Usopp is great when it’s like, God Usopp is a great addition. Because it’s like, you know, he like
Accidentally pops off. He does, his fear causes him to like, you know, win a battle or something on accident. And then, you are already close to the end of Dressrosa. How? I’ve been doing one pace. And, I’ve, like, Doflamingo’s down. Are you off-centered? I don’t know.
Anyway. Oh, also I have a new and updated kayak cam, which I will be revealing later. Italy is close to Palestine. Why didn’t you visit? Because I don’t want to be assassinated by the Israeli government. And it’s not because I’m saying like, oh, I’m so, you know, important
Or anything. Like, I think it doesn’t matter. Like, if you were to actually go into Gaza, which you most likely would not be able to regardless. But let’s say I made my way into the Rafah border and snuck into Gaza. I would be killed. Not because I’m like a high priority target
Or anything, but I would just be killed because that’s what happens when you go into Gaza. You get killed. Ace or Sabo? I mean, Ace. Yeah, I would be indiscriminately killed. Will you cover the Epstein list if it releases today? Does a bear shit in the woods? Is the Pope gay?
Question. Questions. All three of the answers to these questions are yes. Sabo is not over Ace. Ace over Sabo. That is, if Israel even lets you in its borders. Yeah, no, that’s why I said Rafah. Like, if I went to Egypt and then tried to go into Gaza. Not Israel and then Gaza.
That’s not going to happen anyway. Gaza is like… Gaza is like going outside the storm in Fortnite. Yeah. So, what’s your favorite type of Cheez-It? White. White cheddar. Anyway, alright. We’re going to start. Hey, thank you, TheMacy’s, for the playlist. Does Tin Man have a sheet metal cock?
That is gross. That’s worse than… That’s worse than the age gap discourse between Tim Mann and his wife. Are we getting a best tweets this year? I normally watch on YouTube, but I’ll throw a fiver for that one. I mean, we could do the best tweets and worst tweets of 2024.
Or, I mean, 2023. Thank you, Themaceus, for the fat playlist. Can we do umbands? ClassySmile2.0 My old account got banned over some bullshit comment. I think one of your mods needs to chill. All I said was Israel owns Congress. Classy smile 101. Can we do unbans?
Jews being CEOs just shows they’re good at business? What? My point is it has to be natural. I would welcome a gay kid and not fight it, but I’m not throwing Barbies at him when he’s 2 years old. Yeah, you didn’t get banned because you said
Israel owns Congress. Which, you know, is already like kind of sussy in general. But you got banned for saying like, you got banned because we were talking about kids. Like, and the development of children. And how, Jews aren’t default CEOs, please ban this guy. Safamet, don’t worry. They’re already banned.
You can’t ban him again. This is the… What is this? I watched a real-life lore video about why Turkey is a NATO problem, and now I’m certain that you’re a Turkish plant? Wait, that’s hilarious because I haven’t watched a real-life lore video about how NATO… Turkey is a NATO problem, but I talk
About how Turkey is a NATO problem all the time. Ugh. So, this was the worst 3 to 2023. Oh, Jesus Christ. That was bad. Yeah. Double ban him. You’re not doing enough. Ban him more. Grimes had a total banger at the end of the year. Yeah, I know. Anyway, let’s blast off and
Let’s get started because there’s a lot of news to cover. So, let’s do it. What? New React segment? Gay Army TV series? What the hell is that? Turkey is no NATO problem. Well, every country has their own interests in mind as usual. Have you seen Salt Burn yet? I have not.
She’s just proud of her skin color. Yeah, that’s weird as hell, man. There is music in the background playing, yes. Um, ok. So, um, Japan earthquake. Harvard ousts gay. Harvard pushes out gay. That’s a better title, I think. Cozy vibes up to a hundo P. I mean, it’s cozy, but it’s also like
Lots of news. You know, it’s newsy and it’s cozy. Trump off ballots. Gay is out at Harvard. Did you feel the earthquake yesterday? It was off the coast of Long Beach. No, I did not. I have not talked about Chappelle yet. South Korean opposition leader stabbed. Dude, Asian politics are out of control.
First, Japan was ShinzoAbi, and now in South Korea, like, what’s happening? They’re playing, they’re playing very different games out there. Or, I guess, no games, if you will. You know? Did you see the Infestation 88 Mickey Mouse game devs got outed as Nazis? Yeah, it was odd that it was
88 Mickey Mouse to begin with. I live like 30 minutes from Dave Chappelle. What did he do this time? Why did you say it like that? Like you’re going to go visit him or something. Please don’t. New board game to play on Steam. Yeah, stream. Yeah, I know. Finally, TrueAnon released their board
Game. We’ll, of course, promote that as well. Does anyone have a blast off meme? When are merch orders shipping, do you think? I have no idea. Chappelle’s new special is actually really good. I think Chappelle’s new special is better than his prior ones, but he’s still on his
Old bullshit. I suspect that there won’t be as much chatter on it though, because like at a certain point, it’s going to get to, uh, it’s too one note, you know what I mean? Like the more he, the more he hyper focuses as a stubborn old
Guy on trans people, It’s like, how are you going to be a trans man who’s misogynistic? Like, don’t forget your tra- don’t forget your factory settings. It’s like, depending on who’s saying it and how they’re saying it, it’s like, depending on who’s saying it and how
They’re saying it and how they’re delivering it, it’s like not a, it’s like not a bad, it’s not a bad joke. You know what I mean? So if there’s a capability out there of like making trans jokes that are, that are good and funny, right? And it still teeters on the edge of
Like, depending on who’s saying it or how they’re saying it, it’s gonna be, it’s gonna be received differently, you know? Yeah, if Greg Gutfeld says it, we off ourselves, that’s the difference? No. Greg Gutfeld says it, we off ourselves, that’s the difference is not, like, Greg Gutfeld
Would never be able to say something funny like that. Ok? Because like, transness, how is that not a transphobic joke even if it’s funny? Because transness is still a thing. It doesn’t change anything. You’re still a woman, right? Or you’re still a man. But like, it’s also a part of the
Concept in and of itself, right? It’s not supposed to be, it’s not supposed to be about, like, as far as this joke goes, it’s not supposed to be about, like, oh, you’re not a real man as a trans man, right? Like, that’s not what that is at all. Does that make sense?
Because trans jokes that are bad revolve around lol, I don’t agree with your gender expression, with your gender identity. Trans jokes that can be funny or good revolve around the acceptance of trans men, trans women, NBs in general, while simultaneously Not like acting as though it’s not a real thing.
It’s still a concept. It’s acknowledging what transness is without devaluing it or without saying you’re not a real person. Right? Hasan explaining comedy episode 105. Always. Every single day. But it’s fine. This is not like a big issue. I think it’s important to… I think it’s important to acknowledge and recognize
And talk about. Like, I don’t think there’s a problem with that as far as jokes, as far as yokes go. Anyway, it’s more like if Ricky Gervais says it, we roll our eyes. If Juniper says it, it’d be in the Twitter Hall of Fame. No, because Ricky Gervais is not, like, he’s
Not thinking about it. There’s a difference. There’s a difference. Ricky Gervais is not going to be able to craft a joke like that. Because Ricky Gervais’ jokes are specifically, uh, they’re specifically around not recognizing that, like, trans people are real human beings. It’s just, like, about how it’s always the
Same shit. It’s always, they’re weird, they’re gross. Do you understand? Like, there’s a difference between a recognition and acceptance of trans people and then, like, and then, and then pointing out With an understanding of transness and pointing out certain aspects of trans culture or what it
Is to be trans versus looking at it from the outside, not being even remotely interested in this culture, and just looking at it and going, that’s weird, that’s a dude in a dress, and repeating that over and over again, that’s the difference. It’s a difficult subject to broach and deliver
Good jokes on, especially because of how much legislation is being written and how shitty it is, like how shitty the treatment of trans people are in general, right? You made a funny trans joke some months ago about trans women picking Gertrude as a meme. Yeah, I’ve made a bunch of jokes.
About trans people, and it’s never at the expense of, like, across the board, the entirety of the trans community as, like, being devoid of humanity, right? That is, that’s the difference. Why are so many trans jokes anyway? I’ve barely interacted with any IRL. You probably have and you are unaware of
It. Anyway, let’s, let’s continue. Japan Earth Greek Harvard pushes out gay Trump off ballots. New Chappelle special. South Korean opposition leader stabs Jeffrey Epstein list. And more. Get in now. It’s Tuesday. Newsday. Like, do you guys understand the factory settings joke? Because like, it’s not about saying trans people,
Like a trans man is not a real man at all. It’s more so about the fact that a trans man being misogynistic is like, a trans man being misogynistic is shitty just like a cis man being misogynistic is. Right? But the difference is like, there is
Still a, there is still a very real part of being a trans man in that experience where like society saw you as something you weren’t. And yet, like there were still, for at least a brief moment in your life, there was still a reception from others and a conditioning even maybe internally.
Of you and the way that you were perceived as a woman, which then is like saying, you have personal experience understanding misogyny. I get what you mean. The joke is just unfunny. Yeah, ok. All set. Ok. You’re invoking someone’s trans identity to tag them as a joke. Don’t see how it’s not transphobic.
Trans men physically becoming enraged when a trans man points out misogyny will never not entertain me. Yeah, as a trans man myself, I see it as we are socialized as women and therefore understand firsthand how women face sexism. That’s the point. And that comes from an
Understanding of like transness as a concept and not directly and immediately pointing at it and going trans people are not real, they’re fake, and they’re weird, and they’re gross. That’s the difference. Alright, so, and the idea that like there is no humor to be crafted out of like transness and the trans
Identity like is ridiculous. Of course there is. There’s humor in everything and there’s certainly fucking funny shit revolving around like Or there’s nothing that you can draw out of that and find humorous is, of course, you know, ridiculous. Oh no, someone watched the Chappelle special, didn’t
They? Yes. And I’m actually talking about, you made a joke a few years ago about Blaire White paraphrasing, you can tell she’s a woman because only a woman would use her pretty privilege to shit on other women and that stuck with me as a good joke about trans people that wasn’t transphobic.
Yeah, I mean, the most basic joke that I used to make all the time is that like, Yes, trans women are women, which is why I’m misogynistic. And Stavros makes similar jokes like that as well. I’m a trans-inclusive radical misogynist. Like, those are, you know, it’s like shit
Like that. It’s a re-solidification of like the validating misogyny. No, it’s not supposed to be validating misogyny. It’s exaggerating. It’s an exaggeration. But it’s also a joke, guys. Like… Ok, and the joke is supposed to be the ridiculousness of TERFs in general, while also simultaneously, simultaneously reaffirming trans existence.
Um, anyway. Watched the Chappelle special and it was so bad lol. I watched for the Taylor Thomas special last year and it was so much better. Yeah, I mean, I think like this Dave Chappelle special was a little bit better, um, than, than prior ones, but like, it’s just still nowhere near as…
It’s still nowhere near as good as like any of his good work. Like, it’s just so, it’s just so sad. He is absolutely making, he’s just making material for reactionary dads at this point, which is kind of sad. And it’s not necessarily just like reactionary white dads, right?
Just reactionary people. And that is, it’s a thing that I’ve brought up quite a bit, which is you can’t make, you can’t look for applause when you’re doing comedy. You have to look for laughter. And the moment that you’re seeking out applause is the moment that you’ve lost.
Anyway, is he still trying to be Carlin? I mean, that’s like the thing. Carlin would never do that. And I’m going to actually talk about Norm specifically. Right? Because he brought up Norm in his special. It’s fascinating how a master of the craft encountered a topic he can’t excel
With because there is a fundamental flaw. A good comedian who is brilliant, intelligent, insightful, sharp, witty can tackle any issue because there’s something that you can draw out of. There’s humor that you can draw out of in every subject matter. Not Norm Finkelstein, chatters. That’s funny. Norm MacDonald.
Um, does anyone have a meme for the blast off chat or, or not? Norm was a conservative for sure, but he was also hilarious. I don’t, I don’t, I think people misunderstand, uh, uh, Norm. Uh, I’m not like his biggest fan. I will admit personally, but I don’t think
He was like, oh, all right, hold on. Let’s do this. Let’s blast off. Ok. Swear jar ready and waiting? No. No swear jar. But I will not be swearing in general, so don’t worry. Norm sees some fucked up stuff. You could literally take zero malice or
Hate in his words, that’s why he was great. I like that I, um, read the chatter who said fucked up shit, right? And I, I blurred out in my mind the word shit, but forgot the F word. Anyway, it’s hard. Chat is cursing too much. I’ve realized that like, it’s a, it’s a
Ouroboros. I curse a lot. So then chat curses a lot. And then I read chat. And I curse a lot, which leads chat to curse more. And that’s not good. Honestly, this is not good at all. This is a never-ending cycle of cursing. No more no-no words. No more bad words.
I’m not blaming chat. I’m blaming myself. Everything that the chat does is a reflection of the streamer. I recognize that. I know that. I understand that. Ok? The cursing is why people don’t want to mod us? Yeah, that’s why. The thing with Chappelle is that he feels victimized. He’s old. Yeah, we’re…
I’m going to talk about all of that. Wait, why are you trying not to curse? No, I think cursing is fine. I just use it too much as a sentence modifier when I’m seeking out words that I can’t remember or trying to craft a statement, and I use it too much.
I enhance my sentences too much with it. Alright. We’ll get started with the earthquake in Japan. Aftershocks continuing in Japan after deadly New Year’s Day earthquake hit Japan, and then also there was a plane crash that happened. A plane and a rescue plane collided. Let’s get started in Japan and we’ll go
To Dave Chappelle later. Burst into flames after it collided with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft on the runway in Tokyo. This new video shows the moment of impact after the passenger jet landed at the airport just hours ago. And you can see in the video the
Japan Airlines plane bursting into flames as it goes down the runway there. Five crew members on the Coast Guard plane were killed. The captain is in critical condition. The crew were preparing to fly to western Japan to try to help with earthquake relief. Nearly 400 passengers and crew were on the
Japan Airlines flight. They were able to escape. 17 people reportedly were hurt. Let’s bring in CNN’s Will Ripley. He joins us live from Tokyo. So Will, what’s the latest here? What are you learning? Rahel, just within the last couple of hours, the Japanese Prime Minister sending his condolences to
The families of those five Coast Guard crew members. The Coast Guard has a base right next to the Haneda Airport, which sits in the heart of Tokyo, just 15 or 20 minutes drive from where I’m standing right now. It’s one of the best airports to fly
Into in Japan because of its I know Israel made a drone strike in Beirut, Lebanon and killed the deputy chief of Hamas. I know. We’re going to get to that. It’s, of course, on the same runway. How did that happen? That is the focus and going to be
The focus of an extensive investigation here in Tokyo, a nation that prides itself on public transportation safety, a nation that’s never had a single fatality and decades of running bullet trains at hundreds of miles an hour. And yet somehow, for whatever reason, that reason to be determined, these two aircraft had a
Very, very violent collision that resulted in a huge fireball. Both of the planes The planes were in flames in a matter of seconds. And passengers who were on the Japan Airlines jet described black smoke filling the cabin. They were terrified. Parents, you know, trying to keep their kids as safe as they could,
Wondering if they were going to make it out alive. A lot of passengers saying they just didn’t think that they would, especially when the exit doors, according to the passengers, in the rear and middle parts of the aircraft were not working properly. But yet, through the front exit doors, and
There’s video of this that’s emerging on social media, people, one by one, streamed out of each side of the front of the aircraft, and in just a matter of seconds, all 400 or so people who were on that aircraft made it off alive. 17 of them in the hospital with injuries.
But an extraordinary thing, when you look at the video of that plane that was then very quickly, fully engulfed in flames, still smoldering on the runway. It took firefighters well over an hour to get the fire under control. Haneda Airport, a very busy hub, of course,
Shut down right now and likely to be shut down for quite some time as they investigate exactly how this happened, as they look into the cause of this. But still, the fact that so many people, hundreds of people were able to walk away, even as Japan mourns the loss of these
Five Coast Guard crew members, it is truly a remarkable moment at the beginning of 2024, which has been very rough for Japan, given the earthquake first and then this collision on the runway right in the heart of the Japanese capital, Rahel. Yes, certainly just a really dark period for Japan.
But as you say, just remarkable that hundreds of people were able to escape those flames. Will Ripley, live for us there in Tokyo. Will, thank you. Right, with us now CNN Aviation correspondent Pete Muntean. And Pete, when you look at those pictures, when you see that plane in flames, it’s
A near miracle that everyone on board was able to get out. What do you see when you look at it? What I see, and you see the impact there in the first two seconds of that video, is really a wake-up call, not only for aviation in Japan, but also around
The world, and especially in the United States. We’ll get to that in a second. Japan Airlines Flight 516, this was an Airbus A350, only two years old, What is really striking to me, Is the communication and the coordination by the crew that made this evacuation so successful. Not just the pilots, but all
Of the crew. The flight attendants especially. Japan prides itself on efficiency. They got these people out in a very short period of time. There you can see the two airplanes. And this big size difference here. A Dash 8 is a much smaller airplane. Although it clearly did a lot of damage
To the front of that Airbus A350. This is the first time an Airbus A350 has ever experienced a hull loss, meaning the airplane is completely destroyed. What is clear right now is that there was a huge safety failure here in a culture that is incredibly safety conscious.
The Japanese airlines had a spate of accidents in the 80s and 90s. They really cleaned up their act. But it’s also clear is that this was something where there was an airplane in the wrong place at the wrong time. No, Japanese, it’s not even just Japanese culture
In general, but like the way that it’s set up, there’s like a shit ton of redundancies for, stop, it’s racist. No, it’s not. What are you talking about? Same goes for earthquakes in general. Yeah, it’s racist to say like Japanese architecture is pretty incredible at mitigating some of the
Worst impacts of earthquakes as a consequence of being an island that is prone to being hit by devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. No, it’s just true. It’s not a racist thing. I’m all pissed trying to say you live in Japanese hood, what? No, it’s just, it’s a ridiculous thing to
Say that that is racist. It would be racist if you said like Rwanda’s safety measures are lackluster as a consequence of their culture because it’s not a cultural phenomena and more so material conditions at play there. With respect to Japan, saying it’s like Japanese culture or whatever is still silly because
Ultimately they just, um, it’s, it’s, but it’s not racist. How is it that some of the most earthquake prone areas in the world always have these lax building practices? What is this? Never missing out. Oh yeah, chat for you. No, I’m saying they’re pissed you call it
Safe. They’re trying to act like it’s harder than it is. No, there are issues with safety. Like, I don’t know why we’re talking about this, but here, let me explain something. Let me explain something to you. For example, there’s this like Twitter phenomena, right? Where like women will post about like how
South Korea is so safe and you can walk alone at night and it’s not a big deal at all. And similar things could be said about Japan as well, right? Similar things could be said. But the idea that, like, it gives you a broad picture, the idea that it gives
You the broadest picture that is perfectly correct and accurate is ridiculous. Yeah, South Korea’s president is an incel, like an open incel. What is really interesting here in the United States is that there has been incident after incident of airplanes in the wrong place at the wrong time on the
Surface of an airport. They are known officially as a runway incursion and we have seen seven of these incidents get so serious that the National Transportation Safety Board has been involved. JFK, Austin, Boston, Burbank, the list goes on. This incident really immediately reminds me of the Austin And why it was there.
So a lot of big questions here and investigators really have their work cut out for them, John. Let’s discuss this more and get more analysis on this. Miles O’Brien joining us now. He’s a CNN aviation and aerospace analyst. Miles, good to see you today. Unfortunately, certainly a dark day for Japan.
I guess they couldn’t get Austin on to do this coverage, it seems. You know, that’s what you get. We here at the HasanAbi broadcast have better experts, subject matter experts that we can bring on. Unfortunately, currently, none of my aviation experts are available, whether it be Murat or, ow,
Fuck, whether it be Murat or Austin. So, we’re just gonna, I’m just gonna spitball myself, but. Well, just, your initial read, I mean, what do you think happened here? Rahel, you know, there are many, many layers of safety built into the system, and we got down to the absolute last layer here
In this one, which was The possibility of an orderly evacuation. And I don’t want to, I think we can’t underscore enough how successful that evacuation was. There have been decades of work on the part of the FAA and other organizations to reduce the flammability of the
Materials that are inside the cabin of an aircraft. And this is an example here, I think, of the success there. That it holds off potential danger from the toxic fumes and the flames enough time to get passengers off if they listen to the rules. So, we can take that away as
A half-full look at it, but clearly there is some And how do they do that? Once they identify the causes here, walk us through how they officially investigate this. Well, you’ve got three main parties here. You’ve got the flight crew aboard the Airbus A350. You have… Definitely policy over culture.
I think it is policy. That part is not culture. I think it’s policy. And that policy stems from, I guess, cultural attitudes in general. But it certainly is policy over culture in this regard, yes. Apparently, the surviving pilot, the Coast Guard pilot on the Dash 8, the smaller aircraft, and…
And I assume some wires got crossed in that situation. And, I mean, we’ll see. We’ll see what happens. Like, they probably already know what the deal is. The cockpit voice recorder on the Airbus A350. I’m not sure if that Japanese Coast Guard craft was similarly equipped. We’ll have to see about that.
But the parties involved, the people who made the decisions in this case, are all present and with us still to sort of sort out what happened. Miles O’Brien, we appreciate the time and the insights today. Thank you, Miles. You’re welcome, Rahel. Turning back to Japan now, a series of
Earthquakes rocked the western part of the country. At least 48 people have been killed and 17 seriously injured, according to officials. Aftershocks continue to shake Ishikawa Prefecture and nearby areas just a day after a magnitude 7.6 tremor shook the area on New Year’s Day. Our Elizabeth Palmer has more.
A weather service camera caught the start of the quake. It destroyed homes, cracked highways, shook railway stations, and even set a temple gong ringing. At one shrine where people had gathered for New Year’s, it almost toppled the ancient stones. American Daniel Smith was there. It just started very slowly.
And everybody kind of left it off. You know, they thought, ah, this is kind of humorous, you know, on New Year’s Day. And then it was just a violent shaking. I mean, violent shaking. A tsunami warning was broadcast Monday afternoon for the area around the epicenter on Japan’s northwest
Coast. In the main town of Nanao, locals gathered on a hill anxiously watching the sea and waiting in the cold for either disaster or the all clear. Japan is still traumatized by memories of the huge earthquake and tsunami of 2011. I’ve seen that video so many times, the
One with like the black water. Just coming in and ripping all the K trucks away, that one is crazy. The old one that they just showed, the old video. What a way to start the year, man. Killed more than 18,000 people and caused one of the world’s worst nuclear meltdowns
At Fukushima. This morning, with the threat of a tsunami over, Japan’s nuclear authorities said its reactors were all fine. But large areas of the Noto Peninsula have been devastated. Mudslides and crumpled roads are now complicating efforts to find people who may still be trapped under the ruins.
And this evening we’re hearing that at the main airport, 500 people are trapped in the building. Some of them are travelers who simply can’t go anywhere because the runways have been too damaged for planes to come in and out. And others are just taking shelter there
Because they’ve been forced out of their homes. Lindsay? Elizabeth, what is the latest on search and rescue efforts? This means that John Mayer is currently stuck in Japan. And I’m not even kidding. There was, if I wasn’t going to Italy, there was a shot that I was going
To go with a couple friends alongside himself to Japan over New Year’s. Not a bad place to be stuck in, to be honest. I mean, not while a, you know, active incident is happening like a natural disaster. I mean, I would have liked it because I would have streamed it.
I would have gone to the, I would have tried to like, I’ve never actually done, you know, like a natural disaster stream. Bro, sit down. You’re making me anxious. What do you mean? Why? Why do you guys say Jesus today? I don’t think that’s like that crazy of a thing to say.
Because like, why would that be a crazy thing to say? It’s like, that’s my job is to cover the news. It’s, I like that you say content brain. Like, it’s not what I, not what I do. You know what I mean? You also, I mean, I’ve talked about like
Being a, doing a storm chasing thing, you know? The army has a base in that region. It’s a peninsula on the northwest coast of Japan. And those soldiers have been deployed along with health search and rescue experts to try and get under some of the buildings
That have collapsed. And of course, there is food and blankets and medicine on the way. But as you saw in those pictures, so many of the roads have been damaged that the Japanese authorities are being forced to think about helicopter or even ship deliveries to get
The right amount of aid in in time. We know Japan is no stranger to earthquakes. They have been working on fortifying. So was this region prepared for something of this magnitude? Japan’s building code is among the strictest in the world, and most buildings are, if not earthquake proof, at least earthquake resistant,
Certainly in the big cities. But this is quite a remote area, which means there will be many more wooden houses. They’re old, and they are not necessarily updated for the more modern building codes, which is probably why more of them seem to have fallen down than, say, earthquakes in bigger, more
Modern cities. Also, there are a lot of old people there who may not have been able to keep their properties up. And at least one man said that he thought his house had been damaged in an earthquake last year and he was on the list to get repairs done when this earthquake
Hit. So the structure had already been weakened and it just fell down. And Liz, as the country is recovering from these quakes, a Japan Airlines plane has burst into flames on a Tokyo runway. We understand it also is involving a plane to deliver aid for this other catastrophe. What more do we know?
Well, it’s tragic and it’s ironic. About 6 o’clock here, there were suddenly reports of a Japan Airlines jet on fire, very dramatically. You could see it had come into land and it was in flames. The shoots, the emergency shoots were deployed. Everybody got off safely. But it turned out that a little Coast
Guard plane, which was apparently on the runway just as the big airbus was landing, and there was a collision. And of the six crew on board, five have been killed, and they were on a mission to deliver relief to the earthquake zone. Tragedy upon tragedy. Elizabeth, thank you.
So if you’re just joining us here, we’re going to… Alright, we’re going to talk about, is it comfy to do socks or shoes on that? Doesn’t matter. You can do it with socks. I do it with socks instead of shoes because I’m too tall for my camera on
The standing desk. Like I can’t make the camera higher. So if I wear shoes, it’s like makes me even taller. So I’m like walking like this. You know what I mean? Alright, we’re going to go back to Israel now. For a brief moment, updates from the
Ground. Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri was killed in an attack in Beirut. Now, this is Lebanon. Ok. Israel has been striking Lebanon, but southern Lebanese positions and never directly attacked. I think they were desperately looking for a dub. That’s my immediate reaction. My immediate reaction is they were desperately looking
For anything that they could consider a dub. So they were like, who’s a target? Like, who’s a high-profile person that we can hit? And the fact that they did that in Beirut is kind of crazy. They attack another country land? I mean, they’ve done it a lot. They’ve attacked Lebanon quite a bit.
They’ve just never attacked Beirut. Beirut would be considered definitely a major escalation. Right? Like… I don’t know how to compare it with America, but it’s basically seen as like a given that southern Lebanon and northern Israel are taking pot shots at one another without it being considered a red line by
Either party, I guess. Because nobody wants a two-front war. Well, I mean, certainly not Israel. And Israel, on the other hand, obviously, historically has been very aggressive towards Lebanon, but at least in recent years, has not escalated this much. Why is your shit cutting in and
Out? Is it? …place in the southern part of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The office was located in the suburb of Dahiya. Ali Hashim is live for us now in Nakoura in southern Lebanon. So Ali, what more are you hearing and how significant is this development? Well, Hazem, as you said, this assassination of
Saleh al-Aruri, Deputy Politburo of Hamas, along with three of his assistants in an explosion. Till the moment, we don’t have any confirmation whether this was a drone attack, whether this was The significance of this assassination is that it puts or it stresses the fact that this whole war that started on the 7th
Of October 2023 is a multi-layered war, a war that’s already being rage on Gaza, people being killed in Gaza at the same time. It’s a security war and multiple fronts. One of them is Lebanon and actually this puts the assassination of So now Israel is attacking other countries? Israel hasn’t stopped attacking other
Countries. Israel has not stopped attacking Lebanon. There’s a difference between southern Lebanon and Beirut, however. Ok? It’s like a difference between Active border conflict happening certain, uh, somewhere, uh, like, uh, I want to give an American example, but there’s no way to give an American example in this circumstance.
But like, if America and Mexico were like fighting, I guess, and they were fighting in, in the southern border, and then Mexico blew up an apartment complex in New York City. Oh, Ukraine is actually a much better example, yes. Donbass and Kyiv, great example, you’re right.
Russia and Russian proxies fighting against Ukrainian forces in Donbass was a constant thing. Blowing up positions in Kyiv, however, I mean if we’re talking pre-invasion obviously, if that had happened, if that had occurred, That would be a major escalation and very different. Vowing in the past months and years that
Any Israeli assassination to any of the resistance leaders, as he said, is going to be faced with retaliation and harsh retaliation. Now, we’ll all be waiting to see what Nasrallah is supposed to say in a speech that was still Before the assassination of Haruri was planned for tomorrow.
Now we don’t know if this speech is going to continue as scheduled tomorrow or it’s going to be postponed for another couple of days for Hezbollah to weigh its options because Actually, this is kind of a turning point in the whole confrontation with respect to the
Lebanese front. For the front in Gaza, it’s just part of this whole context. But for the Lebanese front, it could be a trigger for something bigger, especially that it comes a week after another assassination in Damascus. Israel is trying to take this whole confrontation to a new space.
And this could mean not containing this war. Actually, many thought that the assassination of a senior Hamas leader He’s a senior Hamas commander. He’s a senior Hamas official. And, you know, the irony here is that Israel wasn’t able to assassinate or kill any of the major or senior Hamas officials and
Commanders in its three-month war in Gaza. At the end, it came and killed one of Hamas’ leaders in Beirut. This is one of the ironies of this war. And Ali, you’re talking to us from Nakoura in southern Lebanon where you’ve been reporting for several days now on the ongoing clashes
Between Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon and Israel. What implications is the news of this apparent assassination going to have for that aspect of the conflict? You know, Hazem, there were rules of engagement that we’ve been referring to all over the past three months. Rules of engagement, whereas Hezbollah is hitting within
Three to five kilometers, sometimes 10 kilometers inside the Israeli territories, and Israel hitting also within the Lebanese territories towards the Litani River, which is like When they say rules of engagement, there’s like, rules of engagement that we all know and understand, right? International criminal, I mean, international criminal misconduct in
War, war crimes. Then there’s rules of engagement that Like, Israel is supposed to have and America is supposed to have that are way above all of those and then there are major escalations beyond those rules of engagement and this would be a major escalation beyond even
The already lowered The already opened up rules of engagement. That’s the difference here. And the expectation from people in Lebanon and the expectation from everyone is that Hezbollah might retaliate. It’s the post-2006 rules of engagement agreed to by Israel and Hezbollah. No attacks beyond the borders and attempts to
Do that will be met in kind by either side. Yeah, this is like, this was a red line for Hezbollah. Committed to that in the past. This could mean, and we don’t have a clear answer, but this could mean if we want to analyze that Hezbollah is going to
Respond from outside the rules of engagement. And what would this mean? This is the big question. How is this going to end? Is it going to end just with this hit, hit for a hit, hit for that? Or this is going to widen the scope of the war? Do you actually believe that?
Do you actually believe Hezbollah would do anything? I mean, it’s what they’ve said they would do. That’s it. That’s all I know. There’s nothing I can say here. I do not see the future, Ok? I cannot see the future. I can simply tell you what the priorities
Are and what the red lines prior were and that’s what I’m telling you. I mean, it could be a trial balloon. Maybe trigger a two-front war, draw out Iran, or do something that I consider suicidal of sorts, because he simply wants to stay alive politically. And the longer this goes, the longer
He can justify being the leader and not going to prison over corruption charges. It could mean forcing America’s hand into joining the conflict in a more active fashion. It’s just like there are so many ways. They didn’t retaliate when Soleimani was targeted, so they might not. We will see.
It’s just like I said, the reason why Hezbollah did nothing and did not retaliate at the behest of Gaza, even though they’re supposed to be a part of the allegiance of Iranian proxy forces, They do not have the economy to be able to withstand that at
All. Beyond, I mean, the pot shots that they’ve been taking, which Hasan Nasrallah said was simply up to the regional militias there, and not a directive that was coming. From the region. So the timing on that is interesting as well. And Barak Ravid says, Two U.S.
Officials told me that Israel is behind the strike in Beirut, but didn’t notify the U.S. in advance of the attack. This has been happening quite a bit. This has happened with not necessarily just Israel, but also with Ukraine. This to me, I guess it’s more of
America’s influence waning. Because if Ukraine can get away with that, And Ukraine cannot maintain itself under Russian occupation without American support, without Western support. If you can’t get Ukraine to listen to you and regularly move outside of the boundaries that you’ve established, then of course Israel is going to do that too.
A senior Israeli official confirmed Israel didn’t give the US a heads up, but said Israel notified the Biden administration as the operation was happening. There’s a statement from Hezbollah that I will be reading to you. As well, to get their perspective on the matter. Say, do you wait for us except
One of the two good deeds? While we were waiting for you, let’s God afflict. Allah Almighty. That sort of stuff. We mourn our Arab and Islamic nation. We mourn free Palestine and his great resistance and his proud people. And the Mujahideen everywhere. The great Mujahideen. Which after 90 days of crime, murder, and
Destruction, was unable to subjugate Gaza, Han Yunis, the Jabaliya refugee camp, and the rest of the proud cities, camps, and villages. It’s resorting to a policy of assassination and physical liquidation of everyone who worked, planned, carried out in support of the heroic Al-Aqsa flood operation and contributed to the defense of the
People of Palestine, the oppressed. And today’s crime is a continuation of the crime of assassinated leader Saeed Radhi Al-Mosawi in… Victory and liberation. Now the last paragraph is the most important part. The first paragraph is just a classic. Oh shit, almost fell. The first paragraph is the classic shit where
It’s like, you know, where our cause is just, our boys are holy, they’re engaging in like a just cause, that kind of stuff. We consider the crime of assassinating Sheikh Saleh al-Aruri and his fellow martyrs in the heart of the southern suburb of Beirut to be
A dangerous assault on Lebanon, its people, its security, sovereignty, and its resistance, as well as the highly symbolic and significant political and security message it contains, and a dangerous development in the course of the war between the enemy and the axis of resistance. We in Hezbollah affirm that this crime will
Not, it will never pass without response and punishment and our resistance in its pledge is steadfast, proud, and faithful to its principles and commitments that it has made to itself. Its hand is on the trigger and its resistors are in the highest levels of readiness and preparedness and this is a well-known day
That will be followed by many days to follow. So beautiful patience and beautiful patience and God is the one who helps and victory, God almighty willing, is very important. So, um, Bernard Sanders came out of the gate swinging. People are finally coming on board, I guess. But, uh…
Yeah, overall they’re saying they are going to retaliate. Be patient. Ok, so it said nothing. I mean, I don’t think that’s nothing. We in the Hezbollah affirm that this crime will not ever pass without response and punishment and our resistance in its pledge is steadfast, proud, and faithful to its principles and commitments
That it has made to itself. Its hands on the trigger and its resistors are in the highest level of readiness and preparedness. That seems like they’re saying we got shooters. So, there’s that. So we’ll see what happens. The one who killed is the one who wanted to harm Hamas.
The interview with the Prime Minister’s spokesman after the killing and the stuttering. What? Hezbollah literally just yapping. They have been yapping quite a bit. They have been yapping. They’ve been going to Yappington University. For sure. But, remember, they have a much greater, a much greater number of like, They
Definitely are a little bit different than like dudes making bathtub missiles and bathtub bombs and like engaging in the act of resistance against the occupying force inside of Gaza currently. They have seasoned fighters, you are correct, and also they have a shit ton more weapons. However, The greatest, uh, I mean, dude, Lebanese
People know. Lebanese people fucking know that what it’s like when Israel starts blowing their shit up. Israel does it. Israel has done it a lot. Israel said to be preparing for possible long-range rocket launches by Hezbollah. Hezbollah has thousands of Zalzal-2 unguided large-caliber artillery rockets with a 210-kilometer range and hundreds of
Short-range ballistic missiles, including the Fateh-110 and the Fateh-313, which are very precise. Hezbollah has something I don’t. Motherfucking fiber internet, dog. They do. Like, there’s a non-zero chance that there’s motherfuckers in Hezbollah right now watching, and they won’t even see the top of the hour ad break. Because there’s no ads being
Served in Lebanon. So, like, they have fiber internet, and they get to watch without ads. You, on the other hand, no fiber internet, have to fucking subscribe for $5 or free with a Switch Prime, so that you can see the… Broadcast without being interrupted by three-minute outbreaks at the top of the hour.
It’s nutty. It’s crazy. I know. I know how it is. It is what it is. Ok. Here’s a three-minute outbreak now. Such a great example of how the Israeli government doesn’t prioritize the safety of its citizens at all. I agree. So, anyway, it is a dangerous escalation.
I wonder what the other regional partners are thinking. Like, because there’s Hamas members, especially like high-ranking members within Hamas, in every other country. Now, Lebanon is different than Turkey. Lebanon is different than Qatar. Lebanon is different than the U.S. client states. Lebanon itself has Hezbollah in it,
Within its political structure, which is part of the reason why they are not an ally, like an on-paper or off-paper ally to Israel in the same way that Recep Tayyip Erdogan is. Right? Arjib Tayyip Erdogan can say whatever he wants about how, you know, Netanyahu, you
Are Satan, Yahoo. Like, he could be like that all the day, all day, every day. He could be like, you are the Nazi. But then ultimately, simultaneously, Turkey is responsible for like almost half of the steel going into Israel and almost half of the energy going into Israel by way of Azerbaijan.
