There Will Never Be Justice...

Now, broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. And now here... Armstrong and Getty, we are your go big option for intermation on Thursday. Go. More on that coming up live from Studio C. C. Signor. Which are sitting in a dimly lit room, deep within the bowels, surrounded by Patriot missiles, the Armstrong and Getty Communications Compound, and today we're toiling under the title of the show. Trump's strategy of trying to defeat Iran with his mouth fails. Or if you prefer, there will never be justice for the crimes of COVID. We must accept it. Yeah, that's definitely where I am. I'm trying very hard. I hate it. I boil with energy, trying to somehow move the ball an inch forward to get people to admit the truth of what happened. And I need to accept that's not going to happen because of Trump derangement syndrome and... People can't be convinced to confess that they were wrong. It's just a part of human nature. So the best we can hope for is those of us who have heard the truth, we're prepared for the next time if there is a next time. Or something similar. It's the best we can hope for. So my mention of the go big option, Wall Street Journal reporting today that Donald Trump has been presented with a go big option by the Pentagon. It would be a two-week heavy bombing campaign that would basically eliminate Iran's rocket missile capability. Lots and lots of crazy heavy bombing on lots and lots of sites. Go big. Based on his recent actions, I doubt he's going to take that advice. Oh, no, by the way, Egypt got hit yesterday. So brand new country that previously had not been hit in this war, expanding across the water there into North Africa. In a related story? Notice how I put that question mark in there? I did. Professional broadcaster right there. I picked up on your verbal question mark. Don't try this at home. A Russian missile exploded in Poland. Almost certainly unintentional, accidentally. Accidental, but the polls are not amused. And so you've got NATO ratcheting up its alert status a bit. One of our best allies is pissed off at Russia as Russia is attacking Ukraine and Iran is helping Russia and China is helping Iran target our guys. Plus China is sending those 400 shoulder fired missiles to bring down our aircraft that they're denying, of course, but that's being reported in a number of places.

Uh, if I was Anthony Fauci, it'd be pretty easy for me to have ended the day yesterday and looked around at the media landscape and thought, whew, I escaped. I'm in pretty good shape. Yeah, that's good. And, you know, just believed their version of it and thought, you know, I didn't do anything wrong. I'm out here trying to protect the world as a good scientist trying to, uh, you know, make sure a virus never gets out and causes millions of deaths. Oh, wait. One did. And I caused it. New York Times opinion piece, which is the only Anthony Fauci article I could find today, what we really learned from the Anthony Fauci hearing show trials are bad for democracy. I would agree, actually, but probably not in the way they meant. That's not the coverage I was hoping for out of the New York Times and the Anthony Fauci trial. We now know that Anthony Fauci knew long before. Any reporting about it that the virus came out of the lab? As he was claiming publicly the opposite. Yes. The Wall Street Journal editorial board did report on the Anthony Fauci thing. And we'll touch on that later. But the one interesting point that whoever wrote it made was that they thought Rand Paul's been a little over the top in trying to criminalize. Anthony Fauci and the inquiry into Anthony Fauci. I wish he wouldn't go that direction because I think it weakens his position, not strengthens it. And it gives Anthony Fauci an argument. Look at this guy. He's obsessed with putting me in jail. Putting me in jail, I tried to save everybody's lives. It almost creates a distraction. But in weighing whether I agreed with that or not, after reading that piece in the journal, it occurred to me, Anthony Fauci's problem, and I'll say first that I don't know a great deal about the current state of laws about immunity for government officials. But Anthony Fauci's problem is... The greatest civil liability in the history of mankind. If he and Peter Dasak in the Wuhan lab were toying with bat viruses to make him extra virulent to then test how we could deal with them, and they were sloppy and they let that virus out of the lab and millions of people died, that would make the Bo Paul disaster look like a fender bender. That would make, you know, the Exxon Valdez oil spill look like an unfortunate incident at your local grocery store. I mean, it would be the mother, father, and all the cousins. of all liability cases. That's got to be what he's terrified of, not only of being identified as a, a man whose negligence or hubris led to the deaths of millions, but, you know, potential liability. One of the sexiest men in America, Courtney People magazine. I represent science. I'm more of a Matt Damon guy myself.

