In this episode, we talk about coronavirus, Afghanistan, and more. I also talk about some of the problems with the new vaccine and why I would rather take my chances with the immune system than get sick with it.
00:00:30.000Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us here today. A little bit late. Actually, very late today. I do apologize about that. I intended to start about an hour and a half later, but I'm here almost two hours after that point. As you can hear, I'm a little bit under the weather still. We were, rather. We was. I was talking about Gollum, right? We was under the weather.
00:00:52.760We started getting sick Friday, I think. Or noticeable Friday. That's what I should say. Noticeable Friday. Didn't get better over weekend. In fact, it got pretty somewhat rough around like Sunday over to Monday, something like that.
00:01:10.760And so if this is what COVID is, coronavirus, then not really a big deal, to be honest. I'd rather take my chances with the immune system.
00:01:23.520You know, this is the argument of some of the, well, you should have gone vaccinated, you dumbass, you know, kind of thing.
00:01:29.740But those people were getting sick anyway. They were getting sick. They were also passing it on to others. All these kinds of issues that happen with it, right?
00:01:37.560So why take through? If, I mean, if people were like dying in the streets and all that stuff, I could kind of understand the argument behind it.
00:01:45.160That it's like, this is your only protection, you know, kind of thing. But why would you add on additional risk when it comes to injury from the vaccine?
00:01:52.940Guillain-Barre syndrome, heart issues, maybe later down the road, whenever the clot shot has, you know, fully manifested, right?
00:02:00.480You can just add on more issues, right? So that's my argument about that.
00:02:03.780I will say this, though, you know, regarding like the symptoms or whatever that we had, it all kind of matches, you know, the COVID symptoms.
00:02:16.220One thing I will say about this, and then we'll get to the kind of, you know, the main topic of the show and stuff.
00:02:20.960We're going to talk about Afghanistan today. But I sort of cleared this off first because I sound so sick.
00:02:26.680I'm getting, you know, somewhat better, a little bit fatigued, but I just sound very sick, right?
00:02:30.660So let's clear this off, then we'll get to Afghanistan and all that good stuff.
00:02:34.580But yeah, so what was I going to say? So the brain fog, I guess, is one of the issues, right?
00:02:40.740That they said about the symptoms, you know, difficulty breathing and stuff like that.
00:02:45.500That was, I felt that for like a couple of hours during Sunday, I think it was.
00:02:50.820And of course, that's one of the reasons why we didn't do a Weekend Warrior this weekend.
00:02:56.880But that passed pretty quick. Actually, it wasn't like a long, you know, long.
00:03:00.660Issue with that or something like that. So it wasn't really a big problem.
00:03:05.600But I will say this about it because I know there's some out there that are like,
00:03:09.220well, it's not even real and stuff like that. And one thing I will say about it is it feels engineered, right?
00:03:17.340I mean, we haven't gone and tested, done tests or anything. I never would.
00:03:21.780Why would I use a test that would test positive for a can of paint and a goat and a mango and stuff like this?
00:03:28.080I mean, it's nonsensical. 40 threshold cycles on a PCR test is not going to say anything.
00:03:34.600But it matches all those, you know, classic, you know, symptoms that they say that it has, right?
00:03:44.320But it feels engineered. That's what's weird about it.
00:03:46.700It kind of goes in waves. It's different than any.
00:03:48.820And that's why I don't think it's just a regular cold because it feels like it's something else.
00:03:53.680I haven't been sick this often as I have been during the last, what is it now, two years then?
00:21:25.800Mark Zuckerberg, uh, to certain extent, I guess, Dorsey, right?
00:21:29.900But you have, uh, uh, of course, Susan Wojcicki, uh, and stuff like that.
00:21:34.840And of course we could talk about the mainstream media as well.
00:21:36.480But anyway, uh, so anyway, I'll take that, uh, I'll take that as a good counterpoint, uh, as of course Americans, uh, and many in the West overall are being, uh, suppressed for their opinions and censored much in the same way.
00:21:49.020Why don't I say that the Western censors are, are the Taliban, uh, but I'm saying there's overlaps in, in the blame that the West is trying to, you know, levy or the charges that try to levy against a group like the Taliban is much of the thing that they themselves are actually engaged in.
00:22:04.420But because it's things they hate or they don't want to hear, they're ignoring this and pretending it's not really happening kind of thing, right?
00:22:11.480Um, now let me see what else we had here.
00:22:14.540The UNICEF thing was kind of interesting too.
00:22:16.520Uh, UNICEF is talking, sorry, is taking the Taliban at face value on promise to educate women and girls.
00:22:28.660So I guess in four words, you're just going to try to point out the, the, the naivety, which of course is understandable.
00:22:33.160Of, uh, international groups and they're trying to argue that, uh, you know, uh, they, they, they just, the Taliban says something and then they will believe them and say, oh, well, they, they, they say they're going to do this.
00:23:03.720Uh, we are, we have ongoing discussions.
00:23:06.180We are quite optimistic based on those discussions.
