Political Maneuvers, International Affairs, and a Curious Case of Feral Cats

From the congressional halls of America to the back alleys filled with feral cats, we've got an episode that promises to deliver a hearty mix of political intrigue and the peculiar! 

We kick things off by dissecting Jim Jordan's unsuccessful Speaker bid and navigate the tumultuous waters of the political system that's more akin to a game of numbers than a democratic process. Hear the inside scoop on a potential feud between Kevin McCarthy and Matt Gaetz, and how their actions eerily mirror those of  Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. GC still hasn't seen Hamilton... C'mon, man! 

We then take a plane and land in the heart of international issues. We delve into the complex saga of the Israel-Palestine conflict and highlight the worrying surge of anti-Semitism and anti-Arabic sentiment among Ivy League students. 

We also examine President Biden's position on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the broader implications of military engagements in Taiwan and a possible war with China? What is happening? 

But what's a discussion without some surprise elements? From politics, we switch gears by shedding light on the controversial behavior of a certain Prime Minister's boyfriend and question societal double standards when it comes to gender roles. 

Then on to the  odd and alarming trend of cat attacks across certain locales. We discuss the far-reaching effects of Bob Barker's initiative to spay and neuter cats and ponder if his death, and the loss of that message, may have inadvertently contributed to this problem. Buckle up, tune in, and prepare for an episode that's as diverse as it's engaging!

Transcript

David: 0:03

Yeah, what's up? It's about GD Time. My man, my man, gc.

GC: 0:06

What is happening, brother? By the time you listen to this, listeners, it is October 23rd, 2023, if I get this out. How are you doing Lots of?

David: 0:15

been happening this week? Oh man, I've been busy as hell. You have been busy. Yeah, I've been busy, I've been busy, I've been busy, I've been busy.

GC: 0:27

I've been busy.

David: 0:27

I've been busy, I've been busy, I've been busy, I've been busy, you have been busy as hell I am.

David: 0:31

For those of you who don't know, gc had a tree fall on his house last year. A Two trees fell on it A giant tree and destroyed the home. He's been living in an apartment but the apartment insurance money ran out. So he is moving back Back to the hood, to the outback baby, back to the projects, yeah, until he can make it into his brand spanking new shiny home with a new podcast. I'm going to make it into a studio.

GC: 1:01

Yes, being built.

David: 1:02

Are you going to build me one?

GC: 1:03

I will build your ass.

David: 1:04

1d. That's actually a good idea.

GC: 1:06

You know what?

David: 1:07

You can make sure we have good enough outlets, and then you don't have to leave no serious, then you don't have to leave.

GC: 1:13

Screw that. That's a great idea.

David: 1:15

It is a great idea, thank you.

GC: 1:16

Thank you, you heard it here first.

David: 1:17

You did Okay. So today we got some topics for you. First we are going to talk a little bit about Jim Jordan and his chaos party. A little bit on President Biden. The Italian prime stallion stallion is not a woman. The Italian what's the girl horse? What the Italian female horse? The Giddy up the Italian Giddy up prime minister and her nasty boyfriend. And then last we'll talk about cat attacks.

GC: 1:54

Did you really just say that?

David: 1:55

What did I say? The nasty boyfriend.

GC: 1:56

Yeah, come on, man, he was a nasty boyfriend.

David: 1:58

We'll talk about it. We'll talk about it. I got it up, yeah, so first let's talk about Jim Jordan.

Kevin McCarthy: 2:04

What happened?

David: 2:06

So he has three votes to become Speaker of the House. Each one got less votes than the one before. Yes, that means three tries.

GC: 2:15

I mean he put it to the floor for a vote three times. But even Kevin McCarthy got 15. He should Well 12. You mean he votes?

David: 2:25

Yeah.

GC: 2:26

I mean he, it was 15 tries.

David: 2:28

That's what I mean To become three and three.

GC: 2:31

And he did. Jim Jordan did three and said fuck it. So he saw the writing on the wall. Like they always listen, man, and I've said this over and over and I sound like a broken record it is a game of numbers, like football is a game of inches. Yes, this, this political system we have, is a game of numbers. Jim Jordan, with his redneck self sort of seeing that the writing on the wall, he has been in Congress long enough to know that it wasn't going to fly. And when you and I talked about this a couple of episodes back, Well, you, you're always on the money.

David: 3:13

so far, damn it. You see you have to write every time you caught your leg on my pronostication.

GC: 3:20

That's a word, right? I?

David: 3:21

cocked my leg on your. Yeah you, here's what you should. You cocked what you got. I didn't cock nothing on your leg.

GC: 3:30

You don't know, like a dog peal the hydra, you caught your leg on my, my forethought and my, my political prowess. You just sort of said, gee, you were right, dog, everything you said politically, because you know you were right. But no, you couldn't do that. You said you were right so far.

David: 3:58

I mean, OK, well, we don't know what's going to happen in the future but I will concede that, yes, so far you have been, I think, correct.

GC: 4:11

There you go again.

David: 4:12

I talked about, I think, because if I go back and I find out you got something wrong, I'm going to throw it in your face. I don't care, I know you don't care, so he does. So he had three votes Now he did give up, but he didn't just give up, he was made to give up.

GC: 4:29

Yeah, you know, it almost came to blows in there, right?

David: 4:32

No, I saw him run out really fast, run down the hallway.

GC: 4:35

It wasn't between him, it was between Matt Gates and Kevin from Cali. I want to see that happen. I do too. He told Kevin, told Matt sit down and shut up. Kevin was, you know, talking and you know addressing the committee and Matt Gates got up and like talking and he was like yo, sit down, shut up.

David: 5:00

Sit down, John, you fat motherfucker. You see, you haven't watched Hamilton yet.

GC: 5:05

No, I have not.

David: 5:06

We need to talk about that is where Hamilton says to John Adams sit down, john, you fat mother. Of course he didn't say that in history, real, but in the play he said musical. He says that because John is talking, john Adams is talking and Hamilton he I mean Hamilton wanted to come to blows with John Adams. They were big rivals.

