The Von Haessler Doctrine: S16/EP027 - Red Tuesday
126 min
•Feb 11, 20262 months agoSummary
The Von Hessler Doctrine episode covers Valentine's Day economics, Olympic coverage, political endorsements in Georgia's gubernatorial race, the Epstein files release, and cultural commentary on American divisiveness. The hosts discuss Red Tuesday (pre-Valentine's breakups), winter Olympics medal counts, RNC endorsement of Burt Jones, and concerns about political polarization.
Insights
- Red Tuesday phenomenon reveals economic pressure on relationships—men strategically break up before Valentine's Day to avoid spending, indicating commercialization of romance creates financial stress points
- RNC breaking primary neutrality rules signals erosion of institutional guardrails; parties no longer constrain candidate selection, enabling self-funded candidates to dominate races
- American political discourse has become so polarized that citizens fight over halftime shows and bagel pop-ups rather than substantive policy, suggesting deeper social fragmentation
- Epstein files release demonstrates incompetent document handling with inconsistent redactions, suggesting either systemic incompetence or deliberate obfuscation of financial networks
- Wealth accumulation beyond $50-350M creates psychological detachment from societal rules, evidenced by billionaire behavior patterns across industries
Trends
Institutional norm erosion in politics—party structures losing enforcement power over member behavior and primary processesRelationship economics becoming transactional—Valentine's Day spending ($200+ average) creates measurable breakup patternsSocial media-driven herd mentality in content creation—influencers covering same trending topics (bagels, halftime shows) rather than differentiated analysisWealth-based behavioral divergence—multi-millionaires operating under different rule sets than general population, creating two-tiered societyDocument transparency theater—massive data releases (Epstein files) with inconsistent redactions undermine public trust in institutional competencePolitical endorsement weaponization—party apparatus abandoning neutrality to support preferred candidates in primariesCultural fragmentation through micro-controversies—society fixating on trivial disputes (lip-sync allegations, bagel lines) as proxy for deeper divisions
Topics
Valentine's Day Economics and Red Tuesday Breakup PhenomenonWinter Olympics 2026 Medal Counts and Performance AnalysisRNC Primary Endorsement Strategy in Georgia Gubernatorial RaceEpstein Files Release and Financial Network InvestigationPolitical Polarization and American Social FragmentationWealth Accumulation and Behavioral Detachment from Social NormsInstitutional Norm Erosion in Political PartiesSocial Media Influence on Content Creation and Herd MentalityNFL Player Safety and Urban Violence (49ers shooting incident)AI-Generated Content and Authenticity in Sports CommentaryPharmaceutical Pill Color Standardization IssuesLouisiana Parish vs County Naming Convention HistoryCanada-US Trade Relations and Bridge Toll DisputesAtlanta Hawks Franchise Management and Fan EngagementBonnie Blue Breeding Mission and STI Testing Protocols
Companies
Chipotle
Host mentioned CEO's dismissive attitude toward customers during Valentine's Day dinner discussion
Walgreens
Referenced for selling generic Advil pills in distinctive aquamarine color
Google
Launched Google Genie, an immersive AI app that generates video game-like environments from text descriptions
Netflix
Potential platform for Malcolm in the Middle reboot featuring Bryan Cranston
Hulu
Confirmed platform for Malcolm in the Middle reboot launching April 2025
Disney+
Co-platform for Malcolm in the Middle reboot alongside Hulu
Fox News
Kid Rock appeared on Laura Ingraham's show to discuss halftime show lip-sync controversy
CNN
Kid Rock removed from his satellite package, preferring right-leaning news sources
Turning Point USA
Organized Super Bowl halftime event where Kid Rock performed; promoted as live but was pre-taped
Ticketmaster
Selling tickets for James Taylor concert at Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
Synovus Bank
Amphitheater naming rights sponsor for James Taylor concert venue in Atlanta
Peacock
NBC streaming platform broadcasting Olympic freestyle skiing events
NBC
Broadcaster of 2026 Winter Olympics coverage including freestyle skiing
People
Donald Trump
Criticized Canadian bridge deal, threatened to block usage; endorsed Burt Jones for Georgia Lt. Governor
Kid Rock
Defended pre-taped Super Bowl halftime performance; discussed audio-video sync issues on Fox News
Bad Bunny
Performed at Super Bowl halftime show; sang in Spanish, sparking conservative criticism
Michaela Shiffrin
Olympic downhill skier who crashed during team event, costing US gold medal opportunity
Breezy Johnson
US Olympic skier whose strong performance set gold medal threshold for Shiffrin
Ilya Malinin
Olympic figure skater performing backflips and frontflips that earn zero points under current rules
Gus Kenworthy
Freestyle Olympic skier who posted AI-generated meme protesting ice conditions at Milan Olympics
Stefan Diggs
NFL player with multiple children by different mothers; allegedly in hotel with influencer during Super Bowl
Cardi B
Pregnant with Stefan Diggs' child; attended Super Bowl and performed in Bad Bunny halftime show
Elon Musk
Billionaire with 14+ children by multiple mothers; celebrated by Republicans despite unconventional family structure
Burt Jones
Georgia Lieutenant Governor endorsed by Trump and RNC for gubernatorial race
Rick Jackson
Self-funded Republican candidate in Georgia gubernatorial primary; former foster child and donor
Brian Kemp
Georgia Governor who created leadership PAC structure now used by Burt Jones
Bill Clinton
Scheduled to appear before House Oversight Committee February 26th regarding Epstein connections
Hillary Clinton
Scheduled to appear before House Oversight Committee February 27th; denies visiting Epstein island
Jeffrey Epstein
Deceased financier; 3 million documents released revealing financial networks and co-conspirators
Prince Andrew
British royal allegedly gave Jeffrey Epstein insider information on multiple occasions
Lord Mandelson
British ambassador to US under Keir Starmer; accused of Epstein association and information sharing
Keir Starmer
UK Prime Minister who appointed Lord Mandelson despite known Epstein associations
Kash Patel
Congressional figure who stated Epstein trafficked for himself; identified six co-conspirators
Quotes
"If you're retired and you see these on all day, and then you have the computer in front of you...you can get just totally focused on really things that are issues, but they shouldn't be at the top of it."
Bill Crane•Hour 3
"The only types of politicians I'm interested in at this point in my life are politicians that are more than willing to lose based on their worldview, their political philosophy."
Eric Von Hessler•Hour 3
"We just had a knock. It's still going on. The damn thing's been over for two days. This is not a sign of stability as a country. It is not a sign of maturity as a country."
Bill Crane•Hour 3
"If we tear each other apart, we will lose our number one status in the world."
Eric Von Hessler•Hour 3
"I want to know what happened and how this guy made his money. If you're on the left and you want to get Bill or you're on the right and you want to get Donald, you bore the hell out of me."
Eric Von Hessler•Hour 4
Full Transcript
Thanks for listening to the Von Hessler Doctrine podcast. Follow the Doctrine on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Instagram, and Twitter for even more content. Hour one of the Von Hessler Doctrine begins right now. I'm your host, Eric Von Hessler. Sorry, my headphones are malfunctioning as we start the show. Can you believe that? It's all right. I'm a pro. Work right through it. What are you hearing? Huh? What? They're working. They're working all right right now. All right. Well, welcome to the show. I'm Eric Von Hessler. I'm not alone. Of course, I have most of the doctrinaires here. Tim Andrews is here. Autumn Fisher has the week off and vacation. I don't know. Did she go up to the mountains or did she go on a cruise? What did she do? She is on a resort vacation with her mother. A resort vacation with her mother. Well needed. So, hope they're having fun. We're having fun, though, right? Absolutely. We're here at work. We're having fun. George Clark is here. Jared Yamamoto, you've heard him speak already. I know. I can't believe I jumped out of turn. No, no. I was addressing you. So, it's okay. Thank goodness. And also, you know, as I get, you know, I'm going from one to the other. Who's here? Who's not here? I know that the audience is very anxious. Your name comes up at the end. So, the big Jared fans are like, oh, I hope he's there. I hope he's going to see it. He's going to see it. You alleviated that early by chiming in and letting them know they can relax. Letting them know that I am here. Their favorite millennial, their favorite functioning alcoholic, Jared Yamamoto, is in fact here. I am worried about our friend Tim here. I mean, look at how many ibuprofen pills he's got over here. Well, there's a bottle, and I'm going to take three of them. Are you sure? Well, just keep an eye on him. I don't know. He shows up. He's got a full, clear plastic bottle, three-quarters full of ibuprofen, and we've got our eye on you, man. You're our friend. I want you to know you are in a safe space. Thank you. Don't they always say, no judgment? Yeah, man. Although, if you're trying to keep somebody from taking too many pills, shouldn't you have a judgment of some kind? Like, I should intervene? You need a generic Advil, man. Oh, yeah. You got that, oh, you got that Walgreens smack. Yeah, baby. First one's free You know when they have Those are very pretty pills I feel like they're kind of Aquamarine Kind of see through too Yeah they're transparent aquamarine I like the fact that the over the counter pills Quite often have different colors But sometimes they'll have kind of the same color And they do completely Opposite things And so you'll be like Oh I didn't mean to take a sleeping pill at 10 o'clock In the morning That was the same color as my sinus medication. How did that happen? So if you're listening from the pharmaceutical industries, please. We like the colorful pills. But a pill that's a certain color, there should be one over-the-counter pill that's red. That's it. Not a bunch. Too many red pills. What is the red one? That would be a vitamin, maybe. No, well, vitamins don't count. That's a whole different thing. CoQ10. Yeah, you can get those all different. styles and flavors. But, for instance, I have some ibuprofen that's dark red. You do. And here you are. Yeah, mine's dark red, too. Yeah, you've got the ibuprofen that is transparent and aquamarine. Now, people can get confused. Now, also, I think I used to have a sleeping pill that was red. So you can mistake and you take the sleeping pill. Yeah, any reds, man. I feel like the sleeping pills should be like purple, right? Sometimes they are. That's what they should be. But then again, here's the problem. Or like a dark blue. Here's the problem. Is your Prilosex are purple as well? Dang it. I didn't mean to fall asleep. I meant to stop the heartburn. Listen, it's difficult. Life is difficult enough. Let me say this to big pharma, man. Or woman. Or they. Stop making it so difficult on us. We're busy. We're moving fast. You might have something big happening. Maybe the first date with that gal. Or guy. Yes. Or they. You need a good gas medicine so you don't fart the whole time. Anything. Or. Exactly. And then you accidentally take a sleeping pill right before you get there. Now you've got to go. You're really pretty. Now you've got to go because she's not going to believe any kind of excuse you give two hours before. I sat through Titanic having to go to the bathroom and I had to hold it. Because I was on a date. That movie was four hours long. It was very long. By the end of it, I was like, I've got to go home. Jim. I've got to go home, Jim. I have a friend years and years and years ago who told me a story that he was on a flight, and just the girl who sat next to him was very, very pretty and very outgoing. And like two or three hours, they just had this long conversation, and the spark started sparking. It started happening. You know, that look started like we're not done. Started sharing the tray table a little bit. Yeah. This flight ends. The end of this flight is the beginning of our flight. They made a connection in the air. They made a connection. They certainly did. and they were going back to his city. And somewhere along the line, he started to realize that he had to really, really drop on bad. And so all this great stuff is going on and he brings her back to his apartment and he can't help it. The first thing he has to do is he has to go in and just drop a bomb. Oh, wow. He comes out and she goes, I don't think you're really into this. And she left. Whoa. So listen. Hey. Well, listen. You can understand that she was driven out of the mood. He didn't have a large apartment. Okay. Well, he didn't have a house. She heard him in there. Once the door opened, all love evaporated. So the lesson here is that we need some kind of big pharma brown pill that we can take while on a flight so we can have the courage to talk to somebody and make a lifelong connection. You should have gone on a plane. Oh, well, this was a very crowded plane. It wasn't like a... Well, they still have bathrooms. Well, yeah, but two people going in there together might be noticed. No, no, no. He should have taken care of the thing. Oh, I see. Maybe it was like right toward the end. Maybe it was like when they were like, we're landing. You know, everybody's got to be sitting. Nobody in the aisles can come on you pretty quick. And then that's still another hour before you're going to get to your apartment as you're landing. Probably more. You get off the plane. You usually walk by a couple bathrooms. bagged claims with a bathroom. Well, he was afraid he'd lose her. I don't know. He told me the story like 10 years ago. You want me to call him up and ask him for all the details? Yeah, 404-850-0750. I was giving you the story as I remembered it from probably 20 years ago. I just feel like he passed a station on the way home. He passed a lot of toilets along the way, is what we're saying. I didn't expect an inquisition for my little anecdote. Say, I'm going to pick something up at McDonald's on the way back. I mean, yeah. Well, they were together because this wasn't her city. It was his city. She took a cab home then. No, I guess she was going to see a friend or something. Okay. And so before she went to see the friend, she stopped by his place. Again, I'm being pushed for details on a story I heard 20 years ago. What was her name? Linda. You know, strangely enough, I remember that it was, in fact, Cat. Cat. I just like that name. Cat. I like ladies who are named Cat with a K that aren't strippers in New Orleans. Yeah, that's right. Because, you know, usually if you find a gal with a... Her name's Kat with a K. She either now or has been in the past a stripper in New Orleans. You want to come back to my ward? Did you say ward? Ward. That's what I thought. How about parish? Can you work parish? Parish. You still have wards. Parishes are the only state. It's the county. It's the county. Louisiana is still the only state that refers to it as a parish, right? I believe they're the only ones. The county is everywhere else, and that's a holdover from France, I would imagine, right? I can imagine it. Is it parishes there? You should look that up Because people are tuning in And they want to learn things Don't you think that's what America is all about America 250 We hunger to learn things So let's find out Was that a holdover from the Parisian Let's see No In modern France counties Are not called parishes What the hell is Well now I got to know Le county Inquiring minds must know Where does parish come from? Why does Louisiana And by the way, if you've lived there, as I have You don't say Louisiana You say Louisiana The counties in France are called departments Strangely enough Louisiana uses parishes Due to its unique history under French and Spanish rules Which are predominantly Roman Catholic