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98 segmentsAnd now, broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty. And now, here's Armstrong and Getty. From Studio C.E. Season, you are. A dimly lit room deep with them the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. And today, y'all, on Little Friday, we are toiling under the title of the show. If your election lasts more than four years, seek medical attention. That's a good one. Thank you. Or if you prefer, Spain is about to get a little messy. Oh, you're really on a roll. So yesterday, you bowed out. Today, you come in with the A plus material. Yes. How about that pass for Messi on the second goal? The touch. That is stunning. Yeah, yeah. With supposedly his opposite foot to kick that far, that fast, and put it with that placement. And running down the field. It's just amazing. It reminds me of when an NBA player, like, drives hard into the lane and then throws up that little teardrop shot. It's speed and force, then finesse. And there are a few that can do it like that. That was something else. Yeah. Yeah, that's amazing. So we got a soccer final of Argentina, Spain. Is that right? Yes, that is correct. I'll be rooting hard for the Argentine side, Jack. Javier Meles boys, embracing the free market. as Britain crumbles. I mean, there was a symbol there. Britain ruled. They ruled for a long time. But their weakness, their ultra, their lack of imagination, their lack of dynamic play slash economy dragged them down in the end. It was a perfect metaphor. Yeah, kind of a passive, let's just, uh. Hope things turn out okay. It's sort of attitude. Yeah, they went into a socialist game plan. Well, they did nothing dynamic. They just kind of took their benefits and tried not to give up a goal. I like that. Beat him in the announcer. They're just taking their benefits, retiring early. Exactly. Exactly. They're dependent. That's just terrible. Expecting their health care to be paid for by the taxpayer. Oh my gosh, I was just reading some statistics about British healthcare. There's something like 40% of Brits are now doing their own dentistry because you can't get into a dentist. They're pulling their own teeth. 40% of Brits are pulling their own teeth. Wait a minute now. I didn't say that per se. I will get those. I can't even remember. I've got them around here somewhere. Oh, my God. Oh, it's shocking.
Anybody who wants universal health care, Medicare for all, for instance, look into what it looks like everywhere that tries it. I'm not saying our system is good right now. Our system is bizarre and broken right now. Reference Jack's great conversation with Craig Gottwals while I was on vacation. But the idea that do we need to move to a British-style system? You're an idiot. Yeah. So Trump's addressing the nation tonight, correct? That is correct. Yes. If your election lasts more than four years, seek medical attention. And that's all about the 2020 election that he says he's got new evidence that it was stolen or interference from other countries or something. Yeah, the preview from the White House is essentially securing elections. How to have good, secure elections going forward. And I think some will have echoes of 2020. Some actually is going to be about, you know, foreign intelligence services efforts to screw with us. We'll see. Mark Halperin's newsletter today said, you cannot underestimate how angry other Republicans are that the president is digging this back up for a prime time national address. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. I'll bet that's true. Really, of all the things, especially where the war is going. Got something on that in a second. Especially with where the war is going and everything else, going to get back into the 2020 election. Really? That is really quite astounding. Here's the most interesting thing I've read today. Wall Street Journal with a piece that basically says, the Pentagon is telling the White House for us to open the Strait of Hormuz. would be very, very difficult and very, very costly. You're talking about a major ground operation with many losses if you want to actually open the straight so ships would feel comfortable enough to sail through there. Right. That's that's the most stark. presentation of that that I've heard reported. It absolutely squares with everything I've heard and everything I know. But if that's, if that's what they've been telling him all along, oh my God, all this talk about the straight is open or will open the straight or whatever, ooh, I think he's really been firing off his mouth without, there's, since he's not even willing to go the length he's talking about with the bombing. And maybe for good reason. Maybe you agree with that. But since he's not really even willing to follow through with the like really, really heavy bombing, there's no way he's interested in a major ground operation with heavy losses. We got to talk to Mike Lyons. Let's see if we can. We should based on the information. Yeah, I'm willing to put aside the merits of any of this for the purpose of this discussion. I think we have to.
