The Daily Zeitgeist - Weekly Zeitgeist 42 (Best of 9/17/18-9/21/18)

Episode Date: September 23, 2018

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust us, it's out of this world. Hello, the internet, and welcome to this episode of the weekly Zeitgeist. These are some of our favorite segments from this week all edited together into one non-stop infotainment laugh stravaganza. Yeah. So without further ado, here is the weekly zeitgeist. A story I wanted to just bring up because we're coming up on flu season and we talked about it last flu season, uh i think one of our guests

said like flu shots are a myth i you know i said i don't get them yeah i didn't know i didn't well maybe someone may have said that but i said yeah one of our i never got it i never got the flu so why don't you get the flu shot and then i was shamed and i got the flu shot because i'm they're like hey you fucking idiot have you heard of herd immunity yeah i had to be sort of in touch with my own privilege of my own health. Because I think just because I don't have it doesn't mean I can't carry it and infect. So we and a lot of our listeners are young people in the prime of our health. And so we- Keep telling yourself that.

We might get the flu, but it'll just knock us down for a couple of days or whatever. Young people and the elderly, though, will- Young youngs. Young youngs. Younglings. Like very young children and- Olds. The olds can die from the flu.

Right. It's one of the biggest killers of people in that demographic. And also, you can be a carrier of the flu virus without showing any symptoms and so you might be if you don't get the your flu shots you will be more likely to be carrying that disease and passing it around and yeah you can be killing people and never realize you're doing it because you didn't get the flu shot you could be killing people seriously though no no it's true i i i'm telling you i had to it's it's a tough thing to like let go of like your own ego because i had a health ego right right i'm like that shit is for weak ass motherfuckers

i never got the fucking right so i don't need that shit and i was thoroughly dragged yes deservedly uh by the zeitgang and my health care professional friends of mine who i said that shit too and i realized too uh i am like said again, scientifically illiterate. And if you are not a fucking expert on any of this shit, you shouldn't have hot takes on shit like this because you don't know what the fuck is going on. But yes, please do care about other people. Well, I will say that this past year,

this year was a record cold and flu season. It was really, really, really rough. We had several deaths and it got real gnarly. I'm a huge hand washer. Yes. I noticed that. I want, yes. You've been washing. You have a wash basin next to you. I bring a sink with me. I recommend everyone out there to Google how to wash your hands because most of us aren't doing it correctly. You're supposed to wash for a good amount of time. Don't forget your thumbs. Don't forget under your rings.

And your fingertips, too. Fingertips, in between your fingers. Take a moment and really wash. Clean them shits. Clean them because that's a lot of the way it's transferred. Also, train yourself to not touch your face. Yes. I didn't get sick this cold and flu.

I haven't been sick once this whole year. Not to brag. And you haven't touched your face all year. I haven't touched my face once. You put gloves on at night. I do a full hazmat suit when I do my eye cream at night. Or like when they put babies.

You know when you put the little mittens on babies? I swaddle. I swaddle myself. About the hand washing thing, I remember when I was a kid my orthodontist, when he would wash his hands before an exam, I was like, look at this fucking fool with all the crazy hand washing thing i remember when i was a kid my orthodontist when he would wash his hands before like an exam i was like look at this fucking fool crazy hand washing style because he was like doing the finger thing where i thought he was doing like hey give me some money you know rubbing your fingertips pay up for these braces that kind of thing and then i was like i

was like is that the way you're supposed to wash your hands he's like well i'm putting my hands in your mouth so i'd imagine my finger he like was very patronizing but i was like that's true thank you for that and then i always like kind of do this thing now i'm really getting my did he keep the hands up when he came no it wasn't he wasn't scrubbing into the or he went raw dog or he didn't put gloves on you were supposed to wear gloves yes i would imagine oh shit was he like your neighborhood no it was like out behind the Target. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. My mom's house. Whatever, the braces worked.

Yeah, yeah. I think. And I think, you know, some people I think think that flu shots are one of those things. I think there's some anti-vaxxers who will tell you that flu shots like create super flus and shit like that. you that flu shots like create super flus and shit like that and so the way that that actually works is there are like we do take too many antibiotics and bacterial infections do create like super bugs uh so you shouldn't be taking antibiotics unless your doctor actually prescribes them to you that is like something that they're working on to because there is an arms race between antibiotics and germs, basically. But the flu is a virus, and it's not one of those things where by getting a flu shot,

you are creating some super flu, which is another common misconception. And look, unless you're a motherfucking scientist doing this research, who are you to then argue with the people that have been doing it? Right. How is the booze industry dealing with legal marijuana? The booze industry. Legal marijuana. I mean, look, they know what the fuck they're doing.

You know what I mean? Everybody's trying to get a piece of the pie. They see the writing on the wall. Beer sales have been in a steady decline for the most part. There was, I think in 2015, there was a consulting report that was basically saying, it was titled, A Perfect Storm Brewing in the Global Beer Business.

Brewing. Cute. You headline writers, you. Yep, yep. So weed is definitely in the ascendancy. Beer consumption is slightly just going down bit by bit.

So that's got people looking around and seeing what's going on. So Adolphus Bush V, okay? Oh, God. The great, great grandson of Anheuser-Busch. I bet he's a super chill dude to hang out with. Oh, man.

Very normal. I got such a visual instantly. Going to college with that dude? The collar is popped. Oh, yeah. A hundred percent. It was surgically put on his skin, a popped collar. Like a vampire, like high.