GC: 5:24

Kevin McCarthy is like Hamilton but Matt Gates is like John Adams, but Richard Burr is the one to kill Hamilton.

David: 5:30

Yeah, but this is in a different time. This is when they were going over the Okay I got this one. They're talking about how to form the government, so anyway, that that. Richard.

GC: 5:37

Burr, who was Aaron Burr? Yeah, Richard Burr's forefather.

David: 5:42

Yeah, he's cousin, you can totally tell. So Kevin McCarthy is about to come to blows. Yes, matt Gates, I'm going to put my money on Kevin McCarthy, do you?

Kevin McCarthy: 5:56

think so. I don't know why.

David: 5:57

Yeah, because Matt Gates, he's got that, he's got the youth, he's got that angry face. But I think he just crumbles under a good punch. I don't know, kevin is a little soft. Kevin does look like he's a little soft.

GC: 6:09

I think Matt can get him, he can get him, I do. I think you know if I had to, it doesn't look like Matt goes to the gym often.

David: 6:15

If he does, he's going to the jacuzzi in the men's room.

GC: 6:18

Yeah, he gets a suntan, you know. You know for what I hear you like, you know young girls, so, but anyway, so he didn't get the votes and he stormed out the room, you know, like a jilt at prom date. Jim Jordan, yeah, yeah. And then D, he was never going to be speaker of the house.

David: 6:45

Now you knew that Never, and I kind of knew that I don't know anything anymore. That's why I didn't say for sure, because things happen in this country. I said Trump would never be president. And there he was.

GC: 6:57

No, I never saw that coming.

David: 6:59

That happens, and then Kevin McCarthy has to give a little speech to the press and this is what he says.

Kevin McCarthy: 7:08

Unfortunately, Jim is no longer going to be the nominee, We'll have to go back to the drawing board. What history will look at the crazy eights led by Gates? The amount of damage they have done to this party into this country is insurmountable.

David: 7:28

History has its eyes on you. I don't think that's exactly how it goes. Hamilton, again, I want you to watch it. So he says this he calls him Crazy eights.

GC: 7:39

Well, you know it was a part of the movie with John Tavolta and Samuel Jackson and it's based on their characters. They call themselves a crazy eight Basic basic.

David: 7:54

Connie Nielsen is who you're talking about. I never saw that movie.

GC: 7:57

Oh, it's great, it's great movie.

David: 8:00

So what do you? What's going on here?

GC: 8:03

They were never gonna allow him to do that. And, and, and well, I mean be speaker of the house. You know how street shit to be speaker of the house, and that's what Jim Jordan is.

David: 8:15

Well, who's next?

GC: 8:16

They got a long list of candidates and I've never heard of a lot of them. But they I think it's like five, five serious candidates that are coming up and Kev McCarthy was promoting some of them this morning on meet the press well now I I'm glad you brought that up because I saw that on meet the press.

David: 8:43

She did call him out several times about not, but she's not. She's not as attacking and I want her to get in there. No, get in there. Yeah, get in there. That's what she said.

David: 8:54

Okay, anyway, so the thing that I noticed about that, though, was that Kevin McCarthy she got him on this. He refused to denounce Trump. Okay, that's one. He Refused Erdnall, let's say. He stood up for Jim Jordan, said he's a good guy. He's a good guy. I support Jim Jordan. That surprised me, you know, because you just connected yourself to a sink and ship right there with your support.

David: 9:26

Like you said, they almost came to blows behind closed doors, he and Matt Gates, because apparently Kevin McCarthy was on Jim Jordan side apparently. But here's the thing he also he refused to answer her whether or not he was gonna put his name in for Speaker the house again. Now he tries to dance around it and say you know, right now I'm just trying to support, I'm just working as a Congressman. You know I'll work with anybody. But he would not say you know what? No, I'm done trying to be house speaker. I Just I've had enough and let this play itself out right and listen.

GC: 10:02

That is a really tough job anyway, and when you're a prick it's even worse. So I Don't think he wants that job, because he knows he has a faction in his own party that will always be after him. There's no job you should have if you have to look over your shoulder every day when you go into work and he is doing the work of the people of the United States or trying to, if he is, in fact, speaker of the house. Now, if you have this function in your own party, what do you think the Democrats are gonna do? Because if I'm, if I'm Hakeem Jeffries, I am gonna make your life miserable every Day you wake up and you suit up to come to Capitol Hill.

David: 10:52

Is it possible for Hakeem Jeffries To get the speaker?

GC: 10:57

What now yeah?

David: 10:59

no, why not? You don't think he could possibly flip?

GC: 11:02

I don't either, but I mean this we're talking about, because he's People yeah, get eight of them not, if they want to be reelected.

David: 11:09

Well you know what that is true, and it is party over country for sure. But he's got as many votes hey he's got as many votes as Jim Jordan he does but it's not policy.

GC: 11:20

This party over politics. It used to be back when I was in the game, it was policy.

David: 11:26

That was a long time ago. How old are you? My food select.

GC: 11:30

Well, I owe Moses 1975. I owe Moses money.

David: 11:36

I mean you pay that back. That's that's why we're stuck in a dungeon.

GC: 11:41

Yeah.

David: 11:42

Well, that's all right. So basically we'll we'll find out what happens this week.

Kevin McCarthy: 11:46

I.

David: 11:47

I bet nothing. But it brings me to our next point. Okay, because President Biden, he has to go on TV and say hey, hey, hey, everybody, we need to give money to Israel and Ukraine and some other priorities. But he wants to make sure that the world knows that he's on that side and he's trying to make this happen. But we know it can't happen Till we get a speaker right. They got a vote on this because they hold the purse strings.

David: 12:13

Exactly so. This is being held up. So in the meantime, we got a hundred and six billion in aid Mm-hmm, just wait which I think is a lot of money, man, I'm not gonna lie. Hey, I'm a guy who's all about. You know what? We're already in debt. What does it matter? Look, I used to be frugal. I Was frugal, really, say that what frugal?

GC: 12:34

No well, we're indebted. What does it matter?

David: 12:36

Well, here's the thing it doesn't. It matters when a democrat spending money. It doesn't seem to matter when a republican is. But there is a point where what is a number, what is a number mean anymore? When I tell you a trillion, a truck?

