Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, March 17, 2021

Episode Date: March 17, 2021

Illegal border crossings on pace to hit the highest level in 20 years, CoVID Vaccine trials start in children, the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom moves forward, Columbia University to offer different graduation ceremonies based on race, a new survey shows most millennials resent the rich. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, the history of organized crime in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. Happy St. Patrick's Day. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's what's happening today in America. Illegal border crossings on a pace to hit the highest level in 20 years. COVID vaccine trials begin in children. The effort to recall California Governor Newsom moves forward. Columbia University to offer different graduation ceremonies based on skin color and race. Also, I had organized crime in America. It's different these days. But first, the Department of Homeland Security, projecting the number of people illegally entering the USA, will reach levels not seen in more than two decades. Border agents encounter at least 600 unaccompanied children every day. FEMA, now converting the Dallas Convention Center into a

detention place to house 3,000 teenagers. All this, because President Biden has no interest, apparently, in controlling illegal immigration. Moderna, starting new vaccination trials for children between the ages of six months and 11 years old. Health officials at the CDC will likely recommend the COVID medication for teens by 2022 and younger kids a year later. The three approved vaccines right now have not been studied on children. California Governor Newsom telling ABC's The View, he will likely be recall later this year as predicted here. Organizers confirm they've collected more than two million signatures to put the measure on the ballot. Officials say that special election will cost the taxpayers of California more than $80 million,

but some believe that's a bargain if they can get rid of Newsom. Columbia University preparing to host at least six different college graduations this year instead of one ceremony for all grads. Let's see. There's one for Native Americans, Asians, Latinos, Blacks, first generation immigrants, and one specifically for the LGBT community. According to the school's website, the events, quote, provide a more intimate setting for students who self-identify in a variety of ways. How PC? Columbia University should be ashamed of dividing its students by skin color and race. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets.

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Please call 866-326-55-7576 or text bill to 998899. Again, that's 866-326-5576 or text bill to 998899. Time now for the O'Reilly Update. Message of the Day. We have an organized crime anniversary this week. I bet you didn't know that. The Godfather released in March, 1972, 49 years ago. It was the highest-grossing movie of 1972, and briefly the highest-grossing film ever made. At the 45th Academy Awards, the film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best actor, Marlon Brando, and Best Adapted Screenplay, Mario Puzzo, who wrote the book, and Francis Ford Coppola, the director who was just 31 years old at the time. The Godfather, of course, depicted the Italian Mafia, the Corleone family, and it was realistic. I know that because I have written a book called Killing the Mob, which will be released on May 4th. And my research is stunning. Wait until you read this book. But things have changed in 49 years. The Italian mob is still

around, but it's a different look. The Italians now subcontract a lot of crime to local ethnic gangsters, for example, narcotics. The Mexican cartels primarily smuggle drugs into the USA. The drugs then go to various places, and they are sold on the streets by ethnic gangsters, black gangs, Hispanic gangs, on and on. Depends where you are. However, the mafia oversees that and gets a percentage of the sales from the drug deal. dealers. But you're not going to see organized crime mob Italian families in the streets dealing drugs. That doesn't happen. Narcotics, far in a way, the most profitable enterprise for organized crime. Now, the Italian mob still controls many union pension funds, gambling, they still have a

presence in Las Vegas, and other lucrative scams. But the RICO statutes that the FBI can used against organized crime have really hurt them. So it's a whole different profile now. John Gotti, by the way, was the last high profile Italian Don. He died of cancer in prison. So summing up, organized crimes still here, coast to coast. There are families. They don't coordinate the way they used to, but they know each other. There is territory they have to respect, but it is the ethnic gangs that do most of the retail crime. However, they must pay tribute to the Italians or somebody named Luca Brazzi might pay them a visit. All of this has been romanticized in the movie The Godfather. In my book, Killing the Mob, it is not. I give you a

history of how organized crime has influenced every single one of us. In the 1950s and 60s, the apex of the Italian mob in America. Organized crime controlled the entire entertainment industry, the record industry, and the restaurant industry. Wait till you read this. Again, killing a mob out May 4th. I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve that message by writing it. For more honest news analysis, please go to Bill O'Reilly.com. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news

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was born in Roman-occupied Britain in the late 4th century, and was kidnapped at the age of 16, taken to Ireland to work as a slave. He eventually escaped, went back to England, but then returned to Ireland years later as a priest and began converting the locals to Christianity. During his lifetime, Patrick established dozens of monasteries, churches, and religious schools. Folklore surrounding Patrick quickly spread among the Irish, including one claim that he drove all the snakes into the sea and used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity, which is true, the shamrock part, but not the snake part, because there were no snakes in Ireland, at least the reptile kind. The festivities were mostly religious on St. Patrick's Day until the 18th century when immigrants brought the legend to the new

world. Boston held its first St. Pat's parade in 1737. Today, towns across America honor the Catholic saint. Since 1962, Chicago has used non-toxic food coloring to turn its river green. McDonald's offers the Shamrock milkshake to their customers. And here's something else you might not know. One of the biggest meals associated with St. Patrick's Day isn't really Irish at all. During the 18th and 19th century, beef was not typically consumed around the British Isles. Cows were used for milk, not beef. Europeans preferred fish, pork, and lamb.

Upon arriving in New York City, Irish immigrants settled in lower Manhattan. Facing widespread prejudice from the locals, the newcomers bought meat from their Jewish neighbors at kosher butcher shops, most popular being brined brisket, which is really corned beef. They bought the beef, threw it in a pot with cabbage and potatoes, and the rest, as they say, is history. Back after this. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune into my show every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before,

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