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00:01:25.000Joining us now is Colonel Douglas McGregor, who is one of the few voices out there telling the truth about what's happening in the war in Russia and Ukraine.
00:01:34.000So, Colonel McGregor, the senators that I talk to off the record that are in favor of this war or funding the war, they say it's just a matter of time.
00:01:41.000Ukraine is launching a counteroffensive.
00:01:48.000Well, either those individuals are deranged or they're simply doing what their donors tell them to do.
00:01:54.000In most cases, my experience is there is a lot of ignorance and arrogance on the Hill, but the number one overriding impulse is greed.
00:02:03.000So I think they're probably listening to their donors.
00:02:05.000And we have very powerful figures in the United States and the financial media sectors in particular who want desperately to keep this war going.
00:02:16.000The Ukrainians have sustained now more than 400,000 soldiers killed in action.
00:02:21.000The cemeteries in Ukraine are filling up.
00:02:25.000We don't know how many casualties they've had beyond that, in other words, wounded, but certainly several hundred thousand.
00:02:32.000Amputees, somewhere between 50 and 60,000.
00:02:50.000They don't know how to use the equipment.
00:02:52.000So they're simply being herded into a meat grinder.
00:02:55.000And now the Ukrainian government has approached the Poles, wants the Polish government to help them round up 80 to 100,000 Ukrainian youth who are 18 to 25 years of age living in Poland, who could be brought back to die in the war in Ukraine.
00:03:11.000Frankly, if it were not for our financial aid, we effectively own the government, we pay for the army, and we keep them essentially in cash.
00:03:24.000I think this thing is effectively over and we continue to sustain it by shipping cash and equipment.
00:03:31.000And without any sort of understanding from our leaders of what does success look like, trying to continue this and push it forward into another no-win war.
00:03:41.000And it seems as if we're only extending the carnage.
00:04:56.000And they're being sent to their deaths in what are effectively suicidal missions.
00:05:02.000So, no, nobody's telling the truth in the West, but the truth is out there if you want to dig and find it.
00:05:07.000Yeah, 400,000 people, that's an extraordinary amount.
00:05:11.000So you have some leaders, and we're getting this tape here from Mitt Romney, and we'll play the tape in a second, but he says that this is the best money that we have spent, that this is the best investment.
00:05:23.000So, Colonel, just maybe help our audience respond to this from family members or friends, where they say, if we don't fight Putin in Ukraine, he's going to take over Europe.
00:05:32.000You've heard this, but I know it's nauseating, but it's helpful for some people that don't do this for a living.
00:05:38.000How should one respond to such a shallow talking point?
00:05:43.000Well, when I was a young man growing up, and when I first went to VMI in West Point, we were still involved in Vietnam, and Lyndon Johnson and General Westmoreland and others kept telling us if we don't fight the VC and the North Vietnamese in Vietnam, we're going to be fighting them in Los Angeles and Chicago.
00:06:11.000Americans have to wake up and realize the extent to which they're being lied to.
00:06:16.000And as far as the best money we could spend, good God, what we've done is cultivate an enemy in Moscow.
00:06:22.000And I would argue in many other places in the world, all you have to do is look at the BRICS, the new members that have just joined, and the desire to de-dollarize and get out from under our financial system so that we can't bully people financially.
00:06:39.000It'll take us decades to recover because we're going to find enemies everywhere.
00:06:44.000The Russians can escalate horizontally.
00:06:47.000Not only do we risk escalation to the nuclear level if we do something stupid and launch a nuclear weapon, but worse than that, we can see Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, certainly Syria, other countries where our forces are at risk and engaged, where the drug traffickers and the local governments cooperate against us and our open borders.
00:07:13.000We are courting catastrophe right here inside the Western hemisphere at home because the Russians aren't stupid.
00:07:20.000They know that they can create trouble for us all over the world.
00:07:24.000They are now going to do that because they've won this war.
00:08:04.000Being able to take an amount which equals, what, about 5% of our military budget, actually less than 5% of our military budget each year to help the Ukrainians is about the best national defense spending I think we've ever done.
00:08:22.000And the Ukrainians are fighting heroically against Russia that has 15 nuclear weapons aimed at us.
00:08:30.000So we are diminishing and devastating the Russian military for a very small amount of money relative to what we spend in the rest of defense.
00:08:42.000And the best thing we can do for America is to see people who have nuclear weapons aimed at us getting weaker.