Okay, and so do the Romans do it? Now we've got Italy and Spain involved Well, it's because of the parish that's involved with the church. Okay. All right. So it's going to come from the religious underpinnings. And maybe there's a little Spanish stuff in there as well. Which I always assumed that Louisiana was just a French place. Didn't we buy it from the French? We did. But they took it from the Spaniards. Oh, okay. So we bought stuff that was... What was that called? Billie Eilish would not like this at all. We bought those goods. Yes. They stole it from the Spaniards, and then we bought it from the French. I would imagine, if you know Billie Eilish, I don't think she should ever play Louisiana again. No, absolutely. Double crimes. Thomas Jefferson got on the phone with Napoleon and said, hey. I want to buy Louisiana. How's that going to work out? Okay, we're going to make it great. By the way, there are some Caribbean nations that do use parishes, like Barbados, Jamaica, Antigua, and then Canada. Oh, we hate Canada, right? Ooh. Princess and I. This is the latest thing where Trump has said. So Canada, we had this deal. We're not opening the bridge. We had this bridge, this deal. Is it between Detroit and Canada? So we had this new bridge, and the deal that was struck back in, like, 2017 was that Canada pays the $14 billion or whatever it costs. It's a big bridge, like a mile and a half long. A new one or a new one? It's a new one. And so they're going to pay for that whole thing. and so we didn't have to pay anything at all but we would benefit from it and I think there was some kind of deal after it was over they get a little something oh no, they get all the toll so they have to build it but they get all the toll money we don't get any toll money and it's a bridge for trade and now it's been built for 15, 14.5 billion dollars and it's ready to go Trump just announced maybe I won't allow us to use that bridge he's really got to be in his bonnet about the Canadians what is it? listen, I could take so many things from this administration and say what is it? this one being the craziest of all the non-stop anger at Canadians can you just give us Alberta and I'll stop being take Alberta I guess because they don't want to be the 51st state, maybe he started off on that I wonder why they wouldn't just welcome it with open arms, right? Wouldn't everybody want to be a state of the United States? Sure. Not when you have free health care. Especially, well, yeah, yeah, okay, you've got free health care, but this is an opportunity to be ruled by Donald Trump for at least three years. And who can say no to that? Oh, would you like a confusing tax code? Yeah, it's not fair that just us Americans get to wake up every day in this sunshine city that's been built this last year. Hey, the rest of the world, they want in too. Exactly. Every country wants to be a state. Trump alleges in this tweet about the bridge, or the truth, rather, about the bridge, that China will terminate all ice hockey being played in Canada and permanently eliminate the Stanley Cup if a deal is made. Okay, well, that's obviously, whatever. I had a dream of that. He's joking, right? He's joking? I mean, sometimes he's joking, and then the other times you think he's joking, and it's like, and say, oh, they would never do that, and then boom. We all know China hates ice hockey, so it could be real. Yeah, it could be real. Well, the thing is, they're getting closer to China. The reason that they're getting closer, and now Trump is like, well, if you don't stop getting so close to China, we're going to hurt you this way. And Canadians are like, the only reason we're getting closer to China is that you've been punching us in the face for over a year. One thing leads to the other. We'll make a deal. It'll all go away if you make a deal. If they just become the 51st state, Eric, it would be that easy. It would be that easy. We would get along great. Is he convinced that they would be... How many more people would we have to put... So all of Canada would be just one state, which it's a large landmass, but there are only like 25 million people. Yeah, the majority of people are down. There's only like 25 million. So you get two senators. An entire country, two senators. But you'd probably get a lot of houses. No, it's all based on people. So 25 million people adding to, I don't know how many... When they get, like, California, five... There's 41 million people in Canada. Okay, so you're adding a lot of people to the house. Yeah. And you don't know that you're helping Republicans with that. You could be helping Democrats. Really, what I'm doing is this is a precursor to the great American union that's going to happen, USA, Mexico, and Canada, one big country. Beautiful. Well, you should be in favor of what Bad Bunny was singing about, right? You said we're all one, right? You're already an American. I loved it. In reality, I mean, you know, I have somebody else running my social media. Oh, that's what we found out last weekend. Did Kid Rock accidentally kind of let it out of the bag that... That it was pre-taped? That it was pre-taped? He sure did. It was somewhere here in Atlanta, right? That's what people keep saying. I can't clarify that. I read it in the Wall Street Journal. They're pretty good. Pretty good. So they said somewhere in Atlanta. I've heard the rumor is Trillith is where it was shot down in Fayetteville. So what he's trying to say is that he wasn't lip syncing, but that the video presentation was simply out of sync. Yeah, the sound was just not in sync with the video. So most people think, well, then that must have been pre-recorded. I don't know if that's, I guess you could be out of sync if you were live, but that's the idea anyway. The turning point of that ball with the ball, you know that song's chaos. and the first thing is if I was ever going to lip sync which I wouldn't that would be the last song I would ever have to bring in the fold to do it to we've performed this song every night on tour since 1998 since the day that's not why people lip sync so the 30 point event so they sent me a first cut you know we taped it and then they sent me a first cut ok it's right there alright well he just he inadvertently was he trying to first of all I don't think there's any shame in taping it I don't think he Is anybody trying to allude that it's live? Well, I guess. A lot of people thought it was live. Okay, so he's just letting you know that it was pre-taped. It made more sense to me that if you do something like that, I mean, even as cringeworthy as maybe it was, if you do something like that, that you would pre-tape it. Because, you know, you don't exactly know when you're going to go. Right? I mean, you don't know when the second quarter is going to end in a football game. and you got this thing going, and you want to be the part that, I think the show itself was 30 minutes long, but there was a part of it that they wanted to stand in exactly where you were watching the halftime show. Halftime show was 13 minutes. And he didn't want to miss Bad Bunny. Exactly. I'm sure he watched it on tape. I think he said he did watch it on tape. Yeah. Go back to Puerto Rico. He thought some of the music was good, but he just can't abide the fact that somebody, yes, Singing in Spanish and also, can you imagine anyone in America being critical of ICE right now? Oh, no. I just don't see it. I mean, they don't even do things that are controversial, do they? No. I'm speaking as a MAGA person. ICE, they don't even do anything that's even remotely scandalous. It's been two weeks. It's been two weeks. It's been two weeks. They haven't shot anybody in the face for a couple of weeks now. I saw Trump said that he's learned that maybe they need a softer touch. Yes. And I figured out what that meant. they're only going to shoot you in the face two times. Instead of three. Thank goodness. A little more from Kid Rock here. It seemed to be a little bit out of whack. What was going on there? Yeah, so it was out of sync. Actually, just to have some fun with the haters, I can't answer all the trolls. Stop for one second. Hey, you. I was 55 years old. That's it. I'm done. 55-year-old people should not refer to the haters. Honestly, is there an adult left in America? One. One. What are you supposed to call them? Critics. We used to call them critics. They make your haters your motivators. See, that's the problem is critics are neutral, right? They could be right. And nobody ever in America 250 wants to think that anybody who disagrees with them or criticizes them could possibly be right. So you remove the neutral word critic and you put in hater, which means motivated to hate, not based on actually what they're critiquing. So it's a way to protect yourself from criticism. It's an opposite of Stan. Yeah, hey, listen, I protect myself from criticism all the time. Simply don't listen to me. It seemed to be a little bit out of whack. What was going on there? Yeah, so it was out of sync. And actually, just to have some fun with the haters, I can't answer all the trolls, but it's going to be some fun. My DJ, who actually raps that song with me, he was not lit up. He's coming to Nashville tonight flying in, and we're going to do that live in my living room, and I'm going to post it tomorrow to show people exactly how this works. because, number one, if it would have been lip syncing, like people are trying to, you know, the left is trying to throw me under the bus again. He stopped it right there because then he was going to go on to explain if it was lip synced. So that was a weird ending to it. It is kind of a weird ending. Was he on CNN or was that Fox News? That was on Fox. He was on CNN. Laura Ingram. Oh, okay. He had CNN removed from his satellite package. Okay. He only gets right news. Come on, the man's a patriot. All right? That means he watches Fox News 25 hours a day. It's a fake news media that got this whole lip sync debate. Oh, yeah. Yeah, so the whole thing being like, again, right there, my haters. Well, everybody's supposed to understand how pre-taped things work, and it could be out of sync. How about, hey, I understand why people say that, but it wasn't that. The whole show was out of sync. And then explain it to you. Why does it have to be that everybody on every side of every issue now, it seems like, is just paranoid. And they're all coming after me. It's like, no, the words were out of sync. Therefore, most people who are not professionals thought you were lip syncing. That's not a crime. That's something that could happen to a Kid Rock's My Favorite Rockstar person. Why are people so defensive about everything? Why didn't the Libertarians have a live halftime show? I know. What the heck? Then that's it. They could have Rush, and then Rush will open up for Rush. Are there any other Libertarian acts? I don't know. The Libertarian of Rush is not with us anymore. I feel like it's funny. When he brings up that example there of the sound and the video being out of sync there, I felt like when The Weeknd did its halftime show a couple of years ago, I felt like it was a little out of sync, too. Well, I think that what can happen in those things is there are pre-taped elements. Yeah. And so if things get messed up for a while, I would imagine that's how it's done. And I think the reason why people were getting upset about the pre-taped aspect of it was because I think it was being presented that it was going to be live the entire time. That's what... Who cares? Yeah, I mean, for you and I, we don't care. But I think they were telling people Turning Point USA was saying it was going to be a live performance. I'll never trust him again. Kid Rock's a liar. Some people think everything's live. They do. When they watch TV, they think everything's live. They'll watch... That old episode of MASH? Yeah. Long order. It's live. Not something they know that is a rerun, but like a new law and order or something. There's a lot of people who think that that's just being done right now. People think this is live. Exactly. We recorded it in December. Yeah. And, you know, we are on a beach in Aruba. Everything that was going to happen, we knew about. Well, when it's AI, I can just type in the latest internet. So, wait, guys, you mean when I was watching the Malcolm in the Middle show last night, Bryan Cranston is not that young? No, he's not. He did not go back in time. Dang it. You binging Malcolm in the Middle? No, it was just on TV last night. Does it hold up? No, they're doing a reboot of it. That explains probably why it was on. It was just on one of the random movie channels, way, way deep in the TV. I'm like, you know what? I'll put it on for a second. Does that hold up, though? What? No, it's just one episode. Oh, get out of here. It was a very funny show. You were a little kid when it was. I loved Malcolm in the Middle as a kid. And trying to watch that one that I watched last night. Well, maybe it was a bad late one or something. Potentially. He's going to be making meth in the new one. The only joke I remember from Malcolm in the Middle was they flashed back to the 80s at one point when he was younger. And he had a laser disc of the eyes of Laura Mars. And he was mad at the kids because somebody had messed it up. Scratched it. Who scratched my eyes of Laura Mars laser disc? And that's the only joke I remember. but I do remember it being rather funny. Is he going to be in it? Yeah, they're all in it. Bryan Cranston's going back to it? All of them, except for the youngest kid, I believe, the one who played Dewey. What's it going to be, Netflix or something? I don't know what it's on. Let's see. All right, I'm going to assume... Fox owned it, so maybe it's on Netflix. At this point, with Bryan Cranston being Bryan Cranston, I'm going to assume he's seen some good scripts before he jumped in. Oh, yeah, he wouldn't have done it without it. Eh, maybe he's doing it for the money. You never know. That's why I do this show. April of this year, guys, on Hulu and Disney+. Can't wait. I'm confused, Yamamoto, what you're talking about. So there's a new Google product called Google Genie. And it's like an immersive. Don't piss it off. Yeah, I know. It's true. You don't want to piss off that genie. But it's like an immersive experience, I guess, kind of app where you tell the genie what you want, right? So you could say, I want a peach that has legs and arms that's walking through downtown Atlanta. Right. And it can go and it picks up all the data from Atlanta. It looks like you're in a Google Maps kind of thing where you're a peach. But is it me or is it just a peach? Well, you can describe it. You can make it whatever you want. You can make it you. It just doesn't seem like all that much given the things that are available now. It's in its very early stages. I'm a peach in Atlanta. Well, you could go, I'm a seagull in Miami. It's a kind of video game generator. it's kind of going in that direction. It's not there yet, but it's very, very early. There's a lot of models. A lot of models, don't there? Yes. This is my first classified ad, I remember. I'm a peach in Atlanta. Hey, it works. Look, you're on WSB now. No, it did. It did work. It was a whole hell of a lot of fun. Back in the 90s, you could have fun. Everybody didn't have a smartphone to bust you. That was just the back of Piedmont. Let your wife know what was going on. Right. There weren't cameras everywhere. Well, and you get the cameras everywhere, and the wives' and the girlfriends' leverage just went right to the roof. Yeah. The trap hit. I got to the point where I said to my wife, don't believe your lying eyes. Now we have to go back to wearing the trench coats. Have to? I kind of miss it. Yeah. You know, you get nostalgic for these things. That's true. I mean, trends come back. I kind of miss having to walk into an adult bookstore or an adult theater on Main Street when your aunt, somebody, could be driving by at any given time. I saw you at the adult bookstore. Yeah, I worked for a popcorn company. I was buying Whippets. That's my client. I'm just a sales guy. That's all. I just have to see. In New York, you could say, I needed a new pot pipe. Oh, because they would have the two together? Yes. They would do the adult bookstore and the head shop? Yes, we're combined. That makes sense, kind of. Yeah, all your vices in one spot. Yes. Those