It's unquestionable. You can't completely suppress a regime, and it's, you know, it's various proxies. Their ability to shoot a missile at a ship, it's too easy. It's too cheap. It's like me going to the store and buying a new driver. You can't eliminate that. You've got to eliminate their will to use those weapons through total defeat or negotiation, neither of which is... seem as come about or come even close. Somebody tell me this is wrong. Trump has gotten himself into a situation. He has no idea how to get out of. Is he aware of that? I think he is. I think that's the reason you're hearing all this ridiculous bluster from him. He doesn't know what else to do. And I wouldn't know what to tell him to do, honestly, at this point. The summary of the Wall Street Journal piece about it today is the Pentagon has long told the White House that securing the strait to safely escort ships through Tehran is somewhere between extremely dangerous and totally impossible. Wow. That's a problem. That's rough. I had been talking about this under the assumption that it's doable. It'd be costly, but doable. It sounds like it's costly is understating it and barely doable. Because it would take so little to disrupt shipping that you really would, when that's what the article says, you'd basically have to occupy that half of Iran. to be able to stop, you know, any rogue person from firing a single rocket. Because if any rockets in any day, if you got one rocket into the straight a day, ships ain't going to go through. Right, right. All right, here's the new Iranian playbook. It just unfolded in my mind. So, uh, the U.S. grabs them by the cargs. Uh, grabs like Carg Island, their oil refining capacity that, uh, that's a chokehold, okay? Blow their beards off. And they say, we give, we give. We've had enough. Uncle, let us up. And they suppress the attacks on the straight for a little bit. Wait till the heat is off. Then the attacks continue. And they say, golly, gee, these are rogue elements. And we could really, really, really go after them if you want. But it's going to cost you. It's going to cost you this, this, and this. And they will get the concessions they want. They will get the nuclear dogs pulled back maybe. I don't know. I've said several times the Strait of Hormuz is the new nuclear weapon. That's what they want control of. That's their veto against anybody messing with them. And then the minute they need it, they will start shooting at ships again and say, oh, gosh, dang it. Yeah, we'll police them even harder if you want, but we want this. I'm glad you brought up for the rest of our lives, by the way. Enjoy. Because I'd like to know if Mike Lyons will say that's absolutely true or say that's not true. Somebody is spinning it that way because of who knows what. Because if it is true that it's somewhere between extremely difficult and impossible, it changes my entire view of this whole thing that what I've been assuming all along. I thought it was doable and costly as opposed to barely doable and the sort of cost that there's not a chance we're willing to put up with.
Well, that second part, I believe. I don't think it's undoable. Well, of course it's doable. We'd have to take over the country, like Iraq style. Right. That ain't going to happen. Right. So, yeah, if you put any reasonable parameters around it, yeah, it's it's undoable, close to undoable, given the American will for that sort of fight, particularly over what we're talking about. I mean, if China had invaded California, well, America might say you can have it. But I don't know. It's so implausible. But if, you know, if China tried to invade the West Coast or something like that, as a country would go crazy and we would summon up the great American will that's won many wars and struggles through the centuries. But for this, no. Right. We better start to show officially have more thoughts on that, and there's more information on that, but that's a heck of a situation we're in now. And then so with all that in the background, tonight's speech is going to be about the 2020 election. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Thursday, July 16th of the year, 2026. We are Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program. Let's begin then, officially according to FCC rules and regs. Here we go at Mark. Messy resets. Messi driving in. Messy crossing.
It just can you can you can you can you do it one more time for some reason as a chiefs fan it reminds me of that season where the chiefs had went would they go 16 and one fell behind every game and pulled a rabbit out of a hat every single game but didn't in the super bowl is argentina going to be the same thing because can you pull a rabbit out of the hat every single time you fall behind you have to come from behind with magic goals and then do it one more time for the championship In the knockout round, Argentina has scored nine of its 11 goals after the 75th minute of play. That's amazing. 75 out of 90, plus a few extra minutes. Yeah, that's amazing. That is incredible. Wow. It's fun to watch, though. We've got a lot to get to. We've got some more headlines. I really want to address this whole issue of the 2020 election. And because I did it on Twitter a little bit, got a lot of pushback from a lot of you who can't believe, we believe. I'll talk with a single person identifier. You can't believe that I believe that Trump actually lost. You can't believe. I'm so stupid to believe that Trump actually lost the 2020 election. I want to revisit the facts around their challenges in the courts and how it went. And if you've got pushback on that, fine. But I can't imagine what it would be. Because he's going to give a speech tonight. We're going to re-litigate 2020? Well, I don't want to. Trump is. He's speaking to the nation about it tonight. Yeah, I know. I know. Oh, man. We talk about soccer more. Yeah. All right. We got a lot on the way. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty.
