This week, the boys are joined by comedian Gerald A.A. Milano to discuss Eminem's new album, The Godfather: An American Musical Odyssey. They also discuss the latest in the ongoing saga of the NBA s relationship with Russia, and how the country is becoming more like the Soviet Union. And, of course, there's still time to catch up with Dave Chappelle.
00:04:12.000Just a significant portion of them, and just those who do work with the NBA, and just those who support the genocide of the Uyghur Muslims in China.
00:04:21.000So there's a lot going on here internationally, and you know what, we wanted a break from COVID, but you know what also is striking is how much the United States is becoming like Soviet Russia.
00:04:31.000Vladimir Putin said this, and I thought, oh come on, he's just trying to, you know, do his election meddling?
00:06:49.000We need to be more efficient with our indentured servitude.
00:06:52.000My question to you before we move on here too is, before we move on to Russia and China and all the racism that exists across the globe outside of the United States, Filibuster.
00:07:04.000Stephen Colbert, in his comedy, wants us to not only end the filibuster, but end the Senate.
00:07:56.000I think he was trying to throw us off the scent.
00:07:58.000Okay, so before we go on to Stephen Colbert, let's start with China, since we're talking about communists and people who could become the next global superpower.
00:08:11.000Uh, propaganda in China is, uh, uh, look, uh, I don't, they just released some new, I haven't watched this yet, I wasn't supposed to, they've made some new propaganda and apparently it's, uh, something, everyone here said I should see this.
00:08:23.000This is real, this is real Chinese state propaganda.
00:08:26.000This is real Chinese state propaganda.
00:14:32.000How about giant... Alright, so Monday, Stephen Colbert not only ranted about the film, and this is the thing, I do give a lot of leeway to comedians.
00:14:42.000But when they don't use it for comedy at all, and I'm not just saying this because I disagree with him, objectively, this is beyond claptor.
00:14:51.000He advocates it first for ending the filibuster, which you'll see, but then he has Elizabeth Warren on, and he goes so hard left that it makes Elizabeth Warren go into her white dad at wedding dance, which is how she always talks, like a marionette.
00:15:05.000Democrats hope to spend the holiday passing much-needed voting rights legislation.
00:15:08.000To do that, they have to modify the filibuster.
00:15:11.000But that dream died last week, thanks to Arizona Senator and Mrs. Hamburglar, Kyrsten Sinema.
00:15:19.000Last week, Senator Sinema took to the Senate floor to announce that while she values voting, the filibuster is her first love.
00:15:26.000While I continue to support these bills, I will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country.
00:15:35.000Remember when Carson used to run two-minute clips from C-SPAN?
00:15:37.000What is the legislative filibuster other than a tool that requires new federal policy to be broadly supported by Senators representing a broader cross-section of Americans?
00:15:50.000Not representing a broader cross-section of Americans.
00:15:54.000The 50 Senators who are currently filibustering the Voting Rights Bill represent 41 million fewer Americans than the Senators who support it.
00:16:01.000Stop acting like the filibuster is anything other.
00:16:36.000It is the most anti-democratic institution next to the judiciary because the judiciary is only the way it is because the Senate is the way it is.
00:17:51.000I mean, look, the whole reason is there's a check and balance, right?
00:17:54.000You go through a process, and keep in mind, we'll talk about this tomorrow, when people say you want to fundamentally transform America, they accuse the right of wanting to do this by a few people who were, well, the most violent insurrection that's ever taken place, had a problem with the certification of the election when states actually violated their own state constitutions.
00:18:55.000And by the way, what he really should be saying is we couldn't convince all of our members of our party to vote for this legislation or eight other people in the Senate to vote for this legislation and so now we're pouty-faced and we're trying to take our ball and go home.
00:19:09.000It's like you're the worst used car salesman ever and so you just want to mandate people to buy your old Buick.
00:19:14.000That should be a sign that the legislation that you're trying to pass is a bad idea.
00:19:19.000By the way, House and Senate, House represents the will of the people because you have to be voted in every two years.
00:19:24.000We wanted adults in the Senate that weren't going to be AOC, basically.
00:19:28.000And by the way, when he says 40 something million Americans, they also include non-citizens.
00:19:33.000Let's just think about that for a second.
00:19:34.000So pack the Supreme Court, okay, and the filibuster so you can ram everything through.