are the old days. They don't call them head shops anymore because they're all vape shops now. They still sell. Well, but the stuff that they have, it's usually at a vape shop, right? Yes, you get a little bit of both. We've lost the adult bookstore because nobody reads anymore. And nobody appreciates a good adult library. Why sit at home on the couch when you can sit on a cold, hard wooden booth with a little window between you and the next person? Yeah, come on. Don't be so antisocial. Right. Or antisocial. Hey. Antisocial was sweet. She was a sweetheart. Antisocial. And she was so outgoing. I really, really loved her. It was too bad she was a bust. Made some of the best schnitzel. You know, today is a holiday of sorts. It is. But it's a bad one. It's a negative one. I don't know. Has this been going on in my whole life and I just never realized it? I don't know. Today is called Red Tuesday. This is when the communists take over America. They already did. Trump's the only thing keeping them from taking over. According to the Independent, I think that's out of England, Red Tuesday is the day you're most likely to be dumped. Makes sense. You want to save money going into Valentine's Day. So they're doing you a favor? No, no, no. They're doing themselves a favor. Especially if it's a guy breaking up with a girl, because I don't care what anybody says about the world and anything. The guy in the relationship is the one who's on the hook for Valentine's. We can talk and talk and talk, and ladies can say all the right things, but we know reality. When there's a couple, a guy and a gal, Valentine's Day is 98.5% square on the shoulders of the guy. So, given that, I would say you're probably correct. If I know I'm breaking up with her, why do I want to spend another $150? And who knows? You go out to a nice dinner just with two people. Jane and I went out the other night. Once you added the tip, it's like $180-some-odd. So, you know, you really want to part with that to go to a nice place if you know that this ain't really happening. So, it makes sense. Did you do go to Chipotle? Yes, of course. The CEO is like we don't care about our customers. You know how classy I am. The average cost for Valentine's Day per couple this year is $200. That's expensive. It is expensive. Not if you stay home. Of course it's expensive. Well, if you stay home, you don't spend it. I'm having breakfast for dinner. Yeah, so I think that you're absolutely correct. That's why this is happening. It makes sense to me. I've just never heard of it before, Red Tuesday. I don't know why I've lived my life. I don't recall it ever being a Tuesday, but I definitely remember in the past. Maybe it's an X number of days before Valentine's Day. I guess. I mean, I definitely remember dumping someone before Valentine's Day. If I knew the relationship was over and I didn't want to spend the money, I definitely remember dumping a few days before. It's a jerk move. Well, yeah, but you were a real jerk back then. And what I know about you, you probably had a couple other things going on at the same time. You didn't dump somebody before Valentine's Day knowing that there will be nothing come Valentine weekend. You, in your younger days, would quite often have two, three kind of situations happening at once. Some situationships, yes. Yeah, you were your own Stefan Diggs. I don't know if I've ever been compared to Stefan Diggs. Well, I threw you a pass once. You caught it, and it was great. Still haven't won a Super Bowl yet. I do get moody. Stefan Diggs, who is more addicted to sex than most men, apparently. There used to be stories, you know, when he was with the Bills, about how he would have girls in two or three different hotel rooms in the same hotel, and just, you know, boom, boom, boom, boom, just jump from room to room. And now, why is he in trouble? I just saw it, but I'm blanking. I think he beat someone up. No, no, no, that's the legal problems he has. Apparently, Cardi B was at the Super Bowl. Right. is she still pregnant or have they had the child? I believe she's still pregnant I believe it's close she's either had the child recently or is pregnant with his child and she was there at the Super Bowl she was in the house she was dancing in the Bad Bunny halftime show which means she did more in the Super Bowl than her boyfriend but he has a known influencer or somebody that he already had a baby with and he had invited her as well. And some kind of things went down. He was like in a hotel room with this other lady within an hour of losing the Super Bowl. And I guess it's splitsville now between Cardi B and Stefan Diggs. I didn't know Stefan Diggs also. He's one of these guys. He refuses to wear protection. So I think he's up to like seven, eight, nine kids now. Who knows? Catching up with Elon. Yeah. But Stefan is later in his career. He's got the money. He's not going to go broke. The kids are all going to eat. You don't want to get in that situation in your first year, then you bust your knee in your second year, and you never get a big contract. Yeah, Stefan has been spotted with Instagram model pre since then. Pre what? Pre Super Bowl. Pre pregnant. No, not pre pregnant. Pre delivery. Yes. You know, am I like a sap? I know guys are dogs. I get it. I get it. I have one of those brains. Yeah, but you fell in love. Yeah, I know, but still a lot of people do. But I just, is it just, you know, if someone is pregnant with your child and like they either just had the child or they're within weeks, see if she's still pregnant. Like there's nothing that sort of overwhelms the dog in you for, I don't know, two months. You're like, you know, this is special. Human life is being brought into the world. This is going to be. I got to make another one. I'll be throwing passes to this kid when they're 20. Nothing, nothing. It really is one of those things when you look at all the billionaires and what goes on, what we're finding out goes on at that level. There's a certain amount of money where you just detach from the real world. And Stefan Diggs is not in the obviously billionaire club, but he is in the multi, multi, multi. They say, I think I read this. We talked about this before. It's when you have accumulated $50 million in wealth. When you worth million that where it supposed to happen Maybe it 350 million It one of those. I don't want to get the number wrong. It's either 50 or 350 million. But they've done studies that say that's when you detach from the society around you. That's when you do not have anything in common with anyone around you anymore. And you begin to believe that the rules don't apply to you. And although Stefan Diggs is just a multi, multi, multi-millionaire, I guess you only have to say it once, he's a multi-millionaire, and he's not up in that, you know, let's pick somebody else in there that just got in trouble. I don't know, any of those big moguls that are billionaires. There's still that thing that happens where you get a certain amount of money and you begin to believe that the rules don't apply to you. And probably through experience, you've paid your way out of a few things that you know friends who don't have your money wouldn't be able to get out of. And it kind of starts to go to your head. And that affects everything. Morality. I mean, what's the difference? Elon Musk is celebrated by Republicans. How many baby mamas does this guy have? He's got like 15 kids with five different women or something. Aren't they mostly IVF? I don't know. I don't know. That last one was. But, you know, it's not, Republicans are like, and Elon Musk is like, you know, we have to have a population boom. Yeah, but you're forgetting something. Mom, dad, kids, come home at the end of the night. Sit with your kids for a little. You're forgetting that whole part, and I'm not being a Puritan here. And then some people get divorced and they do it again. We start looking at three marriages as a little odd, but we know plenty of people who do it. Once you get into four, you're a crazy person. But the idea is that within these marriages, there's some sort of commitment to family life. Right, just a little bit. And so Elon and Stefan Diggs are the same when it comes to that. So, by the way, so Cardi B did have, Stefan Diggs and Cardi B did have their baby back in the fall. So that's already established. And she's already pregnant again. I don't think she's pregnant again as of right now. And Elon Musk has had four different mothers with 14 kids. There's no difference here. It's just that this is what happens. The theme more and more on this show. Why is it okay? Because they're billionaires or multimillionaires and you're not. That's it. How much did you just say is going to be spent on Valentine? $29 billion. In the world or in the United States. $29 billion. You know, I hate to be the person who asked this question, But are they really worth it? That's cold blood. This practice is, I'm investing $29 billion here. What is my ROI? Seriously. Jewelry leads the way, by the way, with $7 billion expected. Yeah, honey, I'm sorry. I went and spent a bunch of your money and my money. I bought you a bunch of diamonds and they immediately go down in value. Try to resell it someday. Good luck. I can never tell you how guilty I feel about all of the mistresses. This is expensive. There's 100 diamonds, one for every mistress. It doesn't matter how much sex I have with other women. You're the one I love. Kind of crazy. You're $220 on average. The couple spends on the West Coast compared to only $150 in the Midwest. The couple or the guy? I guess the couple because it doesn't say. It's going to be the guy. Exactly. It says the couple. I think there's a reason for that. More expensive, right? Valentine's Day is, well, it's expensive everywhere now, but Valentine's Day is in February, and it's generally, you know, there's more to do out there. You know, we're still cold. You get into the Northeast, it's still very cold. So I get where I think maybe people are doing more kind of life experiences, going places, doing things, that sort of thing. That's fair. I guess. In the Midwest, maybe they're okay with just going to Chili's, you know, like that. Maybe they're okay with the Chili's thing. Are you looking down on Chili's? Not at all. I love Chili's. Is that below you? Is that the problem? I love Chili's. Would Tina present you with divorce papers if you said we're going to Chili's or Applebee's? Tina would absolutely love Applebee's or Chili's. We've done it many times. Their spinach dip is fantastic. Applebee's is good, I guess. Oh, for hell. What, are you a food critic now? Chili's. Start a blog? Have you ever eaten at Chili's? Sure I have Memorable, wasn't it? To me, they're all the same Well, Ruby Tuesdays is way up here Is it? Yeah, they got good burgers You like that better than What's the Isn't there a Robin? It's a Red Robin guy Red Robin is good too Yeah They used to be And I don't know Are they owned by corporate? Let's just assume they are I'm sure I don't think there's any fast casual You know, type of dining thing That isn't owned by a private equity group Or a hedge fund Not the same thing but both well somewhat evil but not exactly there's a little evil in there and they say one drop of poison they say poisons the well or something one drop of poison one drop poisons the well or one bad apple it would be stupid to say one drop of poison poisons the well just one drop poisons the well I'm trying to teach today I hope everybody on this red Tuesday I hope they're all keeping notes on this red Tuesday we're pulling out our After seeing all this mathematics and all these numbers. What do they call them in China? The little brown books? The little red books? Mao's little red books. Yeah, yeah. Well, I'll be passing out the little red books for Red Tuesday. Struggle sessions. Red Robin. What? They teach you how to have struggle sessions. Yeah, struggle sessions. Block capitals. Well, I call them struggle sessions. Yeah. My wife calls me something else. I don't know. Submission. That must be one of those moods today. George is judging me. I'm looking at him. You can see, he's just looking at you going, man, Von Hassler, he's lost it. He's gone to the dark side. That's what I'm getting from the looks on your face right now. Is that easy to read? Yeah, yeah. You need to get better at masking your true opinions. Work on my poker face. That's right. Get a nice date planned for this weekend? No. No, he's trying to put you on the spot. I picked up a shift. That's nice of you. Tell somebody else. I want to know this. Does it matter? Or, like, all the press would be that, well, anybody who doesn't have a date on Valentine's Day is lonely. You wake up on Valentine's Day and go, ah, man. I don't know. I guess maybe it depends on the mood I'm in. Okay. Maybe if I'm feeling lonely in the lead up, then I wake up that day and it's extra lonely. But I think I'll be able to manage this. Any ladies out there who spend more than 10 hours a week following Alex Jones online and you're single? And you're not chopped. Chopped. I got the man for you, George Clark. He's a good man. I think he's a good man. As well as I know him, he's a good man. You can't know him, you know, I don't know. He goes, once he leaves here, I don't know what he is. But he's a good man when he's here. And he deserves a fine lady at his side. So if you're into conspiracy theories, we should do a pina colada song with George. If you're into conspiracy theories. We've got to find you somebody, my friend. The world's too lonely. You can't do it alone. I'll save some money. Well, that's one way to look at it. I have a feeling, George, that if you decide to go out. As long as you're going to the free porn, you'll save money. If you go out late on Saturday night, because that's Valentine's Day, I have a feeling that those that got left behind are going to be thirstier than ever. So just go out there and run your little vacuum cleaner. You can find the ones who are only like 7 to 12 pounds overweight. Hour two of the Von Hessler Doctrine begins right now. You got that Olympic music? Need a medal count update? I want to see if I get my medal count. See if I can pull it up here. Well, that's all right. I can pull it up over here, too, you know. You're not the only one who can pull it up. I don't believe you. Here we go. There you go. All right, the metal counts. All the metals. Norway is kicking some behind here. They really are. They got six gold medals, two silver medals, four bronzes. So they're leading the way with 12. Italy, do they usually do well in the Winter Olympics? I mean, they're hosting, so they probably have more oomph this year. Oomph, what is that? Now, maybe it's that the skiers in Italy are practicing on the same mountains. Yeah. Like that. Okay, so they've got only two golds, but two silvers, seven bronze. And so they have 11 total. Japan then has eight total. United States, two gold, three silvers, two bronze, seven altogether. Puts us right above Germany, the Krauts. Ha, take that, Germany. Yeah, huh? Kicked your ass in World War II, now we're doing it again. If it weren't for us, the Italians would be speaking German. Yes, apparently, that is what you say about everything. I tried to watch some of the men's hockey. They were playing Switzerland last night. And I'm not going to lie. I guess obviously it was tape delayed later and they were kicking their butts. But I knocked out on the couch. I was that tired. Well, were you bored or were you tired? I think a little bit of both. Poor Michaela Schiffern. Yeah. I don't follow winter Olympic athletes when it's not the Olympics. But she was in the last Olympics, right? She was. I don't know if she got any medal, but she didn't get the gold. And apparently, so this lady, when it's not the Olympics, she holds the world record in everything. Nobody in the world can touch her on anything that she does. She's just the best in the world. Downhill skier, right? But when she gets to the Olympics, something happens. The lights get a little. I don't know why, but she doesn't. So today, this Breezy Johnson or whatever her name is, Breezy, whatever. It's a great name. Because they're doing it as a team thing, like the skating. She had the United States ready to go for gold. All Schiffer needed to do, and by the way, she's crashed out, I think, three times before. All