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So you had a couple of big hearings on the Hill that Washington's obsessed with. Todd Blanche for Attorney General and Jay Clayton for National Intelligence, useless office, probably. That's who I was talking about. You had the back and forth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You had the back and forth on ice traffic stops. We haven't really talked about this much, not because of any particular loyalty. You're having one side or the other in the argument. It's just it's so hard to get the facts. You get a spin version from the administration, honestly, and a couple of them have not panned out or even close. And our good close friend Markwayne Mullin said he was going to straighten all that out. And then you've got the inevitable activist story that, you know, ICE just busted into the house and shot people as they were eating dinner. And that always turns out to be completely fictional, too. But the main shooting of that young man who is here illegally. Maine is in the state. Or primary. Maine with an E. Did I not pronounce the E loudly enough? Maine. Anyway, yeah, the state of, did you not hear my capital M? The story from Maine were the fellow from Columbia who was here lawfully and working and had a little kid and all and there was a car chase of some sort. And the ice guy said, I feared for public safety is why I shot him. That doesn't mean it's not legit, but that's not great. No, no, it's not. Yeah, yeah, royal waters for the union right now, Jack. And the Democrats are holding up the defense appropriation that's always been bipartisan to protest Iran, but it's leaving our troops underpaid and undefended, and it's just terrible. And these are ugly times, and I hate it. Royal waters, you say. In Royal waters, we need a bridge over these royal waters. Okay, we've got to get a little deeper on some of these stories and some stuff you haven't heard about yet. That's a lot more fun. Armstrong and Getty. Hey, I'm Chris Van Fleet. Go behind the scenes and beyond the headlines with the biggest names in pro wrestling and beyond. Jeff Jarrett, great to see you. In this business, the story behind the scenes, so much more entertaining than what you see on camera. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman. Mr. Heyman. You are a master at the little things. That's how you turn good into great. What does it take to achieve greatness? Whatever it takes I'm willing to do. That's an Emmy winning performance. How about it? Insight with Chris Van Fleet. Follow and listen on your favorite. platform. The Armstrong and Getty Show. Some more political news. Former President Joe Biden just announced that he's written a book about his presidency that's coming out in November. Yep. The book was written by a ghostwriter. Joe Biden.
It's the second book Biden has written. The first was The Odyssey. The book is about what Biden remembers from his presidency, so it's three pages. It's kind of a strange book because towards the end, it starts being written by Kamala Harris. Wow. Those are pretty good jokes, but you know what's interesting about that? If that's the mainstream doesn't get into politics jokes, the day the book is announced, what's it going to be like once it's been around for a while and Joe's out there doing interviews and embarrassing himself again? Yeah, I know. It's just, it's a ship of fools. It's heading straight into disaster. There's just no way this can go well. It reminds me of the Kamala Harris book launch. Everybody was snickering, laughing out loud before anybody'd read a page. Yeah, but you can believe that she wrote a book. and she's as sharp as she ever was, to whatever extent that is. But Joe Biden, there's no way Joe Biden wrote a book, and he's two years further down the line. He's going to do a book tour and do interviews, they said, in November. Two years further down the line than he was the last time you heard him do lots of interviews. Or is it three years by the time he gets around to it. Do we still have the audio we played yesterday? Oh, yeah, that's right. We should play that again. This is their actual. They put this out. Joe Biden's people put this out as a promo piece, and if this is the best you could do with him and a studio in multiple takes. It's about the challenge we face as a nation, about the decisions I made, and why I made them. Leading the country through COVID, rebuilding our economy, and restoring our democracy after the attack on January 6th. any of our nation's longest foreign Afghanistan. What? Strengthening NATO and supporting Ukraine. It's about why I chose to run for re-election and why I chose to step aside. No, that part we know. We figured that out in the last 30 seconds. Yeah, wow, wow, wow. I think it's driven by one thing. They're broke. The Biden family is broke. Bingo. This is their last ditch effort until Hunter decides to be a sculptor. This is their last ditch effort to make any money. Dr. Jill is going to have to go back to working in the ER.
