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AP News Radio
No fatalities reported in Iowa as officials plan to demolish partially collapsed building
"And Iowa apartment building that collapsed on Sunday will be demolished. Officials in Davenport say the demolition of what was once the Davenport hotel will begin Tuesday morning. The collapse injured at least one person and displaced countless residents and business owners. It's not known why the building collapsed, but Davenport fired chief Michael Carlson says investigators are searching for a cause. There's been normal rental complaints, but there has been some complaints to the structure. We issued notice and orders to have those repaired. The building owner hired their own engineering firm to direct them and the repairs needed to be made. Residents have not been allowed back inside to remove their belongings due to the building's unstable condition. I'm Mike Hempen.
AP News Radio
Struggles continue for thousands in Florida 8 months after Hurricane Ian as new storm season looms
"As a new storm season looms, struggles continue for thousands in Florida 8 months after hurricane Ian devastated parts of the state. The sound of the ocean and Fort Myers beach were a hurricane season starts June 1st. Last September Ian a cat 5 swept away Michael selor is camper, since then he's been living in his car an old infinity sedan. This is my house for me and my dog. And that's it. Hundreds remain homeless, construction is ongoing. Debbie sams with beach baptist church says the need is overwhelming. Everyone's in need. Even when they think they're not in need. Many struggle to get insurance payouts, federal and state assistance, building permits and simply finding a place to shower. I'm Julie Walker
The Dan Bongino Show
Michael Loadenthal: Asking for Money to Censor Conservatives
"And this meeting they're talking about how exactly if I could just sum it up how they can censor their political opponents conservatives They don't even talk about it and coded language The strangest thing about this is that this group is working with the DHS Now the grant they got is after this When I'm about to play the audio which is shocking it's from 2021 I have two bits from it right They submitted this audio video to the GHS to get a grant which according to this Fox News report came in 2022 and the school didn't notice inclusion of the seminar and its grant application So I want to be clear because I don't want to explain that in a little bit of confusing manner in my apologies This is such an important story I don't want to lose it This is a bunch of people on tape talking about how to censor conservatives sending the tape to the government to get money and the government then giving them a grant to censor conservatives Got it Easy explained that way Here it is Here's cut one It's about 20 seconds Here's Michael lodon doll Suggesting that they're trying to censor them conservatives that this may be illegal you should send us some money and that he's spoken to the FBI about it This is crazy Check this out To go back to your question about what can liberals do And I feel like it's a trait and simple answer but you can give money That's always really appreciated We have legal defense funds because we get trouble A lot of the things we're doing are illegal What I'm saying what I'm telling you a lot of it involves breaking the law And this is what the FBI will say I've had many conversations with the FBI about this So nuts This is so insane That this guy was like this is amazing I saw this on heritage's Twitter feed this morning And I'm having again it's a quote my friend Neil from the Secret Service How do you get your arms around that It's not that he said it It's that this was apparently in a submission to DHS
AP News Radio
War and Treaty, Trace Adkins will play Memorial Day Concert in Washington
"Trace Atkins Jodi Messina and Yolanda Adams are among the performers for the Memorial Day concert in Washington on Sunday, and marches are a letter with a preview. Joe mantegna and Gary Sinise will host the Memorial Day concert on the national mall, one of the performers Michael charter junior of the war and treaty is a military veteran. He says, while some people have barbecues and open the pools on Memorial Day, he wishes they think harder about what the day means. Christmas won't matter. Thanksgiving doesn't matter. Veterans Day doesn't matter any other holiday that we have or freedoms and customs that we have. It doesn't matter without the men and women who serve to protect those freedoms. Mary McCormick, SEP the merkerson and dule hill will lead tributes the concert will air live on PBS stations
AP News Radio
Odor, Carpenter have big hits as struggling Padres beat Red Sox 7-0
"Root need odor went two for four with four RBIs leading the San Diego Padres to a 7 and nothing victory over the Boston Red Sox snapping a four game losing streak. Odors base clearing double capped off a four run first inning for San Diego off Boston starter Corey Kluber. I mean, great. I mean, especially after we drive those three runs in, you know, we need it and I was just trying to look for something up in the sound and try to stay on a big part of the field and then this guy did it. Michael walker through 6 shutout innings holding the Red Sox to just 5 hits to improve to 5 and one on the season. Cooper lasted just two and a third innings for the Red Sox who saw their four game winning streak come to an end. Philip gon San Diego
AP News Radio
Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA
"Brooks Koepka has toughed out a two shot win at the PGA Championship to secure his 5th major title and his third PGA victory. The 33 year old took advantage of a three shot swing on the 16th hole when Victor hovland double bogeyed after a poor bunker shot and Kepler wrote home a birdie to extend his lead. He became one of just 20 players to win 5 or more majors, closing with a 67 for a 9 under total, two clear of hovland and Scotty scheffler who charged home with a 65 club pro Michael block ace the 15th on his way to a fairytale top 15 finish. I'm Graham agar
The Breakdown
Bitcoin's New Governance Challenge
"All right, Friends, well, as it is Bitcoin conference week, I thought why not do an LRS all focused on Bitcoin. So today we have two essays both sort of grounded in the recent feast bikes and both really focused on what happens next and more specifically what sort of additional emphasis on layer twos we might need as a Bitcoin community. The first piece was written by coin desk Michael Casey and is called frogs, fevers and fees, Bitcoin's new governance challenge. Michael Wright's this is why we can't have nice things. Just when we thought we'd learned our lessons from the blow ups of FTX, three arrows capital, Celsius at all, meme coin fever strikes again. Crazy crypto casinos are back. People are making ridiculous gobs of money from tokens based on a frog image, while others stand to lose massively as a rational bidding takes hold. At this time, the fever is not only infecting greedy human minds, but messing with the functioning of the most valuable blockchain in the world. The ability to create tokens based on the new BRC 20 standard, which was enabled by Bitcoin's taproot upgrade, has fostered a variety of new Bitcoin based meme coins, many mimicking those released on other chains that have recently experienced wild price movements. This past week, for example, the Ethereum based Pepe coin rose almost 5 million %, then lost 50% off its highs. This follows the creation of the ordinals protocol, which gave rise to Bitcoin based data inscriptions that function as non fungible tokens. These use up a lot more data than a basic Bitcoin transaction, which means they're driving up Bitcoin fees. Bitcoin miners have lately been earning more from transaction fees than from their routine 6.25 Bitcoin block reward, and that means if you want to send a small amount of Bitcoin on chain, it won't be accepted or you'll have to pay a prohibitively exorbitant price for doing so. I can hear Elizabeth Warren's anti crypto army snickering. These crypto Bros are so obsessed with mooning into lambos, that they're destroying what they claim to be this technology's core purpose as a better form of money and value exchange.
AP News Radio
Nuggets on brink of NBA Finals with 119-108 win over Lakers in Game 3
"The nuggets now need just one more win to reach the NBA final for the first time after beating the Lakers in game three one 19 to one O 8, but coach Michael Malone says it's no time to relax. I'm proud of our group, but we're not celebrating. We have to get another win and to close this thing out. Jamal Murray scored 31st half points and ended with 37. Nikola Jokić battled foul trouble and finished with 24 Anthony Davis had 28 points in 18 rebounds to lead the Lakers. Mark Myers Los Angeles
AP News Radio
Aaron Nola, Kyle Schwarber power Phillies past Cubs 12-3 to snap 5-game skid
"Kyle schwarber got the offense going early for the Phillies as they ended a 5 game losing streak with a 12 three win over the cubs. Four nothing in the bottom of the first with a Grand Slam home run, the home run was his 11th of the season, the Grand Slam was the 5th of his career. Okay, guys out there listen two outs. Obviously, got a hanging curveball and was able to put a good swing up. Aaron nola picked up the window improved the four and three, dansby Swanson, and Christopher morell holberg for the cubs. Michael luongo, Philadelphia
CoinDesk Podcast Network
Paul Tudor Jones Says Bitcoin Has a 'Real Problem' in the U.S.
"Going to talk about Paul Tudor Jones. He was kind of one of those early Bitcoin bulls from the world of traditional finance back in 2021. Now he has some fresh comments on Bitcoin in the U.S. facing regulatory headwinds and quote real problems given the climate in D.C.. We're going to talk about that and more. He also made some comments about the macroeconomic picture, given that he thinks that the fed is going to stop all those interest rate hikes that have been suppressing activity and markets, but we'll talk to that second. All right, the Bitcoin comment. I have a thought, but I want to throw it to Wendy on this one. What do you think, PT was one of those initial profits of the chat file world who got into Bitcoin not long ago? What do you think about these latest comments? I don't think anybody is a profit when it comes to crypto and Bitcoin. I mean, people, when they started using Bitcoin originally, like way, way back in the day, it was meant to make secure private transactions online for specific things. So and things have evolved the narrative continues to change. But I do like to see some guys from traditional finance coming into the space. I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. And I do agree with a lot of his thoughts that crypto is going to surge due to the current economic state, especially in the United States of America. And when I say surge, you guys, I'm not saying it's going to happen overnight. I'm not saying it's going to happen now. I am simply saying it takes time. But number should potentially go up. I mean, I got a counter take on this one. I mean, this kind of commentary kind of puts him in opposition to prominent Bitcoin maxis such as Michael saylor, who have been saying that, hey, the regulatory stance in the U.S. toward Bitcoin specifically has actually been favorable through this crackdown, right? You have SEC chair Gary gensler saying, hey, Bitcoin. It's the one true commodity. It doesn't have an issuer. It's decentralized enough relative to Ethereum and others out there in the market, which may be more securities like. So I think that this kind of puts him in opposition to what, in my opinion, may be the more informed take relative to the regulatory conversations going on in D.C. right now.