she needed to do was basically have a regular speed, and the United States would have won the gold. and she went slower than that, dropped to fourth, not even on the podium. And I think the reason why, and I'm not getting up here because, you know, look, sometimes you can't get past that thing. It's the Olympics. You get nervous. I don't know. I feel bad for her. But I think I understand what went on here. Once she found out, because the Breezy, is her last name Johnson? Breezy? Yeah, Breezy Johnson. She had done her thing like two and a half hours before. So for two and a half hours, she knew that time says, all I have to do is have, you know, whatever, the average time. Yeah, it's average, and she didn't have to go. And we would have gold. And she's crashed a bunch of times. So what was she doing? She was trying to make sure that she didn't crash. Like she was trying. She was overcompensating. This is my opinion. My speculation is that she was overcompensating, trying not to screw it up by crashing, and by avoiding crashing, she slowed down. They avoided bronze and making just the metal stand by .06 seconds. Right. But should have gotten the gold. Yeah. With a... So, I feel bad. I mean, even the difference between gold, silver, and bronze here were just points. Well, that's always... It's that close. It's like Daytona 500, you know. On lap four, there's like two... There's like 1.5 seconds between the leader and the... We get it? Sorry. It's all right. It's all right. I'll loan you the money. It's fine. Don't have to worry about it. It's okay. We got it. We got it? Okay, we got it. We're all good. Everybody's still got a job. Hey! Let's celebrate. I'm going to watch that. The S&P 500 will be on the 15th. Okay. And when is the 15th? That's Sunday. Okay. Oh, so right after you get your Valentine's Day, you curl up, watch the wake-up Sunday morning. I already did my Valentine's Day thing I told you. We went out to dinner on the Super Bowl. I'm telling you, everybody should do this. If you're not really into the Super Bowl, you have every great restaurant. Not only is glad that you're there, they'll kiss your feet. Because nobody's coming out to restaurants on Super Bowl Sunday. You take your loved one on Super Bowl Sunday a week before. You get it out of the way. Everybody else is scrambling. Then you can do Palantines Day. Oh, yeah. You coming out to Enzo with me and the boys? Yeah, of course, I'll be there. Palentine's. You're doing Palentine's Day? Of course he is, because he's millennials, and so his wife is doing Palentine's, and he's doing Palentine's. Not true. Because life is about experience. Not true. You know that. If I may speak freely. No, you may not. Get your own damn show. You want to speak freely. The ladies planned Galentine's Day. Yes. And then some of the fellas reached out to me and they said, hey, since my wife is going to this, do you want to do something? And then we looked at the concert schedule and we saw that Enzo is playing at the Eastern. Don't you guys ever want to just have a night to yourselves? Well, you said, hey, the ladies are going out. Ladies are going out. They're doing their thing. They're going to go to Johnny's Hideaway after their Galentine's Day. We're like, let's go. Hook up with 80-year-old men. Well, that's fine. They can go the other way. Are there male cougars that hang out there? Yeah. Pumas. Pumas. And so we're going to go to the Eastern. That's the best music venue in Atlanta, in my opinion. Oh, wow. Just use the code Yamamoto. That's right. You're half off your... Click the microphone. You can always just sit around a campfire, pass a dube, drink some beer. Yeah. Talk about life. The old Palantines. Yeah. We don't need women. But, I mean, there were so many good shows. I mean, Side Piece was playing between Side Piece and Enzo. I don't know who any of these people are. Side Piece. Side Piece. You're saying it like it's hitting my brain like The Who, Led Zeppelin. I don't know who these people are, which is fine. I'm getting older. It's okay. I want to hang out with George on Inselentine's Day. You're not an Inselentine. I'm sorry. You can come over. Just hang out and not do it. No, I'm telling you, George, the model for you, if you're looking for something on Valentine's Day, Go out there right after around 10 o'clock. Hang out there until about 1. You'll be able to scoop up the break. You're scooping up, though. You're mopping up. You're mopping up. It's not good. It's tears, even if you've done everything right. But he's not looking for anything serious. It's okay. It's a strip club, then. It's okay. Oh, boy. Is there anything more desperate looking than being at a strip club on Valentine's? By yourself. By yourself. You're Palantines. You go to a strip club and then you get extra points. You get extra man points. They're giving out man points from the White House now. That's right. You get a man point, I'll give you 50. That is going to be a good question. I don't know what we're going to do after seeing the show. Because the show will probably get done. You guys will probably get very close to each other. How about a little game of Double Dare? There you go. That's exactly how Palantines say it. A little green time. Oh, yeah, let's talk. Hey, you know. Why don't we all take off our shirts? Were you calling it Palantines Day before we brought this up on the radio? Like your boys? Yeah. Before it was called Palantines Day. No, not at all. It really just started, again, organically. The girls were doing Palantines Day, and we're like, let's just do something. You're not answering the question. No. What he means is, was the concept of Palantines Day ever in your head before it was a concept called Palantines Day that was written about. No, no. In fact, the group chat name is just Boys Night. But that's still not the... With a zine? Why, yes, it is. Who's getting the boys for you? After the accident, the deputy had to go to his mother and say, Well, apparently he was talking to his friends on boys' night. Here's his phone. We think he's going to be all right. I've got to say, though, the group chats have gotten out of control. People, now that it's so easy to start them, there are so many. Well, I know. They add like ten people, and I'm only friends with four of them. There's so many numbers you don't know. If I pull somebody out of the group chat, will everybody know? Like, can I pull two people out and, like, they don't know? I think if you lead the chat, yes, you can pull it out. I don't know if you can pull people out if you're not leading. They'll know that they're not getting any texts. It's all or nothing. But also, you're never responding. Well, that would be normal for you. I do respond to texts. I don't know why. When? When do you respond to texts? I do have one group text where, you know, there's somebody I'm not all that enamored with anymore. So I just, I have my own rebellion. I just don't respond to anything that one person says. And everybody else, I respond. They all know. Nobody knows. How can they know? Except that I just told everybody. Being so passive aggressive. That's my job. Hey, listen. Don't get down on passive aggressiveness. It's not the greatest thing in the world. But it's not as bad as other things like serial killing. Here, I'm going to add you to the voice. Everybody has a thing, right? That's right. Mine's passive aggression. Okay, it's not the greatest thing in the world. But some people who have that little personality quirk, they're a serial killer. So there are worse things than being passive aggressive, is my point. You've got a balance in life. This is what I tell myself nightly. I could be a killer. You're not bad. You're not a serial killer. They're bad. Say hello to Alex Williams. He's never bad. He's always great with the traffic. Alex says, I-20 is good. One more. Okay, get the equipment to work here. All right. One more thing on the Olympics. So that Elia guy, he's taking the ice right now, right? Yes. So he's just in the Gulf Middle possible. 4.30. It'll be live, too, so we can actually catch it in here. But probably on Peacock, right? It says Peacock and NBC. Look at that. So there's this freestyle Olympic skier, Gus Kenworthy. He doesn't like ice. and so he he as it says here in Yahoo News he streamed his protest against them he took a whiz left a message in the snow good wiener writing yeah I don't think it's real it's too good I don't think he really did it the letters aren't connected so it's not good for your prostate to start and stop like that he is a young man Yeah, I don't know. I think that he put it up on his Instagram or whatever, but I think that it was either a meme that he saw or he put it together. He didn't really do that. Yeah, that's just too good. Well, I didn't like it. Kick him out. Well, he's in Italy. You're going to kick him out of Italy? Get him off the team. I take it he prefers snow. He prefers snow, not ice. See, we're going to get George in the comedy clubs. This is the kind of stuff you're going to get when George Clark takes the stage at an open mic near you sometime soon. Or if you chickened out. I don't know. Probably chickened out. He goes up and down. He goes up and down. We have another podcast tomorrow. Okay. We'll ask you again. But the last podcast. We talked about it. Oh, you more than talked about it. We're going to go and check it out. Okay. I'm willing to do that with Stefan. Okay. Well, but I don't want to force you into doing something you don't want to do. Nobody's going to force me to do it. Okay. It'll be all right. You might think, you know how it works here. Power, okay, he wants you to do it for the show. Why do you have that shackle next to your press case? Yeah. Well, hey, hey, hey, that's nothing. It's neither here nor there. That's a comedy shackle. You do comedy or you get shackled. Yeah, that's right. Listen, I like to get results out of my people. Is that a problem? Sometimes there's a little carrot Sometimes there's a little stick Sometimes there's a shackle Either way, what matters is results, right George Clark? Correct, correct If you're shackled, the carrot and the stick are pretty useful So the idea Is that George Clark would Go back and kind of resume a little stand-up You did some stand-up when you were younger In Savannah So when you were like 21 years old You did some stand-up in Savannah And I think George's got some He's got some chops. He's got a right. He's got some... I want to be prepared. Well, I have offered you Stefan's services. He's a very good joke writer for the stage. But the question is, do you want to do it? I feel like you don't want to do it, but you keep putting your toe back in the water for some reason. Well, I think this would venture out with Stefan, check out the open mics, and see if I feel the passion rising within me. Okay. Well, I'll ask Stefan if he noticed it. When you guys get back, I say, did you notice any passion rising within George Clark? Stephan. And if the answer's no, I'm going to say, well, he doesn't have to do it. I don't want you to do it just because I'm putting a little bit of pressure on him. You shake the shackle. I appreciate you saying that. As I'm shaking the shackle. Listen, this is your decision. You feel the inspiration? Yeah, this is your decision. It has nothing to do with anybody else. But I think it would be great if we get him in the open mics and whatever and get a good ten minutes together. And then once you've got a decent ten minutes, then we'll really ruin your life. and we'll get in touch with one of the comedy club people and have you open for a real act. And that'll be great, right? That'll be great. That would be great. Warming them up. See, what you really want is, in your mind, you're like, yes, it would be great to go on stage, do comedy, and kill. Right. That you want. It's the fear of the other thing that's making you a little... So scared. Frightened. Cowardly, if you will. Alex Williams is no coward. He's going to tell you exactly what he's doing. So that skater in the Olympics, that Ilya guy that does the back flips and the front flips, did you know this? I just read today, zero points for that. You get zero points for flips. And why do them? Because I think he knows that you get this, you're impressing, and it's going to have some kind of effect. Also, he can do it, and nobody else, most people can't. So apparently there's a long history. Somebody back in 1976, I believe, did a flip. And the entire skating world was just shocked and like, no, that's not skating or something. I don't know. So it was outlawed in the Olympics for a long time. And so it's only been recently that you're allowed to do it. And the way they brought it back is, okay, you can do it, but no points, which will probably change in the future, right? As one person does it, gets famous for it, other people who are like eight years old now learning how to do this, They're going to take that as inspiration. And at some point, they're going to say, hey, audiences respond to this. And it's not like it's not difficult. But it's interesting. When he does it, it's just a flourish. It's just a flourish. He doesn't get any points for it. Trying to butter up those judges. Well, if you impress people and they don't have anywhere else to go, they'll just give you a higher score somewhere else. Right, exactly. Or maybe overlook a little slip. Whatever the next move is, especially after you've done a flip, it's like, wow, he did a flip. Okay. You watch any of that skeleton racing? I have not gotten to the skeleton because, you know, they're dead people, and I think it's wrong to dig them up and put them up there on the slopes like that. Well, for dead people, they look really good in those outfits. No, I haven't watched that. I don't know what kind of skiing is skeleton. It's not skiing. It's sort of like luge. Greg was sending me screen grabs last night. So that's what I mean. What is the difference between regular luge and skeleton? What is it that makes it a skeleton? I think it's a smaller sled, maybe. Okay. But they're just wearing the tight pants and, you know, nothing else, and it's very interesting to watch. So you're really, it's from the competitive athletic angle that you're watching these things. So you're telling me you're a big fan of the skeleton races. Yeah. I never heard of it. He's sending me these pictures. I'm like, oh, this is interesting. Oh, it reminds me of that Tom Waits joke where he's like talking about pornography. And he says, it was quadruple X. No skin. No skin. That's what I think of when I think of you getting excited about the skeletons going on. I wasn't excited. You sound like you're kind of excited. It's interesting as all. There's another Olympics going on over there. It's called the Bedroom Olympics. And I'm proud to say that Bonnie Blue is winning all the gold medals. That's right. She's the only one competing. I think she's the only one competing. However, so this is really, I don't even know that I believe this. Because this is so, I guess people could be tested. but I think this seems really dangerous to me. And you know porn people. They're conservative at heart. They're not going to do dangerous things. So this Bonnie Blue, she's on what's called a breeding mission. Now, if you go by her story, when she was younger, she tried to get pregnant, and she can't get pregnant. She tried several times. So she's calling this her breeding mission, and she slept with 400 men. Now, isn't that just wildly dangerous? I mean, first of all, it's probably not something you would encourage anyone to do, even with protection. Right. But 400 people without protection, I guess everybody has to take a test, I guess. Imagine that DNA, Stu. The previous record, guys, was 65. So she's really gone over the years. Bonnie is a sex athlete like we've never seen before. so this happened seven hours more than seven hours at some dude named Lord Davenport's mansion was he on the Epstein list? I don't know but I got a feeling that Lord is actually his first name not a time is this in Italy? yeah I think they're there no it's in the UK it's the Bedroom Olympics yes I'm Lord Davenport please come to my disgusting manor 400 fellers. I mean, and she said that they tried to do some testing to get the strongest swimmers at the front of the line. Oh, good. But, so she says she can't get pregnant. And maybe that's