Oh, you love that joke. And you know that the road is over soon for that. So you've got to take advantage of it. I know. It's such a good road. I've enjoyed it so much. Not a real doctor. So you want to run for president, do you? Gavin Newsom has got a problem. Here's a fun name to say, Ruby, Rippy Gibney. Just said it with me. Ruby, Rippy Gibney, Ruby, Rippy Gibney, Ruby, it's fun. Anyway, she is, was the wife of Gavin's best friend back in the day who Gavin Newsom had an affair with, and she's got a big piece coming out in Vanity Fair. where apparently she is going to tell her side of the whole story and all kinds of ugly details and re-dig up that embarrassing chapter of his life, which I would imagine is maybe quite possibly, almost certainly the most embarrassing chapter of his entire life. It erupted back in 2007 when he was mayor of San Francisco. It came out that he was having an affair with her. She was involved in his, in city hall with something or other. He was. Gavin's campaign manager and longtime friend, the husband, and Gavin was having an affair with his wife. And Gavin said at the time that it was a horrible personal lapse of judgment. And he said, I want to make it clear that everything you've heard about and read is true. And I'm deeply sorry about that. That's the sort of thing you say when you're mayor of San Francisco. That is not the sort of thing you say when you're running for president probably? When's the last time you heard anybody say that? Everything you've heard, all the rumors, they're true. I did all those things. It's horrible. I think that's smart. Probably. People don't do it when they're running for president. Yeah, yeah. It depends what the content is, though. If she says, yeah, yeah, we're both having troubles with our spouses and he's really suave and we got together and I'm ashamed of it and blah, blah, blah. Okay, nobody's going to care. We're all human. We all fall short sometimes. You'd be quiet, you've con man. So the California Post presented it as it's going to be a damning piece that redredges up an embarrassing incident. But they said they don't know anything about the article and what she says. So you're saying it's possibly a helps Gavin out. What's it the old saying? Hangs a lantern on it. Hang a lantern on it. Hang a lantern on one of his biggest personal crises of his life early. get the actual participant out there saying my husband and I were barely up marriage at that point. Right. Yeah. It's a catch and kill. It's just like the New York Times with Graham Platner, the rapy fake oysterman. Yeah, and I didn't even think about that possibility, but I'll bet you're right. I mean, Vanity Fair's not going to run a hit piece on Gavin Newsom. No, no, you wouldn't think so. Although they have had some pretty good fairly centrist articles of late. No, no, no, I'm sorry. I was thinking to the Atlantic. No, Vanity Fair is shameless. Yeah, this is a catch and kill. Okay. Well, let's get this. Let's get this out early. I made a mistake. Let's publish this now before the primaries. Yeah. They're getting rid of it. God, I was talking to a.
I don't know his actual politics, but I assume because of where I live that he's a lefty. I could be wrong. But he thought he was really hoping Gavin Newsom runs for president just so. All of this gets exposed and dooms Gavin Newsom, the crime, the drug addicts in the streets all over the place, the fraud, all that sort of stuff that maybe it wakes up California politics to that we can't keep doing it this way. I mean, a guy tried to run for president on our state and just got humiliated when people started looking at the tents up and down the streets in Los Angeles and Sacramento and everywhere else. I have a featurette coming up later on in the show. Just a review of how almost hilariously incompetent L.A. has been dealing with bombs and junkies. The numbers, they staggered the mind five years ago. quintupled and more layer upon layer of redundant, useless programs. I mean, if you have like an agency that's doing something, well, doing something, and then you have another agency that's kind of doing the same thing and you really could be more efficient. Okay. But these agencies aren't doing anything but spreading out money. Anyway, more on that to come. Stay with us. I think I almost got scammed yesterday. I'm not certain of it, but. I got a text and I thought, oh, dang, I better deal with that. And I almost clicked on it. I thought, wait a second. I don't know that this is real. That happens all the time with you and I and everybody. Your personal information is valuable and it's out there and it's on data banks. And that's why you get these spam, sometimes scam, emails, texts, and phone calls. And there is something you can do about it thanks to incogny. Yeah, Incogni contacts the hundreds of data brokers that are out there that have all your personal info, and they demand using the law that they remove your info, and they'll do it too. And Incogni keeps going back to make sure your data stays removed, protecting you from the scammers. Yeah, all that stuff is just sitting on those databases, hidden databases that you can't find. You don't even know exist. Incogni is busy removing our names and infomo from hundreds of them with the law on their side. Remember, they can't scam you if they can't find you. Take your personal data back with Incogni. I-N-C-O-G-N-I is how it's spelled. Get 60% off the regular price, which is quite modest when you use the code Armstrong at incogni.com slash Armstrong. That's 60% off when you use the code Armstrong at incogni.com slash Armstrong. That's incogni.com slash Armstrong. Do you know who Constantine Kizan is? He's a podcaster and Brit comedian. Smart guy. He's brilliant. Yeah. Anyway, he put this out about the soccer match yesterday, getting to what you were talking about earlier.