00:19:38.000And by the way, let's make sure that the majority can obviously be tyrannical.
00:19:43.000Yeah, it goes from democratic to just totalitarianism.
00:19:47.000Well, it goes to mob rule and then totalitarianism.
00:19:49.000And by the way, the people who are determining your elected officials may not even be citizens of this country.
00:20:12.000The issue here is, right now, when he says 41 million people, he's talking about people who should, you know, not be required to have identification whatsoever in voting.
00:20:20.000And by the way, there has been legislation, of course we just talked about this in Manhattan, where you don't even have to be a citizen.
00:20:25.000The right, at least, Or certainly people in this room, when we are talking about people who should be represented in our government, we are talking about American citizens.
00:20:33.000The left is speaking to everyone but, because that's what they require as a new voting base for consistent results.
00:20:40.000Otherwise it goes back and forth and, oh, we're back to checks and balances.
00:20:43.000Yeah, it's the most idiotic argument I've ever heard.
00:20:45.000The House gives that extra representation for states that have more people and districts that have more people, and I'm done.
00:22:31.000So now we'll move on to China a little bit and then go into Russia.
00:22:34.000I don't usually like speaking on international issues because I largely don't care.
00:22:39.000Unfortunately, and what do I mean by that, is America is the best country in the world and America is the most significant player in the world and I just don't care that much.
00:22:49.000I was raised in Canada, and all we did was focus on the United States, and now that I'm in the United States, I just focus on the United States.
00:22:55.000That being said, not a big fan of Russia, not a big fan of China.
00:22:58.000And if you see what's happening internationally, and you compare it to what was taking place for the four years under Donald Trump, there is a stark contrast.
00:23:06.000Again, let's not talk about mean tweets.
00:23:09.000So, Monday, Golden State Warriors part owner Chamath — let me make sure I have this right — Chamath Palihapitiya Chamath Palihapitiya – get an American name, Chamath Smith!
00:23:29.000He said on this podcast that – now, for those of you who don't know, Uyghurs are Chinese Muslims, and there's an actual genocide that's been going on.
00:24:39.000Now, let's contrast this with how the Warriors head coach, Steve Kerr, I believe is his name, I don't know sports that well, but I do remember this, reacted to the shooting of, now keep in mind for those who have forgotten, black guy, Jacob Blake, who was violating a restraining order against his baby mama who he had sexually assaulted before and she called the cops.
00:24:59.000So let's compare what that guy just said about Chinese Uyghur Muslims, actual genocide, actual racism, versus the race baiting that you see from the Golden State Warriors coach, Mr. Kerr.
00:25:08.000What I think I've learned that's most important is really the definition of racism.
00:25:14.000You know, I think as a white person, I think we all think of racism as an act.
00:25:18.000We think of some person using a bad racial epitaph to refer to somebody.
00:25:25.000A guy in a hood, you know, burning a cross.
00:26:44.000They're going to sit there and they're going to take a knee for a guy who's not even in their sport and then they're completely silent at forced sterilization.
00:26:53.000By the way, and I'm also confused because I thought you guys loved Muslims.
00:26:57.000I thought that was your favorite religion.
00:27:17.000But by the way, this guy in California feels so comfortable and knows that he will not get called out on this, that he says that on a podcast that is publicly available to anyone.
00:27:32.000He feels so comfortable in his bubble in the People's Republic of California that he feels- Does he realize that the internet is a global phenomenon?
00:27:40.000Yeah, why don't we try and switch this a little bit?
00:27:42.000I don't want this taken out of context, so I'm going to be very careful.
00:27:44.000Alright, so let's just say, you know, this is like an NBA owner like this guy saying, not me, this guy saying, yeah, the things that are going on in Rwanda are just, he would say, below his line.
00:29:04.000But let's look at the track record of not only the Communist Chinese government, but a lot of people don't understand this because you think that all racism is just white versus black in the United States.
00:29:17.000You know what, I don't know how to get to this.
00:29:18.000This is pretty racist, and it happened in China recently.
00:29:23.000It's not just the one guy saying it, it's the whole group of people around this guy who support him saying it.
00:30:10.000I'm pretty sure they're trying to say in their culture, it's a nice, he's trying to think of a nice compliment for the sportsman coming out of the bus.