Mark Levin
'Compassionate Conservatism' Versus 'National Greatness Conservatism'
"Michael gerson the light Michael gerson I'm looking at liberty and tyranny Which so many of you have read It was the formerly the chief speechwriter for president George W. Bush And he wrote a book called heroic conservatism And he said if Republicans run in future elections with a simplistic anti government message Ignoring the poor the addicted in children at risk they will lose and they will deserve to lose And so garrison argued for a compassionate conservatism and faith based initiatives in which the federal government plays a central role This was bush's guy the time and then William crystal and David Brooks they used to both Work for the standard and magazine that is since destroyed itself And they promoted something called and they did a repeatedly national greatness conservative Which also involved a significant role for the central government It seems to me if you're going to come up with a new idea which isn't really a new idea For a philosophy you shouldn't call it national conservatism You got the rhinos using the phraseology And then you have others Like national socialist fill in the blank The great thing about America is that it wasn't founded by a national government Wasn't founded by a national anything There are these disparate colonies that came together They formed a federal government with very very limited powers
AP News Radio
Republican wins state House special election in central Pennsylvania; GOP 1 seat away from control
"Voters in the suburbs of Philadelphia are deciding control of Pennsylvania's state House. A special election in Delaware county will determine which party has the majority in the Pennsylvania House. Republican Michael stender won another special election Tuesday for a vacancy in the central part of the state, giving the GOP 101 seats in the 203 member House. The Associated Press has not called the Delaware county election. If Republicans retake the house, they would control both chambers since the state Senate is firmly in GOP control. A Republican House could vote to put a proposed constitutional amendment limiting abortion rights before voters as a referendum. I'm Mike Hempen
CoinDesk Podcast Network
Paul Tudor Jones Predicts Grim Future for Bitcoin in the U.S.
"We're going to talk about Paul Tudor Jones. He was kind of one of those early Bitcoin bulls from the world of traditional finance back in 2021. Now he has some fresh comments on Bitcoin in the U.S. facing regulatory headwinds and quote real problems given the climate in D.C.. We're going to talk about that and more. He also made some comments about the macroeconomic picture, given that he thinks that the fed is going to stop all those interest rate hikes that have been suppressing activity and markets, but we'll talk to that second. All right, the Bitcoin comment. I have a thought, but I want to throw it to Wendy on this one. What do you think, PT was one of those initial profits of the chat 5 world who got into Bitcoin not long ago? What do you think about these latest comments? I don't think anybody is a profit when it comes to crypto and Bitcoin. I mean, people, when they started using Bitcoin originally, like way, way back in the day, it was meant to make secure private transactions online for specific things. So and things have evolved the narrative continues to change. But I do like to see some guys from traditional finance coming into the space. I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. And I do agree with a lot of his thoughts that crypto is going to surge due to the current economic state, especially in the United States of America. And when I say Serge, you guys, I'm not saying it's going to happen overnight. I'm not saying it's going to happen now. I am simply saying it takes time. But number should potentially go up. I mean, I got a counter take on this one. I mean, this kind of commentary kind of puts him in opposition to prominent Bitcoin maxis such as Michael saylor, who have been saying that, hey, the regulatory stance in the U.S. toward Bitcoin specifically has actually been favorable through this crackdown, right? You have SEC chair Gary gensler saying, hey, Bitcoin. It's the one true commodity. It doesn't have an issuer. It's decentralized enough relative to Ethereum and others out there in the market, which may be more securities like.
AP News Radio
Man who fatally choked another NYC subway rider to surrender on manslaughter charge
"A Marine Corps of veteran who fatally choked a man with mental illness on the New York City subway is expected to turn himself into authorities today. Daniel penny is charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of 30 year old Jordan Neely and onlooker says an agitated Neely had been screaming and begging for money aboard a train on May 1st, but had not gotten physical with any one, video shows penny on the ground placing Neely in a chokehold, Manhattan prosecutors announced Thursday that they would bring a criminal charge against penny, whose attorneys said acted in self defense, nearly performed on the subway as Michael Jackson, and friends say he had been dealing with homelessness and mental illness in recent years. I am Donna water
The Dan Bongino Show
Bad Administration Personnel Is Not Unique Issue to Donald Trump
"You had a Democrat versus Donald Trump It was a debate and Caitlyn Collins and CNN just got destroyed last night Absolutely wrecked Just wrecked But what are the lines of attack I saw a pop out this morning And again this is primary stuff People are I don't get into that I'm a Trump guy Again I've said it over and over We get that desantis is a fantastic governor but there's a lot of back and forth One of the hits on Donald Trump during the primary I discussed before as well He picked some bad people personnel wise Folks every single administration has done that It doesn't excuse it We should make better personnel decisions Period Complete full stop But that's not unique to Donald Trump Acting like that somehow disqualifying because Donald Trump made some bad personnel decisions is obscenely stupid George W. Bush wanted Harriet Myers on Supreme Court Harry admires remember that debacle I mean really You know we kept bringing Colin Powell back The guys no he's a Republican He's hasn't voted for a Republican in 50 years We've had our own we had Michael Steele once heading the RNC Michael Steele the guy yes you mean a guy on MSNBC raving like a lunatic about the conservatives that yes that guy So please spare me the my gosh Trump made bed but I get it Well we'll fix that I understand that People politicians make bad personnel decisions all the time
The Dan Bongino Show
Pres. Trump Gives Honest Response on Debt Ceiling Default
"So he's asked about the debt ceiling by the hapless Caitlyn Collins movie reviewer He's asked about the debt ceiling And he says you know you didn't think that the debt ceiling should be used as leverage when you were the president and now the Republicans are using it as leverage to get spending cut Now the answer you usually hear a more kind of Polish diplomatic answer from a Jeb Bush type politician Where they be like well you need to understand we're in an economic crisis we're in now We weren't in years ago We have fluctuating interest rates we're in an inflation crisis The times are different So you have to evolve in your approach That Trump Trump's just like that I was president then I'm not president now Check this out Country is being destroyed by stupid people By very stupid people You once said that using the debt ceiling is a negotiating wedge just could not happen You said that when you were on the falafel So why is it different now that you're out of office Because now I'm not president Now Michael why do people like that People like it because everybody knows politicians are full of you don't You can fill in the blank right Go to my podcast if you want to hear the rest okay One censored show Yeah there you go Although we don't beep it out on a podcast right Folks Barack Obama Why did you change your position on gay marriage All this other stuff Just be honest because it was politically advantageous Trump just says it Because you know what I thought I had a political advantage I was in The White House by saying the opposite Now I'm saying people are like again I thought I didn't think it was his best moment on principle alone but folks the new rules baby They're in effect You got to do what you got to do and people clap because they're like at least he's the first guy to admit when you're in politics you got to do political stuff And he didn't try to hide it
AP News Radio
Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead
"The nuggets are one went away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals. This, after they grabbed a three games to lead by defeating Phoenix one 18 one O two, that said, Denver coach Michael Malone says his team will need to play tough defense in game 6. When we're not running and we're not defending, we're going nowhere. And that's what we have to do game 6 and a couple of nights. If we're going to try to close the series out. Nicola jokic dominated with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. Game 6 is Thursday in Phoenix. Bruce Morton, Denver
Mark Levin
Rep. Chip Roy: Dems Ignore Border Crisis As China & Cartels Profit
"What is amazing to me that The White House likes to say this debt crisis is man-made This entire thing on the borders man-made It's all Biden made It's Democrat party made And yet it's not even a priority with your democratic colleagues in the house Not at all We were literally just debating our bill that we passed successfully out of the house of judiciary committee with our mutual friend Jim Jordan as the chairman We had Mark green and Michael McCall there from homeland and from foreign affairs We've got a really good bill that would reverse a lot of these policies Solidify our existing law but try to force the hand of the administration to stop releasing people because releasing people is the magnet and its purposeful Instead we would just simply say you got to detain people you got to put them through expedited removal or they got to wait in Mexico while their silent claims being processed That's it And if you do that the floor will stop You'll stop bowing cartels You'll stop empowering China who are getting rich off of what they're doing and pushing people through Mexico And Mike democratic college to your point literally don't care To them this is all a political issue and they could not give a rip about what's happening to Texas or migrants or Americans and they go around saying how compassionate they are But they're not offering any solutions We are We have a good Bill It's a really good Bill The best border security bill that I've seen come through if we can get it across the finish line We have a few little moving parts we're trying to finish the next 48 hours
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
"michael" Discussed on Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
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Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
"michael" Discussed on Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
"By the way, no one's ever described their thesis project as I bet people who were close to me then detected the how transported I was by the experience. I had never written for school newspapers. I didn't have any like since I want to see my name in print any of that. I had never been encouraged by any teacher to be a writer. No one ever in my entire life. It said, Michael, wow, you have a way of turning a phrase. Nothing. What did they say about you? Pay attention, Michael. Or the truth is that I had moments as a student, but it was more, while that was original. That was what I would get. When things were going good with a teacher, when there was an a on the top of the paper, it was like, this is an original piece of work. And so that I had a little of that, but so I sit down and write this book. The thesis is not as trivial thing. If I showed it to you, it's a book. It's a 50,000 word book. And what it is was total immersion in a subject, where I felt, however, bizarrely irrationally, that I was saying something totally original that was important. And I immersed myself in it, and so the mistake I made coming out of it was first thinking, oh, this means I'm supposed to be an art historian. And my thesis adviser, who was fabulous, said, you can't be an art historian. Basically, because there aren't going to be any. This is a dying industry. And I would not wish it upon my worst enemy. So taught me out of that. And then he says, at the defense, this was very funny moment. This is how I knew. I woke up to the idea of writing. I wanted to hear how well written my thesis was. I didn't want just a good grade. I wanted him saying, I wouldn't say this is beautifully written. And so he didn't say that. So I asked, I said, so what did you think of the.