And they could destroy the Israeli economy in a way that, that… The people of Yemen could ever dream of if they wanted to like that, but they never will because it’s all just talking. Erdogan is the big yapper. You guys say Hasan Nasrallah is a yapper,
But the real yapper in the situation is Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Yeah, all he needs to do is basically go like this. Just go to the valve and do this. The leadership of Hamas is in great grave danger in places like Turkey or even in places like Qatar, but they are certainly in
Danger in Lebanon. Why are you limping? I’m not limping. I’m walking, walking here. Southern suburb of Beirut. This is another reason for people to be concerned and for civilians to be feeling unsafe, unsafe anywhere, whether it’s in the south or in Beirut. And this takes this whole confrontation,
As we’ve been saying, into a new dimension. Alright, for the moment Ali Hashim in Nakoura in Lebanon. Let’s go to Zainal Khurru who joins us on the line now from Beirut. So Zainal, you have reported extensively from the Lebanese capital for many years now. Targeted assassinations, as this certainly appears to be,
Are unfortunately nothing new in Beirut. But what do you make of what has happened here over the last hour? Well, nothing new, but the first assassination in years, and once news broke of an explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which is an area where Hezbollah holds sway, I can
Tell you there was panic. There was panic in the Lebanese capital. The Lebanese know what this means. There were reports of a targeted strike, a targeted assassination, serious escalation. It definitely escalated and widened the ongoing conflict along Because even before Hezbollah joined the battle to support its ally Hamas in Gaza, the
Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, made it very, very clear. And his equation was, there will be a fierce retaliation if any leader of the Like I said, I think one of the interesting parts about this is like, why? Is there a real tactical reason for
Killing this dude? Only because you can’t get to like Yahya Sinwar, which Israel has claimed they have, you know, found his house or he’s in his house. They’ve have him surrounded for weeks. Every other week, there’s a new, there’s a new update from Israel saying like, oh, we
Got him. We’re going to get him. We’re going to get him any moment now, right? Israel is doing another American playbook thing where they’ll just be like, Oh, we couldn’t get Osama yet, so who do we get? This other guy. You know, we got this other guy instead, and he’s the most significant
Guy. This dude is obviously the deputy chief. He’s very high up in the Hamas leadership structure. However, having said that, there are… They’re looking at the secondary impact of said reservists coming back home and having to deal with their own businesses because like the Israeli military is comprised not of military members, full-time
Military members, but instead of shopkeepers, you know, accountants. Marketing guys, small business owners, all of that is going to have a secondary impact on the Israeli economy. The fact that they’re no longer working. DJs, right? Which is Israel’s largest economic sector, right? Like, weirdly named pizza shops and DJs,
As Felix says. And that’s their bread and butter. So, when those guys are out, Yeah, as the world’s supply of trans is rapidly diminishing, and house music, progressive house music, is rapidly diminishing, you know, that puts an end point on the amount of time that Israel
Can actively engage in this conflict, actively engage in ethnic cleansing. So, and it makes it less popular overall, the prospect of war less popular overall, especially when you have nothing to show for it. Especially when you still have Israeli tanks being blown up, fucking, you know,
Roadrunner style. With like, some 18 year old in an Adidas tracksuit, a fake Adidas tracksuit, coming out of a hole, and just like, putting a bomb, Looney Tunes style fucking bomb, and then running away, and then blowing up a fucking tank. When that’s happening, you have nothing to show for it.
You’re having a very hard time, like, managing the situation, and then showing everybody that you’re doing a great job. When you have nothing to show for it, You get desperate. What do you do? First you go to refugee camps and take every male, every military aged below or above
Male, strip them, say they’re all fucking Hamas terrorists, Ok, and, and, you know, Missiles are still being fired. You’ve occupied half of Gaza. You’re blowing up the other side that you haven’t occupied yet, but are like trying to occupy. And they’re still fucking lobbing missiles into
Israel. At that point, the Israeli citizens recognize, Ok, well, where’s our safety? Penetrating through that thin veneer of safety that Israel tries to reinforce over and over again is the sole reason as to why Hamas and other militant groups will regularly lob rockets into Israel. Professors, researchers, they’re going into banks
And stealing money and money exchanges. Like, they’re bandits. Israel and the Israeli occupying force is operating like fucking bandits. And those are the numbers that we do know. 10,000 children, 30,000 total, or not 30,000, like 20-something. I don’t know what the last number is. They’re doing all this stuff.
They’re killing doctors. They’re killing journalists. And they have nothing to show for it because it turns out Israel is not more safe now, right? At this point, at a certain point, you have to show a prize, right? You have to show a prize to say, look, we got this.
And because they couldn’t get that in Gaza, because they couldn’t say like, look, the number of rocket strikes into Israel is greatly diminished, for example. When you do that, you extend the war. And the longer the war goes, the longer Netanyahu can remain in power and not go to prison.
On top of that, Israel can test out something very important here. Will The major red line in Beirut being crossed turn into, will the major red line that they’ve crossed turn into a two-front war? Will Hezbollah fight back? If they don’t, then Hezbollah’s influence in the
Region has diminished. Iran’s influence in the region has diminished. Iran as a regional power is no longer interested in following through on their promises. You understand? So it’s a gamble. It’s a big gamble. So we’ll see how it turns out. And Zainab, just give us a sense of
How much of a presence Hamas had, not just in Beirut, but in Lebanon in general. What was the role that Hamas operatives played there? Well, as of late, Lebanon became a sea haven, if you like, for the And that clearly this really is in many ways
A turning point. But we have to see whether or not this serious escalation will lead to a full scale conflict between the Israeli army and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Now, while that’s happening, ironically enough, there are troop withdrawals happening in Gaza. Israel also, or Netanyahu’s administration, has also taken
A significant blow in judicial reform by the Supreme Court in Israel. So, you have that as well. The American… One of the American carriers in the region has pulled out on top of that, which is why it seems very odd. The timing of this escalation is very odd.
I don’t know if they have the proper intel or they’ve made the math calculations that, like, Hezbollah cannot retaliate, they do not want the smoke, or because they want to very desperately, uh, Very desperately pull back America and justify their existence by, you know, causing retaliation
From Hezbollah on like Tel Aviv or some shit, you know what I mean? And then turn around and go, look, Israel is being under attack by all of its regional enemies. And Elan 5 also correctly pointed out that the Houthis have been profoundly popular in the region. So Hezbollah, despite the fact
That The war in the Middle East, the Israeli army announced it is withdrawing thousands of troops. Yeah, Elon News says these troop withdrawals are essentially a way of being able to continue the war throughout 2024 at a low intensity by reducing ground operations to a level
Of counterinsurgency and also help the Israeli economy bounce back. Yeah, they did the ethnic cleansing and they’re going to continue it and they’re going to maintain bombing operations, I suspect. But they do not want Like, they do not want troops to keep being put in harm’s way, and they also don’t have the
Bandwidth to continue feeding that level of troops. You just don’t have it. The ROI is not there. From the Gaza Strip. Despite the announcement, fierce fighting continues in the region. Israel says its military killed dozens of militants in the north part of the enclave over the past day, while residents in central
Gaza are reporting heavy fighting. This comes as Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a key part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul. The planned overhaul sparked months of protests and rattled the cohesion of Israel’s military. The law struck down by the court was the first major part of Netanyahu’s plan to
Curb the powers of the judicial system and give more authority to the national legislature. Joining me now for more on all this is CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee. Ian, good morning. Their troops have also said very unpopular PR. Yeah, that part doesn’t matter. Inside of Israel, everything, think about it this
Way. Everything inside of Israel and the way that it’s received, it’s topsy-turvy. Things that are profoundly popular in Israel, like gross depictions of genocide and the cleansing, are profoundly unpopular in the Western world. When they see that, they go, what the fuck? That’s some Nazi shit. Like, what are you doing?
But, that level of dehumanization, that level of reaffirming support for, or that level of showcasing that you are genuinely engaging in an act of genocide, that plays well amongst the public in Israel. That’s what they’re expecting. So I don’t think that they’re pulling out their troops because it’s doing bad PR.
Israel does not care about the bad PR that it has. Israel only cares about America shutting off the money faucet and the allowance to continue conducting its ethnic cleansing campaign. Hbomberguy had a good tweet that I retweeted. If you’re wondering why the TikTok generation sides so strongly with Palestine, it’s because the idea
Of keep posting videos where they’re destroying children’s homes while screaming, we are evil, yeehaw. Now, this is true, but that’s simply a younger generation that has a very different media diet I mean, think about it this way. It’s just like, did Ukraine care about having every single interviewed soldier have prominent totem coughs
Displayed? No, they didn’t give a shit because that didn’t actually stop the money faucet. Ok, because ultimately, Americans didn’t give a shit. They didn’t. They don’t care. And I said this before, it’s not like the entire fucking Ukrainian forces are comprised of Nazis. They’re not. And yet, if you looked
At mainstream media and the coverage, they somehow found the only guys that were wearing totem coughs. Totem cough is a Nazi symbol, the skull, for those of you who don’t know. Ok, or the Black Sun. So, I think that the maintenance and the PR that you have to do for the
Western world is only as significant as how the major media will cover it. The real problem would not stem from genuinely unpopular, genuinely like losing the popularity of the public in the Western world, but instead losing popularity in the circles that actually do care. Older voters, people who do go out and
Vote, people with disposable income, wealthier people on average, but more importantly, if the State Department made an internal calculation where they recognize that this allegiance is becoming not great, the return on investment is now, the return on investment is now no longer worth it. That’s why you look at Ukraine, for example,
And you see what happens when America decides to no longer support Ukraine unconditionally. They are no longer sending in as many weapons. Then the media coverage changes dramatically. People start souring on the war, right? But that is not because the popularity went away. That’s because the State Department interest changed.
Part of the reason is because they look at Ukraine and they go, Ok, they can’t continue this. They just don’t have enough manpower to continue this in the way that they have. That’s how it works. So, for Israel, this changes, the calculations change only if the State Department no longer considers
It to be a valuable thing for Israel to continue the maintenance of its ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza. No, it’s Westerners got bored of Ukraine. Um, Westerners get bored of wars all the time. We got bored of Afghanistan and Iraq, and we still continued it for another 10 years. Right?
Especially Afghanistan. So, it doesn’t really, that doesn’t really mean much. It’s more important for the economic calculations that you’re doing. Ok? They’re in the Cat 9, by the way. This is the IDF bulldozer that Caterpillar makes, specifically for the IDF. What are you doing here? What are you doing here?
Must be nice loving what you do, yeah. Must be nice doing what you love. Do what you love and every day will seem like a holiday. It will never feel like you’re working. Ok. And what these guys love is reducing children’s bedrooms into rubble. Ok. Just bros being dudes, man.
You too sensitive. Exactly. They’re singing about God protecting them. Nice. How does someone get this depraved? Because I can’t believe this is real, bro. What the fuck is this? How does someone get this depraved is a great question. It’s called years and years and years of Of maintaining an apartheid regime and
The racist, agitative propaganda that you have to consistently subject your population to in an effort to maintain this apartheid. And that comes from dehumanizing Palestinians, saying they’re all terrorists, saying their children are terrorists and the like. Israel does this quite a lot. Israel has done this quite a lot.
That’s the, this is what happens when you do it. It’s called believing everyone in Gaza is Hamas and every building is Hamas infrastructure. No, it’s called believing every Muslim Arab is a terrorist too. It’s not just like Gaza. It’s beyond that. I think that it’s certainly
Beyond that. It’s just like across the board every Arab is out to get us. We are the chosen sons. Some believe it, some don’t. Doesn’t matter. But it’s not just necessarily like feeling that you are the chosen sons and daughters of God. But instead, the elitist attitude
That you have is a colonial force. That elitist attitude, that superiority complex is reinforced through religion in some instances and in other instances it can be completely devoid of religious text. Right? But that’s how it works. It’s not dissimilar to white supremacy. It is very similar to white supremacy.
Obviously the people are not white. Bulebiar Zilyansky says, people don’t understand how the occupation morally degenerates the occupier. Kind of like how Frederick Douglass talked about one of his slaveholder’s wives who started out nice but got so used to slavery with time and got crueler. I think breaking the silence explains the behavior
Of IDF soldiers really well. Does Netanyahu believe the religious justification? I mean, I don’t know. I don’t know how religious he actually is. It doesn’t matter though. Religion is simply a tool, guys. The idea… The idea that religion plays an active role in this conflict beyond just like
Reaffirming people’s important beliefs to continue the maintenance of this conflict and the maintenance of this ethnic cleansing is silly. Anyone who tells you like this is a religious war is just ridiculous. They do use religious symbolism. Israel uses religious symbolism. Hamas and Palestinians use religious symbolism as well
In an effort to say like, no, our cause is just. But it’s way beyond that. Like, religion is just seasoning. Ok? Religion is a motivator. Religion is a good and very powerful tool to motivate, galvanize, and organize. But it’s just, it’s nothing beyond that. It’s just a tool. Not a real reason.
So I think it’s obvious. Obviously, in Lebanon, there are many Hezbollah targets, but whoever did this strike was very surgical and went for a Hamas target because Israel is at war. Whoever did this has a gripe with Hamas. Once again, whoever did this, it’s not an attack on the Lebanese state.
Whoever did this, this was a very good attack. Whoever did it, I don’t know. But it’s a very good attack. I mean, I heard, guys, I personally heard the guy who did this is super hot. Ok? That’s what I heard. Not me. We’re all looking for the guy
Who did this. We’re all trying to find who did this. Ok? I’m just as confused as you are. I did, however, hear that he’s super sick. Like, he’s super hot. His wife definitely loves having sex with him. Is what I heard. It’s odd. Like, some people tried to say
The guy who did this probably has erectile dysfunction. I was like, no shot. Definitely not. Whoever’s saying that is wrong. Now, I don’t know who did it. Ok. But the guy who did it probably does not have erectile dysfunction. Ok. That’s, please don’t say that. It’s not an attack on the Hezbollah terrorist
Organization. Whoever did this, it’s an attack on Hamas. That’s very clear. So I think it’s obvious. Obviously in Lebanon there are many Hezbollah targets, but whoever did this strike was very surgical and went for a Hamas target because Israel is at war. Whoever did this. Yeah. Israel is at war.
Uh, I mean, not Israel. Whoever did this is at war with Hamas. Not Israel. I promise. It’s not Israel. Dog, don’t say it’s Israel. Please, stop saying it’s Israel. But if it was Israel, it’s fucking awesome. Ok? Um, that was early on. That’s why they were saying Israel didn’t do
This. Oh, here. Um, this is… An opinion about war is a dynamic thing, no less than an opinion about a restaurant. Remember how Rimini pizza was considered gourmet in the 80s? You wouldn’t eat there today even if it was served with the same pieces as an Emek cheese and mushrooms from a
Box because there are tastier and healthier alternatives. The war was also reasonable and justified on October 7th, but we are not on October 7th for a long time. We drowned in Gaza like we drowned in Lebanon. Another tunnel. Less tunnel. The overall picture will not change.
Nothing stolen is returned in a heroic operation. Hamas does not evaporate. The Palestinians are not immigrants. At the same time, unpleasant to say, we ourselves became living. No rape in 2023 justifies the destruction of a mosque in 2024, especially since the destruction does not solve the problem, it only makes it worse.
Two million Palestinians live in Gaza. The more we destroy them, the more they will hate us, and rightfully so. And we haven’t talked about the economy that is being destroyed, about the normal life that has disappeared, about Bibi not going home with the usurper government, and about a general feeling
That we have turned into a jungle. Security is an important thing, but it’s not the only thing that is important. Even a normal life has value, which is sometimes worth compromising for. I oppose the continuation of the war in its current form because even if it adds
Some security, it’s not worth the price. See? That’s what it is. Do you understand? Like, this is an Israeli person who’s like, yeah, no, it’s valid to fucking attack Gaza, but the reality is, like, you’re not giving us security. That’s an important change of reference, an important
Frame of reference, and an important shift. Right? Now, obviously, if you’re looking at it from the outside like we are, I mean, I know that that’s not going to be giving additional security to Israelis. It never was, and it never was supposed to. The notion that Israel makes Jews all
Around the world more secure is a ridiculous one. Israel can’t even make Jewish people in Israel. Right? Like, the only way to ensure permanent security in the region was through cooperation and a pathway towards accepting a Palestinian state with a right to return. They never did that and continued expanding the
West Bank because they ultimately wanted to maintain their ethnostate goals. That is not done at the interest of security for Jews around the world and certainly not even Jews in Israel. Ok. It is not worth the price. Look at the video and decipher yourself. This is an army you want to represent
You. If this is a country you are proud of, I do not. Making a bomb. Israeli comedy is so psychotic, dude. I don’t know how the fuck, like, Bro, I don’t understand. They’re putting that in a mosque, by the way. I do not understand, like, how Israel
Is the least funny nation on the planet. Like, how did this happen? Like, who? Like, how? This is, like, almost as offensive. The lack of comedy and the lack of humor in this… Uh, uh, in this ethno-state, in this religious Jewish supremacist ethno-state is so devoid of any fucking fraction of humor, that
It’s almost as offensive as the ethnic cleansing and the continuation of the ethnic cleansing. Obviously, ethnic cleansing much worse, but that’s how bad their lack of humor is, and it blows my mind, Ok? This isn’t to minimize the impact of the atrocities, but this in and of itself is
Also an atrocity. Like, if Israel wasn’t doing an ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza and were pumping out these kinds of content, this kind of commentary, Ok, I’d be like, no, that’s a war crime that should be tried under the International Criminal Court. Oh, no! Kaya! God damn it, Kaya. You’re crazy, you know.
You’re a crazy girl. She’s like pulling cables out. It’s crazy. She’s not a cord chewer, but she’s too big. Matt Leaf said this on his podcast. Somehow, Israel is actively the most unfunny, even though Jews in America actually have humor. Yes, dude. That’s it. Like, the contributions to comedy from Jews all
Around the world, with the exception of Israel, is so significant. And then you look at, like, Israel, and you’re like, how is this possible? What happened? Like, obviously, it isn’t to say that, like, all Jewish people are funny in general. Of course not. But still, you don’t got one funny motherfucker
In Israel? What’s happening? How? It’s because they’re all right-wing over there. Right-wing comedy is always terrible. Yeah, I mean, this is like, this is straight up. This is stuff that, like, even the most aggressive, gross, daily wire watcher is not going to laugh at this, ok? If you’re in America…
And you are, if you’re in America, and you’re like a Daily Wire watcher, you see this and even then you’re going to be like, oh, that’s kind of gross. What are they doing? Cap, this is literally Daily Wire humor. Bro, I would, dude, I’m telling you, even Daily Wire is funnier than this.
Like, here, let me show you another one. It’s just like, what is, what is humor in this regard? Just like being as, being the least funny you could be? Is that what it is? Hey! What? Are you Raduan? What did you say? I said, yes, you look like from Dovdevan.
Oh, Shukran Habibi, we are from Dovdevan. What, Dania? What? What did you say? I said, Yosef Yelim, let’s make coffee. Come on, Daal, sit. Liam! What, that’s it, we’re going back? What did you say? I said, come on, move, move, I want to destroy houses. I’ve already burned him, come
On, come on. That’s sick, man. He’s like, it’s just classic misdirection, I think. Like this doesn’t even, speaking of comedy, this doesn’t even work as like a joke. Like it doesn’t have the structure of a joke. So now we’ve moved beyond, let me tell you something. Now we have moved beyond
Like someone attempting to do a joke Ok. To not even being able to construct a joke. It doesn’t make any sense. And I don’t get it. Their humor makes their ethnic cleansing possible. It’s required for the maintenance of their state. No, it’s so bad. Like, this is worse than Babylon B, dude.
I saw a Twitter thread the other day about how genocidal regimes can only find unity through dehumanizing outgroups and it can only get more and more depraved over time. It just feels so weird. It’s like when you stumble across something… Like a culty part of the internet, right? And you stumble across it.
And you look at it from the outside and you’re like, what the hell’s going on here? Like, they’re having a great time in the in-group over there, right? Like, they’re yucking it up, ok? It’s a real yuck-yuck show, ok? They’re yapping. They’re having a great old time.
And then you look at it from the outside and you’re like, you’re filthy and gross. Like, what? That’s so weird. Why do you operate like this? Like, look at yourself, right? Kind of like your entire year recap. Not necessarily. I was thinking about that as I was saying it.
But like at least there’s like things that you can point to in the end of the year recap that like everybody understands is like fun and cool. You know what I mean? Every in-group has a level of what I’m describing. But this is way, this is way
Beyond, right? This is like objectively an evil and immoral thing to do. And most human beings understand it as such. I mean, guys, this is… Like the American military did a better job of ensuring this kind of stuff doesn’t happen in Iraq and Afghanistan, which it still did,
Right? But they did a decent enough job of like hiding it. Like you think military veterans or active duty combat veterans Service members don’t have dark humor, I guess. They do, of course. But this is like Abu Ghraib happening every day, Ok. And being blasted on TikTok with
The nation state celebrating it and welcoming it with open arms. Ok, while simultaneously the rest of the world is looking at it and going, that’s insane. Even right here, this is played off as comedic, but in actuality, it’s literally just genocide denial. Yeah, I saw this one because Felix tweeted
About it. About identity politics. This is from the US Army in 2006. You guys, yeah, I got the point. And, um, it’s called Haji Girl. I hate that the Haji guy guys in here otherwise we do back to back. But, uh, once I finish this song…
I guess there’s also technological limitations here though, because it’s 2006, so it’s not like a phone camera being immediately blasted on Facebook. This is like one year before YouTube even was invented, right? So, there’s also that, and I’m not going to show this, but like, imagine this unique instance, right?
Like, that’s what I’m saying. Like, imagine Abu Ghraib every day, 12 times a day, being put on TikTok, being posted on TikTok on a daily basis. Israeli comedian and soldier Guy Hochman posted a video on social media where he could be seen playing on the Siena beach in Gaza
Where he claims everything is ours. Where are you from? He’s like, get out of here. Get the fuck out of here. Normally, normally you’d be like, wow, that’s anti-Semitic, dog. But then you’re like, well, I mean, look at this dude’s attitude. What’s happening? One person is like, skeeved out,
Ok. It’s the difference between, yeah, I know this is in Qatar. It’s basically the difference between like people constantly chirping at black people about like anti-white racism versus anti-black racism, Ok. One is institutionalized, systematized, and dealing a tremendous amount of violence to a captive population. The other is a result of that violence
And experience in that violence where you develop a negative attitude towards those who are often perpetuating said violence or legitimizing said violence until proven otherwise. Ok, so just, you know, remember that. Afghanistan. Afghanistan, wow. You are very stupid. But you lost to Saudi yesterday. Sorry from Israel. I can teach you how
To beat Arabs. I’m beautiful. What? Not so much, not so much. Why? Why? I’m Israel. No, this is Israel. We will fight to death to bring our hostages. But you know what will be the picture of the victory? The victory will be when Gaza will go
In fire. Did they intentionally make a language in French? No. It’s like, listen, listen, it’s not about Hebrew or anything like that. Don’t be ridiculous. Is this guy dead? No, he’s not. He’s very much alive. What he’s dead, what he has killed, however, is not Gaza civilians, but instead, specifically comedy.
He has murdered comedy. Ok. He has specifically destroyed the concept of comedy. He’s liquidated it. God will look up and say, what is this? No, it is a sign Israel deliberately revived Hebrew as a spoken language to suppress Yiddish. No, I know that. I know that. And if the revival of
Hebrew… Yeah, see, Volodymyr Zelensky is correct. The revival of Hebrew would have been cool as fuck if not for Zionism. Like, I don’t have an issue. Obviously, like, it shouldn’t have been done with the suppression of Yiddish, but still, it’s crazy. It is a crazy thing.
It is a linguistic achievement that is unimaginable. It’s a testament for many things. It’s a testament to, like, how successful… How successful the national project has been. Ok. Yiddish is not Semitic language. It’s European. Yes, I know. It sounds a lot like… It’s like broken German, right?
This video is disguised as comedy, but the main objective is to show Israeli how much Muslims hate Israel despite the attack and the hostage situation. No, I know what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to be like, Oh, I’m from Israel. Look, see? I just went over here.
I mean, dude… This is like, what this guy is doing is yet another, yet another version of like right-wing trolling, right? I’ll bring it back to the United States of America for you to be able to comprehend it. What’s that guy that goes up to like AOC and is like, nice ass.
You know what I mean? And then like tries to get himself in situations where like people will yell at him. I don’t even want to say his name. But it’s basically, that Nazi guy, it’s basically the same, right? It’s basically the same as like right-wing trolling, Steven Crowder style right-wing trolling,
Right? You try to get people to yell at you to show how hysterical and silly they are, right? To show how hysterical and silly and angry and racist So, that’s it. That’s his job is trolling at this point. And yes, rage baiting. That’s his goal. Because he has no way
Of like creating anything humorous in and of itself. Here’s an attempt at creating something humorous by Daniel Ryan Spalding. Let’s take a look. Hi, I’m Mr. Daniel, and this is my friend, the Purple Hair Girl. She’s not a bad person, but she’s been radicalized to become a raging Jew hater, and
We want to help her. Hello, Zionist pink washer. Purple Hair Girl, I heard you chanting. Yes, it’s my favorite song. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. I see. Do you know what that means, Purple Hair Girl? Yes, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib explained it’s a call for Palestinian freedom.
Do you know which river? Do you know which sea? I want to die so bad when I see stuff like this. This is like, this is self-harm, I think. Watching any attempt at like, humor that is pro-Israel, pro-Zionism is just, is unironically self-harm, I think. Ok, I would rather watch SNL.
Dude, this is, it’s really bad. It’s so bad. But there’s a lot that’s funny here. At least in the analysis of this, right? Like, where’s the humor in this? Where’s the joke? The joke is that, I guess, blue haired liberals are now purple haired. Ok, and the woke SJWs are Jew haters.
That’s the joke. Because they don’t want Israel to do an ethnic cleansing campaign. Right? That is where the humor is, I guess. The Mississippi River, Niagara Falls, River Phoenix to the Bay of Pigs. Actually, it’s something Hamas terrorists chant and it means the complete destruction of Israel from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River and the genocide of the Jewish people. Well, I don’t mean it like that. The funny thing is like, or the issue is like, if Israel is not doing an ethnic cleansing campaign, I think you have more mileage and bandwidth to make normies feel as
Though you’re the victim here. But because Israel is so openly, loudly, proudly declaring that they’re doing an ethnic cleansing campaign and they love it, When you turn around and you say, well, actually, defending yourself against this ethnic cleansing campaign and the apartheid regime is actually offensive and violent towards Jewish people.
That means you want the ethnic cleansing of Jews. You’re, for no reason whatsoever, making people in the edges When you take the very real instances of blood libel, Ok, and you try to put that into a situation where there is Older than misogyny, huh? Good one, Chatter. Thank you for consistently doing
The thing. What’s your solution? Just because I’m new to the stream. Love from Germany. I’ve said this before. A one-state solution. Moving towards a one-state solution because the one-state solution currently exists. It just exists as an apartheid state. Destroying the apartheid structure and allowing Palestinians, one,
A right to return and also, two, allowing everyone living in between the river and the sea to have equal rights and representation. A secular state. Why not two is a great question that people ask me all the time. The reason why I am no longer a two-stater, just like Avi Shalim and many
Other Israeli scholars, is because the actions of the Israeli state since the 90s especially, since like 1967, has made it impossible for there to be a two-state solution. It’s currently not a two-state. No, it’s not. It is a one-state. The notion that there is two states right now happening is incorrect.
One state. It’s just one big bantistan and then a couple, well, two or three smaller bantistans in the occupied West Bank. Yeah. And the settlements have, you have the settlements and the constant settler expansion to thank for that. There is no two-state solution. There is currently a one state.
It’s just a genocidal state. You’re wrong about one state as well, though? Ok. I mean, that’s fine. You can say that I’m wrong about it, but the reality is that there is currently one state. It’s the state of Israel. This might come across as harsh for those
Who believe that there is some level of autonomy amongst the Palestinian population, but it’s simply not true. It’s just not. I do appreciate your support for colonized Palestinians that suffer, but I don’t get your position on The Russia, I don’t watch you a lot, but I recently saw a YouTube video
Shitting on you. I do appreciate your support for colonized Palestinians that suffer, but I don’t get your position on the Ukraine conflict. That is because you don’t watch me, but you watch videos shitting on me, my friend. If you were to watch me instead, you would probably develop a better understanding of my
Position on Russia-Ukraine. Russia is immoral. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is completely morally abhorrent and akin to Israel’s actions in Gaza. Ok, this is something that I’ve said for, continuously said for the past two years now. Ok, I believe in a ceasefire and a permanent ceasefire and a treaty to be applied
Immediately so that Ukraine can be rid of the invasion and Ukrainians can live their normal lives. Have you watched the videos where someone is parsing you? Yeah, just probably. The unfortunate, the unfortunate problem here is that those who are the real power players in the conflict, ok, the real power players in
The conflict, unfortunately, do not have that interest in mind as they have openly declared Ukraine to be a profound success despite the fact that there has been a shit ton of casualties. And that is the issue. They want the continuation of said proxy war to be a proxy war because with, and
I’m going to paraphrase Lindsey Graham here, as I have done time and time again, but it’s a statement that has been echoed by Democrats, prominent Democrats, like Chris Murphy as well. For 5% of our U.S. military budget, we’ve been able to atrophy 50% of the Russian military, of foreign adversaries’ military.
Without a single active duty US service member dying, I would say that is a profound success. And no, I am not saying that Russia would not strike after a treaty. Of course they would. Ok, of course that likelihood is still there. However, just like my statements about Israel enforcing
A treaty there. Ok, a secession of hostilities there. Ok, you just go back to the drawing board and you continue the conflict currently as it exists. This should never stop you from trying to achieve peace at every single point. You understand? Because it’s the exact same
Principle. The exact same moral compass that I’m applying in both of these situations. Ok, even if Russia were to take advantage of this cessation of hostilities, right, and immediately start bombing again, ok, then you’re back to square one. You’re in a situation that is no different than yesterday, before the treaty.
Do you understand? So there is no reason not to try. That’s my point. That has been my point since day one. Giving peace a chance. This does not mean that, you know, Putin is a great actor. This does not mean that Putin is engaging in a just war.
This does not mean that Putin is good at being a leader. Or having irredentist ambitions. He does. He certainly does. Something that I’ve recognized and admitted to and have openly stated is wrong and abhorrent and immoral since day one. It just simply means that you have to
Try. That’s it. I don’t like your point. Giving Russia multiple chances even they are a bad actor is kind of sus. Yeah, you’re right. It’s sus. I never said Ukraine should just drop its weapons and let Russia take over and become a Russian vassal state akin to like Belarus.
I’m saying that understandably war will continue if the bombings continue. You’re breaking the resolutions already? No, I’m not. I’m not angry at all. I’m not even remotely angry. Let’s continue watching this nuclear grade enriched uranium cringe. Hey, purple hair girl. When someone doesn’t acknowledge a trans person’s pronouns. That’s transphobic. Yes, it is.
And when you ask a person of color where they’re actually from. That’s racist. Right. And when a Jewish person tells you not to use a chant that’s associated with their genocide. That’s Zionist oppression. That’s sick, man. Yeah. Yeah, the difference is like when a white person says cracker is the worst slur
That they’ve ever heard and tells you that you shouldn’t do that. Ok, that framing is completely devoid of any kind of power structure. Ok, Israel is completely separated from Jews and Jewish people and anti-Semitism. Ok. Ok. It still doesn’t change the reality. Even when it’s not doing that, Israel is
Still maintaining an apartheid regime. Ok? Calling that out, or any kind of slogans against that, being considered anti-Semitic is silly. As I’ve repeated time and time again, criticizing the Saudi government, or the Saudi administration and its actions in Yemen against the population of Yemen, which is Is not anti-Semitic.
That’s it. Yeah. Yeah, Hamas is like not busy fighting against an apartheid regime that is currently dealing death and destruction in Gaza, but instead is tailoring their messaging to Berkeley purple-haired girls. They’re certainly always like, they’re like, yeah, Abu Abaeda is just like sitting in the
Cut, Ok. Looking at Tumblr and being like, man, we are doing such a good job, such a profoundly good job, bros. I love it. Oh my God, all of these dumbasses, bro. There’s like bombs blowing up upside, you know, up top. And they’re like, yes, bro. Thank God. Thank Allah.
We found a way to get non-binary people to be on board. They obviously are the movers and shakers of American society. Everybody knows. When you get non-binary people on board, that means you win the war. The moral war. You know? That’s how it works. That’s how it works, obviously.
That’s what they’re worried about. That’s what they’re crafting their narrative towards. And use this hatred as a way to brainwash people. I’m not brainwashed. I just think rape is an act of resistance when people are oppressed by Zionist colonialist apartheid oppressors. It’s ok, Purple. I’ve never met a single person that has
Said this. There is not a single person that has said that. Ever. Ok. People are so desperate to defend an untenable, unmanageable position that they just make stuff up. You have to make stuff up. What kind of straw man purple hair is this? Yeah, it’s just, this is peak winning
Made up argument and shower energy. Yeah. It’s like when a chattered crafts cooks up just the best ad break segue. Ok, and then I act like I’m going to read it at the top of the hour and then I just totally move past it. And then that chatter is just angry
For the rest of the day. Ok, and then he goes back to the drawing board and tries to cook up a better top of the hour ad break segue that he finds to be more effective in the shower. Right? It’s like if that chatter made a TikTok video.
Is this a series of design as equivalent of All Lives Matter? Yes, it is. Except the difference is, everybody under a white supremacy structure kind of understands, like, unless you are literally just a predator, I guess, or just a completely delusional racist person, like a white identitarian, that, you know,
Anti-white sentiment is not something that is, like, genuinely harmful, right? Right? Like, the other person being a purple-haired girl is the SJW concept, right? Like, this guy is saying, like, you’re an SJW, you love identity politics, but it’s actually bullshit. All identity politics is bullshit except for
My identity. Please care about my identity politics that I’m going to weaponize. I don’t think that’s the APAC check, ok? I think it’s more so he just wants to be funny desperately while simultaneously trying to make a point. And it’s very difficult to make an ideological point while you’re trying to
Be funny to begin with. But it’s additionally harder, it’s additionally harder to try and be funny when the ideological point you’re trying to make is just not going to be received positively by a broader population. Um, let me see if I can find it. God damn it.
But you do it 95% of the time? What do you mean? Oh, be funny while maintaining an ideological position? Yeah, I mean, it’s not impossible. It’s just hard. And I don’t think I’m very good at it anyway. I would not say that I’m a funny person. I think some people consider it.
Oh, here. This was the tweet. No one is against identity politics. They just want Gushers to acknowledge them as the true protagonist of history instead of somebody else. I think he means Gushers as in like, what, the purple haired girl? Is that what he’s saying? These blue haired girls are so annoying.
They don’t realize that everyone wants me dead and they’re not even grateful for Waze. Right? It’s just like, it goes back to the punching down versus punching up narrative in general. Much harder to, I think, be funny when you’re punching down. Waze is Israeli, yes. We went past segment of the broadcast, but
Something Israel’s doing now gives off… …vibes from the U.S. back then. Oh, yeah. Here. I mean, yeah. This video was made during the 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. At first, I thought he’s putting out the fire. Then I realized that the American army was actually liberating the Iraqi palm trees from
Tyranny and bringing them democracy. Where did the Israelis get it from? It also reminds me of that video. But once again, it’s oftentimes not the soldiers themselves posting this stuff. Right? But it reminds me of that video that has remained in my mind. It’s just like permanently scarred my brain of
The taxi driver. I think it was in Iraq. Might have been in Afghanistan, but I think it was in Iraq. The taxi driver in Iraq coming up to the occupying American forces And they’re claiming that he stole, they’re claiming that he stole wood, right? And then the tank, the soldiers push
The Iraqi taxi driver aside, and then they drive a tank over his cab, destroying his livelihood. It’s like, there is no need to do that. You did not need to do that at all. You just did that because… You’re a disgusting savage. You’re a monster. And you did that specifically
Because you are reaffirmed by other monsters in your vicinity. You do not see the people that you’re dealing with as human beings. It’s brutal. Israel does that on a daily basis, is what I’m saying. And that is not good. And it’s certainly not funny. Speaking of things that are not funny, the
Reason why right-wing comedy isn’t funny is because it’s based on a faulty premise. The reason why lefties are actually funny is because they point at true things and exaggerate them to reductio ad absurdum. That’s why right-wing comedy is just gross in general. I just… I… I don’t know. I just, like…
I’m sure people… I’m sure right-wingers find humor in whatever they’re watching. Overall, I believe that they are simply looking for any and every reason. By the way, I gave you the at-break segue, Jebait, and it was so good that I forgot until ACAP4CUTY just gifted five get the subs and reminded me.
Ok, we’re moving on to the next. We’re moving on to the next topic. Comedy. We’re moving on from one comedy topic to the next. Ok? Dave Chappelle. At the top of the hour, however, I’m going to run the three-minute ad break now. ACAP for QT has gifted five
Of the subs, allowing five people to no longer see the ads at the top of the hour. Here’s the three-minute ad break now. Now, Dave Chappelle was my GOAT. Ok. David Jebediah Chappelle. Not his real middle name. I just say everyone’s middle name is either Jebediah or Robinette before you guys get mad.
He was the GOAT. He was. Loved a lot of his comedy and his humor. And yet, for the past, what, five, six years now, he has not stopped trying to tackle big trans. Ok? Now, this was the response. His latest special is not as bad as
Some of his other specials, in my opinion. Some of his other, like, recent specials, I mean. Obviously, killing him softly clears everything that he’s ever done in the past six years. However, however, at least he’s like getting marginally better at making jokes and not simply just saying trans people are awful and demons.
Like at least he’s, you know, he’s moved beyond doing attack helicopter memes. However, he hasn’t moved far beyond it. At least he’s trying to make a joke now. Instead of just like repeating something that you hear from Steven Crowder. But even then, it still falls short of what his normal material looks like.
Ok? The issue, however, is that when you are so… Preoccupied with dunking on trans people and you just cannot give up on this because you think it’s like an honorable and just cause because like trans people are killing comedy or something or whatever you’ve like cooked up in your brain.
Whatever you’ve gotten yourself to believe. Ok. It’s gonna be hard. It’s gonna be hard to make jokes. Here, I’ll show you this. And I’ve talked about this quite a bit. Ok. The number one problem here with Dave Chappelle Is that he’s no longer looking for laughter. He’s looking for applause.