true. But she can still get STDs. Yeah. Or what are they called now? They're called... STIs. Yeah, for some reason, STD, somebody got offended. No, like disease. Not a disease. For infection. Meanwhile, the other things are always like, it is a disease. I get confused. A couple of them are diseases. Could you imagine being like... Wait, do you get any of them? Herpes is a disease. Could you imagine being like number 218? Could you imagine being number six? Come on, if you're not number one, you're... Maybe I changed my mind. Yeah, I want to be the engine of the caboose. It's the last guy. You know, at least there's something to... All right. Something to remember me by. Go ahead, get over with. I don't think it's real. I'm going to throw that out there right now. I have no evidence. Are you challenging TMZ? I am challenging TMZ. I'm challenging Tia. I think that's her real name, Bonnie Blue. I don't believe this is really happening. There's just too much of an STD thing. STI. She probably doesn't care, right? So they get these guys. What do you mean? You don't care if you get a disease? Well, they all have to be tested. Or an infection? Oh, yeah. They all get tested. Is that what the I is for? Infection? Yeah. Yes. I know they get tested, but right there, right before you, I mean, Or you bring paperwork from a week ago. Who knows what you've been doing? I ain't done nothing in a week. Here's my paperwork. Really? Lord, what's his name? Lord Chamberlain? Who the hell is this guy? Lord whatever? Lord Chamberlain? Lord whatever? Well, I was in Haiti doing sex tourism last week, but everything's fine. It's been a while since I've been to the doctor, but it still clears. Lord Hawthorne, whatever. You think he's got a whole... Lord Churchill? You think he's got a Lord Churchill there in his mansion? You think he's got... This is our finest hour. He's got a whole STD, STI testing facility there in the mansion. Can you do that quickly? I don't even know. Yeah, well, they have the prep and all that stuff. I've lived a good life, so I don't know. I haven't investigated it that deeply, but I'll look into it. Okay, okay. Ask Ron Mexico or whatever. What was Michael Vick? What was Mike Vick's name? Ron Mexico. What was that he had? He had something. He had herpes or something. That poor guy couldn't catch a break. Wow, I jumped in the comment section for the story. Oof. Oof. A lot of people. Are people being judgy on Bonnie Blue? They're being very judgy. Find out how I made a million dollars used in Bitcoin. Actually, not a lot of those in this one. There are a few. Yeah, people are. By the way, if you respond to an ad, something that's in the comments that says, find out how to make a million dollars in Bitcoin, and you lose everything that you have, I just want to say this. You deserve that. You absolutely deserve that. That money that you had in your bank account, it was never yours. It was never yours. It belongs to the universe. It belongs to the universe. One of the comments underneath this Bonnie Blue story is, Jill Biden's never slept with a man. Oh, for heaven. She has kids. I know. What does Jill Biden have to do with it? I know. Everything else is about Bonnie Blue, but somebody had to put that in there. These mega cats. You're going to love them. There's got to be contact. They're like prick ponies, like all day long. Joe Biden, I've got to go to China. And Obama, Hillary, it amazing I was thinking about it the other day because I think as you get to more core MAGA as people kind of peel off it going to end up just being the boomers I'm trying to think of it like, what is driving all this? And I really think that the driver has to be the core of MAGA. We already paid off our mortgages. Like we don't, we're in retirement phase of our lives. Well, they have to reverse mortgage. And we don't have to worry about it. We don't have to worry about how expensive things, whatever. So it's all culture. Yep. It's all culture, how things should be. They used to be different and they should be good. And it's like they're not thinking, you know, AI is going to replace me in two years or something or I can't pay my rent. And that's why they can get just totally focused on really things that are issues, issues, but they shouldn't be at the top of it. Well, if you're retired and you see these on all day, and then you have the computer in front of you. That might have been a pro-Joe Biden comment, though. You'd never see her do that is what I'm thinking. It could be that. But it's out of context compared to everybody else. Why would they bring that? You know who wouldn't do this? Joe Biden never spoke with a real man. Now her ex-husband, maybe, but not her. That guy just went to... He just murdered somebody. He's charged, alleged. But, you know, people are so stupid. Like, I mean, this other comment here. Have Bonnie Blue and Ivanka Trump ever been seen in the same room together? Oh, yes. That's the other way. They look so similar. That's the other way. That's the progressive idiot. Yeah. You know, it's funny. There's a lot of different kinds of idiots, right? Seriously. All different kinds of flavors. But still, far too many idiots. No shortage. Turn the 24-hour news channel off for 30 straight days. whether it's MS Now or Fox News. I promise you, your life will get better. It will change. You will notice it. Alex Williams says there's a... So there's a big brawl at the Pistons-Hornets game last night. And, you know, I'm just... Police were on the floor at one point. I don't know that I've ever seen that before. When you're watching an NFL game, there's a fight. You never see, like, cops come running out. Jalen Duren was in the middle of it. He's the center for the Pistons, and he got fouled really hard by the Hornets, and then both benches ended up clearing. I think there was a headbutting that went on. Some punches were thrown. It kept getting bigger. Four players were ejected. But still, all of that is normal until I get to the bottom of the piece here, and it says police were briefly on the court. That's bizarre if there are no people from the stands on the court. Seriously. It reminded me of WWE in the NBA. In the end, Duren just said, ah, it was an overly competitive game. Fouling is not a problem for a good defensive team. And Duren is fouled. Oh, my goodness. Oh. Moose is upset. Oh. Moose is really upset. What? Oh, my goodness. Now Miles and Duren and Big Stew. Big Stew. Oh, wow. Big Stew was involved. Anybody get arrested? No. Nobody was arrested. I didn't see this. Did you see it? I did. Did you notice the cops at the end? I did not notice the cops at the end. At what point do cops enter the court? I mean, there are fights and dust-ups from time to time. But I mean, both teams, at one point, both teams were in the center of the court, kind of just wrapped around each other. I know, but you've seen, like, both dugouts empty, and there'll be, like, 40 baseball players to scrum. I've never seen the cops on the field with them. I didn't get to the part where the cops actually came out, but then it looked like there was a fight going on within the Pistons bench after it all went down. I told you to stop. Don't tell me when to stop. Well, according to Duren, it was just an overly competitive game. We'd like it to always be about basketball, but sometimes. He mentions in here that other teams have been trying to get into the heads of the Hornets. Are they known as being soft or something? I guess. You said they're being challenged every night. I mean, hell, the NBA trade deadline was last week. You don't recognize any of these teams anymore with how many trades that went down. Oh, for heaven's sakes. Maybe you should keep up a little better. It's serious. I mean, it feels like it was like a new offseason. I can't even keep up with it. Where is Trey being paid not to play? The Wizards. Okay, great. Along with Anthony Davis, by the way. Anthony Davis got traded. They're both sitting there and not playing. They're both going to sit until next year. Because they're going to trade them, I think. Maybe. That's my guess. All right, ladies and gentlemen, now it's your time to win stuff. from radio. He's seen both fire and rain. And you, if you're the 10th caller, can see him. Two tickets to see James Taylor. Thursday, September 17th at Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park. Be caller number 10 to 404-872-0750. Tickets are on sale right now at Ticketmaster.com. Alex Williams is watching. Hour three of the Von Hessler Doctrine begins right now with a congratulations to Mark Huffman of Alpharetta. Won two tickets to see James Taylor Thursday, September 17th at Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park. Tickets are on sale right now at Ticketmaster.com. Look who's here. It's Bill Crane. He brought his brain, so we shall commence to drain. I was going to say freshly not yet drained, but okay. Well, I can see that the brain is just so full. You know, the draining. Like having encephalitis. Yeah. Waterhead. You have information encephalitis. It's like too much information is up there. And I know that at first when you start draining your brain, there's a little bit of pain. But I'm sure it's much relief after you walk out. It's the only relief he gets all week. It is basically like having your, well, I can't say it. No, no, no. We know what you mean. I got to milk your brain. Yeah. It's the brain milking of Bill Crane. So, Bill, I just heard about this from Shelley. And so the idea is that the RNC, which, okay, I know what you're going to tell me. Behind the scenes, they always do endorse on primaries and help somebody. But officially, they're not supposed to. And I guess now, according to Politico, they've decided, well, now we can. And we're going to endorse Burt Jones because that's who Trump loves. You know, in this world that we are being shocked by no rules or protocols mattering anymore. Let's not go there because it's kind of silly. But on a scale of one to ten, like how much of a breach is this? Like how much will this help break down the state and the country? It doesn't break down the state. It breaks the party down. In the world of partisan politics, you do have rules. You do have structure. Well, it is one race as opposed to all races. If it becomes everybody that Donald Trump endorsed the wand waves gets the treatment, that will be another problem. But where we are is parties matter less than they did certainly in Georgia four or five years ago because Burt Jones, who is the lieutenant governor, has this thing called a leadership pack that he can raise unlimited amounts of money contributions as long as the donors are disclosed. Right. And so that was started under Brian Kemp as governor and included the Speaker of the House, the nominees on the other side for governor and lieutenant governor once the parties had selected. He's not the nominee yet, and that's where this matters. Right. Because he's involved in a primary. Once he's the nominee, he can raise the unlimited amounts of money. And so in this primary contest, I've heard this phrase in politics for a number of years. Early politics is like yeast. It makes all things rise. we now have a self-funded candidate who can get in and put in dozens of millions of dollars in that Republican GOP field. Jackson? Yes, Rick Jackson is his name. I met him at Clark's Christmas Kids. He's been involved with foster children. He is himself a former foster child. Yes, that's why I remember that I didn't meet him. He's been involved in those causes and supported multiple group foster homes for decades. He's not unknown politically, but he's mostly known in the Republican donor class. And so because he has not unlimited resources but substantial resources and the president has already endorsed Burt Jones, the RNC has probably gotten some pressure from the White House to come off of the dime and throw in. Again, they're not supposed to do it, but I've been involved. The White House is like, hey, haven't you learned anything most of last year? There are no rules. Rules don't matter. You just break them and then say sorry and you keep moving. But for being an active Democrat or Republican and having, you know, kind of being told we're going to pick who we want to pick, the primary really doesn't matter. Yeah. The primary really doesn't matter. We're going to choose who we think has the best chance is not good or conducive to conduct, you know, to recruiting future candidates, particularly future candidates who can't self-fund. Yeah. So they all – because I think that Jackson, I mean, he's saying that he's a Trumper basically in his ads. He gave the president a million dollars. He was one of the key finance committee members for Jeff Duncan when he was a Republican running in 2018. He seemed like a nice guy when I met him and talked to him. And there were no politics involved. He wasn't involved in it. I had an interesting conversation with him. He was there for the foster kids. He wanted to make sure that there was gifts. Yeah, he gave great. And my understanding from Clark. But my point is. He closes the gap some years when y'all are close. He gets a check to get y'all across. He always, you know, and he had that. But most of the early advertising has been pretty negative, pretty snarky. He's already got ads aimed at Brad Raffensperger and Keisha Lance Bottoms. He's calling himself Action Jackson in his spots. There was a doll that had that name back in the 80s. And the buzz is that the 15 or 20 million now that we're spending ads taking on Burt Jones' record, that he was the major donor there. I haven't seen the documentation of that. That's in circulation out there. But none of that's illegal, and all of that's kind of politics is fair game. Sure, it's fine, except it's fine in that. I'm just saying, as a person, I sat with this guy, and I thought, oh, a really nice guy, a positive guy. He seemed like a positive guy to me. But you can't, it's not mutually exclusive to be a good person and a Trump supporter. The logic sometimes is not. No, no, no, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying that he was very positive when I was having this conversation with him, But he opens the campaign with snarky, negative, everybody said, you know. Have you seen his bio ad? No. It starts out with him as a foster child. Oh, yeah. I've heard it. I read about it. My point is you only get one chance to introduce yourself. Sure. In a situation like this. So oftentimes you will soften up your opponents first if you've got resources. Right. And then introduce yourself. Yeah, I don't know. I'm not even old-fashioned because I understand. As I get older, I am interested in one type of politician at this point in my life, and that is a politician that is more than willing to lose based on their worldview, their political philosophy. I'm throwing my hat in the ring because I believe I have some ideas that can help, and I'm going to stick to those ideas that I believe can help. And if those ideas and those arguments win the day, I'll go serve. If not, look, I presented the people with my ideas. I'll go back to my business or whatever. Those are now the only types of politicians. Those are a very narrow band. I do know some people who are in office now and who have run on that type of track record. Johnny Isakson was that way. Not a lot. No, I know that. I know that. And I don't know that there ever were more than there are now. It's just this is about me, not them. And as I'm getting older now in my 60s, I don't care about, oh, that was a good counterplay. And so much of it when I was in my 20s and 30s and 40s. I get it, but that's why it wins elections, momentum and fundraising and organization, and that's part of it. I think that whether you like Trump or you don't, one thing you could see there is if you don't have to be where Trump is on issues, What people want is someone that they think is being themselves, organic, honest, and can actually deliver if you elect that person. And if there's anything that comes out of all of this MAGA craziness that's going on, if a few politicians that won't arrest people for writing op-eds in a student newspaper, You know, if a few politicians that don't have that side of them could just show up and say, this is the person that I am. This is what I think we should do. And I'm offering my services. It's fine to lose elections. Once you start