Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, August 21, 2019

Episode Date: August 21, 2019

A US military drone is shot-down over Yemen, A new poll shows support for Kamala Harris dropping among Democrats, liberal Jewish groups condemn President Trump’s ‘Loyalty’ remarks, America’s first Marijuana-themed restaurant set to open in Southern California, Lincoln unveils a new car allowing Drivers to rely solely on their smart phones. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day on PC madness at Michigan State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Wednesday, August 21st, 2019. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's happening today in America. A U.S. military drone shot down over Yemen. A new poll shows support for Senator Kamala Harris dropping. American Jewish groups condemn President Trump's loyalty remarks. America's first marijuana-themed restaurant set to open in Southern California. Lincoln unveils a new smartphone car. Also coming up by message of the day on madness at Michigan State University. But first, the Pentagon confirming a U.S. military drone shot down over Yemen late Tuesday night. The unmanned MQ9 aircraft was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. This is not the first time Yemen has targeted the U.S. military. A new poll by CNN.

showing support for Senator Kamala Harris dropping 12 points since the first Democratic presidential debate, with just 5% now saying they want Ms. Harris to become the party's nominee. Joe Biden's numbers, however, are improving. The former vice president stands at 29% among likely Democratic voters up seven points since June, and he has a wide lead over socialist Sanders and Warren. left-wing Jewish organizations condemning President Trump's disloyalty remarks, saying he was wrong to suggest Jewish voters have a dual allegiance to Israel. Trump was speaking with reporters at the White House when he claimed Jews who support Democrats show, quote, a lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,

unquote. The president was referring to Israel's recent decision to block Congresswoman Omar and to leave from entering that country. The controversy rages on. America's first marijuana-licensed restaurant opening in Southern California. The Lowell Farm's Cannabis Cafe will offer patrons the option to purchase pot to enhance the dining experience, allowing customers to light up at the dinner table. The restaurant opening in September, of course, smoking tobacco in restaurants still banned. in California. Does that make any sense? Car manufacturer Lincoln making automobile history, creating the first completely keyless vehicle. The car contains 11 antennas and you can open it and do everything else with your smartphone. Hackers may be able to steal the car. Coming next,

PCMed is at Michigan State. Right back with it. The housing market on fire all over the country with interest rates falling. It's a great time to sell your home. If you want to sell or buy, the competition is going to be fierce. You need a great real estate agent to help you. That's why my friend Glenn Beck started the service real estate agents I trust.com as a way to make sure you get connected with agents who are successful, ambitious, like-minded, and eager to help you with your biggest investment. These are agents with a long track record of performance. There are no part time or inexperienced agents in Beck's network. These are all professionals who have the tools and the talent to successfully take you through the process. Market value for your home cannot

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Sheena Ballack said, quote, raise your hand if you've ever said no problem. Did you ever think that was a trigger? I say this all the time. and never thought it could be a trigger. But if I'm saying no problem, that's leading a customer to believe that they could be a problem or they could be an inconvenience to you. And we're just assuring them that they're not. Oh, how virtuous. No problem.

Out the window. Then Michigan State goes on to list triggers and commerce. trigger words that may lead to bad feelings and what you should replace those words with. So here's the trigger. It's our policy. No, no, no, no, no. Here's the calmer. Here's what we can do. Trigger, I apologize. Uh-uh. I am truly sorry. Trigger, I don't know. Comer. I'll find out and get back to you. Trigger, but. Commer, and. Note that. You can't say but. Trigger, you should have. Comer, what others have found helpful.

Trigger, the only thing we can do. Comer, the best option would be. Trigger, use of sir or ma'am. Comer, hello, my name is, what is your name? And on and on and on. At Michigan State, they even tell student employees to avoid saying he or she use they. in all instances. Now, this is just madness. This is insanity. But the head of resident housing also says that the use of non-gender language is out. Quote, we live in a sex and gender binary world.

We all know that's just a social construction, said Eduardo Olivio. So, you can't use him, Or her. It has to be they or whatever else the nuts come up with. Now, this PC madness is, number one, a totalitarian imposition. It is a violation of freedom of speech. And everybody knows it. Okay? Number two, students are paying to go to this school. And they walk in and they're told, here's what you can and can't say.

You cannot say, no problem. or I don't think they would fire them, but they would scold them, those working for the university. It's obviously dangerous. I'm happy I could report it to you. Michigan State University should be ashamed. That's a message of the day. For more news and analysis, please head on over to Bill O'Reilly.com. Check out the no-spin news every night at 7 p.m. You can see me deliver it. It's a TV presentation. Coming next, something you might not know. They took the stress out of refinancing. They got me the cash I needed for home improvements. We close faster than our realtor has ever seen. These are only a few of the many incredible Google reviews.

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in the United Kingdom. Folks in Britain can pretty much bet on anything. In addition to sports, bookies offer wagers on everything from the outcome of elections to whether or not Prince Harry would shave his beard for the royal wedding. He did not. So how are the U.S. presidential candidates faring, according to the bookmakers in the U.K. Here are some of the odds coming from London. No surprise that Donald Trump is the favorite to win the election. Gamble is giving him a 50-50 chance. On the Democratic side, bookies believe Senator Elizabeth Warren currently has a best chance of defeating Donald Trump. Her odds are 9 to 2. Joe Biden next, his odds 6 to 1, while Senator Bernie Sanders comes in 10 to 1. Rounding out the top five, Senator Kamala Harris, 14 to 1,

Mayor Buttigieg, 25 to 1. The bookmakers don't just limit betting to politicians. If you want to put a few dollars down on actor Dwayne the Rock Johnson or Oprah Winfrey to be president, they'll take your money, the odds of 200 to 1. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, actor George Clooney, 250 to 1. Before you dismiss the long shots, should be noted that just months before Donald Trump announced his candidacy in 2015, Bookies in the UK had Trump's chances of winning the presidency at 150 to 1. Blimey. We'll be right back.

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