The Daily Zeitgeist - Ms. Geist 7/17: Portland, National Tattoo Day, James Harden, Schools

Episode Date: July 17, 2020

On this edition of Ms. Geist Miles and Anna discuss Secret Police invading Portland, today is National Tattoo Day, James Harden says his Blue Lives Matter face covering was just for looks, and there is much discussion around schools reopening as parents speak out in protest. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In California during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women did something no other woman had done before, try to assassinate the President of the United States. One was the protege of Charles Manson. 26-year-old Lynette Fromm, nickname Squeaky. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI. Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer.

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will ferrell's big money players network on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts just listen okay or lacy gets it do it hello hello hello and welcome to this edition of miss geist from coolest do you remember her she was she was the teacher who was a total betty and i'm joined by super producer on a hosnia hello i don't recall i don't recall it's been a while since i've seen it i see netflix aggressively suggesting to me that they think i should watch it i have already seen it three billion times so i can recite most of the words from memory. Yeah. Don't ask why. Let's talk about what is trending right now. Portland is trending.

And, you know, if you follow Robert Evans, you might know why this is trending because the feds basically have a secret police force just snatching protesters up in the street, taking them off in minivans and civilian cars. Some people have reported they were arrested. And then when they asked for an attorney, they were just let go. But they were given no record of their arrest or anything.

Wow. This is definitely a very, very disturbing development in certain cities. But Portland especially because it's just out there in the open. The mayor of Portland, the governor, is like, please leave our state. But the president is using this as like just as publicity stunt, essentially, like to say like cracking down on these people. Because you look at some of the reasoning from Department of Homeland Security as to why they are going like or why they're why it's reasonable for this kind of force. And it's all stuff like these accounts that have gone on since like February, violent anarchists, graffiti,

the BPA building, violent anarchists, graffiti, the Hatfield courthouse, violent anarchists, graffiti, the Ed, Edith green,

Wendell Wyatt building, violent anarchists, graffiti, the Terry shrunk Plaza, violent. Everything is basically saying violent anarchists, graffiti, something.

And now there was violent about graffiti. Well, I think that's again, because they have, if this read like a normal thing, it'd just be like, there's graffiti on these buildings. Right. But when you say violent anarchists, I guess it drums up some like, oh my goodness, Antifa, they're coming to get your, they're bringing their crylons out and they're doing non-stops on the courthouse for all my graffiti people out there yeah so i it's it's just really it's difficult to see some of these scenes because like it's this sort of like what fascism looks like you have people just like walking on the street people pull up out of a van and just be like you come with us now and it's very very disturbing alarming to see so uh this story's ongoing and you can best

believe we will have robert evans uh on daily zeitgeist to just chime in and give us some of his observations from the ground because yeah he's been posting some really uh really harrowing uh content next national tattoo day something you Something you and I know both about. We've got some ink. I've only got really one tattoo. I mean, I guess if I broke it up, there's like two shapes. And I call it two tattoos. But it's one.

It's my arsenal wrist piece. I went through a dumb tattoo phase in my life. And boy, were my parents right when they said I'd regret it. Why? You don't like your tattoos? I just have a lot of weird ones. But that was the vibe back then. There was a wave of being like, yeah, just get that fucking, who cares? It's a folded up paper airplane.

Just get it. I just now think about my knuckle tats and what my old hands are going to look like in the future with knuckle tats. Oh, your KTs? That I'm like, oh, boy, huh. I've made some choices. I mean, yeah, I need my tattoo redone urgently. It's been about, I'm not going to say how many years, but too many. I can do it. You could just do, you know, get the laser removal on your knuckles. That way you don't have to

have that in the future that's true but i um i've also heard that's really painful so i might just yo it is shot my homegirl ali who got her she had a tattoo taken off that she did not like she it was like sort of a young you know capricious youth let me just get this tattoo she wanted it off so i'm an adult now like i don't vibe with this anymore and i remember every time she'd come back from like a session she'd be like yo it's they're burning the tattoo off with lasers basically yeah that's but it's like a little bit worth it's not like big pieces you got to get off your fingers true true but it might just be worth keeping them and just never looking at my hands

versus the pain because i'm weak yeah weak-willed weak-willed. Or just be like, yeah, or in the future, like we're going to look really novel to younger people. They're like, yeah, remember that generation of people who desecrated their bodies with ink? And now it just looks like a confusing, I don't know, collage of imagery. Anyway, there's definitely friends who I have who I think about and I'm like, oh, man. We're about 20 years away from this being a really interesting crossroads for you as an adult and being like, did I need all this? Did I need all of it?