changing because it looks like you might lose the election if you stick with something you believe in, that's when you become a careerist. Even if you're starting late. I don't disagree with you that the Mr. Smith goes to Washington model is what we all would kind of like to see. Yeah. The realities are, one, the system doesn't necessarily run that way anymore. And two, with voters in extreme places, the person in the middle who holds to their values can't move up in either of those structures. Yeah, but it's ruining the country. I mean, at some point, somebody has to show up. We kind of sat through, I'm talking about the American people, and let this develop over time. It didn't happen overnight. Of course not. And not participating in the primaries at all, a lot of American voters can take home some of the responsibility here. Well, that's always been right. Primaries just don't pull in the voters that the general election does, which are growing in number decide the elections. You know, I was telling you this last night on his show, and I agree with him. You know, it's it's not something you think about a lot, but it's telling because I think the country's in real trouble. I really do. I agree. And we just had. We just went to war with each other in this country over a halftime show after over a 12. minute. I'm not saying things like that didn't happen in the 80s. It was like on page 20 of the newspaper. We just had a knock. It's still going on. Still going on. The damn thing's been over for two days. This is not a sign of stability as a country. It is not a sign of maturity as a country. There was a stroke of brilliance in Russia trying to sow this dissent starting back in 2016. It goes back further than Russia. I know. but through social media. Bin Laden. It's just no American descent. Have you read this kind of stuff? Yes. Because we were told that Bin Laden's whole thing was he was mad at us because we had freedom. Like, BS. But there are people close to Bin Laden who say what he was saying to them in the 90s is, if we do something like this in America over the next 20 or 25 years, they will tear each other apart because the government will overreact, personal liberties will go down, and people will go after each other. Now, this is just a few articles I've read about it. that he was expressing to people. I wonder when his book will come out. I'm kidding. Bin Laden's tips to psychological commitment. That's something that people ought to look at. If you still believe that 9-11 happened because Bin Laden was mad that we had freedom, you really, I mean, come on, the world is happening around you. It's quite possible if people are saying, no, this was his plan. If you do something like this in America over the next 20 or 25 years, Americans will tear each other apart. Now, I don't know if that's true or not, but it's happening. It's happening. If we don't pull this country back together again in the next I don't know what. We can't do it before November. That's for sure. 250 years. Yeah. You know how long Rome lasted? People just don't think. They just think, well, the United States has been here. We've been on top my whole life, my parents' life. It's just going to keep happening. It doesn't just keep happening. If we tear each other apart, we will lose our number one status in the world. Alex Williams is watching you. Bill Crane. Tell people how they can get more Bill Crane, if they'd like more Bill Crane. CSICrane.com, One Man's Opinion, which is a syndicated column. If you put in my name and One Man's Opinion, a bunch of that will pop up. You can subscribe to it via Substack for free. You can have it come to your email inbox. And then multiple social channels, including Facebook, Instagram. We decided not Snapchat last week YouTube Just say all the socials That's personal And LinkedIn You said some nefarious snaps there Bill? Back in the day Don't screen grab I know CSI creates more than you think Oh what if you screen grab somebody's thing They get in a hurry Oh I know Snapchat kind of the whole idea of it When it came out it was kind of a creepy app in the beginning and people now, I mean, you just get a lot of stuff on it. I'm surprised it's still a thing. In my mind, Snapchat is like something from 15 years ago, and they put out those stupid glasses, and that failed. People like the archive of it. It's done a really good job of when you go in there, it's like, check my snap from your 10 years of habit. So narcissists like to be able to look at themselves all the time. So who is it? Susan Collins is now going to run again. Has she already been a senator for 36 years? She's been a senator for 30 years, and if she's elected again, then she would be able to serve a six-year term. I don't know her age. I imagine 70s. She's in her early 70s, and she's a much more centrist person in the state of Maine. And that's where she's kind of been a reason within the GOP and tends to be one of the harder votes to secure, no matter who Republican-wise, is in the White House for their Supreme Court appointments. Which gives Maine a little more leverage than they would have, given the fact that their population is very large. So probably she's seen a little bit of a pain in the behind by a lot of Republican presidents. But in Maine, it's like, well, nobody would be talking about our senator if they didn't need that vote. And if she didn't say, I've got to get some stuff from Maine for that vote. Yeah, and they also have a very small House delegation for the same reason you're referring to. So this is coming up again. for now there are calls for basically not term limits, but just an age limit. Like you can't run again after 75, basically. So because Charles Grassley is 92. I had no idea. Charles Grassley, you're 92 years old. I'm quite happy serving the great state of Iowa. I guess it's Rahm Emanuel. He's the one who's calling for this. I think you may, in the next decade, I don't support them see term limits, and I could certainly see age limits. But what I would prefer to see is if you're running for one of these offices, is you submit to physical evaluations and cognitive evaluations each election cycle. Like getting a renewal of a driver's license. Yeah, with the understanding the results will be released because I'm now 65, but I'm old enough to know that 75 in one person and 70 in another person. Sure. That you're not in the same place and people can take care of themselves and eat right and all that kind of stuff. Exactly. And be very sharp. Just like me. Or they can be doping and falling off with cankles into the wind. Not that there's anything wrong with cankles. That would be a strong wind. Yes, I'm trying to say that. Nothing's knocking me over. So I think that if you look at the Constitution, there are age limits on the other end. How old do you have to be? And I could make the same argument. You know, some 22-year-olds are smarter than some 40-year-olds. Most of them aren't. I think that term limits, I think people ought to be able to return somebody in most cases. I think that an age limit has a better shot of getting the American people behind it. I agree with you, but the challenge, of course, again, is the Constitution. We have lifetime appointments of our Supreme Court justice. Well, no, no. I think he's just talking about electives. I know. But because we have lifetime appointments of judicial... Yeah. How do you tell people that they can't get running? 100 years old, flat. That's where you stop. That'll solve our problems, Jared. Bill Crane, thank you very much. Take care. Have a great week. Always good to be here. Alex Williams says there's a... Well, George Clark, you're not alone in being single in Atlanta going into Valentine's Day. This is a, you know, adjacent story, I guess. They looked into which NFL fan bases had the most single people. Atlanta Falcons fans are the most single in the NFL. 38% report they're single. Well, because of all the misery we've had to deal with. Highest share in the league. I don't think really how the team's doing. has a lot to say about it. I think it does. Although, you know what? I will say this, though. There's only one fan base that's happy at the end of the year. If you date a Falcons fan, though, and you lock him or her in, you know damn well she or he is going to be loyal. Because they're still Falcons fans after everything we've been through. So you're saying it's a good personality test. It's a great personality. When things get tough, you know they're going to be loyal. They're going to stick with you the whole time. What do they say in the battle? We'll be left for that, too. in sickness and in health. Good times and bad. That's right. Ride or die. Ride or die. The Falcons fan is going to stick around when you put on 100 pounds and lose your job. I don't know an awful lot of Falcons fans, to be honest. What? I don't know a lot of Falcons fans. You're in Atlanta. Everybody's a Falcons fan. I mean, I know a lot of Falcons fans. When you go to the game, it's real evident, given that 50% of the crowd. No, no, no. It's not an NFL town. Right. Don't get me wrong. It's a college football town and a baseball town, but as far as Major League goes. And if the Hawks could ever get their act together, I think it would quickly become a basketball town. Don't get me going on the Hawks. Well, I don't want to get you going. I'm so frustrated. I'm so frustrated. Go, go. I thought you were happy. You thought now they got rid of Trey and things were looking good. Is it going the other way now? It's just... It's just more of the same, isn't it? Just imagine. We're in that period before Trey got here and there was any reason to be excited. It's not even that. It's just imagine if you're not an NBA fan. You're not a Hawks fan. You don't watch it at all. It's like you thought you were getting a really nice Lego set, right? You're like, okay, look, we have all these pieces that could work together. But it's just a mess. It doesn't make any sense. Maybe I hope it works out, but we're going to play in the play-in tournament. We're going to get knocked out. Why isn't Trey playing wherever he is now? Because I think they're going to wait for Trey and Anthony Davis. And I think he's always injured. But I think they want him really healthy so that they can trade them as a package. Or if they work out, then they have a chance at winning the East. Do they have enough other pieces? I don't think so, personally. I don't think they think so. I think they think that the way that they can get a squad that can compete quicker is we take these two guys and we trade them and we get some players elsewhere. I think that's what they're thinking. But then again, what the hell do I know? It's the Washington Wizards. They don't know what to do. They're still the bullets to me. That's right. Yeah, I mean, as bad as the Atlanta Hawks have been with how they handle their off-seasons, the mismatched pieces. You're really going on this one, the mismatched pieces. It just doesn't make any sense. I mean, every day. I have my corporate email here, right? Maybe they're Duplos. That's what it is. You're right. You've got a second-rate Lego team here. I guess so. I mean, every day I check my corporate email, and I've connected up with the Hawks season ticket people before. And, I mean, every day it's like, hey, Jerry, there's a ticket package. Hey, why don't you buy today? Hey, 30%. I'm like, no. Put a product on the floor. That's all the Hawks have to do. If the Hawks just had two, three seasons of being relevant in a row, I think the town would go crazy. I really do. I'm ready to go crazy. They just won't put a product out there that will get. But meanwhile, and this is if you're an owner, I think you're still making lots of money. People love going to Hawks games. You go to a Hawks game, it's fun. They lose a lot of times, but you still have a good time. And so there's this whole thing with ownership, I think, always, not just this ownership, but ownership in general of professional teams. It's like, well, we are making money. I mean, this is a successful product in the sense it makes money. I'm pretty sure that it does. I think the owners make good money. And so that's that weird thing, you know. in baseball with the Dodgers. You've got a multi-billionaire who loves the Dodgers and he owns in a sport where you can spend I know they have that weird luxury tax thing. It doesn't matter. You blow right through it. You can just buy anybody you want. And so you've got this guy who's like, well, I've got billions and I love this team. So I'm going to spend as much money as I can. Tomorrow, if I hear that someone's been born that looks like they're going to be a great baseball player, I'll lock them in. I'll lock him in at four days old. He's a Dodger. I'll give his parents a billion dollars. I mean, you have somebody like that. Now, you can't do that in basketball, necessarily. No. But, you know, that's the problem for fans, is that owners can still make money. If you're an owner, then you own a business. All right? And if that business makes money year after year after year, as an owner, I'm the owner of a successful business. If it's successful and we're not doing anything in the playoffs and we're not winning championships, that's the way it looks to the rest of the world. Well, that's not a successful franchise. But if I own the franchise and every single year it's highly profitable, from my point of view, I'm successful. I got a winner. Yeah, I mean, that's the gap between fans. And then every once in a while, you get an owner who's a billionaire who is a fan. Sometimes that's bad, too. Then they get really involved, start micromanaging. There's a lot of ways to mess this stuff up. But I don't see I've never felt urgency From the Hawks Ever And I think the reason is because It is a successful business It makes a lot of money You go to a Hawks game You have a good time You'd have a better time If you go on a night when the team wins That's always better You know you're going to see Lil Jon You're going to see somebody that's famous Millie Bobby Brown It's funny I don't know if that's enough to pay for I can see her. I'm going. It's just, I don't know. It feels like a fun night out. It does. And so that's the weird thing. How do you get the ownership to go, yeah, but that's not good enough? As a matter of fact, if you have to go into debt a little bit to make the other thing happen, that's what we'd like. But we don't own teams for a reason because we don't live our lives in such a way that we become multimillionaires or billionaires. And guys who do that and gals who do that don't start looking away from the ledger ever. Well, whoever is handling their season ticket promotion. Unless you're the Dodgers guy. You've got to tell them now that you don't need to send an email every day. I promise you. That's desperation. I promise you. When I'm ready to buy in, you want me as a fan back. That's everything now. They call it, I don't know if it's late stage capitalism or whatever. I guess. It's like every business is desperate. You know, when we were growing up, there was a commercial, never let them see you sweat. Apparently, that does not apply to business entrepreneurs anymore. They're constantly, do you want this? Yeah, nobody wants an email from you. I brought this up the other day. I bought one special REM box set from Interscope Records. One. At least three times a week now in my email. Interscope Records. Hey, we got this deal. We got that deal. I bought one. Isn't that good enough? Shouldn't you have a business model that says, if Eric buys one, we're good? And then they don't even think that I bought an REM set Now I'm on the email list And so every genre Many that I never buy I suppose I go in and unsubscribe But I mean It wouldn't be just them I would unsubscribe to like 17 other entities as well Hey we saw you bought this REM album You want this Kendrick Lamar album? Yeah right I mean like maybe I mean, maybe if I had bought some other rap album from them, right? Yeah. But you don't. That's my point. If I had bought an REM box set and a rap box set, then okay. Then start offering stuff. But I've only bought REM, and they don't curate it. They just go, okay, anybody who's bought from us, they're going to get the email blast. And to me, it just seems desperate. It does. It does. That sucks because Google