00:30:16.000So it's like, if you play it again, like I want to show you guys in context, that it's a mix up.
00:31:35.000By the way, we're going to have on Mug Club stuff that we can never talk about on YouTube.
00:31:38.000Choi Sos, who's Korean here, he'll be sitting with us on Mug Club for people who are not yet members, describing some of, giving us more context into the inter-Asian racism that exists.
00:31:47.000There's nationalism, there's actual racial superiority.
00:31:50.000A lot of people don't understand because they're used to the United States.
00:31:54.000Even though to most Americans the average, for example, let's say North Korean, South Korean would look more similar than me and Chamath Smith, our differences are actually less significant culturally.
00:32:07.000And the differences as far as the animosity towards people who they view as another race, for example, if you look at the Japanese and you look at the Chinese, Right, and racism doesn't exist outside of the United States.
00:32:15.000I just want to make sure that's clear from what we're saying here.
00:32:18.000on this idea of racial superiority and it's baked into a lot of Asian cultures.
00:32:24.000You need to understand this and then you can have a better contextualizing of what's going
00:33:15.000That would be the equivalent to if here in the United States, the people who were, you know, destroying cop cars were actually just a bunch of rednecks.
00:35:02.000Well, I guess we can move on from China to worse.
00:35:04.000Let's talk about Russia and the Ukraine right now.
00:35:07.000Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kiev today, hoping to calm some tensions, of course, between Ukraine and Russia.
00:35:15.000Now, this is because we were on air yesterday, and now we're sort of seeing it develop a little bit more.
00:35:19.000Russia began sending troops westward into Belarus.
00:35:23.000Here's a clip to give you some context.
00:35:25.000Russia and Belarus will rehearse repelling an external attack when they hold joint military drills in Belarus next month, both sides said on Tuesday.
00:35:34.000It comes at a time of acute tensions with the West over neighbouring Ukraine.
00:35:38.000Russian military forces and hardware began arriving in ex-Soviet Belarus on Monday for the drills to be held near Belarus' western border with NATO members Poland and Lithuania.
00:35:49.000The West has voiced fears of a possible invasion of Ukraine by tens of thousands of Russian troops gathered near its border.
00:36:39.000One equine enthusiast is appreciative of that.
00:36:42.000By the way, speaking of Russia, I don't know how to tie this in.
00:36:43.000Hit the notification bell if you're watching here on YouTube, because the subscription box doesn't mean anything, and that'll let you know when you have news.
00:36:49.000But really, it's Monday through Thursday at 10 a.m.
00:36:51.000Eastern, with the exception of sometimes when we shoot, you know, live on location or we do a super video where we're putting together a package.
00:36:59.000And more so the Soviet Union, because look, if you understand what Russia's looking to do, they're looking to consolidate power, and if you understand why that is dangerous... Well, here's the thing, if you don't understand why it's dangerous, I don't... I'm confused, because...
00:37:11.000Didn't the fate of our republic hang in the balance because in 2016 some Russian operatives bought like $3,000 worth of Facebook ads?
00:37:19.000No, no, that's actually not true anymore.
00:38:31.000They think they are so powerful that they can afford Nothing.
00:38:36.000We'll buy these, we'll scare these, we'll make a deal with these, we'll give these buses, we'll threaten these with warships, and we'll solve the problem.
00:38:44.000But the number of problems is increasing.
00:38:47.000And we will solve the problem. But the number of problems is increasing. And there comes a point when they can't be
00:39:10.000So for people who are listening on audio, and again, if you're not a member of Mug Club or you're not on Rumble, you can listen to us on Apple, on Spotify, on Android.
00:39:18.000He's talking about why the Soviet Union didn't work as an empire.
00:39:22.000And then he's comparing it to the United States.
00:39:23.000There's something in there that I don't fully understand where he's saying, and they convince some people with battleships and give these other person necklace.
00:40:52.000Now, one of the first things going into sort of the Soviet Union, for people who understand the history, the Bolsheviks, one of the first things they did when they seized power, and let's compare this to the United States today, the radical left, okay?
00:41:06.000And let's be clear, if you're talking about Lenin, Stalin, right, you're talking about Marxism, you are talking about Russia, Soviet Union, okay?
00:41:13.000I know some of you are going to say, well, you know what, they didn't try socialism correctly.
