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Episode Date: September 14, 2018

In episode 232, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Amanda Salvatore to discuss a wine glass holder for your shower, how the Department of Homeland Security transferred millions from the Coast Guard to ICE, Trump continuing to deny the real death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, updates on whether or not Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed, Facebook allowing conservative sites to fact check them, sexual harassment complaints at McDonalds, the recasting of Henry Cavill, Conan O'Brien's 25th anniversary, and more! FOOTNOTES: 1. SIPSKI Shower Wine Glass Holder2. DHS transferred $169 million from other programs to ICE for migrant detention3. Trump Denies Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria Death Toll, Accuses Democrats of Making It Up4. Media’s coverage of Trump’s Puerto Rico conspiracy theory was a failure5. Feinstein Turned Over A Mysterious Letter About Brett Kavanaugh To The FBI6. Committee Vote On Kavanaugh Delayed Until Next Week7. Baseball tickets? Gambling debts? Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh answers Democrats' queries8. Facebook uses The Weekly Standard to fact-check9. Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?10. 10 Female Workers Have Filed Sexual Harassment Complaints Against McDonald’s11. McDonald’s workers set to strike over sexual harassment12. McDonald's Workers Detail Horrifying Sexual Harassment13. The Labor Ruling McDonald's Has Been Dreading Just Became A Reality14. 'Try again': McDonald's women's day stunt criticized as hollow gesture15. Henry Cavill is reportedly out as DC’s Superman16. CONAN O'BRIEN'S MASSIVE LATE NIGHT ARCHIVE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE ONLINE17. WATCH: MF DOOM - Madvillain - Accordion Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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iHeartRadio apps, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke. Hello, the internet, and welcome to Season 48, Episode 5 of Don't Dile Zite Geist! For Friday, September 14th, 2018, my name is Jack O'Brien, a.k.a. in Western America, Hosni A., Jack O'Brien, the Zite Gang, my man Miles Gray. We're going to give it up right there. That is courtesy of Captain Buttnapkin Captain Buttnapkin to answer your question

We have done that We have done that song for an AK before But I just really like your Twitter handle And I wanted to say it out loud So there we go And I'm thrilled to be joined as always by my co-host Mr. Miles Gray Futures

Great of Virtual insanity Now always seem to Mr. Miles Gray! Futures grade up. Virtual insanity now always seem to be governed. Miles, this love we have now. Oh my god. Jamiroquai in the building. Virtual insanity

now. Man, remember that performance at the VMAs like in 97? I remember that shit and then there's no money, no problems. Anyway, that AKA came from the return of the AKA queen goddess deity upon high. Chapman Rice at Chapman Rice came back blacked out 16

hours ago or however long it was. Hit us with all those AKAs. Hope you're doing well. Do we think that there's a chance that she is just like, she writes the stuff like literally blacked out and is just trying to get her life together. And we're like, come on, Chapman Rice. Go back out there.

I don't know how I've envisioned it. I think sometimes I picture. Do harm to your life. I picture her waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of sleep like. And then just like doing it like, yes, this is good. No, they're already written just like on her lap after she wakes up. Oh, no. You've done it again.

on her lap after she wakes up. Oh, no. You've done it again. We're thrilled to be joined in our third seat by the host, co-host of the Guilty Pleasure podcast, the very funny Amanda Salvatore. Hey, guys. Hey, hey. What's happening?

Nothing much. I was going to ask you the exact same thing, you guys. Not much. She's drinking, I think, about 20 ounces of cold brew. That's too much cold brew. I was wondering what that was. You're not going to like this? Then watch this.

Miles is taking just straight cold brew, the concentrate, straight to the dome. About a big gulp. I only snort bass, homie. Don't cut that shit. That is hardcore, dude. Yeah, it's never been stepped on. Like grass in Africa. Miles is just going to, at a certain point during one of our shows,

there's just going to be a hole that develops in his side, and it's just going to come leaking out. Just all the bile? No, no. Stomach strong. Stomach strong. Very acidic. It's alien's blood.

No, I alkalize my body. I alkalize my whole life. Okay. I'm really interested in body pH. You know what I mean? Is that why? No. Oh.

But I read about it. I was dating somebody who was like, yo, do you alkalize your life? I was like, I'm sorry, what? Ugh. And I was like, what do you mean? And she's like, well, you know, acidity has a lot to do. But it was just true. Like, I guess to a certain level, you don't want your body to be too acidic.

Could be a sham. But I do know alkaline water is very good for you because I drink that a lot and so does my family in Japan. Kangen sui. Nice. And based on what I've heard, Her Majesty is really the best thing

that's ever happened to you. She is. She got me bathing. Characters. Showers are great, man. Showers are cool. Congrats. I used to only go in

for about 15 seconds. How much more do you really need? I thought soap was for rich people. All right. Amanda, we're going to get to know you a little bit better. But first, we're going to tell our listeners just a couple of the things we're going to be talking about. We're going to be talking about the latest product offering from Urban Outfitters exclusively for alcoholics. We're going to be talking about how the DHS moved $29 million from the Coast Guard to

ICE, a mainstream media just complete failure, and how they're talking about Trump, talking about the deaths that happened as a result of Hurricane Maria. We're going to be talking Kavanaugh stuff. We're going to be talking Facebook. We're going to be talking Kavanaugh stuff. We're going to be talking Facebook. We're going to be talking the Me Too movement reaching McDonald's and also just Nicki Minaj's losing streak. She's just on a weird losing streak. So we're going to talk about that and also the fact that Superman has a recasting is in the works.

But first, Amanda, we like to ask our guest, what is something from your search history that is revealing about who you are? I looked at my Google, and the last thing that I Googled was my name and my fiancé's name. Yeah, because I cannot find our wedding website. I'm planning a wedding right now, and I don't know how the internet works. So I had to do that to find it. And you've got to work on your SEO. I don't even know what that is. Search engine optimization.

Talk to me after this and I'll give you a discount. You let me know. Thanks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you. Now, did you have to put a funny spin on it or is it just your names together? It's just our names together. Wow.

I guess if you Google it. Wow. Yeah. Then you can find our registry and send us stuff. Yeah. Cool, cool. You got a little honeymoon fun going? How are you doing? What are you doing? I think we do. You know what? I like the honeymoon fun and send us stuff. Yeah. Cool, cool. You got a little honeymoon fund going? How are you doing?

What are you doing? I think we do. You know what? I like the honeymoon fund. I dig it. Personally, because I'm bad at buying gifts. Yeah. So I'm like, yeah, here, just take the money.

A lot of people are getting us some really random things off our registry, so I always appreciate a little bit of a honey fund. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because that's an experience, guys. You got to, you know, pitchers break. Yeah. You know, stuff like those plates aren't cool. I can't tell you how know, pitchers break. Yeah. You know, stuff like, those plates aren't cool.

I can't tell you how many crystal pitchers I've broken. So many. Just so many. You just drop them on the floor on purpose. Like, why not?

I got married in my 20s and so all of my friends were in their 20s. Oh yeah, didn't have shit. So they were just. Like a bunch of them didn't get us anything

or a couple of them, I should say. But the ones who like went off prompter, it was just like, yo. I mean, it's what you would expect from dudes in their 20s. They're like, dude, it's the ultimate basketball encyclopedia. 700 pages of basketball. This is exactly what you need. That's exactly what you need to start your relationship.

I actually had a, my first, what is it, a bridal shower. And I'm from the East Coast. I had a bunch of people here on the West Coast. And my cousin's wife bought me all these things, not on my registry. She couldn't access my registry or something like that. But she definitely got me lingerie as well as a candy bra and underwear, which just FYI. Candy underwear? Candy underwear and candy bras do expire.