That is the lowest form of comedy. You understand? Looking for applause over laughter is the lowest form of comedy. You are the Hannah Gadsby of being transphobic. Ok, that’s it. And if I saw, if I saw this kind of humor from some up-and-comer, if I saw this kind of humor
From the likes of, let’s say, a Matt Rife, that’s expected. If I saw it from someone who has consistently been unfunny like Bill Maher, that’s expected. Dave Chappelle, on the other hand, is supposed to be up there with the goats of our generation, like Bill Burr. Ok, doesn’t he perform in liberal cities?
Yeah, liberal cities are massive. What are you talking about? There’s still plenty of conservative people in liberal cities. I myself have also gone and seen Dave Chappelle test out new material personally, hoping that he will like move on from the trans stuff and go back to being funny.
John Miller and hack the rich. Thank you for the five and 10. Give the subs, by the way. So, so you’re okay with him dunking on every other group? Dunking on every other group is not what comedy is about. Ok? There is a lot, I said this
Earlier, but I will repeat myself for the sake of this segment, for those of you who just came in. Comedy comes from understanding. And is embedded, understands it, sees the humanity of it, and can make jokes about the different phenomena that they have experienced. A cis person can make jokes about trans
People. I’m a cis person. I make trans jokes all the time. Ok. The difference, however, is That’s the major difference. That’s why when his jokes on like black culture or white culture, white people, they hit pretty hard. Whereas his jokes on trans people just basically stay at the hackiest, lowest
Common denominator. Specifically his bit about Norm Macdonald is what I want to talk about. I believe this is it. And the only thing that got me out of that space was a comedian friend of mine. The late, great Norm Macdonald. That’s right. Shout out to Norm.
And what Norm did, which I’ll never forget, is he knew that I was the biggest Jim Carrey fan in the world. Now, I’m not going to go all into it, but Jim Carrey is talented in a way that you can’t practice or rehearse. What a God-given talent. I was fascinated with him.
And Norm knew that. And he called me up and he goes, Dave, I’m doing a movie with Jim Carrey. Do you want to meet him? And I said, fuck yes I do. And it was the first time I could remember since my father died being excited.
And the movie was called Man on the Moon. I didn’t know any of this. And in this movie Jim Carrey was playing another comedian I admired, the late great Andy Kaufman. Yes, and Jim Carrey was so immersed in that role that from the moment he woke up to the time he went to
Bed at night, he would live his life as Andy Kaufman. I didn’t know that. When they said cut, this nigga was still. Andy Kaufman. So much so, that everybody on the crew called him Andy. I didn’t know any of that. I just went there to meet him, and
When he walked into the room where we were supposed to meet, I screamed, Jim Carrey. And everyone said, no. Call him Andy. And I didn’t understand. And then he came over and he was acting weird. I didn’t know he was acting like Andy Kaufman. Just like, hey, how you
Doing? And I was like, hello. Andy? Now, in hindsight, how fucking lucky am I that I got to see one of the greatest artists of my time immersed in one of his most challenging processes ever. I’m very lucky to have seen that. But as it was happening, I was very
Disappointed. Because I wanted to meet Jim Carrey, and I had to pretend this nigga was Andy Kaufman. All afternoon. And he was clearly Jim Carrey. I could look at him and I could see he was Jim Carrey. Anyway, I say all that to say, that’s how trans people make me feel.
So that’s a joke. It’s crafted as a joke. It’s got the structure of a joke. Dave Chappelle is a goat of comedy after all. So obviously, obviously, it’s still, like at least it’s not like what we just showed you earlier about like Israeli attempts at comedy
And humor, right? At least it has the crafting of the making of a joke. However, it’s very low as common denominator because the punchline still is trans people are weird and gross and they’re faking it. And, you know, I’m sick and tired of acting like they’re not.
Right? The punchline in and of itself for this massive crafted story from a profoundly successful storyteller is still just a really fucking shitty lowest common denominator meme. You’re saying it can only be funny if it’s from someone that empathizes? No, I’m not saying that you can only
Be funny if you empathize with said group. I’m saying that empathy oftentimes helps in developing a better understanding of the group that you are joking about. Because if you don’t understand the group that you’re joking about, you’re just simply looking at it from the outside and going, aren’t they fucking weird?
They’re just weird. That’s the difference. Like, that structure, that structure that he engaged in from top to bottom, Norm Macdonald to Jim Carrey to Andy Kaufman, right? All of that has the makings of a decent joke. It has the structure. It has the writing. Everything is sound. The punchline, however, is soft.
It’s predictable and it’s soft, right? Like, you built it up. You built it up. It’s supposed to be the best part of it. The rule of threes, right? Like, if the last, if the last piece of that joke falls flat, then you kind of crafted that for no reason.
Now, what is really interesting about this in particular with Norm MacDonald is that he invokes Norm MacDonald’s name, which is quite odd when he’s making a joke about trans people being fake and phony and being weird and gross. Because Norm MacDonald himself was very much alive
And doing comedy at a time when people were talking about trans identity in public, right? It was a part of the subject matter. And Norm MacDonald was interviewed. This was a great bit from said interview of Norm MacDonald that I’m going to read now. Terrible tribute to Norm, says Vincent, who
Touched on this exact type of joke in an interview. I think the ambivalence had more to do with jokes you’ve made about transgender people. Now, remember, a lot of people who fucking post Norm Macdonald on Twitter, Norm Avatar Twitter accounts are oftentimes the dumbest right-wingers you’ve
Ever seen. And plenty of people will just go, Ha! You know, yeah, you just don’t get it. Norm Macdonald was a super reactionary guy. Now, just like with every artist from every different industry, you’re not going to like all their work, right? Norm Macdonald has a lot of hits, some
Misses, in my opinion, doesn’t really matter, right? But here’s what he had to say about a joke that he had that he cut out of his special. Yeah, the other thing was a joke about Caitlyn Jenner, which, as a matter of fact, was a joke I deliberately left out of
The Netflix special, Norm says. It wasn’t much of a joke, really, and it’s weird when you have to explain jokes that aren’t that funny. The joke was about how everyone was saying Caitlyn Jenner is beautiful, but she’s not really beautiful. In that joke, I went to great
Lengths to say you should love Caitlyn Jenner and accept her, but you don’t have to pretend she’s beautiful. There’s no reason to do that. That was the entire point of the joke, he says. Which is still a better joke than anything that Dave Chappelle has crafted
About trans people. Ok, like the idea is like, you know, there’s affirming trans identity and saying that trans women are women, you know. And then there is the notion of taking it one step further. One is normal and perfectly valid. The other is like supporting delusion. Kind of like that.
Right? Now, having said that, he still considered that to be You don’t want to have a joke be misunderstood and then someone goes and beats up a trans person. Now that doesn’t mean that you can’t make jokes about trans people at all. I myself make jokes about trans people all
The time. The difference is Norm in this regard was saying at least that like or was recognizing that he didn’t fully grasp the concept but he did grasp the secondary impact of his words. That it plays a role in normalizing transphobic sentiment. Ok, and because he didn’t have a good
Enough joke about a trans woman in that regard, he just dropped it because he thought, why do this? I don’t understand this attitude towards comedy, that comedy should be scrutinized exclusively on how funny it is. Surely there can be funny jokes that we should still denounce because they’re harmful. No, that’s what I’m…
My friend, that’s precisely what I’m saying. A lot of people tune out whenever I talk about Dave Chappelle or comedy in general, but I am the number one defender of comedy in general and I will duke it out with my chat on a regular basis and I will take it to the most
Like neurodivergent lengths to describe to you sentence crafting, joke crafting, how to write a joke and why something is funny or what the main intention is, right? So when I’m actually criticizing Dave Chappelle, I’m not criticizing him from the perspective of like, oh, he’s transphobic and I’m triggered.
Oh, it makes me so mad. I, after all, am a cisgender dude. I’m a white guy, a cishet white guy. None of that impacts me directly, right? Like, I can hear someone be transphobic and recognize the harm in that, but it’s not directly harming me. It’s not affecting me personally.
I have the capacity to hear it and go, yeah, that’s transphobic. When I criticize Dave Chappelle, it’s not from the framework that he is transphobic. He is. We all understand that. There’s no reason to defend it. I don’t know why some people try to. It’s like, who are you trying to appeal
To? Liberals? Do you care? Do you care about liberals being like, no, no, no, Dejavu has to be perceived as funny. Right? You’re not funny though, Hasan. I’m not. You know? I’m not a chicken, but I know how to make an egg. Ok? I know how to make a mean
Ass scrambled egg. I’m not a comedian. I’m an appreciator of comedy. And I am a big fan of Dave Chappelle. Right? So, what I’m trying to say is, as a big fan of Dave Chappelle, when I criticize Dave Chappelle, it’s not on the basis of like, oh, he’s being so
Rude. It’s on the basis that it’s hacky. And I think that’s the worst thing you can do as a comedian. Ok? If you’re a musician, singer, songwriter, a dancer, and you can dance super well, people are going to overlook the other horrifying criminal acts sometimes that you’ve engaged in.
You’re a football player and you beat your wife in an elevator. If you can run real fast, catch a football real good, people are going to overlook even the criminal things that you do. Same goes for comedy. Ok. Same goes for comedy. You’re an artist. You’re a comedic talent.
Ok. You’re going to be able to get away with a lot of awful stuff that you do in your real world life and maybe even in your stand-up specials. Ok. However, the worst thing you can do as a comedian is no longer be funny. And the easiest way to no longer be
Funny is by looking for applause rather than laughter. And when you go for the lowest common denominator, bottom of the barrel, hacky bits, saying, don’t we all feel like trans people are just fucking weird and gross? That’s what you’re doing. You’re looking for applause. And I expect more from my former goat.
That’s it. That’s it. Compare his work now to killing them softly and you will recognize exactly what I’m saying. I would never tell a comedian not to broach a specific subject matter. It’s more so that it requires a deeper understanding for it to be actually funny and
Not just someone looking at it from the outside and going, that’s weird, right? You’re weird. You’re gross, right? That’s it. It’s hard for one brother to turn his back on another, but yeah, man, he’s been falling off a bit, a bit weird. And, for example, when we talk about, when we, wait, what?
My biggest criticisms I have of you on comedy is that you, like a lot of us, have a limited lexicon. If you think the TED Talk style, Hannah Gadsby started with her and not Carlin Poundstone, Kinison, among other greats, I would implore you to look more at comedy.
No. George Carlin, or Poundstone I’m unfamiliar with, or Kinison, doing TED Talk style is incorrect. Ok, it’s just not the same. George Carlin was not seeking out applause. You also can’t necessarily make applause seeking bits You can’t go for applause seeking bits in a broader American population if you’re tackling an
Issue from a leftist framework regardless. Because applause seeking oftentimes has to be done within a liberal framework or a reactionary framework. Nanette being the liberal example and Dave Chappelle’s trans stuff being a reactionary example. Now what I mean by that is this. Applause requires the audience to recognize the pre-established
Norms. Ok, George Carlin, when talking about like the Israelis are called commandos and the Palestinians are called terrorists, like that in and of itself is not simply looking for an applause. It’s showcasing something that is happening in front of you and sometimes exaggerating or sometimes showing that juxtaposition in a humorous way.
Nanette’s special in general was anti-comedy. It wasn’t created with any kind of, like, laughter at all. Like, with laughter in mind. At all. There’s a part of comedy where you do have to see what sticks and what doesn’t, working out bits, etc. Dave’s surrounded by yes men.
Yeah. So, sorry, but the hell are we to say these people are seeking applause now? What? And now people in chat are using it for George Carlin? Come on. So, the point is… The point is, if you develop a better understanding of dynamics, if you have a personal
Involvement in the subject matter that automatically comes with a better understanding of the lived experiences, obviously, and you will be able to craft humor in a much easier way, in a much better way, That’s the difference between Dave Chappelle making jokes about white supremacy, racism, and
Black existence in America versus Dave Chappelle talking about trans people. Dave Chappelle does not care enough to understand trans people and is perfectly comfortable making jokes about trans people from the outside and pointing to them and going, yeah, they are fucking weird and gross. Lol, am I right?
Precisely the same 4chan shit that you’ve seen recycled over and over again. Ok? And what is offensive here isn’t, what is offensive here isn’t necessarily that it’s, oh my God, transphobic. It’s that it’s hack. It’s hacky. That’s the problem. Like Norm, Dave is a childhood hero of
Mine, and I can speak for hours on amazing work he did, and if you think of stand-up as a complete art form that’s more than just the written jokes, he’s maybe still the best alive, so this stuff just makes me genuinely sad at this point. I agree with this 100% wholeheartedly.
Is that good? Did I use a good sport reference there? It’s a very well-written joke in a technical sense, although you see the punchline a mile away, and it’s delivered flawlessly, but it’s about as far from funny as you can get. It’s like seeing the modern
Rolling Stones. They still play well and everything, but the spark died a long time ago. So, obviously, he will never fall off. Because he’s Dave Chappelle. You’ve got the, I liked him when I was a kid by his bro, grow up. No, dude. I love comedy. I think comedy is very important.
Ok? I think comedy is great. It’s like one of the few forms of art that I consume on a regular basis. I care about it quite a bit. I don’t like it when people are constantly chirping about it, especially when it’s mostly unfunny people who don’t care about humor at all,
Who don’t understand it, and don’t want anyone to listen to jokes in general. This is part of the reason why I regularly yell at my chat whenever they go, what, that joke, I didn’t understand it, which means it’s bad and wrong and you shouldn’t laugh at it either.
Ok. Something that I’ve regularly defended, for example, is comedians testing out their bits. Ok. A comedian’s primary purpose is to make you laugh. Ok. So when they’re testing out their bits, that’s the only way that they can figure out what works and what doesn’t. So back in the end of the Obama
Era when the identity politics, SJW stuff was super heated, heating up, this is what a lot of people did. They would like go to, they would go to comedy clubs and film a comedian testing out material. Sometimes the material wasn’t good, right? And ripping it, Ripping it from the context
That it’s supposed to be received in and blasting it out to an entire audience, to an entirely different audience, and then going, look, this says something about this person. This person is morally abhorrent. Ok? Dave has blood on his hands and his ride-or-die fans don’t. It’s a serious issue, kiddo.
You just have lame takes. Welcome, Raider1. What’s? My friend. Sigh. It sounds like joke policing to me, be honest. To be honest, respectfully, dude, that’s just your opinion, man. But you say somehow, say it is as fundamental truth as if a joke is not approved by Hasan. It’s not funny.
What? No, you’re receiving it that way. This is my perspective. Respectfully, I’m giving you what my opinion is. I’m speaking at it from a position of authority as a Dave Chappelle fan, a long time Dave Chappelle fan. I’m speaking at it from a position of authority as someone who defends the act of
Joking, Ok, and jokes in general. You don’t have to think that this is your opinion as well. I’m just simply crafting an argument and you might not appreciate it. And there are plenty of people to the left of me in this chat who don’t appreciate it, who think it’s far worse than
Just being hack material. Ok, that’s it. Chatters is ride or die for that terrible special? No, Chatters is ride or die to, to say that like, That you can’t even claim that Dave Chappelle has any talent in the comedic field at all. There’s two different types of people who are
Currently yelling at me in the chat. Some who are saying, Dave Chappelle is transphobic and therefore has never crafted a good joke and will never be able to craft a good joke and all of his jokes are bad. And even the crafting, the structure of a joke or the storytelling aspect of it
Is also bad, which is not true. From my perspective, this is simply not true. Ok? And then there are other chatters that were saying, you didn’t laugh at the Dave Chappelle special. You hate comedy and you’re policing comedy. No, I’m not. I am a believer, a firm believer that
You can make jokes about anything. Ok. It’s just that, it’s almost like the thing I talk about all the time with respect to accents. Ok. Accents of people who have been historically colonized. You can do it. You just have to be really good at it. Because if you’re not really good at
It, then it’s going to be very racist. And people are going to yell at you. That’s it. And the same thing goes for trans people. Like, there is hilarity and humor in the concept of being trans, growing up trans. Like, the way society perceives you. There is definitely things that are funny about
The culture that has been built around it. Right? I make jokes about trans people all the time. The difference is it is not at the expense of trans people and it’s not usually looking at it from the outside, looking in and going you’re weird and gross
And you’re fake and you’re not real and you’re doing something I don’t like and it’s immoral. That’s the difference. You understand? Someone said, uh, slurs. There’s a reason why certain people can say certain slurs and it can be totally ok and funny. Here, a great example of this
Is one of the most banger consistent segments on SNL on the weekend update is the Michael Che, Colin Jost joke swap. Ok? If Colin Jost is writing jokes about black people in and of itself and saying things that he’s like saying there and he’s written it himself, it would not be perceived
In the same way when Michael Che is the one who wrote it, is sitting next to him, and the expectation is that he reads those jokes out loud and maybe even And maybe even bring like a black civil rights leader or something to sit there and hear him say it.
That’s where the joke comes from. That’s what is a modifier. That’s what makes it both permissible and funny. Ok? By the way, she wasn’t a real civil rights leader, Lamont. I don’t know who that person was. I’m just saying that it was presented as a civil rights leader.
So, that is a great example of like… A great example of like one thing in other contexts, in certain contexts being like weird and not funny, and in other contexts being actually hilarious. Black trans chatter. I grew up on Chappelle and loved his show and early specials on Netflix.
Even during BLM, he had much more nuanced perspective when talking about George Floyd and the experiences of black men in America. It’s why it sucks so much now that he’s taking such a hit because of that empathy slash understanding can’t be extended to another marginalized community. Yeah, and I think a lot
Of people, I think a lot of people basically get stuck on the language that we’re using when we’re criticizing and think it’s simply about Dave Chappelle not being empathetic and him being reactionary and hurting people’s feelings. That’s not it at all. Empathy simply allows you to understand an in-group
Better so you can craft jokes that are humorous. Even though it might be a good joke. No, that’s not it at all. No, that’s not it at all. I can not only separate the art from the artist, but I can also separate the art from its impact when looking at it.
Ok? I even said in this last special, the Beyond Pussy one was a banger. When he talks about trans women, saying it’s beyond meat, it’s pussy too. Like that, in and of itself, stand alone, is a banger joke. The problem, however, is that it’s sandwiched between
Him being like, I’m transphobic, by the way. I hate trans people, by the way. Turfs are right, by the way. And then it’s like, well, all of a sudden, you got good meat in the sandwich, but the bread is stale and moldy. You can’t have that sandwich.
It’s just like you ruined the rest of the sandwich. Right? You get it? So, he is still capable of making funny jokes. He is a very talented comedian. So, obviously, as a consequence of that, he is capable of making good trans jokes, and that’s my expectation. But he doesn’t care.
He doesn’t want to go there, because at this point, I think he is, unfortunately, too far removed from reality. A comedian ever will be is immediately after their special is released because now you’re testing out new bits. It’s gonna be the worst. You haven’t refined them yet.
Right? But a big part, maybe he ain’t listening because only a small minority is complaining. I mean, I don’t care. Dave Chappelle can make an entire stand-up special that’s like transphobic all day every day. Ok. From start to bottom. It doesn’t change my perspective here. I’m just simply giving commentary.
It’s not like someone has to be killed or cancelled so that they know their art stands on its own. Or they know that their art is no longer as good. Ok. Like… Leaning on the majority opinion here makes it seem like you’re defending something akin to, I don’t know, Baby Sheldon.
Like, that is the most popular TV show, right? The Big Bang Theory is super popular. It doesn’t mean it’s actually good, right? Dave left comedy because of white conservatives only to return to comedy to appeal to white conservatives. Yeah, that’s a banger take that you stole from Twitter. I saw that tweet as
Well, Chatter. Not to call you out, but… I don’t think Dave is ever capable of making genuinely good trans jokes or gay jokes because Brody just ain’t woke enough. I think you need a leftist worldview to come to comedy to hit. That’s why Dave Chappelle was so good at
Making jokes in the black experience. No, that’s not true. It just comes from… Like, he could. He would just have to… He would have to change his framework. That was my tweet? No, it wasn’t. Or maybe it was. I don’t know. You would have to show
Empathy. You would have to just recognize trans people aren’t just like weird, gross and just like angry at the world for no reason or anything like that. That’s it. That’s it. And that could happen. It’s just less likely to happen when you are super famous, super wealthy, surrounded by yes
Men, and sycophants in general. And it happens to a lot of comedians, really. Yeah, he’s not out of touch because of being black or being left or right. He’s out of touch from being rich and famous. That’s exactly the point, yes. So people are going to go into his special and laugh regardless.
People are going to go see him when he appears. At the belly room and laugh regardless. Even when he himself openly admits he’s bombing and hates what he’s doing, people are still going to laugh. Because it’s Dave Chappelle. Because this is a profoundly charismatic comedian. Ok. So no matter what, people are going
To laugh. That doesn’t necessarily mean that his… Bits will stand the test of time. That also doesn’t mean that he’s going anywhere. He’s not. He’s always going to be a successful comedian. Right? That’s it. It just doesn’t mean that his special from a framework, from an artistic framework, his creative
Expression is as good as it used to be. Right? Your risometer might need an oil change. What do you mean? I… That’s… The reason why I brought up the Israeli comedy, the reason why I brought that up beforehand… Is because Israeli comedy plays a role in dehumanizing Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims in
General. And there’s often times like not any real humor there. It’s devoid of humor mostly because it is reactionary. Ok. That’s it. And it’s much harder to craft humor when you are engaging in a reactionary perspective. Is Dave not reactionary on certain issues? He certainly is.
On the issue of trans people, he is reactionary. And therefore, his content suffers as a consequence of that. That’s simply all I’m stating. There’s another bit that someone sent me. I don’t know which one it was. Let me see if I can find it real quick. This one. Nope. This one. Nope.
Maybe it’s this one. Nope. Where’s the other Dave Chappelle joke? There was another bit that was like all over Twitter as well. Also on the issue of housing. I mean, he’s not making jokes about that. Oh, the, oh, no. It was the, it was the one where
He’s like, I’m going to go and do, you know, rape in prison. If I was in California, I’d join the woman’s prison. And I would say, I’m a woman. And it’s just like… Like that, that’s just like, again, it’s just like, that’s Steven Crowder, dude. That’s a Steven Crowder bit.
But if I do, I hope it’s in California. Because as soon as the judge sends me, I’ll be like, Your Honor, before you sentence me, I just want the court to know, I identify as a woman. Send me to a woman’s jail. And as soon as I get in there,
You know what I’m going to be doing? Give me a fruit cocktail, bitch, before I knock your motherfucking teeth out. I’m a girl just like you, bitch. Come over here and suck this girl dick I got. Don’t make me explain myself. I’m a girl. God forbid I ever go
To jail. But if I do. Yeah. I… Let me tell you, dude. Let me tell you. It’s just like… It’s just sad. It’s sad to see. No. Everybody fucking jumping on… Oh, God. Everyone is missing the point. There’s so many people that are just like… Saying like… Oh, he’s saying he wants to
Beat women and rape them or whatever. And it’s like… Dude, you can make edgy jokes, ok? Doesn’t mean that he’s like a literal rapist woman beater, ok? The difference is, it’s just such a hacky, basic bit. That’s what it is. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. Um, there was a point where he, I
Think, recognized, there was a point where I think he recognized personally that this was, like, suffering his content, but because he keeps getting millions and millions of dollars, um, and because, like, he’ll still always forever permanently sell out audiences, it just, it’s just gonna never, it’s never gonna stop, I think.
He’s just too lost in the weeds. If you love your trans chatters, you will move on. Ok. Ugh. What the fuck are you saying? He’s making a disgusting transphobic joke? What the fuck I’m saying is, not that it’s disgusting in and of itself, it’s also, oftentimes, it is just an incredibly unfunny, incredibly
Hacky bit. The criticism doesn’t come necessarily just from its being disgusting and transphobic. It comes from it being unfunny and hacky and something that you’ve heard from Steven Crowder. Mining Steven Crowder bits and 4chan bits From like 2017 is the lowest form of comedy and one that I do not expect from
The likes of Dave Chappelle. That’s it. That’s it. You know? Here, here’s another great example of this from another hack, right? An absolute hack. Here. Sleek and stylish in this wool blend and Najeeba is hot, hot, hot. And not just from wearing a suffocating tarp in the desert. It’s a look that screams,
Look out world, I’m a woman of the 12th century. Turn heads without losing yours. In this sizzling Saudi sheath and be the wife that he calls for tonight and every night. Ah, here’s lovely Nima in a coquettish little outfit that showcases the girl inside the woman inside the stifling female containment unit.
It’s first class clothing for second class citizens. Like, come on dog, really? That’s what, dude, it’s so good, man. So, he’s popping. He’s popping off, folks. He’s got, man, this guy is funny, ok? That’s what I’m thinking. And it shows off your curves in all the right places. The top of your head,
Your shoulders, and absolutely nowhere else. Dress it up for morning prayers or dress it down for midnight stonings. This one says, my mullah brings all the boys to the yard. Oh, isn’t Khalilah just scrumptious in this business? How is critiquing Islam bad? Islam is ass. Yes, brother. You’re already, this is actually fine.
You’re already, you’ve already done it. You’ve already jumped on the bandwagon. This is such a classic post 9-11 joke of just being like, yeah, look at these barbaric Muslims and look at the way they cover their women. They forcibly cover their women. And it’s like, my boss is a Saudi
Woman. She has a doctorate in chemistry and wears Doctor Who t-shirts. Yeah, it’s just like… It is Islamophobia masquerading as a criticism of a religion in general, when in fact it’s just pure, unfiltered, unadulterated Islamophobia. This is how your trans jokes hit? What? This is… Well, do cocaine even, and
Drink alcohol, but God forbid you touch pork. That is haram. Oh, never. I would never eat pork. Come on, brother. We would never do that. Ok? Like, there are, there are so many variants. There are so many things that you can make fun of within the Muslim world, within Islam in general.
Ok? This is hack. This is just hack. Too many Reddit atheists in this chat are talking about Muslim women. Not going to lie. I know. This casual abaya by Donna the Koran. It’s a throwback pullover that says, I’m too sexy for my Shiite. You’ll be proud. Some chatter said you were
Being the joke police. No, it’s because chatters also agree with Bill Maher on this. That’s the difference. That’s it. Because you agree with him. That’s why you think it’s funny, but you’re not necessarily laughing at it because you’ve heard this a million times. You’ve heard this joke a million times.
I mean, you heard it twice in the same fucking one minute span. How can chatterers go, oh, SNL sucks, dick, and then turn around and go, but this is peak. I hate how people don’t realize how dumb it is until you draw comparisons to what this would look like if you
Did it for Christians. It’s just like there are a ton of things that you can make fun of within Christianity as well. The difference is when people make fun of Christianity in America, you’re projecting this isn’t funny. Wait, what? I did not say that this was funny. What are you talking about?
I don’t know why. Ok, I’m going to stop reading chat. I think I’m getting baited. Yes. It’s the difference between back to the kitchen jokes and a well-crafted joke about misogyny or sexism. That’s it. That’s exactly it. That is the, that is the meme. Chatters are very quick to go,
Jeff Dunham sucks. But then, watch another dude make the Ahmed the Dead Terrorist memes. Ok. And go, that’s hilarious, that’s peak humor. And the funniest thing overall is that it’s not only peak humor for chatters, but they also defend it. Like, no, actually, this is a peak humor because it’s actually morally righteous,
Too. It’s peak humor because it’s morally righteous, because it’s only critiquing Islam. Come on, it’s just critiquing Islam. And notice how, as someone from a Muslim background, Ok. I’m not talking about the dehumanization aspect here. And I’m not talking about like what this does as far as like promoting
Islamophobia and the death and destruction that befalls the Muslim world in the hands of American imperialism. The key to edgy humor is that it makes you laugh at something you disagree with or know you shouldn’t laugh at. If you’re going to hit on touchy subjects, it better be something that anyone with a
Sense of humor can admit is funny. Exactly. Wait, why are you not upset about its dehumanizing nature? I agree with the hanky bit, by the way. Because the dehumanizing nature of this comedy, just like every other comedy special, just like every other person who’s trying to make a joke,
Stems from the material conditions that they’re simply reflecting on the ground. That’s it. Like, I just, I… I don’t care about it as much as I care about the real, uh, tangible aspects. And not simply someone who’s unfunny, desperately trying to be funny. Ok? Comes in black and dark black.
And it’s guaranteed to get your man so hot, he’ll want to crack you on the ankle with a long stick. Whether you’re on the go or simply knowing your place, nobody does repression like Muslim Dior. By the way, Anon is the winner of Saudi Arabia’s Next Top Model, and I think
You can see why. Damn, dude. Banger. What is this? Mexico dumpsters. Dave Chappelle. Barry Balls, thank you for the five gifted. A great story of a man bombing. Ok. And completely taking it back. Yeah. And then winning. It’s my homie Mexico. You know, he was trying to do some
Stand up. He was like, let me try it out. It was like the worst. I think at one point he just like was quiet on stage. And then we continue with the show and then Sundercat is like, yo, don’t tell anybody but I think Dave might show up. And I was like, ok.
Chappelle walks in, he talked for like two hours and then Mexico’s back in the crowd. And he’s like, Mexico was sighing heavily. You want to know? Let me tell you. You want to know a good bit that Dave Chappelle did in his special? The Chris Rock stuff.
Talking about his own attack and how he was attacked on stage. That entire story, start to finish, banger. It’s funny. It’s good. There’s literally, there’s a change happening. Within the storytelling where he starts off making fun of Chris Rock and then personally is involved in a similar situation where then he
Realizes like what it looks like. Jamie Foxx shows up in a cowboy hat. Exactly. There’s so much there. It’s packed. It’s slammed. That’s a fucking typical good joke. Even the Norm Macdonald joke, the setup is funny. It’s like you can use that to craft something genuinely hilarious and the punchline falls
Flat. Right? Dave Chappelle. And I can tell that you want to do this because you won’t shut the fuck up. The level of mastery that not just me but all of your peers here are chasing, it’s ours and I’ve put in more hours than all of my contemporaries and that’s
Why I get to stand up here and I want that for you. Like, I will personally give you my phone number and anytime you need advice, I will give that to you just because I can see what’s in me. I see that in you. And Mexico goes, yeah, nah nigga, I’m gonna
Go do cocaine in the parking lot. This is lame as fuck. And stands up and irishes out of the room. And I shit you not, Eric, standing O. Jesus. George Carlin, Larry King clip about comedians punching down. Yeah. Here. Did you touch on his dreamer bit
And closed out the show telling his audience they’re living a dream watching Dave Chappelle and him grinning and ending his routine? Yeah. That part was not as interesting to me at all. …to the death, his right to do everything he does. The thing that I find unusual, and it’s,
You know, it’s not a criticism so much, but his targets are underdogs. And comedy traditionally has picked on people in power, people who abuse their power. Women and gays and immigrants are kind of, to my way of thinking, underdogs. And, you know, he ought to be careful
Because he’s Jewish. And a lot of the people who want to pick on these kind of groups, the Jews are on that list a little further. You’ve got women, gays, gypsies, blah, blah, blah, blah. And suddenly you find Jews. And the Andrews are Would be a Republican today, by the way?
Yeah, I know. A lot of people consistently say that George Carlin would be a Republican, and it’s like, I think they genuinely have not understood a single thing, a single George Carlin joke ever, if they say something like that. It’s just like, I think, was it Zay Squirrel who found…
I think it was Squirrel who found a George Carlin bit that even I hadn’t seen. I don’t even think it was a bit. It was just him talking about how he’s like a Marxist. I unfortunately think Carlin would have definitely fell for the cancel culture show,
Unfortunately. No, I think he would have been like Bill Burr. I think he would have been exactly like Bill Burr. Like, light commentary on cancel culture overall, but oftentimes just like completely, completely moving away from that. Because he recognizes it as like a hacky thing. He was not a Marxist.
No, he himself referred to himself as a Marxist, I believe. He began a sentence a little while ago. It’s not a surprise. It shouldn’t be a surprise. It shouldn’t be a surprise that rich white men don’t care about poor black people, period. So they’re not high on the list.
They’re not high on the list. George, I love you George, but that’s nonsense. I don’t care if you love me or not. They’re not high on the conscious or the subconscious list of those people who are in charge of things in this country. The owners, forget these foolish elections, the owners
Of this country don’t care about the poor and young owners. I’m telling you, you don’t believe me. Is this Karl Marx talking to me? I’ll tell you, listen, just listen for a minute. Learn a little something. Elections and politicians are in place in order to give Americans the illusion that they have
Freedom of choice. You don’t really have choice in this country. And let me ask you this about the looting. Would you agree That there was two kinds of looting. That there was the kind where people were desperate because they were starving and maybe were taking food out of a store.
And then there were some people who were taking stereo equipment. Would you agree that there was two kinds of looting? Yeah, people were walking away with television sets. Would you agree that there was those two kinds of looting? Yes. Ok, well then is it not wrong for
The president to issue an ultimatum that there was zero tolerance and thereby encourage his right- Dude, by the way, that’s Bill Maher talking about post-Katrina and ripping into George W. Bush. And saying, well there’s people who are looting for survival, so why are you saying zero tolerance? You can see the hint of
Like, reactionary liberalism here. Ok. You can see the hint of that. Where he’s like, well there’s two kinds of looting. And it’s like, who cares? These guys are straight up like trying to survive a hurricane. Ok. Ok. But beyond that, they’re also trying to survive crippling poverty in general.
When you need to, for example, rebuild your house, you’re going to need money. How do you get that money when you have already never had money? Well, you’re going to sell that stereo. Ok. So, It’s just like, even in that regard, there’s something to be said about precisely this kind of looting.
But notice how, notice how my man here is against, he’s positioned himself as a contrarian against George W. Bush. So he’s of course saying like, well, you know, if there’s two different types of looting, well, why are we criticizing all kind of looting? Wing flacks in the liberal media to
Go ahead and say, this gives us license. Your best take is would you steal a bread or a stereo and stereo buys you 20 loaves of bread? Yes. My other take on that is that, you know, a Gucci bag also pays for rent. And you need to pay for rent
If you have a house. If you’re in an apartment, you got to be able to pay for rent. Not just about bread. Ok? It’s not just about loaves of bread. We’re no longer living in a feudal society. Ok? This isn’t like Oliver Twist. Why is bro having me agree with ethical
Crime? …license to suggest that we shoot people on sight as if in the middle of this crisis where so many people are dying already. What we need to do is shoot Tyrone because he’s getting out of Circuit City with some soggy tweeters. And I… Yeah, I mean, you can, the
Racism jumped out again. It’s just like, he’s always been an intolerant, relatively reactionary liberal. You know what I mean? He’s so smug. He’s so smug. And I think Tyrone always had soggy tutors, quite frankly. I have an addendum to that. The real looting in this country takes place
In the transfer of the wealth from the poor to the rich. I’m sorry that you don’t like class and the truth, my friend, but you’re just stuck with it. And the poor have been systematically looted in this country. The rich have been made richer under this criminal, fascist president and his government.
You know George, George, I think you know, do you know what fascism is? You know what fascism is? You know what Nazis are? No wait sir, wait sir. That’s a classic, that’s a classic take. And it’s true, it’s 100% true. Neoliberalism is a continuation of a different kind
Of fascism. It’s not, you know, the nationalistic mythos always that you see in Germany. …is when corporations become the government. Yes. And that’s sort of what we have. And poverty has gone up. 17… George, you think that looting is okay if there’s no hurricane? First of all, property…
Can you break into Tweeters whenever you want? I have no problem with theft. May I be honest with you? No problem with theft. I have no problem with theft. It’s true. I know. This reminds me of the OJ situation. It wasn’t that OJ was innocent. We all knew he killed his wife.
It’s not that looting is good. We all know looting is bad. It’s the priorities. It’s the fact that white people obsessed On one black guy getting away with a crime once, when it had worked in reverse a billion times more. The same way they’re obsessing about a few
People getting away in the middle of this much bigger crisis. It’s a matter of what’s proportional. I think that’s what we’re saying about looting. No one is defending looting. That is always what these kind of commentators say. I don’t care what their race is. As if things were even to begin with.
Guys, come on. This is George W. Bush era liberalism, baby. Listen, I remember this, Ok. I was a young boy who was very weirdly into politics and very invested into politics, Ok. But I remember George W. Bush era liberalism from Turkey, Ok. Watching it from Turkey, Jon Stewart specifically, Ok.
And let me tell you, this is Bush era liberalism. This doesn’t exist in the Democratic Party anymore. You kind of saw a little bit of it under Donald Trump. A little bit of it. But the reality is Bush era liberalism and the post 9-11 world has completely subsided.
The Democratic Party is absolutely just as violent and the reception of The Democratic Party’s inherently violent actions, whether it be its foreign policy, whether it be its maintenance of the borders and the continuation of white nativist immigration, restrictive immigration policies, all of those things are no
Longer perceived in the Democratic Party as like a, you know, a ridiculous thing that the Democratic Party shouldn’t be on board with. There are, we’ve lost that. Everybody goes, oh, you’re, even in the online spaces, You know, they go, oh, you’re a tanky. Think about it.
These are supposed to be some of the most. These are the progressives online, right? Progressives online. They’re not even at MSNBC, right? They’re supposed to be some of the most progressive. Like, progressive people in America, they’re not supposed to be beholden to the same material interest that MSNBC is, right?
They’re supposed to offer you a different perspective that you don’t get on television. And yet so many liberals who adorn the radical aesthetics… Ok, who adorn the radical aesthetics, who are lifestylists, who then unconditionally, unconditionally take on the most reactionary, most pro-war positions. The vast majority seem to think that the
Democratic Party still is what you just explained. Yeah, sure. Yeah. So I have solved this little political dilemma for myself in a very simple way. On election day, I stay home. I don’t vote. Fuck them. Fuck them. I don’t vote. Two reasons. Two reasons I don’t vote. First of all, it’s meaningless.