Yeah. Next, James Harden. He's trending because there was – look, he sent NBA Twitter into a frenzy when I think it was the Houston Rockets account posted a photo of him from the NBA playoff bubble, postseason bubble in Orlando, with him wearing his mask. Everybody's wearing masks. We have social distancing trying to do right because of the pandemic. But James Harden was wearing a full-on Blue Lives Matter with a Punisher skull, neck gaiter. And immediately everyone was like, say it ain't so, James. What is going on?

He basically said, this is not a political statement, which I figured was the case because he's, I can't recall any time James Harden has waded into the political waters. Right. And I believe he just said it looked cool, which if you look at that mask, I don't know what James Harden considers cool. Yeah. Just like, oh, OK, dude. A tattered old American flag with a Punisher skull.

I mean, maybe he just has like, you know, right wing Twitter sensibilities like that is aesthetically kind of his vibe. right-wing twitter sensibilities like that is aesthetically kind of his vibe his aesthetic is like junior high i'm angry at my parents yeah i look james the other thing that he said is the reason he chose like a gator rather than a regular mask is because he wanted to cover his whole beard because that would look wild awkward to like put a mask on top of his big ass beard so in a way i'm like the gator makes sense and then he probably went this has quote unquote an element of drip to it although it's the completely wrong kind and we end up with that and there's like there's articles that are like you know some people see the blue lives matter is against black lives matter. It's like some people. Yeah. It was like,

it came out as a response. Okay. But you know, we gotta don't, don't jump into it directly. You don't want to say that most people who rock that bumper sticker on their car definitely are not feeling black lives matter at all. In fact,

they're probably also have a black lives don't matter bumper sticker at the same time. Next up, finally schools and school students schooling. probably also have a black lives don't matter bumper sticker at the same time next up finally schools and school students schooling this is all sort of trending in one big topic on google and it seems like there's just a ton of articles out about like worried parents who are starting to speak out saying like i don't agree with my school district trying to open yet because how could they possibly guarantee my child's safety

and also mine, even if they aren't, if they don't have any bad symptoms, they could transmit the illness to me. A lot of pushback for something. Yeah, I mean, deeply understandable. Right. I would also not want to send my child to a school with other kids.

Notoriously disgusting. Not saying kids are disgusting, but kids' behavior, how they treat their, like, snotty nose. Like, how they just exist, like, coughing in each other's faces. Not the vibe for a pandemic. Not something you want kids involved in around other kids. Like, you have the ability to watch and, you know, keep an eye on your kid if they're at their house. If you have, like, potentially a babysitter or, like, a nanny who's, you know, you guys have been quarantining together. Nanny's a little bit of a more privileged environment.

Au pair. I have an au pair from New Zealand. Yes, correct. That's right. But you have no control and you're putting your child in the hands of an underpaid, stressed out human being whose life is also now. Yes. Whose life is also at risk. So there's no it's not controlled in any manner. And it's terrifying. I think this is. Yeah. We got to begin just saying like, you know what, when these teacher strikes happen, we have to have their backs. You know, when when these rent strikes, there's so

many things that we're going to we're putting we need to put the pressure on the right people. Right now, it seems like the media is looking at it, like always bringing it up in like the school districts want to open. Science is different. Rather than just saying like it is an absurd notion to open a school in a country that has absolutely botched their attempt at trying to contain the pandemic and even do right by their own citizens. attempt at trying to contain the pandemic and even do right by their own citizens. And also, you know, we need more pressure on our legislators to pay people to stay home. Like that's the problem is because of that existential dilemma of like, well, if I don't work, I cannot live. Therefore I have to work or else I cannot maintain this like lifestyle. We also need to be putting more pressure to continue with aid so people don't