I have one month for the bra. I have two years on the underwear. Interesting. Did she put in a note how to use it? She eats this off of your body. And then it'll be sexy dude i have been i was at a bachelorette party i think the only one i've ever been to and it was basically just me in the corner being like hey is that just like a candy necklace cool right that's what it's

made of right like the candy necklace candy right yeah that's all it is so i got fun yeah i have a question to please someone who has a wedding coming up. What's your hashtag going to be? I don't know. I feel like that's the ultimate battle. Man, because there's some- Come up with one for me. I don't know. What's your fiance's first name?

Max. Amanda Max. And do you mind saying his last name? Spitolnik. Spitolnik. Wow. That's a rough one, right? All right, let me work on it.

I'm going to workshop that one. That was a good face. Spitolnik? Yeah. Yeah. Spitolnik. Anyway, we'll work on it. Now everyone's going to look him up? All right, let me work on that. I'm going to workshop that one. That was a good face. Spitolnik? Yeah. Yeah. Spitolnik. Anyway, we'll work on it. Now everyone's going to look him up and be like, oh, okay. This guy.

Spitolnik. Now you guys can find my registry. Yeah, register. Get her a bath towel. I feel like he should be a cop. Spitolnik. Hey, Spitolnik, get in here. Right.

Like in New York. Definitely have like a mustache. NYPD blue, yeah. Yeah. Has an alcohol problem. What was Homeboy's name in NYPD blue? Who I showed his butt blue, yeah. Yeah. It has an alcohol problem. What was a homeboy's name in NYPD blue who I showed his butt? Oh.

Wits. Yeah. Sip-a-wits. Sip-a-wits. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't believe you're marrying Sip-a-wits. What is something

you think is overrated? The summertime. Oh, okay. Thumbs down. I'm not a summer person. Thumbs down? Thumbs down on summer. Not even overrated.

Fuck summer. Fuck summer, dude. I just, I don't like being hot. I know I live in California, but I don't like it. Okay. Second. Very humble. Yeah.

I don't like being hot. I just don't like being, you know what I mean? It's tough. It's a hard life that I lead. I don't like pressure to have a good time. I'll have a good time on my own time. What do you mean? Like you feel like summer brings-

I feel like everyone's like, ah, you gotta go to the beach. Oh, you gotta go to this thing. You gotta go to a festival. I'm like, I'll go- I'll do whatever the fuck I want. I'll do what I want. I'm like a lake, mountain kind of gal. Yeah, yeah.

Lake mountain. Lake mountain. I love a cabin. I like a blanket. Love a cabin. Love a blanket. Love a jacket. I love layers.

I'm all about those layers. Being a native, when people are like, yo, I gotta go to the beach. I'm like, you fucking just moved here, bro. This is like your summer camp. I hate the beach. I only like the beach in vacation. I'm so jaded when it comes to the beach. It's really a sad thing because we have a lot of great beaches

in Southern California, but for whatever reason, I have to be dragged to the beach I'm not like I already seen it yeah you're just like I've seen one I've well I've seen one I've seen them all yeah yeah I get it water waves cool cool yeah I get it yeah I want I went to a like a pool barbecue a thing that I was told was a pool barbecue thing and I showed up in jeans and and a t-shirt, like I wear to everything, and Jordans. And everyone was in bathing suits. I was just like, oh, you meant like a real pool thing.

But how is that bad if you wear your clothes? You don't have to show up in a bathing suit because there's a pool there. But it had that whole vibe of the background to the Blurred Lines song. It's like everyone's like, hey. All right. Yeah. Everyone's laughing. I'm not even going to dip my feet in the pool.

I just sat on a beach chair sweating. Someone just playing clave on a fucking empty beer bottle. Yeah, exactly. It's okay. I'm that guy, too, at a pool party on a fucking empty beer bottle. Exactly. It's okay. I'm not Guy, too, at a pool party. I'm just... I'm also kind of mad that there's a party where people are like, I said pool barbecue party, and you're dressed like it's just some fucking

barbecue, motherfuckers. Yeah, it was... You felt that on your own. I just felt that on my own. Oh, come on. Yeah, go easy on yourself. What is something you think is underrated? Underrated? I think, honestly, novelty flavored snacks such as Oreos being all different weird flavors.

I feel like everyone hates on them. Like wacky flavors? Yeah. I love a sensible wacky flavor. I love the unicorn. Sensible wacky. You know what I mean? I loved the unicorn frap.

I loved it. I think they should make it a permanent staple. What was the flavor? I love the unicorn frap. I loved it. I think they should make it a permanent staple. What was the flavor? It was. Exactly. I don't really know. I thought just the color, right? I think it's strawberry or something of that nature, something tart.

And then the blue I know was mango. The blue is mango. Yeah, the whole point was that you could take this blue syrup with this pink drink and you mix it up and it turns purple. Super magical. It was just like a tart. It tasted like a sweet. Pink powder blended into a creme frappuccino with a mango syrup.

Pink powder? I love pink powder flavor. My favorite flavor. And layered with a pleasantly sour blue powder topping. I loved it. All very natural. So good. Speaking of like

alkalizing my body. What's the flavor palette? Blue and sour pink. And mango. Right. And creme. Guys, America. Blue mango though.

I don't know why I accepted raspberry as a blue thing. It's just that the mango syrup is mixed into it. The blue is just some fucking shit in there. Got it. Just some blueness.

But I'm not against a blue mango at this point. I don't know why I would be. You're right. You're opening my mind. Have you had the apple pie Oreo? No. I just had that this week. Someone at a party had it out.

And I was like, let me try this. Because I like Oreo. I'm into Oreos regular. But whenever I see a new one. I need to come to parties with you. Oh, yeah. Because that's more my speed. Oreo parties.

Oh, yes. If you want to come to a nice Rush Hashana dinner, just come through. And that's what we had. The brisket was also excellent. Shout out to Jay and Katie. But the apple pie one was actually fucking- It was weird because it had a very strong- It was trying to mimic the taste of a fresh apple.

So it almost was sour. Like it had this other element to it aside from like the cinnamon and typical flavors. But you know, once you eat one, you start eating three and then start eating four.

I've never met an Oreo I didn't like. You know, I want to try, they have Swedish fish. They're not good. And that, I'm nervous about it. But they are,

I mean, if you like Swedish fish and don't mind mixing them with Oreos, you could get the exact same effect by putting a Swedish fish in your mouth with an Oreo because that's exactly what it tastes like. The birthday cake one was fucking good. So good. Chocolate and vanilla. I feel like they are just excuses for them to add even more sugar to Oreos

because they're all sweeter than your average Oreo. And I love that. I would take it. I like the lemon ones. I like – I got some red velvet. The red velvet's so good. I'm sorry, lemon? It's good.

Lemon Oreos. They have the vanilla. It's the vanilla wafer, though. It's the vanilla wafer. I don't think it's the chocolate. Yeah, it's not chocolate. Oh, my God. I was just reading an article because I was like, Oreo flavors.

The U.S. doesn't have them yet, but in other places, they have a hot chicken wing Oreo. Yes. And a wasabi Oreo. I want to do that so hard. I mean, I'll eat it. It's literally my two favorite foods. Doesn't sound like a tasty combo. Yeah, I'm not all right with that.

Yeah, man. But I'm all down to try anything. That's the point of it. But I could probably just spit it the fuck out. I will say the grossest thing that I have tried in the novelty snack realm is the sweet heat Skittles. I would say avoid those. Sweet heat?

Yeah. Real gross. So it's all citrus flavors, but then they put like a pepper flavoring in there similar to like if you had mango with chilies on it but if you

I mean I ate the whole bag because you have to commit to the bag but I hated it hated it but by the end your throat hurts

similar to how if you've thrown up a couple of times like the acidity yeah who doesn't know that esophageal burn so if you're missing that get couple of times. Like the acidity? Yeah. Who doesn't know that esophageal burn? Yeah, so if you're missing that, get those Skittles.