Kevin McCarthy: 12:51

Can you have them? That number no thank you can.

David: 12:53

No, you cannot fathom that number. So when I say two trillion, you know it's double the trillion, but you don't realize how far it was to get to that trillion. Right, and what are we spending it on? We don't even know. 60% of the is it 60% of the defense part Departments budget is not even accounted for black ops and things like that.

GC: 13:15

We know that, but we don't yeah.

David: 13:16

So what is it? What are we paying for?

GC: 13:19

And you know we paying for you to feel comfortable Sitting with your girlfriend, your boo, your bun and the movies, and sitting around watching Netflix with your bunny.

David: 13:29

I was doing that last night. Remind me what I was watching.

GC: 13:32

That's what that that money is going towards, so people across to see and CIA and black ops can keep you safe and you can eat your butt at popcorn and Okay, watch Netflix.

David: 13:45

Keep me safe.

GC: 13:46

Yes, I'm. No, I'm being really serious when I say that.

David: 13:49

I mean that stuff. Look, if we're talking about special forces, black ops type things, yeah, maybe I don't know. But when we're talking about some of these things that are being funded, I mean where is the money going, man?

David: 14:03

Why is it not accounted for? Well, why is it least not a company that we're paying to do something accounted for? On this, like, if 60% is missing from the audit, shouldn't at least say like, maybe 60% doesn't detail exactly what you're paying for, baby? I say like Northrop Bronman is getting this amount and oh, by the way, we're paying Boeing this amount. And they'll be like what are you paying specifically in this amount? They're like well, we can't tell you because that is classified, but at least you know we're paying Boeing. This is a thing where they don't even tell you what's. They're like oh, oopsies, no, they're not even doing that.

David: 14:44

Well, john Stewart talked with the deputy. You got to watch that. Anybody listening. Look up John Stewart questioning the defense budget with the defense, the deputy defense secretary. It's quite recently. Yeah it's only like the first five minutes you need to watch. It's hilarious that she tries to get ahead of him and start attacking him and saying like look, it's not reckless. And whatever, and John's was like okay, right.

Kevin McCarthy: 15:11

I won't give it away, I'm sure, john.

GC: 15:13

Stewart does he's really sure he's not making enough money.

David: 15:16

So I'm gonna say I won't tell you what he said. Please Look it up so that he gets some hits and subscribers, because you know he's really lacking. We have plenty GC, oh yeah.

Kevin McCarthy: 15:26

I can lose a few.

GC: 15:27

Yeah, john Stewart. Yeah, I got it, brother.

David: 15:30

But the thing is we got all this money going out and it's crazy. And then you have Josh Paul, state Department official. He resigns over US policy on weapons transfers to Israel. Basically says he's not comfortable with it what we're doing. But as it's very short-sighted, so that's kind of interesting. Actually, I thought I had it pulled up so I was looking over.

GC: 15:55

Yeah, I guess I put it down, but Well, you know, personnel Do that all the time. That's not anything unusual, like when you work in the State Department or you work at the DOD or you work at the White House and communications. Somebody is gonna resign for some reason because they're gonna object to some policy. That's that put out there. It happens to the president, it happens to the Secretary of Defense, as happened to the Secretary of State. They have personnel changes all the time and why they do a lot of times when they D, when they leave those jobs, is either for to become a lobbyist or they go up make more money. Because you don't make shit when you work. People think you do, but unless you are a seasoned operative somebody worked in the White House you're not making a lot of money and some people conscientious reasons they quit All the time, all the time. He just said he was uncomfortable.

David: 17:01

He thought it was short-sighted, just handing over money and weapons. To Israel, yes, and maybe I don't know.

David: 17:06

So with this whole Israel Hamas deal which I have to say after we talked last time. So the last two episodes, we've been talking about Israel, hamas a lot and I've been making questions about was it a false flag? And I feel really bad for the Palestinians just as much as I feel bad for Israel. I stand by that sentiment, but the longer we go on, I mean, let me be very clear in this episode that I do support Palestinians and they're suffering, but only the peaceful Palestinians and they're suffering, right, and even because what I'm saying is it does seem like Hamas is very, very, very embedded within the Palestinian people. Right, and I'm a little leeway with what happened. When you're going in, you gotta have a Takhamas. There will be innocent civilians. Now I stand up too for what I said. Was it a disproportionate? I don't know, I'm not-. Response by Israel yeah, I don't-.

GC: 18:19

Let me ask you a question. Yeah, how do you feel and I don't know if the people didn't know this, but how do you feel about a lot of these Ivy League colleges? On campus, the students are protesting and saying that Israel has engaged in genocide and therefore they are getting what they deserve.

GC: 18:41

I gotta say that and now the presidents have to back off of this. There was like they were dead silent. I'm talking about Harvard, I'm talking about Columbia, I'm talking about Penn. So they were having these protests, right? Yes, pro-palestinian protests, and they were saying these outlandish things. Now, it's not just because I'm an African American, jewish, but the things they were saying that Israel was engaged in weren't true.

David: 19:14

Like what.

GC: 19:16

Israel is not engaged in genocide.

David: 19:19

No, I agree.

GC: 19:19

Are they choking the life, the economic and physical life, out of Palestine, the two million people they have choked off? Yes, and they're gonna have to answer for that. That can't. You can't do that to a group of people. But what these college students are doing and saying is beyond is inviting hatred on American Jews. So now the college presidents are now having to say D oh, they were silent. And then when the alumni's saying, okay, I can't stop you from saying that, but you can't have my fucking money either.

GC: 20:00

So, when they start holding the purse strings and start saying, okay, you feel that way about Israel, this $12 million I have, I'm keeping it in my pocket. Well, I did see how you feel about that. What do you think when you say that the pro-Palestinian which is fine, I'm with you. But when people who are not Palestinian get out and protest, do you think is some acts of anti-Semitism at all?