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
"michael" Discussed on Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
"Florida's hockey team. You say. The dogs are the love at this point she's only 8 years old, but if you could see her, watch her when she sings this. She has this beautiful look in her eyes and she's already connected with the audience. You can really predict she's gonna go somewhere with this singing thing. And it was so fun. 'cause I used to go to the games all the time anyway as a kid, my parents would take me, and I had really bad luck. I was hit by the puck like twice. And so I got to ride the zamboni. Because they felt bad 'cause my wrist was broken and mangled and I was sad. So I was already a huge panther's fan growing up, so getting to sing and having that be my first real gig kind of was so sweet and so special. And so, yeah, it was really cool. And I remember finishing and being like, I want to do it again. You would get hit 20. I know. That is my total luck that really set the pace here. It sure did. But really, Ariana says the bar high with everything she does. I mean, have you heard this girl saying I have nothing by Whitney Houston? It's one of the hardest pop songs there is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love that song. That's always one of my favorites. That was one of our first songs that we did together when we had our one of our first lessons, right? Yeah, exactly. I remember I always think of you with that song and how great it was. I think it's one of the best songs ever written. I love that song so much. And then when David Foster came and played the piano for you that night, remember? That was crazy. For anyone who doesn't know, David Foster is a hugely successful songwriter and producer. His really long long list of collaborations includes artists like Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Michael buble, the list is endless. That was so insane. I remember being like so in awe and just so shook that that happened. This was obviously way later for those listening who don't know the context. This was after 13 and after I met Eric, and he had introduced me to David and I got to sing it with him. And that was a really cool thing. That was at the forum, but she also sang it at my house at parties. The only parties just fort context that I've ever been to in my entire life have all been Eric vitro parties. Just so everyone knows. I have been to four parties in my life and they've all been Eric vetro parties. Not true. It is. I promise. They were the best. It's so much fun. There's always so much music and so much singing and great companies, so. I gotta tell you, there's something really so special about seeing Ariana sing in an intimate setting. You know, in a house or in a backyard, at a small party. Of course, not all of the parties we had were small and cozy. For one of them that her mom Joan and I threw together, we actually crammed about 300 people in a gigantic tent. We put up covering my tennis court. We brought in all white sofas and chairs. We placed a gorgeous grand piano right in the center behind the pool and the pool was filled with floating white candles. So it was pretty magical. But whether she's at a stadium with 50,000 people are in a tent. Anytime the Ariana is singing, she brings her all. Even when she's doing karaoke with friends. Oh my God, that was the best night of my life. That was so much fun. And I remembered, I was mesmerized because well, first of all, you knew every song every melody, every lyric and you could improvise on them, which was amazing, but also I don't know if I've ever seen you look more joyous. Here's the other thing more at peace. You looked so peaceful like I wondered if you wanted to talk about a little bit. How has that developed your voice and taste? I think the theater music gives me so much joy. That was the most fun night. It was like such a precious thing, theater babies. It's just a different kind of nostalgia. Listening to musical theater is a different kind of fulfilling car ride. You know, like if you throw on some avenue Q or wicked in the car, you're just guaranteed to feel comforted. Search for backstage pass wherever you're listening right now, and enjoy. It won't be hard..
The Michael Berry Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Berry Show
"Times. It's something that they themselves are involved with. And that's usually the last thing i want to talk about because i don't find it to be compelling if i'm not interested in it then i don't figure y'all are interested in it and then occasionally i'm talking to somebody about something and i get really enthralled and what they're talking about and i'll say we need talk about that on the air and those are the people who say new new. I don't want to talk on the air. And i have to coax them because they don't have anything to gain but what they're doing is fascinating. We've talked a lot about instead of going to college. A career in the military a career in manufacturing a career in the vocations. So when i found out my friend. Michael hotels in his foundation are part of an organization that is putting on manufacturing day. The more he tells me about robotics process manufacturing virtual reality three d printing product manufacturing bioengineering. The day after i had i had a dedicated an entire segment to that. I said you gotta come on and talk about that so it took a little coaxing but here we are mike hotels. Thanks for being with us. My pleasure michael. Thank you for all you do for america whether tell me you've been very successful in in building and then selling your own company you've been very successful as an investor in put together deals and investing other deals in coaching companies. And helping build them. Why what is your interest in manufacturing in this capacity. You're you're too kind michael. I have for years been seriously interested in the next generation of america. It's simple to say our our future our kids. They're the only ones we've got. So what is it that we're doing. Help prepare them to lead our our country to where we need to go. So i've been involved in a variety of entrepreneurial programs to help them one specifically that's around the country called day and more recently started really looking at where are the challenges in america. What do we need to be doing. to remain competitive and lead in this world of ours and enter kids. Have i've got a a bunch of challenges You know. I think there were two confluence of things that happened over the last. Let's say thirty years. One is academia really made the decision that the only path for our children is to go to college. Now i've been to college. You've been to college nothing wrong with that. In fact there's many good things about that but each and every one of us Were born with our own unique set of skills. Some are you know. Look at these skills. We run fast. We can't jump worth a darn. We're great speller. Were horrible at math. I mean we're a confluence of different things. Our kids have to look at themselves and say where are all of my assets What what am i built for and really good at and what brings me joy in life and college. Maybe one of those. But there's a whole host of other things that our kids can do that. That will bring them joy where they make way more than just a living wage and does wonderful things for our world and You know that particular area happens to be manufacturing. And so i started looking into. What does that mean for. Our kids and So we've we've joined with a national organization called Manufacturing a day which takes place across the country. And we're gonna do it in houston to this is the first year. This is the first year we've done it in houston. At least formally there have been other smaller little things that have been done around but this thing is really starting to gain a lot of traction around the nation this is being held at the makers hub. I came to y'all's opening for people who might be interested either an attending or in in being a part of the makers of on the eastern on navigation. Talk a little bit about what that is well. Several years ago An organization called t. x. Rx which is a makers hub essentially. It's it's like shop class from days gone by Started looking at. How do we take the innovators of houston and start providing them a home where they want to manufacture things and there's lots of startups in our world today but ultimately if you're going to bring a product to market it's gotta be manufactured and somebody needs to make it so. Tx rx got together with city of houston harris county. A number of other investors Nationwide hub are hud and They bought a three hundred and thirty thousand square foot building and they built it out as small smaller areas specifically for manufacturing products And so this was our grand opening kind of introduced. Houston to what we're doing. And i think it's going to do wonders for continually growing the manufacturing capabilities of our great city. Got about a minute and a half in this segment. But i'm a been on your website or on the site for manufacturing day and it says manufacturing is critical to building our nation's economy according to deloitte and touche and the manufacturing institute four point six million. Us manufacturing jobs will be needed by twenty thirty. The national association of manufacturing estimates that each dollar spent in manufacturing adds two dollars seventy nine cents to the economy and each dollar earned indirect manufacturing labor income us three dollars fourteen cents in labor income elsewhere. Failing to fill these jobs could cost the us one. Trillion dollars and thwart our economic growth is going to come back to you in just a moment michael but folks we talk a lot about Vocational careers whether that be plumbing electrical roofing flooring concrete. You start in the business you learn the business then you own business manufacturing something that we've talked about for years you know. At one point. We attempted the maquiladoras so that we could instead of offshoring jobs to china because we need a cheaper labor. We do in mexico but it still didn't solve our problems. And during the trump administration a lot of those jobs came back because communities were burned out without those jobs average of eighty seven thousand one hundred eighty five dollars per year for product and process manufacturing careers. There are a lot of young folks including a lot of your children who could be entering careers in manufacturing without having to have a one hundred or two hundred thousand dollars in debt. Now if you wanna go to a great football game on saturdays just buy your ticket and go there. You don't have to live at the university and pay them all that money. This is the future of our economy for a number of folks. And we're gonna we're gonna lack the expertise and the the the employees for this segment unless we do something about. We continue our conversation. With michael holt house about manufacturing the michael berry show continues a and here live but i've been working man. Dang near all my live. Keep on and lungs to hander bid to use. You've probably figured out by my tone. That michael holt houses a dear friend and.