I'm sure he's a nice guy. And if you know Adolphus Bush V, the fifth, vampire, like high. I'm sure he's a nice guy. And if you know Adolphus Bush V, the fifth, hit us up and let me know if he's a good guy. Anyway, so they began putting their money behind legal weed, like a new vape company, like a vape pen type thing that heir to the Jim Beam fortune. I think he made his company public in Canada. And a lot of people are just starting to look, you know, sort of north to the north since weed has been legalized in Canada. So like Molson Coors, they also said they're like forming a partnership with a weed company to make like sort of non-alcohol weed drinks for Canadians. So it looks like, you know, they kind of see, you know, this is the wave that where it's all going.

And so they're going to be investing in it more and more, which makes sense because I think they found that even in Oregon, when recreational weed was legalized, like a lot of their craft beer sales went down. Now, it's not that it was necessarily that was the cause of that, but that was just something they noticed sort of happening at the same time. But, you know, we'll see what happens. something they noticed sort of happening at the same time. But, you know, we'll see what happens. But it's kind of funny because the U.S. Border Patrol also, or the CBP just made this weird announcement in Politico or how they're going to hassle Canadians who smoke weed trying to cross the border because it's illegal here.

The U.S. Border Patrol? Yeah. It's such a stupid fucking law where it's like, hey, have you smoked weed ever? And if you have, you have to tell us, because if you lie, that's fraud, and then you can be barred from entering the U.S. for life. And it puts people in a very weird position. So in Politico, they're saying,

this is a statement from someone from CBP, they're like, oh, our officers are not going to be asking everyone whether they have used marijuana, but if other questions lead there, or if there's a smell coming from the car, they might ask. Because they're saying like marijuana wet residue can linger uh they said if asked about past drug use travelers should not lie he said if you lie about it that's fraud and misrepresentation which carries a lifetime ban

uh which is odd because there are a lot of people too like they're saying if you are even in the legal weed business in in canada and they're like oh what do you do for work and you're like oh i work in like the legal weed business they're like oh we don't want people who are like you know profiting off the proliferation of drugs and like smuggling narcotics or whatever the fuck it's a fucking weird because it's a federal institution yeah but it's just such an

odd thing to be like taking this stance and like letting people know it's like but half the fucking borders so many border states with Canada have legalized recreational weed even though it's a state thing. But it's still just this like really dumb butting up of federal and state law. And just, yeah. Anyway, I just wanted to bring that up because it's funny that you also have these American companies who are like looking to Canada to invest in that business.

But then Canadians who are trying to enter this way, they're going to hassle them for it. then Canadians who are trying to enter this way, they're going to hassle them for it. I just don't understand why people would want to stop drinking a drug that gets you no more fucked up than weed and that kills you. Like, what's their problem? Yeah, you tell me how many violent crimes are committed on weed. Yes. You know what I mean?

Crunch those numbers. These feds need to sit back and smoke a fatty and chill out. There you go. Am I right, sister? Hell yeah. Willie Nelson. Have y'all ever been to Portland or Oregon? I mean, I had a can of booch, a cannabis kombucha there that was very strong.

Yes. And you were kind of fucked up. Oh, it was beautiful. Yeah. What was the canned beverage that we- Oh, Sprig soda? Sprig soda. Yo, holler back. I drank all that Sprig, man.

I'm trying to get right this week. Yeah, but it's... Yeah, Sprig is... Have you had a Sprig soda? No. Is that a cannabis infused? Yeah, it's a soda. They gave us a case, right?

No HFC-A. No high fructose corn syrup in that shit. You know what I mean? Well, they have a low-cal version if you want the sugar-free version. But a lot of THC. Yo, a lot of THC.

45 mils. You got to be careful. I overdosed on can of quench once at Disneyland. Can of quench? Can of quench. What is that, like a Gatorade? It was like a lemonade. Wow.

And it was a crazy experience. You were in a wheelchair? I had to be wheeled out of Tortilla Joe's in downtown Disney. I'm not lying. I'm not lying. Be careful. Did you think you were dying? It was really, really bad.

Yeah. You know, be careful with your dosage. Yeah. Well, Edible's here. Be careful with your dosage, everybody. And you'll be lights out. Gorilla Radio. The Brett Kavanaugh vote confirmation got a little more interesting.

It was smooth sailing just a few days ago. Somehow. Yeah. So over the weekend, well, I guess multiple weeks ago, I guess it was back in July, Senator Feinstein got an anonymous letter from somebody who recounted being sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh in high school. And then that person finally came forward and said who she was. Oh, we're going to see this. Yeah.

She's going to testify. Yeah, she's going to. There's no other way. So her name is Christine Blasey Ford? Yeah. Is that Blasey? Yeah. I think, yeah.

Forgive us if we mispronounce that. Blasey is a dope name. This is going to be high political drama. Yes. Yeah. Right? I mean, literally this nominee is in the balance. It is now because –

This is the only disqualifier it could be if she seems credible enough. Right, and she took a lie detector test, which we know lie detector tests can be a little bit iffy scientifically. When you say we, what do you mean by that? Huh? When you said we know. Just in general that the idea of polygraph tests – I think some people do. All right.

You said we. Okay. Do you feel that polygraph tests are 100're saying I know that? I think some people do. Alright. You said wait. Do you feel that polygraph tests are 100%? I don't know. I don't like being spoken for. I'm not speaking for you, but I think people have publicly disputed lie detector tests. Not to say that that means that she's lying, but she's

clearly here to show that she's being as honest as possible she has nothing to gain from this she's clearly this is only going to be something that is going to be traumatic for her because as you've seen like people already doxing her uh and trying to tear her down i think the there's been some senators who've said well why did it take so long right which is the most the dumbest fucking way to question somebody who's coming out with this kind of thing but yeah now it's gotten to the point where people like lindsey graham or jeff flake they're starting to be like well we this person we should probably hear from this person at this point how do you not

want to hear from i mean up until this point i thought they were gonna just bury it yeah because chuck grassley seemed in no way interested there was that weird letter that came out from 65 women that had gone to high school with but when they deeper, they weren't all from the same high school. Right. So it was just like this. Well, he went to an all-boys high school, correct? Right. So just people he—

So a lot of guys have transitioned since then. That or, yeah, or these were people they paid. It's amazing. It's for them. Very progressive. Very good. I'm endorsing that. Yeah.