David: 20:30

Wow, a little bit, and that's a really good question. It's so I would say that I feel like people lack nuance in their arguments. They don't take in the full history. They react on the now, and sometimes I do that as well, which you know. Even I was reacting to the news that I had and I come up with a little theory, kind of just to talk about something because it's not out of the realm of possibilities. Even you agreed that it is good for Netanyahu to have this happen. But I would say, when there are these Ivy League white privileged people coming out and speaking about somewhere they've never been holding up placards and there is a lot. It has shocked me to no end the amount of anti-Semitism and anti what do you say?

GC: 21:25

Palestine, that's happening Anti-Islamic as an.

David: 21:29

Arabic, but it seems to be specifically Palestine right now, although, yes, anti-arabic's been around forever, but especially since 9-11. It's been shocking me how people do jump on bandwagon so quickly without knowing full stories behind everything. But I would say, like I saw the story this week about a hospital that was bombed Palestine saying Israel bombed it, or at least Hamas saying they bombed the hospital, and Israel saying they blew that shit up themselves. We didn't do it, trying to blow us up Exactly Now. I'm a very comfortable white guy living in North Carolina. I can't tell you who did it. I can say both possibilities could be true, because governments are dirty, terrorists are dirty. They are willing to kill their own people to win a war. Now, yeah, so I can't really comment on it, but it shocks me that people are. When you have these protests, like at Harvard, you know you think these kids are really smart all around college campuses. It does it.

David: 22:43

But they do have a right to protest. I'm not saying that they don't, Absolutely but you did hear about the guy who lost his job. He had a job offer.

GC: 22:51

Oh, yeah, came out against.

David: 22:52

Israel and they're like thank you, but no move on yes. You know what Employers have that right.

GC: 22:59

That's what I'm talking about.

David: 23:00

Employers have that right.

GC: 23:01

It was right there. And then they had a protest in Raleigh I mean not what. I went half away and it was pro-Palestinian protests and at that rally they were saying things like I'm like oh, what man, we should have gone and interviewed some of them.

David: 23:16

We got a free up our schedule so we can go around.

GC: 23:17

You wanted to do street interviews and stuff I do, I want to do that.

David: 23:20

Like. So why do you think this? Why are you?

GC: 23:23

saying this Because you know what? Because I can get in there, and they'll be like hey, listen, you know the Jews it is, and they put the Duh on the front of it. I'm like here we go.

David: 23:30

What do you mean Saying the Jews? You know the Jews are killing. That's just an article. We're just saying the Jews, I'm saying the Jews.

GC: 23:37

Anytime you say the Jews, it's not going to be good. It's not going to be a good outcome.

David: 23:42

Unless I say it, and then you correct me.

GC: 23:43

And then it's funny.

David: 23:45

Then it's just funny.

Kevin McCarthy: 23:47

By the way, meeting is on.

David: 23:48

Wednesday Bring your pillowcase 7 o'clock. Cracker barrel, Cracker barrel.

GC: 23:52

And you know what? Here's the thing that's, it's the equivalent to check this out. You know, some of my best friends are black.

David: 24:04

They are.

GC: 24:05

I thought you only hung out with white people. I'm talking about yeah.

David: 24:08

What do you? Why do you think we're such good friends? You're like the only black person.

GC: 24:12

I know, you know what. Listen if you tell me that I'm gone.

David: 24:16

What.

GC: 24:17

You know I'm not racist. Some of my best friends are black.

David: 24:20

Oh, I hear that all the time.

David: 24:21

You know probably once upon a time I might have said that just because you know you say something unintentionally offensive. And I will say unintentionally offensive. We talked about this. Look, I'm gonna say this Not everything is racist that sounds racist to your head. Racist means I think my race is better than your race and whatever I'm talking about, right. Sometimes you just say something offensive, right, and someone would say that's racist and I'd be like I'm not racist. If I was racist, why would he be talking to GC all the time and respecting him? You know, wouldn't I look down on him now? So people use that argument. That's a dumb ass argument. Now we know that Like, look, you can't use your token, black friend to say that you don't engage in racist practices or racist thought.

David: 25:08

However, people say unintentionally offensive things that stoke feelings of racism. Okay, for instance, it's getting to be Halloween time, so when I want to play Al Jolson for Halloween, when I put on my black face to play Al Jolson because he used to do that right, I mean, he used to do that on the when I do this, is that just showing it in jazz hands? That's jazz hands.

GC: 25:39

But I'm playing the minstrel right here. You know what it is. You've done it before. I've seen you do it.

David: 25:43

Right, so I put on black face right Now. Is that racist? No, you're just a cracker. Okay, there you go. That's what I'm saying. You're just, you're just an offensive ass cracker.

GC: 25:59

It doesn't mean that I look down Right. So Because you here's the thing you have no economic power over a lot of people that if you do, when you say racist, you have economic power and you could subdue a group of people because of the color of your skin. Well now, I don't totally agree with that Well, I mean, I'm just saying that's one of the aspects of it, and then, but if you just hate people because of the way they look, there's nothing you know, you can't.

David: 26:32

Well now, that is racist in your mind. If you hate a whole race of people and think they're beneath your race just because of the way they look, that is a racist thought.

GC: 26:40

But if I just yeah but if you keep me from getting a job, or if you keep me, I can't get a loan, or you fuck with my credit or you do this, I can't get a house. That's when it becomes racism. That's racism right there, dee. But when you just say I don't like him because the way he looks, you're just a cracker that's it.

David: 26:58

Well, that's also racist because it's a racist mind and that type of guy who doesn't like him just because of the way he looks gets a job. He's a racist before he gets that job. And then, when he doesn't hire a guy because he's black, asian, hispanic, his racist thoughts. Now they are affecting that other race.

GC: 27:17

But you're still a racist whether you can affect a people, A group of people, yes, Like redlining, or redlining was in the housing industry, when they kept a group of people in a certain neighborhood so they wouldn't go. Things like that. That's what I'm talking about. Correct, that's racist. Right, okay, but just Get in a bank loan.

David: 27:39

But I don't believe that reappropriating another culture's customs or looks makes you racist. I've heard that we use that nowadays. We use the word sexist a lot. Sometimes you say something unintentionally offensive to the female you know, to females. Let me just say that, and it doesn't necessarily mean you're a sexist. You might just have said something that triggered a misogynist's thought, you know in their mind, like he's a misogynist that's misogyny.