Have you read anything about, I've seen Matt Damon in some interviews. I saw him at a couple of the World Cup soccer matches. I saw him on TV at Insume in person. Saw him on TV World Cup. He is not even close to as jacked as he was in the movie. Did they do CGI to make his arms bigger or to make him look more muscular? Or did he get super jacked for the filming like steroids or whatever and then went off him and went back to normal size? Because he does not look like the guy in that movie. In that movie, he's wearing whatever that is you wear back in those days, some sort of sleeveless. Uh, T-shirt? I don't know what that is. Yeah, yeah. Kind of you're going out to a gay club outfit. Yes. I am told that he has a stunt double who is a woman and has bigger arms than him. You are told. Yes. Hands on the straight. Hansen is my source. That's my favorite part of the story. I am told. According to sources near Matt Damon's Amazon. Well, there were lots of shots of him where he was just, he was built more like. Well, like Russell Crow and Gladiator, but he's not built like that in real life. Russell Crow is, but Matt Damon isn't. I don't know when filming finished and whether it's possible to get that jacked and then go back to normal in that timetable. I have no idea. I would think not. I've not seen that. But anyway, I just wondered about that. I thought there's just several scenes where I thought, those aren't Matt Damon's arms. They can't be. He's not that big. Speaking of being sexier than Anthony Fauci. If you know anything about that, Texas or email, I'm kind of interested. If that's just the future of acting, they can make you look completely different. I don't know what the point is. Well, that's going to save a lot of trouble for actors who famously lost 75 pounds to play this role or, you know, whatever. We're in the gym for six months, blah, blah, blah. It might bother. Please, you can look like Marlon Brando toward the end and play, you know, I don't know. So skinny stud. We need a little self-engrandizement. I think that would make me feel better. So that's in our opening clip. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. How did it already get to be Thursday, July 30th? We're almost done with July here, people. The year 2026, we're Armstrong and Getty, and we approve of this program. And enough of the preliminaries. Let's show, according to FCC, rules and regulations at Mark. Rachel, what appeals to you about two-way? I love the fact that you're hearing everybody's different opinions. I started listening to you guys from a recommendation from Armstrong and Getty. Thank you, Rachel. You're great guys. I didn't know they were listeners. They are. They are. They are great guys. I like them.

That's from Mark Alprin's show that I watch every day. It's my favorite news show. But one of her, they take lots of calls at the very end. Right. And one of them said she got turned on to Mark Alpern by listening to us. I like Mark in respect him and have liked him for a very long time. But right at the end, he reminded me so much of Will Ferrell in Anchorman. That clip we used to end the show with when, good show, everybody. Nice work. I liked it. At the very end, he says, yes, I like them. Very will-fair, less. Doesn't that just fill you with a warm feeling? You know, it's nice to be respected, I guess. Why is someone smelling themselves? Oh, Hot Mike. Hot Mike villain. Your mic's on, Michael. Oh, that's fine. Thanks, Mark, and company. That's very kind of you. That is a good news show. We will get into some of the... No, it isn't. There's no other shows, only ours. Actually, her point was, and we edited out her long point about why she liked us and them is that she's looking for news sources where... People seem to be seeking the truth rather than just convincing you of their own side. And we're that, and I think Mark Halpern's that. And most people don't want that, it would seem, for me looking around. It's a niche market. Exactly. We'll get to some more. Headlines and a bunch of other stuff on the way. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty.