usually will filter that and put it into another tab. It isn't. I have to go through those all and check them. Oh, okay. I have to check them in case something gets in there that is real. Yeah, if you rely too much on those and you just start flushing them because it says, well, Google did the work for you, then all of a sudden there's something in there that was important. So I go through them. It's not a pain. It's not like a big thing. It's slightly annoying. But my point is that it's just every business now is just, it's never enough just to show up and buy something and walk away. It's just like, no, come back. It feels desperate to me, and it makes me wonder about the economy for all of these companies. We will annoy you to try to get you to buy something from us. Alex Williams says there's a crash. So, you know, in November of next year, not this year, but November of 2027, my wife and I will celebrate 40 years of being together. That's quite a milestone. It'll be 30 years of marriage, 10 years of living in sin. But 40 years of living together and being together. And that's wonderful. And you'd think at this point there's nothing. That's a rock-solid relationship. But you know how much I can't stand the smell of seafood. And, yes, so something happened. I opened the door yesterday after the show, got home, opened the door. As soon as I walk in, the entire house smells like a seafood restaurant. She had made lobster for herself while I was here entertaining the city She decided to make lobster for herself And she has a cold So she like I don smell anything I telling you I could smell this in the bathroom downstairs It was... A deliciousness. How do you make seafood... I'm telling her, you do this again, light four candles. Like, let's get this at the very beginning. It can't be like every time you make this stuff, your whole house smells like this. No, it is better to cook it when it's a little warmer, so that way you can't open up doors and windows. Late night, I'm going to bed, and I can smell it in the bed. I'm like, oh, I'm already in bed. I just got to deal with this. And she had lobster and butter on her finger. It does linger. I mean, it gets under your nails. I woke up this morning. I left candles all night long. Woke up this morning. It came down at 8 o'clock in the morning. Still kind of smelled it. So that's my way of saying it's been a great time since 1987. But I don't know if we're going to make it to 40 years. I was wondering. Not if this behavior. Not if this behavior continues. I may have to present her with divorce papers. I was wondering what that smell was when I came in the studio. Yeah, it's probably all over my clothes. Alex Williams says there's a crash. That's right, Chiaccio. Both loud and proud. Hour four of the Von Hessler Doctrine begins right now. I thought Greg Ruff was going to join us for a minute or so. Well, he told me that he has something at 630, and I said I would check with you, and then you said have him join, and I texted him. And he's not, because I just wanted to ask him. You know, he and his, he and, we have so many people that their girlfriends are named Tina, it gets confusing. Well, his is Christina, we call mine Tina. Okay, I didn't realize that. Yes, we established that. Okay, I didn't realize, okay. Greg and I signed a contract. So, Greg, it's Christina with you, it's Tina. Yes. And I just wanted to make sure, because they've been together a few years now, He has not put a ring on it. About time for a rang. And so I'm noting that today is Red Tuesday. Oh, you want to check in? I want to check in, see where he's at, see what he's thinking. Is this worth whatever expenditure he's going to make? But I guess he's not there. He's a busy man. He can't always just jump when I say he's not there. All right, fine. He may pop on. Be prepared. If he pops on. Or off. Or you can pop up like those bagels that have got everybody going crazy in the town. I bet today. Have you had one yet? Oh, my God. I can't believe I haven't had one. I'm so jealous of people who have had one and I haven't had one. And I should have stood in line for three hours. I don't know what I was thinking. They steam, Eric. They steam. They steam. They steam. You know what? It's remarkable. Even last night when I went to bed, like I scrolled through a little bit, doom scrolled for like five, ten minutes before going to bed. And still, of all the Atlanta influencers, it was all, Papa Bagels, Papa Bagels, it's so good. Watch it steam. Watch it steam. And I'm like, this is so boring. And I finally went on TikTok. I don't want to see that. This is like, there's a lot of radio shows. There's so many radio stations in the country. And a lot of the influencers are kind of like the way a lot of radio stations are. It's just like, you know, what are people talking about? What's the thing of the day? We just have to cover the thing of the day because everybody else is covering the thing of the day. But the shows that go on and actually get huge audiences are the ones who go, oh, everybody else is talking about that. This is how I'll stand out as an influencer in Atlanta. And repeat. You want to stand out as an influencer in Atlanta yesterday? You're the Atlanta influencer that doesn't write about pop-up bagels. But it's hard to get people to because you feel like you're keeping up. And, oh, my gosh, my people are going to expect me to talk about pop-up bagels. Are they? What people expect from you, whether you're on the radio or a podcast or you're an influencer, is to be informed and or entertained. That's it. Exactly. That's it. It doesn't matter that you didn't hit that thing. You know, Rush Limbaugh said this years ago. I'm talking like probably like 2005 or something. I can't remember what I – he gave a speech. It was at the NAB or something like that. And he said he doesn't worry about whether or not he's on a story immediately, if it's the story that everybody's talking about, because in his mind, no one has covered the story until he's covered the story. So if it's seven days later, in his mind, it was, well, nobody's covered it yet because I haven't covered it yet. That's the idea. If you want to stand out, I don't know how to be an influencer. I don't even know how to be a YouTube person in his basement talking about the Beatles. But I do know certain things go through all media. And that is if you want to stand out, you've got to create your own voice, and you've got to talk about on that day the thing you're most interested. Don't be chasing. That's like a bad radio show. You know, the research comes in, and this is what people say they want. And if you're a good radio person or podcaster, you should say, well, if they want a robot, let them go somewhere else. What they've got is me. Now it's on me and my voice and my interest. And to talk about things that are going to make people not change the station or click away or whatever media you're in. But, Eric, we said this happens all the time. It's mediocrity is what I'm trying to say. When everybody's like, oh, they're all talking about it, so I've got to talk about it, too. Let me tell you something. Over the next 14 days or whatever, if there's days that I'm not interested in the Olympics, we won't be talking about the Olympics. Right. I'll be talking about it. Jerry is Greg Russ. Sorry about the confusion. Yes. I was texting with Tim, and I didn't see Joy. So I'm here. Okay. What did you have to ask? Your mere moments from a big, you're not going to lose your job or anything. It's not that kind of meeting. No, no. The meeting at 630 is, they need me to design play or sound for another play. So I'm going to talk to the people at the theater. I've got to stop moving this now. I realize it's really bothering people. And some people may listen on podcasts and have it in their ears. Oh, yeah. It's always this. I apologize. Eric Von Hassler, you're squeaking again. Yeah, well, they fixed the squeaking. What were your damn microphones? Well, the squeaking is gone, and now it's just blunt force. Okay, we only have. Well, you stroke the computer. You move the mouse. This is how I get the ladies. You're always asking me, how do you do it, Eric? That's how I do it. Yes, Greg, I wanted to ask you, I just quickly wanted to ask you this, because it is Valentine's week. And you and Christine have been together for a few years now. You have not put a ring on it. And so what we found earlier today is that today is something called Red Tuesday. and it says you're more likely to get dropped. But really what they mean is women because this is really about guys. All the pressure of Valentine's is on guys. So what happens on Red Tuesday is dudes decide if they're not in for another year and they know it's going to break up pretty soon, they just go ahead and break up on this day so they don't have to go through the whole Valentine's ritual. Cowards. They should do it on Valentine's Day. Well, there you go. So what are your plans? I'm asking for Christina. Do you see another year on the horizon? Or is this going to be a Red Tuesday breakup? You've implanted the idea, so maybe tonight I'll have to have a conversation with her. I'm not thinking about things in terms of years anymore. It's a relationship that I'm in. In the past, I would have a relationship, and I would enter that relationship thinking, well, this will end one day. It doesn't exist right now. You're not thinking about it. Yet. That could happen. Dude, you just turned 44. At some point. Oh, look, I went back to therapy, Eric. I took a several-year break, but I went back. The other day when I joined the show, and you said, what are you, like 42, 43 now? I said 44. And you reacted and I reacted to myself. Well, there's nothing bad about it. I was reacting because I met you when you were 19. So it was more about how old I am than how old you are. It's the first time saying it, oh, yeah, wow. Not that it's old. No, it's not. It hit me in ways that it never hit me before. So going back to what you were talking about, I'm this age. I've never been married. I've never wanted to be married. I've never thought about it to any meaningful extent. Sure. And these are things that have been on my brain. Think about context here. I'm late. John F. Kennedy, when he was president, Greg was 43. Theodore Roosevelt, 42. You're older than both of them. Yeah. When they were president of the United States. They're running this whole country. Hey, Greg, I got married when I was 46 and had a kid when I was 50. Yeah? Yeah. It's fine. Look at you. It'll work out. Yeah, it can work out. But I think Greg is getting at something else. because I think you have to recognize that Greg is a good-looking fella. I don't think he's ever had any trouble finding a date, finding the next person. Not real difficult. Good at fooling people early on. Yes, yes. Ooh, interesting. Yes, but I mean, you're not chopped, as the kids say. I think women look at you and go, okay, he's a decent-looking dude. But now you're getting 44. You keep having these two- or three-year relationships. At some point, you're on the other side of it, and you're walking into the bar like you're cool, and people are like, ooh, who's this creepy old man? So you really got to nail it down. I stopped walking into the bar years ago, at least that way. I'll go have a drink, but I'm not walking in looking to pick anyone. I never really did that at any point in my life, but I hear what you're saying. And the two-year relationships would continue on, and the next thing you know, you're 60. It's like, oh, God, who's going to find at that point? What am I doing? Let's talk about this just very briefly. This will get you ready for your play design meeting. Discussion. Discussion. That is. Brainstorm. What do you think it is? Are you worried that at some point in a marriage that, oh, no, I'll be in and then I'll be stuck? Not like you don't feel stuck now, but are you worried that it'll be four years in and I'll look around and go, ah. Or are you the type of person that somebody is going to get on your nerves eventually, no matter how great they are? Well, I'm going to get on their nerves, too, and that was always a big part of it. Like I said, I was making a joke that I was good at fooling people up front, but I can be a pretty annoying person. Oh, I know. In a relationship after a while. Remember that time I wanted to kick you out of the car? You were being so annoying. Well, I was driving, so you would have had to, right? Or you were driving. I think I was driving into a soccer thing in my car, I believe. I don't know. It was a little cup. I just know it was a World Cup, and I was driving into a bar. You were going to meet English Nick and watch this World Cup, and I don't know what happened in this car drive, but Greg Russ decided, I'm going to push every button that annoys Eric Von Hessler. And we were only on Roswell Road. It was a long road, but we didn't have a long way to go. And literally at one point I thought, I'm pulling this car over, and I'm just going to kick this guy out of my car. So you can be annoying. This factors in. But I don't think I ever thought about it like, oh, I'll be trapped in a relationship or in a marriage. The idea, my idea always was to do that means I need to be at this point and do these things. And I don't want to do that at this. I'm not ready. That's always what it was. But do you mean I have to have children now? Because you don't. People do get married. Not even kids. Not even kids. Just going back. Take kids out of the equation. Yeah. There's a way I would want to be in a marriage. And I would need to be present and open in ways that I just wasn't willing to. You didn't feel mature enough. I was willing to do back in my 30s. You didn't feel mature enough. I don't know if I could. Yeah, I don't even know if I could. Yeah. If I had wanted to, it would have gone terribly. Well, that's laudable. That's laudable. And now you're in therapy because you're like, I don't know if I'm there yet, and now I'm 44. Have we touched on it? I think we touched on it. No, I think it's more the idea that I probably am, but I also am a big procrastinator. I will just keep, you know, it's like, eh, whatever. this discussion about marriage, I'll do it tomorrow. And then tomorrow comes, and the next day. Next thing you know, you're 70. Yeah, years fly by. Maybe now. All right, well, I'm going to release you to, they want you to design the sound of the play? Is that it? Yes, but the meeting's not until 6.30. All right, well, if we've got to do it. I know we have a short segment. It's a short segment on the other side. Okay, all right, if you want to stick around, I'm not going to kick you out of the car. You're not annoying me today. Alex Williams has better news on 7.00. All right, Craig, before you go to your meeting, I wanted to share this with you because we've just talked about how long we've known each other. And I know one thing about you is you have a, or at least you did, I may not be as strong as it once was, but you have a fascination with the planet Jupiter. Yeah, it's frightening. Yeah, well, I think that you've learned that it's frightening because it's so large, but the fact that it's so large is the reason that we haven't had another asteroid event like the dinosaurs. because it pulls all that stuff in before it gets close to us. So, you know, a few years ago. It's a very violent place, though. Yes. Swirling storms. It exists. This is what blows my mind. It's out there right now. That stuff is swirling. Yes. And you could, I mean, it would kill you if you got close. But let's say it didn't kill you. Yeah. You could conceivably go in the middle of it. And you think about these things. Even the bottom of the ocean. It's like that exists out there right now at this very moment. Well, let me just say this. In my warm room. The thing you need to know is that compared to the universe, Jupiter's tiny. It's a grain of sand. I've seen those videos. Relative to us. But I have new information about Jupiter. It's not as big as we thought it was. What does that mean? Well, you know, this is one of those headlines where you go, what? It's not as big as we thought it was? And then it's like, okay, well, who cares? But I know that you want all the Jupiter information. What's the lead? Well, so basically it turns out it's 8 kilometers narrower in width at its equator. Oh, that