00:08:48.000Okay, so just so we understand how sick that is, what just Mitt Romney just said, he basically said that Ukrainian rank and file are a human shield for America.
00:08:57.000I just want everyone to understand that that is just like so perverse morally.
00:09:02.000Even if it was what he was saying was true, right?
00:09:04.000Even if Russia was this big enemy, the idea that we're losing, that we're losing no lives, but the Ukrainians are getting slaughtered, that's really demented and sick.
00:09:12.000Your reaction, Colonel, to Mitt Romney?
00:09:15.000Well, he's arguing that Russia is suffering.
00:09:18.000Russia is now stronger militarily, financially, and economically, certainly than since the 1980s.
00:12:15.000And in reality, we now have the emergence of BRICS.
00:12:17.000And I want to talk about that because this is a real thing.
00:12:19.000It has not received nearly the amount of conversation that I think it warrants, where we're seeing the American dollar kind of being put to the side and a whole different new global hegemon rising.
00:14:19.000What is BRICS and the significance of the new member countries?
00:14:24.000Well, the new member countries, including Saudi Arabia, are all agreed that they are going to do business with each other in currencies other than dollars.
00:14:35.000They're also agreeing tacitly to the long-term strategic goal of pegging currency to gold.
00:14:42.000And of course, India, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia in particular, the Emirates, all of them have amassed great quantities of gold so that the currencies can actually be traded as pegged to gold.
00:14:57.000All of this puts us at risk because remember, we're entirely dependent on the fiat financial system.
00:15:04.000And we have been able to compel everyone to use our dollar.
00:15:07.000People have to borrow in dollars and spend in dollars.
00:15:55.000Obviously, it's the interest rates that are rising.
00:15:58.000But as people, both in our own domestic banking system and foreign banking systems, look at the U.S. treasuries they've been buying for now almost two decades.
00:16:09.000They look at these and they're not worth anything because they bought these things when the interest rates were near zero.
00:16:16.000All of a sudden, now they're dealing with interest rates that are rising rapidly.
00:16:57.000Well, remember that from 1965 until almost 1969, our media stood behind the Johnson administration and its lies about what was really happening in Vietnam.
00:17:09.000What was really happening was very different from what was reported.
00:17:13.000And obviously, the Tet Offensive threw that into sharp relief.
00:17:17.000So then the media at the time said, you know, we've got to stop lying.
00:17:21.000It made them unpopular with diehards who thought we were actually fighting communism when we weren't.
00:17:27.000Communism was not really the issue in Vietnam.
00:17:29.000It was a civil war we had involved ourselves in.
00:17:32.000But today, you have a different phenomenon.
00:17:34.000Today, the media is universally in the West backing this insanity against Russia.
00:17:40.000They're part of the same lobby that wants to essentially destroy the regime and then divide the country and sell off its resources at bargain basement prices and enrich themselves.
00:17:51.000In other words, the ruling political class in Washington is bound up with the people who run finance and the media in the United States, who are dominating all the policymaking.
00:18:02.000But the American people are smart enough to figure out, wait a minute, why are we shipping all of this overseas?
00:18:08.000What about all the people that don't have jobs in the United States?
00:18:11.000What about the growing numbers of homeless?
00:18:13.000What about the fact that our borders are open and we're adding 2.3 million people about whom we know nothing, people that we probably can't employ, and more important, will never assimilate.
00:18:24.000So frankly speaking, the American people have figured this out.
00:18:28.000The problem is that there are still too many listening to the lies.
00:18:33.000They haven't wakened up to the fact that you can't trust the government.
00:18:48.000Now they're completely on board for this, which is really interesting.
00:18:51.000And the Republican Party actually has more people out speaking out against it.
00:18:55.000Is one of the reasons why the West is so against Russia is because they're not totally on board for this LGBTQ stuff that they stand against some of these kind of social liberal impacts.
00:19:05.000Is that kind of a component of this that doesn't always get covered?
00:19:11.000I mean, clearly, Russia has said we're not opening our borders.
00:19:14.000We're not going to subject our population to the influx of millions of foreigners who are coming to Russia not to join us, not to work with us, not to assimilate, but to take us over.
00:19:24.000And they've looked at Europe and they say, well, if Germany and France are examples of success stories for globalism, we don't want anything to do with it.
00:19:31.000Then, of course, the underlying foundation of Russian Orthodox Christianity and the people that are currently leading the charge against Russia utterly hate Christianity.
00:23:54.000Michael, your thoughts and tell us about what company people should purchase from.