GC: 28:11

Because you're right, because we love all them hoes.

David: 28:17

Yes, especially the less expensive ones. Yes, Because I'm a ball around a budget bitch. Oh, are you Exactly?

GC: 28:25

That's the best kind to be, you see what I mean. I see what you're saying.

David: 28:28

So all right let's get back to Harvard. So you got these really rich Raleigh, and now I don't know what the demographic was in this, because I didn't even know about the Raleigh thing, but I would say that most people that I've heard talk about it. When we first started talking about this, I was about as uneducated on the history of Israel and Hamas as you could be. I mean well, maybe not, I knew more than the average but I could not tell you.

David: 28:53

You actually told me how far back this went, to the sons of Abraham. I didn't know that. I didn't know it was two brothers, that all of a sudden, went separate ways. Damn. It's like let that shit go, let my bullshit go. It's like let it go, man, let it go.

GC: 29:10

You think it's? That's a little simplistic, don't you think, Dee, To go all the way back to two brothers, I mean just said, well, let it go.

David: 29:16

I mean it's, it's Well, no, what I'm saying is, is that it's been brewing for so many thousands of years and in no century outside of the last one minor moments of peace and those, even that peace has been brought on by subjugation. So exactly what you just said, like I just simplified it. Now imagine all these other people at a rally, I mean that are simplifying this argument. And I do agree that children shouldn't die on either side and unfortunately, bombs are indiscriminate.

David: 29:53

You know it's a mess and I don't even know what to think about it. I do wanna get Yolanda on here one day to tell us more about what she's actually going through day to day.

David: 30:03

What up fam. Yeah, cause it's not like I don't wanna talk about it with you. It's so interesting. It's just that even through the weeks that we've been talking, I don't feel like I'm smarter on this situation. I feel like I'm dumber, and I'll tell you why. Because now I'm real ignorance is bliss. As we start talking about it, and the more the news is bringing out these new stories, I'm like damn, I don't know anything about this.

GC: 30:31

This is, and don't feel that way because this is very complicated, it's not. It's been going on for hundreds of years and no one, even the brightest minds in the Middle East policies, haven't figured out the Middle East yet, and so it's not something that everyone has an answer to. Everyone has an opinion on how this is going to be resolved. I am telling you it's not going to be resolved because then now you got a new dynamic coming in D you got where Hezbollah is infiltrating Lebanon, and they always have. You know, lebanon has attacked Israel what? Twice and lost both times. So Hezbollah is coming in and then they're back by Iran. So now you got a new dynamic. Now BB Netanyahu has said, has issued a statement Look, if you get into this, we're coming after you too, I know.

David: 31:38

And then the US has to say hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. Please don't attack Hezbollah, because we are already engaged militarily. As the US People don't even know this, I'm shocked how many people don't listen to when they hear one of our ships shoots down missiles that are headed toward Israel. Right, we are engaged militarily. This is no longer we're just giving you weapons, this is where we're like hey, hey what did I say?

GC: 32:06

Some people say I was being sure it's cited, but I say you don't put on a condom unless you're going to use it. So you got the United States Navy out there and troops on the ships. Now let me tell you something that's going to happen. People going to say, oh, listen to GC, this is what you talk about. You got Iran in it, right, and that was my drink, yeah. And guess who else is on the outer edge looking and waiting and looking for an opportunity to get involved in this?

David: 32:40

Don't say it, don't tell you, don't say it. I am Say it All. Right, this podcast wasn't going to be long, but here we go Say it China, I agree.

GC: 32:49

China. They're out there and I'm telling people, people like oh no, china is looking for a reason to have a proxy war with the United States anyway.

David: 33:01

I mean, don't you kind of think they already are?

GC: 33:04

Well, you know, espionage and no sabotage. They're already helping Russia out, yeah, so they're helping, yeah, ukraine in Russia has been a proxy and Ukraine is whipping at us all day night.

David: 33:20

Here's the thing For the moment. So when this Israel Hamas thing erupted, right it immediately. This is why President Biden goes on and doesn't say we're behind Israel. He says we're behind Israel and Ukraine. He's like this has to keep going. We're not going to let this deter. But there are a lot of people who want to stop funding Ukraine If we stop funding Ukraine.

David: 33:48

Nato would have to, you know, the rest of NATO would have to pick it up. They don't have the amount that we have. They don't have the stockpiles, they don't have the technology. Russia really can play the long game. They have more people to lose and they can just sit and wait. Sit and wait, they can keep. They can keep losing battles because they know, even if they're losing well, nothing's going to happen to Putin.

GC: 34:12

if he does, I mean if he loses a battle he doesn't have to worry about public opinion.

David: 34:16

See, that's what I'm saying. So he loses battles. Ukraine spends a lot of military might and weapons and supplies to do that. Oh, ukraine's winning. Well, all he has to do is wait Winner's coming. Wait for a little while. Even if Ukraine were to get most of their territory back right, putin can sit and wait. He can now build up his military, because you know what? He's just waiting for that 16 year old to turn 18. He's got two years. He turns 80. Throw him in the fight. He could do this for 20 years.

GC: 34:45

Yeah, and anytime he's going to be around that long.

David: 34:48

But if in 20, no, he won't. But if in, let's say, five years, this last five years, do you think the United States is going to be as committed in five years with a different president than we are now? Probably not, and so it's already been kind of a proxy war. But what you're talking about is a little bit more than that. And I'm already starting to think I need to buy some canned goods. You should, oh, I hate it when you say shit like that.

GC: 35:14

You should Awesome. None Chucks what.

David: 35:17

Well, you think that my 45 year old ass is going to be able to study fast enough to use none Chucks?

GC: 35:22

Yeah, yeah. I'm just saying and you and we want let me tell you something, people we want no parts of China, we want that you mean one of them coming after? Yeah, I mean, we don't we don't want to get into a direct head on head war with China. I mean it's, they are that dude on the block and you're not saying that we some, you know we're weak, you know United States you know, but we don't want that heat.