00:23:08.380UNICEF chief of field operations in Afghanistan said, uh, we have not a single issue with the Taliban in those field offices.
00:23:14.720Massua added, uh, a spokesperson for the UN high commission for human rights also stated Tuesday that we call on the Taliban to demonstrate through their actions, not just their words, that their fears for the safety of so many people from so many different walks of life are addressed.
00:23:31.560The terrorist group also held a press conference where it said it is committed to the rights of women within the framework of Sharia.
00:23:42.780Uh, of course they, so I won't immediately, uh, we can listen to this a moment here.
00:23:50.780I don't think it's too long from Al Jazeera here, but I wouldn't, they always have this idea that the, the, the boogeyman that they're presenting to us,
00:23:59.680which, you know, kind of in one way is the Taliban.
00:24:03.640It's a little, I don't put this, watching the trends in the media, it's kind of split a little bit.
00:24:09.060There's some that are, they're very concerned about this issue of like LGBT rights now in, in Afghanistan and women's rights and what's going to happen with all, with all these things from the media.
00:24:21.080But then at the same time, they kind of have a cautious, like, well, uh, you know, they say they're going to do this and, and maybe we should just, uh, maybe we should just trust them.
00:24:30.400I think this is innate inability of especially leftist and liberal, um, you know, especially journalists and stuff like that too.
00:24:39.640But people in, you know, somewhat of positions of, of influence or talking heads to like strictly kind of just come down on a, on a group if they're Muslims or something like that.
00:24:49.260Like they, they're not allowed to do that in a sense.
00:24:53.260They have to, I'm not so concerned with all these, you know, over the top accusations that are like, oh, they're going to, they're going to kill everybody.
00:25:00.740And it's going to be a mass slaughter.
00:25:01.900Or it usually, it's like the boogie, the boogeyman scenario that they wheel out usually is way exaggerated.
00:25:08.480That's what we've, we've seen historically, uh, things that they don't talk that much about on the other hand seems to be much worse than they actually admit.
00:25:16.360You have to, you have to be kind of be careful how the media reports this and it feels it hasn't really fallen out on one or the other side yet.
00:25:52.860The Islamic Emirates is committed to the rights of women within the framework of Sharia.
00:25:58.380Our sisters, our women have the same rights, will be able to benefit from their rights.
00:26:08.000They can have activities in different sectors and different areas on the basis of our rules and regulations, educational, health, and other areas.
00:26:19.360They are going to be working with us, shoulder to shoulder with us.
00:26:26.140And the international community, if they have concerns, we would like to assure them that there's not going to be any discrimination against women.
00:26:39.900But of course, within the frameworks that we have, our women are Muslim, they are, will also be happy to be living within our frameworks of Sharia.
00:26:53.560Yeah, so they have their, let me stop there.
00:26:55.960So they have their way of doing things, which is like, I'm totally fine with that, obviously, right?
00:27:04.120But the weird thing comes in when, and I have some notes about this later, but again, I'm kind of, I do apologize, I'm a little discombobulated today.
00:27:16.160And maybe it does not come out the way I want to today because of being a little foggy here today.
00:27:21.420But it's almost, how do I explain this, and I hope that this is a thread throughout here as well, that it's like, if what they're pushing in Afghanistan with the Sharia,
00:27:36.580or when they're pushing something like Sharia or something in Afghanistan, excuse me, then it's almost this warning.
00:27:44.660It's like, this is worrying what's going to happen with women's rights, what about the LGBTQ issues, and oh my God, what's going to happen now?
00:27:54.320And of course, we've seen from the airports and stuff, just like, what looks like, at the airports, thousands and thousands of people try to get away.
00:28:02.280We've seen footage of what has been reported to be over 3 million people so far fleeing from Afghanistan into Turkey.
00:28:11.780And they're headed to Europe right now.
00:28:14.560And that's, of course, part of this, you know, problem-reaction-migration scenario that we're seeing.
01:50:43.280They should never have been screwed with, right?
01:50:45.960But again, it's like this is the money that he generates, right?
01:50:51.980For all these companies, nation building, all these neocons are involved, all these businesses, the weapons manufacturer, all the equipment and all this stuff, right?
01:51:07.500I don't want to be too long-winded about this.
01:51:08.680But just to really nail that point that it's like, how in the heck can they say that they had no idea that this was like, oh, how did they just came out of the blue?
01:51:16.980We had no idea that it would collapse this quickly.
01:55:27.640We'll just train them and give them the equipment and we'll be good to go.
01:55:31.840And you need to get that sense of nationalism that, you know, that Afghanistan can be a good country, that, you know, will play on a global scale with all the other countries that can stand up to Pakistan, that can stand up to Iran, you know, and be, you know, the Afghanistan of history.
01:55:54.500Well, isn't that what the Taliban represents, that side, as they say, the delinquents and the outcasts are not going to do this for you, right?
01:56:01.220Like this many times, I've gone over it again and again, but they just come for a short while, and if they don't like it here, they just desert.
01:56:10.820I don't get along with them, and they don't get along with me.