And now it's to the point where, yeah, there are many calls from, you know, just a couple GOP senators, but most of the Dems. Somebody has to know. I mean, somebody has, not, I'm not talking about senators, but there's got to be some kid who remembers that party or. Right. Right. It's not that long ago.

No. I mean, it was 36 years ago. It was. Right. 36 years ago. ago? It was, right, 36 years ago. But I mean, it is clearly a traumatic event in her past that she has, you know, that her life has had to be oriented around, you know, it's a, like in the way that all traumas sort of change how we live our lives. And like, that's the question I have is she goes up, she says, this is something that happened to me. i've been dealing with it for decades i was in therapy when i first talked about it like to my husband uh six years ago

and specifically called him out and then he's gonna come out and say uh no that didn't happen but uh like my drunken recollection of it is better than her like actual recollection of it and well first he said there's absolutely false and then he's like but then i then the person recollection of it is better than her actual recollection of it. Well, at first he said there's absolutely false. And then he's like, but then the person came forward, which seems to me that he does remember this person in some manner. Oh, okay. He said, so his latest quote, though, is I'm willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation from 36 years ago and defend my

integrity uh which i think it's interesting that he chose to throw in the from 36 years ago just because it seems like that is going to be one of the attacks they take is to say well why now why are you doing this now well i know yeah i think a lot of people at least from the white house would rather not have her testify in front of the senate judiciary committee because they're like optically their people are going to be sympathetic yeah no shit yeah but like don't you this person and kellyanne conway surprisingly was like i think the woman should be heard right which i don't can't imagine any other avenue yeah but i've seen the republicans have been so brazen through this process though it's a time that i wouldn't have been surprised if Chuck Grassley, considering that there were so

many documents that they chose to suppress, then be like, no, no, no, it's been too late. They should have brought it up sooner. It doesn't matter what this person went through. And this, even though this is a lifetime appointment for someone who's trying to who could possibly shift the legal landscape of this country, let's just get it done. Yeah. They're being quiet now because they're waiting to see if they can get away with just pushing it through. And yeah, they could. No one could outright right now just say no to I mean, Chuck Grassley kind of did say, well, this is really late in the game.

But well, you know, I think it's something that definitely has to be heard. And it's, you know, people were showing like just sort of when you look at what the majority looks like for the Senate Judiciary Committee, it's all men. There's not even a woman on there. And of course, their sentiments are going to like they're focused on getting this for the majority on the Republicans. Oh, for the Republicans. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

So he was meeting at the White House earlier today. We're recording this on Monday. He was meeting, he was sweating. Yeah, it's interesting because there's no good version of this. It had nothing to do with what he's going to deny it. Right. It's all about if there's a third thing. Yeah, that's why it sucks so hard for her.

This is like, I mean, to have to relive your trauma on the most national stage. 100%. Like, I mean, to have to relive your trauma on the most national stage. Like, Anita Hill was, like, turned into, like, a punchline slash, you know, she's like a household name because she had a similar situation. And this is, like, a private trauma that this person has chosen to, you know, come forward with. And not really even chosen because she wanted to remain anonymous. And not really even chosen because she wanted to remain anonymous. But then she started, like, as she was leaving class, a BuzzFeed reporter approached her. And, you know, it was just, it seemed like only a matter of time before her name came out.

Right. Unmasked. Yeah. Yeah. And then there was the other man that she implicated in her allegation was, like, there was a classmate who, like, then turned the music up. Also a famous conservative figure. Yeah, right. And like wrote a... What does he say? Well, he's already like, they were going through just his sort of general stance on things and he's tried to

discredit past people who have accused men of sexual assault. So he's kind of firmly rooted in like the, well, they don't know, blah, blah, blah. And he has like a book that is like called like Wasted, like Tales of a Gen X Drunk or something like that where there's like a pseudonym, like there's a guy called Bart O'Kavanaugh. So he's openly like a recovered alcoholic or a recovering alcoholic who was like, yeah, during my high school years, like I was constantly blacked out and, you know, but yeah,

he has these stories of a guy whose name is what? Bart O'Kavanaugh. There's a mention of Bart O'Kavanaugh in this book. It says, Shag scored a hit, then handed me the glass. I drank. If you were standing anywhere near a quarters game, you could get picked even if you don't want to play or weren't paying attention. So how do you like prep? Mary asked. It's cool. Do you know Bart O'Kavanaugh? Yeah, he's around here somewhere. I heard he puked in someone's car the other night. Yeah, he passed out on his way back from a party. So, I mean, I don't know what that means, but I think, I don't know if Brett Kavanaugh can say, oh, I don't know anything.

I've never done anything like that. I've never done anything illegal, I think is one of the things. Or I think Judge, the friend who turned up the music. Aaron Judge? Yeah, Aaron Judge. No, I think it's Mark Judge. Oh, who turned up the music. Aaron Judge? Yeah, Aaron Judge. No, I think it's the Yankees. Mark Judge. Oh, okay, I'm sorry.