David: 35:54

Let's get real. We're not the superpower we were 20 years ago. I don't know that neither do you.

GC: 35:58

We don't know what we have militarily. That you know, that's true. I mean, we have shit out there that you know a lot of people be like, whoa, we have that.

David: 36:07

Well, I'll tell you, what one difference is.

GC: 36:11

There's one little island that is very important to the United States.

David: 36:14

Yes, that island is very close to China. That island is very far from the United States. It is. You get into a little spat over that place, taiwan, in case you're listening. It's a lot harder for us to fight over that island than it is for them. Even if we have better military, we have better stuff. Right, you know? Think about it. We're going to have to have destroyers, aircraft carriers. China has spent so much of their time figuring out how to sink destroyers and aircraft carriers.

GC: 36:51

Yes, let me ask you something. I'm sorry, dave, go ahead, but let me ask you something. You know we did this before. Over 60 years ago we had a big red dog was digging in our backyard you remember that and people were building bomb shelters and hiding under desks. Oh, do we get to talk about them? I'm just saying we've had this problem before now. How do you think China feels with Taiwan and their backyard? What if the Russians were hanging out in Cuba like they did before? One now, look you see the military. You know that would make you know we lost our shit. Kennedy had to go, get on TV and Make an address saying, basically paraphrasing Look, if you send those missiles over here, it's gonna be war, we all gonna die.

David: 37:45

That is such a nuanced time as well that that could take. I mean, that's a whole series we don't even have, we can't we don't have time to do a podcast on that because, basically, yeah, there were back channels.

David: 37:57

There was Bobby, bob talking, my man, I'll stop that. Bobby was speaking, yeah, he was alright, but John John's, my boy, bobby was was doing a lot of back channels for John because Anybody who knows that's in the know the CIA, the generals, they wanted war. They thought it was the only way. We had nukes. We got to use them. That's the only way we're gonna go to war with Russia. And John was the one who had the calm head. I don't know how he got through it. He wasn't even a well man.

GC: 38:30

Well, you know, we were still under the domino theory as far as communism is concerned, mm-hmm, we were thinking that the spreader, we had to stop the spread of communism. And we could not have that Politically because they went out and made promises I'm talking about the Kennedys. They went out and made promises to the American people that we would not Tolerate communism, and I own back y'all. You gotta keep in, keep in mind. This is just after senator McCarthy, joseph McCarthy. Yes and you know, a lot of people were jailed.

David: 39:02

Well, now look there was nobody who was more anti-communism than John F Kennedy? Yeah fought in World War two.

GC: 39:09

He thought communism was all, and that's what he told the people.

David: 39:13

But he also knew that we were coming out of a world war and he's like we don't need this again right. We need peace he fought in that war, right. So you said domino theory. That's exactly what we're worried about today. If Russia takes over Ukraine, that domino falls. Then right next to NATO, then Poland falls and Lithuania, finland.

Kevin McCarthy: 39:31

And then who's?

David: 39:32

next. Well, and here we go, china. They take Taiwan. What's next then, really? Why do you think we have a super of? What is that? The superconductors.

Kevin McCarthy: 39:41

Mm-hmm.

David: 39:41

We're trying to build those which why we weren't doing that years ago, why it took Biden to get into that. So we're in, we're in a bit of shit. So you guys, you guys heard it that you GC, thanks that.

GC: 39:56

I'm selling oh.

David: 39:58

I'm sick of you. Better not be right on this one.

GC: 40:00

I think we will be in a war by next year.

David: 40:03

Man all right, we'll make sure that that podcast studio at your house is underground, hey man.

GC: 40:07

That's gonna be. I'm so glad you said that I'm serious. You think I'm messing around.

David: 40:12

I don't think you're messing around. I I would like that to happen, because then I'll come to your house, and I'll just leave. Yeah, I'll just show up, do my thing and walk out, because right now you just show up, do your thing and walk out. I sure do. You know, I'm old, everybody, I'm the one who edits all night long.

GC: 40:30

I don't think you edit all night long.

David: 40:32

Okay, whatever. So here we go. He thinks. He thinks it just happens, it just happens, you got it's. Like I'm Santa Claus, I just drop. I just drop presents under your tree, you just take it for granted. You didn't know I was going around all night long.

GC: 40:46

I didn't. I love you for it, though.

David: 40:49

So where are we let's? Alright, so now that we've wrapped up the world's problems and you know, here's your week in one day. So here's the synopsis I have.

GC: 41:01

Stop protesting shit you don't know about until you know about it, maybe be more informed, or is that where you going with that be more informed?

David: 41:09

Maybe be more, a little more loving, and not call for the heads of people you know and say this Culture should die, this culture should die. Maybe we should all think a second yeah, because hopefully there's peace, there's peace. I don't, I don't see it happening, but Hamas. You know what Hamas is. In his bad and has, but it's a bad group. It's a bad group, I'm not. There's no getting around that, so I hope it goes well, and then China's coming.

Kevin McCarthy: 41:39

So Buy your kids buy your canned goods?

David: 41:43

Yes, alright. So with all that, let's get some fun. Anything, let's talk about a little Italian sausage. I didn't even know about this, so I Okay. So the Italian Prime Minister says it's. It's spelled like Georgia, but I'm sure I can't say it like that.

Kevin McCarthy: 42:09

Georgia.

David: 42:10

I don't know how you say it aloney Georgia, maloney, malani, maloney.

GC: 42:16

You sure you have that right.

David: 42:17

No, yes, I'm sure, I just don't know if I'm saying it right.

GC: 42:21

Okay.

David: 42:22

She has been with Andrea Jambrun Jambrun that's pretty good. Thank you for 10 years. They have a seven-year-old daughter and on social media Friday she broke up their 10-year-old relationship because Because that numb nut and he's good looking by the way, he is a good-looking guy. He's a good looking Italian dude. So you know what um he was on.

GC: 42:50

He's a he's a, if you were into the Italian dude which aren't you not lately.

David: 42:56

Okay. So, andrea, he's on a tv show. Media set is the parent company. He's on his own tv show. He's got a co-host and Live audience. Man, he's got a live audience. They go to commercial break. Dude gets up co-hosts to like, walks away. He's like uh, hey, uh, hey, bambin, how you like, am I sausage? And he grabs his crotch.