This country was bought and sold and paid for a long time ago. The shit they shuffle around. He’s a, he, look at him. He’s a, he’s a tanky. He’s a, he’s a tanky, anti-electoralist tanky. Which like, as a political commentator, I don’t even necessarily agree with this take, but it
Doesn’t matter. And secondly, I don’t vote because I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. People like to twist that around, I know. They say, they say, well, if you don’t vote, you have no right to complain. But where’s the logic in that?
If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent people, and they get into office and screw everything up, well, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem. You voted them in. You have no right to complain. I, on the other hand, who did not
Vote, who did not vote, Who, in fact, did not even leave the house on election day. Am in no way responsible for what these people have done and have every right to complain as loud as I want about the mess you created that I had nothing
To do with. So, I know that a little later on this year you’re going to have another one of those really swell presidential elections that you like so much. You’ll enjoy yourselves. It’ll be a lot of fun. I’m sure as soon as the election is over, your country will improve immediately.
As for me, I’ll be home on that day doing essentially the same thing as you. The only difference is, when I get finished masturbating, I’m going to have a little something to show for it, folks. Thank you very much. But I’ve never been comfortable with, because I’m at heart a lefty.
You know, if I fell out of an airplane I would land on the left side of that line. You know the difference between, I do find the difference between right wing and left wing. People to the right of center, well let’s start with the people to
The left. People to the left of center, liberals, democrats, populists, they’re interested in people, human beings. Listen, left, right, doesn’t matter. At the middle of the hour, at the top of the hour, you see a three-minute ad break. Ok? You could be a George Carlin fan, you could be a George Carlin
Hater. At this very moment, you’re going to see an ad break, unless you subscribe. I forgot to run it earlier. That’s why I’m giving you a silly segue here, not a very good one. Ok? Here is the three-minute ad break now. …beings and human values. People to the right of the line, Republicans,
And rich people, and right wingers, they’re interested in property. Property, not people. And they’re soulless. They’re without soul. They don’t really care. They don’t really care. These Christians don’t do Jesus’ work, which is to feed the poor and take care of the ones who can’t help themselves. That’s what their Jesus said.
Feed those who have no way, ones who have nothing going for them. Help them in my name. Oh God, Twitter videos. For one thing, you have to give them credit. They’re out in the open now. They’re out in the open now. They’re not even… Oh God.
We’re not going to be able to watch this, I don’t think. Does anyone have a more reputable and better video website? Like a video hosting service where we could potentially watch this video instead of just… Ladies and gentlemen, would you please… Instead of watching… Comedians, comedians… Oh, this is it, yeah.
A comedian’s comedian, his newest book, Napalm and Silly Putty is number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The man who made Harry Potter cry. George Carlin, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. Ok. Last week’s paper, front page, Bush picks industry insiders to fill environmental posts. Oh my god, wait, is that RFK?
Mining industry lobbyist is the number two at the Interior Department. A lobbyist for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is the chief lawyer. I can’t tell, it’s so, someone said Ralph Nader, I don’t think that’s Ralph Nader. This is really, it’s really deep fried. It’s like hard to see.
Tailgate party. What they’re talking about. There you are. Thank you. I love it. How do you do? How are you? Good to see you. Ok. Thank you. Alright, now people are getting tired of me talking about George Bush and the environment, but it’s not me, it’s George
Bush. Every week it just gets worse. Newsweek said last week the Bush administration is homecoming week for the energy industry. It’s Robert Shapiro. And Dick Cheney’s task force report is the pre-game tailgate party. What they’re talking about is Bush, last week’s paper, front page, Bush picks industry insiders to
Fill environmental posts. A mining industry lobbyist is the number two at the Interior Department. A lobbyist for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is the chief lawyer. The number two at the Environmental Protection Agency, a lobbyist for Monsanto, the chemical company now devoted to agribusiness. The chairman of the Council
On Economic Equality, a lawyer who represented General Electric in its fight with the EPA over toxic waste sites. Folks, to say the fox is guarding the hen house, to say that the Nazis are running the Nuremberg trials, to say that the candy man is the dentist,
The Corleone family is ahead of the gambling commission here. I mean, it’s just, it’s obscene. Back to earth, please. What we now have are people who are competent in the fields that they are working on. You know more, we now know more about environmental responsibility. Because they’re used to evading
Them. Because they understand. You have to give them credit for one thing. Because they understand the importance. They’re out in the open now. They’re not even trying to conceal it anymore. The owners of the country have, they bought their elect, got their election. They said, we’re going to get this election.
We put you people in that court for a reason. Back to earth for you now. Yeah, forget all that stupid, will you? They’re out in the open. They’re openly driving the bus and we’re all in the back. There is no national conspiracy to buy elections and control America. Talk about back to earth.
That’s part of the problem. That’s part of the problem that we have is that people make these kind of irrational statements. Unfortunately, George Bush has the right to put anyone he wants in his cabinet. It’s our shame on us for electing him. You’re right. Shame on you. Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders.
The Bernie Sanders of the past. Got a screenshot of you out of the chair. Get ready for a week of hell. Thank you. So sick. The Nader bros are responsible. Everybody knows it. Everyone blew the election and everyone said Gore and Bush are the same. No, Al Gore blew the election because he
Was so afraid that Monica Lewinsky, never mind. He was too afraid to have President Clinton, who was popular at that time. But he would have been better than this and he would have protected the environment. I don’t challenge the facts that you present that those backgrounds are there.
What I challenge is the idea that there’s some kind of conspiracy about this. What we don’t have, what we haven’t had, let me just make this quick point. What we haven’t had is a serious question about what to do with all of the energy needs that we have in America.
Bunch of liberals want to tell people you can’t drive this car, you can’t have these lights on, you can’t have a swimming pool. That’s the attitude of people who don’t understand. I love how nothing changes in America. Nothing. Reactionary conservatives still talk about how all liberals care about is like limiting our freedoms.
I want to be able to have the pool. I want to be able to have the lights on. I want to have the gas stove. And then the Democrats are like, well, you know, the system works, but it’s just the problem is you didn’t vote for
The right person and you didn’t vote hard enough. And then Bill Maher, surprisingly, of course, is a little bit more critical of the Democratic Party here, where he says, no, it’s actually Al Gore’s fault, which is true, right? And the left is in the room is like, no, they’re both sold.
They’re both bought and sold by corporations. These are… Politics is a song and dance. Sure, there’s like marginal differences and disagreements along the way, but ultimately, they are operating for the same masters. You know what you can have now? You can have gas for $3 a gallon. You can be in California and
Have blackouts all the time. Right. Because of these energy policies. And I love this. I love, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude. Even black house, rolling black house. I mean, I guess like maybe back then it might have been real, but it’s not real now. And yet they still say.
The energy policies that were created here in California, not as a result of a conspiracy. You don’t need a formal conspiracy. When interests converge, these people went to the same universities and fraternities. They’re on the same boards of directors. They’re on the same country. He’s right. This is the most succinct way
Of describing how capitalism works. It was real then. PG&E has been doing wildfires for 20 odd years. Oh no, the rolling blackouts are not due to like an energy crisis. It’s due to the fact that yes, there are wildfires. If that’s what you’re talking about, that’s entirely different. These guys are making it
Seem like there’s rolling blackouts as a consequence of like an energy crisis. I’ve never seen this video, but god damn he’s spitting. How can you guys say I’m wrong for saying I should have never admitted to like being Marxist or socialist? Ok, when, like, if you look at all
The old Carlin clips, he’s just, I say almost damn near verbatim identical things, but because I get slapped with the socialist sticker, they look back at him with great reverence and say he’s the goat, and look at me now and say, you’re wrong, you’re a socialist
Communist, you want murder, death, and destruction, you suck. The very same people, the very same people that That hold them to such a high regard will get mad at me for saying the exact same, sometimes even damn near verbatim identical things. Right, exactly. Because he doesn’t care.
He’s never conserved. Well, he drives an SUV, and he doesn’t think… You’re talking about two different groups of people? No, I’m talking about the exact same people who fancy themselves to be, like, liberal. Or sometimes even right-wingers. Right-wingers like Carlin, too. They think that he would be a right-winger. People like this comedy.
I don’t know if they like this politics. George Carlin’s comedy is his politics. This through. Ok, $3 a gallon for gasoline. What did Bush say about it last week? We can’t really help you, but if you pass my tax cut, that’ll give you the money to pay for that $3.
Hey, George, why don’t you just cut out the middleman and cut the check right to Exxon? Yes, sir. Well, that’s what he’s saying. That sounds so cool, but how is it that it’s fair for you to say that the little guy doesn’t know any better if he wants to drive an SUV?
It’s his right to drive an SUV. If you want to run your computer at home on the internet and you want to keep it on for eight hours and pay the bill, it’s your right to do that. That’s what it means to live in a free society. If we had public transportation, No
One wants public transportation for themselves. It’s for the other guy. No, people do want it. Put him on the bus. Make him ride across town. People would like to drive vehicles that get more than 10 miles to a gallon, but they can’t buy them. That’s slightly not true. The Volkswagen diesel Beetle.
The Volkswagen diesel Beetle gets 45 miles to the gallon. People don’t want that. But you speak as if we live in a world of infinite resources, which we don’t. No, but we don’t live in a world where we need greater coercion by the government. Of course we do. Ugh, so lame. So bad.
There’s part two on this as well, I guess. I don’t know if I want to watch the whole thing. Famously, Volkswagen never lied about their… Have this. You can’t live there. Shut your pool down. Dick Cheney said last week, we don’t need to conserve. He did not say that.
We need to go up to the Arctic and get in there. Why? Because there’s no money in conservation. Now, if you really, like me, were concerned about the little guy, you would say, since we can’t explore the Arctic without destroying the area, we ought to make… We’ll just drill a few holes.
…available. How can you do it without the shortage? We’ve been doing this since the 80s and we haven’t had the problem. In fact, the biggest oil spills that we’ve had have come from tankers. Why don’t we find the last snow leopard and drill right into him?
You know what’s really interesting about all this? It’s like, I feel like old Billy Boy, ok, old Billy Boy, and like the things he’s defending, right now, if old Billy Boy was coming up against new Billy Boy, ok, new Billy Boy would be like, oh, shut up. You’re so stupid.
Stop. You don’t understand how the world works. People don’t get it. You don’t get it. That’s what he would do. I just think you liberals ought to admit, we want to tell you we got a new national nanny and we’re going to tell you when you can keep your lights on,
What kind of vehicles you can drive, how you can get to work, what hours you can keep. Just tell us you’re going to control us. And that would cut the middle man out too. You frame it as if that’s fascism. That is. But in a world of limited resources.
Yeah, like, dude, dude, dude. Instituting a racial hierarchy with an in-group that is dominant and dominating an out-group that you dehumanize, that’s not fascism. Fascism is when the government implements policies that mitigate harmful impact that we have on the environment. That’s the real fascism. Not the… Not fascism in the way that
You understand it, as like a political ideology, as a way that the government operates. That’s not fascism. Fascism is when the government does stuff. But of course, stuff that I don’t like. Fascism is when the government does stuff that I don’t like, and it’s actually not fascism when it does stuff that I
Do like. For people who pretend to be leaders to tell us, you know what, conservation, not really a good idea. They didn’t say that. Building more power. Yes, they did. They did not say that. What they did say was having the government come in and tell you what you can
Do is not the policy that they would embrace. So having the oil companies and the corporations and the boards of directors tell us what we can do is a bad thing. You are not required to buy an SUV. You are not required to run your electricity.
You’re not required. There are a number of things that you have control over. The government is supposed to create rules, laws, and regulation specifically targeting the dumbest person in mind. Ok. You know that old saying, you’re just as good as the weakest person on the team? Ok. That’s how a country operates
In the most reductive terms. That’s why we have seatbelt laws, right? Because not every single person is going to want to put on a seatbelt. Ok? A lot of people are going to go, that’s restrictive. I don’t want to do that. I actually don’t want to do that
At all. Which is why sometimes you have to enforce seatbelt laws. Ok, this doesn’t mean that every kind of regulation and rule that the government puts forward is always going to be good, moral, and preventative of further harm. But that’s the same principle behind vaccinations, mass
Vaccination campaigns. There are going to be plenty of people who say, I don’t want to get vaccinated. George Carlin himself was a bit of an anti-vaxxer, as a matter of fact, if I’m not mistaken. He was a bit of a granola anarchist in that regard, right?
And it’s like, you do that, and you try to enforce mass inoculation rules, because you know people are just going to go, I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to get a boo-boo. Ok? I’m scared of getting a boo-boo. That’s why the nanny state has to kick
In, in order to ensure that our hospitals are not overflowing. Did I bring the food or what? What’s going on here? How can you run a home without electricity? What’s that? How can you run your home without electricity? I figured out when I got my bill back in February that was three
Times the size, I went to the master block and knocked off a number of those items because I didn’t want to have to pay the electricity. Ok, I gotta take a commercial before they turn the lights off. I don’t know if you are aware of this book. It is the number one bestseller.
Yours is going to be number one next week. This one is USA Today, I think. Ok, right. This has sold 4.1 million copies. The Prayer of Jabez. If you haven’t heard about what this is, you’ll appreciate this. W.C. Fields, you know this story. When he was on his deathbed, he was
A famous atheist. One of the few people like us who was willing to say he was not too fond of religion or children. But anyway, he was looking at a Bible. His best friend walked in and said, Bill, what are you doing with the Bible? And he said, looking for loopholes.
Well, they found one. I bring this up because they found a loophole in the Bible, the prayer of Jabez. It’s buried in the book of Chronicles. And the prayer says, Oh, that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory. So this has sold four million copies because
People are buying it who, one, think that prayer works. You know, if you say to God, you petition him. And also, but what’s so cynical and awful about this is that they’re praying for self-aggrandizement. This is a prayer that says, enlarge my territory, make me rich, give me stuff.
Is this not I think if it was praying for sex, it might be something worthwhile. But people do pray for sex, they just don’t talk about it. People are going to pray for wealth. I don’t see the problem with the book. I mean, I understand, I don’t think children
Should be having to read that in school, but I think there’s nothing wrong with praying for self-aggrandizement. People do it anyway. We’re lowly human beings. We pray for all kinds of things. I’m told by people who pray… I say to them, suppose God doesn’t answer your prayer. And they say, well then, it’s
His will. I will accept his will. What is the point of praying in the first place if he’s going to do what he wants to anyway? There’s supposedly a divine plan. How are you so arrogant as to ask him to change his plan for some narrow reason, whether it’s health or wealth?
Because we are arrogant. We all think the world revolves around us. But do you think prayer works? I pray to Joe Pesci. I pray to Joe Pesci and I get the same results. I get the same results I used to get from God when I was nine years old and I believed in
The invisible man in the sky. You get about half the things you pray for. It’s laws of probability. Half the things you pray for you get, half of them you don’t. You write off the half you don’t, the half you get you say, oh isn’t he great. And it’s just a game.
Listen to what I just heard, as insulting as that is to millions of people of faith. Will he strike me dead right now? Will he? He doesn’t dare. I pray not. He doesn’t dare. He doesn’t dare. He doesn’t dare. I think it’s so much more, I mean, I believe in God.
I think you, of course I do. I just give him so much more credit than you do. It’s insulting to any supreme being. It’s so insulting to think that he’s up there reading these petitions. Please, give me a real estate business. A Mercedes. A Mercedes. I mean, that’s insulting.
But that’s your interpretation of the prayer. That’s what they’re praying for you. That’s what the book says. Prayer should be for peace, for family, for health, for… I’m using plastic utensils because I hate the environment. And I want to do my part in destroying it. I’ve decided. And not because, like, when I
Order out, they just simply put it in there. Yeah. World peace. It’s not a mandate. It doesn’t matter. God says in the Bible that he cares about… This is some r slash atheism stuff. Maher later went on to produce a movie about how big of an atheist he is.
I know. You know what Juneteenth is? It’s a federal holiday, ok. We’re celebrating the end of slavery. Bobo, this is the first year, so they didn’t attach a sale to it yet, but, you know, we’re American, you know what I mean? Within five years, there will be Juneteenth
Sales, guaranteed. Every store, three-fifths off every item. Except the cotton swaps. You’re paying extra for the cotton swaps. You guys know what Juneteenth is? It’s a federal holiday, ok. We’re celebrating the end of slavery. And that looks, there it is. See, that’s edgy. This is the first year.
That’s edgy. That’s an edgy joke from a white guy talking about black people. Not necessarily directly black people, but about American capitalism. That’s a perfect example. That is a perfect example of someone making a joke About, like, while using Juneteenth as a, as a, the subject matter, making not
A joke about black people at the expense of black people, but making a joke about American capitalism and the commodification of all different types of holidays or all different types of, like, you know, important, important times of, I mean, important historical moments. Did you see a bit about China and
Taiwan? I did not, but I assume it’ll be bad. That’s all I’m trying to say. Where is the, where is this Taiwan joke? It’s sometimes life or death makes even the most offensive situation tolerable. Ok. Even racist. Yeah, how we are three-fifths of a man, I get it.
Such as the utilization of the three-fifths rule as a way to market on Juneteenth. The joke is not black people are three-fifths a man. China invades Taiwan. The joke in and of itself is about corporations. It’s Australia and the U.S. that gotta defend Taiwan. Now here’s the thing.
It’s a reference to the three-fifths compromise in U.S. history. I know that. I know what it’s a reference to. Ok, we’re moving on. Alright. Explaining jokes is always good and it always lands. If China invades Taiwan, it’s Australia and the U.S. that gotta defend Taiwan. Now here’s the thing.
If we haven’t had this discussion, we need to talk to y’all about this a little bit. But let’s just be honest right now. How confident are we that we’re going to be able to know who’s who? Right? No question, right? Once China touches land, it’s going to be
The Spider-Man meme. We’re going to have to do shirts and skins for that one now. China, you guys will be shirts, obviously, because that’s where they’re made. Do you think you could tell a Taiwanese, bro? Just by looking at him? We need to learn that shit. Or come up with another strategy.
I don’t even want to tell y’all. I have a strategy. The second the war starts, we gotta tell every Taiwanese, listen, just for this period of time, open them up. Just, just for this period of time. It’s like Friday night lights. Round eyes, full hearts, can’t lose, ok?
I’m not. I’m not saying anything. I’m just moving on from that. Alright, we’re moving on from Israel. We’re talking about Russia and then Harvard. Harvard says, Harvard says, nay to gay. Heavy Russian airstrikes on Ukraine have killed five people and wounded dozens more. Russia attacked Kharkiv with waves of missiles during
The morning rush hour. There were also missile attacks on the capital, Kyiv. This all comes the day after President Putin vowed to intensify… Oh, I was going to show this. Oh my God. Thank you, Chatter, for bringing this up. Dude, I watched this entire video because as much as I criticize Seth MacFarlane,
He did such a good job. Against Bill Maher. Ok, before we move on to some other stuff. This is such a good job. And no, this has nothing to do with comedy at all. I would never in a million years defend Seth Macarlin’s comedy. This has nothing to do with comedy.
Just watch. Absolutely cooks him. Absolutely cooks him on the vaccine stuff. But then why are doctors wrong about so much? Well, they write about a lot too. Yes, but very often people who aren’t doctors have been writer about things. Like what would be an example of that?
I would think this country did not allow for natural immunity to be considered. And I know this is a subject dear to your heart. No, he doesn’t. I mean, he only does it on issues that suit him. I can’t believe, it’s not Peter Griffin, it’s Brian.
And statistically, you still have a 90% better chance of not being hospitalized, not dying if you’re vaccinated. Well, but that’s assuming all people are alike, and that is one of the giant fallacies in your way of thinking. We are not all alike. Yes, I would recommend and have recommended the
COVID vaccine for the high-risk people. Like, if you’re 90 or fat, get it. Absolutely. You need it. Some people don’t. But you had… Djokovic didn’t need it. But you had… Aaron Rodgers didn’t need it. But you had something like 1,900 kids who died of COVID during the pandemic.
No, I don’t think that’s right. How many of them died from the vaccine? He’s like, I don’t think that’s right. Yeah, it is. What do you mean? None. And the thinking there is that, well, probably most kids are not going to die. It’s funny because he says like, oh, you
Know, if you’re fat, you should get it. And it’s like, dog, what percentage of Americans are obese? Like, even on that front, you’re still wrong. Considering how fat Americans are, then yes, mass inoculation is a necessity. Ok? It’s really frustrating to have this conversation and he’s still having it.
Like, he’s literally having this conversation in 2023. Ok? It’s so dumb. The entire purpose of the vaccines is to ensure or to get as close to 100% as you possibly can that you won’t die when you get COVID. Ok? You won’t take the fattest of L’s death. You won’t get hospitalized.
That’s it. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter how it was promoted, sold, what people thought it would do. Ok. That’s just it. That’s the major reason. And everyone has, everyone has a different motivation for spreading that. Right? Capital owners want it because we are livestock. And you vaccinate your livestock.
That’s it. Why do you vaccinate your livestock? You don’t want your livestock to die. And if we are livestock, then yes, our bosses, who also inoculated themselves, and in some instances, inoculated themselves first, Ok? They want you to get vaccinated too so that you can get the fuck back to
Work. So that the worst aspects of COVID are limited. That’s it. This is just Brian Griffin reading a 2021 Institute of Virology public health recommendation and the vaccine. Skeptical people were all moved by this. Convinced me that we need mascots for public health like Japan does.
I mean, yeah, that would be pretty far in general. Alright, let’s continue. From COVID. So why bother with the vaccine? Because it’s only going to be a few hundred kids, right? I don’t know how many kids… Papers can get it wrong, and they print retractions, and you know this.
But also, with COVID or from COVID? Did 1900 children die with COVID? Yes, it’s a whole different story. Ok, but take 7 million people worldwide. 7 million people worldwide who died from COVID. Like, if even just a fraction of that is, and it’s probably a larger fraction who
Died of COVID than who died with COVID. If even just a fraction of that is, that’s still a lot of fucking people. That’s a lot of fucking people. Yes, and, but what, ok, but some people, things are, and you cannot prevent that. You can though, I mean, you can prevent.
At what cost? What’s the cost of getting a vaccine? What’s the downside? The fact that you don’t even have a clue what’s the cost of getting a vaccine, that you don’t know the answer to that? No, you completely want to shut your eyes to the fact that there are repercussions to
All medical interventions, including a vaccine. All vaccines, they say side effects just like every medication does. You can see it in the literature. They can’t write it on the magazine, so you have to dig them. And of course there is a vaccine court because so many people have been injured.
This is not a screed to say, don’t do vaccines. I’m not against doing vaccines. I’m against doing vaccines that I don’t think I need. I should be able to decide that for myself inside my body. But yes, there are… Yeah, folks. This is why you needed mass
Inoculation campaigns and also rules and regulations surrounding vaccines. Especially at the peak of the pandemic when the vaccines first came out. Because there’s a lot of fucking stupid people out there Including Bill Maher, who presents himself as a very smart guy, right? He’s a liberal. That’s why you gotta do
It. That’s it. Bill Maher is supposed to be the smart guy, right? I mean, he’s such a well-read lib. He’s the peak of Reddit, not libertarianism, but Reddit atheism. It’s also ironic that he’s just blasting a cig. A gar, sorry. A gar. He’s smoking a gar while simultaneously
Talking about like, well, you know, I don’t think I should be getting the vaccine. It’s ironic also because he did get vaccinated, which you’ll find out in a second. But it’s just so, this is the reason why you need to have, you need to have regulations surrounding this and say, like, look,
You don’t want to get the vaccine. Your travel is going to be limited. Ok? Sucks to suck for you. Not because, not because people just simply wanted to, simply wanted to stop you from doing fun stuff, but because you’re too stupid to know any better. That’s it. That’s it. Don’t you think that…
The pathogens that would come along that I would fight you for. But don’t you think… To get the vaccine. Ok, that’s a good point. To get the vaccine. And you bring me to my next point. Don’t you think that the… The vitriol and the aggression towards the anti-vaccination
Movement, the way it souped itself up during all this, that the next time there is a pandemic, our public health system is so weakened. Yes, exactly. Because of them and their fucking misinformation that made people skeptical. The fact that everybody came out and said, if you get the vaccine, you cannot get
The disease. And then, of course, that was wrong. And if you get the vaccine, you can’t transmit it. But they were learning right alongside us. I understand. I understand. You just said yourself, doctors are often wrong. They are, especially when they’re researching a brand new disease.
And I am not blaming them for it. I’m just saying that’s why there shouldn’t be the science. There’s no the in science. That’s what you want. You want just to be the one true opinion. That’s not true at all. No, the strength of science is that it
Has the capacity to evolve and prove itself wrong. Just acknowledge that vaccines affect A person dying of a vaccine injury is statistically insignificant. That’s it. That’s it. Even from a dice roll type situation, the side effects are marginal at most. The fact that you might legitimately be harmed by the vaccine is marginal.
So if you want to talk about it from a science perspective, if you want to look at the actual statistics, Then yeah, those odds are ridiculous. The same goes for all medication. And you would never make that argument for other medication. It’s so stupid. The vaccine. Probably a few.
I don’t know what the number is, but I know it’s not 7 million. If we were more judicious about who needed it versus who it might hurt. Which would not be the blanket policy of just everybody, one size fits all. If you have a pre-existing condition and you
Can’t get vaccinated, the government has that accounted for. What are you talking about? It’s not like you couldn’t opt out of vaccinations. It’s just that you couldn’t opt out of vaccinations for ridiculous reasons like religious reasons or I don’t want to do it because I am afraid. It’s so stupid.
He’s right. Yes, but is that the only reason? By the time you got the vaccine, I don’t know if you had it, but by the time I got the vaccine, this was the most tested vaccine in the history of vaccination. Yes, I had it. Because so many people by that point had
Had it. It’s like by the time it got into my arm, it’s like, alright, I think I’m going to be ok. Ok, well, just so you know, I took one for the team. Ok, cool. I mean, he got slaughtered in the kindest way possible that Brian Griffin ever
Could. You know what I mean? The only thing, this only works if there’s mutual respect. Yeah, I mean, he, I mean, Seth MacFarlane is like a bit of a petulant lib himself in many instances, so I think that’s what it is. He’s lucky Stewie wasn’t there.
Shilling for the vaccine in 2024 with all the data available isn’t smart. The vaccine doesn’t stop you from getting or transmitting COVID so it’s 100% a personal choice to get it or not. No, it doesn’t matter. Ok. A seatbelt doesn’t stop you from still getting in a car accident.
Ok. What are you talking about? Or even being significantly harmed in a car accident. But, the government should absolutely still regulate it and ensure you have to put a seatbelt on while you’re driving. That’s it. The vaccine is a seatbelt. It is not for me. I will take the vaccine.
Ok, and I did. And even got a booster on top of that. I don’t anymore. But regardless, if there was like a massive, if there was a massive pandemic again, like it was, or if it was a variant was like genuinely ripping through, I would absolutely take the vaccine again.
Ok? The idea that like the vaccine doesn’t stop you from getting or transmitting COVID so it’s 100% a personal choice is stupid. Ok. Also, your name is HutchPoker. This is a great take. Dude’s got poker in his name arguing against the odds. How are you going to have
Poker in your name and look at the actual odds? You have to be the worst gambler of all time, I suspect. For index cases, being fully vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine reduced the odds of onward transmission by four-fifths compared to unvaccinated index cases. Yeah, that’s partially because it would reduce the
Symptoms dramatically too. That’s it. Including the most important symptom, which is going to the hospital and dying. Ok? That’s it. That’s it. That’s literally it. It’s like, I wanted everything to open up. I wanted it desperately. Ok? I wanted it more than I want every single person to not see the top
Of the hour ad break. So when the vaccines came out, I was joyous. I was excited. And I thought others would also be just as excited at the prospect of no longer having to be stuck indoors. So I was shocked when I saw all the very same people who were like, open
It up, open it up, turning around and being like, I’m also anti-vaccine, brother. Ok? Weird. Mr. Bowie, thank you for the five tier one gift of subs. Does watching this count as lockdown reminiscence or whatever word you use in your New Year’s resolution? Oh, no. Anyway, here’s the three minute
Outbreak now. I’m fully vaxxed. Got COVID recently for the first time. I was so, so sick. I’m so grateful I was vaxxed because I definitely would have been in a hospital without it. And it’s like you don’t understand how any of this works. It’s crazy to me.
It’s also crazy because like people still, people still are pushing this stuff. It kind of only went away because everybody figured out like if you’re still talking about COVID at this point, you’re annoying. Right? So most people were like, I’m still worried about COVID, but I’m just going to,
You know, shut up because I don’t want to come across as like annoying and push people away. And, you know, on the other side, on the much worse side, of course, because like at least the COVID people who are still worried about COVID are legitimate in
The sense that like COVID is still a problem. Right? Whereas, like, the people that are, like, anti-vaxxers and people who still harp on COVID on the right-wing side, those guys are insane. They’re both annoying and also simultaneously out of their minds and spreading misinformation still. A bunch of my family only learned they
Had COVID because they couldn’t taste the champagne they opened on Christmas Day. They tipped out three bottles because they thought they were corked. Oh, my God. That’s kind of dark but kind of funny. It’s crazy, though. I don’t know, man. Americans are just so out of control.
They’re so crazy. Like, we barely made it out the mud. We barely made it out the mud last time. Like, oh my God, next time is done. It’s so done. It’s a major problem. My spouse is disabled and has to worry about getting the care they need because people
Can’t be bothered to wear a mask in a medical setting. Wasn’t Herman Cain anti-vaccinated after COVID? Yes. What is this? You exported your brain rot to Aotearoa too? What? I didn’t believe you when you said it would happen back in 2020. Oh, you mean, um, wait, what? Why are people throwing up Fs?
Oh, because Herman Cain. Oh, New Zealand. Yeah, I told you guys, I told, I told Europeans, I told Europeans and people globally that you sit back and you laugh at Americans and how stupid we are. Ok, you sit back and you laugh at how stupid we are, but you won’t
Be laughing in the next couple of years when your people are just as stupid as our people. That’s just how it works. We export our brain rot. So who’s laughing now? I told you. I told you. Anyway. Anyway. Alright, let’s get to Russian missile strikes killing civilians in Ukrainian cities.
…strikes on Ukraine. A correspondent in Kyiv, James Waterhouse, sent this update. This is how close the missile got to hitting this block of flats. The crater is about five meters deep and just look at the devastation caused. You can see the windows completely, not blown through, blasted through. You can see drying laundry
Or what was once drying laundry inside. Smokers billowing higher up and Here’s another thing that I was right on, by the way. This is another hate to say I told you so moment, but I told you. I mean, much like many others also said that Russia was going to obviously increase and
Escalate its attacks in the winter. It was just like, it was going to happen, and now it’s happening. Hold on one second. I got to look at something real quick. I have to do something. That’s why I went. One second. I have to do something and
It’s so annoying that I can’t just like, oh, I think I got it. Hold up. Hold on. Oh, there it is. I did it. I did it. Ok. I think I did it. Sorry. Holding, continue holding. Sorry, let’s get back to Russia. It’s our missile and drone attack.
I had to do something for Dudu Daphne. Defenses could be heard all night and then there were again explosions this morning. Vladimir Putin said he wanted to respond to a Ukrainian drone attack across the border into Russia this week, despite it being in response to Russia’s biggest ever aerial bombardment of Ukraine.
The timing is also significant as well because there were fears Russia had been stockpiling missiles like these to use around the new year period and with no more military aid set to arrive from the US for now, attacks like this James Waterhouse there in Kyiv. This just into the newsroom, a Fox News
Alert. The Harvard Crimson, a student-run news… The one thing I want to say, remarkably different coverage when it comes to who’s the clear bad guy and who’s the clear good guy on Russia-Ukraine. On Israel-Palestine, no such distinction is seen. Ok? Just so odd. So strange. So strange that it’s like, oh,
Well, both sides are kind of doing stuff. I don’t know. Whatever. Quite interesting how that works. There’s a clear bad actor. Ok. A clear side doing evil in both of these conflicts. In Russia-Ukraine, the irredentist actions of the Russian state are far worse than anything Ukraine ever could have done.
On Israel-Palestine, Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the Gaza Strip is the clear evil act. But for some reason, the media cannot turn around and see the distinction. These are paid talking points waiting for instructions from the CIA. Who’s killed more civilians, Russia or Israel? What? Why was Ukraine resorted to
Terrorism themselves, bombing Belgorod? There are no more military targets. Do two wrongs, make a right. I love you, man. HutchPoker, you are my goat. I love Americans who push Z. I really do. I’m sorry. It’s awesome. It is. Here’s why it’s awesome. Because most people that are like pro-Russia in
America are oftentimes like the very weird reactionary people, right? And what I personally love about this, what I personally love about this, is that dudes who are like, who are pro-Russia, who are saying like, no, Russia’s actions are actually perfectly valid, like, you’re crazy. They overcame the anti-Russian talking points, like the
Anti-communist talking points. Ok. And then they got duped by a telegram group. Lots of leftist Twitter rides Putin’s meat. No, man. No. No. You look at, first of all, you look at Twitter. That’s number one. And it doesn’t matter. There are plenty of people who call themselves
Leftist or progressive. That doesn’t mean that they’re actually real. Ok, it can also mean, it can also mean that they are just regressive or reactionary on one particular subject matter. There’s plenty of that as well. Ok, but the reality of the matter is like a Jackson Hinkle.
Dems love the label to dismiss them instead of addressing their point. You think it’s a paid talking point for me to say that Israel’s doing ethnic cleansing and Russia’s actions and its invasion are absolutely, one, a strategic flub in general. NATO is now seen and perceived as stronger
And more influential than ever before. Brother, you’re not doing a very good job. Especially because you originally started off with vaccine science proving that vaccines are bad. You haven’t really shown anything. You literally said I’m, you know, CIA backed and I’m waiting for instructions from the CIA.
Ok, why is Ukraine resorted to terrorism themselves bombing Belgorod where there are no military targets? Do two wrongs make a right is so funny because it’s literally the same principle beyond like going, well, I can’t believe Hamas is retaliating. It’s like, yeah, dude, people that are
Defending themselves against an invasion will engage in acts of violence that could be considered acts of terror. October 7 being a great example of this. Ultimately, you have to look at the larger picture. Ok, that’s it. That simple. I’ve talked about the proxy war component to this war.
Jon Favreau. By all means, let’s send this government more money and more weapons without delay. What on earth are we doing here? Israel’s national security minister hits back at Biden. We are not another star on the American flag. The immigration of hundreds of thousands from Gaza will allow Israeli residents for the border
Area to return home and live in security and protect IDF soldiers. Wait, they are though. What do you mean? You can’t have it both ways, dog. Anyway. I’m not pro-Russia. I live in a neighboring country and I do not support Russia in any way. I also do not support the Hamas attack
And the stuff they did to civilians. But you can make parallels with the Ukrainian attacks on civilians inside Russia, but the world for some reason feels this attack is ok. Yeah, I think that… I have shown that I have… And I said that was an act of
Terror. And everybody clipped that part and not the follow through, which was that Russia targeting civilian infrastructure is an act of terror. So is Ukraine. However, the major reason as to why this bridge was blown up is a consequence of the Russian invasion. So it’s still on them.
This in and of itself was the overarching quote. It’s a much, it’s almost identical to the subject matter or identical to my coverage on Israel-Palestine. Except if you hear, if you clut it, if you clip it in the first half, you go, Oh, dude, this guy, he loves Russia. He loves Russia.
Dude, look, look, look at that. He loves Russia. Please don’t look at anything else that he said. Ok. There’s obviously going to be additional reasons as to why or how certain attacks on civilians are occurring. And you have to analyze it within the framework of like who is
Engaging in the more morally permissible framework. What? Can someone ask Hasan if he got my special Christmas package yet? Wait. What was it? Oh, no. Just give me a clue as to what it was because I think I threw it out. What was it? Bad Empanada made a good video about you
Being takes on the Russian war. Wait, what? Pat Impanato made a good video about me being what on the Russian war? Where is Lolo? I can’t find Lolo. He’s not VIP’d. Because I don’t want to lose him, that’s why. Because everyone I VIP goes away in the
End. So I’m not VIPing Lolo overruled, you know? Oh, I threw it out. Oh my God, I thought. I’ll tell you later. God damn it. I can’t tell you. I’ll tell you after. Or I’ll text you why. Alright. Alright, this guy doesn’t have anything else to contribute. Alright, let’s get to President Gay.
Ok. That’s right. Harvard says… Nay, too gay. It was a vid defending you from being taken out of context by one of them Twitter anarchists. Wait, really? Surprised. I will never forgive nor forget Bad Empanada for being such a massive react gator guy. And for that reason, I
Have a no watching Bad Empanada videos no matter how good they might be on this broadcast. Which is sad because, like, that’s his best output. Everything else, every other, on every other platform, he’s a psychopath. Videos are great, is what I would say if I watch his videos.
I don’t, and don’t suggest it because he’s a massive psycho. He’s a psycho on Twitter, and I take criticism well, Hasan. I mean… If you make a mountain out of a molehill, that is the react gate shit, and make it seem like people watching YouTube videos of overwhelmingly consenting YouTube content creators,
Because you heard content creators who were not reacted to that have made a big stink about it and continue to do so. Even after you’ve apologized to the one content creator you reacted to. Yeah, I’m going to keep it $1.50. You’re just basically, one, defending copyright, and two,
Making a mountain out of a molehill. It’s not like a valid criticism. You know? Bring him on and talk about Argentina? No, it would be akin to reacting to his videos, which I will not do. He defends you more than he criticizes you and he wasn’t part of the react.
He just pokes some fun at how poorly you react sometimes. No. He is very zero or 100. And in a lot of instances, like, he’s much like, he’s very similar to me and how I, in the old year, in 2023, how I used to deal with some chatters
That I assumed were coming in here in bad faith. What do I mean by this? What I mean by this is, he is like 0 or 100 in the sense that if he thinks, if he perceives someone who’s like, let’s say defending me or something, he
Doesn’t even like seek out where this defense is coming from or whatever and immediately he has these like opinions that he’s already developed and he will go off the wall. He’ll go balls to the fucking wall. But yeah, no, he’s got some very good YouTube videos. I’m obviously joking.