I'm not following it close enough. Is Aaron Judge the baseball player? Baseball player, yes. I was like, wow. The Yankees. Yeah. So Mark Judge was saying something about, like, I didn't know him to engage

in these sorts of illegal behaviors, but at that time, like in the high school yearbook, Kavanaugh was voted treasurer of the Keg City Club, or I don't know. This is what his yearbook said. So maybe this was just like a funny, like an inside joke. But treasurer of the Keg City Club, 100 kegs or bust. Okay. Like something to do with Beach Week Committee, which Beach Week is just where all these prep school,

like privileged kids go to the beach from the D.C. area and just get wasted for a week. And also like something with the police in Rehoboth, which is where the Beach Week happens. So, you know, I mean, whatever. I just think at the very least, the Republicans have to allow this person to be heard and properly just at some level have this process,

have some kind of shred of respectability to it. Because the steamrolling thing we saw, it was like all this other stuff had to get unearthed. Cory Booker was like threatening to release documents that were classified. This is close. I'll get to my Spartacus moment. You don't say that.

You just have the moment. Are you wearing a Booker 2020 t-shirt? Yeah. And I just think, you know, that this point it's, I mean, not nice, but it's good to see that there are some people on the right that are showing some shred of decency to be like, not just do the thing that I thought they were going to do, which would be like, ignore it, ignore it, ignore it. They can't do that. But, you know, I'm sure if the White House, if they were going to play it the way they wanted to, they would probably just try and obscure this move on. Or what they'll do is just try and smear her, which is usually what happens.

You're saying move on from me too. Move on from me too. Yes, there you go. And, you know, Kellyanne Conway, I think you were just referring to, was- She's the hero. She's like the voice of reason in this case, which is crazy. But she was saying don't attack her, don't insult her, let's let her speak. Well, anyone with a, you know.

Yeah. And I mean, even Trump seems to be somewhat reasonable on this because he said, and I'm sure somebody had to sit him down and, you know, direct him with shiny objects and treats, you know, that this was what he had to say. But he basically said that, you know, if it needs to be delayed, it needs to be delayed. Yeah. So he's acknowledging it's a serious thing. to be delayed. Yeah. So he's acknowledging it's a serious thing.

And actually, it looks like they are now saying that they will both testify on Monday. So a week from yesterday. So yeah, it will officially be delayed. So that's good. At least that they're not trying to just like jam it in under the wire. Well, I mean, they couldn't. Like we were saying, it's literally the least you can do when something like this comes up, especially when, you know, with Al Franken, they were very quick to just believe the accusers and move forward with it.

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can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves and basically said they're not gay they're more asexual which uh huh that works with them I've seen the Muppets right Muppets are not asexual

guys come on Miss Piggy Miss Piggy's sole motivation is to fuck Kermit in public over and over again. You're telling me that's asexual? The idea of, though, like pushing back on it so funny. Frank Oz really came out. Yeah. He's like, they're not gay.

And I mean, you could view it as like everybody had their own interpretation. The different people who are performing and writing the characters had their own interpretation. I and that's been both good and bad. Like in Mississippi, they banned Sesame Street for being too progressive. Oh, when it first came out? Yeah, when it first came out. They're like, what are blues doing, hanging out with greens?

Exactly. And there was a preacher who was like, didn't want children to be allowed to watch Sesame Street and asked the government for it to be banned because Bert and Ernie were two male characters who lived together and he was assuming they were gay but oh and it wasn't it that they're like that they sew together and therefore yeah therefore they must be gay it's funny though too because for such a show that was very progressive and was like all inclusion and you have kids with disabilities,

you'd be surprised that they wouldn't have a couple that was gay to just show, like, yo, love comes in all these forms and we don't have to be cryptic about it. Absolutely. Because that's what Sesame Street is. That's the vibe. And I think that's why I'm also like, why are you getting caught up in whether or not,

why don't you just come out and just create some characters for young kids to see that represent people in same-sex relationships that, hey, we're all out here. I mean, I feel like Allen Iverson, remember his famous quote? Are we talking about practice? Right. Not a game. Are we talking about puppets? Right. Are we talking about puppets here?

I mean, I think the idea that people are getting so outraged or... These conversations about puppets, and I understand. Like, oh, it's the mythology or the archetypes and all these other things that kids are seeing in their learning lessons and all that stuff. Yeah, but they're puppets at the same time. You know what I mean? When I was in college in creative writing classes, you'd write a story, then you have to read it in front of your classmates, and then everybody would dissect it. And then all these people would add in all this meaning that they read from your story. Like, oh, I really love the symbolism you did here.

And I'd just be like, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, thank you. And I'm like, I had no intention of that symbolism. But once you release art into the world, like that Wilco song, it's like it's no longer yours. Now it belongs to the world. And I think I do think that sometimes that stuff is present and it's just a part of your mind that you didn't have access to that was working on that stuff sometimes. Oh, that's interesting. Yeah.

But I agree that like there's a lot of stuff that's not intended. I just wonder if like some of the people might not have been intending it and some people might have been intending it, but it doesn't matter because it's creating its own meaning in the world. Right. And I think it's one of those things because there have been multiple people who have either voiced them or been the puppeteers or wrote for them that a lot of people have had their hands on it. And sometimes people did have those intentions. Other times people didn't. Right. You just have to accept that if everyone's bringing their own thing to it, you don't have to shoot down someone's interpretation of it to be like,

they're not gay. Right. And if you don't want them to be gay, then whatever. Yeah, they're not gay to you, man. Yeah, and if you want them to be, great. But I think at the very least, I think in terms of a representation standpoint, you should just be like, I think as a show, I think you can have characters like that or just have that represented, whether it's to them or other people.