David: 43:20

Yeah, he's wanting to, like, you know, give her a little the, the sausage, the Italian sausage, the pickle tickle, sweet, the pickle tickle, and the girl's like you know, I have a boyfriend, you know, you know, you're asking me already. That's, uh, that's, that's my canned Italian sausage accent. Um, so it's, but his mic is hot that whole time and so they hear it. Here's the thing the jackass is in front of a live audience anyway, like that's not the time to be hitting on anybody. There's probably your girlfriend is the Italian prime minister. So it gets leaked to social media, of course, and she finally breaks up with them like are you joking?

David: 44:06

Okay, there's a couple things I got to say here. One why is there a female Italian prime minister? Anyway, we all know that she should be at home or rolling out the the pasta for when her boyfriend gets a home and he puts his tired feet up on her lap and she, she has to rub his feet like she didn't have time to make his pasta. If she's being prime minister, we all know she now, now, now that I said that, Hold up.

David: 44:36

I told my girlfriend I was gonna say that, oh shit, why is a woman prime minister? Anyway, no, but do your knuckles drag the ground when you walk. Sometimes that's how I get the hair off of them.

GC: 44:49

What the hell.

David: 44:51

I drag him on the con. So you had you had to. I told her I was gonna say that I know, I know I was like, oh, I hate that, joe. You know she kind of she kind of smirked she knows being, but but why is that jackass? Live mic man. He just talked. What's the problem was? I knew you were gonna say that see why I'm the jackass when I make a joke.

GC: 45:12

What I'm talking about. What's the problem with him?

David: 45:15

Uh, were they married? They were not married, but they did have a daughter and they weren't a committed relationship.

Kevin McCarthy: 45:19

Oh, come on now.

GC: 45:20

Don't be so.

David: 45:21

Stop it already now who's the one with his knuckles dragging?

GC: 45:24

like I know you got that naïve.

David: 45:25

I can tickle my pickle with anybody who will take my? I'm not married.

GC: 45:29

I'm not saying that, but she Was that his wife, was that, was that his wife? No, okay, so there's a reason why they're not married. Right, they got a seven-year-old kid, right, they do all right. So what's the problem now? If he, she's prime minister. Now, when she goes out and when she does her thing, she has bodyguards and a secret service to cover up what she's doing?

David: 45:56

Well, I'll tell you what this is a story about. More than anything, it's about stupidity, because right one got caught and the other one didn't. Yeah, let's say, let's call it it's decor. Like what do you think? The prime minister's got no choice man. She has been publicly humiliated. Even if she loves this dude Apparently, it's probably not the only time he's ever stepped out.

GC: 46:14

We've seen this story before. You know that, and you talking about Clinton?

David: 46:18

Yes, yeah, but she's, she stood by her man. She got back in the kitchen and made him a sandwich and, uh, kool-aid, but she never slept with the again.

GC: 46:28

Probably I mean if they slept with each other more than just once, for oh man, are we really talking about I you want to talk about things, I'm talking about you a sandwich. Is that what we're going?

David: 46:38

That's what we're doing where I told her to get in that kitchen and make a sandwich. Yeah boy, you are all one tonight.

GC: 46:43

I'm on fire.

David: 46:44

I'm on fire. Yeah, I know, I know I have to edit that out but she knows that.

GC: 46:49

I'm kidding.

David: 46:50

Do you know who does the dishes?

GC: 46:52

me. Oh, you probably do, I probably do because, yeah, you know what, I'm gonna stand up man. I'm gonna stand up man.

David: 46:59

You're a high character guy, I am and, but you know, the thing is that he just hates women.

GC: 47:06

I love, I love one woman.

David: 47:09

Whether I hate one wait. No, I love more than one woman. My mama I love a girl friend.

GC: 47:14

I love my sister's and I got friends too, but um, I don't see what your problem with this dude is.

David: 47:19

Man, my problem is is that he's in front of a live audience. He has girlfriends the prime minister, they got a seven-year-old daughter and he goes over and grabs his crotch. Now here's the thing she's also got a boyfriend. She's already said look man, I'm not gonna do the accent now. I'm gonna be like look, she's like, look man.

GC: 47:36

Who has a?

David: 47:36

boyfriend, the co-host to, he's hitting. Oh okay and she says look, I've got a boyfriend I already told you and he's grabbing his crotch. He thinks he's the shit. It's just bad form.

GC: 47:50

So you're saying I understand, I'm hearing with your what you're saying, so, but you keep using the term she's prime minister of of Italy. So would it be okay if she was schlepping pizzas? Absolutely, would that be any?

David: 48:03

different? Absolutely not. But what I'm saying is where I haven't gotten to. So after this happens, it gets leaked out. Okay, his show got canceled, or he's, you know, he's put on pause. Well, I know, I think actually media set came out and said like or he came out and said we have agreed In quotation marks agreed that it would be best If I uh, you know, as if he had a choice in the matter to leave the show. So he's no longer doing this show.

GC: 48:30

Oh, his girlfriend did that shit.

David: 48:32

That's all I gotta say. Let's move on to big cats. Hey, tell me your story on big cats.

GC: 48:37

Well, they're not big cats, they're feral cats and it's a problem, especially in north carolina. Um, uh, wild cats, uh, jumping over fences and attacking people, and the kind of cat you know. I have to say this, and my son-in-law and his 60-pound German Shepherd were attacked by a tuxedo cat. You know what a tuxedo cat is?

David: 49:10

What a black and white cat. Yes, looks like it's wearing a tuxedo. Yeah, you act just like. This is a story across the nation that I had to be.

GC: 49:17

It is. It's an issue. You know. It's a story about being attacked by wild cats in their backyard.

David: 49:21

You know why? Because Bob Barker's dead and he used to tell people remember to get your cats and dogs spayed and neutered. He damn sure did. Yeah well, he died.

Kevin McCarthy: 49:32

Yeah.