matters. And 8 kilometers. That's a big deal. And it's also 24 kilometers flatter at its poles than had been previously estimated. So, you know, maybe... Completely reframed in my brain. It's not what it was. It's about four miles. It's a pipsqueak. All fear alleviated. Yes. Thank you for this information. You don't have to worry about it. You don't have to worry about it at all. Who did these measurements? Well, I guess the first measurements were done by Voyager, and they weren't as good. 70s tech. Yeah. I'd still say that. It's pretty good. Have we got to eight kilometers? Yeah. That's pretty good. This ain't horseshoes, Russ. You're right. So, yeah. So it's a little bit smaller than we thought it was, a little less intimidating. Also, before you go, I want to give you a piece of advice, Greg Russ, if I could. If you are ever drafted in the NFL by the 49ers, don't go. Because Keon White becomes second 49ers player shot in San Francisco in 18 months. Jesus. Hey, two players on a 53-man squad have been shot. Now, he was shot in the ankle. Is he going to be okay? I feel like it's worse. because it's just bone. There's no flesh for the bullet to go into it. The ankle, it's just going to the bone. And he's a lineman. Like, what does that do? I mean, that could really affect his... I mean, that's your base. How does one get shot in the ankle? Was he, like, running away? How does one? What are you, William F. Buckley all of a sudden? Yeah. How does one get shot in the... How does one get shot in the... I was going to say anything about the ankle. I am curious. Yes, tell me. Well, he was at a Super Bowl party. It was like 4 o'clock in the morning. and I think it sounds like maybe he was just near something that broke out and then he got shot in the ankle. There was an argument that happened which, you know, that's America now. Hey, when you're in an argument in public of course, pull out a gun and start shooting. Well, someone got stabbed not long ago on the subway because they stepped on someone else's foot on a crowded train by accident. America, 250. Just keeps getting better and better and better. I like Kid Rock. Did they have stuff like that happen back in like the 1700s? Like somebody was dissed? Not on the subway. I mean, the duels. Well, yeah, but that was different. That was like a gentleman's thing in a way. I don't know if people were so defensive. Everyone, for whatever reason, is so angry these days. Yes. I'm worried about it. I'm worried. I mean, I'm not worried about them. I'm worried about, you know, they're kidding me. Finding me in Roswell. I could accidentally step on someone's foot on a crowded train. Now, I don't know what happened after. Sometimes when the other person, you step on their foot and they scream at you, then you, I don't know why you yell back. It's like, just take it. They're an idiot. What are you going to get out of it? Put them in their place? Right. Especially if you're in a big city and you don't know people and just keep walking. But it's still, you shouldn't be stabbed for it. And in situations like that, I could just see how that could escalate. I accidentally step on someone. Yeah. That's why, and people go, Eric, how come you don't go out more? Do they not understand? Let me tell you what. When I'm in my basement with my family, I feel safe. I feel like I could say something rude, maybe. Maybe my behavior isn't the best that it's always been. Maybe I'm not bringing the top-level behavior game. But I feel like just in my home with my family, I'm safe. For now. For now. Unless an asteroid hits it. Well, you're never completely safe, are you? I'd be worried about that. Those measurements are wrong on Jupiter. Every time you say, hey, Eric, why don't you go out much? I say, have you ever typed IHOP fights into Google? Why do you go out so often? All right, Greg, go get that play. Go design the sound. Talk to you tomorrow. Make us all proud. Thank you. Alex Williams is watching. So Tim Andrews doesn't just sit in his carport and smoke cigarettes. He sits under his carport, smokes cigarettes, and makes little funny AI videos, which you enjoy doing. Yes. Keep telling me. You're just smart. From doom scrolling. Yeah, it's just a fun thing. And you had one with the Beatles, a little like the young Beatles. Yes. Singing together. Really good people, people who are really skilled at writing prompts to get around the content violations are creating a lot of these Beatle ones. And because I liked one, I get fed all of them. I see. And then you can remix them. And so these are like video stems or something, right? Yes. So you take it and then you can remix it. Right. And tell them what to do. So I wrote lyrics for a song for them to sing. Okay, here they are singing together, John and Paul. How'd he get a job with Bear Stearns and who bankrolled his rights? How'd he get an island and hoodwink all those guys? We'll never know. That's all I wanted to do. I should have mentioned that you were talking about Epstein. So now we get Epstein playing again. Okay. How'd he get a job with Bear Stearns and who bankrolled his rights? How'd he get an island and hoodwink all those guys? We'll never know. Well, I don't think some of them were not hoodwinked. That's true. Like Lord Such-and-Such from England. Lord Such-and-Such. This could possibly take down the Prime Minister of England. I haven't really been following it that much, but calling for his resignation. I think because, what's this guy's, Lord Mendelsohn? Mandelsohn. Mandelsohn. And he was the ambassador to the U.S. right before all this stuff broke out. He was put there by Keir Starber. And there was some knowledge. Tell me if I'm wrong. The whole country knew that there was some association that happened. But I feel like Keir Starmer stepped in and said, like, I know this guy. Nothing bad happened. He needs to be in the government. And so when... Associating with Epstein after the convictions. Yes. And then more and more became like... It looks like... Think of the emails. They're talking about ladies and stuff like that. It's pretty egregious. It also looks like he, at one point, informed Jeffrey Epstein that the euro was going to be bailed out the night before it was going to happen. so that, you know, that scene was a money mover. Right, yeah, well, that's why Prince Andrew, the king, has now said, look, if the police want to investigate, we're not going to get in the way. And because it's looking like on a few trips, like he was taking privileged information because he would go tour places as a prince and get insider information. And on about like three or four different trips, He's being accused now of giving Epstein the insider information. Isn't that what Epstein wanted from these people? Well, something. I don't know. It's like the Beatles are just singing about that. We don't know how he made his money. John Lennon came back to the grave. And then they went back in time. They went back in time in black and white singing. Just because the good. Well, that's really what you get to. That's the most important. You know, we still can't figure out why. Why, right? Well, no, no. We want to know how did he make his money? Right. How did he make his money? And my understanding is that a lot of these three million documents that they haven't released have to do more with the financial side of things. Now, in a few days, I guess, I don't know exactly when, Bill Clinton is going to appear before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. It'll be separate than Hillary, right? Yeah, Bill's on February 26th. Hillary is February 27th. Which Hillary basically said, I never went to that island. No, of course she didn't. I think the questions for her probably had to do with the Clinton Foundation. And I think a lot of Republicans think that they could open up another door here to try to get in there and prove corruption on that. And with Bill, he is like swimming in that pool or something in one of those photos. Outside with Podesta's brother. But I have to say this. I'm hoping that Bill Clinton has one more like fastball A-game moment in him. Because, you know, he used to. People like George and Jared Dunn, he used to. He could be good. I mean, good winning the argument. There's the reason why he got re-elected. Right. I mean, as a politician, he can do that how dare you kind of thing, you know? But he's old and he's busted and he's not what he used to be. He probably doesn't have that kind of energy anymore. But I'm hoping there's this one. Because if he should be speaking to that committee, the guy who was Jeffrey Epstein's best friend for 10 years, who happens to live in the White House right now, apparently no one was closer to Epstein. Now, the fact is, the Epstein files have not given us, have not given Republicans what they wanted on Bill Clinton, which is straight up, hey, get me that chick. That's what they wanted to find. And Democrats have not been able to find that same thing about Trump. Trump and Epstein were best friends for like 10 years, but I think it was like 93 to 2003. He gets busted for the first time in 2007, 2008, I think, Epstein. So what they wanted to do is they wanted to find that kind of stuff. And because they haven't found that kind of stuff, now they'll try to go back with the Clinton Foundation which was just a big old scam. Go ask the people of Haiti how much good was done when the Clinton Foundation came down. It was a scam but it was a scam to make money and there may be some stuff to have to do with the Clintons about financial stuff that is interesting but that's not what the Republicans want. What they want is they want an email that's what they really want. You really don't have any more on him than you have on Trump in reality. I think you got him on the plane because of the charity stuff. A lot of this is very difficult to sort out. The real deal is that Clinton and Trump and all of these people, even before 2007, 2008, they knew who this guy was. I'm not believing for a moment that he got arrested in 2007 or whatever he got arrested, and Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were like, wow, I never saw that coming. That's the real question. It doesn't necessarily have to put every individual in jail. The real question is, why was this guy so popular, and how did he make his money? And we know that there was an international sex ring that he was doing for very, very privileged people. And why are the authorities of the FBI telling us that, yes, there was this sex ring, but it was only for one person? Yeah, that's the thing that happened yesterday where Kash Patel at one point in Congress said that, he was asked, is Epstein trafficking these people too? And he said, himself. And then in the records that Massey and Roe Connick can see, there's six co-conspirators. Yeah, I've got to see more on that because this stuff was released in such an incompetent way that my understanding is sometimes people are redacted and then somewhere else in the three million, they're not redacted. And if Massey goes naming names, he'll get in a lot of trouble. Well, I don't think he can do that. Well, Ro Khanna named six people today. But I think that you will find that in other areas of the three million, I don't know this for a fact, but that they're unredacted there because this thing was put out in such an incompetent way. Some of these things, you'll have like two or three from the same people, and in one of them they'll redact the email, and then in the third one they won't redact the email. They do that with the photos, too. Yeah, a lot of photos. So some of that might be incompetence. I'm trying to look at this in the most objective way possible. Some of that could be incompetence. But the real thing here is what we just talked about with Prince Andrew and Mandelson or whatever his name is. Lord Mandelson. Why were they giving him this insider information? What were they getting back? Was it girls? Yeah, the girls seem like the shiny object. No, what I'm saying, that's how you do it. I feel like we're chasing this. Just being honest, from my observation, looking at the Epstein files, I feel like the girls are the shiny object, and there's something darker. I think it's recorded being with them. Yes, there's that. And it's compromise. There's that. There's that end of it on the other side. And maybe he gets money for that. But I think the money comes from this is my speculation, pure speculation from these stories. I give you insider information that's going to make you more money, you get me girls from your international sex ring. That's speculation. But that's kind of what I'm seeing. And so rather than politicians and people in their stupid left and right movements just looking at this stuff, so how can I get that guy I don't like? How can I just look at the whole thing and find out what the hell was going on? And if you find out how this guy made his money, he died, he was worth over $900 million. You follow the money. Once you find that out, you're going to get to what really happened. If you're on the left and you want to get Bill or you're on the right and you want to get Donald, you bore the hell out of me. I want to know what happened and how this guy made his money. Alex Williams is watching. So the skier who put that meme out where it looked like he had whizzed in the snow in Milan and it said F ice, right? Yes. And then we looked at it and go, well, he didn't do that. That's obviously AI-generated. Something like Gus Kenward? So it just says, yeah, it looks like he whizzed the words into the snow, and then you can see two skis on either side of it. And so we could see that it was, first of all, it was reported, he did this himself. And then you look at it, you go, that's impossible. Yeah, there would be 14 stops. I just did it in my head, there'd be 14 stops. Stops, yeah. So he did something AI. And now Trump has said, well, he shouldn't be on the team if he doesn't love America. Trump thinks loving Trump equals loving America. If you don't love Trump, then you don't love America. But, you know, he's reacting to that. Isn't it possible that it's a double joke? Because I know I just picked up my son at the airport on Saturday night. He's coming back from Colorado skiing. He said it was awful. It was all ice. Yeah, it does have a double meaning. So it's a double meaning. Skiers hate ice. They love snow. So you've got to give him a couple points there for cleverness, don't you? Got a bunch of new followers. That's right. I don't know if he's even any good. Maybe he's somebody. Gus Tinworth. We don't have enough guys named Gus anymore. It's hard to look at a guy named Gus and say, you're un-American. Gus works at the factory. That's right. Seriously. Short for August? Yeah, I imagine. I don't know. But now that I'm saying that, though, wasn't the guy who was so famous in the 60s and 70s and 80s, he always ran for president as the Communist Party? Wasn't his name Gus? God, I don't remember that guy. Look up the leader of the American Communist Party in the 70s, 80s. Gus can be short for Angus, can be short for Constantine, August, Augustine, and Gustavo. Very Roman. They never were Gustavo. Gus Hall. Gus Hall. So, as I'm saying, you can't look at a guy named Gus. that say he's un-American. The most famous American communist is Gus. So I might have that one wrong. I'm sorry I keep doing it. Listen, I know it's an audio medium. I'm trying to get better, people. Eric Von Hassler. It's not squeaking. You're squeaking again. It's not squeaking anymore. They stopped the squeaking. They tightened it up, and now every time I touch it, it makes that noise. And I know, especially if you're listening in headphones of some kind, it must be awful. I'm sure the air pod's like... I apologize, and I'm going to work on it. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to take the first lady's advice, and I'm going to be best. Be best. I don't know what it means. Be best. I don't know what it means, but I'm going to endeavor to be best. What would Gus do? Well, now that I know he's a damn commie, I don't care. All right, that music is telling us two things. Shut the hell up and get the hell out. You know us. We're good patriots. We do what we're told and we don't talk back. Shelly Winter is up next. She's got a great radio show for you, as usual. 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