MZNOW with Michael Zavala
"michael" Discussed on MZNOW with Michael Zavala
"The the guy a little. Oh yeah jeff straw is that what was that his name. I thought it was mike something. That's mike elmore. He's voice guy. Now yeah he did some stuff with us towards the end and then stuck with us for. Mg live and he's amazing. Yeah he's kinds of real stuff to besides the ship. Yeah he did yeah. He does like commercials and video games and all that stop by jeff's trod with our first guy or straub or strode or whatever that's like he's real he's like that what he call the guy from scream the caller by what you did last summer got one. Okay no no. That's right moving july scary movies. I'm gonna fill mytalk now. Yeah talk out and nobody say anything. Because i don't want context right making people think that you know i'm bigger right on a big right. Yeah he's filming has His talk now. That visser talking leaky and the camera right. He has a camera. And that's the first time i've been on. Talk me gary go talk. i'm scared. You took my data sums up the last fifteen years of my life right there so i was thinking you know. Still your dance moves. Yeah we had update about us but we didn't get an update from you. Michael what have you been up to. Three years ago asked three years ago today. Tragic scooter accident that that totally changed my point of view on life. Can we get the truth about this. What really happens he was really iowa's i went over a manhole cover lost my balance. He was looking for men and fell over. Yeah i fell in a manhole. We were at a gay club. The night before i was at clubs sodom and gabor and god was striking down. He said no more gay clubs for you just a few weeks ago. all right. So let's get into these old clips. Great these are these are in bad. I felt some good ones so this one. We played actually not too long ago. Best so you voided the ones that would get you with the sites of canceled culture right. Yeah these have been vetted They all have a stamp of approval on him. I don't talk about your mom in any of them. Do no but that would have been good. I forgot about all those clips. Now she has him on her phone. She's doing all right. It's got a growth on her back. I don't know what that's all about. But that's a whole another thing high anti vaccine now. She's thinking about getting nasty really. Yeah what should it call me. We'll talk about all right. So this one's titled the bad word. I have no idea what this word is. He amazes me. You know you give the guy. Credit he talked about he has no talent. He has nothing the man is. He's a dancer. I have no room to talk there. But i mean because i can't dance put my goodness. He's dumb as a box of rocks and yet we're all sitting here talking about him. And he's got jennifer who kids with britney spears and now he's hanging out waiting out arguably beautiful women in the world. Yeah bridge is a total. You know what. Now the only thing i think of is. Maybe it was douche. Kabeer demands a total. The one said the word. Yeah oh i wait now. that was somebody else. I'm just kidding. I'm blaming you i was wholesome sir. I'm thinking maybe. I don't know though did now. Is that a bad word. Well yeah can we look up and see if we have to edit what is off. Maybe we didn't vet all these clips. I'm i'll look it up. Go to urban dictionary dot com. It will put a silencer on it. Goes here's here's a description of it. A word to describe. This is another spelling of it. We're describing individual who has shown themselves to be very brain. Listen one way or another. Is that douche. Pretty sure stu medical device got what you got you gotta remember. We're looking at this up on urban dictionary at the time so true a medical device. I don't think they have on there. You you gotta read it out go ahead. We did that a lot to a new to the mic. That's cool. No i did. I just didn't put it in the right context yes. He thought silence every time that we said the word. You silence it and that'll be a secret of the show only ask for will ever know who you're talking about. Nobody care cares nobody remembers. It's gotta be douche right. I'm pretty sure it was dish. All right this one. I don't think you're out dub. But james and i are interviewing Crystal khalil both. I wasn't behind the mic. It has to be one of the better clips there definitely was. We're interviewing crystal clear a khalil for mob days of our lives or something. I don't know. And i decided that. I wanted her to do a bit. I wanted to record my outgoing. Voicemail on my voicemail and this is awful and i thought it was gonna be funny. Plus i also thought. Have this hot chick from you know this soap. Opera all my voicemail. How cool is that. A lot of stuff. Going on my mazing. Nice this lady while you're sitting in a youth pastors laptop feet up on the desk. If she had any idea who she was talking to like she would have just been the mixed. Pot mixers literally sitting on piles of paper and important documents. I want to do something real quick. I don't know i've never done this before. But i've always i always forget everytime. I have celebrity or something on the show. I i haven't really crappy voicemail on my voicemail. And so i thought if they could just record when formula and then they can plug whatever they're on like. Hey this is crystal and watch me on young and the restless whatever time whatever networks on and i just wanna see if that extra publicity. Yeah it's extra publicity for you guys. See i'm thinking about you when i do it. As plus i'm too lazy to record my own voicemail. Okay you wanna hang on for one second. Try to figure out how to do this. If it doesn't work then i'm not even worry about it. What do i say this is michael phone. Sure just just be creative. Micheals phone works. What show is it on by. I mean what is what time your time. Eleven thirty okay. So that's probably what At one thirty our time your call have been forwarded to message system nine seven not..
RUMBLE with MICHAEL MOORE
"michael" Discussed on RUMBLE with MICHAEL MOORE
"At once covert climate and the coup we are in a disastrous ecological pandemic. That may also be the cause of the corona virus pandemic. Mother nature has decided the only way to protect her. Earth is to attack those trying to kill it us by fire flood virus. Dead oceans drought bats biomass starvation. She she just throwing everything at us to see what sticks. And i'm guessing she's thinking two or three more pandemics should do the trick. With these mutant apes the final pandemic thrust upon us has been the impending death of our democracy a plague of millions of people who know that their race is being depopulated and are hell bent on destroying what's left of our system of elections governance and our hopes of equity and fairness and freedom. They are the super spreaders of hate and ignorance and are only comfort. Right now is that there are about ten million more of us than there are them and thanks to their believing that kovic is a hoax and bleach is a medicine. We are now going to ironically outlive them. Because we lined up and got the shots that trump himself ordered for us. So maybe there's hope here's how my new letter to you will work. I've teamed up with an amazing free service for writers and artists called sub stack. Some stack is a publishing platform. That i and many other writers believed to be a better and easier way to send you our latest writings. Rants podcasts videos ideas recipes. All of it by way of a simple elegant email that's informative subversive and entertaining a place where we can write you. A poem sinuous song. Help open the only abortion clinic. In your state this -combobulate the domestic insurgents eliminate the filibuster and the senate barbershop and show you our plan on how to get ninety three percent of the world vaccinated each week. I'll share my new writings. Random fought or to my weekly podcast which will be embedded right here in this email just clicked play boom. There's podcast my weekly letter will also contain some bit zimbabwe's or or maybe something. I've run across from far corner of the world that i know you're going to like all of this will come to you in one breezy email. A simple easy to use and share letter from mike from me to you just like that and you can share your thoughts back with me. Here's how to think of this. Think of it as a million of us coming together and acting as one finding ways to embrace each other to embrace in protect our democracy and to embrace this fragile world which we inhabit. I have been a witness to forty. Plus years of those in power seeking the dumbest down demoralizes crush our spirits and keep us in a place with little or no political or economic power. If we want to speak up to write broadcast ourselves to have our voices heard. Where do we go. Ask anderson cooper to have on his show tonight instead of a hedge fund closing local paper. How about just giving it to us. And then there's social media and let's be honest. They're all massive corporations complete with their own often. Insidious motivations to drive eyeballs. That's what they call it to drive eyeballs to get clicks no matter what. The cost is to our social fabric. That's what passes now as freedom of speech my dear friends. I am longing for place to have intelligent. Civil exchange of new im- brave in beautifully radical ideas a platform where. I can right what. I want to say to have a thoughtful conversation with you to truly connect without the trolls and the bigots stinking up the place. I want to act with you all of us now in ways that will actually affect change. Because you and i both know that our time is running out. I've been shaken by wass the sheer subsumed by the injustice of it all and consumed in a quiet rage and buy some strange accident of will. I began recording a podcast in my tiny guest bedroom. Exactly two weeks before the first cova death after that i didn't stop i've done two hundred five episodes of my rumble podcast. And thanks to many of you. Thirty million of those episodes have been downloaded. I honestly don't know where i'd be. If i hadn't had the chance to talk with all of you through my road mt. Usb microphone here two to four times a week during this last year and a half and well hey we got rid of the former guy. Right right i know i know. Nearly half of this country sick mad unvaccinated and they ate it all up and they might again remember. we are the majority. Now in eighty million of those millennials have saved us saved us for now. So this is my plea my promise to you. We have a choice. We are all in earth's icu. Together right now and yes. We can't beat back the monster but it won't be easy and it won't work unless we all lock arms and fight the greatest non-violent fight of our lives if you're listening to me right now because you've received this email letter For me that means that somewhere through the years you've already subscribed to and are currently on my email list. So here's the good news. You will continue to receive these letters m my online work. M my podcast. All for free. If you're listening to this because Friend of yours shared it with you. Or you found it on social media than i encourage you to make sure that you are subscribed to my free email lists and you can do that simply going to michael moore dot com all of my writing here on sub stack which will also carry an easy to listen to version of. My podcast will always be free..