Sweet heat. Finally, what is a myth? What's something people think is true you know to be false? That if you are bad in school, you will not be successful in the real world. Yeah. Or that if you're really good at school, that you're going to have an easy time out in the real world. Yeah. That's my, or that if you're really good at school that you're going to have

an easy time out in the real world. I had a horrible time in school. A terrible student cannot regurgitate information to save my life and I'm doing,

guys, I'm doing okay. Yeah. I'm living it. I mean, you did pull up in a limousine. I did.

I did. I have a top hat on and a monocle. Yeah. Very fancy. But you can't read. Yeah. But who cares? I can't read. I pay people to read for me. Yeah, exactly. I did. I have a top hat on and a monocle. Very fancy. But you can't read. But who cares? I can't read.

I pay people to read for me. Yeah, exactly. For me. Exactly. So killing it, you guys. So what do you mean you struggled in school? Like you just had, you weren't a good, you just, the studying part was a little tough? Yeah, I think, I mean, I was tested a ton and I'm pretty sure I was misdiagnosed.

I have some form of dyslexia of some kind and there it's such a spectrum but i couldn't read until third grade i was held back in third grade which psychologically was great um loved it gives you character but yeah i mean my sats were shit i don't even know what my grades were my senior year of college i didn't even i don't know what my grades are i had no idea you just bailed i didn't bail i just didn't look i was like oh my god hey i'm gonna go to graduation hopefully they call my name i was hoping i like knew i graduated i was like good enough for me i went to school for acting like i was like, I'm not going to use this.

I'll use this. I'll read about the science in the play that I'm working on or whatever. Right, right, right. As long as my GPA was high enough that I still had an opportunity to be able to audition for the plays that we were doing and the musicals we were doing. I was happy with that. I just knew that it wasn't going to be something that affected my day to day. Yeah. But honestly, I think that it's not necessarily about your grades. It's about the effort that

you put into what you're passionate about. And just like, don't be a dick. That's just like, hustle for what you want. And I mean, like, I'm in class all the time. I'm in writing classes all the time. I'll take like, improv classes just to do it and like, have a good time. And that's, you know, something I'm passionate about. I'm in writing classes all the time. I'll take like improv classes just to do it and like have a good time and that's, you know, something I'm passionate about. I'm like, yeah, I'll definitely go to school

for that. I just didn't, you know, I'm just not interested in learning about certain things. Yeah, well academia can do that and kind of get you down on yourself at a young age,

you know, when you start getting grades and stuff and you start thinking like, am I bad at this? Am I good at this? When like, yo, everyone learns at their own pace. Takes in the world in their own way.

I needed to go to a hippie school, you guys, and I did not do it. Where they're like, and Amanda's grade was blue. I love a blue grade. Exactly. I love it. And we love you. You've passed.

And that's not just true of people who go into comedy. That's also true of like a lot of, they've looked at doctors and the best doctors really have no relation to like where they were in their class and medical school and stuff like that. It's based on like how they scored on empathy tests and stuff like that. And it's just how passionate you are about helping your patients. Look at the fucking president, bro. This motherfucker's president. Listen. He can't even color in a fucking American flag dress.

No. Wasn't that, oh, man. Maybe he thought he was looking at a fucking unicorn frappuccino. Maybe he was. He was like, mangoes blue. But he quit halfway through, right? Yeah, he's like, this is bullshit. This is propaganda.

The Dems fucking, they framed me. Because he started coloring one of the stripes blue, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and like a star. It's a mess. The whole thing's a mess. I mean, that's the stripes blue, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and like a star. It's a mess. The whole thing's a mess. I mean, that's the least of our problems.

Hey, guys, just read, do a little bit of basic math, and be nice. Yeah. Yeah, have empathy. All right. Let's talk about other signs of a winner. Drinking in the shower. Am I right, everyone? Yeah. Miles, your response

to this product made me realize why I don't drink anymore. Why? Because you were like, oh man, I can't believe they like, who needs to drink in the shower? I was like, yeah, who needs to do that? I never drank beer in the shower.

That's a crazy thing. But anyways, Urban Outfitters is hitting us with a wine glass holder for the shower. I mean, what's interesting is it's made for a stemmed wine glass. Yes. Because you're not a fucking disgusting drunk. Right. You're classy. Yeah.

I wish they had the bottle holder right next to it. Yeah. So you could do a nice pour mid shower. That also holds ice because you're not drinking that fucking Rose all hot. Right. Oh yeah. You're in a hot bath. You gotta cool that shit down.

It's just odd. It's funny because the design is very, it looks like a product for a teenager. Like it's like a, like light blue plastic thing. It's got the same design vibe of a my first leg shaving razor type thing. My first leg shaving razor.

No, it's like a light blue plastic thing. It's meant to feel very innocent. Yeah, and it doesn't match with nice wine glasses. Well, it plays very well with the color of the rosé wine. Right. But I guess it makes me think- It is appropriate that it is rosé wine. Are we hitting this peak wine fad, you know what I mean, where it's just-

It reminds me of the bacon fad. Right. There was like, yo, you got fucking bacon chewing gum. This is the big book of bacon. These are bacon socks. Fucking bacon, blah, blah, blah. And now we're into, this is fucking rosé, Jose. You want the rosé, whatever the fuck.

Everything was like rosé, rosé, rosé, rosé, rosé. And now we're looking at like, it's like a gift that I'm sure some people clearly might use in the, maybe for the bath or something. You could put that next to it. Yeah, nice and relaxing. Yeah, it seems like more of like a gag gift. I think it's a fun gift for like someone to give someone at their sprinkle, their baby sprinkle. They're like, you're going to need this. Yeah, you're going to need this, sister.

Rosé, José, I like that. I just want one for a rocks glass. Why are we- Come on. That's for fucking weaklings, you know what I mean? How am I going to drink my fucking Yamazaki scotch like that? Yeah, right? In my bathtub.

Right. I don't know if we've hit peak wine because wine's been around for at least a couple years. I guess what I mean is like rosé because clearly this is the image that is on the Urban Outfitters site is meant to evoke the whole rosé thing. It is. And we talked about how rosé was like this manufactured fad. Yeah. Basically like pushed on. Isn't it just red and white wine mixed together?

I know nothing about wine. It's a bunch of other shit. It's like there are rosés and there are other ones that are just like, we like just push this. Yeah. And it worked. But I, you know, hey, whatever you got to do. Have you guys tried the wine in a can yet?

No Guys, it's good I'm sure it is It's great, it makes me feel like I'm not drinking wine And then you get drunk and you're like, how did that happen? But it still makes your teeth red Is it a 12 ounce can of wine? No, it's just like a little, it's a baby

Oh, come on Let me know when there's 40 ounces of wine Because what, it's like 30 in a bottle? Yeah, because a train took up from Starbucks Oh, come on. Let me know when there's 40 ounces of wine. Because what? It's like 30 in a bottle? Yeah. Because a train to a cup from Starbucks can fit an entire bottle of wine in it. Can it really?

Yes. That's how you drink it with a straw, my man. That's amazing. That's good to know. I feel better. Now that you know that, I feel better about my drinking. I just remember. Well, no. It's just because I remember.

Well, fine. Whatever. You guys can jump to whatever conclusion you want about it. I know that. I've done it. I would. Fourth of July in New York City, you got to do the Firefly, what is it? Vodka?

Sweet tea vodka with some lemonade. And you just walk around the city and have yourself a wonderful 4th of July. No one will bother you. How much sugar is in that, though? Probably. Didn't it wreck you the next day? Yeah. Yeah. Probably.

I don't remember. I don't remember it. So needless to say. But I do have this cool Latin Kings tattoo. Amore re. All right. We're going to take a quick break. We're going to be right back.