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So we're not just waiting around shooting down missiles, hoping our supplies hold out. We're on offense, and they're worried about shooting our missiles down. That's the way to handle that problem. Yeah, I know. I know. Terrify him. I don't know what Trump is thinking. More than 1,000 employees at the big AI company signed a statement asking the U.S. government to support international efforts to deliberately pace AI development. A whole bunch of employees or a bunch of former generals or whatever signed a letter thing. It rarely goes anywhere. I've got a featurette on the current state of AI, just a news digest later on the show. It's interesting. The worm is definitely turned on Wall Street as investors are starting to say, you know, y'all are pouring zillions of dollars into this stuff, and I don't see you making any money anytime soon. So we'll see how that develops. Yeah, well, Navidia made that giant, giant investment in a couple of AI companies just the other day. And Bloomberg was writing about the, once again, the circular nature of the whole AI investing thing. Everybody's investing in each other. And, you know, at some point, Sony's got to start making a profit out of this. Right. Fed held a rate steady, surprising a lot of folks in the market plunged. Anthony Fauci invoked the fifth. That's the big stuff. Europe is on fire. Not like in a good way. They're on fire. No, they're literally on fire. I do want to hit you with that. How bad is our stores of defense weapons? It's definitely not good. But we've got a lot of other stuff on the way, too. Armstrong. and get the U.S. soccer podcast. I'm your host, Megan Klingeberg. And after interviewing so many dudes during this men's world cup, I'm so happy to be back with my U.S. women's national team players. I know the U.S. men's national team has changed how I think about myself, how I think about being an American, how I think about being on a team. It's one year out from that World Cup, and we're going to talk about the brightest prospects in U.S. soccer. You ready? I'm ready. Let's do it. The U.S. soccer podcast, presented by Henko. Follow and listen on your... favorite platform. The Armstrong and getting him very hard. I mean, I can actually say that because there's very little they can do about it. It was a different group than we're dealing with already. But, you know, we got to smack them a little bit. I'm always going to get back when they strike? Will I always hit back? Yes. Pretty much. So I have no idea what Trump's thinking is, and it'll be something to read about this someday in the history books. A lot of the Trump haters were worried that he was a madman that was going to get us into World War III and, you know, this and that. That still may be. He's so hesitant to want to deal with bad people and, like, call them out as being bad. And I just, I do not get it. So Fox's take on this today is.

This piece in the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. commander with a two-week plan to escalate strikes in Iran, they're talking about Brad Cooper. He's the head of Centcom, and he clearly talked to the Wall Street Journal. And he's got this plan for us just blasting the hell out of Iran for two weeks to make it basically impossible for them to fire any rockets or missiles at anybody. But it would be like some, it'd be like the very beginning of this Epic Fury thing, that kind of bombing for two weeks. And Fox's belief is that for whatever reason, he doesn't get into the room. And Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War. And Dan Kane, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, are in the room with Trump making those decisions. And those three guys, for whatever reason, you know, I don't know if Trump's driving that train or if, like, Pete is way less aggressive. behind closed doors and he is on TV and he's the guy slowing it down. But something with those three guys keeps us from doing what a lot of people think needs to be done. And this Cooper guy is trying to get word to the president through the Wall Street Journal because he's not in those meetings. That's Fox's belief. Right. And that might be true. Honestly, and I'm guessing, I think it's probably Trump driving that train. We've mentioned before that. You know, in reference to the situation in Ukraine, he seriously seems like he wants to end death and suffering as soon as he can. And so it could just be that he's a little gun shy, literally, about this. What is it? A couple. Go ahead. As a guy who seems like the ultimate realist. Who, Trump? Yeah. Hmm. You don't think, because I feel like his rise... When it comes to building hotels, yes. I feel like his rise politically is recognizing the American landscape for what it is and cynically taking advantage of it. Well, yeah, I think it's like, is he a great communicator or not? I think he, I've joked before that I know like three licks on the guitar and I can play him really, really well, but don't be fooled. I'm not a good guitar player. Trump knows a handful of licks, period. And I think he's realistic and... and savvy about certain aspects of life. But like the tariff thing is loony tunes. I could give you several examples. It's just, it's bad. But anyway, we're off on a tangent, and I want to make a couple of points. Number one, if what he said is taking at face value that, yeah, we're dealing with one group of people, the other group of people were the ones firing those missiles. And the first group apologized, and they said, oh, please don't hit us, but I got to hit them a little bit. Number one, that's an incredibly difficult situation to be in. diplomatically and militarily how the hell are you supposed to deal with that second thought it reminds me a lot of good cop bad cop too is it really two groups that are in conflict with each other or is a good cap bad cop and third uh the first two phase was called epic fury the second phase should be called intermittent annoyance because it's just been