I don't know. The truth is a lot of the time they behave like a gay couple who lives together. And a lot of the times they behave like six-year-olds. Like our writer, Jam, was pointing out. They like love rubber duckies and they take naps during the day. They're babies. Yeah. Sometimes they act like babies in one storyline ernie gets lost at the mall and starts crying like that shit

happens oh yeah for maria yeah yeah that fucked me up yeah so i mean like yeah we're not actually we're missing the actual point here how the fuck old are these people right exactly yes because if you're six years old what the where the parents at right and if you're fucking if you're adults as uh jm wrote what the fuck is their job right uh it's like kramer although elmo's parents i guess elmo's parents do come around sometimes right parents do exist in the sesame street universe i am sure i don't know i don't but elmo is like literally a baby. Yeah. Elmo. Yeah. That was pretty good actually. Wow.

Elmo is here. Wow. In our fourth scene is Elmo. Elmo thinks everyone's getting too focused on the oriental. Anyway. But yeah. Are they adults is really what I need to know. Okay.

How old are these Muppets? I would love to see a breakdown of all of the Muppets ages. I would love it if Oscar the Grouch was like 14. Just a low teen, 14-year-old? Yeah, he's a fucking angry teen.

It's like, what are you scared of, man? Yeah. Like, when it comes to like this whole world that we're living in, it's either fear or love.

Like, where are you operating from? Like, do you want to build a wall because you're scared or do you want to let refugees in because you love it? Yeah.

You know, it's like, what if these puppets are gay? What are the gayest things that exist in the world what's so scary about that to you yeah well i think that's the funny thing is when especially when the like in california the whole prop 8 debate was going on about same-sex marriage the sort of conclusions that they were drawing was usually the one i heard the most from people in the street who are like, who were like, yeah, man, we have to stop gay marriage. I'm like, well, why? And they're like, well, what's next? Right. And that was always a thing. Well, what's next? Right. Like you can marry like a fucking

horse. And I'm like, OK, what? You don't have to marry a horse. It doesn't like what's I understand. Like it's that thing. We are right. But I'm saying like I was always. Yeah yeah. Like you say, like, what is the existential threat to you of other people living their happiest life? Right. Is that they're going to force you to live like them because, but I guess, because essentially that's what those people are trying to do to people who do want to have the same sex relationship. They're like, no, you can't have, you have to do what we do is you fuck the opposite.

Right. You know what i mean and that's because i'm trying to exert this control on you the logical end game here is that if this happens you're going to try and do that to me maybe frank oz is so scared and came out so hard against this not only because maybe he's homophobic but maybe he also doesn't want to admit that he's a puppet oh wow he doesn't want to admit they say like it was like an analog for his relationship with Jim Henson. Yeah, they said it was usually based on their friendship. And one of them, I think Frank Oz was Bert. Whoever the more conservative.

Who was the more? Bert. Bert? Yeah, and Ernie was kind of the more fun. Yeah. Fun dude. He had those devious eyebrows. Yeah.

Yeah. Bert? Eyebrow. Wait, which one was Ernie? Ernie's the Yeah, those devious eyebrows. Yeah. Bert? Wait, which one was Ernie? Ernie's the one with the orange. Like the skinnier headed one. Oh, that's Ernie? No, that's Bert. Yeah.

Man, I don't even know anymore. Yeah, I don't know either. I just know that he had caterpillar eyebrows, right? They kind of could move on their own. Hold on. Before we just fuck this whole thing up, Bert is the one with the with the fucking his head is shaped like corn right yeah yeah yeah yeah that's right okay and ernie is the orange man

or boy ernie's the homie burt is kind of got that like uh he's always aggravated a little bit about something but they have a great relationship like what no matter what type of relationship you want to imagine it as they have an awesome relationship and what no matter what type of relationship you want to imagine it as they have an awesome relationship and it does teach you important things about having friendships with people it's like a fairly accurate friendship for like being puppets for six years it really is like there's a lot of ways that their personalities clash that they make work that uh i think is good for young kids to see. Shit, let's not talk white supremacy in the law right now.

Let's talk white supremacy and quarterbacks. Oh, God. So there's news out of Texas, the start of every good national news story. There's news that a school superintendent wrote on Facebook after a bad play by Deshaun Watson at the end of the Houston Texans game. He was like, see, that's why I can't have a black quarterback.

What? And then he came out and said that he apologized, like didn't realize that it was a public post and was just and then and then said and was just I was just making a point about statistics. I wasn't trying to say anything racist. And the news report was just making a point about statistics. I wasn't trying to say anything racist. And the news report was just like, oh, okay, so he apologized. That's not an apology. No, it's not.

And that is underlining, like their headline was superintentioned, apologize for racist remark about Deshaun Watson. That is an affirmation of race science. He said that there were statistics backing it up. The only rigorous statistical analysis I've seen about black quarterbacks, and this is one of my pet peeves, this story, and so I always follow it. The only statistical analysis that there's been is that black quarterbacks are statistically more likely to be benched quicker and for lesser mistakes than white quarterbacks. I can't. Oh, man. I mean, it has to be true. How many black quarterbacks. I can't. Oh, man.

I mean, it has to be true. How many black quarterbacks do you think there have been in the NFL? There's been enough that Warren Moon had to have a support group for black quarterbacks. Right. Yeah. And how many black quarterbacks have been to the Super Bowl? Because I am very willing to bet that the only statistic I can conjure up with black quarterbacks is if you are a black quarterback, you are much more likely to take your team to the Super Bowl. I also knew one kid who played for a high school team should have been the quarterback but didn't get to play. He was a black player, and the kid that got to play instead was white.