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And just we were talking yesterday about how a lot of funding was being taken from FEMA, moved over to ICE, because that is where America's priorities are at these days. Just to continue with that, the Department of Homeland Security has moved $29 million from the Coast Guard, who are about to be real handy when Florence hits, over to ICE again. Yeah, this has been a whole thing. In total, they've moved about $169 million from other agencies. So it's FEMA, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, some TSA programs. And this is all because, again, like we said yesterday, they just have to fund all these immigrant detention centers that we don't need. But clearly, you know, there are many businesses profiting off this. And we're at a

point now where I think we are, more than any other time in history, we have more children in immigration detention than ever before. So, yeah, I mean, again, I do want to clarify a little bit. Yesterday, when we were talking about the FEMA thing, that wasn't coming out of like the Disaster Relief Fund, which is like the DRF where like the actual money for each specific disaster goes to. But these other programs are the kinds of things that help train people to understand like logistical planning, to pre-stage like goods and things like that.

So, I mean, just to be 100% collateral on that, that's what exactly is going on. Now with the Coast Guard, it's just a really odd thing because whenever we have these hurricanes the coast guard is like the like i think in katrina they save something like 30 000 people uh and in many other hurricanes and like in sandy they were like saving people who are in capsized boats there's a lot that goes on in the sea out there or near the water or just people who have the the capability and training to rescue people in water uh so you know that's where our priorities are. And, yeah, just another thing to think about when you go to the polls in November. Let this motivate you, every story.

Right. And just so people, this will probably give you an idea of when we're recording it, but Florence has weakened to, I think it's a category two at this point winds are about 105 miles per hour so it is weakening in terms of wind speed uh it's still gonna be a lot of water so yeah hurricanes are wet you guys yeah just letting you know very big and wet it's very big very wet yeah well at least he knows that yeah you know right he figured he doesn't know the colors of the flag but right at least he knows that water Yeah. You know what I mean? Right. He figured that out. He doesn't know the colors of the flag, but at least he knows that water happens. Right.

Great. So another thing that the president, Donald Trump, knows is that- Thank you for underlining the president, Donald Trump. The president, his name is Donald Trump, and he knows that it is a hoax that thousands of people died in Hurricane Maria. He is accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican death toll. This is what he tweeted. 3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.

When I left the island after the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by, it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers like 3000. This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible when I was successfully raising billions of dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico. If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico. Now shut the fuck up my man let me tell you something this is such fucking i can't wrap my head around this because there is no one around you that is backing you

up on even paul ryan's like i don't i don't disagree with those numbers about the death toll right and he is so inept at his job it's just getting like i don't know i feel maybe it's wearing me down a little bit just to see this kind of blatant delusion and be like, they did not die. Tell that to any number of people who have family in Puerto Rico, who live in Puerto Rico. They're not going to be like, no, he's right. It was probably like 17 people. Right. And then, yeah, somebody died of old age or whatever. And he's failing to understand the nuances of like the the knock on effect of a disaster where people have no access to their medical care that they need or power to for life-saving equipment yeah um and i think that maybe they were counting deaths later in the disaster than they would typically be but that's because the rescue and you know rebuilding

was so fucked that puerto rico was still without power like five months later yeah and there's still parts today i mean there is a mean, most of the power has returned, but they're still recovering. And couple that with the photos we saw yesterday or the day before of all those millions of bottles of water just chilling on a tarmac that was supposed to be distributed. And it's been there since last year.

No, they nailed it, though. Yeah, they nailed it. They're doing a really great job. Real bang up job. It's so disappointing and just so disheartening to see that because at some point, when is he ever going to admit anything? He's not. And he's just not going to.

If you can't admit this, I've lost all faith. I mean, I've lost it a while ago, but I mean. Well, this is where the media had a total failure because they're reporting this as a story rather than this motherfucker is lying about what the actual death toll is and trying to spin his guilt over his botched handling of this entire natural disaster and trying to frame it in some like like political smear job from the Democrats, which and that's why when you look at the headlines, none of these outlets are really actually adequately describing the situation or giving us the information. It's more like they're just perpetuating what he's saying or giving it a little more weight. So like Politico said, Trump accuses Democrats of inflating Puerto Rico death toll. Huh?

That's one way of putting it. CBS, Trump disputes hurricane death toll in puerto rico blames democrats for making him quote look bad uh the bbc trump disputes puerto rico hurricane death toll now i understand that on its surface that is a accurate description of what's happening but that is almost making it seem like oh this is the explanation for what's happening. It's like, oh, Trump disputes the Puerto Rico death toll. It's not Trump is lying about it. Right. So it was not the numbers that he's disputing were not collected by the Democrats or even

put out by Democrats. They were put out by independent studies. Yeah. And there's just no truth to any of the details of any of his claims. Like, so I think that they would, you know, have that reflected somewhere in the headline. Yeah. And the New York Times, Trump rejects death toll in Puerto Rico, accusing Democrats of inflating numbers in this in this headline to someone who is, you know, completely not

aware of what's actually going on. They're going to be like, whoa, that's crazy. The Democrats were inflating death. Like, you know, you're not you're not getting the full story. So, I mean, you do have to give a shout out to CNN. This is how you have to have these headlines. Trump falsely claims nearly 3000 Americans in Puerto Rico, quote, did not die. Nice. And that's what it actually is, as opposed to making it about Democrat versus Republican. Yes, the situation is he is trying to obscure the facts. An NBC tweeted, breaking President Trump rejects independent study

that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in five months after Hurricane Maria, provides no evidence to discount the study, declares without evidence that the higher death toll is a political ploy to make him look bad. And AP also did a good job. Trump states without evidence that Puerto Rico hurricane death count is plot by Democrats to make him look bad. And AP also did a good job. Trump states without evidence that Puerto Rico hurricane death count is plot by Democrats. Sounds like they're caught up on this evidence stuff.

And I think they just need to take a step back and chill the fuck out. But I wonder if that's too like the fatigue from the media too of just being like, when we write this, they know that that's just Trump denying it or whatever. Because I'm sure in the body of that thing, they're going to be like, you know, he had no evidence. But at some level, you have to still write the headline to accurately be like, because it almost feels like you could read these shitty headlines as if they're like doing it all tongue in cheek. Like, yeah, Trump says Puerto Rico got still inflated by Democrats. 3,000 people did not die. You know what I mean?

That would be amazing if that was their response. They were like, oh, I'm sorry, you're reading that all wrong. No, it's like this. It's Trump. Thanks. Making a jerk-off hand motion right there. Yeah, but you can't leave it implied when you are a... Right.

The whole problem right now is that different people will read different headlines different ways. Right. And you need to just state on the surface like you know this claim is with support this claim is without support right and it sounds like the new york times has updated their headline to say that like he is disputing statistics reported by his own government so what was the other New York Times story that they changed halfway through where they were like, oh, that makes us look bad.

That's my New York Times voice. Oh, I'm the New York Times. It's old Gil from the Simpsons. Oh, come on, Gil. Oh, boy. So last week, there was a story everyone was talking about about this Kavanaugh guy.

And I guess that went away and it's over. I don't know. I haven't heard much about it. It's over for unions, reproductive rights. Oh, right, right. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, yes, the sort of public portion that we got to see ended last week and was very heated.

But there's a few things to consider. Angus King from Maine, he came out and said he would be a no for me dog on voting for Kavanaugh. Who's that? Angus King is from Maine. He's a senator from Maine. A senator named Angus King? Angus King. Angus King.

And he is an independent. But so it's not really that big of a deal because he typically caucuses with Democrats and he actually does. So he was always probably going to be a no. Wasn't there a question about another main politician? Yes, so Susan Collins. Come on, Sue. She is going now, you know, I think now people are going to be like, so what are you going to do?

What's good? What's good, Susan? Right, the independent in your state. I mean, just please, you know, she this week was like, you know, there are a lot of groups who are saying if you vote to confirm him, we have over $1 million that we will give to whoever is going to challenge you to make sure you get the fuck out in 2020. And she was like, oh, that's a bribe or some shit. No.

And it's like, no, it's not a bribe. Those are people who are being like, do the right thing. If not, we will ensure that you do not continue to have a vote in the Senate. That's very clear. Yeah. Yeah. So there's some Democratic pushback on Kavanaugh in the form of like written questions. Can you explain this process to us?