have to have this terrible fork in the road of like, well, do I give up all my income or do I sacrifice my family's safety? It's really, really, really morbid. And I just hope enough pressure comes out that these schools really reconsider putting the students and faculty at risk for no reason. All because there's a total lack of leadership and a total lack of like having a humane strategy around not, you know, putting people out in the streets because they had to they want to do the thing that was right for their own health. Anyway, what what a what a Friday. What a Friday. It's not like they're going to hold themselves accountable anyway yeah

what can we do but I think that's just why we have to be as vigilant as possible and keep track of the news to make sure that when there are moments like this that we can give voice to people who are trying to do what's best literally for our children I have no children

but our metaphorical children with that it's been a friday it's been a week another one down more to come next week and thank you so much what are you gonna watch this weekend i'm watching that netflix movie with nia long and tay digs fatal affair uh that is what I will be watching because, man, Made in America, that's when I fell in love with Nia Long. That was like, it was over. I've been in love with Nia Long since that film. And this film, I'm just,

I'm stoked to see something that isn't just some other Netflix stuff. Any good TV you've been watching lately? Well, I mean, I was telling you, I just finished Below Deck Sailing. You know what I mean? Ah, yes, yes. You know, there's a guy named Padgett there who I believe he had a thing for one of the other, you know, people who work in the interior.

Okay. And named Georgia. To me, I was like, that's a couple. Not the woman he's with right now. But that's for another show called Deckheads that you host with Nick Turner. Yeah, that's true. How close are you to getting to that season? We're currently recording season four of Below Deck Mediterranean,

which means we have to do, because we're going in order of when they drop. So next is Below Deck season seven, and then Sailing, and then season five of that. Of Mediterranean, that's happening right now. Yep, I've got to hop into that next. All right, well, thank you so much for joining me today. and then season five of that. Of Mediterranean that's happening right now. Yep. I got to hop into that next. All right. Well, thank you so much for joining me today.

Ms. Hosniye. Woo! Hey, y'all. Be good to yourselves and each other. You know, take some time and be kind. To yourself, especially. And wash your hands. Be safe.

Please look out for each other. As Jack says, don't do nothing about white supremacy. Okay? And with that, take care. Peace and blessings. Bye-bye. Bye. There's so much beauty in mexican culture like mariachis delicious cuisine and even lucha libre join us for the new podcast lucha libre behind the mask a 12 episode podcast in both english and spanish about the history and cultural richness of Lucha Libre.

And I'm your host, Santos Escobar, emperor of Lucha Libre and a WWE superstar. Listen to Lucha Libre Behind the Mask on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream podcasts. How do you feel about this, kids? Hi, I'm Akilah Hughes, and I'm so excited about my new podcast, Rebel Spirit, where I head back to my hometown in Kentucky and try to convince my high school to change their racist mascot, the Rebels, into something everyone in the South loves, the Biscuits. I was a lady rebel. Like, what does that even mean? It's right here in black and white and prints.

It's bigger than a flag or mascot. Listen to Rebel Spirit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In California during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women did something no other woman had done before, try to assassinate the president of the United States. One was the protege of Charles Manson. 26-year-old Lynette Fromm, nicknamed Squeaky. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI.

Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer, this season on the new podcast, Rip Current. Hear episodes of Rip Current early and completely ad-free and receive exclusive bonus content by subscribing to iHe True Crime Plus only on Apple Podcasts. Hi, I am Lacey Lamar. And I'm also Lacey Lamar. Just kidding. I'm Amber Reffin. Okay, everybody, we have exciting news to share. We're back with season two of the Amber and Lacey, Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network. This season, we make new friends, deep dive into my steamy DMs, answer your listener questions, and more. The more is punch each other. Listen to the Amber and Lacey Lacey and Amber show on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen, okay? Or Lacey gets it. Do it.