And I'm not going to say his name because his dad's super famous in football. I know his fucking name. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, I know where you grew up. The quarterbacks? The quarterbacks' dad bought the football field for the high school, and they're like, you're going to be the quarterback. His own team would boo the quarterback on it,

being like, because you're so bad, put the other kid in who's like a born athlete, like is amazing, could have gotten a scholarship. He never got to play. Yeah, we were talking. Athletes, man, and politics, man. Show you how politics can be good, but shit can hold you down like that. We were talking earlier this

week. I think somebody made their myth that sports is a meritocracy, right? That was Billy Wayne. That was Billy Wayne, yeah. He said sports is not an absolute meritocracy. That's a perfect example. Yeah, right. That some dad was like, now you're the quarterback. But the kid's dad's so famous, it's like, you could have just walked on

any team, and that kid still could have gotten his scholarship, and everyone could have been happy.. But the kid's dad's so famous, it's like, you could have just walked on to any team, and that kid still could have gotten his scholarship, and everyone could have been happy. Right. But even the kid, he didn't want to play football. He quit the first team he got on after he was done. Right. Yeah. Well.

This whole, like, the thing was like, I said that, but not in a racist way. Yeah. It's like, really? And he's also, as superintendent, I'm also going to introduce physiognomy to the curriculum yeah the first excuse i heard is like i didn't know it was public so it's like okay so you're privately racist like what yeah that makes a difference i thought i was just sending this to my other clansmen right exactly anyways fuck that guy he should be fired and i don't think he is going to be no of course they're releasing no justice they're releasing their decision, I think, later this week.

And the decision will be, well, he didn't mean it in a racist way. Right. Plus, look at these statistics that I got from the Rush Limbaugh show. So Elon Musk, I guess there's a- Good transition. Thank you. Thank you.

I've been working on it. Elon Musk has a trip planned to the moon. Yeah. Is that accurate? Well, we found out, you know, like they finally booked like the first private trip to the moon. Okay. To land upon the moon. Okay.

And do it like not since the Apollo missions. So they were just going to circle it and then come back. I think that's the first one. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're not landing yet. No, no, no. But they want to see the moon. You know, they're up close and personal. Right back. I think that's the first one. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're not landing yet. No, no, no. But they want to see the moon. They're up close and personal.

I mean, that's cool. Yeah. And then so yesterday or on, what is it, Monday, I think they, so there was, we found out who this person was. And it's this Japanese billionaire, Yusaku Maezawa. My voice cracks. He's the 18th richest man. And he's basically going to go up with a bunch of artists. He's my voice, cracks. He's the 18th richest man and he's basically

going to go up with a bunch of artists. He's a huge art collector. He has Picassos and Basquiat's and stuff. He loves art. He's fun. Yeah.

So he's bringing eight artists to the journey. He's going to kill eight artists. And they say they're going to see the moon up close

and the earth in full view and create work to reflect their experience. So it's like, there's like a, that's a dope thing to do with hey bro i'll take you you can see the moon right but you gotta make me some art i mean moon art i would say it would be inspired i would be inspired if i saw the moon up close maybe you could be one of the artists i don't want to be i can say that like i don't well maybe let's yeah wait we should have a campaign to get a comedian also on that flight. I would say some funny shit there.

Be like, hey. Just making a joke out of it. Oh, so Kubrick got a lot of this wrong. Yeah. Stuff like that. There's no wind up here. There's no wind up here. Yeah, I think a lot of people were also talking about how this,

there needed to be a little bit of money for SpaceX to kind of begin developing one of their rockets a little bit further. So by having this guy tag along, it helps add a little money to the coffers. And I think in 2023. Oh, see, now my son won't be old enough. They need to be grown and have their first job or something before. I'm like, I'm going to go see the moon, kids. Right, right, right.

And they're like, no, you're a dick. You're like, you know what? Yeah, you're right. I need to raise you first. It was funny, though. They were interviewing, like, it's so funny how things become more and more attainable to non-experts. Like, you know, everything's kind of become easier to access.

Like, if it's art or photography or making music, like, there aren't those barriers. The democratization of art. And, like, now we're seeing it with, like, space, though. And it was funny to hear, like, astronauts be like, yeah, what do you think about this? And I was like, yeah, I guess, man. Yeah, great. I spent my whole fucking life to go there. Like, yeah, everybody can go now.

Sure, I haven't had carbs in 17 years. But yeah, they're saying, like, I think people believe that Maezawa is spending between $102 million to go up there. $100 million? Between $100 and $200 million. I'm sorry, $100 and $200 million. $100 million? $100 million. Between $100 and $200 million. I'm sorry, $100 and $200 million. $100 million and $200 million. Anywhere between $100 and $200 million to get him and eight friends to take a trip around the moon. But how much is an economy class ticket?

That's what I was going to say. To the moon? Yeah. Do you think they were like, it's $100 million. And he was like, you're not trained well. And he's like, how about $200 million? Okay. And he's like, okay, yeah. He's like, you want to100 million? And he was like, you're not trained well. And he's like, how about $200 million? Okay. And he's like, okay, yeah.

He's like, you want to bring eight friends? Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Well, it's, yeah. Also, shouldn't there be like a checklist of like, you should have done this stuff on the earth first before we take you to the moon? Like, have you been to the top of Everest? Right.

No? Then you need to go do that before we take you to the moon. Oh, yeah, don't just one, two, one two skip a few 99 i'm on the moon yeah exactly yes exactly i think you should go like hey have you walked the whole appellation trail oh shit well i'm sure there's gonna be a hilarious oh really yeah i'm sure there's gonna be a hilarious process where wherein they have to train all these like artists oh yeah it these fragile artists, to get ready for space.

They're just dropping them into the bottom of the pools in America. Would there be gluten? Gluten. I can't eat certain paste foods. I have celiacs. Is that going to be a problem in space? I feel like, again, this could be a Christopher Guest movie too.

Oh, hell yeah. It's the tracking the eight eccentric artists and a Japanese billionaire as they go to space. Remember how we as a planet watched those, shoot those eight people up into space and we watched them die? Remember that? The Challenger? No, well, we did do that as a nation. Right.