Yeah. Well, they're just they wanted to submit even more follow up questions because they're like, yo, we don't have these documents. The Republicans basically blocked all their requests to subpoena more of these documents. Right. So they're doing they had over a thousand written questions for Brett Kavanaugh to answer because they're doing they had over a thousand written questions for Brett Kavanaugh to answer because they're trying to do a lot procedurally to kind of gum up the process to delay it. But as it stands, it's the vote will probably take place on September 20th, depending on if, you know, like people like Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins come around to reality and vote no, he could be confirmed in time for the new session.

But yeah, so they had a thousand written questions and it was everything from like, you know, follow ups on his views on executive power to like, what was that like abortion inducing drugs quote? What the fuck were you saying there? Getting a lot more information on that. He described contraception as abortion inducing drugs. Yeah. Yeah. And then they were also asking, they're like, what's up with all those fucking tickets you

bought? Like $200,000 in Nationals tickets. Right. Yeah. And you're like, do you have a gambling problem? Apparently it was like a line of questioning addressing that. And his response was like, I've been a lifelong Nationals fan. I've been a season ticket holder for 13 consecutive seasons.

I've seen every postseason game. Is he only 13 years old because they used to be the expo he was a huge expose fan before that he had a really big you know growth spurt yeah and uh he yeah so it wasn't much of an answer and then he was like i don't have a gambling problem i've never played in a quote fantasy league. Is that a bad thing? Like, have you played in fantasy sports? No, I think unless maybe the questions, I haven't seen all the questions, unless they were trying to be like, have you been in any kind of sports gambling league,

including fantasy for money probably type of thing. Yeah, I guess that is illegal. Yeah, I mean. When you play fantasy for money that's not, like, through the fantasy for money website. Yeah, right, right, right. But, you know, I have a feeling he may have had a little problem with gambling.

I don't know. That's a significant amount of money. I don't know. He had $200,000 in debt basically over time with baseball tickets. He's like, what, I'm going to watch all those games without action on it? Come on, man. You think I'm going to coach my daughter's teams without a little action on it? Come on. Which brings up another thing we were talking I'm going to coach my daughter's teams without a little action on it?

Come on. Which brings up my other thing we were talking about. I was like, I don't know about you, but every youth basketball coach I had was fucking shady. Shady as fuck.

Or a weird dude. Yo. At least for a boy's basketball. I can't speak for girls' basketball. I feel like maybe they probably have to have your shit together, but I don't know. My experience with youth basketball.

I don't know, you guys. Did you play youth basketball? I did play youth. Did you have weird coaches? I played all the sports. But I don't know. My experience with youth basketball. I don't know, you guys. Did you play youth basketball? I did play youth. Did you have weird coaches? I played all the sports. They were just usually dads. Right. You know what I mean?

The ones that, well, I have a couple that were. The ones that weren't were like grifters. Right. Lifelong, like the coach who has been with the team for beyond when his kids were playing. Right, right, right. Still coaching. I had one coach be like, yo, I need your parents to give me $20 so I can buy all the snacks up front for y'all.

We're going to have orange slices and Gatorade and stuff. Yo, tell me why the first game comes. And he was like, ah, shit, I forgot it at home. And we gave this dude, like, between everybody in the team, he had like fucking $500 for that. And then he did another thing. He was like, I'm starting an ARC basketball team. Give your parents to give me like $50. that. And then he did another thing. He was like, I'm starting an ARC basketball team. Give your parents

to give me like 50 bucks. That's like California. Yeah, like, you know, like we're gonna do this club thing. Right. Money fucking vanished. Did you ever get

the orange slices? No. Oh my God. You know, sad thing though, like years after he was fired from my like elementary school, like in eighth grade, by the time we were about

to leave our junior high, he saw like one of our last football games, but like he was, he was homeless and he was like on the other side of a chain link fence, like watching everyone's like, oh my God, is that coach Danny? Damn. And yeah, it was a very sad story. Coach Danny, but also he like stole money from you.

He stole money, but you know, I don't want to see anybody get to, you know, such dire straits. Sure. But I guess bottom line, anything from like, you know, rec leagues and things like that. Sometimes, you know, basketball coaches have been kind of weird. Maybe if you had worked on line, anything from like, you know, rec leagues and things like that. Sometimes, you know, basketball coaches have been kind of weird. Maybe if you had worked on your left a little harder,

Miles. Well, he always knew he was like, he's when I had the ball, he'd be like, yo, just have him go left. He ain't got no left.

He got no left. I didn't say that about you. I'll cross over though. Also, but my hockey coaches were pretty standup guys. Yeah. They just screamed a lot. Youth basketball.

There's something about that. Anyways, the offer is open. We will play any of the two girls that Kavanaugh has coached in 2-on-2. His daughters have 2-on-2. His daughters, or he could pick the two best players if they're not the two best players. He's like, Shemeiko holds Klaue and Cheryl swoops. He hasn't coached them. Oh, the other thing, too, about Kavanaugh.

One last thing, which is actually probably the biggest news, is Dianne Feinstein announced that she had received a very cryptic letter from someone who was asking for immunity that had something to do with Kavanaugh's nomination, and that to honor her anonymity, she handed this letter over to the federal investigative authorities right uh and a lot of people were like what the fuck is that about and i think huff poe was mentioning that the letter has something to do with a decades old incident

involving brett kavanaugh and a woman so we don't know what that looks like yeah the democrats this is another instance where they're implying some shit right like. Like with their questioning, with their line of questioning. Yeah, because I don't even know the gambling thing, if that's really a thing. Right. But he could just be reckless with his money and buy his overpriced tickets. And then there was also the whole thing about whether he met with a lawyer from Trump's lawyer's firm. Right, right, right. There was no payoff on that.

So I don't know. I'm just hoping that there is something there and that they're not just doing this to kind of gum up the works. Because the Democrats have facts and shit on their side. They don't need to. I have a feeling when Kamala Harris was like, and did you meet with them? Because she was like, now think about this when you answer. Yeah, she's badass. Yeah, I have a feeling there's a receipt that cannot be exchanged for a refund.

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And we're back. And we're talking about California dreams. That classic. The hot Saved by the Bell. Wait, was it that? Hold on, let me make sure. I want to know the show now. The people who answered the question, you know what's wrong with Saved by the Bell?

Yeah, California dreams. Too many dorks. From 92 to 96. We need hot people. Hotter, hot people. Can I see the Bell? Yeah, California Dreams. Too many dorks. From 92 to 96. Hot people. Hotter, hot people. Can I see the picture? Now I want to know. So Facebook is garbage and everyone should leave.

Yeah. The end. And, no. So Facebook, there's a couple of things coming out recently. First, Narc Sucker Nerd has a big fake news problem on his platform. And he tried to make it better by hiring all these legit fact checkers to vet, you know, the most highly circulated stories. This seems like just the obvious fucking, you know, solution to all of their problems. Right.

Except the right is not having that shit. Well, yeah, because he had like people who do fact checking for a living and come from like think tanks that are like about journalistic integrity like you know politifact or factcheck.org but conservatives like well hold on all they do is just call out all these conservative articles this is not fair yeah this is bullshit right because that's not fair. Essentially, what we're saying is true. So he caved. And now the Weekly Standard, which is a fucking very conservative, co-founded by Bill Kristol site that has all kinds of op-eds, like fucking fucker Carlson writes in there from time to time. They have them doing fact checking on stories that are from the left. And they've like they were putting like certain articles having like liberal bias that didn't

at all purely because they were just taking things literally from like a headline and be like, well, that literally didn't happen. So this is a lie without taking nuance into it, without actually going over like what the story was about and just simply slapping that on. And then Facebook actually put that up there and like, oh, this is kind of shady. Yeah. And it was causing a lot of problems because it brings up this whole thing of like, why is he caving to this whining?