I don’t know if it’s indifferent to you, but his community fucking hates you as much as, like, we hate Bill Maher, maybe? No, his community is fine. You’re quite similar, but he’s completely unhinged? Yes. On foreign policy, I think, like, we don’t have too many disagreements.
However, I conduct myself very differently than he does. I actually don’t know to the extent of what his foreign policy takes are, but I suspect, I assume, seems well-read on a lot of the subject matter that he covers. Pretty bad socials. The problem with him is
He doesn’t believe Americans are worth a shit. I love that. See, I like that. I mean, it’s true. Don’t be offended. Who are you subtweeting? I’m not. I’m not even subtweeting. I’m just directly saying, I like Bad Empanada’s videos, but he is insane on Twitter. Like, he just, he tweets like an absolute
Psychopath, which I think definitely hurts his cause overall. If his goal is to, like, get people on board with what he’s saying. Definitely worse than anything I, like… It’s like if my America Deserved 9-11 moment is like in full display times, and in a very personal way, times a thousand every
Single day. Like he’s the troop destroyer type leftist, ok? Which ironically might be one of his fucking old handles. Across the campus and protect Jewish students. She’s also facing nearly 50 accusations of distinct incidents of plagiarism in her publications, her academic publications. All this coming to a head.
It looks like this afternoon, Harvard Crimson and the Boston Globe are now reporting that she is going to step aside and announce her resignation imminently. It may be the plagiarism charges that really take her down here because Harvard was standing four square behind her on the
Issue of that congressional hearing and her position on whether or not calls for the genocide of Jews violates any kind of policy at Harvard. That’s what took out Dude, it’s crazy how much Fox News and everybody else that normally, like if this person wasn’t a black
Woman with short hair, ok, and was a white dude who like raped a thousand students. Ok. And then, got away with it. And then, they were like, oh, but we found plagiarism. Fox News literally would be like, rushing to defend him vociferously, dying at the cancel culture hill. Ok.
Now, personally, I don’t care. I don’t care at all about this in any way, shape, or form. Ok. I don’t care. But it is wild to me how much the right just drops this Like, immediately. How much these guys have done campus culture stories and cancel culture stories to just immediately
Look for anything and everything they can to be like, yeah, we gotta take her out. We gotta take her out. We gotta get a scalp here. That’s what we’re looking for. And for the record, Chris Rouveau very openly took credit for this, too. This piece of shit openly plans and acknowledges
Everything in media still runs with a shameful. Chris Rouveau, exclusive. Real Chris Burnett and I have obtained documentation demonstrating Harvard president Claudine Gay plagiarized multiple sections of her PhD thesis violating Harvard’s policies on academic integrity. This is a bombshell. I launched a Claudine Gay plagiarism story from
The right. The goal was to smuggle it into the media apparatus of the left, legitimizing the narrative of the center-left actors who have the power to topple her. And then, John McHorter wrote, Why Claudine Gay Should Go. And finally, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns. Shortest tenure in university history.
I care I’m a black female academic working in African history. No, I, I, listen, listen, listen, listen. Listen. I know why this happened. That certainly plays a big role in this. That’s why I said, if this was like a white dude who had said some unhinged, like truly anti-Semitic stuff, right?
Fox News would be defending it. Conceptually, however, I do not do the palace intrigue of the Ivies. I don’t care about it as much. I absolutely despise how much… I absolutely despise how much emphasis is placed upon stories like this in the media. How much like New York Times readers love
Reading about this kind of stuff, right? I hate it. I do, however, find it hilarious. I mean, these institutions are overall just a place for the children of the wealthy to network with one another and continue being a part of the ruling class. Ok, and it’s ironic because like Claudine Gay
Herself is, I suspect, much like many of the other college presidents, a Zionist. Or at the very least, she presented herself as such. She presented herself as someone who is pro-Israel, which, of course, very different than like the actual academia. I wouldn’t say like, Of course, for the
Most part, are going to be, usually, Christian Zionists. The real goal here, however, is that they want to punish you. They want to punish an administrator to, you know, show the rest of the colleges, like, look, we’ll fuck you up too. So they pulled on as many threads as
They possibly could. Claudine Gay was the one that stuck. That’s it. Wait, do you agree with her getting fired or not? No, of course I don’t agree with her getting fired. She didn’t get fired. She resigned. All the plagiarism isn’t a good look though? What plagiarism? I don’t even know what that
Story is. I, I, and before you yell at me about it, I just, I don’t care. I, I, like, is it fake? Is her, is, is her entire field fake or is it real? First, let’s establish that. Because right wingers will be like, what is she studying? African American studies or some gender
Queer thing? That’s all fake. And then they’re like, I can’t believe she plagiarized the paper. On genderqueer studies, which is the most important subject matter to begin with. Like, which one is it? You don’t care about any of this. Ok? You literally don’t care about any of
This. You do not care that, like, she missed a, uh, she, she didn’t properly MLA format her, uh, fucking paper from, like, 45 years ago. You don’t care. You don’t care. And I’m sick and tired of acting like you do care. It’s the same principle behind people being like,
Uh, there was a swim meet in Kansas where a 14 year old trans girl participated and got 11th place. We need to start, we need to start jailing every trans person immediately. I hate how much of the conversation is dominated by reactionary dipshits all the time.
And I especially hate, specifically debate lords do this, Ok. The people that claim that they’re also progressives, they’re also allies, they’re also liberals, who then take that framework and literally operate on that framework as though our interlocutors are being honest and just. I love that these people also personally consider
Themselves to be so brilliant and so smart and they love the Socratic method. Ok. They love the Socratic method. They know that truth is, you arrive at the truth in the spirit of debates. And it’s like, dude, you are literally a squirrel. You’re a cat with a laser pointer.
It’s that easy. I could dangle keys in front of you and shift your attention away. You did it. You did it. Every time you, those of you who fancy yourselves to be this incredible, intelligent, critical thinker, Ok, every single time you get duped by the absolute dumbest, most baboon-brained idiot of all
Time coming into your chat or coming up to you and saying like, we gotta talk about trans women in sports, specifically swim meets in Arkansas. Every time you entertain that conversation, you have been duped. They won. The right-wing reactionary that you consider yourself to be infinitely smarter than defeated you.
Ok? That’s it. Here. New plagiarism allegations are surfaced on Monday against Claudine Gay, leading to her resignation and threatening to mire Harvard deeper in debate over what constitutes plagiarism and whether the university would hold this president and students to the same standard. The accusations were circulated through an unsigned complaint
Published Monday in the Washington Free Beacon. My favorite is this one where the big gotchas of the word summarized and ignored. The key to the ecological inference problems is that researchers only observe the marginals in these tables. The final row summarized by DT. Final column summarized by X.
Goodman’s regression is based loosely on the following accounting identity. Adjust the shortcomings of rudiment. So what is it? So she actually plagiarized. The plagiarism comes from her failing to properly cite someone that she had already cited. Is that what it is? There is not a single instance of plagiarism
Here. They’re not even saying the same thing. One of these paragraphs is about crime and the other is about political turnout. Using cliches like there are two primary reasons is not plagiarism. Externally associated with affordable housing development involves its implications for neighborhood criminal activity. There are two primary ways in which low-income
Housing development could affect crime. First, new low-income housing may alter the composition of an area’s population by displacing current residents and attracting new ones. New affordable housing may attract new residents and displace existing residents. Wait, that’s not, how is that plagiarism? Ok, that’s not even an incorrect citation. That’s just simply not plagiarism.
That’s just an idea that I have also brought up many times over because it’s factually accurate. Well, not the new affordable housing may attracting new residents, but spillover associated with subsidized housing development extended political behavior. There are two primary ways in which subsidized development could influence levels of political participation.
You plagiarized the law, you just didn’t know? Yeah, dude, I plagiarized something I’ve never read before. This part is not plagiarism, but I guess you could say that the other one, if it’s improperly cited, the other one that’s improperly cited, that could be considered plagiarism. By Harvard’s own standards, she plagiarized any student
Doing the type of work she did with face consequences for it. I feel like if you’re a student in academia, it’s definitely at least a little important to you because there are pretty big consequences for doing the types of things that gay did. I agree with you about the political
Motivations being behind her targeting, though. There were more instances of plagiarism by Harvard’s own standards. There’s this video I came across on my YouTube feed. It’s the guy talking bad about your name for no reason. It’s clear there’s pure jealousy, but it made a comment saying that you
Don’t advocate for trans people because you wouldn’t date or have sex with one. I’m not going to watch that video, but that’s pretty funny. Uh, yeah. If you compare any two sources on the same topic, you will find small phrases repeated. Writers aren’t plagiarizing each other when they say
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. There’s just a finite number of ways you can say that. Reusing the phrase Goodman’s model is based is not plagiarism. It is citing a source, i.e. the opposite of plagiarism. If media orgs want to rely on bad faith actors like Rufo for their political hits,
They should at least double check his work. I, um, yeah, I don’t know. Some chatter was, I mean, the one chatter was seemingly much more I hope you’re happy. God, there’s so many people doing the same, plagiarizing the top of the hour. Ironically, many of you are plagiarizing the top
Of the hour ad break from each other currently. As it stands. Here’s the three minute ad break now. Um… The new complaint added additional accusations of plagiarism, about 40 that have already been circulated in the same way, apparently by the same accuser. Dr. Gay strongly defended her work.
I stand by the integrity of my scholarship. She said in a statement, when the initial plagiarism charges were being circulated by conservative activists online, a Harvard corporation was considering. God, this is so, goddammit, this is so 2016, 2015, 2014. It’s like right-wing death squads at play. This is straight up no different
Than 4chan. It’s literally the same principle. It’s just like getting liberals, getting like relatively right-wing liberals to be agitated about silly things that they bring up. Ok. None of this should be treated with seriousness. When a right-wing person, and I say this with all sincerity, if the Washington Free
Beacon writes something about you, And you take that seriously, you are a clown and a sucker. If right-wingers come up and say, like, this person needs to be canceled, ok, while simultaneously consistently yelling about cancel culture, and you take them seriously, you are the biggest sucker
Of all time. The documents about the unnamed accuser, the free beacon links to, on his website, show 39 examples of the first complaint, rising to 47 in total in the second complaint. Yeah, this is, um… Attack. Find as many like at least sussy takes as you possibly can.
Hammer it as hard as you can. Hammer it as hard as you can. Doesn’t matter. When you say 47 examples that call into question plagiarism, it doesn’t matter if like only three of them are correct. Ok, if only three of them are like actually failed to cite, right?
Like if you failed to cite a source properly. Doesn’t matter. Who’s going to check? Who’s going to look into it? Well, the New York Times is supposed to, but they’re not because they’re writing about the overall controversy. Ok? She has not been accused of stealing big ideas, but rather of copying
Language of the papers of other scholars with small changes to substitute words and phrases to arrange them differently. Often the language in question is technical boilerplate. So, that means she’s not actually stealing the language. She’s just doing technical boilerplate language. There is a high likelihood that there is
Not too much you can do to rephrase technical boilerplate language. What are you supposed to do? Goddamn. Huh. Rashid Khalidi for Harvard president. I agree. My understanding in academia is that once somebody wrote about something, it’s like King’s X for anyone else writing about it ever.
I’m just not sure why I’m supposed to care that she resigned at all. I don’t personally care about her resigning at all. I do, however, care about how easily and how quickly the right wing can seize upon any opportunity to take scalps of people that they’ve identified as their ideological enemies.
That’s it. And the reason why they forced her to resign was because, while being a Zionist, she was not sufficiently pro-Israel, like willing to punish enough pro-Palestinian students. That’s crazy. If she quoted a cited source material, then it doesn’t matter what she uses from that material. The problem is, she didn’t
Do a good job because she is a Zionist. She didn’t do a good job of defending Harvard, the institution, just like none of the other college presidents did a good job of defending their own institutes of higher learning. Because they themselves are Zionists. So when they were talking to a reactionary
Psychopath like Elise Stefanik who said pro-Palestinian sentiment is akin to saying genocide the Jews, they couldn’t say, no, that’s not correct because they believe it too. And I said this at the time. They took the weirdest position possible where they had to be free speech maximalists
While simultaneously also considering any kind of pro-Palestinian sentiment to be Anti-Jewish. So they ended up saying stuff like, yes, from the river to the sea is also anti-Semitic and means genocide the Jews. And yes, that should be allowed on college campuses. Instead, the argument should be what you
Are saying does not constitute as hate speech. That’s it. Weird take law? What do you mean? Is this only in the Ivy Leagues? Can you answer my question right now? Death to Jews isn’t hate speech? No, of course death to Jews is hate speech. What are you talking about?
The difference is, that’s not what the conversation was about. The conversation was about pro-Palestinian sentiment. And pro-Palestinian sentiment is not saying death to Jews. What’s going on? This is the problem. The problem is, college presidents… It is inherently, it is inherently a, I guess, moral conundrum that you get to when
You are a liberal who is also a ultra Zionist. You end up finding yourself in this weird conundrum where simultaneously you Maybe it is. I guess it kind of is. So there’s two different conflicting thoughts that you have. There’s this cognitive bias. Anyway, this guy writes, the Remberg chair at
Northwestern writes, Here’s my read of what happened with Harvard’s president, who I predicted would be out. We are in a dangerous place of political expression in journalism and academia, but with one notable exception, not primarily because of Republicans and right-wingers, but because of Democrats and liberals.
…at this age is a mistake to think that danger is a free expression as a right versus left, then versus Republican matter. Still, elite news media itself often the problem as such and reports mostly on state book bans and idea bans in the U.S. South. Harvard is not the only private university,
But the wealthiest in the world. In a blue city, in a blue state, can’t get more classically liberal elite than Cambridge. Democratic mayor, governor, both senators. So apart from the one significant player, this witch hunt was by liberals. So that when the day came, she would
Crack the skulls of her own to maintain power, have a nice veneer of respectability, and crack she did. When students admirably spoke up about genocide, President Gay attacked free speech. She conflated anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism. Harvard President Gay announces anti-Semitism training, condemns pro-Palestine phrase from the river to the sea, as
You can see here on the Crimson, they wrote about it. Then black student Elam Teti Tamaklo was evicted for successfully de-escalating the conflict. Black people around the world begged Gay to intervene. She did nothing. Harvard grad student evicted from campus housing after intervening in the protest.
Meanwhile, Gay started an anti-Semitism task force that had no Harvard scholars of anti-Semitism. That’s odd. That’s the worst part about this. Is if that, even in a fucking neoliberal shithole like Harvard. Ok. Even in a, even in any, if you go to any institute of higher learning.
It doesn’t matter if it’s, you know, the likes of one that is presented. The presented likes of Henry Kissinger and many other war criminals, right? Even an institution like that is going to have scholars on antisemitism, scholars on Israel, scholars of history, scholars of genocide that are worth
Their salt, that are going to be intellectually honest. That’s it. Because it’s still an institute of higher learning and a very important one. And you still have to teach people things appropriately. Ok? So, no matter what happens, no matter what happens, there’s gonna be some serious
People on there, and they’re gonna say, that’s ridiculous. They’re gonna pull the, uh, what do you call it? Uh, what’s his face? Uh, he did it. He, he talked about it, uh, in, in the Democratic Party, the one who poops his pants. Nadler. Nadler. When push comes to shove,
When push comes to shove, ok, no matter what happens, you are going to have, you’re going to have people who are intellectually honest that will turn around and say, this whole anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism conflation is ridiculous. Ok? Anyway, so, she said nothing about the destruction of every university in Gaza and the
Murder of several of her counterparts. Peter Beinart said, Why doesn’t Harvard’s new anti-Semitism task force include its own scholars who study anti-Semitism plus Israel-Palestine? Because those scholars won’t endorse a crackdown on pro-Palestinian free speech, which is what donors demand. Remember that. I told you. Remember that.
That’s the worst part about this story is that it’s outside donors Who decide, who decided that Claudine Gay is supposed to crack the whip, is supposed to stop free speech from happening on college campuses. Many of those outside donors who consider themselves to be liberals, plenty of them are also
Reactionary liberals, plenty of them are also conservative. These are the people who fancy themselves to be defenders of free speech. So before turning the next act of this saga, here’s the James Baldwin quote about the role of black police officers, which I happily apply to the role of a member of
The overseer class like President Gay, because black cops had to work so much harder on your head to prove to himself and his colleagues that he was not like, and I’m not going to say the rest of it, like all the other, famously. Ok, Act 2. The racist dynamics that successfully
Went after Palestinian students, staff, and faculty at Harvard come for President Gay, because she didn’t do enough at this point. Who cares about this, really? All this research is paywall? No, this is the only aspect of this story that actually matters. Not the fact that, like, Harvard’s president is
Fired or whatever. The fact that an institute of higher learning is, especially the most important one, supposedly, Ok, decided that the president who took literally incredibly reactionary actions Think about that. What are we doing here? We have allowed reactionary psychopaths This is yet another way of, I mean, this is in
Some ways no different than what Ron DeSantis did in Florida by directly changing the literature, the anti-CRT measures that you, you know, that you saw all around the country. The last bastion of heterodox thinking to a certain degree. I know that the overarching goal of these institutions is to put out as
Many liberals as possible, as many neoliberals as possible, but there’s still plenty of avenues for research, plenty of avenues for pushing the needle, and they’re shutting that off. I’m sorry, that’s unacceptable. That’s terrifying. But the thing is, until this moment, the forces that would take her down had all been from liberals.
Gay herself started an anti-Semitism task force. Mass government Healy had started a similar task force as the White House. The Senate passed a resolution. Dems won it all. Then you get to Chris Rufo who says conservatives need to create a strong association between Hamas, BLM, DSA, and academic decolonization of the
Public to make the center-left disavow them. Well, Gay, Healy, and Biden did exactly this. They did do that. This is what I mean when I say it’s so easy to dangle keys in front of the center-left, or I guess not center-left, really. These guys are center-right for the most
Part. It’s so easy to dangle keys in front of neoliberals who will happily jump when reactionaries with at least a crumb of intelligence… Say, jump now. They say, how high? Gay survives one vote at Harvard from the Harvard Corporation, their board of trustees. I still predict that she’d be gone before
Their next term. And it was easy because of Rufo. Look, we launched the Claudine Gay plagiarism story from the right. The next step is to smuggle it into the media apparatus of the left, legitimizing the narrative to center-left actors who have the power to topple her. Then squeeze.
They found something, and many of you who care about, I guess, many of you who want to appear as though you are impartial to truth, will jump at that. Because you’re silly. You want to come across unbiased, and the other side is biased. Ultimately, this is a garbage institution.
Claudine Gay, I don’t care for. As you can tell, she did a lot of stuff that I disagreed with already. Ok, but understand that when you think you’re being impartial and you think that people on the other side are going to see your impartiality and go, well, that guy’s morally righteous.
Ok. They will not. They will not care. And if you don’t get it out of your head immediately that right wing actors, center right actors, people who present themselves not as conservatives but happily, seemingly always align with conservatives for some reason like Tim Pool, they will always be able to manipulate you.
Every single time because they’re biased as hell and they openly will show it in many instances and their audience knows or they present themselves as unbiased arbiters of the truth when they’re saying the most biased things you’ve ever heard. Stop. Yeah, peak lib behavior is playing a game
By the rules the other team openly spits on and mocks is exactly what I despise. This is why I always say liberals and leftists as well, because leftists also engage in this, Uh, actors who have the power to topple her. This plagiarism story feels like a whole Gamergate era style attack.
It is. It is precisely what that is. It is precisely what that is. It’s exactly what that is. We are so in the middle of that exact same era. No Gamergate guy was like, I hate women. That’s why I want to send death threats to whatever Anita Sarkeesian for
Making cringe ass videos about feminism in Tomb Raider. They said they want to criticize ethics in video game journalism. These guys, who are profoundly biased, profoundly reactionary, still know exactly how to present themselves to a broader market. And then they get very comfortable in their politics, and then they start
Saying stuff that is open. Ok? An example of leftists doing that is when leftists complains about China stealing IP. Yes, leftists do this all the time too. They have reactionary takes in America, especially American leftists. Yes. How many stories did we get from the New York Times about gay and
Pen in MIT? The Liberal Times moved the liberal dial to force the liberal gay out of liberal Harvard. If Stefanik and Rufo could not have done this alone, they were successful because of the moral rot of liberalism. Act 3. Gay resigns. What now? Even though MSNBC et al.
Is salivating to say this is a conservative witch hunt, it would be a mistake to stop there. This was caused by a failure of liberalism. Personally, I don’t care what happens to gay. I was appalled at her false conflation of anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism, her anti-intellectual pandering
To donors by culling any scholars of anti-Semitism from her task force, and her coldness to evict a black student That’s the problem. It’s inception is still ridiculous. It’s false moral outrage and ridiculous claims that this is absolutely destroying civil society. It’s white people claiming that they were under attack. CRT is that.
CRT is white people are under attack. Our feelings are hurt when you Accurately describe American history from the framework of white supremacy. This is the claim that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. It’s a conflation of anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism, claiming that the Zionist entity, the Israeli state, that is currently engaging in an ethnic cleansing campaign,
Is actually the victims here. Ok? That’s not what CRT is, but ok, lol. No, I don’t talk about CRT as like it’s legal application. Or I mean, sorry, it’s legal theory as a framework. CRT just means like black people are human. Imagine if like the slaves during
The time of the founding of the United States of America were actually full human beings and had thoughts and feelings and stuff. And then basically writing history from that framework. Huh. Anyway, here’s some interesting lessons, questions I think are more important to liberals leftists to draw from this. President of Harvard was hired
To be an overseer, not to someone to change the power dynamics for black people and women. Can we dream of other models of representation? Why aren’t liberals afraid of suppressing speech on Palestine? Might all these laws, resolutions, and task force be turned on liberals when liberals
Aren’t in power? Why do liberals allow donors to call so many shots on what happens on campuses? Why did Claudine Gay think she could use racist techniques to control conflating anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism, suppressing speech, allowing a black student to be expelled for doing the right thing,
Honor students, but evade those techniques coming to her? Yeah, but she couldn’t. That’s exactly what happened. The very same reactionary forces that she used against her own black and brown students came crawling back up her ass. And fucked her. Ok? That’s exactly what happened. There you go. That’s exactly what happened.
The same exact reactionary conflations came back and destroyed her career. Why does mainstream news media sometimes see a threat in the policing of everyday life by Republicans but sees no danger when it’s Democrats increasing policing budgets, arresting more black people, deporting more Latinx people, suppressing Palestinian
Protests? Why is the singular story of Claudine Gay almost exclusive to the story of an individual? A reaction, an understandable reaction from the 18 to 35 demographic who sees it and goes, that’s ethnic cleansing. You’re insane. The worse it’s going to get. Because if you can’t control the media in
The same way that the State Department always controls media narratives on America’s allies, but TikTok is, you know, is a little bit harder to dominate the narrative on. Now, let’s watch Fox News flex on her. …Liz McGill over at UPenn. The woman at MIT continues in her job,
But as the plagiarism charges mounted, that’s when she seemed to really… Look at that. Look at that. They want the MIT to… They want more scalps. You cannot satiate it. I want more! …be on shaky ground. And even though noted alums like Pershing Square billionaire Bill Ackman were really putting a lot
Of pressure on the college to take her out, they were resisting. They resisted. Ultimately, this may be what takes it in. This may ultimately be it, John. Also, you know, the school has not publicly spoken about her tenure since December 12th when they issued the findings, or didn’t issue the
Findings, excuse me, they issued an announcement that she would remain in her role. They said they conducted an investigation into the allegations of plagiarism and were standing by her. They had her edit a couple of her published works with the university to include sourcing That they said was missing, but other than
That, they have been standing completely by her. It will be very interesting to see what kind of a statement or public announcement accompanies her resignation over the coming hours. A lot of eyeballs on that. You know, in terms of the court of public opinion, a lot of people were saying,
How can you be the president of a university when a student would be penalized for turning in such work? Boom! Who said that in the chat? Verbatim. That’s how media works, baby. That’s how it works. From the mouth of a Fox News anchor to the ears of a chatter in the
HasanAbi broadcast. Probably a self-declared, self-fancied Wow, he made a good point. Hegemonic world peace. I really don’t want to ban you, brother. I really don’t want to, but you’re testing my patience so hard. You never stop. You never stop. I know you’re trolling. You’re a big troll.
I get it. But it’s like, it’s not that funny. I promise. Please. All day, every day. Oh, my Lord. A micro version of this is people saying you aren’t accountable for your mods. Oh, God. Yeah, that or any number of different things. Hasan has a house. Hasan has a car.
Hasan buys expensive stuff for himself. These are things that you normally would not consider to be like genuinely problematic or anything like that. But if people say it enough times, it becomes a problem. Right? It’s a problem out there in the orbit. Hasan loves Russia and hates Ukraine. Hasan wants Ukrainians to die.
Ok? And guess what? Many people are not going to investigate it themselves. They’re just going to hear Gucci shirt, Porsche, house, Ukraine. And they’re going to go, that guy’s real controversial. That guy’s real controversial. Chair streams. Hasan doesn’t do enough transformative content. All of the things that if you were
In here for a long enough time, you would know about. You know what I mean? Can you guess who was bitching about you staying in a nice hotel in Rome? I don’t know, but I don’t care. And, um… Yeah, I legitimately think that it’s ridiculous. I think most people don’t give a
Shit about that at this point. But, um… That’s it. I don’t think most people care. That’s like old, the whole like, oh dude, Hasan is rich. Like, I don’t think people definitely don’t care about that. It’s just people that are trying to replay that same bit over and over again as
It’s dying out. Bury haters are saying you’re on the verge of a mental breakdown because your views went from 30k to 29.8k. Yeah, I mean, dude, who cares? Why are we talking about random irrelevant things, ok? Let’s get back to the point at hand. The issue is this, ok?
Once you, once you say enough things about a person, you can basically overwhelm, you can dominate the conversation. And that’s it. And at that point, it’s not about the veracity of the claims at all. It’s not about that at all. It’s not about what the truth is. It’s about noise, right?
I’m collapsing tomorrow right after China. Exactly. Exactly. If you were in here, if you were in here at least for an hour, right? You would recognize that most of these problems are completely made up. Completely made up. And that’s pretty much it. Bro, try to channel haters out. You’re doing a good job.
No, I think, you know, I’m going to be as charitable as possible to people. I’m going to try to be as charitable as possible this year. 2024, baby. New Year’s resolution. So, yeah. It’s something to remember. It is a, it is a, uh, died out phenomena, but it’s totally back now.
It’s totally back. Ok? That was not annotated in the proper way. Quotes weren’t attributed in the way that they should have been. So if you’re leading the whole place, you’ve got to lead by example. And a lot of people were saying she wasn’t. And then of course she was very
Much thrust into the international or global. Are people chill with plagiarism? Is that the argument? Yes, that’s the argument. No, that’s not the argument. The argument is that there isn’t any real severe plagiarism claims here. It’s just that if you overwhelm the conversation, if you dominate the conversation, and I know,
Look, Helm Cletus, you’re in here most likely in a bad faith way, but I’m going to do my very best to respond to you. In a positive way and try to help you be a little bit more open-minded because there’s probably other people that maybe misconstrued or misunderstood what I had to say.
Ok? I’m going to be as understanding as I possibly can and tell you, no. It’s not that people are chill with plagiarism. It’s that there isn’t really enough evidence, it seems, that this was like genuinely harmful plagiarism of any sort whatsoever. But it doesn’t really matter because it’s more…
The narrative builds and it becomes an intriguing story in general. So then people write about the drama in and of itself without actually looking into it. It was not about plagiarism. It was never about plagiarism. It was about her not being sufficiently pro-Israel. Ok, that’s it. …global spotlight last month when
She testified here on Capitol Hill and declined to denounce anti-Semitism or even really say that calls for genocide of Jewish people would violate the university’s rules and procedures. So all of this now coming to a head for the embattled president. All depends on the context, was the response,
Which really threw a lot of people. That’s right. Alright, more on this as it comes through, right? I’m Steve Doocy. I’m Brian Kilmeade. And I’m Ainsley Earhart. And click here. And the worst part is, because she was beholden to a liberal institution that was willing to let go of her,
Now she has a permanent mark on her record, a permanent stain. No matter what happens, she will always be remembered as the teacher who resigned, the president who resigned after plagiarism controversy. Doesn’t matter. It’s done. It’s a wrap. There were two other college presidents that were called into question by Elise
Stefanik. Remember, the person who started this, or one of the people that started this, is a person who literally defended a Hitler supporter in a local race. So if you think that Elise Stefanik cares about antisemitism, well, she surely didn’t care about antisemitism enough when she was defending a Hitler
Supporter in… And even after he was outed as a Hitler supporter, continued to defend a Hitler supporter against another local politician that she hated. So, the idea that this person cares about anti-Semitism is ridiculous. You are a dupe. You are a sucker. You are a fucking moron, if you believe
That. Now, on top of that, she did a great job absolutely ripping in to these college professors. She did. She did a great job. She kept conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism and then asking, why do you think it’s appropriate to want to genocide the Jews? It was a very, when did you stop
Beating your wife type question, right? And these supposedly intellectual liberals who’ve written dissertations could not respond to that. They couldn’t respond to it appropriately. Bro, this is a video game website. Take this to YouTube or something. I agree. Trump’s legal team facing a very busy 24 hours ahead.
Trump’s lawyers are expected to appeal two decisions to remove him from the primary ballots in Colorado and in Maine. With us now to explain all of it, CNN Senior Legal Analyst Ali Honig at the Magic Wall. Really, at any moment now. It could happen at any moment.
We expect the appeals, a appeal, two appeals. We’ll have to wait and see. Just to step back though, what’s the landscape right now in this new year? Yeah, Phil, so the 14th Amendment Section 3 has gone from relative constitutional obscurity to the spotlight very quickly. Let’s just remind ourselves what
It says. No person shall hold any office who shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. Seems fairly straightforward. The problem is, it is being interpreted and applied very differently across the map. Let’s take a look at the current status
Quo. These six states have rejected challenges, efforts to try to remove Trump from the ballot, I mean, I don’t disagree with you on this either. I mean, like, I guess the argument is, like, if you’re a bank robber, but you haven’t been found guilty of robbing
The bank yet, and you somehow are free to, like, walk into banks, should people restrict your access to banks a little bit? I mean, you haven’t been found guilty. Like, I don’t know. That’s not how it works. I mean, the entire point is… The entire point is that the historically relevant
Part of this is that it hasn’t been used on people that were immediately put up for trial. You know what I mean? So technically, historically speaking, a trial is not a necessity. But I think that that’s a dangerous precedent in general. So I don’t know if I fully agree
With that, is what I mean. Like… In theory, in theory, I don’t agree with that. If that’s true, if the states do have the right to do their own processes, that brings us to the second question. By what process? How much due process is… The argument is it’s self-executing like Cameron for
President when you’re 25 years old that requires no conviction. There will be due process requirement. Yeah, the difference between someone being 25 and someone aiding and abetting in an insurrection is that one does require conviction, the other does not. That’s the difference. Also, not 25, 35.
I don’t know why I just read that and said 25. But, which confederates were tried and found guilty of insurrection? No, I agree. I agree in its application. It was not utilized in that way. I just don’t agree with doing it that way. That’s my point.
You get it? I think allowing people to treat Trump like he’s guilty before he’s proven guilty is a slippery slope that racial minorities… No, I mean, no, no, no. This argument always goes back to racial minorities and marginalized communities and blah, blah, blah. It’s like, oh, you can’t do this.
You can’t have gun restrictions because then it’ll be used against racial minorities. Like, there are certain instances where restrictions and the application of the rule of law is a necessity regardless of how white supremacist the system is that might actually bastardize it and weaponize it. Ok? You don’t make that argument
For, again, seatbelt laws because, like, black people are more likely to be pulled over for any kind of restriction, any kind of rule that might be applied to them where they can just claim, well, you’re not wearing a seatbelt. You know what I mean? It’s the system itself that is white supremacist.
There’s obviously differences between that and, you know, sentencing disparities between crack cocaine and regular cocaine, obviously. That is directly on its face, a white supremacist invention. So, overall, there’s a couple different aspects of this. I do personally think the gun thing is a bad example because it’s not gun control
Itself but the enforcement. What do you mean? Trump does not need to be convicted to be disqualified from holding office. Just read, dude. Brother, I understand that. I’m saying I disagree with it. Why are you yelling at me? Am I not allowed to disagree with this? Why are you getting so mad?
Read the 14th Amendment Section 3, dumbass. Trump does not need to be convicted to be disqualified from holding office. Just read, dude. I still… Here’s a fast historical overview of the 14th Amendment Section 3 by a historian that makes some of the same points you are making.
Disqualifying Trump via Section 3 of the 14th Amendment by William Hoagland. Ok, I disagree with this as well, but I think it’s objectively hilarious, so who’s to say if it’s right or wrong? I mean, that’s the second aspect of it, which is that the reason as to why
They are mad is because most, if not all, Trump supporters are deeply insecure and defend that piece of shit with passion because he is their entire identity. Certainly, but also, listen, listen. I think there’s two different things here at play. One, as someone who doesn’t believe in
The American institutions, of course, I’ll sit back and kick my feet up and enjoy the show and laugh about whatever the outcome is because either way, One party is going to get upset and it’ll be funny. But, having said that, if you were to ask me what my genuine perspective is on
This matter, do I think Trump should be kicked off the ballot? I think Trump should not be kicked off the ballot. I’m a firm believer that you should literally be able to, once again, one of the only American pro-prisoner reforms that we have or something that’s in the law is
That You can, even if you can’t vote, you can run for president from prison. And I think that’s a good thing. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I think it’s a good thing. Ok. Now, this has nothing to do with that. Ok. Before chatters who are, this chatter
In particular, who was like rushing to dunk on me on this, I know, I know that that wouldn’t change this distinction, this decision. Oh my God. I’m, ok, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna put a one minute timeout on you because you just, I’m gonna put
A one minute timeout on you because you’re, you’re frustrating me. Because I feel like you’re yelling at me with your caps log frothing at the mouth at like showing how, you know, you want to prove me wrong on something before I can finish my point. That, what I just described to you, that
You can, even if you can’t vote, which you should be able to even if you’re in prison, by the way, you accuse him of yelling at you before he used Cavs law. No, he was using Cavs law. And that is yelling. This is the best way that you can
Describe yelling. And also, how fast you’re typing. How much you hit the enter. People are coming at you for bizarre reasons right now. I know. I think people are very excited at the prospect that I’m like finally reading chat again and responding. So everyone is like getting into
It. So, what I was going to say is, I think that’s a good idea that prisoners should be able to run for office and they should also be able to even vote. Right? And beyond that, I think that disqualifying someone Specifically because you believe that they’ve aided and
Abetted an insurrection, which I believe Trump did, you know, especially before they were convicted, personally, of said crime. And what the severity is, it needs to have a super high standard, super high bar to clear, in my opinion. There’s a move… On to invoke Section 3
Of the Constitution as 14th Amendment ratified in 1868 to disqualify former President Trump from re-election. According to Section 3, a person who is sworn to uphold the Constitution when serving in the federal or state government and has then engaged in insurrection or given aid and comfort
To insurrectionists can’t hold elected office in those governments. The original intent was to bar certain leaders from the former Confederacy from holding office. I think in a way I am doing what I get mad at liberals on because I feel like this is something that Republicans
Would do 100%. Like, it’s ideologically, ideologically I don’t agree, I guess, or in theory I don’t agree with it, but also it’s like decent politics, I guess, even though it is still going to, such a soft leftist take, it is still going to not work because
The institutions are, But if you go, you know, if you’re too heavy-handed and it backfires, I don’t know, we’ll see. With all due respect to the civil matter on a criminal one, he was found to have done an insurrection in a civil court and therefore cannot stand for election for federal
Office. Our section 3 disqualification doesn’t require a prior criminal conviction on charges under insurrection. Well, you’re not always going to be able to have a… The answer is no. The reasons are based on a combination of the basic structure of our legal system and the original meaning of Section 3.
A standard element of our legal system is that the same events often give rise to both civil and criminal liability. For example, a person who commits rape, murder, or assault is subject to criminal penalties and also to civil suits by his or her victims. In such cases, criminal conviction is not
A prerequisite for civil liability. Indeed, even an actual acquittal on criminal charges doesn’t necessarily preclude civil lawsuits against the perpetrator. Just ask O.J. Simpson, exactly, who lost… I mean, who won… If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit. Won the criminal trial, got a criminal acquittal,
But then lost a $33.5 million civil liability. The criminal and civil cases were distinct, and the result of one did not determine that of the other. Same reasoning applies to Trump. The absence of criminal conviction for insurrection doesn’t immunize him from civil proceedings arising from his
Role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Disqualification under Section 3 is a civil issue, not a criminal one. It cannot result in a prison sentence or other criminal sanctions. There are many reasons why civil and criminal cases arising from the same events might turn out differently.