I was a member that day. Yeah, man. Because everyone was excited because the school teacher was going. School teacher. So they got all the schools involved. Yep. And then we learned about death in second grade yeah i can still remember what that plume looked like when it went up i remember they made there's like this in it was like two miles there's this little factory tiny factory they made little parts and they made one

of the parts that goes on the space shuttle and that was like a big deal before the o-ring some no it wasn't that but that was the thing afterwards like did that park yeah shit oh like in your town they were making that part yeah it was just like this one and that was like a big deal before yeah the challenger went up it was like yeah one of the parts came from over there off of old Deep Draw Road. I read a book that did sort of a deep dive into the decision-making process of that. It was this book, The Wisdom of Crowds, that shows how you can use crowds to guess things really, really well and how market forces work. But then it used that as an example of how not to use crowds. And it was just basically a couple dudes who were in charge of the whole committee were just like forcing it through.

And like when that thing exploded, everybody on that committee knew what went wrong. They were like, yeah, there's a problem. Like we need to delay this, delay it. And like there were just people who were just like, nah, we push, push, push, push. We got to hit this deadline. And also there hadn't been a major disaster. They were just like, no, we're push. We got to hit this deadline. And also, there hadn't been a major disaster. They were just like, no, we're good. We're fucking NASA.

We're crushing it, bro. And the guys in Apollo 13 were like, hey. It got knocked out very quickly. This seemed like a disaster to us. Right. We didn't get to go. Yeah. All right.

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This guy is very interesting. He's a comedian. He's also an associate of Roger Stone, also an associate of Julian Assange. Just this very weird mixture of like, he's also a radio host. So he's sort of this mixture of political activist, commentator. He's a Facebook friend of mine. Facebook friend of Wayne's, most importantly. I didn't want to leave that to last.

But some of the details of... Well, first of all, for people who don't know, what they are interested in is they see him as possibly being the connective tissue between WikiLeaks and Roger Stone. Right. Yeah. Right. And then he was in there denying that, right? Or he won't say, right? He won't say. Oh, wait, what happened? So he came out and like the press started asking him. So he comes out the press out of the testimony testifying in front of Mueller. And the press asked how much of the questioning dealt with Assange. And he answered very little and was about to elaborate. And then his lawyer just said, don't. And that was it.

So that was the end of that. Right. Just one detail that I love so much about he and Roger Stone's relationship. Yeah. So one of the messages they have on file is Roger Stone sending him a text. By the way, Roger Stone, very down to earth. Yes. Very guy next door.

Just a normal guy with a Nixon back tattoo. Yeah. He texted Randy Credico, I am so ready. Let's get it on. Prepare to die, cocksucker. Now, the circumstances of that text are amazing because Credico says it was when he found out that he was going to testify in front of the grand jury. And Roger Stone's version was that he had just learned that Credico had cancer and was depressed about it. And he was telling him to get ready to die cocksucker because that's just how he treats his friends.

Right, the reason is, Roger Stone here is that Credico has something that contradicts everything that Roger Stone's been saying publicly. He gets a text, I'm so ready, let's get it on, prepare to die to cocksucker. What happened, Roger?

Oh, he said he had terminal cancer. That's why, that seems far-fetched a little bit. I don't know, but that could be Roger Stone's trademark humor that's so nihilistic and little bit. I don't know, but that could be Roger Stone's trademark humor that's so nihilistic and morbid. Yes. And Credico was like, I don't have cancer. That's not true.

None of this is true. So you're Facebook friends with Credico? I've known him since the 80s. He's a character. Before he was political, he was just a comedian. Right. And very good impressionist. Yeah.

Like, really good. Really? Yeah, yeah. That's what I thought. I never heard him do his bit, but I remember reading things where he was warning the lawyers. He's like, hey, I do voices, and I might do it during my testimony. It's just my thing. And I was like, this is going to be amazing.

Yeah, no, he was really on the A-list. If I'm not mistaken, I think he did the tonight show in the 80s with johnny karts with the the big gets for the the young comedians at that time and but even i think at that point he was starting to but he was going after reagan and all of that and right yeah he's one of my favorite impressions his was he used to do an incredible uh david brenner i don't know if you know who that is you don't no i don't think so no he's uh okay i know you'll brenner yes yes not in no relation so he used to do that he would do like you know archie bunker and edith bunker right right right thing so uh and then the next thing you know he's like oh wayne i'm going to El Salvador or Nicaragua and write material for the head of – not the Contras, the other guy. The Sandinistas?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you mean write material? Like do – help that guy politically. Ortega, I think that guy's name was. Oh, shit. I think that guy's name was Daniel Ortega. I know that's in my head. I'm not looking it up.

And so he went down there and would do rallies for him and, like, help him with his campaigns. For dictators. I think the guy's name was Daniel Ortega. I know that's in my head. I'm not looking it up. And so he went down there and would do rallies for him and help him with his campaign. For dictators. Yeah. Well, he became very left. He's like a lefty. Like left, left. Yeah. But he does some good stuff, like these draconian drug laws that gets people over nonviolent drug offenders and stuff like that.

He's very passionate. He's very funny, and he's just a weirdo. He's just a weird – he's a comedian. He's just the weirdest political activist I've ever – When you saw his name kind of start bubbling up in the news, were you kind of like, of course? Of course, yeah. And it's literally every comedian just knows him as Credico.

No one calls him Randy. Oh, it's just Credico. Of course, Credico. Of course, he's. Oh, it's just Credico. Credico. Of course, Credico. Of course, he's going to be on the Mueller investigation. Right, somehow. You know, it's the same guy trying to get on Evening at the Improv. It's insane.