A few bombs here, a few bombs there. You got to stop that. All right, here's a few bombs. Now let's talk more. Well, the other part is he gets mocked for this by the people who hate him, but he wrote a book called The Art of the Deal. He got really, really rich on making lots and lots of really, really big deals. You would think his life experience would have been, I can figure out very quickly when somebody isn't interested in making a deal and is jerking me around. But he doesn't seem to be able to do that with Vladimir Putin or the Iranians. He keeps thinking they actually, they say they want a deal. They're liars. Dude. Yes. Yeah. Trump is so polarizing. It's difficult to take any source. You know, seriously, without at least a grain of salt. My understanding from having dug into this back in the day was that Trump was okay as a dealmaker. He was okay as a developer. But the show, the apprentice, the myth making of that was that he was the all-time master, the greatest ever. That was part of the appeal of the show. But it really, there are plenty of other folks who said, that's not really true. But again, grain of salt. I'm right. I have no idea. And either way, you don't end up a billionaire by accident. You don't end up with the number one TV show in America by accident. You don't end up elected president twice by accident. You have some savvy and understanding of the world to pull off those three things. And how he has that ability and can't see that Vladimir Putin's just jerking him around and Iran's just jerking him around, I don't get. It just makes no sense to me unless he's pretending, but I can't imagine why he's pretending. No, they really want to make a deal. They have shown no interest in that. And if it's some tiny one faction has. Okay, but that's not the faction that's shooting at us. So what difference does it make? Certainly with Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin is calling the shots. We know that. And there's no indication ever that Vladimir Putin wants to make a deal. No. Or she's in ping unless it benefits him. We're good. We have a good relationship. We're friends. Okay. So I'm not sure that it was good that the New York Times and some anonymous source alerted our enemy to the fact that our diminished stockpile of anti-missile technology is why Trump called off the big attack a week ago. In fact, I think it's almost certainly not good that we announced that to you, but anyway, here's the information that's out from one of these think tanks that looks at this sort of stuff. Before the war started, we had 2,300 Patriot missiles. For some reason, I as an American paying lots of taxes and we pay more for our military than practically every other country in the world added together, which is astonishing. I would have assumed we had more than 2,300 Patriot missiles. Anyway, now we have about 750.

We went from 2,300 to 750. The fad? Fairly short time. The very successful ways to shoot down ballistic missiles, Thad response. I forget what that stands for, but you hear it in the news all the time. We had 452 of those. We now have 234. Huh. So cut in half. So the Patriot missile cut in a third from what we had. Thad's cut in half. And I don't know how long it takes to make this stuff and get back your stockpile. But there's no rule out there that some other enemy can't jump ugly with you while you're fighting someone else. Right. Or encourage their proxy. Hey, let's burn 300 more of those Patriot missiles. I'll tell you what, start shooting at them for a while. Let's get them down to like 400 and see what happens. And then then let's start maybe getting a little more aggressive in the South China Sea when they're feeling a little vulnerable. Yeah, it's not good. It's not good that it's public information for one thing. No. There are some really good trends going on in the Pentagon and the procurement processes where much less expensive weapons, still effective, but much less expensive weapons, are being developed. Procurements getting a lot faster. The Ukraine-style... reappraising month to month what technologies we need. I'm told. That that's pretty encouraging right now. But just because we've started to turn the gigantic ship of the Pentagon around doesn't mean, okay, we're fine. We still have an enormous challenge, but that's good anyway. Well, one of the oldest sayings in sports that Mike Lyons hit us with yesterday is certainly true in war, the best defense is a good offense. Him as a military guy saying, how about we make them worry about our missiles for a while instead of we're hunkered down, seeing if we can shoot down every one of their missiles coming at us? Right, right. They're smoking some sort of weird Middle Eastern cigarette chatting with the Chinese about what barracks they should hit next. How about we have them running for cover? Right. I don't know. It's a troubling situation. And the fact that Egypt got hit, Saudi Arabia is fully involved in the war, at least for this week. Who knows where this is going? What's the way out? Because you can't leave the Strait of Hormuz in control of the Iranians, and you can't let them get a nuclear weapon. Those two things are just, those are not options. If I had the answer, I would spout it right now. This is going to dominate the rest of his presidency. It's entirely possible, yes. In fact, it's probable. All right. Well, let's for once take it. Do we have a commercial here, Michael?