RUMBLE with MICHAEL MOORE
"michael" Discussed on RUMBLE with MICHAEL MOORE
"This is rumble and michael. This week i started a new online newsletter project to everybody. Who's on my email list. Become free subscriber to. What will be weekly letter to all of you that i would love for you to read and So we started this on tuesday. And if you haven't had a chance to read it. When i'm going to do right now as my podcast afford today is to read you what i wrote to all of you in anybody else. Who wants to join this website of mine. Am i efforts to do the work that we're all trying to do here. And so it's free and this podcast will be now from now on email to you each week and you can just hit play right there in the email comes. Just open up the email Hit play in the pro. The podcast aren't so there's no work to do. It's very easy And of course this podcast will continue to be available on all of our platforms. That have been with us since the beginning anchor. Spotify apple google Stitcher a whole bunch of them my gratitude to all of them for carrying my podcast. And now you can continue to do that or you can. Just wait for the email to come and tomorrow the weekly podcast Will be out tomorrow But i thought. I do a little special one here today. So tomorrow If you are on my mailing list you will get the podcast. If you're not on the list sign up for it that's the easiest thing to do with this podcast to get the podcast and it's It's like i said it's completely free. You just go to michael moore dot com and just put your email address in there. But i want any other information from you just your email so i can send you the podcast. Make it easier for you to listen to my weekly podcast. Rumble with michael moore so So what i'm gonna do here is read this This inaugural letter. That i wrote everybody but my mailing list on tuesday of this week and but i i wanted you to hear it. I wanted you to hear it in my voice and I want to encourage you to to join in and get this newsletter for free so before we get started Let me just acknowledge. Our founding underwriter of rumble with michael moore. My podcast. Her was created using the anchor app. Anchor is the free podcast platform that allows me and you and anyone to set up in start their own podcast free of charge so that your voice is heard anchor will distribute your podcast for you again free of charge so you can be on spotify. You can be on apple podcasts. Many more now. Why are they doing this. Simply it's because they believe in the democratization of audio. That's why i use this platform and encourage you to download the free anchor app or go to anchor dot fm and get started. I can't tell you how many people have heard from from you. People listening to this podcast. We've gone on to create their own. Podcast i'm so happy here this now more than ever our voices need to be heard in now my letter to all of you so our empire has once again lost another war. The last war we one was seventy six years ago this past sunday at some point. Don't we get relegated. Out of the premier league. Don't we eventually get sold off to yahoo. In two thousand one in the days after nine eleven mine was a lonely voice insisting that we not invade afghanistan on september fifteenth. Two thousand one. I sent a personal letter to my email list. Saying this i feel. I have a responsibility as an american to speak out and say what needs to be said that we the united states of america are culpable in committing many acts of terror and bloodshed and we had better get a clue about the culture of violence in which we have been active participants. I know it's a hard thing to hear right now. But if i and others don't say it. I fear we will soon be in a war. That will do nothing to protect us almost twenty years ago in a subsequent letter. I asked the nearly one million people on my list to join the trying to stop this war. Many of you are on that list. You inundate congress with calls and letters and although we couldn't stop that war nor the one in iraq. We did continue to organize to march to vote into raise a generation who grew up to be overwhelmingly for peace and who detested war. In fact since nine eleven nearly eighty million young people have become a voting age. I continued sending you those letters sometimes upwards of twenty thousand of you would write me back. These were the days though before social media but soon we would all switch to likes in tweets in letters in emails began to fade. I miss that immensely. The more personal and intimate discourse that we could have and it wasn't long before many others missed it to facebook had made a stupid twitter made us angry. Instagram just made us hungry for well. The food emails. You know the thoughtful letter to long lost friend or the angry missive to a member of congress did eventually make a glorious comeback so i want to reconnect with all of you in this manner by sending you my weekly letter with a bunch of new thinking and fresh ideas in how we can turn things around. We are in the midst of trying to survive three massive pandemics all.
The Michael Knowles Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Knowles Show
"That is something that is really a knock against the society in some. That should not be taken lightly. Khumbu had this great ethical reflection the guillotine. Which i think i would encourage people to read so this is a this is a very complicated issue. One the knox against anarchism is that utopia right and i would argue. And i'm sure you would agree when you have criminals and were accused. Criminals You you know you don't wanna put away innocent people and you do want to make sure you get the ones who should be removed from society. So how you get. There is not going to be easily answered under any system. Yes i agree. And i also speaking of this non utopian stuff the most important thing right. Now you know This word praxis comes up in a lot of anarchist or communist discourse. The practice is very important because we actually have to do stuff. And so i i you know. I know that there are some conservatives and buckley to to a degree certainly indulged in this who punch right a of the time. And i just think it is madness right now for people who in any way consider themselves on the right whether the traditionalist religious right libertarian anarchists. Whatever is you want to add. There is now a consolidation of power at the level of the ruling class and liberal establishment. That is about to prevent us from using pay pal. It's about to prevent us from using. I mean it actually pay pal made this announcement today. they're teaming up ad l. I mean this is really terrifying stuff. And so i agree we need to boot utopianism and figure out a way to push back against it and michael. You offering a white pill. And i'm going to say one more thing. If i if anyone listening to me listen might vice focus on government schools because government schools are literal prisons for children and the only place many people experience violence in their lifetimes. And now that's won the silver linings of these lockdowns that increasing numbers of people regardless of the ideology realized. Just how depraved and dangerous. These schools are and are taking their kids out so if conservatives are skeptical of the government as they say do not hang your children over to these people to raise them for you and be surprised when they come out despising you and everything you stand for. Yeah i mean and you even see the extension of school. It went from first through twelfth and they added kindergarten and preschool. Then now's subsidized college They're going to eventually have your kids for like twenty years straight. I kid you not a relative of mine sent a kid to preschool at like two and a half. That preschool is an shaded. Obviously shapes your child's mind educates them right at develops who they are and a very important not to give Give the state that power to give the ruling that power. Michael you are seriously. I say this sincerely one of the most intelligent people out there in the right wing media today. You haven't convinced me on anarchism yet but we'll have to save that for next time. Perhaps and thank you for being so interesting. Yeah wait a second hold on here. Michael malice the new book the white pill the book the anarchist book and then my favorite title dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong il michael. Thanks for b. o. world. Where can people find you. By the way twitter michael malice the whitefield out later this year. The anarchist handbook dot com get michael..
The Michael Knowles Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Knowles Show
"So that was the worst thing is just law it's a complete fallacy if you read the book at essay my book The minimum jekyll john house. Who's georgetown law professor. He talks about how this concept of just law is really nonsensical. And i'll give you one example that you that you will agree with. It's in the book as well. There's an old lady and she basically signed a contract with some samba instructor for ten thousand dollars right. What's the just approach. One say the point of law is so people. Don't get exploited. We have to break the contract. The other person can say the contract is the basis of law. It's not the courts job to be an activist judge. We have to honor the contract. Both of those are perfectly reasonable perfectly objective and demonstrate that no matter who the judge is. They're going to bring their preconceptions to the court system. But i had a decentralized both sides if you had a decentralized system where you can choose what kind of rules you follow. It will have much more just and efficient and cheaper outcomes but it. Isn't that only a problem. If you believe that the free consent of individuals maximizing individual. Autonomy is the end of government. You know if if you really believe that. This woman has some right to solve. The samba instructor has a right to sign a ten thousand dollar contract. Whereas if you think that's hogwash. And you believe the justice is the end of government. And you believe that you don't actually have the right to do wrong and you don't have the right to just pursue whatever whims your your will tells you then. Couldn't you appeal to a higher authority. Couldn't you say it's immoral. It's exploitative it's Violates some aspect of the natural law rather the so you're in favor of judicial activism when it suits your purposes. I'm favor of the natural law. And i'm in favor. Favorite justice if the basis of government is justice wise it so darned bad delivering it. Well if i if. I'm gonna go to a restaurant and they're serving sushi and the fish keeps getting cooked at a certain point. This is not a sushi restaurant. Sure but but you know this is a fallen world. I i suppose this would be one of my divergences from some anarchists or some sort of proto anna arguing that the words ball. I don't think this is a utopia topi as possible. I agree with you that there's a lot of depravity in any country that is inevitable so so therefore any system of justice is going to be imperfect. There's no question about that sure so so granted all of that you know. Some systems of justice are better than others. Sure i'm more interested in peace and justice and liberty. You know if you and i base maybe you you invited me out to dinner and then basically you stick me with the bill. Justice would be like a pitch a fit but at the same night could be like okay. That's michael being michael. It applied both michelson. Either of us be the jerk and situation and corolla is enough pursue justice so as cherish and sure and i lost short. I've always relied on the kindness of strangers. But i'm also biting my tongue right because you did meet. Do me an injustice and you didn't pay for the bill that you promised right. We all have to have these little compromises day-to-day lives. So i think justice as a term is overrated. Let's talk about criminals. I perfectly have no problem with someone. Who's an assailant on children or a violent criminal They void their right to life. Right i have no with that at the same time. My biggest concern isn't retribution. My biggest concern is how do i make sure this person is never in a position to harm people again. That to me is a far bigger priority. That seeing justice be had necessarily but but i recognize that temptation i think it's widespread now to make rehabilitation or deterrence instrumentation. I just said the goal of pre by prison is important in in many cases isn't justice but like gotta get this guy off the streets because if he's on the streets he's going to be killing people but if that is the primary purpose of the prison then don't you open yourself up to all sorts of of moral quandaries for instance if as i believe it is. The purpose of prison is retribution for people who've primarily retribution although deterrence rehabilitation are secondary matters. Then a guy commits a crime. You bring them up on trial you throw them in the can if the primary purpose of prison is to get bad people off the streets then. Couldn't you throw someone in prison before. They've committed a crime right because they're very likely to because some social scientific data set has suggested that they're likely to commit one well that is the progressive mindset. Right follow the science. And i don't think at all. I think you if someone has to have demonstrably actually done something before. They're likely to do something. I i don't think that you obviously don't think i don't either. But i think that if if you come to the conclusion that you and i have then you you must also conclude that the primary purpose the sort of pregnant for criminal. Justice is retribution rather than some secondary goal. I i don't think it's retribution. If the person hasn't done anything richard richard. If that's what i mean. I don't think you should go to prison if you haven't done anything. But i think that therefore the primary purpose of prisons for instance is retribution. That is to say it is justice rather than some secondary aspect of impressive i. I wouldn't agree. That retribution injustice are anywhere near synonymous and i think a lot of times again. I and my goal versatile. The prison systems a whole other conversation. Which i'm sure you and i can have because there's lots of people who are in prison and a thing you as a christian certainly would agree is Things like the death penalty and innocent people being killed although you might argue that the that's overblown when that individual is innocent..