The most obvious is that a criminal conviction requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt, whereas a civil plaintiff does not and can prevail merely based on a preponderance of evidence standard. Slightly more than 50% chance that her position is right. For a legal standard to allow people who are convicted criminals to be able
To become president, or to be able to run and be on ballots, to be… To then turn around and toss someone off specifically on a civil case where the standard is much lower, I think is not appropriate. Does that make sense? Even though this is directly a crime that
Pertains to winning or losing an election and then trying to have your way regardless by force. Does that make sense for chatters? This is my perspective on it. Ok, which is why I said a conviction, maybe that’s a little bit different. A criminal conviction, maybe that’s a little bit
Different. Even then, I don’t know. In the Colorado Section 3 case, state courts found that the plaintiffs had sufficient proof to satisfy a clear and convincing evidence standard. A higher burden than preponderance, but less proof beyond a reasonable doubt. There are situations where the consequences of civil
Liability are so grave that the civil criminal distinction may seem artificial when defendants end up paying enormous damages that force them into bankruptcy. This is such a libertarian… God. Reason is a libertarian outlet. So it’s really funny that they wrote this where, like, only a libertarian think tank would
Write bankruptcy is akin to the death penalty. You might as well. Yeah. Being relegated to the destitute conditions of poverty is akin to being shot by the state. That’s awesome. A short prison term might be less painful than that. In addition to general considerations about the structure
Of the legal system, there are also points… Specific to the original meaning of Section 3, none of the ex-Confederates who were judged disqualified during Reconstruction had ever been convicted of any crimes related to their roles in the Civil War. That strongly suggests the original understanding didn’t
Require prior criminal conviction for insurrection or any other offense before an insurrectionist could be disqualified. They’re comparing prison bankruptcy to losing the ability to run for office, not the death penalty, Lamau. No. He’s… No, they’re saying… They’re comparing bankruptcy to going to prison and anything else and saying going to prison is
Far preferable or going to prison is like getting bankrupt. If not, bankruptcy is worse than going to prison. Ok. I am exaggerated by saying the death penalty because they brought up the death penalty up here when talking about what can happen in a criminal case versus a civil one.
And I think that’s pretty funny. To be like, well, you know, bankruptcy is much, much worse than going to prison. Anyway. There are situations where the consequences of civil liability are so grave. Ok, general considerations about the structure of the legal system. There are also points that specific
The original meaning of Section 3. None of the ex-Confederates… Yeah. In addition, it’s important to recognize that tens of thousands of Confederate troops had surrendered under parole terms that arguably exempted them from prosecution for their wartime activities, so as long as they did not engage in further insurrection
Or other lawbreaking. The most famous example is General Ulysses S. Grant allowing Robert E. Lee… The Army of Northern Virginia surrendered under terms that allowed each officer and man to return to their homes not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force
Where they may reside. Good thing that surely none of them would then turn around and, I don’t know, create and participate in the KKK. Whoa. Whoa. What? What, you getting bored? Who you borking at? Who we borking at? Why we borking? Ok, let’s watch this. Ode here. If we look, for example, at
Colorado, look, these don’t have to be criminal trials. That’s the highest level of due process. But the question is, was there enough? Colorado had a five-day trial. They had some live witnesses. They had a member of Congress. They took in documents. Some of it has hearsay that wouldn’t be
Admissible. But again, it’s not a criminal trial. If we look at the main process, there was less. That was a one or two-day hearing. Classic libs giving slavers a slap on the wrist. Now, look, listen, listen. Fair is fair, ok? During the war period, they should have fucking
Slaughtered them. But once it’s over, then it’s understandable. I mean, they should have gotten sharper penalties, in my opinion, but you can’t kill a retreating soldier. You shouldn’t be able to do that. You shouldn’t be able to bomb a hospital, ok? Not that, so you can slaughter them without a trial?
Yes! Yes, in the act of war, it’s fair. Fair is fair. That’s precisely what I’m saying. But after the war, if they surrendered, there should be at least more significant, more severe penalties in my opinion. Ok? Well, yeah, you can’t just like go up and murk them.
Should have sent the Confederates to be slaves in the Ottoman Empire. Hahaha. Also, yes, there were no Geneva Conventions during the time of the Civil War, for the record. But that doesn’t mean that there weren’t any rules to engagement. Of course, since, like, even at a time
When, you know, there was Vikings and shit, there was at least, like, some level of application of, like, understood rules and shit. Obviously, it changed depending on where you were, what kind of war you were waging or where you were waging the war. But there’s always been some level of standards,
For sure. The only witness was a law professor. The Secretary of State relied on documents including YouTube clips. So, the question is, was either of these enough due process? And then the final question is, and this one may seem a little odd, is the President an officer of the United States?
I think logically you go, of course, there actually is an argument that’s made sometimes that if you look at the construction of the Constitution, the President is actually separate from an officer of the United States. I think that one’s a long shot, but look for that argument to be made as
Well. Colorado will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Look, this seems to be a moment just screaming out for no ambiguity. Yes. And yet. This is exactly why we have a Supreme Court. We have a massive constitutional issue. We have all sorts of unknown. We have major implications.
We have inconsistency in how it’s being applied. We’re looking for two things. First, will they take the case? They don’t have to take any case. But if Trump files that appeal today, they can tell us yes or no we’re taking it. That could happen at any moment.
And then, of course, if they take it, how will they rule? Let me just say this. Nobody knows. This is uncharted territory, so it’ll be in their hands in all likelihood. Can I just, to underscore that point, there is no legal precedent here. Right. There’s nothing that people are kind of
Drafting off of to know how this ends. We can pull on various strings that are out there, but there is nothing on point. We’re going to get brand new law when they interpret this. Fascinating, and somewhat unsettling. Elie Hoenig, thanks buddy. Thanks. CNN’s Zachary Cohen joins us now.
And Zachary, help us understand the arguments being made in these appeals. What are the former president’s chances? First, it’s really important to know that the looming political calendar really is creating a sense of urgency here. And it’s one of the reasons why there’s this mounting pressure on the
U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on this issue, this 14th Amendment issue that we’ve seen come up in Colorado and again in Maine, where they say that under the 14th Amendment, Section 3, Trump should be removed from the primary ballot. The way the media talks about the Supreme
Court is literally like a pantheon of gods. It doesn’t matter. You’re a mere mortal. They’re a pantheon of gods. Ultimately, it’s corrupt. And yet, everyone sees the top of the hour ad break. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is in the chat right now. He’s seen the ad break
At the top of the hour. Unless Harlan Crowe gives him a gifted subscription. That’s right. Or maybe, let’s say, they’re lucky. Right? They’re lucky and they get gifted a sub in general. Like a random one that they catch. Or… He has an Amazon Prime account connected to a Twitch account.
They get one free Prime subscription a month. Use it here, and you won’t see the 3-minute outbreak at the top of the hour. Here’s the 3-minute outbreak now, though. I certify the names onto the ballot for the presidential primary this Friday. And so we do hope that the court
Understands that presidential primaries are rapidly approaching and gives us a definitive answer whether or not the former president is disqualified from the ballot. So with so much uncertainty, states asking the Supreme Court to provide some clarity. We’re going to have to wait and see if they ultimately take up this issue though.
It is unprecedented. Zach Cohen, thank you. And joining us now, former Trump attorney, Tim Parlatore. Tim, we appreciate your time this morning. On the Colorado case specifically, the appeal is expected as soon as this morning to the Supreme Court. When you think through the defenses that the Trump team would put into that
Appeal, what do you think is their most effective at this point? I think really the most effective is that the state courts don’t have the power to enforce this. You know, the 14th Amendment specifically does have a clause that Congress shall have the power to enforce, and Congress has exercised
That power in multiple ways. They passed a statute, 18 U.S.C. 2383, which is, they actually expanded I was sitting in the Senate chamber listening to Senate Leader Mitch McConnell talk about how the legal process, this doesn’t do anything to change the legal process that’s going to come ahead.
The Senate’s not going to act on this, but by all means the courts still can. And he wasn’t the only Republican to say that. Were they wrong? So, my personal belief on this is that while the impeachment does control as regards to the 14th Amendment litigation, it does not invoke
Double jeopardy as to criminal litigation. And so, I don’t think that that is going to be necessarily a winning argument of a double jeopardy to bar the January 6th prosecution, but I do think that it is going to be effective related to the 14th Amendment cases. It’s an important point, particularly as
We await the appeal on that federal election subversion case. The special counsel pushed back on Trump’s claim that he should have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. Part of the argument was he threatens to license presidents to commit crimes to remain in office. I guess the question here right now is
There’s not a lot of precedent here, which is, you could say that about a lot of things that are happening right now. Are we in uncharted legal… Here’s why it’s good. SCOTUS has to either increase the due process protections, write an opinion that totally contradicts their
Entire mode of thought, or write an opinion that buys an obviously obtuse argument. I suspect we’ll get a split opinion that does all three. It’s good to improve due process and to undermine SCOTUS legitimacy. So it’s a fun time. Enjoy it. Worst case scenario is Trump can’t
Be president. Yeah, I don’t think that’s the scenario that will occur though. But yeah, my sister-in-law is becoming ultra right-wing shithead lately. How can I pull her back from the ledge without antagonizing her? Oh my gosh, she’s pulling so hard right now. Oh Jesus, she almost got me.
Oh my God. Uh-oh, she planted. Planting. It’s definitely uncharted territory. I think that they’re… I’m multitasking. The idea of a blanket immunity… Yeah, and I expect that that will be one of the things that they, you know, can and should present to the jury. Bro, give some advice with the chatter.
I don’t know. I don’t know how to… I don’t know what kind of right wing takes she has. So I don’t know. I don’t know how to save your sister. I need to know what is radicalizing them so I can… Help you. Is that he was acting based on the
Information that he had, that he reasonably believed that there would be fraud and that as the chief executive charged with ensuring that the laws of the United States are followed, that he was pushing for investigations. And if they make that argument credibly, then I think that immunity could apply at that
Stage, but not here. And it seems like they’re on the path to making that argument, whether it’s credible or not, is still to be determined. But in that defense itself, when there’s a list of dozens of people who’ve made very clear they told the president explicitly there was
No fraud or that his theories were inaccurate, some have said that they felt like he acknowledged that was the case at various points. Doesn’t that undercut that point? Sure, and that’s why it’s something that really does have to go to a jury. And it’s the last point that you raised
There about whether he acknowledged it. I use what I learned from Hasan to push my right friends more right. Wait, really? That’s your job is to make them even more reactionary? Good job. That’s going to be key. And so that’s, when you have disputed issues of fact like that, it’s not something that
Can be decided by a judge at a motion stage. It’s something that must be presented to a jury because the juries are the arbiters of fact. It is a very busy day ahead and a very busy year ahead. Tim Proctorio, we appreciate your time as always. Let’s do it. Jeffrey Epstein time.
Yeah, Bill Clinton. 150 times. Nearly four and a half years after Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a New York federal prison. Bullshit. Guys, died by suicide. Ok, sure. Fake news. And alleged victims are expected to be unsealed in court documents related to a 2015 settled civil suit involving Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell is currently serving a 20 year prison sentence for helping Epstein groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Maxwell and Epstein have been accused of running a sex trafficking operation. In 2020, alleged Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre told Gayle King she believed Maxwell likely had incriminating information on high-profile people.
People like who? People well-known names? Very well known names, you know, the government officials, the politicians, the royalty. Giuffre accused Epstein and Maxwell of sex trafficking her to Britain’s Prince Andrew when she was 17. He denied her allegations and they settled out of court in 2022.
Former President Bill Clinton, who has never been accused of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein, could also be named in the unsealed documents. I think it’s highly significant for documents to be unsealed so that the complete story of Jeffrey Epstein. I guess Ghislaine is alive. Can be made public.
We need to know as members of the public who have an interest in Wait, Clinton and Trump were frequent… Wait, what? Old flight logs revealing that former President Bill Clinton and Donald Trump took trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s famed Lolita Express. I knew Trump hung out with them, but when did they actually…
When did they… When did he actually fly? The 42nd and 45th Commanders-in-Chief were exposed to some of the high-profile passages who rubbed elbows at the pedophile when the logs were released two years earlier during convicted madam Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial. Clinton is also expected to be identified
As John Doe, 36, who’s mentioned more than 50 times in the documents related to a 2015 lawsuit from Epstein accuser Virginia Jeffrey set to be released early as Tuesday. The flight logs publicly available since December 2021 made the rounds on Social Media Monday with many pointing out that the names of the
Two presidents repeatedly appeared throughout the 118 pages. Lawyer Alan Dershowitz, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, and disgraced Prince Andrew were among the other big names who were outed as passengers. It’s so sick that like right-wingers, it’s so sick that right-wingers love talking about like, oh, kill your local neighborhood pedophile.
And then they’re like, but not Trump. He was white hat. And Alan Dershowitz is my favorite Fox News guest every night. Is this why you predicted Bill Clinton dies this year? We will see. Then real estate developer Trump and Epstein were known associates. Yeah, Trump took at least seven trips between,
Ok, no, no, this is, we did know this, sorry. So much spit. She just spat on herself. This is the book log, not any new info. The logs, however, do not indicate that Trump or Clinton ever visited Epstein’s Island, the Caribbean, the center of his international sex trafficking
Ring. Yeah, what about Dersh, though? The docs still haven’t been unsealed, as far as I know, right? Keeping women and young girls, children, We reached out to a representative for former President Clinton who pointed us to a statement from 2019 that said he knows nothing about Epstein’s crimes.
Now the judge in this case did allow anyone who did not want to be named to come forward and petition the court to keep their name a secret. But just because you’re on this doesn’t mean that you’re necessarily guilty, but it could also mean that you could get cleared.
Ok, so what Wait, DM me, I have proof on Obama. And by the way, I have both sides of the spectrum. Wait, wait, the elites are satanic pedophiles. I’ve been saying it’s so disgusting. DM me, I have proof on Obama. And by the way, both sides of the spectrum, the elites are pedophiles.
And it’s how you keep him in place and more. What? DM me, I have proof that Obama is a pedophile. It’s such a funny thing. Ok, who are the newly revealed Jeffrey Epstein associates? You’re a fat ass, dude. Look, she is such a fat ass. She just got tired, so just sat her
Ass down. That’s so funny. And she’s trying to use her hands, too. I love that. So funny. We’ve also learned about deeper ties between Epstein and some bold-faced names who he had already been associated with. In the spring, the Journal discovered multiple new names after detaining previously unreported
Trova documents, including thousands of emails on Epstein’s private schedules. Ok, you’re tired. You’re too tired. Done. Done with that. Look at this. You can like get up here. Isn’t that crazy? ABC News has more. Most of the prominent names that appear in the documents are already associated with someone
What? Thorbjorn Jagland. Robert Kennedy Jr., which he got ahead of. He knew this was coming, so he was just like on Fox News constantly talking about how he was on the Epstein flights, which is crazy. Sergey Brin. According to court filing, Epstein advised Brin from 2004 to 2007, including guidance on
How to set up a tax shelter. What the fuck? This seems kind of conspiracist in QAnon. What? Did you just say the NewYorkMagazine.com’s Intelligencer article documenting like court, writing about court documents that have been unsealed about a prolific pedophile who was besties with like world leaders for no reason is the same as
Like QAnon? I’m so confused. We knew this one. Cecile de Jong, former first lady of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ehud Barak, we knew about. Bill Gates, we knew about as well. Gates is an average bridge player. Had met her at a tournament in 2010 while Gates was still married and was now
Ex-wife. Antonova later sought money to fund a startup that would help people learn the game online. Then in 2017, after the Antonova relationship ended, Epstein reportedly emailed Gates requesting that he reimburse him for the cost of schooling. That message came shortly after Gates rebuffed Epstein’s efforts to get a major charitable fund with
JPMorgan & Chase off the ground. Leon Botstein, president of Bard College. William Burns, CIA director. We knew about this one as well, obviously. Noam Chomsky. We also learned about, this is old stuff, yeah. Ariana De Rothschild. Oh, this is going to get people fucking, this is going to get people livid.
Catherine Rumler, Goldman Sachs General Counsel. Lawrence Summers. Yeah. Oh yeah. Peter Thiel, Tom Barrack, close Trump ally and private equity manager, Leon Black, JP Morgan and Chase, Prince Andrew. Ok. So who are the new people? What is the connection or the association that people have to be on the list?
You could be as much as an employee or a linchpin behind all of this. Ok, so it might say nothing. A lot of people are watching. When the clock strikes midnight tomorrow, it won’t just mean the start of a new year. Oh, here it is. By the way, big dubs for anti-copyright bros
Out there, but I guess, like, not really. Disney has lost famous Mickey Mouse copyright for the first ever Mickey Mouse. It’s done. Not like the current Mickey Mouse, but this one, the Steamboat Willie one. Protections expire on a number of well-known books, films, and musical compositions.
That includes works like All Quiet on the Western Front, Peter Pan, and the Marx Brothers musical Animal Crackers. But one work that’s entering the public domain on 2024 is getting a lot of attention. CBS News Senior Business and Technology Correspondent Jolene Kent has the story. It’s a simple early rendition of perhaps the
Most recognizable cartoon character ever created. The 1928 animated short, Steamboat Willie, marks the film debut of Mickey Mouse. And many too. Now, almost a hundred years later, this landmark piece of entertainment will enter the public domain, meaning Disney will lose its right to control it, and others can use
The images as they wish. This was set to happen years ago, until Disney, with other groups, got Congress to pass extensions. But the last of them expires at midnight on New Year’s Eve. And what basically is happening now is that we will be able to do to the
Great works of Disney what Disney did to the great works of the public domain before him. And that’s how creativity is supposed to happen. We build on our past. Lawrence Lessig is a Harvard law professor and expert on copyright issues. So this is a bit of a full circle moment then. Absolutely.
And I think he’s a big time Wolfpack advocate too. He’s like a big anti-money and politics guy, right? Isn’t it? I think this is… Disney should celebrate. I remember him from my TYT days. Because what we know about the creativity of Walt Disney and the Disney Corporation is that they’ve made stories relevant.
So starting on Monday, anyone has the legal right to use Mickey and Minnie Mouse in new creative works like books and films. But there’s an important caveat. It has to be the Steamboat Willie versions, not the more familiar renditions of the characters that followed. What are the limitations?
What are you not allowed to do? You cannot use the characters in a way that misleads consumers into thinking that Disney has produced or sponsored your product. Jennifer Jenkins teaches at Duke Law School, specializing in intellectual property and the public domain. The way I think about that is the
Public domain is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Oh, God. Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh. He walked out of the 100-acre wood and into the public domain two years ago when the original literary work lost its protection. And that led to this.
Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey, a critically panned, low-budget slasher film where the beloved characters go on a murderous rampage. Blood and Honey was buzzworthy because of the shock value, because it grossed people out. But in the long run, our culture gets to decide what kinds of public domain reuses.
Oh shit. I was literally going to watch this three weeks ago when it first came out. Our culture gets enduring appeal. Disney is the poster child for just how valuable the public domain is. If you think about their beloved movies that we’ve all watched. So many of them are
Based on public domain works. We’ve got the Lion King and Frozen and the Little Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. I could go on. And so that makes this moment deeply symbolic and highly anticipated because Mickey Mouse is the emblem of both of those tendencies.
Steamboat Willie is getting lots of attention, but in recent years, copyright explorations have become routine. Over the years, many other characters have entered the public domain without much fanfare, including Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, and even Frankenstein’s monster. What are some of the high profile characters that will enter the public domain in the
Next few years? So we have a lot to look forward to in the next few years. We’ve got Donald Duck. We’ve got Superman. We’ve got Batman. We’ve also got movies such as The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind. The fact that they are like, the fact
That it took this long is just ridiculous in my opinion. I think public domain should be much shorter. The time frame for like IP to enter public domain should be infinitely shorter. We have a lot of wonderful works and a lot of forgotten works going into
The public domain in the next few years. For CBS Saturday Morning, Jolene Kent, Los Angeles. Now I want to sing this. 20 years? I fucking, what? No, not 20 years, man. No. How about 10? Max. Anyway, here, let’s talk about why it was extended now. Before we watch Steamboat Willie
4K film transfer, which we’re going to be doing an ethical react to in a second. Disney is about to lose copyright in Mickey Mouse. That’s right. Mickey Mouse. Literally the most iconic character that they’ve ever created. One that they themselves claim is worth 15 billion dollars. And they’re doing it all
On purpose. But why? Well, the answer is both shocking and kind of genius. I’m Jake Watson, lawyer, producer, and YouTuber with Corridor Crew. Let’s get into the issue. So what is a copyright? Why does Mickey Mouse have one that’s almost 100 years old? How is he going to
Lose it? And why does that matter? A copyright is the right of an author of an artistic or scientific work to exploit that work without anybody else being able to do so. This is known as the exclusive right. But the big picture reason, the actual reason why copyright law exists isn’t just to
Protect authors. The bigger reason is that it’s to promote the progress of human knowledge. So copyright incentivizes people to go out, to try things, to learn things, to make things, to discover things, and in exchange ensures them that at the end of the rainbow, they will be able to exploit the fruit of
Their labor without it being stolen from them. But the other side of copyright is that when a work is useful enough, when it is truly useful to the benefit of our culture, it becomes part of our popular culture. Yeah, thank God for patents, dude. That’s why, that’s how all innovation has occurred
Historically. It was crazy when, when John Patton invented the patent system, then that’s when we really got to innovating. Before then it was like fire wasn’t even invented. You know what I mean? Long after the original author to take that original work and expand upon it. To build upon it.
So that overall, as a species, humanity is better off tomorrow than we are right now. Now Mickey Mouse has a copyright because he is in essence a work of art and creativity. Unpopular opinion, copyright protections are good for creative professionals. Yeah, I mean that is an
Unpopular opinion. Because ultimately, I think there is, by the way, for those of you who are wondering, like, why don’t you ever wear, here, look. This is why I wear shoes now in the house. Look how dirty my socks are now. I feel like copyright and patent are different, no? That’s number one.
And number two, I think that, like, some level of protection should exist. It’s just like, so funny, he uses Dracula. Nosferatu was literally stealing Dracula IP and they just decided not to sue them. Creativity, a contribution, if you will, to human knowledge. And, well, that contribution is owned by the Walt Disney Company.
In fact, Disney owns so many versions of Mickey Mouse, it’s more like Mickey Mice. But the very first version, the OG version of Mickey Mouse that Disney first ever published was in 1928 with a little film called Steamboat Willie. And the copyright for that film lasts 95 years. More on how we got
There in a minute. What it means right now is that on January 1st, 2024, Disney is going to lose their copyright in this very first version of Mickey Mouse. But what’s more is that this will set off a timeline where over the coming years, several other versions of Mickey Mouse
And several other iconic Disney characters will also lose their copyrights. So how are Mickey and his friends going to lose something that they’ve held for almost 100 years? All copyrights, every single one, is limited by time. And when the copyright protection on a work runs out, the work enters the public
Domain. Now the public domain isn’t like a repository for lost Disney characters or something. It’s just this idea that when the time runs out, the exclusive right held by the copyright owner no longer applies. The thing is, once a work enters the public domain, it stays there forever.
Now, as you might imagine, this is incredibly significant because it allows literally anybody to take the original work, to use it and even to resell it without the permission of the copyright owner. Now, of course, Disney would be concerned with this. They don’t want other people
Going out and selling their work without their permission. Do we have a problem? No, sir. No, Mr. Mouse. But that’s not what’s shocking here. What’s shocking is that the copyright in Steamboat Willie was supposed to expire 40 years ago. Now, as you probably well know, Walt Disney
Started creating some of the most iconic characters ever in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. And all of these characters were protected for 56 years from the date of publication under the rules of the 1909 Act. So let’s just do some rough math here. 1920s plus what? 56 years of protection leaves
You roughly where? Late 1970s? Oh, that’s weird. Look, there’s a footnote here. The Copyright Act of 1976. Oddly convenient, Disney. You see, with their old friend Willie only being protected under the rules of the 1909 Act, his copyright was set to expire in 1984, which would also set
Off that timeline Where numerous other characters that Disney owned would also expire and enter the public domain. So what was Disney to do? Well, let’s see. You’ve got a multi-billion dollar character about to be pushed into the public domain. Oh yeah, that’s right. They did exactly what you think they did.
Which was to embark on a very serious lobbying effort to get Congress to pass the Copyright Act of 1976. And I gotta say, the effort worked, because the act extended copyright to characters created before 1978 for a total of 75 years, an additional 19 years above and beyond the original rules of
The 1909 act. See, Minnie? Money can buy happiness. And laws. Ha ha! I don’t want to completely undermine the 1976 Copyright Act by saying that it was entirely because of Disney. I mean, there were several other legitimate reasons why it was created and passed. And efforts for its development began in
The early 1960s. It also codified the Fair Use Doctrine, which is Awesome. But also, Disney. And look, while it is nearly impossible to obtain comprehensive information on Disney’s lobbying efforts from 1960 to 1975, Disney even today self-reports that they spend between four and five million dollars per year Look, I’m not
Blaming them. I’m just saying, they like their mouse. That’s why in 1998, Disney once again lobbied Congress, this time to pass the Copyright Term Extension Act. The Copyright Term Extension Act did exactly as the name implies. And that was to amend the 1976 Act to expand copyright protection by an additional 20
Years. For a total of 95 years. Once again, only for works created before 1978. Now, Disney’s influence here cannot be overstated. For starters, one of the more derisive terms for the act was just to call it the Mickey Mouse Protection Act. That’s probably because in addition to self-reporting $6.3
Million in lobbying efforts for the act, Disney also made significant campaign contributions to key people involved in the development and passage of the act. By some reports, 18 of the 25 congresspeople who originally sponsored the bill received $800,000 campaign contributions. Oh, I don’t think that’s legal, Minnie. And it worked.
This effort bought them a 20 year extension on all of their copyrights created before 1978. When on October 27th, 1998, Bill Clinton signed the bill into law. Now it’s at this point in Disney’s journey that I just, I need to stop for a second because what they did here Is
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An all-in-one platform for building your business and growing your audience. I think we’re talking about… Now, what I’m about to tell you next is a shocker. This brings us to today, where 95 years later, the very first version of Mickey Mouse is about to enter the
Public domain. So this naturally begs the question, why hasn’t Disney done anything about it this time? I mean, can’t they just lobby Congress again, get their copyrights extended, and everyone goes on as normal? Well, yeah, they could, and there are several reasons for why they aren’t.
Look, I thought about going into all of them, ok? You have the constitutionality of effectively perpetual copyright extensions. You have the social backlash that could possibly ensue if they embark on another large lobbying effort. You even have trademark, which I will talk about just a little bit.
That sounds simple. Oh yeah, they got big as a company, Disney, Mickey doesn’t mean anything to them. No, look, I don’t think you realize how big Disney has gotten. Since 1995, the period right before the Copyright Term Extension Act, Disney has made 22 major acquisitions which have dramatically shrunk the value of
Mickey Mouse as a total portion of their entire business. I mean, this is probably the reason why they did that. Right? The inevitable. Also, they could just keep making Mickey Mouse. I’m sure they will. Compare that to just four acquisitions made in their entire existence before 1995.
But that’s not what’s truly staggering here. What’s truly staggering is that the value of these acquisitions, when adjusted for inflation, that means everything I’m about to tell you is in today’s real dollars. The value of the acquisitions before 1995 were worth $200 million. And the value of the acquisitions made after
1995 are worth $160 billion. That’s an 800 times increase in acquisition value from before 1995 to after 1995. 800 times! For comparison, here’s a little chart of Mickey Mouse, worth his $15.4 billion in today’s money, next to some of the major acquisitions Disney has made since 1995.
Are you ready? 1996, Disney buys ABC and ESPN for $19 billion. 2006, Disney buys Pixar for $7.5 billion. 2009, Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion. 2012, Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4 billion. 2019, Disney buys 21st Century Fox for a staggering $71.3 billion. And on November 6th of
This year, Disney announced an $8.6 billion deal to acquire full control of Hulu. So now they own ABC, ESPN, Hulu, 21st Century Fox, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilms. That’s why it was funny when people were talking about Elon Musk taking Disney out of the Teslas. Like the Disney app out of
The Teslas while still keeping Hulu in the Teslas. And they’ve all acquired them since 1995. Mickey who? I am really strong! No, you’re not! Holy crap. Like, I wrote this, this is the seventh time I’ve gone through this. It still blows my mind. Think about it this way.
Even when Mickey Mouse does enter the public domain, Say you could go out there and you make something really cool with Mickey Mouse. Something well within your rights. Something 100% in the manner that copyright was intended to promote the progress of science and the use of… Guys, this horizontal and vertical
Integration. You’re… Come on. It’s not a monopoly, guys. It’s just… Mergers and acquisitions, baby. Oh, but Jake, you could put it on YouTube. Yeah, that’s a great idea. It gives me another idea. The idea that in 2014, Disney bought Maker Studios for a casual $500 million. Yeah, that was a dumbass decision.
And it owned 60,000 partnered channels at the time. Now, granted, that deal went sideways, and I think Phil DeFranco owns it now, but look, that’s not the point. The point is that now, today, in this world, Disney is an absolute behemoth. And that’s kind of what makes this terrifying,
But also genius because it’s like they’ve just spent the last 25 years silently and diligently working away in preparation for this exact moment, which is probably exactly what they did. I mean, they’re literally choosing not to even attempt to extend copyright protection on the most iconic character they’ve ever created because, well, like
He’s truly mouse-sized to them now. He’s like a little baby boy mouse. Little Mickey boy. Come here and get a little hug, Mickey. When I started researching this video, I really wanted to say that it was a win for the people to have Mickey Mouse enter the public domain because it
Shows that the lo- His haircut is so police-like. …is still working in this country, but Disney is playing such a different game of chess that calling this a win simply because Disney chose not to do anything about it is like saying you won the race because
You ran unopposed. Let’s be frank, Disney is about as threatened by Steamboat Willie entering the public domain as Shaquille O’Neal is threatened by Kevin Hart. Oh, and one more tiny, small, itty, itty little bitty thing here. Uh, Disney’s also not going to do anything about extending their copyrights because they still own
Trademarks in every character that they’ve ever produced. And the best thing about trademarks for them, at least in this situation, is that trademarks never expire. But don’t worry, trademark is a vastly different area than copyright law, so it’s not like Disney’s gonna start going around and using their trademarks effectively as copyrights.
It, it, it, Just means that they’re gonna try. Now look, on a more serious note, in my opinion, it is a good thing that Mickey Mouse is entering the public domain, even if it’s largely due to the fact that Disney just chose not to do anything
About it. For 95 years, Disney has held the exclusive right in the character of Mickey Mouse. But Mickey Mouse is so much more than a character now. He’s a part of our popular culture. Whether you like it or not, he’s here to stay. And I’m sure that his success
Is well beyond Walt Disney’s wildest dreams. And to be fair, it’s because of the hard work that Disney has put into that character which has made him so influential over all these years. But when we remind ourselves that the purpose of copyright is to promote the progress of sciences and useful arts so
That those who come long after the authors may… Yeah, newer versions of Mickey Mouse is still not in public domain, so technically it’s Steamboat Willie. Pick up that work and expand upon it and build upon it so that humanity is better off tomorrow than we are
Right now. I think it’s time to start building. And honestly, I think the Walt Disney Company knows this too. And after researching this topic, here’s my take on it. Without changing their values, yeah, their values is this. Also, they definitely changed their values. They definitely were not as woke, I
Guess, quote unquote, woke now. Your Mickey Mouse better not be yapping or it’s not public domain. That’s, what? That’s Steamboat William to you, sir. The mouse itself was an anti-Semitic caricature. The name itself originally was Mortimer. Martimer. Oh man. What is this? Is this some great hog content? Uh-oh. Uh-oh. What is that?
I mean, I do recognize that I’m at Fox TV. I have a sense of loss. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Jesse Waters got a tarot card reader to look at Trump’s future. Love that. They’re running out of content, dude. They desperately need Trump to come back, it seems. Or they’re cooked. Or they’re absolutely cooked.
Lamone, Nathan Yahoo wants Durst to represent Israel at the ICJ. Yes, I know. Kim Kardashian criticized for extravagant white wonderland at LA Mansion. Ok, let’s watch Steamboat William. I want to see what the fuck this is about, honestly. I’ve never seen it. I’ve never, I’ve never watched Steamboat William.
Let’s see if it’s mid or not, you know? Someone just said, she boat on my willy until I steam. And maybe Disney should sue you for that, honestly. Where’s he going? Where’s he going? That’s so silly. How’s he fucking, wait, I don’t get it. How is he? It seems to me like
He’s just, he keeps going left and right over and over again. And the boat is just going straight. Don’t, don’t do it. Don’t do it, Steamboat Willie. Oh, he got him. What’s the parrot saying? Get that fucking parrot. What the fuck is he eating? Tobacco? Is fob fresh off the boat?
Is that this cow is fresh off the boat? It’s fallout boy? I’m gonna play no pixel after this. Give the cow some hay willy. Do it. Oh, damn. Wowee. Awooga. Awooga. That’s Minnie Mouse. Ooh, what a woman. Look at that harlot. Oh, no! Yo, can he do that?
Is he allowed to do that? That’s crazy! He got her in the diapy, dude. What the fuck? Damn! Yo, I didn’t know. I didn’t know Steamboat Willie was like that. Dude, woke culture wouldn’t allow you to make an art like this. Like, make a creative work like this, you know what I mean?
That’s what the wokes took away from us. Remember what they took from you, ok? Yeah. The liberals don’t want you to watch this. The liberals don’t want you to see this. You sound like a kick-off line chatter. Oh my god, there’s such a thing. Ay-yay-yay. No way! Can you do that?
That’s crazy. Mickey Big Stepa. Kai is also dancing around. Ok, this is animal abuse. This is animal abuse. Wait, did I miss cat abuse? Oh, fuck. Wait, hold up. Yo! Let’s go! That’s what I’m talking about, baby! This part is not exciting. Not the duck. Not the Millard!
Damn, bro, he’s going after her titties, like, big time. That’s kind of wild. This mouse is freaky, dude. Did no one investigate Walt Disney for, like, animal sex? Because, like, what is happening? Yo, straight up, Mickey is a freak, dude. Bro, is this Noah’s Ark? Why is there every animal on the fucking
Planet on this goddamn boat, bro? What is happening? Why is there every animal, dude? There’s like cows, pigs, parrots, cats, ducks. Yeah, I’d be pissed too. Like, I know that this is set up as like, Some of y’all never worked in livestock transit and it really shows.
Yeah. This is what, this is what people always do, right? In livestock transit. Like, it’s a famous part of it. Is when you play, uh, is when you play the drums on, on the cow’s teeth and tongue. He’s just yapping. Nice. Should bring this story into your no pixel reporting of the day.
I’m sure it’ll be a huge loss for Los Santos. I work in livestock transit and I’m also a humanoid mouse with a hot humanoid mouse girlfriend. That part is the important part. The fact that, like, Minnie Mouse is a woman. Mmm. A hot woman. Bro, this is kind of crazy.
Honestly, like… What the, what were people watching? My worst day in livestock transit was when I had to bring a fox, a chicken, a bag of chicken feet over one small river and the ferry could only fit myself in one item. Hated that job. Almost died on the way home as well
Because there were people tied to the trolley track. Good one. There’s a way to do it though. You got to go like back and forth. There’s a copyright is up. There’s an SES. Mouse, official early gameplay. What the hell? There’s the 88 one, too, by the way. This was announced months and
Months ago. Yeah, I mean, I’m sure they knew that it was happening, so that’s why they did it. It’s crazy, because, like, like, what is this, not this video game, but, like, what is this content? Like, that’s what you watched when you were a kid back then?
It’s so odd. Yeah, the 88 one is, like, Nazis, right? Bro, this is some, like, Newgrounds-ass video game, by the way. Like, I don’t know what is so fascinating or revolutionary or unique about this beyond the fact that it’s a gimmick, right? This is the one that’s like potentially the
Nazi one, right? Hey there. Thanks for coming out. We’ve got a bit of an infestation here at the storage facility. It was just rodents, but something else in here. There’s nests. They’re everywhere. We tried to take care of it ourselves, but things have escalated. Exterminators are our last hope.
Please, help us before- They already changed the name to it because they claimed they didn’t know about the significance of 88? Yeah, I mean, why was it 88 then? This one was made by neo-Nazis? Ok, so, here’s the thing. Updates and statements from the devs. We’re changing our game’s name to Infestation Origins.
Our game, Infestation 88, is set in 1980s with the year 88 chosen simply due to its symmetrical design and game’s artwork logo. Unfortunately, we were unaware of any additional meanings the number 88 has. However, after learning about this, we’re changing the game’s name to Infestation Origins.
We apologize for our ignorance on this and appreciate this was brought to our attention so we could address it ASAP. Wait, fuck out of here, man. Wait, ok, listen, listen. I mean, I don’t know why everyone is like, why everyone is like jumping to conclusions here. I feel like you might be a
Little lipped up. Like, is there more? Is there more on this? Like, I don’t know. Ok, wait, never mind. There is some weird, ok, never mind. I’m looking at this list, and it’s odd. Ok, look, I’m not saying it’s impossible this game wasn’t made with Dylan Tam, but 88
Is an immediate red flag. Ok, fine, that’s true. It involves gassing rats, and counting the space, infestation, 88 is 14 keystrokes. I don’t care about that. That one is like a little bit too much. This, on the other hand, is suspicious. STG 44 was a German assault rifle.
But I guess, like, you know, it could be a common weapon. Rewatching the trailer, meaning the day would end in 1388, which is suspiciously close. No, that’s, no. That’s, that’s ridiculous. But, this part is odd. I don’t know. One to four players in 88 taking an outbreak of vermin in various
Locations? In the year 1988, no, I don’t know. This is the only thing that’s suspicious. It’s like, I mean, one to four players is common. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. The other stuff is ridiculous, though. Like, ooh, 13 is suspiciously close to 14.
Like, come on. I got timed out for so many political tit-tracks because I switched my name off Korean 88 because I’m 35. Yeah. One to four players? No, the weirdest part is vermin, dude. That’s like, the weirdest part is gassing the vermin. Ok, I mean, I guess they’re not
Saying gassing, but does any four player game ever really say one to four? Like, come on. I don’t know. That part is odd. I mean, who knows? Maybe they’re not. This is the only thing that’s like odd. In the year 1988, what was thought to be an outbreak of vermin
In various locations morphed into something far more sinister. Infestation 88 is an episodic 1-4 player co-op. I don’t know why they wouldn’t just say 4 player co-op. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. But, you know, who knows? I don’t know. I don’t really… It’s just like there’s a little bit of
Sauce for it to be like kind of sussy, but not necessarily so sussy that there is like full sauce. You know what I mean? What? Speaking of GTA, did you see someone stole a plane in North Vegas, drank a few beers, and smoked a joint during the
Flight and landed it in the middle of the desert before abandoning it? That is cool as fuck. Plane stolen from Lawrence Las Vegas airport after a series of burglaries. Plane’s owner found part of a joint and multiple beer cans in the cockpit. There’s nothing cooler than that, dude.