Because when they're actually fact checking these stories from like far right websites that are actually dealing in non-fact and misinformation, that's because that's what the facts are. But then to go and be like, well, let them have their weird, like, right-wing rag, take a look at it. Of course, they're going to try and obscure things or just mischaracterize a lot of articles that are critical of some of the right-wing politics. But yeah. I remember when things were just listicles. Wasn't that nice? Yeah.

I miss that. You're telling me, sister. Oh, my God. I miss just being like having my family members wishing me happy birthday who I haven't heard from. Yeah. That's what it should just be. Or just quizzes. I'm off. I'm done.

Yeah. I can't do it anymore because the thing is, is the gaslighting is constant. And if you allow people to just pouty dance and be like, that's not right. What about me? It's like, that's not what this is about. Yeah. Yeah. Like if I use that argument as a kid where I'm like, well, that's not fair.

Yeah. You know, my teacher said to me, I had a teacher who, whenever we said this in her class, you go, that's not fair. She'd say, you know, life is not fair. And dead any complaint we had as kids. And we learned real quick not to complain about shit like that. But I think the thing is that I think just because they're so noisy about it and they think that because they've misled so many people who are of their thinking

to come out and be like, well, yeah, Facebook is censoring or whatever. I mean, they are doing that to even far left things, too. Don't get me wrong. But we can't actually have a touchstone for like what is actual fact, like a foundation for reality for both sides to agree upon. Because if their version of fact, which is usually misinformation, then they're saying, well, that's a liberal bias.

We're completely restructuring and reframing this conversation about like liberal versus conservative when we're talking about fact verse fiction Yeah, and it's it's a slippery slope Yeah There's a New Yorker article where Evan Osnos one of their best writers got access to Zuckerberg and the Facebook campus for like the last year basically and

It's pretty interesting. There's like a couple really alarming things where you see zuckerberg like knows about all those problems happening in like india and right uh overseas and he's like yeah well i hate that this problem's happening and we're working on it but we've got to hire the right people and it's just like he deals with everything in the same way where he's like i acknowledge the problem but however on this other thing and there's no like he deals with everything in the same way where he's like, I acknowledge the problem, but however, on this other thing, and there's no like, there's no DEFCON one, like, you know, this, we need to get shit done. has been in this industry that is criticized by outsiders like his testifying on Capitol Hill like in front of all of these senators who don't know what the fuck they're talking about is part of the problem because he has spent his life being criticized by people who don't have the knowledge base to actually make good criticism. So he just has this mode of

dealing with criticism and that he applies that even to when people are making good points, essentially, is one of the arguments in the article. But I mean, just a couple of the memorable details. Facebook has more users than Christianity does at this point. Users. Yes. Hey, I'm a frequent user of Christ. Yes. And the design of Christianity is so simple and intuitive.

I'm so fucked up off salvation right now, fam. All about that Jesus juice, right? It has the most customers an American company has ever had in the history of like capitalism. And that is the result of something. So in 2007, they basically saw the size of their user base plateau, which had been like it was the same size that other social networks like MySpace, like other all other social networks had hit this one size and then just like not

been able to grow any larger. And so Facebook basically made their business a cult of growth. Like they had a growth team that was like the cool, smart kids on campus. And everybody like was just like, wanted to know what the growth team was up to. How do we grow it? That was it. It was like a very single-mindedness of focus to the whole company. And he basically, I think the best and most clarifying line in the article is,

the cult of growth leads to the curse of bigness because all of their problems can be seen as just size-related. You just have so many people now that you can't regulate all these problems. And they're trying to solve the problem of like, what is hate speech? What is free speech? And Zuckerberg specifically says at a certain point, like, you know, we used to be able to write an algorithm to spot a nipple.

And like that was easier to stop pictures that had nipples in them. Right. Nipples are very offensive, guys. Very, guys. But Nazis, I'm just saying. You can't write an algorithm to stop Nazis. So that's like.

Yeah, that's fair. That is the problem. Just kick them off. Wait, when did they open up Facebook to people who didn't have a college email? Yeah. I think it was before 2007. It must have been like 2000. I think it's around that time.

Because I had to have. I graduated, not to date myself, but 08. And I think maybe 08 or 09 is when they allowed. Something around there. Because I remember feeling salty about it. Because I was like, yo, I remember I was like, yo, you can't get Facebook unless you got that.edu. That.edu? Yeah, that proper college email. And then when they let all these motherfuckers in your

mom gets it i was like why did i go to college then i did it just to flex on facebook right uh but yeah i wonder if that i'm sure that must have factored into it like when they hit that plateau or like oh we're only limiting it to college students yeah and then like after that after you're done with college what's the use for it right you know what i mean if it's only going to be available for college students. Cut to 2016. I can't imagine they were like, how do we solve this size problem? They were like, what if we allowed people who weren't just college students? I think it was after that that they had the issue because, yeah, like they said that a big thing was hiring people who spoke other languages and just making it more user friendly to other countries.

2006. September 26, 2006 when they opened it to everyone age 13 and older with a valid email address. There you go. Boom. How do you even know if a kid is 13 though? Do they just click a box? Is that how you do it? Miles, you're good at that, right? Sorry.

You're good at guessing people's ages, right? I'm good at guessing people's ages and do not watch any past episodes of to catch predator uh no that's a joke but yeah i don't yeah i'm pretty sure it was just like put in your fucking birthday yeah aol email yeah like when i used to look at like liquor websites in like high school and like what's your age? And I'm like, 1969. What would you find on liquor websites? I was really into hypnotic liquor. Oh, I loved hypnotic. And I remember there was...

What was hypnotic? Hypnotic was that blue shit. Blue tropical passion fruit. You mix it with Hennessy, it was Incredible Hulk. Anyway. And I was fucked up because it was in all the rap videos.

And I was like, yo. So you were just trying to buy it? Well, I was trying to... At first, I was like, what is this? You know what I mean? It's blue, it's opaque. Yeah, because I saw it in videos, and I wasn't really around liquor stores enough to quite put it all together. It's mango-based, right? It's probably just, it's unicorn frap-flavored drink.

It basically took the spot of Alizé. You know what I mean? It's the same sort of very fruity shit. But it's blue. Yeah, exactly. And that color had people being really into it. But anyway, yeah. Yeah, I remember I thought Facebook was going to be the solution to all of the Internet's

problems when it was first hitting because it was like so much of the Internet was just anonymous trolls. And so people connecting themselves to it. That was something that had happened over in Korea that helped make the Korean internet a better place to exist is because they just made it mandatory that you connect your online activity to who you are as a person and basically your citizen ID. And so I thought Facebook was going to do that. As we saw in that comment section yesterday where it was all Facebook people commenting under their Facebook identities and just being super racist. People just don't give a fuck. No. Everybody thinks they can do whatever they want.

No. They just have a mouthpiece for it. I just miss the Facebook that if you wanted to go and look at somebody's Facebook, you had to go to their page and that was it. book you had to go to their page and that was it there was no updating system that when twitter came out and like there you know you have that stream of just what people are freaking thinking yeah and now everyone's like well i can comment on that if you just i i can't read a comment section even at like good home magazine.com like it's just a bummer i just refuse to read any comments yeah their thoughts on Wicker are so dated. It's just aggressive and rude and not very nice.

I, for one, still love rattan furniture. I mean, who doesn't? Yeah, I don't even use it. I just can't stand Facebook anymore in general. I don't use it. So don't try to find me because I don't use it. I'm going to find you. OK, that's fine.

One of the things the article said, though, is they're buying Instagram at the time was like seen as completely overpaid for it. And now it's viewed as like the smartest purchase in the history of like online retail or like in the history of online retail. Since I bought that donut pool. Yeah, not online retail in the history of Silicon Valley. All right. McDonald's. It's really stepped in at this time, guys.