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"michael" Discussed on The Michael Knowles Show
"They come from very different perspectives. And so you know the famously. And the kind of buckley frank. Meyer fusionists coalition. You had the traditional conservatives libertarians and the war hawk democrats and they came together because they all hated the soviet union to some effect are they defeated the soviet union though. They ignored a lot a lot of things at home. But you've got then you've got anarchism which you know as you say is basically incompatible with christianity. There are some exceptions. I did not say that at all you did not. I thought you said i thought you said that. If you were believing christian who believes. I know no if you believe those specific aspects of christianity you have to obey your rulers And that and that these rulers are basically. God sent that that is not compatible. But if you're a christian you believe that. The bible is in errand. Unless you're a heretic. Like leo tolstoy or someone else. Well i mean. I would think tolstoy would regard you as the heretic here so easy. But he's wrong. Neither neither of us will ever be as raider mattis. Tolstoy it'll be. I think we're both much better men than leo tolstoy. By the way he was a he was a degenerate he was a very good writer but he was an absolute degenerative. Human bill in all fairness you and i both did hit the number one nonfiction amazon. Which i don't think he ever did so. We are better writers than tolstoy. Yes that is true. And you know tolstoy. He needed all of those words to right. I mean god that books on and on and you know my at least my. My first book didn't need a single word at all. So i think okay. So then okay. You got tolstoy aside but let's say you've got now in the new right. You've got anarchists such as yourself and other people maybe some followers of ayn rand or you know earth from that wing. Then you've got traditional just knuckle dragging to the right of genghis khan conservatives. That i would. I would place myself in that. Camp thrown altar abadi theocratic fascist. Whatever they want to use. Then you've got. I don't add today on foreign policy. I don't even know what would constitute a conservative. My question is practically is it. Is it the bush era thing. I don't think it's that is it. interventionist yeah. So how'd you get enough people together to unite that because know for all of them many faults that bill buckley had as he was trying to build this coalition. He did manage to bring people together and win at least a couple of elections. What how can we do that now. With all these disparate factions on the right. So i don't think that it's a numbers game. I think if you look at let's oppose it someone's pro-life right or pro-choice that only took nine people to make that decision The anarchists view and emma goldman discusses. This you know. In the anarchist handbook is the majority cannot recent so these vast number of people today will be arguing for you know a black lives matter tomorrow. They'll be wearing the yellow ribbons to support the war in kuwait They're really not of relevance to kind of balanced and history is always made. There's a book called the machiavellian with james burnham national review writer mention. It's always about elites for making history and making decisions. And if you and i both know the number of people who are making political decisions in choice and moving political thinking in america. It's gotta be under two thousand people. It's it's actually a much smaller number that people appreciate fiat and the people think tanks you know all of congress and senator all the governors and all of us jerks on twitter. It made her hitting five thousand. Sarah people tend to and that explains why you could go from obama to trump to biden to w before that this seems to be a vacillation you realize people are not politically involved necessarily and even if they are involved. They're just really knocked. They're going to be able to have perfectly contradict reviews so democracy is not a mechanism towards dear freedom and his effect and medical towards freedom that used to be considered very conservative view. I mean that was the view of the founding fathers even. They were struck this constitutional republic now though they were terrorists. Though yeah george. Boston has several warrants out for his arrest. They were saying we have to hang together. We're going to hang separately. They were ready to kill all those downing fathers. And that's right that's right. They certainly had they lost the war. They all would have been hanged without question. Oh yeah but but now. I don't know how this happened. But now we're told that if you in any way question mob rule you or it really. If you in any way question the ruling elite that you are a threat to our democracy our our. I say coriander by which of course they mean. They're all gorky right but then our jammies they need it. Oh i had that sweet. If you replace our democracy with our gemini everything because much more clear and the reason they needed to be hegemonic. They need to have a monopoly on the microphone. Because before you and i were born you had three networks and you had. Abc cbs and nbc. So you had the impression of choice with these. Were all strongly left of center anchors presenting things destroying left-of-centre context but it gives the illusion that. Oh i made this decision. I b instead of c. I'm an independent thinker. This is a big lie now. They're still apoplectic. The fox news exists right. And they're trying to regain a monopoly control cable news while at the same time. Fewer and fewer americans especially young people are watching cable news as a means of getting their information at all their turn toward the internet and daily wire and other podcasts and other resources like that that's another reason to be enormously optimistic. It's not people are no longer trying to argue. They're just turning off the television and you're not the audience is listening to you. It's really hard to control them. Yes and you know. I i love your observation about this. This illusory choice the idea we. Oh yeah good. My team won Except i'm not getting really anything voted for and no now. Their team went wait. They seem to just be pursuing. I i refer to the phenomenon. Sometimes as the the court jester conservative. I think romney types of their whole job is to luckily luckily was the court jester. You don't chew jokes. Aerosol can make your case because i still like buckley. But what's the are was the my book than you right. Demonstration buckley is the great villain of conservatism because his job was to be the court jester. The national review slogan standing thwart history. Yelling stop right. Well someone actually wanna stop it so you can stand there and yell all you want. But that's a declaration of impotence of powerlessness and he had some great lines when he ran for mayor. New york city. They asked him. What would you do if you want. He said demand a recount and was very clever and very witty but the same time. He's putting on this pantomime. Why is being completely steamrolled by the left And his biggest accomplishments politically many ways was checking out. People do his right. I'm declaring them on persons now. He had that power back. When media was more tightly. Managed to control but now You know it's very hard for anyone for better. Or worse. Certainly. there's worse aspects as well to have that position to be like okay. This person no longer exists yet. I do do see a lot of the criticisms of buckley. My my defensive him though is when you look at basically the wilson era through nineteen fifty when he comes out with god and man a yale conservatives had just consistently lost even we had republicans who just consistently lose and so buckley comes in and says i'm gonna stand the history yelling stop. He starts to turn the conversation slightly. He that first book. He makes a mockery of academic. Freedom goes after the institutions which i love by the way there many conservatives today who will defend academic freedom on leftists terms..
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"michael" Discussed on The Michael Knowles Show
"Only play defense. You're not going to win. You need to Point your guns Toward the universities. Because that's where these ideas are. I promulgated where they train young people to be. The shock troops there for the progressive militia with enron hollywood who work in newspapers and they're the ones who shape the ideas of The country especially for young people. A lot of people frequently invoked nineteen eighty-four george orwell with this heart authoritarianism the book i would recommend. People read his aldous huxley world. a totally reverse. The persuasion is not with the stick. The persuasion his go work at this crappy job. Go home and watch stupid television we will provide for. You will give you food will put a roof over your head. Don't think and don't question us. And i think that model the realization that the corporate press has not just recently been a mechanism to sell narratives as opposed to information and to guide public opinion. But that this has been going on for a very long time limited one example. Which i think everyone can appreciate were all taught back in the. Dave william randolph. I the spanish american war you know a yellow journalism and that basically that led us into war during the mckinley administration. And then there's a record scratch and the corporate press is supposed to be objective and decent. That never happened. That's just one of the big lies That the media likes to tell about itself. Yeah yeah. I certainly agree with that. And you know this this sense of You know the the objective media just grew out of this liberal establishment that you know i guess sort of thrived in the middle of the twentieth century and increasingly is is collapsing. I i totally agree. You know orwell was huxley student. I think actually was his french teacher. And huxley wrote around seventy nine. I'd like your book by which you're missing here is the subtlety. You're missing how the regime is going. To use drugs. Promiscuous sex is gonna use pleasure to enslave people. Yeah and it's not. It's at that point becomes kind of like the greek myth of the lotus eaters. You're one the terms that you know. I've popularized which has become kind of loosened. Definition is the concept of the red pill. But if you go back the matrix the people who are in the matrix are having a pretty nice life. They have food they have a job they have a family they have to think about anything and therefore they don't have to worry about anything at. It's very useful. If i would like to be an elite to have a population which basically like an farm. Who aren't going to question my choices and just do what i like. The problem is at some point people. Wake up both on the right and the let's say this isn't working for me and then it's the media's job tell the rest of the population how to analyze this in how to receive it so one of the things why i'm hopeful and positive you'll agree with me on this after the twenty twenty election for the first time in my lifetime and you and i both fairly young the republicans and the right. Broadly speaking didn't turn their sights on joe biden. Nee turned it on media outlets are they realized. That biden is a symptom of a larger issue than biden. Himself is nowhere near as malevolent as many of these other entities and to realize. Okay these are the people who made something like a biden happen or or the lockdowns happen that i think that healthy analysis of who is against you is a much stronger position. I just make one more point. If you look at nancy pelosi and joe biden and if you look at. Let's oppose the harvard law faculty of the new york times editorial board which one of these groups of really has more contempt for you and your lifestyle and i think this is a very easy question to answer. Yeah yeah. I think you're certainly right. The the ruling elite involves a lot more than just a couple of politicians in washington dc. Frankly they're not even the most important people in in that equation right. You've got higher education lower education big tech hollywood the media all of these super national international organizations. And then you've got doddering joe biden. Who doesn't know which end is up. Absolutely now your answer to this is a very naughty word and freedom freedom three. Yes that's what. I just said freedom so i think what we've agreed basically on everything thus far. Now i think we're gonna disagree what What made you come to identifies an anarchist. What would how would you define. Anarchism is notoriously difficult to define people have lots of different definitions for it. And what does it mean practically if we said okay. Enough of our political system were going all in france. Baby sure so. Anarchism can be defined in one sentence. You do not speak for me. Everything else is simply. Application of the concept is the idea that political authority is inherently illegitimate. And just because laws passed is not give you any moral impetus to respect of follow it. In any respect it also means that when you look at the republicans democrats. You're looking at literally two different gangs. Who are fighting for turf war. Neither which have your interest at so. The black flag is the traditional symbol of anarchism. And i have the expression to black flag comes in many colors so the reason i wrote this anarchist handbook is different. Anarchist thinkers from the last two hundred years explaining what anarchism means to them and how it applies in terms of what that would mean right now it would mean things like An increase skepticism. The police because they are the ones who are forcing you and your home. They're the ones who are enforcing gun control laws. And every other eating that gretchen. Whitmer mario and gavin newsom flint to place it is having an increased skepticism of concentrations of power. Whether would be jeff bezos. The ivy leagues or the or the federal government as well as state governments An understanding that this idea of well. You and i disagree. But i'm going to respect your opinion when the person disagreeing with you is a politician and have the ability to enforce their views upon your family. You are under no obligation to take them seriously for one second and you should instead regard them with an enormous amount of concerns. Let's take a gun control issue for a second. You know politicians sits forward and says you know. I'm going to make it harder for you to get a gun to protect your home in your.