00:23:58.000Well, Charlie, thanks for having me on.
00:24:00.000I'm glad you mentioned Apple because in the Twilight Zone reality we seem to live in now, I never thought I would have said that Apple values our privacy more than a gun safe manufacturer, but that's where we're at.
00:24:13.000So it's an unfortunate revelation that's emerged over the course of the last few days that a company that we really thought was with us has turned out to not be.
00:24:20.000And actually, you pointed out on your Twitter yesterday when you highlighted the correct fact that Liberty Safe was overtaken by activist investors, an East Coast investment firm, and a CEO who has donated thousands of dollars to Obama.
00:24:44.000So what we wanted to do starting yesterday is get in touch with the safe companies on our app, learn a little bit more, understand the world of gun safes, because what we learned is that there is a lot of interesting nuance.
00:24:55.000We discovered a few companies on our app that would gladly stand and make statements and say, we're a safe manufacturer.
00:25:01.000We're a safe company, and we proudly stand with the privacy of our consumers.
00:25:06.000Companies like we've got, let's see, I'm actually going to pull up a few for you here right now.
00:25:39.000Specifically, your Second Amendment, your right to bear arms, and your Fourth Amendment, your right to privacy against these unreasonable searches and seizures.
00:25:47.000We also have incredible businesses like VLINE Industries.
00:25:49.000So if you go to VLINE Industries on Public Square, head to publicsq.com, search VLINE Industries, or even just search gun safes and you'll see these companies.
00:25:57.000VLINE Industries actually left a statement for us yesterday.
00:26:01.000They said they respect and support every individual's Second Amendment rights.
00:26:06.000The majority of VLINE cases are secured with a mechanical lock only capable of storing one individual unlock code.
00:26:12.000Once the customer changes that original default code, there is no record amongst anyone of any such change.
00:26:18.000We take our customers' security and privacy extremely seriously.
00:26:24.000Anytime a VLI case is produced with an electronic lock that does contain a master code, that code is sent with the case to the original owner and is never saved or archived by VLINE Industries.
00:26:39.000They've said very explicitly, and I really loved this statement as well, because I thought the owner was very clear about his views.
00:26:46.000He said that Parker's Safes and Vaults is a veteran-owned family-run business started in 2009 with the vision of providing quality safes and vault doors to our customers.
00:26:53.000We value our customers' privacy and security and therefore do not keep a database of lock codes and combinations on file.
00:26:59.000Then he even added this: he said, and even if we did, I'd rather go to jail than relinquish a customer's code.
00:27:05.000They even offer instructions on their site.
00:27:07.000If you're buying a safe that has a master code from one of these big manufacturers, they'll help you with solutions to make sure that you can protect your code from the original manufacturer.
00:27:17.000It's an awesome set of businesses that we have on Public Square, Charlie.
00:27:30.000And so what we have here is an opportunity to move our focus, our emphasis from, you know, just, hey, you know, there is, you know, an issue out here to saying like, look, Liberty Safe, we're done, but also we have competitors.
00:27:50.000And that's what Public Square does very well at publicsq.com.
00:27:53.000I want to just, this is a very interesting thing of events.
00:27:56.000We mobilized our whole audience yesterday, Michael, and we went, you know, very, very hard.
00:28:02.000And so Liberty Safe, first, they said, oh, come on, why are you guys attacking us?
00:29:04.000And they are silencing the voices of their consumers that are rightfully frustrated with the actions of Liberty Safe.
00:29:10.000When they shut off their replies yesterday, I knew that they felt no remorse for what they had done and they no longer deserved our business.
00:29:17.000And then, as you mentioned, when they doubled down with a pseudo apology, but basically admitted that they would have had another option all along, it really reaffirms the questions we all should be asking, which is like, well, this never really was a safe in the first place then, anyways, was it?
00:29:33.000Like, why did you, A, why did you ever have the master codes?
00:29:36.000B, you said that there wasn't another option.
00:30:09.000They've got a great ethos to their business.
00:30:11.000And then they sell to a private equity firm, to a big multinational conglomerate, to a proctor and gamble or a unilever, whatever it might be.
00:30:19.000We as the American people should rightfully question the existing integrity of that business.
00:30:27.000Most often, you're going to find that it doesn't.
00:30:29.000We know way too many stories of incredible Christian-owned companies that had great stories to tell that got bought by a Unilever or a Procter ⁇ Gamble.
00:30:36.000You look at them five years later and they're doing the pride stuff.