So McDonald's is apparently a terrible place for women to work. Who would have thought? Surprise, surprise. Who would have thought? I mean, you could say that to insert any company or anybody there. Everywhere? Yeah. So 10 female employees are filing sexual harassment complaints against the company in nine different cities. And they've started the hashtag MeTooMcDonalds.

One of the victims is a 15-year-old whose complaints were just completely ignored. And it just seems like there is a, you know, it sounds very similar to CBS. similar to CBS. It's just there's a culture of people being sexually harassed and them complaining and just management ignoring it or management being the harassers themselves. And, you know, it's a huge company. It's a hard thing to police, but they do not have the necessary policies in place to protect female employees. Right. Well, I think it's not necessarily specific to either a CBS or McDonald's or anything. It's just sort of this culture that we have in the world, essentially.

Yeah. Where now we're trying to actually have a reckoning for this to show people that that's inappropriate and then you cannot treat people like that. And just that sexual DVC in the workplace or that kind of behavior is a no-no. But, yeah, I think with McDonald's, there's a gigantic company, and they can kind of hide behind that franchise argument, right, where they're sort of like, well, these are franchises, and we have policies as a company. But I think this ultimately lies with the franchisee. This ultimately lies with the store, the franchisee. Right.

But I think even then, like, that's even a legal jump that they've even had trouble making because some courts. Legally, they're saying you at least have the responsibility as like a co-owner of this business. Right. If you're licensing out your brand and giving them. I'm glad that they're getting the word out, though. I know when the Me Too movement hit and I was in a writer's room and it was like, this is the industry. It happens in the casting couch, the casting couch. Right. Like this is like has been always happening and it's not an isolated incident. It happens just to women and men as well.

But like it doesn't matter where you work. It's not an industry specific thing. Yeah, it's not an industry specific thing and if you're just a lower level employee it's not to be expected it shouldn't be expected but like that's the people that are taken advantage of because that's really what it is this is a shift of power and like having power over somebody yeah if anything it's a societal issue to get detail because i do think it's kind of important to like get a sense of just how fucked up it was workers reported having their breasts and posteriors grabbed and hearing obscene comments about their appearance and sexual orientation from bosses and colleagues. Some workers were shown pornographic images by their supervisors.

In one instance, a woman's boss texted her offering her $1,000 for oral sex. Jesus. And the women complaining don't want money. They just want McDonald's to fucking do something. Right. And really interesting, to tie it to the Me Too movement, they are this group that is bringing this case and organizing this strike, are being funded by the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.

Yeah. Yeah, that was their mission from the start too. They were like, this is the first jumping off point is Hollywood, Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. Yeah, that was their mission from the start too. They were like, this is the first jumping off point is Hollywood, but anyone, anybody who needs legal help to pursue any kind of justice, hit us up. But yeah. So there's going to be a strike, I think, right? Yes.

They're organizing a strike? They're organizing a strike in, I think, 10 different cities. Nice. Good for them, man. Yeah. And hopefully McDonald's doesn't try any shit. Hopefully they recognize that this... Because they did.

McDonald's did turn their golden arches upside down that one time to celebrate women. Well, I felt celebrated for sure. Let me tell you. We all did. That was important. I think that everybody remembers where they were when they first heard that McDonald's was doing that. Which is like right now. That's the first I've ever heard of it.

Why can't people just say like, oops, like, okay, how do we help? Like, how can we help? Like, take responsibility. It just feels like everyone is constantly skating around taking responsibility and putting it on everybody else but themselves. And you're just like, just do the right thing, man. Yeah. Yeah, you'll fare much better

if you just go, oh my God, that is a problem. We don't agree with that. We'll do everything in our power to correct it. Rather than like, well, I don't know,

that's like a franchisee. And I think that's probably more corporate liability than anything. Yeah. Like McDonald's is a lot of people's first jobs. Right.

Think about the damage that that's doing that like your first impression of the workforce is your boss like texting you that right now offering you money for oral sex yeah exactly imagine treating you like a fucking prostitute like or a sex worker yeah like look at this porno like what how do you even how do you even get there? How do you do that? Well, that sounds like some, you know, 16-year-old shit, though, too. Where you're like, yo, look at this fucking picture I just saw. You know what I mean? Which, you know, you have to also think of, like, the age range of people that work

in a McDonald's, too. Like, because it is your first you're also dealing with very immature people. But I'm sure also, but just on up to the adults who do it, too. Regardless of your age, yeah, you should know what the basics are. Don't do that. How to behave in the workplace or just in life in general, right? And the women knew it was fucked up enough to report it.

And the fucking, the people they were reporting it to should have known enough to take it seriously. Yeah. Henry Cavill, Superman himself, Mr. Mustache from the latest Mission Impossible movies I think that is his name is being recast they are no longer going to have him play Superman so I've been paying attention to his performance as Superman from the start because I remember like reading on some like industry blog or something that they were having to delay the production of his first Superman movie because they were having to cut around him

because his performance wasn't all there. And so I've always looked out for that and it does seem to be true that they have to cut away. At a time when you'd expect a reaction shot, they're showing his back and you're just like, wait, what the fuck is happening? But I do think also this is not an

easy role to play. It's like... An alien with super powers? Yeah, just like... Whose powers are enhanced by Earth's yellow sun? But he'd just kind of be blandly handsome with a little half smile on your face all the time. And an impossible little curl coming down. Right.

Well, did he have the curl? Did he rock the curl? Oh, yeah. He did? I think so. He better. I think he had it at various points. Like C. Reeves?

Also, interesting thing. Did you know that they switched the side that his part was on when he went from Clark Kent to Superman? He has time to comb his hair? When he went from Clark Kent to Superman? He has time to comb his hair? Well, it was just an automatic switch because apparently it's like a cooler look to have the part on the other side. Yeah, so it's basically if you're combing your hair

with your right hand, that's the side you're dragging it to, to your own right. That's more the Superman look, whereas Clark Kent has it on the opposite side. So what does that mean? It just means that... He's super left?

No, it just means don't comb your hair to the side that Clark Kent had it because they were like, look at this goofy bastard. He's got his hair combed to the side. Well, the reason, though, they're recasting it is they're going to focus more on Supergirl. Is that right? Yeah. Okay. They're prioritizing Supergirl over Superman, which I'm fantastic because done with Superman stuff. I mean, that original Supergirl movie, you guys.

I heard it was. From the 80s. So good. I don't remember it. I just remember the VHS box. Yeah. I'm like, that looks actually pretty good. I'm pretty confident.

I watched it a ton when I was a kid, and I think she flies in outer space at some point. She may change the rotation of the earth. I may be making that up. Standard super shit. Yeah. She was awesome. She, you know, I dug it. So, look forward to it. I'm waiting when they gonna wake up and call her super woman. Right.

But I don't know. Girl. Well, I don't know. Is she a teenager? I don't know. She checked the box that she was 13 to get a Facebook. Right. Good enough. Good enough. I got my AOL to get a Facebook. Right. Who knows, guys? Good enough. Good enough. I got my AOL account all set up. Oh, okay.

Because I guess the lore is that at 12 years old, Kara Zor-El escapes doom on Krypton to find protection on Earth. Oh. But Superman was a child when he came. He was a baby. Oh, that's true. We don't still call him Superboy. Yeah, so was he turning up?

Superboy. When did he turn into Superman? Was this like a Jesus thing? He was like, I'm 33. He could fly. I don't know. I didn't watch Smallville, so I don't know. I missed that one.

But there's a part of Man of Steel where he's running through cornfields and taking giant leaps. Doesn't he lift something up? Maybe that's the old movies. I haven't watched any new stuff. But I mean, these are just all Superman tropes. I think the earth spins the old movies. I haven't watched any new stuff. But I mean, these are just all Superman tropes. I'm like, I think the Earth spins the other way. And at one point, lasers shoot out his eyes or hers.