The Michael Knowles Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Knowles Show
"Finally after years and years of anticipation we're bringing onto the show. One of the most interesting guys in the political media space right now. Michael malice who. I've been following for a long time. Follow on twitter and everything and i said michael. I can't believe that you're you're just coming on the show now and he reminded me that he deemed me like two years ago. And i missed it. Like i miss every dm. Like i miss every text. But i'm so pleased. The michael could be here today. Michael thanks for coming on the show. You know michael interesting is always a euphemism. You have dinner. This guy see like he was interesting. He was interesting. Yes that's true right now. You know one thing. Michael that i so i i should mention. You need no introduction. But you're the author of one of the two best titled books in human history. Dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong il That the only other Book of an equally. Great title is When harry became sally by ryan anderson. I the author of the new right journey of the fringe of american politics The author of the anarchist handbook. And and this is especially what. I want to talk about the author of an upcoming book about the white pill a cause for hope in our absolute decayed collapsing ruins of politics. What is the cause for hope. Michael will you just said it. It's a collapsing ruined. Politics is a disaster. There's no possibility for freedom through a political venue so to watch you know the elites basically cannibalized themselves. It's very hard for me Whether you're republican democrat independent whatever so look at joe biden literally voiding battles behind the resolute desk and think to yourself. This is a symbol of an empire at its strength. This is someone who really has is on top of things as opposed to you. Know we can bernie situation which we should be looking at with a great comedic applause and then also follows president trump. Donald trump was basically a third party candidate. He had no routes within the republican party at all Historically he endorsed romney but barely says anything and he managed to beat every single republican candidate in the primary. So this just speaks to in many ways. The complete decaying weakness of both of our major political parties which from my perspective is a very healthy thing for a free country. Now most people would say the collapse in support for not just political parties but for basically every public institution is terrible. It shows you that. The country's falling apart i myself a little worried about it although for some institutions i think bye-bye don't let the door on the way out. But but you're saying from your perspective the collapse of of trust these institutions is a wonderful thing. Yeah i don't think things like the ivy league and the state are redeemable The new york times elements like that. I think what conservatives failed to appreciate is that these institutions have been this way for a very long time There's an argument in conservative. circles that hollywood's been taken over by the liberals but the same time conservative. Do appreciate that. Ronald reagan was president a screen actors guild and as president screen actors guild and previously. He was very concerned by the depths of literal communism not just communism stalinism Within hollywood so at what point wasn't hollywood of venue of the very hard left in the twenties when they had they didn't have talkies. Well yes i guess. If you can't talk you can't spread leftist ideas. But i mean woodrow wilson. Another great example. He was a college professor. The first college professor became president he was president in nineteen twelve and he was advocating things. Far the left of what even bernie sanders with advocate for today so i think conservatives by and large are supposed to learn the lessons from history but unfortunately that seems to not be the case very often and this is why. It's a big reason for optimism. The future woodrow. Wilson is a far more to various fo far more talented individual farmer. Charismatic than what amc. I mean there's just no comparison opinion but there was this sense among the old right. You know. I mean these terms old writing new right. They change every twenty years because you people and older but but you know of of what we would call the old and the fifties. They really were concerned with getting rid of the new deal. They were fighting against fdr. They were fighting against wilson them and then that just kind of went away over the ensuing decades the conservatives just gave up they kind of made their peace with the new deal in some ways they adopted. We'll sonian view at least a foreign policy and so You know that that to me speaks to the absolute entrenchment of of these sort of leftist progressive policies. You think though maybe they're not so entrenched maybe we can. We cannot end them. Oh they are insurance but let let's talk exactly what. Talk nineteen fifties. You have the the nomination was between dwight. Eisenhower who no one knew what his political resume was at all both the democrats and republicans tried to recruit us a great war hero and the republicans had mr republican robert. Taft to was a conservative republican tap. Got his ass added to him. Marley because of liberal republicans like new york state governor. Thomas dewey Who ran against fdr twice. Was romney republican before the term existed. They later called rockefeller republicans. So i think this idea that The republican party is has historically been venue for a shrinking state is really kind of an historical fairytale along the lines of the sixty ninety and project. When push comes to shove they've never really cut budgets at all The other other example to that was nineteen sixty. Four with barry goldwater force. Who's a great conservative hero. And he got his hands to him in that election. Which of course percents The reagan election in nineteen eighty but the relationship between conserved ideas or a limited government ideas and the republican parties is far more nuanced than i think. A lot of people appreciate true and actually going back all the way to the founding of the republican party. Let's abraham lincoln ran on tariffs. I mean the the party was anti-slavery pro protectionism. So that's not exactly a a small government a policy and you know even even after i don't think anyone would call abraham lincoln small government sort of president the guy's suspended habeas corpus. You know rightly. I think but still he. He did it and so yes. The republican party has not always had the small government ideology and very rarely has expressed it even in the twentieth century. So then where do we go from here. If the if the twentieth century conservatism was basically flop with a few nice moments during the reagan and trump administration trump. I guess being the twenty first century. What's the future look like because you you have hope whereas i'm a little Little skeptical you know. I think conservatives are basically diabetics who are trying to choose between coke and pepsi and wondering why their fee get to keep getting cut off at a certain you have to realize that if you can't vote yourself free and mitch. Mcconnell will always be a lot closer to hillary clinton he will be to you and your values so to stop looking toward washington for answers and also to start looking to wear. The toxicity starts if you're fighting in washington by that point is the fourth quarter..
The Michael Berry Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Berry Show
"You see that Prayer in public schools now absolutely not permitted you see the bible in public schools absolutely not permitted and the arguments that were made at the time. We're all about the first amendment there you can't. There has to be a firm separation between church and state. first of all. I encourage you. I beg you plead with you. Find me that phrase in the constitution won't be able to do it. No such as exists acting as you know my i have to interject. Because it's it's one of the great moments in american history that gets so perverted. It's from jefferson's letter to the church. At danbury and the separation was the church was the state from the church not the church from the state. I know you know that it drives me. Nuts that has been so twisted and contorted it. Of course it's so important to remember the context there. It's also important to remember that. At the time that the establishment clause was was ratified and there were many not many but there were a number of states in the country that had established churches. So yes you're protecting the church from the state you're also protecting the individual states from the federal government but that that has become completely misinterpreted in in the way the history is taught in the country. so yes obviously. There's going to be some religious basis for the country now. I'm not saying that we're going to have the pope. Land that at ellis island and take over the country. But i am saying all political regimes have some ideas that go along with them. For instance our country says we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. That is a religious idea and that religious idea undergirds the country and and what what the left did and the radical atheist did in the twentieth century is. They went in and they said no. You can't you can't have that but it only cuts one way. Look at the free speech movement in berkeley. You had radicals in the nineteen sixties. Say in the name of free speech. We need to get rid of all. Traditional standards of speech and behavior now is berkeley the free speech campus in the country. Not even close. It actually has has some of the greatest censorship in the entire country. So i think it was always an excuse. I think this argument of religious freedom or freedom of speech. I think that was a slogan that was promoted by the left. I don't think they actually gave a damn about the free speech or religious tradition in america. And i think they just wanted to knock down the traditional the traditional standards and unfortunately so many people on the right of fallen for it and very often we pair at their rhetoric. I've just over a minute. Michael knowles is. The author of the book is speechless controlling words controlling minds. What do you hope not the politicians and elected officials. What do you hope. The reader who buys reads in embraces. This takes away from this in. Does i hope that the reader understands the history of political correctness up until now. I don't think there was a real popular history explaining what this thing actually is. And i hope it gives readers the confidence and the courage to recognize that. There's nothing un-american about having standards there's there's actually nothing new about cancelled culture you know in the nineteen fifties you get cancelled for being a communist. Today you get cancelled for not being on. The fact of being canceled hasn't change..