Holy shit. My man was like, my man was living La Vida Loca, Ok. Respect to him. What a ledge. What a king. A little bit of drunk, drunk driving? How about drunk flying? Wait, what the fuck? They changed the NoPixel website. How do I find the goddamn privacy policy?
Ok, ok, I read it. Alright, what the hell? Ok, where is the… How do I click on… Oh, there it is. Boomer case fi… The website changed! Connection failed. Connection rejected by server. Steam must be running. Oh. I guess Steam wasn’t running. How was my Steam not running?
That’s crazy. You’ve been kicked out of town? Probably, dude. I didn’t play enough. I don’t know if you know this, but standing for a long period of time does as much harm as sitting down. I don’t know if that’s the case, but it does annoy me. Oh, shit. I have to download something.
HasanAbi more like Hazmalabi. I don’t know what Hazmalabi is. Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. Oh, you’re saying I smell, Abi. Like I smell. Tony O’Sullivan is stuck in your head? Well, don’t let it be stuck in your head no more. Oh, he’s trying to download the finals.
Never mind. I was like, I don’t care about that. Alright, let’s try it again. Alright then, it’s time for Adonio Sullivan to do one more thing. And that is, serve you the top of the hour ad break, lads. And tell you if you no longer want
To see those ads, all you need to do is subscribe for $5 or for free. Here’s the three minute ad break now at the top of the hour. Alright, downloading everything. Alright then. Nice. Verifying assets. Finals uses AI generated messages for shoutcasters. Yeah, that’s whack as hell. Verify. Respond to Will Neff.
What is he saying? Are you about the GTA? I want to get Irish for the first time. Alright, let’s go. Let’s get Irish. You missed something from Will and he’s sad. Oh, he didn’t. Servers have been crashing quite a bit today for your information. Oh, great.
Love that. That’s usually how it works though. Every time I get on it, the servers crash. Chatter said you have a dirty unionist accent. How dare you, you fucker. He’s crashing a bunch yesterday too? When is it not crashing? Lads. Donny O’Sullivan is back. Last known location. It’s time.
Little Seoul Apartments. You are now unemployed. You’ve received something in your mailbox. I don’t know where my mailbox is. Wait, how do I change the… What the fuck? Why am I in first person? Oh, it’s V. Alright. What’s going on then? Alright, my cigarette pack is… No, it’s out! Bro got fired.
I cannot be fired when I have no job. How could I be fired when I’ve tried desperately for a long time to even hold a job? Chatters. Voices in my head. I’ve tried to hold a job, I’ve tried to maintain a job, and I’ve not been able- Ow! I’ve not been able to.
That’s how mad I got right there. So mad that I punched a door. I put a hole in the door. Did you do a charity goal that gives you the Donny also living haircut? Fuck no. That hair is absolute garbage. Donny is living as a ma- Can I
Get- Can an Irishman get one fucking break? Not a real job, just like a real life idiot, Lamau. Well, I am a real life idiot. That is true. What the hell is happening here? What the hell is going on? You alright? It’s the elevator, just stay away
From it. Alright, well good to know. You want me to call… Well, what the fuck happened to the paramedic here? Hello? They’re getting another person inside the elevator. Oh. It’s a massacre. Alright, well, I hate technology. I hate elevators. Good. You got him. You got him.
Alright. Alright Fedora man, you have a good day. Kick the fire hydrant? What the hell is going on with this fire hydrant? Ow, I almost tripped on it. You held a job for a couple of weeks and went on an extended vacation. Right, well, there’s a good reason for it.
Alright, let’s take a look. Stop us from succeeding in our goals of covering the news. Oh, my God. Oh, I hate when the radio’s on. I hate music playing in the car. Wait, the thing is new. This is new. Let’s see if I get a job. Go to Senior Bunz first.
Is this where Senior Bunz is? Oh, wait. Oh, he did get a job offer. First, I’m going to talk to Mickey and see what he can help me do. Hey, what’s up? What’s going on? Where is this fucker? Take the buttons faster. Oh, is he back?
Cover the trial. He’s been gone and doesn’t know about it. Yeah, I don’t know about what’s going on. Exactly what that guy ordered. And can you read it back to me? And can you read back to me? Exactly what he ordered, so I make sure it’s not right. Mr.
O’Sullivan, great to see you. Looking handsome as ever. You as well, Mr. O’Sullivan. Right, not as good looking as your other red haired, beautiful Irish man that you were going on a date last time I saw you though. What can I say? I have a type. Who’s to say that type can’t change?
Right, right. Well, wouldn’t it imply that if the type is changing then it would no longer be me, right? I mean, I’d like to be a universal type. Oh, that’s me. That’s me. Oh, I’m so sorry. Thank you. It’s ok. It’s ok. Can you move, Mr. Pinkhead? Thank you. Here you go, sir.
You have a wonderful day. Thank you for coming to see your buns. Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Sullivan. This way. Now, what pray, Mr. Sullivan, can I do for you today? You must have called me for a reason. Well, yes. Uh, last time that I was,
Uh, last time we talked, we were, uh, talking about job opportunities and, you know, I, I, uh, I went on vacation for a little bit and one of my New Year’s resolutions were to, you know, pursue, uh, pursue more job opportunities in general. What? And what kind of work are you
Interested in? You know what kind of work I’m interested in. The Yakuza kind. You say this is the phone job right now? Hold on, I’m gonna… I’m going to see what kind of job opportunities I have here before I do the news job. Are you seeing what’s going on
With the fire hydrants in the city today? Terrible infrastructure. That’s why I’m trying to get Rama Squami elected. Oh, Ramos Squami, I’ve interviewed him. He’s got some crazy ideas like making sure that truck drivers can only piss inside of bottles, making piss breaks illegal, and turning
Minimum wage lower, making minimum wage lower than it is. Oh my god, I actually have an incredible job for now. What? What are you doing? Alright, well that’s four days from now. I’ve got some muscles. I think I can oblige. Well, let’s just say there’s going to be
An event, a rally, that might turn into a protest on, um, the 6th of January at City Hall. Ooh, alright, what kind of, uh, what kind of rally are we talking about? It sure, surely can’t be like, illegal or nothing, right? No, no, no, it’s a, it’s a rally for, uh, Mr.
Ramasquami and, uh, wondering if you could, uh, help spice it up a little, Mr. Sullivan. Right, right. What kind of spice? I am Irish, after all. We’re not very good with spice, but I think I can do it. I’ll have more details for you about the job on that day.
Mark it on your calendar. January 6th. Ok. January 6th it is. Surely a day that will not live in infamy. You’re lucky. I actually have a job available for you right now. When we call my contact, you and I are going to be running support. Alright. Have you ever done karate, Mr.
Sullivan? Oh, karate? Well, uh, I have watched quite a bit of anime, so… Basically, you could say I’m an expert. HAH! HURRY! Was that… That’s pretty good, right? WAKARI MASH DA! Exactly. Let’s just say we’re, uh… We’re gonna be doing some chopping. Chopping? Alright. Don’t fuckin’ say it out loud
Like that. Oh, karate chopping. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ok. Well, I’m ready. I’m down for it. Listen. I’ll be honest. I did one job. I went and towed a truck. And I almost blew up the tow truck. In the process. And then I went on an extended vacation for a while.
I was away from the city. So I’m desperate for work opportunities right now. Yeah, I get you. You don’t want to work these fucking pathetic government jobs. You’re a Yakuza enthusiast. You want- Right, right, right. Real shit. Yes! And that’s what I’m setting you up on tonight. We have a strong crew.
Give me a moment. I need to get in touch with them though. Listen, these are my associates. Don’t fuck this up, Mr. Sullivan. You speak when spoken to. You’d be on high alert. Benji, where are you? I need you to pick me up from Senior Bonds. I have an associate.
Is our car here? I’m outside. We need to… Oh, I see you. I need to introduce you to someone. Let’s go. What’s up? Let’s not talk here. Mr. O’Sullivan, get in the car. Let’s go. Which car? Right here. Oh, this one. This is quite a noise vehicle.
What’s up, buddy? Nice car you got here. Benji. What’s up? This is Donny O’Sullivan. Donny O’Sullivan, Benji Ramos. Now, can we go somewhere a little bit more discreet? We need to talk. I’m so fucking baked, bro. Holy God. Why’s that? Oh! What the fuck? What the fuck, man? What the fuck was that?
What a psychopath. Did you say you’re fucking baked? I feel like it, man. Every time I go into Senor Buzz, I just feel a little bit fucked up in the head after a moment. I feel like I’m hanging out with a bad crowd. I can’t work here right now.
Yeah, just put me in the bottom. I get too distracted. Mickey, what the fuck is your associate? Dude, he’s on the phone. He’s saying he’s baked. I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m good. I’m good. I’m good. What’s this about, Mickey? Where do you want to go? Is it a meeting?
What are we doing? Back alley. Back alley? I got a perfect alley. Give me a sec. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. It’s a rooster’s rest. That’s the first time I’ve seen it. Don’t get out just yet, gentlemen. Is that, is that, is that still there?
Your car… Benji, you said, right? Seems like your car is smoking a little bit. Guess you’re not the only one who’s baking. It wasn’t that funny, but thank you for being kind. No, no, somebody finally did a dad joke, just like me. Hey, hey, let me ask you something, man.
Right, right. What’s the difference between a snowman and a snow woman? Uh, carrot penis? Snowballs. That’s pretty funny. Alright. I liked it. Don’t be too hard on yourself, my friend. I liked it. Are we done yet? Are we fucking done yet? We’re just laughing and shit, bro. Fuck, man. Benji, Mr.
Sullivan is a, well, he’s kind of a, he’s a brute. A lot of muscle. I’ve seen him fight, seen him put up some good work. Could be some good muscle for some of the things we’ve been getting up to. That’s all. Oh, yeah. Look at him.
Ok. Right, right. Benji, are you familiar with the Sega franchise called Yakuza? Like a dragon. No, not really. I don’t think so. Why? It’s a very good video game and I want to be a Yakuza member myself one day. Oh, you want to be a Yakuza? Right, yes. I want to get tattoos
Not dissimilar to what you have right there. That’s my original, that’s my goal. But isn’t that like a Japanese only thing though? I mean, I just, well, you know, I’m Japanese in my heart. What kind of absolute psychopath would get Japanese tattoos and not be Japanese? Yeah, you’re right. Real loser shit.
You’re talking about the tattoos. I thought you meant like joining the actual like organization, you know? No, no. I only want to start in Los Santos chapter if necessary. If there is no, no Yakuza out here, you know? Wait, you’re trying to set up a fucking gang? I wouldn’t call it like
That. I mean, you know, Yakuza is very organized, right? They have legitimate businesses and stuff like that. Just like a chapter. Maybe as a fan club at first. Who knows where it might go from there. Listen, all I know is this. I can’t get this guy to do any
Fucking real work. There’s no way he’ll hold a normal job in the city. He’s a little too rough for that. So… Too handsome, you mean, right? Careful now. So, Benji, what do you think we bring him on the job tonight? It’s nothing too crazy. Which one? What do you mean, which one?
Wait, you wanna take him choppin’ right now? Yeah. Did he just… Did he just fly in, or… Yeah, choppin’ like, uh… Ha! Karate! Shit! No, no, no, he’s, he’s… No, no, no, he’s thrown in. Whoa! Careful, careful. Yeah, you know, you know the arts as well. Bro, I seen the movies, bro.
I’m a big fan of Bruce Lee, bro. Let me put it to you this way, Benji. He’s been in the city before. That’s Kung Fu, but you know, it’s cool as well. The moves though, the moves, right? This guy, this guy’s a real dangerous. He’s a real Steven Seagal.
Oh, Benji is very dangerous. And handsome too. Well, thank you. So what do you want to do? You want him to take him shopping? Straight up? Listen, I… Let me put it to you this way. I think if this guy works another fucking… Government job in the city?
He’s either going to be put in jail for the rest of his life for killing someone out of anger or he’s going to fly back to Ireland or Tokyo. Why don’t you just put him in a fucking senior bun or some shit if you want to give him a job?
Listen, I tried the legal route, alright. I towed a car. Feels like it’s not exactly my speed, you know. It’s not the Yakuza way. I’m like Kiryu Kazuma. Ready to bust skulls, you know. I’m not saying, like, fully put him on the job, Benji. I’m saying, like, let’s let
Him run with us and he can run protection, you know. We don’t have to… He doesn’t have to fully meet, you know. Let’s go, bro. You don’t even gotta go with Timothy, bro. It’s whatever you want. It’s still going… Listen, it’s fine if you still want to go with Timothy.
I’m just saying, I trust this guy’s muscle. That’s all. I did bust that man’s skull for you the first day that I was in town. You know how to handle animals? Animals? Like, what kind of animals? I mean, I love dogs. Like fucking rabid dogs. I love dogs. We might need you to
Kill a dog. Yeah, we might need you to kill a dog. Kill a dog? You might need to stab a dog. Fucking dogs. Stab a… What? What do you… What would you have me do? I love dogs. And not just any dog. I’m fucking big dogs. I mean, these are real big dogs.
Proper, like, fucking bulldogs. Bulldogs. Bulldogs. Oh, not even just bulldogs, I mean we’re talking really big dogs, like the kind of dogs that like… They’re like pit bulls, like pit bulls. Yeah, but like I’m no, I mean, I mean even bigger than that, like the kind
Of dogs that are like as big as, you know, some people, you know. Dogs that are big as people. Dogs that are almost like a horse and you have to stab them, kill them. I don’t know if I can do that. I mean, I’d rather stab a person than
I stab a dog like that, you know. It’s just, it’s a real ethical conundrum for me. Yeah, well, unfortunately these houses have guard dogs and not guard people. I guess I can’t afford them. Wait, what do you mean about houses? I mean, don’t have, I mean…
Ok, you do have to kill the dogs if they end up trying to attack us, man. What about like, uh, what about like poisoning a meat or something, you know, put some Ambien in there and then drop a little piece of steak. I don’t know if that’s gonna work because…
We could try that. I mean, you might not need to do anything at all if, uh, whoever does the job does it right, yeah? True, actually. Mr. Sullivan, the job is simple. We get a location of a high-end vehicle somewhere up in Vineland. We go to the location.
We use a key fob, I don’t know, tracker, whatever. We go around the house where the car is at. We try to get as close to wherever the key fob is inside the house. Right, ok. Key fob, house, tracker, ok. Once we can get close enough, we can
Ping the key fob to unlock the car door. We take the car, we drive to an undisclosed location, and then we get to chopping, taking every single piece of metal off of that car, and then we go and sell it. Ok, when do I karate chop
The car? Yeah, that’s the chopping at the end. You know, we’re just worried about you taking care of the dogs. I think let’s take it slow. You seem like you know. You seem like you know what you’re going to be doing. You’re going to be fine. Yeah, no, I’ll be alright.
I’ve played a lot of video games, sir. A lot. Oh, fuck. Ok. And they’re just like real life, as you know. So, I basically know all the things I need to do, you know. I think. Thank you. Thank you. What’s your name again? Donny. Donny O’Sullivan. Donny O’Sullivan. Benji, man. Benji. Right.
Nice to meet you, Benji. Well, I need to get changed. Clothing store would be good. Mr. O’Sullivan, you might want to put on something a little bit more discreet. We might be going back here, boys. What do you mean, like? We might be going back. You don’t like my cosmic hair outfit.
Custom made. Oh, you’re coming back? By an Irish tailor. You just need a fucking mask. Also, I need to meditate for a moment. Thank you so much. Alright. After I get changed, sorry. Guys. Guys. I didn’t know how long Will was gonna take. Uh, what should I get? As far as changing goes.
I’ll just have a mask, man, at the very least. Alright, alright. If you like it, I’m not gonna make a man change out of his favorite outfit, you know? Alright. Guys, I literally called up Mickey to do something, because I thought it would take longer for Will to get ready.
So, I’m gonna do this, at least this way I can help Will do some shit as well. Like Will’s character. As well. Ok. Is this look of the Irish? Maybe there’s an Oni mask? Yeah. That’s what I’m looking for. Something Japanese. Oh, there it is! Yes. I’m just gonna only wave, uh, only,
Or I could do IRA balaclava. Brother, you know you’re alone, right? No need to keep the accent. I’m never alone. I’ve always got voices in my head. Right? Plus one. Fuck! Why is this like, not working on my face? Shit! Alright, alright, I’ll just get the Oni one. Cause I’m a fucking weeb.
And maybe we’ll do balaclava later. Where was the Oni? I know they’re waiting for me. Fuck! 96? This just says meth on it. Alright. How does this look? I bet no one, I bet no one will recognize me, right? Absolutely not. Who all are you with?
Mentally urinate and meditate real quick while Mickey drives us. What a nice guy this Mickey is. I can, I can drive as well. Let me give you the keys. If need be. Right. Wait, I should probably take off my mask right now, right? Probably a good idea.
Alright then. Listen, we picked up some muscle for the job tonight. Alright, where are we going? Yeah, we’ll meet you up, we’ll meet you up in Vinewood. Do you guys have a car? We’re gonna run two cars, ok? Alright, see you soon, goodbye. Alright Mr. Sullivan, drive us here.
Alright, where are we going then? Check the GPS. You’ve got, you’ve got it. The crew tonight, you’ll be meeting two more of our associates, Big T and Barney St. Clair. Who’s the guy, I know one of your associates already, we did a job together, the group sex one. His name, Vincenzo Vincent.
Luciano Vincenzo. Nah, different, different group name. Why not? Have one with Lucy? Look at these houses. They’re quite nice. One day, Mr. O’Sullivan, you’ll have one of these with a little zen garden. Right. Maybe a little statue with some traditional samurai armor. It seems like you’re quite the weeb
Yourself, Mickey. Did you say weeb? Yeah, I did. Are we here? Oh, God, no. I pulled another driveway here. Where the fuck are we here? You want me to pull into the driveway? Alright. This is your house. No. We’re just waiting here. He just pulls up to random houses so
He looks fucking cool when he comes. Mons on one tonight? No, they’re right for fucking, uh, uh, um, uh, silencing people who are just, like, being fucking annoying in the chat. Benji, are you running it with, um… I said I’m going to link up with Will after I do this job.
I should be, yeah. Ok, and then the rest of us should just run support then? Yeah, you can. I think, uh, April might be there too. Barney Sinclair? Barney Sinclair? Yeah, sure, whatever. Does anybody even buy that? Are you serious? I don’t understand why you guys don’t metagame in his chat.
Instead of coming in here and metagaming in my chat. What? I don’t get it. What, what, what, what, what, what? You don’t trust Donnie? Who the fuck is April Foos? I feel like there’s some random tension here. April Foos like, like the first of April. Yeah. Go on. Go on, Mickey.
Wait. Donnie. Right. Have you never heard, if you’re broke, I’m busy? No. I don’t listen to music, if that’s what you’re talking about. I never listen to music. What did you say that way? Fuck me, the silence in this car is crazy, bro. You guys ready? For what? What’s your ping?
I don’t know. What the fuck is going on? Seems like these fellas are… I thought I was going to be doing something maybe a little bit illicit. Meet us here. I’ll introduce everyone and we’ll talk about the crew for the night and the plan. Are you guys feeling like, is
This awkward or what? I can’t tell. There’s a little bit of sexual tension in the car, if you haven’t noticed. Benji. Ok. I think Mickey’s into hot Irishmen. No, you want me to be totally honest with you, Benji? Not everyone here necessarily knows each other or
Trusts each other. Then why the fuck did you introduce me to him and then drag him in for a job, you numbnuts? Benji! I trust him. I don’t know though. You don’t trust me, bitch? The fuck? Hola. Hello. Hello. Hello. The name’s Bunny. What’s your name? I’m Donnie.
Donnie O’Sullivan. Nice to meet you. You’re tall. Thank you so much. You’re quite tall, lass. Hey, Donnie. Donnie O’Sullivan, nice to meet you. Roy. I am Hops, is that it? He’s Hops. Yeah, I’m Hops. Mr. Hops. You just call me Hops, Mr. Hops, whatever the fuck.
Ok, seems like I’m the only one not wearing a mask, so I might as well put mine on, right? Put on a damn mask, Donnie. Dude, this is the muscle, right? You should have a mask on. Right, right. Much better. Listen, Bunny. Big T. Talk to me. I, uh… I vouch for Mr.
O’Sullivan. Ok. I’ve seen him, uh, I’ve seen what he can do in a fight. He’s a bunch of muscle. He’s helped me out a few times a couple weeks ago. God knows he can’t hold a government job though, so I’m giving him a chance to, uh, help us out here
Tonight. Alright. Let’s get this shit done, guys. The job is simple. We’ll keep, uh, well, big team. You do the, uh, you do the hacking. Big B, you do the driving, and, uh… I’m stabbing the dogs. Yep, that’s right, buddy. You stab the dogs and me and… I just got a job offer.
Oh, perfect. We’ll do look out. Perfect. Quiero dinero. What? What do you mean, what? I said, quiero dinero. Or what? It means, I want money. You want money. Si, papi. Don’t say that. What the fuck? Well, I mean, I have the location, we can head there right now. Is it Donny, D-O-N-N-Y?
What? Is it Donny, like Donny, D-O-N-N-Y, or Donny, D-O-N-N-Y-E? Donny, it’s Donny, not Donny. D-O-N-N-Y-E. You said fucking Donny, bro. Donny, Donny. No, it’s Donny, Donny O’Sullivan. Donny O’Sullivan. Alright. Listen, I apologize for my comments earlier. I didn’t mean to say that. Nice of you guys. You gonna say something, Donnie?
Everything ok? No, nothing. I’m just here to be on the lookout. This is gonna be my… I’m a little nervous. It’s gonna be my first time, you know? Don’t be nervous. You’ve got this. Alright, break. You gonna do it? Me and Mr. Sullivan will ride support the secondary car. Sounds good.
Let’s go. Alright, we’re on the call. You got this? Are they actually gonna kill dogs? Oh, they’re 100% gonna kill dogs. What the fuck? Oh shit. Alright, you wanna drive? Yeah, I can drive. Let me get the fuck in. Oh, there it is. Alright then. I can’t get in.
The door’s locked. Buckle up everyone! Don’t leave without me! Better safe than sorry! Oh, never mind. I have keys. We’ll follow you guys. Oh! Our job on lookout for this and we’re just looking out for the fuzz. Cops. Alright then. Seems easy enough. Don’t end up in jail, Donny.
I will not end up in jail. Are you out of your fucking mind? By the way, earlier I checked the fuel gauge and it seems like we’re almost out of fuel in this car. Yeah, that could be a problem. Right. I’m sure it won’t be that big of a deal, right?
I’m sure it will be fine. We’re riding with, what did you say? The bunny hoppers? They look like consummate professionals. Oh, Big T and Bunny are, they’re veterans of this there. They say you gotta be worried about the ones who are still around all these years and they never got caught.
I’m your favorite. Right, so we’re going to be on the lookout, but what they’re doing is getting a fob. Let me take a look at my notes real quick. So we could normally, and I’ll show you this later, there’s a guy you got to talk to. His name is Nico Bellic.
Talk to him and he’ll give you the actual job. But right now he’s not taking any more people for the job. We’re running support. Right now, they know sort of the general area where the car is. They’re just looking for it. I think it’s that little thing right there,
The Fiat 500. Might be his car. How many people hanging outside their houses in the middle of the night? Alright, we’re going to spin the block, ok? Alright, how do we let them know if the fuzz is buzzing? Benji, I’m going to text you Benji’s number. Get ready to call him.
Alright. I did not get… Oh! Oh! Are you kidding me? Good start. Alright, you get it now? God, these fucking notifications. Alright. Alright, I’ll send him a text message right now so he knows it’s from me. Alright. You look behind us, I look in front of us. We should be able to
See if any… Let me pull up a little bit more this way so we can see the other street as well. Wait. It’s not letting me send him a text message. It says failed. Failed to send text message. I wonder why. Alright, well. Alright, so, uh, Donny, some lessons.
See how we’re posted up here? Look. Right. They’re up on that, they’re up on that one street. We’re looking at the two entrances to that street. We can see the one behind us and the one in front of us. Any cops come up. We initially are gonna pull our car up,
Maybe get in a little fender bender with them. A little distraction. Right, right. But most importantly is you need to call Benji and let him know. Alright, ok. I’m going to, first I’m going to put his contact in my phone. Make sure that I, make sure that I
Can call him to begin with, right? I’m going to call him for now and tell him to let me know when he’s done. Alright. Hey, you’re all clear for now. Yeah. There’s no, I don’t believe you. Woah, what are we doing? You still want me to keep checking the
Backside? You’re up kid, we might need your help. Wait, what? Alright, what do I need to do? A little bit of a complication here. Real trial by fire situation, alright. Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? Back where? We’re ready to distract, yep. Wait, what? Armed what?
Mr. Sullivan, there were armed guards and there was a scuffle. It sounds like Bunny and Big T are both hurt, but… The dogs have guns? Mr. Sullivan, I need you to go and… I need you to go and grab… Not the dogs, there’s apparently guards. Armed guard dogs? Guards and dogs?
Yes, exactly. Also, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we are not doing lookout right now. Yeah, well, we need to do a little bit of close up. This shit’s very cooked. Alright, so do you want me to go inside or not? Stay with me here, Donnie.
This is… Crazy shit happened, Donnie. Alright. Is that you in the car? Are you good? What are you… I am. Oh, you’re on the phone. I’m still on the phone. Alright. Are we able to get them all in the car? Are we good to follow you? Ok, we’re following.
What? Benji? Benji, you driving? Ok. Is he the right guy to drive the cars? No, normally Bunny is our driver. Are you? Did we lose him? Fuck. This is really bad. I can’t… Sorry, I couldn’t hear anything for a second there, Donny. Donny, this shit’s cooked, man. The job is… We’re in trouble.
Also, Benji… He’s going fast. Why is he driving like a madman? I don’t know why he’s driving like that. Drive safe. Ok, ok. Yo, I’m thinking that the baked guy is probably not the best driver for this job, huh? Wait, wait. You know what we do? Here’s what we do.
I can do some combat fucking medicine for us, ok? Some back alley shit. Gotta be fucking quick. I’ve got some bandages. Here’s what I’m gonna do. I’m gonna drive with you, leave the car. Ah, fuck. I’m gonna bring Mr. O’Sullivan to you, ok? He’s gonna help you. Wait, what do you mean?
I have bondages. What am I supposed to do? Mr. O’Sullivan, they’re hurt, man. They’re fucked up, man. I think we’re hurt too, a little bit. Ah, that was it with you Mr. Solomon, stay with me. Some bad shit went down, man. What happened? They had armed guards. Yeah, there was a giant fight.
Apparently there was ten of them. Did you pass the car? I didn’t. Uh, Benji, where is the spot? I’m still trying to find you. Ok, I’ll go to Harmony and then just ping me when you’re there. We are going quite outside the city. We’re not having any gas in the car.
Ping, ping 2-5. Turn your front lights on. You look at the car, yeah? Shit, oh shit, oh fuck, oh shit. Where are you, man? Where are you? Where the fuck are we? I’ve never been this part of town before. This is up north. Sandy Shores area. Benji, I need a ping,
Benji. Ok, this is also really bad, but I can’t hear anything right now. What do you mean you can’t hear anything? It’s complicated, but… Can you not hear what I’m… Mickey! Mickey! Oh my god, he can’t hear me. Alright. What can I do? Mickey can’t hear me.
I can’t believe you guys took out those armed guards. Of course we did. Of course we did. Alright, where do I… Is it gonna be enough? Where do you want me to put him? You gotta ask Dr. Mickey. Dr. Mickey, where do you want the fucking patients? Wait, how do I drop him?
Does anyone have a lockpick? I do, why? I need to get a car to fucking… Because you’re gonna have to load up this car with the shit. You and Donnie need to fucking chop this stuff. I need to go and get these guys. How do I drop them?
Listen, listen, listen. You just take this car, ok? I’ll just start chopping shit. Donnie can help me fucking move it, alright? Fuck. Wait, how do I… How do I flex my muscle to drop them? Big B got us both. Take him out, take him out, bro.
The armed guards? No, it was Big B. You don’t really have much of a touch, Adoni. Sorry. It fucking hurts, man. I apologize. I’ve got a bad day, if you’d like. You mind, uh, I’m gonna start chopping this shit. They just gave me the fucking welding tool. I’m just gonna…
Will you help me put the shit in the bush? What? Help? Help you? What? Do what? What exactly am I doing? Help me move all these things in the bush. I don’t gotta keep on fucking moving, you know, since you can’t. Since we only got one welder. Woah! Wait a second.
Look that up, man. Alright, where do I, where, which bush? Anyway, you’re safe while we’re waiting for Mickey to come back. Alright, which bush would you like? Any bush, daddy, come on. Daddy, you’re supposed to be fucking Yakuza. Find the goddamn bush. Alright, this seems like a good place to
Put it down. How do I drop it? That box right there, you can pick that up. It’s a fucking door. Oh, how convenient. Thank you for boxing it. Thank you for boxing it for me. The car door in me. No problem, man. No problem. I don’t even know the fucking word for
It, bro. Alright, this is a big one. The bonnet. That’s it, Dottie. That’s it, Dottie. Gonna be real shitty when I can’t actually pick this bag up due to a glitch or some shit. How do you drop something quickly from your hand? Is there a way to do it?
Quick drop on the options? No. Alt F4? Dog, it’s not like I play this. I just watch you. True. Alright, Donnie. This is a lot of parts, man. Right. But it is a car. What’s going on? Is that it? Is that all of it? There you go. Got you a GPU right
There. Right. This is a 4090. A new one, it’s a new one. Right, I can play all the Yakuza games on this now. Exactly. On my computer. Watch all the anime without any lag. Right, Hentai Haven, right. Oh my fucking shit, bro. Dude, real inconspicuous. Tony’s actually a creep lord,
Low key. How dare you. How many wheels have come out of this car? I feel like I’ve carried more than four now. No, no. I have not. You haven’t, so fuck me. No, no, this is my first time in Los Santos. But I have an understanding of how crime is done, you know.
I assume we’re gonna go take these to a fence or something, right? I don’t know why Mickey said you’ve been here. He must have mistaken me for another Donnie or something. I got you. But the next thing that we gotta do is, we gotta get all this stuff into
The Seminole that they’re gonna come back with. And then after that, we’re going to have to drive. There’s a problem. You can only sell these parts in the goddamn sewer. We don’t have a crowbar to get down there. Oh, right. I did it at a certain point. I’ve been down in the sewers.
I can’t really remember what happened when I went down there, but I do recall going down in the sewers at some point. Oh. Huh. When? Bringing up bad memories, maybe like a week ago. I just remember waking up in a hospital bed after. So you have been.
No, I mean, I’m saying, look, I flew in for the first time ever about a week ago. Ah, ok, and then you went down to the sewers but you don’t remember nothing? What do you mean? Yeah, I don’t remember. I was with some Mormon guy. And we were chasing a rat king or
Something. And we went down to the sewers and all I remember, my memory is hazy, I remember waking up in a hotel hospital. Or not a hotel, sorry. Just a hospital bed. About a week ago. It’s been some time. Alright, ok. Yeah. Nobody tried to look for
A crowbar. I saw a Mormon earlier, man. I don’t know about, bro, I don’t know how I feel about that, bro. Man, they’re real crazy people. They believe in like, planets and stuff, you know. After you die, you get your own planet. Wait, you get your, they believe you get your own planet?
What? Right. It’s crazy. Wait, who, which one is the, the motherfuckers that think like, what do you call the, the one that you get teleported or some shit, bro? You die, the rapture? Right, that’s evangelical Christians. They’re Protestants, you know. That’s kind of an American thing.
I don’t even know about that shit, bro. I don’t like Protestants personally. For other reasons. Well, you know. It’s a long story. Are you familiar with the Troubles? Nah, I don’t know history for shit, bro. Ah, don’t worry about it then. They like the English. I’m Irish. They’re wannabe English, the Protestants.
Mmm. Ok. Ok, that was a thing for you guys. Both of my characters are Catholic. How do you feel about Scientology? Scientology? I don’t know. Seems to me like it’s as crazy as the other religions. You know, for me it’s Catholic or bust. Well, you know, maybe the
Other Abrahamic religions too, but the rest of it is just all a bunch of nonsense. Why do you ask? Are you a believer in L. Ron Hubbard? Oh hell no, man. Fuck, I’m just cooked. Are you high right now? Not really. Just cooked. Do I seem high?
No, no, no. You did say you were baked earlier and you drive like shite. Wrong. It’s a different kind of baked, man. Fuck. Like, you just seem too much for the day, you know what I mean? Like, I’m just tired of the shit that I’m looking at. Oh, alright.
I see what you mean then, I guess. Yeah. I’ve actually never heard someone use that term before for being tired. Really? Yeah. I’m baked? Wait, wait, what do you say in Ireland? You just, when you say I’m baked, it just, I feel like it usually means you’re,
You’re fried. Like you’re smoking, like you’re getting high? You’re, you’re high, right, yeah. Yeah, and I get you, I get that, I get that, man. I say toired, or knackered. You’re knackered. Right, knackered. Wait, why, why did you say it like that? Is that, I think that’s how I
Sound. I just, I was inspired and influenced by your accent and I said it that way for a second. Nothing, nothing personal. To me, just, you know, I just, that’s how I sound, right? Hello? This guy seems to be a bit of a racist towards the Irish, huh?
Oh, hell no. He’s a bit racially charged. What’s going on then? How do you put arms around? Bro, what the fuck was that? Ah, bro. Tired new racist. Ah. Let’s look at some emails. Reggie, what’s up? Hey Donnie, wanna call Mickey, see what he’s doing? Uh, sure. What do you mean basic, man?
What are you talking about? Wait, what the fuck? You heard that? That’s the dog right there. Wait, there’s a dog? I hear wolves. Donnie, it could be you. Pam, this is Mickey. Mickey, where the fuck are you? I’m hearing wolves. Wolves are howling, Mickey. I don’t know if we’re safe out here.
Wolves are howling, Mickey. What’s your ETA, Mickey? What’s your ETA? What’s your ETA? That did not give me a defined answer to my question, Mickey. I’m still making sure they’re ok at the hospital, alright? Alright. What? What? Hold on. Is this how your jobs go for… unusual? Hello. Give me a moment.
I’m just helping. You have to hang up. I’m trying to help them. Alright, alright. Well, you know. Hurry up, Mickey. Stuck out here in the ass crack. Alright, let’s see if there’s a dog out here. Maybe I can pet it. I love dogs. Mickey’s still at the hospital. There’s nothing fucking new.
What the fuck do you want me to say to you, man? Here, doggy. Where are you, dog? Doggy, doggy, doggy. Come here, doggy. Oh! It’s a rabbit! Oh! I killed it! Yo, Benji, come over here for a second. I think I had a bit of an
Accident there. Come take a look at this. That’s a… Oh. Oh, fuck, I hate spoilers. Alright, what? You see this? Why the fuck did you kill the bunny? What did he do to you? Oh, I don’t know. I was just walking around and, you know, something came over me.
I was looking for a dog. There you go, man. Shit happens, bro. Can we eat it? I don’t mind. Shit, I’ve never had rabbit before. I’d like to try. The hair. Right? Make a stew out of it. Make a foin stew out of this one. Look at this specimen.
Is that like an Irish staple? Uh, yeah, sure. Why not? Alright, go on, man. I’m waiting, bro. Cook it up. Chef it up. Alright, hold on. Who’s that? Is that Mickey? Yeah, it’s Mickey. Yes, Mickey. Hey. They’re at the hospital. They’re stable. Where are you guys?
We’re still at the same spot that you left us at. Also, I killed a rabbit. God, we’ll be back there in just a second, ok? Alright. Alright, see you in a second then. Doctors. Benji, is this how your jobs normally run? Nah, not really. The whole bunch of chaos.
Usually I’m a little bit more awake. I’m fucking cooked, man. I’m just being, I’m on autopilot right now, you know what I mean? Yeah. Did that ever happen to you, Danny? Yeah, I feel you, you know. Oh, you’re taking off the mask now. Is that what’s going on?
It’s smoke, right? Well, my mask has a hole in it. Yeah, I know, mine doesn’t. See, I put it right through the hole right there in the mouth hole. Yeah, that’s why I chose it. Also because it’s a death mask, you know? It’s an oni mask. It’s an oni mask.
Right, yeah. That’s gangster as hell. Yeah, it’s Japanese like the Yakuza. Tell me more about this hentai thing you crazy about, man. Shit. Oh, right, right. You heard me, huh? I was talking about Hentai Haven. It’s a website. What’s that like, bro? Is it good? They’re gonna like subscribe to
It or what? You ever dip your toes in the cold water after a hot summer day? You know, take off the shoes, let the piggies breathe. Ok. Right, that’s a little bit like what it feels like to watch hentai. Hentai. Fuck, I love your Irish accent, bro.
Like, I love the Irish accent, man. It’s dope. Right, thank you. Ladies seem to love it. They think it’s refined. So fucking aggressive, you know what I mean? I guess. I’m a bit of a lover, not a fighter, but… What do you mean? Mickey just introduced you as like a fucking
Fighter. Like a prize fighter. It’s cause I, uh, well, one, it’s cause he’s a little bit racist, you know, he’s like, oh, he’s Irish, he must be boxer. But also, because, uh, I did cave the skull of a man that wronged us on the first day that I met him, so,
I guess I left that kind of impression on him. It was an accident though, you know? It was not on purpose. It was just this guy, who’s driving like a madman, got into a car crash with us. Ok. Yeah. You just, you just, what, like, some kind of road rage?
He, the car accident, you bash his skull in? Jesus. You know, it was a bit of an accident. What’s wrong with you, man? I just, uh… Like I said, I’m normally a lover, not a fighter, but it just happened, you know? An accident. Like, same as the rabbit. Right. That makes sense, man.