00:41:22.000Now, let's use the actual examples of socialism, of Leninism, of communism, how it's been implemented, and how that evolved into the Soviet Union, and compare it to the far left today in the United States.
00:45:18.000You're talking about Google, Alphabet, which is Google and YouTube, Facebook, Instagram is one company, and then you add Twitter, kind of, although Twitter is a distant third, and you could add Apple and Amazon in the mix.
00:45:29.000So let's say five companies, to be generous, although really it's three, 90% of information that travels.
00:45:34.000They've gotten rid of a sitting president, and they decided to ban some stories that actually affected the outcome of the election.
00:45:38.000Okay, so now you are able to shape the now.
00:45:41.000Okay, well the now that you're living in, and people who are watching right now, you at home,
00:46:14.000Shortcomings in the supply of consumer goods are attributed to individual cases
00:46:18.000of managerial inefficiency and corruption on the part of lower level functionaries.
00:46:25.000The leadership provides excuses and scapegoats for its economic problems in an effort to deflect criticism from higher officials and the communist system.
00:46:35.000Not scapegoat, that was sheep, one time!
00:46:42.000It was beautiful sheep, we don't, this goat is just a rumor.
00:46:46.000Now this is very similar to, let's think about today's economy, with Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, they were blaming Kroger, they were also trying to claim that the inflation that you're seeing that harms all Americans- Big Kroger.
00:47:08.000And if you think about those images of ships, for example, waiting at anchor on the West Coast, you know, every one of those ships is full of record amounts of goods that Americans are buying.
00:50:28.000And by the way, in exchange for the propaganda, I don't know if you know this, the Soviet Union, or Moscow, they rewarded Durante with a huge apartment, a car, and a mistress.
00:50:38.000And all the sandwiches Russians could eat.
00:52:07.000I'll tell you what, the more well-off I became, and I'm certainly not rich, but I consider myself very fortunate, I become less concerned with gas.
00:52:17.000In other words, it makes it easier for me to drive a larger car because I want something safer for my kids.
00:52:22.000It's less of something that needs to be taken into account.
00:55:56.000And the point is, people fight for a litany of reasons.
00:55:59.000That being said, there are certain values that didn't exist until, let's be specific, modern Christendom, like mercy, like generosity to people who aren't members of your own faith.
01:01:40.000Do you notice this disconnect that takes place?
01:01:42.000This is something like when people talk about sort of common ground and you notice how people used to on the left typically sort of the you know the patchouli wearing hippies they used to talk about big money right they would bitch about big pharma well that's gone now because they're doing ads for big pharma they would talk about a conflict of interest right citizens united well hold on a second why does that only apply When, let's say, some owner of a business is giving to a PAC to lobby a politician, but you don't see a conflict of interest when that politician is funding these institutions themselves.
01:02:14.000Do you really think that government doesn't have a conflict of interest when they are in charge of your children for eight, nine hours a day from three years old to 22?
01:02:25.000Do you think that government is going to be able to objectively teach that child about the risks Of the corruption of government?
01:02:33.000Where did your conflict of interest sniffer go?
01:02:58.000I fully understand that, and I fully believe that that applies to people who have unfettered power in government, who've often never worked a day in the private sector in their lives.
01:03:07.000Only one side says, oh my gosh, well, you know people who are rich and Kroger, those people are corrupt.
01:03:13.000You know people who are rich in the technology, those people are corrupt.
01:03:15.000You know people who are rich in the moment, those people are corrupt.
01:03:18.000But the people who have made millions of dollars, have increased their net worth 4,000% as a representative, their heart's pure and true.
01:03:29.000You know one other thing you do, and we just mentioned it, I'll just wedge this in here, you change the rules to pass legislation.
01:03:34.000You change the fundamental rules by getting rid of the filibuster, trying to get rid of the Senate, and then you pack judiciary so that they can rule in your favor.
01:06:49.000We have opponents of the state, and let's be clear about it right now, when Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, all of these other institutions who have decided they are going to effectively be symbiotic with the state.
01:07:07.000This is also the problem with crony capitalism.
01:07:09.000When people, again, talk about the problem with capitalism, okay, why all of a sudden do you think it's inherently altruistic when it's the biggest tech companies that have ever existed?
01:07:18.000and they're getting their marching orders from the state.
