Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, October 30, 2023

Episode Date: October 30, 2023

Armored vehicles in Gaza, Pence drops out of the GOP primary, the price of candy on the rise, and actor Matthew Perry passes away. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, on the Maine mass shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, October 30th, 2023. Here's this happening today in America. Armored vehicles in Gaza. Pence's decision.

Candy is expensive, and Matthew Perry has passed away. It's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with your message of the day of the first. IDF has released photographs of Israeli armored vehicles on the beach in Gaza. The IDF, Israeli defense forces, say they have killed the leader of Hamas's aerial operations. And Israel says they have killed the guy behind the mastermind of the, I don't like the word mastermind, but the guy behind the October 7th attacks. Meanwhile, the president of Turkey says he may come to Gaza's aid.

There was a huge rally in Turkey, where the president said that Israel is engaging in a massacre and said Turkey can, quote, come at any night unexpectedly. Former Vice President Mike Pence has dropped out of the presidential race. He's never really sure what he thought his lane was going to be exactly. But says it's time to go. Quote, it's become clear to me, this is not my time. We always knew it would be an uphill battle, but I have no regrets. Pence is the first major candidate, I guess you could call him that.

His peak polling was 6%. His polling last week was at 3%. 3%, so it's above 1%, I guess that makes you a major candidate. The average polls across the country, nationwide polls, Haley, Nikki Haley at 8%, Ron DeSantis at 14%, Donald Trump at 57%. Candy, very expensive this year. Second year in a row with double-digit inflation. Candy and gum, 13% more expensive than last year, which itself was 14% more expensive than

the year before. All grocery prices are 6% more expensive. One reason the Ivory Coast produces 40% of the world's cocoa. They have a drought. And Brazil, which is the second largest producer of sugar behind India, they banned exports of sugar because they have too much rain. They had a monsoon. Sugar prices are at a 12-year high.

Friends actor Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing, was found dead in his hot tub at his house on Sunday night. He had a long battle with addiction. He said in his memoir he went to 6,000 AA meetings, went to rehab 15 times and has been a detox 65 times and spent $9 million trying to get sober. He had his first drink when he was 14 and started drinking consistently when he was 18. Three years after Friends premiered, he was in a jet ski accident, became addicted to Vicodin. He says he took 55 pills in one day. Matthew Perry was 54.

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always going to be there. That guarantees Americans the right to protect themselves with firearms. That's why the Founding Fathers put it in. It is self-protection. Now, of course, that's been distorted and guns are used to kill innocent people as the main thing, and to commit crimes. But essentially, this country gives its citizenry the right to protect itself with firearms. Again, not going to change. But what could and should change is the individual states regulating public safety. There's a difference between New York City and Lewiston, Maine. And we need sane public safety laws. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me. Bill at Bill o'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill o'Reilly.com. Name in town if you

wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Dave Z, Tokyo, Japan. Hey, Bill, the media is obsessed with the 200 hostages being held by Hamas and expecting the Israeli force to change battle plans accordingly. As you report in your excellent book, Killing the Killers, terrorists are fond of killing hostages at the last moment before they're being rescued. The more value the media places upon the hostages, the more the,

valuable they become to the terrorists. I don't know. I think that you have to try to get everything you can to get these innocent people away from the harm that will befall them. Every day harm is be falling up. I understand what you're saying, but the media can't ignore that. It's a huge humanitarian story, and it's also damning to Hamas. Who's holding a hostages? Now, Hamas can say, hey, we're going to release all the hostages, but you can't come in here.

here to Gaza. That's the deal. We'll make it. A trade. No. That you can't do. Vince Halano, Illinois, we didn't cease fire after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The reason the world is in turmoil is because President Biden's brain is in turmoil. Biden's not responsible directly for Hamas. You can make a case that Biden's weakness encourages disorder. And I have made that case. My concierge, remember I had a friend come back from San Diego State after visiting her daughter. She had to explain to her daughter what was going on in Israel because she and her friends were clueless. Most college campuses are dialed into this at least somewhat.

San Diego is a nice place. I might be surfing out there. I don't know. In a moment, something you might not know. 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, and we're here to cover it from all size, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home, new episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in.

You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Halloween is tomorrow. More than 40 million Americans will suit up for some partying and trick or treating. The most popular costume for the 10th year in a row, zombies. Unlike other creatures that originated in a holiday, Hollywood, zombie folklore has its roots in a unique Afro-Caribbean religion. Here is the story behind voodoo.

The belief system began in West Africa. Local tribes believe the spirits of their ancestors could be invoked using rituals and music. Shaman's called hungans combined herbs, shells, fish, animal parts, and bones to create toxic stews that induced trance-like conditions. Therefore, the person went into a zombie state. The practice was brought to Haiti in the 17th century when Africans were imported to work on French plantations. A new religion developed, blending tribal tradition and Roman Catholicism. They called it voodoo, creole for spirit of God. The tenets of voodoo are as follows.

Two worlds exist simultaneously, the physical and the spiritual. Souls travel to the spiritual realm after death, where ancestors serve as both a guide and a protector. There are 232 different deities in voodoo, with the Christian God being the most powerful. Communication with the dead is possible, using animal sacrifice. prayer circles and dance ceremonies. Priests can temporarily place a soul inside another person. The effects can last anywhere from minutes to days. Voodoo is brought to North America through the Atlantic slave trade. It's bred to New Orleans, across the south, and eventually to the northeast. And here's something else you might not know. Despite its colonial roots,

voodoo remains a thriving religion to this day. Throughout the Western Hemisphere, 60 million people practice voodoo. That's more than a population of Jews and Sikhs combined. Back after this. 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 power. powerful disruptors, lawmakers, newsmakers, and even the President of the United States.

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