Shit. What are you trying to get up to now, man? Apparently, Mickey was saying you can’t hold a job, right? Yeah, well, I’ve been trying, but it’s been quite difficult, you know? It’s hard in this city to make it. Why can’t I hold a job? I mean, I don’t know.
It’s just the 9 to 5 is a difficult process. What are you telling me? What the fuck, bro? I keep getting these random ass calls, man. Yo, hello? What the fuck do you want? Oh, hey, sorry, sorry. I kept on getting like these marketing calls, man. Pissing me off.
What’s up? Wait, you have a new number? How come? Oh, oh, oh, ok, I got you, ok. I had you up. Alright, I’m doing great. Thanks for calling, Gigi. Ok, bye-bye. Tell me more, Danny, man. Fuck. Yeah, man. Telemarketers, bro. Right, right. I’m real scared. How long do you think Mickey’s gonna make
Us wait? I have no idea. I didn’t realize it would be a lot of waiting. A lot of carrying car parts. I thought there would be more action, you know. There was a lot of action in the house, but luckily we survived, you know. What is that? A little bit of fighting,
You know, like that. But you want to fucking fight? No, no, no. If you want to fight, that’s fine. I don’t know what that does. Come down for a fight, that’s not a problem. I am a lover, not a fighter. Yes, you are, man. Come on, bro. I mean, sometimes like when
You, you know, to pass the time, man. I don’t know what you guys do in Ireland, bro. Fuck. I kind of, I kind of get it, bro. Yeah, what do you do to pass the time, Benji? What do you mean? Huh? What the fuck do you mean, huh? Nothing. I’m just asking.
What the fuck do you mean? No, no, no, no. I mean, like, come on. You know what we do for fun around here, man. No, I don’t. I was asking. What do you mean? What do you mean, what do I mean? I’m asking, what do you do for fun?
What do you mean, man? I thought you wanted to fight, man. Come on, we can play fight. That’s no problem with me, man. What the fuck? Alright. Alright, take it then. Come on. Aye, aye, what the fuck? That’s dirty, bro. What the fuck? Ah! Ah! Bro, Donnie, what the fuck?
Not like that, man. Oh! You fucking bastard. Ah! Let go, let go. Hey, enough. Enough, enough. We got points we gotta carry still, bro. Fuck, man. Ah! God fucking damn it, bro. What the fuck was that, you? You know, you’re not so bad yourself. What the fuck, bro?
Holy shit, a Mickey needs to come. We’re gonna kill each other at this rate, man. We’re gonna kill more rabbits at this rate. Hold on. What if Pikerism is on trial today? Maybe you can help me then. What’s Pikerism? Honey. What the fuck? If he’s not gonna come back, maybe we
Just gotta go and lock the car. You wanna do that? Uh, sure. Why not? You do one crime, you do ten others. Who cares, right? I fucking get so, man. Here it is, bro. Do you know how to lockpick a car, Donny? Fuck no, but I can try. You want to try?
Hey, let me give it to you. This is expensive. Don’t fuck it up, alright? Alright, well. There you go. Ok, I have absolutely no idea how to do this, but uh. Well, that’s, uh, we’ll go to the driver’s seat first at least. Alright, let’s try it.
You gotta, you gotta break the window, you know. Ok, not like that, Donny. Not like that. I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna feel, yeah. Right, right, ok. Alright, hold on. You got this, you got this. Simple, simple. What the fuck is this? You got it, you got it, come on.
Put the right colors to the right wires right there. That ain’t. I’m trying. Oh, shit. I think I’m… Oh, I’m getting the hang of it now, but I might… Oh, fuck. I… Alright, hold on. Hey, if you can do it, bro. Can you still use the lockpick? If you can’t, go for it.
Right, let me try again. Fuck. Oh, fuck. I broke it. You’re losing your shit. Me and fucking Danny, we’ve been fighting the last goddamn 20 minutes. Oh, you broke it. You broke, fuck, gotta go buy another. Where are you? Benji, Benji, what? That is so different then.
Yes, we’re at the same fucking spot. We just tried to lock pick a car, man. What the fuck? I don’t even remember how to lock pick a car in previous GTA, to be fair. I don’t remember that either. That is definitely more difficult than I thought it was gonna be, you know.
Oh yeah, it’s uh… The security systems here have been fuckin’ beefed up, man. Fuckin’ A. Bullshit. I guess we go back to the spot. Mickey said he’s refueling it on the way. Go kill some rabbits or some shit. Nice car to drive around in, you know?
I like this. Like a very American car. It is a very American car. Wait, is that an American car? I don’t even fuckin’ know, bro. What do you mean? It’s a pickup truck. That’s like… That’s as American as it gets, my friend. What’s an Irish car? A donkey. A donkey?
Right, yeah, that’s what we drive around in. The fuck’s a donkey? What brand is that? Are you talking about the actual animal? Like, you know, the one that goes ee-ah, ee-ah, like that. Ok, wait, can you make that donkey sound again? That don’t sound right. Ee-ah, ee-ah, that’s how they sound, right?
They do not sound like ee-ah, ee-ah. What the fuck is that? How do you do a donkey sound then? I don’t know, man, but not that. The fuck? I think that’s a pretty good donkey impersonation if I do say so myself. I guess, man. I think you’re bait, man.
But we’ve got to move all these parts too when they come back. Fuck you, man. Right, we should have taken that thing for a spin. Look at this fucking thing. I don’t think it’s even going to have like… There’s no space, there’s no trunk space. Bro, it’s just cool though.
This is fucking American, Johnny. This is fucking American. This is Optimus Prime right here, bro. Alright, let me see. Bro, we look badass, man. You see this shit? Dude, hey, see how Autobots roll out in Irish, bro. Autobots roll out in Irish. What the fuck was that? You didn’t even say it right.
What do you mean? Say it again, man. In full Irish, man. Autobots roll out. In Irish. Roll out. Man. That’s fucking dope, bro. That’s fucking dope, man. Roll out. In Irish. In fucking Irish. Fuck. I can’t do the Irish accent. That shit’s so nifty. Where else do they got the Irish accent,
Man? New Jersey? Bro, tell me all about it. I know. It’s easy for me, though, because I am Irish. Fuck what you mean, bro? Where are you from, Benji? Where the fuck are you from? I’m from the Philippines, man. I’m from the Philippines, bro. Oh, you’re a Swagapino. Hey, you know this, bro.
Yes, sir. Right, right, yes. Are you funny as fuck, man? Yeah, Pinoy gang. Right. Swagapino activities. You know about the Pinoy gang? Wait, how do you know about that? I’m a well-traveled man, my friend. Hey, there you go, bro. Shit. I’m in a mode. Where the fuck is this guy?
Oh my lord. What the fuck, bro? This motherfucker is refueling in fucking Ireland? Right. Right. It’s coming all the way. Right. Fucking hell. I love it, man. You know, the problem is you can’t even turn on the radio to hear what the fuck’s going on in the world or something.
We’re stuck in the middle of nowhere in bumfuck nowhere land. Mickey said this place is called Sandy Hook or something. What the fuck is this place called? Oh, there he is. There’s the fucking bastard. Hey guys, what’s up? The absolute fuck was that? We got stabbed, man. Are you guys serious?
What was that? Boys, boys. Boys and lady, we have a serious problem. Yo, what’s the problem? We have a serious fucking problem. We got fucking robbed. We got robbed. There’s no more car parts. They fucking stole them. That took it all. Someone robbed us of our car parts?
What? Yes. Because you guys took, you guys were stabbed. So the fuck what? So the fuck what? That took 20 minutes. This guy fucking took forever on the medical procedure. Oh my god. It wasn’t our fault. It really was his problem. Oh yeah, it’s my fault for getting stabbed
And trying to save your fucking lives. Ok, sorry. He did save our lives. He did save our lives. Ok, but it took longer than it should have. Who robbed us? We don’t know. It was some bikers or some shit, man. Yeah, they picked them up and they drove away. It’s fucking bullshit.
How the fuck did you find it so easily? It was hidden so inconspicuously, Mickey. Uh, in the back of, in the back of Seminole. Open the trunk. Wait, wait, wait a minute. How am I, uh, why am I not put this in the back of the trunk then? Just put it in.
I’m, I’m, I’m trying. You need to really alternately look at it there, uh, Donnie. Oh, right, right, right. Alright. Oh, that’s funny to you? Funny? Yes, it’s funny. That’s why I’m laughing. Alright, we’re good. Donnie! Donnie, mate! Donnie! It’s all good. You guys do the rest of it.
I’m tired. I carried way too much. Donnie, no, no, no, Donnie. Ok, ok, I’ll get out. We fought so much, bro. We killed so many rabbits. He actually does need to be in there because… Wait, I can’t. I think the trunk is full. Just get in the trunk with that one.
Wait, I’m sorry. Turns out I was doing the right thing, huh? Old Donny boy. He’s a bit of an Irish fuck. Oh my god, I just realized. Oh, Sullivan. We’ve bonded during the time you’ve been gone. We’ve learned about Ireland and the Philippines. What about? What did you learn? Tell me one fact.
About which one? Ireland. Yeah. Go ahead, Benji. Tell him a fact about Ireland. They don’t like Scientologists. Oh, that’s just a me specific thing. No, it’s Protestants, not Scientologists. They don’t like Protestants. Right. I see. Is that true? I don’t know where Benji’s getting his information from. He’s out of his fucking mind.
What’s happening? Oh, shit. Oh, it’s a dust storm. It’s a dust storm. Oh, Sam, get down, get down. Daddy rides donkeys. What? That’s racist, Benji. Just because I’m Irish. Offer, offer, offer. You fucking said it, bro. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Why did you do this? You accepted his next job?
Yes. Perfect. I don’t know how to call the human resources on him. Ok, we have to drop off the strap somewhere though. Where do we drop it off? Where should we drop it off? Where should we drop it off? Yeah, yeah. Someone give me a… It’s looking like the Zelda blood moon out
Here. You guys play Zelda. Legend of Zelda. He’s a nerd. He’s a gamer, bro. Uh-oh, he plays games. What a loser. Royd. Wait, what? Alright, I need, um, I need… A big talk coming from… Pick a spot. You guys… A big talk coming from someone holding a 4090 in the front.
It’s a radiator, you idiot. What? Wait, what? Benji told me it was a 4090. I was excited to watch. It’s a fucking GPU, mate. Nvidia 4090 GPU. Cooling system, innit? That actually does look like a 4090. Yeah, why you got that? Why would you know what a 4090 looks
Like if you never play video games, huh? Uh, um, my sister. My sister is a cool gamer streamer or whatever. I mean, I don’t want to expose her or whatever, but she’s a pretty cool gamer or whatever. It’s all about Mae, Mae Foose. Mae Young. Yeah, Mae Young. Mae Young. Mae Young.
You know her? She’s a famous, like, esports pig, right? Is that a fucking cow? Is that a fucking cow? Was that a fucking cow? Was that a fucking cow? That’s crazy. Yeah, guys, it’s a fucking cow. There’s cattle around here. Jesus. I’ve never seen that. That’s incredible. To cross the street like that.
Do you mind if I keep that $40.90, actually? What the fuck? Ok, let’s go. Wait for you, Robin, for sport right now. I understand. It was just a question. You can keep it, man. Really? I don’t give a fuck. I can replace my sisters. Ok. Oh, ask Timothy though.
Timothy, do you mind if I take that home? Take what, the $49,000? Timothy, I had a headache. Headache. Headache. Headache. Fuck yeah, now we’re Irish. Timothy, why? Why the fuck is every… Did we get hit so hard everyone turned English? What the fuck is going on? Wait, is my vehicle still up there?
It still has to be, right? Yeah, that’s where your car is, so we can just pull that one up now. Ok, ok. Now, for this next job, we need Donnie to actually run security in case the armed guards start attacking, ok? I want Donnie on the security detail. I want Donnie on security.
I’m going on dog duty. I will be dog duty this time. Wait, I was dog duty. We got fucked by Benji. April, April. Right. Baby voice. Benji killed a bunny earlier actually. If there’s a cop car nearby and they see you holding that door in the back,
It’s not gonna be good for us. Doni, no, Doni’s a, Doni’s a hardened criminal. Doni, not Doni. Doni, Doni. Doni. Doni or Sullivan. Doni. Doni or Sullivan, there you go. Right. Alright, which house is it? We’re just picking up our car first. Wait, but the sun’s coming up.
It’s gone. Oh wait, is it gone? No, no, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. We need to go rent another one. Yeah, we have to go rent. Wait, what the fuck happened to the car? You can rent after, right? You can rent after we do the job. Oh, that’s true. That’s true.
If you want to drop them off, then we go and rent. Find the car. Someone come with me, and we’re going to get another car. I’ll go with you, Ricky. Danny can control the situation over here. Tony. You want to leave? You want to leave, Tony?
Don’t eat, don’t eat, don’t eat, don’t eat. Donny, shut the fuck up. Woah, woah, woah. Timothy’s getting mad. I’m right there. Timothy, that was uncalled for. Listen, listen. What if I call you a Mackie? I’m on edge. I’m on fucking edge right now after something tied up. Look at this car.
Wait. Wait, what do I do with this car park? Guys, put that stuff down by the garbage box. Me and Benji are gonna go get another car and then we’ll be right back. Ok? Oh, here we go, fucking Mickey gone again. Here we fucking go. This is a good spot to put it.
They put the 4090 on the ground. Alright guys, here’s the plan. We’re gonna go grab another car. Make sure the door and all that shit is put down by the garbage truck. We’re gonna go grab another car. Carry more shit. Be right back here, ok? You want, you want us to take everything
Out of the trunk? No, no, leave everything in the trunk. Alright. That a knife. Alright, what do I do? Is that? What is that? We leave this here. Oh, I thought that was a cop or something. The lights freaked me out. Alright. Alright, be casual. Be casual. Ok? Be casual.
Nothing to see here. Just, uh, Gordon in my leaves, right? Right, yes. I can’t hear you. Over the sound of my leaf blower. Alright, what if we are, if someone comes over, right? We just say, we just say we’re uh, we’re, we’re, we’re dancers, right? No, I say street cleaning.
You’re homeless, you’re homeless and I, I picked you up and I felt charitable and so I started cleaning the streets. Let’s do that. Right, right, you’re cleaning. Yeah, that’s where I sleep, so thank you for cleaning my bedroom, is what I would say. No problem, guys.
I do think that it’s better if we all just, you know, dance together, maybe? I don’t know, like… Ok, fine, we could be dancing. Yeah, we’re dancing in the middle of the street, right? Nothing weird. Nothing weird about it. This is what I like to do. I’m not going. I’m suspicious.
Why? What do you mean it’s suspicious? I’m standing next to look like a dancer. I’ll be very honest. I take offense to that. I think I look quite like a dancer. Ok, well at least maybe dance more like this. Your dance moves are kind of… They don’t give dancer, you know?
Alright, what about this? What about this? Alright, there we go. Ok. Ok. Alright. Oh, that’s not suspicious. Oh, wait. Hold on. Mickey’s calling. What’s up, Mickey? I’m dancing. Hey. Ping two five. Ping two five. What the fuck does that even mean? I don’t… What? Oh, you don’t know? Oh, shit. Wait, hold on.
Two, five. Did that work? Hello? Hello, did that work? Wait. Oh. Wait, what are we doing? What are you guys doing? I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing. What the fuck are you guys doing? You must not be talking to me because I… I clearly know everything that I need
To do here. You got it, bro? This one? This one, this one, this one. Ok, who’s driving this? Who’s driving that? Someone has to drive that. Yeah, yeah, I’m driving that this time. I’m driving that this time. Ok, ok, ok. Did you get it? We’re gonna wait across the road, ok?
Get what? All the stuff? Yes. Shit. Alright, what am I doing? Wait, wait, what’s your name? Are you fucking kidding me? You alright? We’re being too loud, we’re being too loud. You bastard! Get the fuck out of here, ass. No, I don’t know. I think he hit you and called you
A bastard. You guys are supposed to do the job! Why do the fucking job guys? Danny, you gotta run protection for him, don’t he? Alright, what do we do then? First of all, we shut the fuck up and not talk too loud. This is the car, this is the car.
But we have to, we have to find the dog, the sleeping dog. Shh, don’t be too loud. Don’t be too loud. How do I, how do I go quiet? April, you’re on dog duty. Go up there and kill the dog. Alright? Kill, kill. Are you actually going to
Kill the dog? Don’t kill the dog. What the fuck? Again, again, again, again, keep going, keep going, keep going. Ok, ok, ok, good job. No, no, come back, come back. April, April, that’s enough, that’s enough. What are you fucking doing? You’re out of your fucking gub. Oh no. The doggy.
I’m gonna pet it. I’m petting. Oh no. No. Why is it no? Why? Why is the dog not responding? No. No. I’m petting the dog. You fucking killed it. You’re a fucking psycho. I have one job. It’s to kill the dog. Ok? I’m sorry. I had to do it. Don’t cry. I can’t.
I’m not. I’m not crying. I’m not. Wait, what’s that? Do I beat them up? Is this where I fight them? Do I fight them? How about you use your knife on the fucking locals instead of the fucking dog baby voice? Should I do it? Should I take him down?
Oh shit. You’re a cold blooded murderer. That’s what you are. Listen, I had to do what I had to do. Ok? If you were on dog duty, you would have had to do it. Fuck. Fuck. Baby voice is a killer. Mickey, she killed a fucking dog. Ok, did you guys get the hack?
Cops are in the area. Cops are in the area? Fuck. Wait, hold on. Did you get the hack? No. Cops are in the area, he said. You guys have 20 seconds to get in the car. Cops are in the area, he said 30 seconds to get in the car. 20 seconds. 40 seconds.
Are you sure? What? Is that the car alarm? Ask him if he did the job. Did you do the job? Did you do the job? Timmy, did you do the job? He’s running. I don’t know what that means, but he’s running. I’m following him. Run. Run. Get out of there.
Get out of there. Get out of there. Wait. Fuck. You guys need to get, you guys need to get out. Cops are on you now. Run, run, run, run, run, run. Run, run, cops are in the area. Alright, I’ve done it now. First off, my dad, I mean he’s really
Like big time, right? Major player, yeah. Ok, so get this. He like totally wants to invest. Yeah, in like a totally non-nepotismic way. He just like really believes in it and he wants to like be a like fucking patron of the arts type dude or something. Ness, I’m speaking to you, Red.
Wait, what the fuck? How the fuck do I put my phone on vibrate? Wait, why? I don’t know what to do here. Hey, you with the white suit, where’d you come from? Hello. How are you doing, ma’am? I’m doing good. How are you? I’m doing all right.
Out for a nice little stroll in the wonderful neighborhood. What about you guys? What are you up to? I need to take this call. In a white suit? Yeah. Yeah. Why would you stroll around in that? Don’t you not want it to like get stained or something? What if you fall?
It’s all right. It’s uh… Have you ever seen the video game, Sega franchise video game, Yakuza? No. That’s a wonderful game. It’s my favorite character, Kazim. I hear you. He has a similar suit. Wait, hold on. Someone’s calling me. Yeah, I can hear that. What’s up with that?
I’m gonna, I’m gonna hang up on him. Cause, you know, in order not to be rude, right? Yeah, I just, I don’t know if I can follow this, but like, I don’t want to stain your white suit is my thinking. But yeah, if you’re just going for a stroll, have a great day.
Later. Alright. Have a good one then. What, uh, I’m a, I’m a reporter. If you don’t mind me asking, what’s going on over here? Like, we can talk about it after. It’s like right now it’s still being investigated. Oh, alright. Oh, you guys, uh, you detain people like that just to investigate?
I mean, yeah, if there’s like a scene in the area. Oh, ok. Oh, there’s a scene in the area. What happened? Well, I’m telling you, we’re like currently investigating that. So, you know, if you want to talk to us after, you can go across the street.
Ok, I guess I’ll just keep going on my… Wait, so you’re taking a stroll, but you’re also a reporter? Well, I am, yes. Well, amateur reporter. Uh-huh. Keep it moving, please. Thank you. Antonio Sullivan, nice to meet you. I live here, bitch. Fuck you. Wow, that’s like really extra of
You. I live here, man. There you go, you can report that guy. Alright, you know what? I’ll take your word on it. I’m nothing suspicious, just walking away. And I’ve made my escape. It’s called white privilege. Hello boys. Right, every time I hear you, it sounds like you’ve got a different accent.
If the cops come over here, I’m just interviewing you as a journalist, alright? That’s what I’m doing. No problem. There’s no cops coming though, what the fuck? Taking a bit of a stroll down the street here. Why are there so many fucking cops? It’s EMS, we good, we good, we good.
But what happened? How did you spit from Big T? Wait, me? I climbed away? What do you mean? Right, I… Listen, just cause it’s my first time in the city doesn’t mean that I don’t know a thing or two about evasion, right? Of course. Don’t know, bro. You’re like a spy, aren’t ya?
Now you just sound Scottish. I’m a bit of Irish parkour enthusiast, if you know what I mean. What’s this guy doing? Why is he looking all suspicious over there? He’s still got the mask on and everything. Wait, does this mean the dog died for no fucking reason? You guys killed the dog?
Why did you kill the dog? What the fuck? Don’t ask me. It’s baby voice. She’s a fucking cold-blooded murderer. How the fuck did it happen, bro? She kept stabbing it over and over again. Even after the fact that the dog was fucked up. I’ve never seen such gruesome carnage.
Well, at least they’re talking their way out of it, right? I have no fucking clue. Alright, I’m gonna pick up this phone call that I got earlier. I love this character more than old Donny, I’m sorry. What do you mean? Hello? Wait a minute. I recognize this voice.
Yeah, I called this number because it was written on a urinal wall. It said, deepest hole in town. Right, right. Real funny, you fucking clever bastard. Where the fuck are you? Well, I don’t know who this is. I was just calling for some deep hole. Oh, wait. I thought this was…
Hold on. I thought this was my cousin. Willy. No, it’s James Marco St. Marco. Who the fuck is James Marco St. Marco? Someone just looking to get into some hole. The fuck do you mean? What kind of hole are we talking about? You know you called me when I was
Fucking… I’m trying to… I’m taking just a regular stroll downtown, actually. Nothing suspicious. No criminal activity whatsoever, of course. Oh, shit. Well, you gotta go to the restroom at the Senior Burger and wipe your name off there, because I think there are gonna be a lot of people calling about
Your services. The Yellow Page, too. Yellow Pages? Wait, wait a moment. Wait a fucking minute. Wait, do you, do you randomly call people that you find their phone numbers on in bathrooms? Yeah, I called about getting some hole and this guy doesn’t know anything about it.
You’re out of your fucking gob, Marco St. Marco. Listen, we were just trying to get into some shit. Who are you, by the way? It’s Donny O’Sullivan, not Donny Hole Sullivan. I stole that from chat. Oh, dis might be mix up. Yeah, I think Donnie Hall Sullivan is a
Performer in town. Oh, fuck! Sorry, I was just in a very bad car accident. Right, that’s what happens when you’re on your phone while you’re driving. I’m not even driving. Oh, shit! Where the fuck did the… Oh, no. Where the fuck did it go? The 3090! The 4090!
Oh, are you building a PC right now? Uh, something like it, yes. Ah, that’s cool. Right, right, yes. Well, alright, uh… Alright, James Marco. Is that what your name is? Marco? Yes. And you’re Mr. Hole Sullivan. Alright, you have my number now, I’ll save yours. Alright.
Let me know if you’re ever looking to get into some shit, or if you ever decided you are gonna start working as the deepest hole in Los Santos. Right, I’m still quite unsure as to what that entails, but I’ll give you a call if I have any hole-like activities.
Alright. TTYL. Alright. Hold up. Boys. Did you show your face? Did you show your face or did you show your name? Yeah, yeah, he failed. He failed three times. He failed three times. Oh shit. Ok, ok, ok. What about Vicky? Is Vicky fine? Vicky’s good. Vicky’s on the phone with me
Right now. Yeah, we’ll have him with him. We need to meet. We need to meet somewhere. Tony’s back in the car. So, where’d you go? Hospital? Me? Ok, they called the hospital. We’re going to meet a rendezvous. Ok, yeah, April’s going to be at the hospital right now. Ok.
That could have gone worse. Could have gone worse. Oh, absolutely. Luckily, Doni was there. What the fuck happened? What the fuck happened? Oh, shit. No. Ok, ok. Yeah, you’re good though. But we’ll meet you at the hospital then, alright? Ok. I got everything just going wrong. What the f**k is this?
What the f**k happened? What? I have, uh, boys. I have an extra phone. Is there a place where I can sell it? Where’s that from? Boys. You have an extra phone? Right, yeah. I don’t know where it came from. Wait, whose phone do you have? I have no idea.
Whose? It’s got no SIM card in it. I woke up in my pocket at the hospital one time. Put it in the glove box, let me see. What, you want to take it? Yeah, I just want to check it out. I’ll tell you, I almost needed your help
With some clouds earlier, but everything’s ok now. No, it’s not from Nicky. It’s from when I was in the sewers, but my character doesn’t remember because I blacked out because I died. If I got beef with the clowns in the future, are you willing to take the
Beef or no? There’s no SIM card in it. Oh, there’s no SIM card in it. No, no. I woke up with a phone with no SIM card in it. An extra phone. Ok. At the hospital. Thank you. Yeah, it was a while ago. It was a week ago.
Maybe someone planted it in there. I don’t know. I don’t know, but I do want to sell it. Yeah, you could sell it. Right, that’s what I want to do. Where do I sell the phone though? That’s the question. Ok, I’m going to put it back in the glove box for you.
There you go. Alright. Right. Yeah, extra phone. It’s crazy. Who did you rob for an extra phone? I’ll have you know. I have no idea. I just, uh, like I said, I was in a sewers, I woke up in a hospital, no recollection of events prior, with a phone in my pocket.
You sound like you were a victim of, uh, nevermind. I could buy a ton, wait, a victim of what? I mean, back in the day, usually when people give me, uh, your list of symptoms, it’s like somebody trying to fucking get rid of you, man. For your memory loss, you
Know? Oh, well, I don’t know. Like I said, I’m just blocked out. It’s weird. Probably got enemies you don’t even realize, man. You already put in the Yakuza. Hello. What’s April? What’s that? What was what? That was an expert rescue right there. Or is that Mickey? Yeah, that’s Mickey. What the fuck?
Are you a doctor? What the fuck was that? You guys could have been fucked. By the way, that cop response? Yeah, they were there a minute earlier. I delayed them for a fucking minute on the street before they showed up. Why were they there a minute earlier? What happened? I don’t know.
What did you guys do? Did you trip an alarm? No, we didn’t trip any alarms. There’s no alarms. I think, I think somebody else was doing a job and fucked up too. Or maybe they were patrolling. Yeah, you, as soon as you fuck that shit up, you need to leave.
Like, yeah. Oh no, the alarm, the alarms went off. Yeah, the alarms went off after we fucked it up, but then the cops shouldn’t have been there, like, that quickly. So I think somebody else fucked up. Right, I’ll say it. I think we have a rat in the
Team. The alarm… I feel like that’s what we were talking about, right? This Irish bastard is going to be my cat. That was, you know, immediately, that’s what happens in the movies, right? Like, there’s a rat. Someone snitched. There’s a rat who snitched. Goddamn. Yeah. What’s up with their baby voice
Anyway, right? Exactly. Especially between us. When we’re doing the crime together. Fellas, fellas. Are we being a bit misogynistic here? Immediately blaming the woman. We should be blaming the gay guy instead. It’s probably Mickey. It’s Mickey. What is this? Why are you laughing? I’m making serious accusations.
Minus one. You got to be joking right now, right? There’s no way you actually Nah, I’m just playing with you. I’m a bit of a goofster, right? A bit of a goof. Alright, well, I didn’t know Dr. Mickey was… Why’d you run away? Why’d you leave us?
Wait, me? What the fuck was I supposed to do? Wait and get fucking arrested? What are you out of your fucking mind? You just ran away from us. We’re gonna head there together. You climbed a wall and went the fuck off elsewhere. Right, it’s called parkour. You should look it up.
It’s called freerunning. Yeah, I fucking booked it right. Holy shit. You fucking booked it all right. You’ve never heard of an Irish goodbye? We gotta go check inside, man. Fuck. Let’s go check Mickey, man. Let’s go see what’s going on with April. Matt said the Irish goodbye.
Oh, fuck. I think that should be the only issue. We should be all cleared here. Alright. Yo, Bonbon, you alright? I’m fine. They’re a little high. Ok, alright Bonbon, that’s good to know. Bonbon like fucking Bon Clay. Whatever that means, yeah. I don’t know what the fuck that means.
Kinda look like them too. Ok, is that a good thing? Do you have a color preference? Ever watch One Piece? Hidden Pirate Treasure? That sort of thing. No. You know, it’s a character from that anime. I’ve never seen it. There’s too many episodes. You know, that’s what they always say, but
It’s actually pretty good once you get into it. Also, there’s this thing called OnePace. Where they kind of cut the episodes down. You know, it’s a fan-made edit. It’s a lot easier. He’s also very high. Yeah, that’s probably what it is, right? You’d have to be high to say one
Piece is too long and it’s full of feathers. It must be high. I must be high. I’m so high right now. They’re currently at 1,100 episodes, so… Yeah, there’s gonna be a lot of fluff and filler in that. I need help! What matters is, you know,
The friendship that you learn about along the way and the beautiful characters, right? I can do that in less than a thousand episodes. Aren’t you the anime critic? How about you tell that to Oda? Nothing. He’s just Ichiro Oda. He’s the creator of One Piece. It’s all good. Alright, nevermind.
He’s really into One Piece, this guy. He is. I got chest pains. I got chest pains, though. This guy’s got black lung. Where the fuck do these guys go? Bunch of haters. Oh. Oh, there you are. Wait, why are you, uh… Hey, what’s up? Oh, hey, Donny. What’s good? What’s good?
Wait, were you guys… Were you sneaking out on me? I don’t know what you’re talking about. You do still have a mask on, both of yous. Oh, right, right. It’s fake. Nice parking job, my friend. Where the fuck is, uh, Mickey and, uh, and T? Uh, give him a call.
Good idea. What? What the fuck? Wait, what? Is that a crowbar? What? No, it’s an emotional support wrench. I just got back from war. Oh fuck, I thought you had a crowbar, man. I was gonna ask for your help, man. No, it’s just emotional support, Rand. I take it everywhere.
Just like my jacket, I take this, I make this jacket in war. Kill a bunch of mimes and take little bits of their clothes and make jackets. Yeah, makes sense. This guy is fucking terrifying. Oh, hey, Stumble. Hey. What’s it doing? Hey. Hey. Hey. I’m from the city. Oh, from the city.
Across the street. Ok. Looks like Captain Boogie. You know, One Piece? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright, so, what do we do with these car parts? I’m still kind of confused on the matter. I feel like I learned less rolling with you guys then. I feel like I’ve lost information instead of retaining.
We don’t know how that’s possible, but… Listen, listen. You chopped the cars. You experienced that already. You chopped the cars that we steal. And we’re supposed to sell the parts to the defense. As of right now, the fence lives in the fucking sewers. And if we wanna fucking sell the shit,
We gotta get a crowbar so that we can go down there and sell the shit. Why don’t we get a fucking crowbar then? It’s time to go to the goddamn, uh, what is it? The fucking, uh, the tow truck company. Don’t they sell the crowbars there? This fucking guy, hold on.
Hey, you, sir. You, sir, with moustache. With a handsome moustache. Ok, thank you. I do got a pretty handsome moustache. What’s your name, sir? Dinkus McSharty. Right, right. I couldn’t hear that from all the spittle, but, uh, Jake is McSharty. Is that, is that right? Dinkus. Dinkus McSharty. Nice, uh, that does sound
Quite Irish. Uh, alright, uh, Dinkus. He’s very Irish. You look like, uh, you look like a fella who knows how to use his hands. I don’t know, you’re quite wiry. You got some good musculature. I’m expecting, uh, I suspect you might know where to find a crowbar. Oh, there it is.
Right, right. You know, uh, do you happen to have a crowbar on you? Crowbar? Yeah. I got a lockpick on me. A lockpick? No, no. No need for that. I mean, unless… Actually, never mind. Uh, alright. I just wanted to see if you had a crowbar or not, but I
Guess, I guess you don’t. Ok. Why would I have a crowbar? I don’t know, you look like a fucking car mechanic. Is that too hard for me to, is that that far off of an assumption to make? I haven’t had a job in my entire life. Oh. Blue collar, self-employed, better boy.
Alright, well, my bad. You wanna hear a joke? Sure. I love jokes. What do you call a street sign that has no eyeballs? That has what? That has no eyeballs. No eyeballs. Uh, what? What do you call it? A parking bench. Get it? What? What? No. I… I… I don’t… What?
What do you mean? How do you not get it? That sounds like a huge problem. What are we breaking into? I might have a crowbar for a hundred dollars. Wait a minute. Well, um, I never said nothing about breaking and entering. I just simply meant… I meant like, uh, we’re gonna need it
For these toyers here, you know? These tires. Tires. Tiresmeyer. What do you need them for? You got ribs better, boy. Put some air in them at the gas station. They sell them at the gas station? Is that right? Oh, yeah. You know what? For a hundred dollars, I
Can… Use my vehicle to go get you a tire. No, we got, we got vehicles. It’s not a problem. We’re fine. Alright. Well, you got a vehicle that’s missing all its windows. Truck doesn’t close. It’s broke as hell. Uh-huh. No offense. Alright, you got a headlight
Out. Yeah, you know, Benji here is not a, not the best driver. Get hurt when I’m driving. Yeah, I can drive. I had my license a few years ago. What are you talking about, man? I can drive. You did not do a very good job. I’ll be honest with you,
Donnie. You know the crowbars? They’re worth like $10,000 now at least. No they’re not. This guy said he’d give me one for $100. You know what? Trade offer. Are you ready? If a hundred dollars is too expensive for you, I’ll take some crack. I have no fucking clue where I could
Get some crack, sir. You’re in a nice suit. I figured you might sell it. You think that’s what crack dealers look like? Oh yeah, you look like my old crack dealer. Oh, alright, well, fair. I guess they’re quite industrious fellows out here. Let me see your teeth. Let me see your teeth.
Do you use crack? I, no, I don’t use crack. Oh, you’re looking pretty pearly and white. What about your teeth, huh? Take off your mask. Please. I don’t smoke crack, not anymore. Alright. Hello. Hello. Uh, do we need a crowbar or what? Crowbar? Listen, I’m gonna let you guys take care
Of the business afterwards. I guess no one end up up in jail, so you know what? Great job. I’m done for the night. Great work, everyone. You mean you’re done for the night? I have to go and work as a doctor. I have to run a shift, ok? Run the doctor’s shift, bro.
Come on, bro. Let’s roll. Yeah! I think we pick him up after we’ve done the business and then once it’s nighttime then we get more. But bro, do we even have a crowbar to get on there? Yeah, flip me off. April, after I save your fucking life today. Go to your job!
Fine! Will! Next time you get stabbed, don’t you call on me! I got you all asleep right now. Mmm. Do you know Lando? Yeah, yeah. Gloria? Yeah, yeah. I think he has one, right? I’ll call him. I’ll call him. Forehead? I’m gonna call him, dude. It’s ten hours. Forehead? Alright, good luck, everyone.
Alright, have a good night. Thank you, Mickey. Have a good shift, I mean. Donny, take my number. 420-548-9420. Wait, that’s entirely too fast. Yeah, think about it this way. It’s a 420 sandwich and then there’s just a 5489 in between. I have absolutely no way of making that
Easier. You’re out of your fucking mind. Hold on. What is it? 420 at the beginning and 420 at the end, right? And in between is 5489. Oh, like a 420 sandwich. Yeah, 420 sandwich, exactly. 548? 5489 in the middle. Right, got it. Text me, text me your
Name. Alright, I’m giving you a call. I said text. Yeah. Hello. Remember me? Hey Donny, it’s your girl April. Hello April, it’s Donny. Alright. Alright, good to have your number man. I think that went well. You fixed it a little bit, I think you might need to put a mask on.
Alright, everyone. I’m going back to my hotel room. I’m gonna put these contacts in my phone. And then after that, I’m out. Oh, what’s this? Oh, fuck. Wait. Why can’t I go up there? This is so difficult, dude. Will you storm Los Santos on Shadeway6? Yeah, I’ll definitely do that.
I’m just freestyling, dude. What is it? April? Alright, Ok. That was fun. Hope you guys had a good time. Doing a little bit of role play. I’ll probably do a little bit more role play down the line. But it was fun. Tomorrow is Wednesday. Oh, thank God.
Stunning lo-fi introductions. I’m gonna be working out tomorrow, finally, after my long-ass hiatus from lifting. Another 10-hour banger. Remember January 6th? Save the date. I mean, it’s a pretty… It’s a date that I will remember for the rest of my life, most likely. You know? Anyway, love you guys and I
Will see you tomorrow. Peace everybody. In the P.O. box, Uncle Uyghur’s face. Sudden discord at Jiprop. Grey names take embrace. Tiny Bernie Sanders, LGBTQ air force. The hole left at your finger. Tiny Bernie Sanders, LGBTQ air force. The hole left at your fingertips, on A at your door. The H3 crowded debate, the
Young Turks online show. Three full fucking years of this, plenty more to go. 90 day fiance talks of champagne, bourgeoisie. A Trump rally live reaction on mass riot at DC. There he is again, Hasan is streaming. Hasan is streaming. Every year I get a son is dreaming, a son is dreaming.
Reading live stream fail comments, Austin show chat bites. And all the ways the right wing pipeline can suck you in a lie. JCS React Lordframe is broken, cover blown. A full blown mess, pandemic monster streaming at your home. Total radicalization coming out to find. The system you were taught to trust in
Was broken the whole time. All these daily streams, whether big or whether small, have helped me in so many final meaning through it all. There he is again, Hasan is streaming, Hasan is streaming.
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