Let's, for once, take a break to give enough time for a mailbag, and then you're going to unleash what an hour or two? A stunningly effective and fairly brief indictment of Dr. Anthony Fauci, lest anybody be distracted by the mainstream media saying this is a partisan witch hunt silliness. It absolutely was not. They're really criticizing science because I represent science. And it absolutely was not old information things that have been rehashed over and over again. Can you imagine in some sort of big argument about, I don't know, pick your topic. Maybe Trump's family making a lot of money, or maybe it's the war with Iran, or maybe it's whether the feds can control elections, somebody saying they're really fighting against the Constitution because I represent the Constitution. They'd be laughed out of the room as Anthony Fauci should have been. All right. Lots on the way stay here. Armstrong and Getty.

Mike Drop, hosted by former Navy SEAL, Mike Ridland. What is your take? Was it what you expected? Oh, it was the best thing ever. It was something I always wanted to do. If you show me a clear goal, I'm like, okay, I can do that. Master Chief. He's like, you realize there's about 1% chance that you're making a 3%. That's all I need Master Chief. My platoon went home early, and I just went up to my chief, and I was like, I'm not going home. Turns out I'm staying. That's when we go to war. Yeah, I was like, okay, I could get used to this. Mike Drop, follow and listen on your favorite platform. The Armstrong and Getty Show. I forgot Anthony Fauci was the highest paid government employee when he left office in the whole country. I'd forgotten that, too. Money well spent. Here's your freedom-loven quote of the day, sent along by honorary producer Jeff, who sends all sorts of great stuff, and I appreciate it very much. A picture, a portrait jack of, you know this man. The great Carl Marx. His beard game was top-notch. I will give him that. I'm a fair-minded man. His beard game was spectacular, really rocking the long hair as well. Could have played bass in a metal band. Anyway, it's a picture of Carl Marx. I love this. Socialism works just as often as Carl Marx did. That's really good. If you don't know, his story, Jack, would you like to give us the 10-second version? He was a lifetime sponge off of all kinds of different people, women, family, and then that poor Ingalls guy who he wrote the book with. Yeah, yeah, it just ripped everybody off, freeloaded, never worked. Oh, boy, mailbag. Drop us a note, mailbag at Armstrong andgetty.com. A mailbag at Armstrong andgetty.com. On the topic of the end of the show yesterday, John from Eugene Oregon, writes. Guys, that was great. The last segment of your show, I have to start using perspective. It's all the way you look at things. Monacham Began was in solitary confinement, and he handled it. I can handle what I've got. Really great segment. Thanks. Thank you. That was the final segment of yesterday's show. You can grab it by a podcast, Armstrong and Getty on demand. You ought to subscribe. Auto downloads. A brief recap, we were talking about Just some great examples of, I think we were talking about young people convinced that they're doomed and depressed and anxious and overthinking in a negative way. It was, the premise is that we've never been more focused on mental health and it seems to be doing more harm than good. Right. Yeah, yeah. And that. And I realize this sounds cliched, but it's a cliche because it is absolutely fundamental to human life. You've got to try to be optimistic and look in the bright side. It changes your life and or look at yourself before you look at anything else. Anyway, moving along. The most important question, Anthony Fauci was never asked from Kevin the Texas Marine. Asking the most important question, Mr. I represent science never got to avoid. So now can I go to the wet market and safely get some bats to snack on? A cold beer, a grilled bat, and some Chinese mustard. Are you kidding, Kevin, the Texas Marine? Chinese mustard. What do you think I have on my egg rolls? Love Chinese mustard. So good. Anyway, he says, that's one of the best ways to spend an evening after a grueling four-hour work day. Some grilled bat and a cold beer.