The England football team lost for the same reason the country is losing. The people in charge fear taking a risk and try to hold on to what they have instead of being ambitious about the future. This attitude permeates everything and it needs to change. The soccer team was a metaphor for the country. It was a perfect metaphor. In fact, when the thought occurred to me, I was like, oh, that's too on the nose. If it was a novel, it'd be criticized for being too obvious. Yeah. Britain just gave up anything dynamic, anything creative, anything forward-looking. They just kind of huddled into a socialist fetal position. It's terrible, just like the country. Crazy. Mm-hmm. I hope we don't go that direction. There's a lot of people trying to take us there. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And the scary part about it is... It happens little by little, and it's hard to recognize a lack of being dynamic. It's kind of hard to recognize that, just like in your everyday life for everyday regular voters, if you're not paying attention to, you know. GDP growth numbers and you know where the countries are where the companies are going that are innovative around the world like currently all the innovative companies in the world and the planet exist in the United States uh for a reason Elon Musk will tell you why uh what's his name over at Google will tell you why why that where they're doing what they're doing in the United States as opposed to somewhere else but I sure hope but little by little we don't end up like a lot of these socialist countries where you just you can't get anything done and there's and nobody believes that you can really change things so don't even try right and and then it it it poisons people on a personal level which I think is the really really sad part Matthew Contonetti wrote a great piece. about how Democrats are falling for socialism again. And he makes a lot of good points. And I'd like to touch on the article in a little bit. But one fascinating thing he pointed out, and, you know, people use the term capitalism all the time, even though that was Karl Marx's term. And you frequently hear me objecting and saying, let's say, free market. And you might be thinking Joe's right, or you might think Joe's a pedantic. Pain in the ass. I am a pedantic pain in the ass. But on this, I am correct. Big Gallup poll, the public's positive image of capitalism has slipped to 54%. 54% are in favor of capitalism, which is a hell of a lot more than socialism, except among young people, which is one of the shocking aspects of this article. So capitalism is 54%.
Free enterprise, 81% approval. Okay. Well, that's something we all need to know. So people still like the idea of a free market. Oh, yeah, absolutely. But for some reason, maybe because Karl Marx intentionally did this, capitalism has acquired this awful, and I think awful rep. Finish your sentence, Joe. I think a lot of people. Just have this vague notion. I've heard that's bad. They told me that's bad in school, and I kind of heard it's bad. So, yeah, I don't like capitalism. What about free enterprise and economic opportunity and the free market? Oh, those are great, says that same person. So, ah, the low information voter. What's one to do? Keep informing, I guess. Yeah. Oh, I got a question about, uh, The World of Talk Radio. There's a topic that the world of talk radio never addresses. Uh-oh. That the world of television always addresses. I'll bring that up right before Mailbag next. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty.