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"michael" Discussed on The Michael Berry Show
"We do not possess a moral conscience and what that means is we do. Not because that's the capacity for self government. We actually need to be able to say things are good. Some things are bad. some things true. Some things are false. Something's or write. Some things are wrong and conservatives have really been afraid to do that. They haven't had the courage to do that. Over the past fifteen twenty years. We've made a lot procedural arguments a lot of abstract arguments about free speech but the plain fact is that free speech in the abstract does not mean anything to people who have nothing to say well and we've grown very comfortable discerning between we don't have to have consistency to the point that it self-defeating we can say you can't drink if you're under twenty one but at twenty one. You can have that decision. You can't these activities. If you're under an age you make the point in more legalistic. Since the first amendment does not require a value neutral public square our conservative former conservative leaders thinkers writers have seemingly given up. And i think that's the point you're making is that they're saying well if if the kids have to be exposed to a grown man's penis in the school in order for us not to have our our churches shut down. Then we're for it well. No we don't have to go that far. That's not intellectually consistent and it's not good and by the way i don't think it's value neutral either. You know the premise of these arguments. Is that somehow. Secular liberalism is totally neutral. It's an even playing field for the left and the right. There's nothing neutral about it. We have to make a distinction. If bruce jenner is a man then he's not allowed into the ladies room. If bruce jenner is a woman then he is allowed into the ladies room. We have to decide and whatever we decide. That's going to exclude other options. Even when you think about the way the schools are run. There's one book. There was one book that you are not allowed to teach in schools. it's not even candy. You can teach him. It's not robin de ngelo. You can teach her. It's it's not mine. come for goodness sakes. it's the bible. You're not allowed to teach the bible in schools. Why because the supreme court decided in the twentieth century that it was unconstitutional to teach the bible in schools where they discovered that constitutional prohibition no one has any idea probably written in invisible ink beneath the emanations. And the number is in the fictional right to abortion. But think about how crazy that is the single. Even if you're an atheist or agnostic the single most important book in the history of our civilization. you can't even understand the other works of literature and history without understanding this book. You are not permitted to teach that in schools doesn't sound very neutral to me folks. It seems like we were at a distinct disadvantage. I think we need to assert political power to to take some some of that ground back. You talk in the book about the first amendment and what it does and doesn't require in how we've seen this contortions to get to the conclusions One of the things you talk about is how the atheist got the warren court to rule their way. How did that happen well. This happened around around this time..
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"michael" Discussed on The Michael Berry Show
"In marx's lifetime it turns out the oppressed masses in didn't care about all of those wonderful ideas that karl so the later intellectual heirs of mark's people like antonio graham sheet people like the funk for at school critical theorists people hurt mike urban makusa and down the line. They recognized that in order for a revolution to succeed. You need to grab the common sense. You need to attain hegemony to wage a war of position rather than a war of maneuver where you take Positions of influence within the society. And then you gradually infiltrate the institutions. And then you wield that power. And i think we're now at the stage where they're wielding the power. I think really in order to come back this scourge which which threatens the very hard of our civilization. i think we need to take these leftist theorists seriously. I i think we need to recognize. They actually probably know more about free speech and censorship than we on the right. Do no matter how much we flatter ourselves. And that's why they've been so effective wielding speech to attain political power. And maybe we can learn a thing or true and try to do that ourselves. Michael let me hold you there. The book is speechless. Controlling words controlling minds. he's michael knowles. We will continue our conversation. He doesn't just point out the problems as many people do. He has strategies for how we solve. This how we win coming up. Michael knowles is our guest. The new book is a bestseller already. It's just hit the stores or online wherever you buy your books. Speechless controlling words controlling minds. You do more than just pointing out. How the use of words political correctness is allowing the left to win. You offer strategies for what we can do differently because republicans are in many cases. Getting it all wrong. What are some of those strategies. I think what republicans need to do what conservatives need to do is articulate a standard a an actual substantive political vision. I saw this most notably during a debate that cropped up on the right some months ago where there was a prominent might say former conservative. I think now he's he's pretty solidly liberal. They still call themselves. Certain you gotta commentator who defended drag queens story our who said that drag queen story our quote. This is actually this. is david french. I was trying to be nice and not nathan you know. He said though. I'll have to. I'll give him is toward french. That another vendor good grief anyway sorry. Yeah drag queen store. He lots nec said that That it was quote one of the blessings of liberty. And that that sound you hear by the way michael that is that is the sound of james madison rolling in his grave at that very thought so so some conservatives responded to this and said if that's blessing of liberty than than i ain't for it i'm against it and of course you know this would have been completely foreign to our founding fathers understanding of liberty but but to be charitable to david's argument. What he's what. He's basically saying that if we tell perverts that they can't work for little kids at the public library why then the left might tell us. We can go to church on sunday. To which i would respond by the way. They're already telling us that they've already for the past year or more told us in many parts of the country that you can't go to church so practically i think that's off the table but then but then even more broadly if if you are really telling me that we cannot discern between perverts generally for kids and a pastor preaching the gospel. If you're if you're telling you we can't tell the difference then that means that we do not possess faculties where he's it means..
The Michael Berry Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Berry Show
"But i don't think it's just the left's fault i think we have in many ways. Let them do that. And this is largely. Because we've misunderstood what political correctness is we tend to think political correctness goes back about thirty years or so to the eighties or the nineties. I think it actually goes back about one hundred years as i argue speechless but we also tend to think that political correctness. Is this battle between free speech on the one hand and censorship on the other. And i don't really think that's what it is. I think it's more. I competing battle of standards. And you've got the traditional standards that we conservatives would depend and you've got the anti standard of the left and so it leaves this track that we've continued to fall for and it's why the harder we push back against political correctness. The more ground we lose the trap is that i'd away that conservatives react to political correctness actually ends up advancing pc so you you've obviously got the squish is they. Just give give into the new jargon the new standards that use whatever. The new crazy words are and so that obviously advances pc but then even more stalwart conservatives who say i'm never giving into your new wo- crazy standard very often. They will ground their their argument on. Say free speech absolutism. They'll grounded on the idea that we shouldn't have standards at all. You should be able to say whatever you want. Do whatever you want. And ironically that advances political correctness too because all political correctness sets out to do is to destroy traditional standards. So i think that we need a third option. I think we need a new strategy. Because whatever we've been doing for thirty years manifestly has not been working well and would you trace that because you say one hundred years that lines up nicely with with wilson. Just after roosevelt and progressivism. Is that where you see this coming from. Well you certainly see it. With wilson wilson. I think rights probably the best description of progressivism that i'd ever read in his essay. What is progress. He says the constitution's outdated. That was that was developed. During the age of isaac newton when we thought we had six laws and the permanent nature to the universe but now we live in the age of darwin and because we're in the age of darwin. Everything's involving nothing's fixed nothing stable and so we need to basically take away all the constitutional protections. Give all the political power to a bunch of egghead elites and not let the people have any say over their government that was a major transformation and it was accompanied by a transformation in the way that the radicals approached politics. You know karl marx in a letter to arnold ruge called for the ruthless criticism of all that exists and from from this we get things like critical theory now. Critical race theory is very much in the news. But the the marsin revolution did not did not happen..
The Michael Berry Show
"michael" Discussed on The Michael Berry Show
"He does a radio show. He's at the daily wire he's basically a man about town Modern day women buckley. If you will. He's written a number one national bestseller entitled speechless controlling words controlling minds and it came out just a little over a week ago. Well first of all we see critical race theory in the good work chris. Rufo's doing there and lots of parents across the country. Michael speaking out at at At school board meetings. We see tucker carlson revealing that. He's been spied on. Where do you even begin to to to start the conversation on controlling words and controlling minds. Why write this book. It seems to me that the issue of free speech is the most important issue facing our country right now. I think it's more important than immigration. I think it's more important than foreign trade or taxes or wars or anything like that. If you can control speech you will control politics because as good old uncle aristotle tells us speeches politics and politics is speech. Especially especially in a self-governing republic such as ours where we use words to persuade one another deliberate and set our our national policy at least in theory. And you've hit on it. There are two kinds of speech. Control that that are going on right now. There is the overt censorship. You mentioned tucker the nsa spying on tucker carlson. You've got government entities you've got corporate entities censoring even the duly elected sitting president of the united states on january seventh and january as a people who can get in trouble lose their jobs if they stay basic facts about nature men or not women that sort of thing but then there's also a pre censorship and i think this is even more insidious this is the way the left manipulates language to win debates before they ever even have to have the debates. I think this is why the left is so focused on the pronouns. Right now. I think that you can be compelled to refer to bruce jenner as she and her if the left can force you to deny the plane. Reality is right before your very eyes. They can get you to say anything..