Yeah, how much did that damage the wet bat market, the open markets? Right. You know, and it was all a lie. Yeah. They probably humble Chinese wet bat salesmen. We're out of work now, thanks to that. Coronavirus! You fish around in a big barrel full of opaque water trying to get a decent bat out of there. Right. That one's kind of scrawny. Keep digging, honey. Yeah, you put those people out of work. Does this one look gray to you? I don't know if this is a good one. Oh, God, that's so gross. Let's see. Chris from Shiny Spangled Washington writes, Dear Brilliant Joe and Simple Jack. And he's asking the media, the Anthony Fauci diary is less notable than Epstein? Really? Yeah. No kidding. Yeah. The useless legacy media had the Jeffrey Freaking Epstein files as their lead story for months, but no mention of the Anthony Fauci diary. The esteemed jackass Senator Gary Peters, who says this is old news and a waste of time, says this on his Senate.gov website, quote, Peters leads colleagues in calling on Senate Majority Leader to quickly bring the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the floor for a vote. We cannot hate these people enough. We are not a serious country. Monarchy now. Yeah, yeah. All right. Well, you know what? It's clever so far. I'll go with it. But the only monarch I want, if it's someone else's monarch, I don't really want that one, will declare my property sovereign, plagiarized the Declaration of Independence, and live in peace watching the beavers take over the earth. All right, Chris, thanks for the note. Secretarian wants to know, you'll grill Anthony Fauci, but not the sitting president. And he talks about, I watched the coverage. Oh, and he says, fair enough, Anthony Fauci is fair game. But he says Fouchy gets days of scrutiny. Hunter Biden got years of it treating his criminals, families' finances picked apart. Meanwhile, the current administration's family is pulling in staggering sums. Billions tied to the president's own kids and it barely registers here. You know, we've actually brought it up a number of times. It's unprecedented. It's really not good at all. Well, it's a terrible look. Definitely going to get its moment in the sun if the Democrats take the House back. Yeah, yeah. Nobody can find any illegality so far, but yeah, it troubles me greatly the idea that it looks like America's foreign policies for sale. I don't like this either or though. I don't like this, but what about that? I don't like that argument. That's what they're doing on a lot of the cable news channels yesterday. Fine. Have a separate hearing about Trump's handling of COVID if you want to. Anthony Fauci's diaries came out. It's clear now that he lied to us. Can we deal with that? Right, right. Yeah. That's sort of. You know, the cliched response is we can walk and chew gum at the same time, but I think this becomes such a cliche people don't think about it. It's called switching the topic. It's an old tactic. I do it myself. Let's do it. Let's do both.

Let's see, Joe in Stockton on the topic of the founding fathers and slavery and Thomas Jefferson specifically. And he's talking about Virginia law at the time that slaves could only legally be freed by bequest. While the owner was alive, he could keep his people or sell them, but he couldn't free them. And also the freed slave had to be provided with a living for most of this was farmland. And Jefferson was a miserable businessman with upside down finances. So he couldn't do that. Again, it's much more complicated than they should have freed all the slaves. We're going to get into some of the Anthony Fauci details in our two, but a lot of other stuff too. I hope you can stick around. Armstrong and Getty. At University of Maryland Global Campus, we know you're no stranger to setting big goals, whether in school, at work, or in life. And you're ready for more. At UMGC, we offer the skills-based education you need to move your career forward. Learn how to apply AI, data science, and other emerging tech. Plus gain skills in leadership and critical thinking. You've come far. Succeed again. Apply now and save with no application fee. Classes start August 12. Learn more at UMGC.org.org. Certified to operate in Virginia by Shep. If the world were like a sleep number mattress, everything would adapt for your comfort. Your coffee would never get cold. Your flight would always be on time. And your mattress would always respond to you and your unique sleep needs. Sleep number mattresses are designed to respond to your body and shift with your changing life, helping you fall asleep faster. and stay asleep longer. To experience a whole new world of comfort, visit a sleep number store or go to sleepnumber.com. Sleep number, to a good life sleep. Talk Radio 8.10am, KSFO, San Francisco, and KSAN HD2 San Mateo, a cumulus media station. Mike Drop, hosted by former Navy CEO, Mike Ridland. How would you characterize your prowess? I'd say my style is that I just kind of outwork everybody until I get there because I'm not a quitter. It's just you. It's yourself. Everything else is team-oriented. The motivation, it was a sort of anger at myself for being weak. That ends up being the driving factor. That anger, that pride, that ego, I think it's a muscle. It gets stronger. When you take that voice seriously, you start to change your life. Mike Drop, follow and listen on your favorite platform.