01:56:16.400Promotion in the Afghan army often has more to do with family connections and money than ability or merit.
01:56:22.620This provides little incentive to the average soldier.
01:56:25.220You know, when you look at the enemy, the enemy, they have performance-based promotions where, you know, they, if they do a good job,
01:56:35.460they get promoted, advice, who they're related to, and you kind of have to respect that in a way.
01:59:21.340Yeah, I'm telling you, they're like, they're using modern music that most people listen to in the West.
01:59:38.440This, again, 11 years ago, Thin Lizzy, right?
01:59:40.760But as weapons, as weapons against other cultures and other people that think differently and have a different mindset than us, really makes you think.
01:59:53.220I mean, I like some rock music and stuff like that, but in reality, much of it is trash.
02:00:07.820And thank you for sending that link out on California and analyze the phone.
02:00:10.520I remember reading, it was like, yeah, Matchbox 20, Britney Spears, you know, stuff like that.
02:00:15.040But yeah, I guess they go all over the field.
02:00:17.000They're using metal and stuff like that, too.
02:00:19.380The recording of the death says, if the original species in the Petri dish doesn't assert themselves to the new introduced strain, they will be assimilated and repurposed accordingly.
02:01:29.980Wasn't it Ganymede or something like that, right?
02:01:31.600So, I think there's a, I think there's like a, what do you call it?
02:01:38.780There's like a, you can, you can do a mythological interpretation of it, and then you can do a literal interpretation of it.
02:01:45.380And so, I guess it depends on your flavor.
02:01:46.880What I can say, though, is that many who approve of that type of behavior, they read things into stories and things which are obviously mythology as literal events, and then they use that as a justification to continue their sick behavior.
02:02:08.660I don't think there's many, if many believe that, you know, Zeus actually existed, and therefore, and also he actually, you know, had a boy lover or something like that.
02:02:15.600But, but anyway, it's all about justification, it's all about looking at stuff and then saying, yeah, look, this is, this is totally correct, this is totally moral, right?
02:02:25.300Scott said, but yeah, it's an interesting point, Blasilees.
02:02:28.020Scott says, I live in a, in a little town in Northern Ireland, and our charities and newspapers are telling us we need to open our hearts and homes to Afghan refugees.
02:07:18.080So remember what all of this was about in the beginning, right?
02:07:24.460This was about ensuring that the opium production took off once again in Afghanistan, right?
02:07:33.980Because it was actually lower under the Taliban, and then it was increased 35-fold after the invasion of the U.S., right?
02:07:45.100Estimated opium production in Afghanistan, an important source for funding the Taliban, has increased 35-fold since the U.S.-led invasion, from 185 tons in 2001 to 6,400 last year.
02:07:58.300And then someone did a number up to 2015, and it was as high as, I think, 8,000 tons or something like that.
02:10:02.740It was six months before the Soviet invasion, in July of that year, that President Jimmy Carter authorized $500 million to help set up the Mujahideen, a terrorist organization.
02:10:17.120The American people were completely unaware that their government, together with the British Secret Service, MI6, had begun training and funding Islamic extremists, including Osama bin Laden.
02:10:31.620Out of this came the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and September the 11th.
02:10:36.120Soon after the Taliban came to power in 1996, the administration of Bill Clinton backed a secret plan for a pipeline through Afghanistan from Central Asia, which has vast reserves of oil and gas.
02:10:57.800The Taliban were offered a generous cut in the deal, and secretly invited to Washington and Texas.
02:11:06.460They were treated royally, taken shopping and flown to tourist attractions like the NASA Space Center and Mount Rushmore.
02:11:15.820Their tour was so secret that no television news covered it.
02:11:22.940By the time George W. Bush came to power, the link between al-Qaeda and the Taliban was an embarrassment, and September the 11th gave Bush an opportunity to get rid of them.
02:11:37.320Today, Afghanistan is run by a regime installed by the Americans, and the pipeline deal is going ahead.
02:11:45.120September the 11th also presented an opportunity to an influential group who, even by Republican Party standards, were extreme.
02:11:59.460Ray McGovern is a former senior officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, and a personal friend of George Bush Sr., the President's father.
02:12:10.260The same people who are running U.S. policy now are people that the President's father kept at arm's length.
02:12:21.060They were referred to in the circles in which I moved when I was briefing at the top intelligence and policy levels.
02:13:04.020It's a sting operation on an international level.
02:13:08.740The same what the FBI does to poor kids who might be misdirected or feeling out of place and, you know, all depressed and weirded out and stuff.
02:14:34.880The U.S. military will fight multiple simultaneous wars as the cavalry on the new American frontier.
02:14:43.840The principal author is William Crystal.
02:14:47.320The problem with America is not that we go around, we're rotting around the world, imposing ourselves.
02:14:52.240The problem with America in the last 10, 15 years, since the end of the Cold War, really in the last 60 years, is that we've been too slow to get involved.
02:14:59.540That's right. We haven't involved ourselves enough with international business.
02:15:03.820We haven't to use America's sons and daughters to go die for Israel abroad.