I'm conflating them all. I know that there's like, he lifted something up. And that's how they found out. We do have some important breaking news about the upcoming elections. Nicki Minaj has endorsed Andrew Cuomo. So adjust your expectations appropriately. I don't know what the fuck this tweet was. It's just so strange.

She tweeted with like, okay. New Yorkers and all NYCHA residents, New York City Housing Authority, aka people who are in city housing. This is clearly written by Andrew Cuomo's staff. NYCHA, residents it's time to get justice vote Thursday September 13th for Governor Cuomo

Lieutenant Governor and blah blah blah they know how to work for the people to make New York even greater spread the word see you at the polls now that was kind of a weird Trumpy ending to that he can never use great ever again or greater can't do it See you at the polls. Now, that was kind of a weird Trumpy ending to that. He can never use great ever again.

I know, right? He can't. Can't do it. Cynthia Nixon needs to get Cardi B. Well, I think someone was trying to court Cardi B. It was like, well, if Nikki's over there, Cardi, what's going on? What's good? But this week, yeah, I think Amy Schumer also endorsed Andrew Cohen, which makes sense. I mean, she's Chuck Schumer's cousin. So I think she's pretty well-known with powerful New York Democrats.

Yeah. But Nicki Minaj, I'm like, what did he do to get that tweet? It's just— I don't know. Oh, he just paid for it. Yeah, I know, but like, what are you doing, Nicki? Yeah, I don't know, man. I mean, Nixon is clearly the actual progressive candidate in this.

But, you know, hey, who knows? Who knows? Nicki may sway it, guys. Yeah. I just, the New York, the NYCHA residence thing is really odd. That's like being like, hey, the hood. Yeah. Are you in public housing? Go vote for Andrew Cuomo.

I'm Nicki Minaj. Hi, hi, hi. What the fuck? It is I, Nicki Minaj. And she's complaining about payola okay one thing i'm actually excited about is 25 years ago conan o'brien had his first episode of late night with conan o'brien you just found out about that i've just found out about this you guys hear about this this conan o' this. You guys hear about this? This Conan O'Brien? You guys hear about this? He went to Harvard, apparently, and wrote on The Simpsons.

Yeah, they made his first episode available online. But here's the deal. They're going to bring the archive of almost 3,000 episodes to come in January. And I don't know about you, but when I was a young teenager watching Late Night TV, Late Night was one of my favorite shits to watch with this, all the dumb characters. And it just appealed to my shitheaded sense of humor as a kid. But so 3,000 episodes, I'll go through them. Yeah.

Where are they putting it up? The first episode is on YouTube. So it might be also on YouTube, like just on the Team Coco page. I'm not entirely sure what the full plan is but hey things fell off for him when he took Jay Leno's spot so I'm glad to that they've preserved the best parts of Conan dude that's exciting I've never seen I haven't seen any of that so you haven't seen any Conan I like later on I've seen segments I've never been like a late night person I always just wake up and I'm just like here's a clip that I see.

More of a Today Show, Matt Lauer. Yeah, more like, you know, Hoda and Kathy Lee. With my wine glass that's attached to my bathtub. You know, just getting drunk at 10 in the morning. Yeah. But yeah, I mean, like, he wasn't really even on my radar until everything started happening. And he did that whole be kind and work hard speech and I was just like okay I will

of course I'm on the bandwagon his good philosophies on creativity early on in his career he said like his one philosophy is if you have a talent give it away as much as possible and what do you mean like do shit for free

yeah or like give it like people I remember that's a sucker philosophy like working with as much as possible. What do you mean? Like do shit for free? Yeah. Oh, hell no. Like people, I remember. That's a sucker philosophy. Like working with freelancers back at Cracked, like the people who were like, well, I'm keeping that joke and like that's my, like being proprietary about their work.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. As opposed to people who were just like, yeah, like I'll contribute that joke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And just like be open and giving. I mean, it's a basic rule. You put that good energy out, it's coming back to you, baby.

The fucking universe will reflect that shit back onto you. Well, Amanda, it has been a pleasure having you here. Guilty pleasure almost. Oh, wow. Way to get that in there. Way to do it. Way to get it in there. Where can people find you?

Sure. So you could find Guilty Pleasure podcast on iTunes and all places that you get your podcast. We're on Campfire Media. Me and my host, my co-host, Jackie Rae Abel, who is on one of your episodes. So basically, we just interview a bunch of people including you guys about their guilty pleasures or something that they're super duper passionate about.

And ours was on golden era hip hop. It was amazing. I learned so much. Yeah. You guys used to do musical theater. Used to be a big deal. Well you better start giving that away for free. Hit us with a little ditty. Give me a little four bar.

I got to get paid. No, not that one. Not Team Coco. So, yeah. And you can find us on Instagram at Guilty Pleasure Podcast. You can find me at AmandaSalvator902 on Instagram as well. I don't do the tweets, you guys. I gave it up about a year and a half ago.

Good for you. Bum me out. Good for you. I'm working on that. Hey, self-care. It's all about self-care. You know, me, glass of wine in my tub. Glass of wine in my tub, ignoring my Twitter.

Ignoring it completely. Exactly. Is there a work of social media creation that you've been enjoying of late? A work? Usually we ask people if there's a tweet, but it sounds like you don't pay much attention. I kind of had a tweet. I had a tweet from Jackie that I like.

Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's check that out. Bring them out, bring them out. I'll check out her tweets because I enjoy her as a human as well as just a person in general. Okay, what is it? I saved it because I don't have Twitter even on my phone. I took a screenshot.

So it is, what's your love language? Mind is subtly pointing out all the ways someone can improve. That's Jackie's. So go on her Twitter. It's, what is it? Jackie is awesome. A-W-U-E S-O-M. And like that tweet, y'all.

It's a good one. I think that's a thing you're supposed to do, right? Yeah. Right. Do it. Like it or love it. Miles. Yeah. Where can people find you and what is a tweet you've been enjoying? Oh, God. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram. I don't know why I'm talking like this. At miles of gray

and a tweet I'm liking is reductress. another one with just a laser shot to my heart. It's a picture of a man on a laptop with a nice little beard, dressed like kind of, you know, youth millennial hip dude. Looking back and it says, nice, this guy has three podcasts and no toilet paper. Yeah, we out here. We are out here. I know that guy. Yeah. you can find me at jack underscore o'brien a couple tweets i've been enjoying at righteous booby rb on twitter tweeted i love when folks say bawling b-a-l-l-i-n-g when they mean bawling b-a-w-l-i-n-g uh the visual of someone

being so sad that they can't help but shoot some hoops is just too good. I like that. I also like the visual of people just who are openly weeping, but are really hungry too, so they're eating well. I like it. Weird thing.

Melanie at Polite Melanie tweeted, Criticizing Trump in a book is just unfair. It's like criticizing the Amish on television. And finally, Anna Dresden, Saturday Night Live writer, former crack writer, quote, in quotes, Republicans won't stop until all women who have sex consensually bleed to death in an alley.

And then space and then another quote. I'm sorry, man, but that won't all fit on one cake. You can follow me at Jack underscore O'Brien. You can follow us at Daily Zeitgeist on Twitter. We're at The Daily Zeitgeist on Instagram. We have a Facebook fan page and a website, DailyZeitgeist.com, where we post our episodes and our footnotes. We link off to the information that we talked about on today's episode

as well as the song we write out on. you can also find those in the information about the episode that you're listening to right now on whatever application you're listening to it on miles what song are we gonna write out on today i was just you know you remind me of hip-hop and i was just thinking of i was just kind of going through some songs that i really liked and there's one track that i like off the Mad Villain album, which is a collaboration between MF Doom and Mad Lib. And one of my favorite songs on that is this track, Accordion. So put that in your earbuds and keep an eye out like I.I. Captain is one of my favorite rhymes on that song. Anyway.

Okay. Mad Villain, Accordion. Enjoy that. Enjoy your weekend. We will be back on Monday for another week of Daily Zeitgeist That's a good catchphrase

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