It's insane that I know that. Can you imagine he starts doing material about testifying in the Mueller probe? It's like, this guy's Mueller materials. But I will say he is consistent. He's not one of those, like, just if it's a Democrat or it doesn't matter to him. Right. He's like- No, it seems like he's very, like, principled in what his beliefs are.

And he had a drug problem himself, and it's- Right. Credico. Credico. He's Credico. I just love that he testified in front of a grand jury and had to bring a dog. Right. Like, he's like, hey, I got to bring the dog.

Classic Credico. Did he travel with a dog a lot? No, he's like, hey, I got to bring the dog. Classic, classic credit card. Did he travel with a dog a lot? No, no, this is new. Or he just makes sense? This is a new thing. I heard that he, like, rescued that dog from Chile. Like, he's just a world traveler. He's just, I don't know how he has a passport at this point,

but one of the articles. I really admire that guy. He's funny. He's actually a funny... Right. It's just so weird, this overlap now. I actually think he has that obsessive compulsive disorder is my take on it.

Sure. He's just like, once he's fixated on it, he can't let it go. Right, right. Yeah. But I love the guy. I love the guy. One of the sources that we are using for research on Credico

uses this photograph that is just this real buttoned up public hearing and then a really screen accurate Greek philosopher. He's got this long white beard. He looks like Gandalf the White just with a lantern walking through the thing. And it says, Mr. Credico, dressed as the Greek philosopher Diogenes Duranes. The cynic. He's the one who founded the cynic philosophy. And it says, Mr. Credico, dressed as the Greek philosopher Diogenes Derain. The cynic.

He's the one who founded cynic philosophy. Right. So, yeah. And very layered. I would say that the thing that seems to connect him, Stone, and Julian Assange is cynicism. Right. And in some cases, very justified cynicism. All right.

And finally, Ryan, we want to play a game with you. It is called Velocipeder Scooter. Miles, do you want to explain? not and realize that this same kind of thing happened with the velocipede the big wheel in the front bicycle uh the predecessor to the bicycle late 19th century yeah exactly and that the the same criticisms like are very similar it's like two-wheeled menaces blazing down the city streets and sidewalks piloted by thrill seekers with little evident concern for their own safety or that of others so they put together some quotes uh to find out if this is a quote from the time of the velocipede or an op-ed about now in the bird scooter so first one the new two-wheeled transportation

options are no casual amusement that's the uh velasa the veloso the first one the veloso we'll call it a bike yeah actually it's about the scooter. Oh, really? Yes, that was from a Washington Post. Who the fuck wrote that? That seems like a little old-timey. I know. In the language.

Or no casual amusement. Well, what about this? The most senseless and ridiculous mania that ever took hold of the public. That's got to be the Velociraptor. The Velocipede? We're going with that one? Velocipede. And yes, you are correct.

Attributed to an American newspaper writer commenting on bicycling in 1869. That's amazing. Next one. These vandals are destroying or desecrating the vehicles in disturbingly imaginative ways and celebrating their illegal deeds. That's the scooter. Yeah, that has to be. Yeah, because we saw people throwing them in the fucking sea.

That's crazy to me. You hate people not driving cars as much that you're going to throw these into the water? Right, it's so short-sighted. It's just like some weird Luddite type shit. Fucking scooter! I do not recognize this thing! It must be away! But yeah, I think also people, like, local,

especially in the west side, though, people are very NIMBY-ish, like in Venice and Santa Monica. If that shit's in front of your house, you're like, it's dropping the property value. Right, right, right. Exactly. And is it?

I feel like it says your neighborhood's cool. I don't think anyone's been like, you know, I fucking took a bath on that real estate tour with all those scooters outside. An absolute bath. This is an excellent one. Seize, break, destroy all such machines

found running on the sidewalks. Sorry, what? Seize, break, destroy all such machines found running on the sidewalks. Sorry, what? Seize, break, destroy all such machines found running on the sidewalks. I mean, that has to be the scooter, right? Yeah, I'd say that has to be the scooter. It's a bicycle. 1819 newspaper. Found running on the-

In New Haven, Connecticut, railed against the sudden popularity of the velocipede. Seize, break, destroy or convert to their own use as good price. All such machines found running on the sidewalks, taking care not to bear. I remember a time in this country when the sidewalk was for bipedal people. Yeah, exactly. So did they just not know how those worked and they thought you could leave them running? I have no idea what, yeah, I don't know what they're talking about. I think people were just getting hurt and then they're like, how does a simple leg motion create all such energy? I don't know. It was an interesting time. Another one. Considering

that the use of X is becoming more general, access to public promenades and sidewalks is hereby prohibited. That's the scooter. Promenade? Public promenade? Feels velocipede. It's the bicycle, you're right. Yes. Wow. Another one from 1869. And lastly, we'll do this one. The gentlemen X-ing, cooling across our city streets and sidewalks at 15 miles an hour,

the wind gently flapping their ties and tussling their hair are indifferent to your angry glares. That's the Velocipede. I'm going Scooter. Scooter. Yep. Yeah, see? It's tough to know. It's the velocipede. I'm going scooter. Scooter. Yep. Yeah, see? It's tough to know.

It's tough to know. Yeah. We are who we thought we were. We've been the same. Have you been on a bird yet or one of the scooters? I have not. And I actually was running yesterday, and they were laid across the sidewalk, almost like an obstacle. Right.

And I had that momentary inclination where I was like, I should just throw this shit into the street. almost like an obstacle. Right. And I had that momentary inclination where I was like, I should just throw this shit into the street. But I didn't. And it was early. Nobody was around. It was 2.30 when I ran. I like you go,

nobody would have seen you. Yeah, no, I could have gotten away with it. Wait, 2.30 in the morning? No, I was just joking. That's it. We talked about that. All right. That's going to do it

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