GC: 49:33

So you think it's saying protest for Bob leaving this world? No, and listen, let me tell you what happened. The cat jumped over the fence and attacked the dog a German Shepherd and it was wearing this German Shepherd ass out. So with my family member, my son-in-law went over there to stop it. The cat saw what he was doing and turned around and attacked him. He had to go to the get shots, I mean.

David: 50:02

For rabies.

GC: 50:04

No, it's a cat scratch fever.

David: 50:11

What Okay?

GC: 50:13

This is not a joke. He had to get shots because it started to swell. So I just want everyone to be cautious out there. If you enjoy your day like a party and a fall party and you see a stray cat, I would encourage people to buy BB guns. I mean not gun gun, but BB guns. So you're saying this is a thing all over the nation.

David: 50:35

It is a listen.

GC: 50:38

They're a pack of wild cats and they don't usually run in packs, but these cats are attacking people and they're trying to figure out why, all of a sudden, these cats are attacking.

David: 50:51

This has got to be a joke.

GC: 50:52

This is not a joke. I'm not standing up, I mean, I'm not. I'm telling you this is a thing. So I want everyone because it was. This was unprovoked. It wasn't like the dog was throwing rocks at the cat, it was, like you know, the German Shepherd was in the backyard minding his own business, and then when the cat jumped over the fence and attacked the dog, I just look. I have not heard about this before and that dog is going to need therapy.

David: 51:18

I am telling you because, oh yeah, when it sees a tuxedo cat, if it sees you dressed in a tuxedo.

GC: 51:25

I'm just saying and you know the damage he did, I'm really serious to my son in law's hand and he got gashes and scratches, you know all right America.

David: 51:39

Remember to Spain. Who do you hear? Cats and dogs.

GC: 51:42

Right and don't throw them outside and just leave them out there, because they are attacking people in their backyard. What if my little grandson would have been out there?

David: 51:51

No, that's scary. It is man. I've been worried about China and Israel, Hamas. I've been worried about, you know, food insecurity, inflation, Damn cats. Hey, get your shit together.

GC: 52:03

That's what it's all about. Yeah, I'm telling you Now what I'm telling you that there's a pack of pussies running out there. You know what you can't do. No, if you get, if you hit the backyard with Carmen, you guys are cooking out and a cat jumps over her on her property and jumps up on you. You could never come in here and say anything, and you know that. And if I see a bunch, of scratch.

David: 52:27

What are you doing right now? What are you doing right now? Like you know, when you, when you say shit, you put it out in the universe, and I'm not. Now I'm going to hear in the back Where's that pussy? What did you say? I?

GC: 52:39

heard a pussy cat. What are you doing right now? What do you think what I'm doing? I'm just saying.

David: 52:45

You know cause you didn't just talk about the damn cats? You're like, you know when you're out and you're cooking in the back, you're overcoming. You're basically like willing the universe to wake me up to your crisis.

GC: 52:56

I said that you could never come in here and say anything. God forbid that happens.

David: 53:03

You know. Thank you for saying that.

GC: 53:04

Thank you. Yeah, and you know that's a traumatic thing, you know it is a traumatic thing.

David: 53:11

I'm sorry, it was your brother-in-law.

GC: 53:13

My son-in-law.

David: 53:14

Son-in-law, that's what I heard in law. I'm so sorry. I really am and I really do feel for the German Shepherd because I feel like that is traumatic. But I can't believe right now. I'm talking about a pack of cats running around the United States, like there's some biker gang taking out dogs along the way. Maybe they're finally tired. Yeah, they realized. They're like hey guys, this one of us, you know, probably can't take on that German Shepherd, but, you know, pack up.

GC: 53:44

No, no, no, no, no, if you don't get on each other's.

David: 53:46

This one was by itself, by itself, but you said there's packs. Yeah, they're having little clan meetings of pussy cats hey listen. You heard it here first I did, because I have not heard of mountain lions, right, cougars Okay, they're all the same thing, by the way. Cougars, mountain lions, Mountain lions same thing, Panthers same thing, by the way.

GC: 54:08

Yes.

David: 54:09

Okay, yeah, I've heard of that attacking people. I've heard of bears. I've even heard about the random crazy cat owls, by the way, or what's the problem in our neighborhood, those owls man?

David: 54:19

you'll hear who it Outside the dungeon, in outside my dungeon, outside my girlfriend's house, you'll hear in in Winston's Hale we got a lot of owls, man, they will attack. If you got a baby dog, tiny dog, little chihuahua, you've got a little four pounder. Take that shit inside, don't. Oh yeah, I know they will come after you, but I've never been worried about a pussycat and now every cat that I see, you know I'm going to look at him aside. I feel like, wait, I see you.

GC: 54:46

I'm not talking about the cat sitting in the window being lazy. I'm not talking about that.

David: 54:49

No, not that one, but I'm talking about it on the street.

GC: 54:52

Yeah, I'm not giving it milk A wild cat eye.

David: 54:53

I'm not giving it milk, yeah.

GC: 54:55

What's that? What's that saying?

David: 54:58

Is there a national story that?

GC: 54:59

I can look up, though, or is?

David: 54:59

this just like. I think this is happening all around the United States.

GC: 55:03

FAO.

David: 55:05

What does that mean? Look around, find out. And with that, thanks everybody for listening this week. I hope you enjoyed the show. I hope you learned nothing and enjoyed yourself as much as you can Remember to tell all your friends about us. We are on Apple Spotify and I thought that's the one we're not on. Yeah, we are on that, David. Well, it says it's not.

GC: 55:32

It lied.

David: 55:32

Okay, well, just tell all your friends about us. If you would like us subscribe to us, if you would like to sponsor our show, please hit that button. $3 is the minimum for the month, and anything you want to say.

GC: 55:45

Hey, thank you for listening. See you guys real soon. Take care of yourselves and each other. Beware the pussy cat Sorry.

Kevin McCarthy: 55:53

What that was not racist.

David: 56:04

That's all you got.

GC: 56:12

That's all you got. That's all you got. That's it.

David: 56:17

Don't act like you're tired. Oh, down it, down it, down it, down it, down it.

GC: 56:23

That's one bad pussy.