Scrolling with Haley, join Haley Caronea as she scrolls through the biggest headlines. If you haven't watched this show before, we do blind reactions. I have not seen these videos, so I am seeing them for the first time with all of you. We're going to implement the tinfoil hat time segments and all the stuff you know and love. And I'm going to finish the show and answer some of your questions. Someone asked me, what made you get into podcasting, and I was producing podcasts for other people. And I was like, I could do this for myself. And here I am. Scrolling with Haley, follow and listen on your favorite platform. The Armstrong and Getty show. Here's my question about national TV versus national radio. You tune in to the evening TV newscast and the first half of it will be national weather before they get to important stories. National radio never does that. I never listen to my favorite national radio shows and they talk about the weather at all. Yeah. So what's the breakdown on that? Exciting visuals. It's got to be. Colorful maps, reporters standing in hurricanes, floodwaters up to the knee, that sort of thing. That solidifies my belief that there's no there there. Right. Oh, no, absolutely not. I mean, it's mildly interesting, I guess, for a few minutes. But compared to whether we're at war or not? Yeah, I know. It's raining 3,000 miles from where you live. Give the people what they want. And the people want crap. Here's your freedom-loving quote of the day, continuing our series about the nation of Iran. John Bolton said this. If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey, and perhaps others in the region. I don't know if they'd have time. Iran might just use it as soon as they get it. Yeah, but I mean, if they only have one, or do you think they'll be able to, like, mass produce a bunch of them? I don't even know how... They need more than one. Their goal is to wipe Israel off the planet. Israel's tiny. Right. But Israel has nukes, so they would, you know, respond. We're talking Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, etc. They're fine with dying. Yeah, yeah, wild. Mailbag. Drop us a note. Mailbag at Armstrong and Getty.com. Mike writes, guys, your segment on Joe Biden's book was great. That was yesterday. We just did another one. Since I commute and catch your show on podcast form, blah, blah, blah. Oh, I listen to a lot of audiobooks. I wondered if there will be an audible version of his book, preferably narrated by himself. Wow. Oh, that'd be tough. And you'd have to rewind a lot. And of Afghanistan. Right. Let's see. Just wanted to point out that Jack is not supposed to go see The Odyssey if he is pro-ice since John Leguizamo is in it and he has stated he doesn't want pro-ice people watching his movies. What? You'll have to trade in your tickets for minions and monsters or maybe the end of Oak Street unless, of course, you really are anti-ice, in which case carry on. Or I don't pay attention to any of these controversies in these movies. Yeah, an actor. Can you imagine that? Saying, I don't want anybody who's pro-ice coming to any of my movies. People are like children. All right, moving along. Wayne in beautiful Tigger to Oregon.
Once again, the idea of going to year-round daylight saving time is being pushed. One of you said, why don't we just try it for a while and see how we like it? Jack, you've said that. Facts of dead bodies, just like they have in Arizona every six months. He points out, we've tried it at least twice, and it was hated by the vast majorities during World War II. Not World War 11, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The country went on daylight saving time for four years. My parents lived through it and hated it. So did most of the country. So at the end of the war, we went back to the old system. Then in the winter of 73, 74, there was an Arab oil embargo. I remember this. The government decided again, we should go year-round DST. I was in college and hated it. So did everyone I knew. Had to go to morning classes in the dark, then come home in the dark. After the crisis, the country went back to the old system. I was alive, but I have no memory of not changing the clocks there for a couple of years. Yeah, I thought that was, was that a Carter idea? It would have been Jerry Ford at 73, 74, I guess. But yeah, that happened. Even with the 70s, though, lifestyles are so much different now than they were 50 years ago. I say we tried. True, true. And then finally, Wayne points out, Arizona and Hawaii actually stay on standard time all year. I have no idea this, no doubt this dumb idea will become reality because like the old saying goes, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I'm all for trying it. Daylight saving time or standard time? I don't know which. I have no idea. All right. Stop changing the clocks. That's what I want. There you go. Let's see. How about this from Richard? When looking at the Iran conflict where America is clearly superior militarily, I am reminded of the War of Independence where England had a superior army yet lost to the guerrilla-style warfare of the Colonials. It was a bloody war and so would a ground war in Iraq because they don't fight like we are used to. The citizenry believed promised, oh, wow, there are words missing in this. They're promised rewards in the afterlife if they kill the enemy. I have a feeling this is voice dictated. The Wall Street Journal and others with a couple articles lately that there's been a surge in patriotism and nationalism in Iran, including people who used to be sympathetic to the resistance. That happens when you attack a country. It's what happened with the British and the soccer match yesterday. The Argentines kept jumping out from behind trees while the British team was marching in straight lines and they just went around them with the ball and scored goals. Boy, I should have paid more attention. Let's see. And then Jim sent along an article from a moderate Democrat saying the three things the Democrats really need to do to win elections. And this is my favorite part. The odds of this suggestion getting adopted are the same as Bluto Blutarski's grade point average at Faber College. 0.0. It's far more likely that the author will receive death threats and be forced to publicly apologize and disavow his article or face retribution from the DSA's red guards. You're right, sir. You're right. That's from the great movie Animal House. Yes, his grade point average was 0.0.
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