01:07:20.000Do you see the problem? All I'm asking is that you recognize the problem consistently. So what
01:07:25.000have they been labeled by both the state and big tech? Violent domestic terrorists. That's one of
01:07:30.000the terms that was of course used. The unvaccinated is now a catch all umbrella. Conspiracy theorists,
01:07:36.000Nazis, don't take my word for it. The unvaccinated overcrowded our hospitals, overrunning
01:07:41.000emergency rooms and intensive care units. The unvaccinated patients are leaving no room for
01:07:47.000someone with a heart attack or in need of a cancer operation and so much more because they can't
01:07:54.000They can't get into the operating rooms.
01:07:57.000The unvaccinated also put our economy at risk.
01:07:59.000The top domestic violent extremist threat comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically those who advocated for the superiority of the white race.
01:08:11.000Additionally, we're increasing the availability of new medicines recommended by real doctors, not conspiracy theorists.
01:10:24.000Well, don't you see the irony in him saying, you know, now people who, you know, they cling to their Bibles and their guns and show antipathy to people who are different.
01:10:34.000Like people who cling to their bibles and guns.
01:13:21.000How do you make sure, at least as a nation, there's a pretty clear path to avoiding this kind of totalitarianism?
01:13:30.000It's always so funny because if you search this, Google's going to tell you that totalitarianism, that authoritarianism, that this is exclusively a right-wing phenomenon.
01:13:37.000I mean, I don't know how you don't acknowledge Stalin or Mao as totalitarian and how you don't acknowledge them as far left.
01:15:16.000You understand that even the Japanese said about the United States, if there was to be a home invasion in the United States, that there would be a farmer with a gun around every corner and in every grassy field.
01:15:37.000If a government wants to go in door-to-door, which is what they eventually do, rounding people up, not saying that's happening here in the United States.
01:17:30.000Hey, by the way, just a quick question for you.
01:17:33.000If guns are not a deterrent to a government overreaching, why is it that in history the first thing that governments do right before they take over is take your guns?
01:18:37.000They're about to be taken over by Russia and the rest of the world is kind of diddling their thumbs saying, I don't really think he's going to do it this time.
01:18:42.000I know he took that other part of Ukraine last time.
01:19:44.000You're talking about people who had guns and didn't even know how to use them.
01:19:48.000And they were able to fight off the most powerful economic superpower the world has ever seen.
01:19:54.000Now I wish that weren't the case, but the truth is unless you're dealing with a country, a government that just wants to evaporate all of its natural resources and human resources, of course The war that takes place before the war is an information war, a propaganda war, and getting rid of all of your enemies.
01:20:29.000Outside of those who will enforce the laws stripping the citizens of their arms.
01:20:32.000And this is again, we're talking about consistency.
01:20:35.000I am not forced to suspend my belief and understanding of human nature to say, you should be able to own a gun, and I also understand why police officers need firearms and not just tasers.
01:20:47.000I don't understand how you can say why you need a gun, call the cops who have guns, by the way, Black Lives Matter because of police brutality.
01:20:55.000Again, I see human nature the same across the board.
01:21:11.000And at the very least, even if you think that it's not, if you think that, oh, well, more guns could lead to more violence, yeah, but you know what?
01:21:20.000To bar someone their right to defend themselves against the violent and corrupt than it is to me to understand that some people will act violently and corruptly.
01:21:33.000To me, it's far more of a tragedy to read of a woman who was gang raped because she was defenseless than, for example, the Bloods and the Crips shooting it out in South Central LA.
01:21:46.000One is worse, especially when you're talking about that being the result of any kind of government mandate, which we've seen across all totalitarian regimes.
01:22:09.000He wrote, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, whoever heard that before, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government.
01:22:23.000Contrast that with what we just talked about, Barack Obama.
01:22:27.000Former Vice President Joe Biden, and Putin, and what the New York Times had written, is government is here to help.
01:22:33.000Hey, no, sometimes people mistrust their government.
01:22:36.000We need to make sure that everyone trusts their institutions.
01:22:39.000Here's the beauty of our institutions here in the United States, and I know this one's going to be a little bit of a doozy, okay?
01:22:45.000Our institutions were created specifically to sow continual distrust in our institutions so that you consistently reform them and hold them accountable.