00:30:39.000We have to be aware that unfortunately in our country, we have this private equity slash conglomerate enterprise that gobbles up these small businesses, strips them of everything that made them so special in the first place.
00:30:53.000And then we need to take our money elsewhere.
00:30:55.000This is yet another example, Charlie, of this more broader macroeconomic point.
00:30:58.000And I hope consumers will recognize that we have the power to shut down that sort of enterprise with our consumer spending.
00:31:03.000That's why I'm an enthusiastic supporter of Public Square, publicsq.com.
00:31:09.000Everybody should download the Public Square app.
00:31:14.000Listen, as students begin heading back to school, do you think they'll be learning about the founding principles that made America the freest, most prosperous nation in history?
00:31:21.000Will they learn that our unalienable rights are God-given and not granted by government?
00:31:25.000Will they be given a full and honest account of our nation's history?
00:31:28.000The answer to all these questions is yes for students at Hillsdale College.
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00:32:22.000We partner with them on a lot of stuff, and I'm a big believer in Public Square.
00:32:26.000Michael is a great American and does a beautiful job.
00:32:29.000So, look, I want to do a couple things.
00:32:31.000Number one, Michael, you made such a profound point.
00:32:34.000Good company sells out to the vultures on Wall Street, who, by the way, donate to Warnock, donate to all these left-wing politicians, and then hand over to the feds.
00:32:46.000But Michael, there's a buried lead here.
00:32:48.000The smugness of their first press release.
00:32:50.000Can we get that first press release, guys, and then contrast it with the 24-hour later begging for mercy press release from Liberty Safe?
00:34:12.000And we are proudly supporters of that.
00:34:14.000I think that Liberty Safe had to learn the hard way that you cannot abuse the rights of Americans and expect to get away with it and conduct business like nothing ever happened in the first place.
00:34:25.000And by the way, for their company, a gun safe company, to be ran by a company, a CEO specifically, that took over this entity from its original intentions in order to sway it to a more corporate environment.
00:34:40.000Like it's the same story over and over and over again.
00:34:43.000So my encouragement to folks, Charlie, is that realize the power in your wallets.
00:34:46.000Realize that the true nature of the system in the United States, which is all based on profit centers.
00:34:51.000What if we, the people, could profit again?
00:34:53.000Wouldn't that change the power structures of society?
00:34:56.000That's the message that I know you're preaching.
00:34:58.000It's the message that we're standing behind as well.
00:35:11.000And this just shows how out of touch their management is.
00:35:14.000If you know anything about gun culture in America, one of the things about gun culture is that there is this understandable, historically based fear the government is going to come and take your guns.
00:35:29.000And so, therefore, as a gun safe company, you should probably have some sort of awareness that people are trusting your product to prevent that happening in a way that's unfair, right?
00:35:40.000And they're like, wow, we're so shocked that we're under attack.
00:35:43.000They know nothing about Second Amendment gun culture in this country, and they're going to suffer.
00:35:49.000I don't know anyone that's going to support them.
00:35:59.000Well, to be real relevant, we have lots of safe company alternatives.
00:36:02.000So, if you're tired of everybody, we have also publicsq.com, head there.
00:36:09.000You can find Sun Welding Safe Company, makes all their safes here in the United States and is an incredible company that does not keep access codes to their safes, their customers.
00:36:18.000We've got VLINE Industries, an amazing company that is actually from California.
00:36:22.000They're in the belly of the beast and they're trying to fight the good fight.
00:36:25.000And they also do not keep access codes of their customers' safes.
00:36:28.000We've got Parker Safes in Tennessee that said, I would literally rather go to jail than keep the codes.
00:36:34.000I don't have the codes, but even if I did, I'd rather go to jail than ever give them to the feds.
00:36:37.000We have real patriots on this platform that are trying to create high-quality alternatives to the major brands, and they're crushing it at doing so.
00:36:58.000We've got e-commerce right around the corner that'll help our platform exist almost as a real Amazon competitor with that sort of functionality.
00:37:05.000Payments with one click of a button, one shopping cart, multiple vendors.
00:37:08.000That's released this fall in time for Christmas shopping season.
00:37:10.000It is an exciting time in the parallel economy.
00:37:13.000And I'll finish with this: there is a broader cultural zeitgeist happening right now.
00:37:17.000Sound of freedom, Richmond, north of Richmond, public square advancing while the corrupted institutions that have abused our rights for far too long are falling.