Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, March 10, 2022

Episode Date: March 10, 2022

The Ukraine situation sparks a historic rise in food prices, the invasion causes global travel chaos, gas thieves strike Los Angeles, a new survey ranks the healthiest cities in the country. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, no sympathy for the devil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Thursday, March 10th, 2022. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. The Ukraine situation sparks a historic rise in food prices. The invasion also causing global travel chaos. Gas thieves strike Los Angeles. New survey ranks the healthiest cities in the USA. Also ahead, some Americans are actually sympathizing with Putin. But first, war in Europe causing a spike in global food prices the cost for items like bread, milk, and baby formula up 20%. Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of grains to Asia and the Middle East. A survey from Reuters says eight and ten voters want President Biden to increase pressure on the Kremlin. Seventy-four percent back the creation of a no-fly zone.

81% want more economic sanctions. Putin's invasion wreaking havoc for global travelers. Prices for airline tickets up 20% since the conflict began. The cruise industry, changing itineraries, canceling stops at popular Russian destinations, such as St. Petersburg. Travel agents now urging tourists to avoid places like the Balkans and Romania. Latest polls show 47% of Americans will delay trips to Europe this summer if the war continues.

Well, forget about carjackings. Thieves in Southern California are now interested in gasoline. Gangs in L.A. Drilling holes into gas tanks to steal fuel. Local leaders urging folks in some neighborhoods to put their cars in private garages if you don't have one of your own. Many gas stations in Los Angeles already charging almost $7 for a gallon of gas. Some states are considering a temporary suspension of gas taxes to lower prices.

Drivers in California pay $1.18 in taxes per gallon. A new national survey revealing America's healthiest towns. The study from Wallet Hub ranking places by exercise, rates of obesity, percentage of smokers, drug addiction, and life expectancy. Fit is place in America? Salt Lake City, followed by San Diego, Miami Beach, and Portland, Oregon? Wow. The title for unhealthiest town in the country goes to Brownsville, Texas, followed by Mobile, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. In a moment, it's hard to believe, but some Americans are siding with Putin.

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to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day, Sympathy for the Devil. The song by the Rolling Stones might apply to those who are siding with the evil Vlad Putin. First up, retired Army Colonel Douglas McGregor, who says, quote, Zelensky, the president of Ukraine,

is a puppet, and he is putting huge, numbers of his own population at unnecessary risk. Quite frankly, most of what comes out of Ukraine is debunked as lies, the notions of taking and retaking airfields. All of this is nonsense. It has not happened. McGregor is most often featured on Fox News. And apparently he believes that Putin has a right to invade Ukraine because of a perceived NATO threat. A number of conservative pundits have also asked this question. Why does Joe Biden care more about Ukraine's border than the U.S. border? Well, that is obviously a slam at Biden, but it is being used in Russia by the propaganda media there.

sympathy for Putin within America. You got to watch what you say. Republican Senate candidate for Ohio, J.D. Vance. He's also an author. He says, quote, I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another. I'm sick of Joe Biden focusing on the border of a country I don't care about, unquote. Well, that's pretty harsh. How about Steve Bennett? He says, quote, we don't have any interest at all in the Russian-speaking provinces of eastern Ukraine. Zero. Well, I do, Steve. In the name of humanity, I don't want to see innocent people enslaved by a totalitarian dictator, which would be Putin. And I don't care if they're in eastern Ukraine or Turkmenistan. You know, slavery is slavery.

Those who dissent from confronting Putin are, of course, entitled to their opinion. That's what we do in America. We have lively, robust debate. But those people, those people who are sympathetic to Putin are very misguided. The world now is connected, allowing. powerful dictators to invade sovereign nations will eventually lead to a world war. You can bank on that. If Putin gets away with taking over Ukraine, you know China is going to take over Taiwan and we'll hear the same arguments. Why do we care about Taiwan? It's far away. So we'll get right

back to where we were in the 1930s and 40s with totalitarian monsters enslaving entire countries. Is that what we want? The answer is no. Putin is dangerous to the world and he must be crushed. I'm Bill O'Reilly and I approve the message by writing it. If you would like more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com where you can see me on television each night. In a moment, something you might not know. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One.

Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers, and even the President of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. On this day in 1949, a jury in Washington, D.C., found an American woman guilty of treason. The actress was arrested one year earlier for spreading Nazi propaganda during World War II.

The trial of Axis Sally was over. Here is the story. Born Mildred Gillers in 1900, the performer was an aspiring actress who played minor parts in some American play. She eventually moved to Germany to study music. In the 1930s, as Hitler rose in power, Mildred got a job working as a voiceover actress at a Berlin radio station. At the outbreak of World War II, she was employed by the Third Reich as an English-language broadcaster known around the world as Axis Sally. She spewed Nazi propaganda to scare American soldiers, spinning stories,

of unfaithful wives and girlfriends back home. Her final broadcast occurred just two days before the end of the war. The propagandists was arrested in 1948, three years after the war ended, and deported back to the United States. While on trial, she claimed she only agreed to the propaganda after Nazi officials threatened her husband a German Foreign Service officer. On March 10th, 1949, Gillers was found guilty of treason, sentenced to 30 years in prison. She was released 12 years later. After her parole, Mildred

joined a Catholic group near Columbus, Ohio, teaching French and German at a local high school. She died in 1988 at the age of 87. And here is something else you might not know. Axis Sally wasn't the only English-speaking propagandists during World War II. The Japanese also broadcast a group of women to try to intimidate U.S. soldiers in the Pacific. They spread rumors of impending attacks, even telling servicemen that America had been invaded by the Empire of Japan. At least 25 women operated under the name Tokyo Rose. In total, their broadcasts were heard by a hundred million people around the world. One of those women was tried and convicted for crimes.

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