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Echoes of Irony: GOP Loyalty, IVF Debate & Memes
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Dive into the heart of America's paradoxes in this week's episode of "Unsolicited Perspectives" with your host, Bruce Anthony. From the GOP's unwavering loyalty to the controversies surrounding IVF debates and the viral storm of memes, we're dissecting the layers of irony that define our society. Join Bruce and his sister, Jay Andrea, for a sibling happy hour unlike any other, where laughter meets deep discussion on politics, cultural shifts, and the odd comfort found in memes. #GOPloyalty #IVFDebate #Memes #UnsolicitedPerspectives
In today's society, aligning under Trump, witnessing decorum during Biden's State of the Union, and Alabama's IVF bill unravel, showcasing a nation at crossroads. But it's not all heavy politics; we're also breaking down the language of memes, those cultural artifacts that say more about us than we realize.
Bruce Anthony doesn't shy away from the uncomfortable, championing a dialogue that's raw and real. From exploring the complexities of party loyalty and the ethical mazes of reproductive rights to the universal language of memes, this episode is a journey through the intricacies of modern American life.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction
1:03 - Checking In with Viewers
7:05 - Trump McConnell Endorsement Controversy
12:30 - Labeling Republicans as a Gang
15:24 - Mitch McConnell’s Lukewarm Trump Endorsement
17:47 - McConnell's Influence on Judiciary
19:06 - Trump Criticizes Elaine Chao
24:24 - Analyzing Biden's State of the Union Strategy
29:29 - Public Outcry Over Inflation Issues
31:14 - Spotlight on Liquid IV Hydration
34:46 - Controversial Alabama IVF Legislation
43:50 - Alabama Denies Federal Child Nutrition Funds
46:22 - Analyzing Recent Hate Legislation
52:45 - Exploring Viral Memes: The Stories Behind
1:01:34 - Outro
1:02:30 - Reminder: Like, Comment, Share, Subscribe
1:03:41 - Expressing Gratitude to Supporters
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Introduction and Topics Overview
00:00:11
Speaker
Welcome. First of all, welcome. This is Unsolicited Perspectives. I'm Bruce Anthony. You're our host here to leave the conversation in important events and topics that are shaped today's society. Join the conversation by following us wherever you get your audio podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch our video podcasts. Rate, review, like, comment, share. Share with your friends, share with your family, help, even share with your enemies.
00:00:35
Speaker
On today's episode, it's a sibling happy hour. I'm here with my sis Jay Andrea. We're going to be talking about Republicans falling in line under Trump, House decorum during Joe Biden's State of Reunion dress, Alabama's IVF bill, and funny memes.
Fatigue and Anxiety in Daily Life
00:00:53
Speaker
But that's enough of the intro. Let's get to the show.
00:01:04
Speaker
What up, sis? What up, brother? I can't call it. I can't call it. You and I both said it before we started the show. We tired. We tired. We tired. Just take the art. We tired. Tied. Tied. Tied. Tied. You with that long drive back to Atlanta. Yes. Me just working. Yeah. Just tired. Just tired. You know what? Anxiety is a monster. I don't know what I'm anxious about.
00:01:33
Speaker
but I have not slept well two out of the last three days. I mean, talking about waking up at five o'clock in the morning and have not been able to get back to sleep.
Vacation Jokes and Passport Bros Decline
00:01:40
Speaker
I have had the same, I've just been off. Yeah. I've just been off and I keep like walking around being like, I need something, but I don't know what it, I have no idea what that is, but I just, I have this, it's that feeling of dread that you're just like,
00:01:58
Speaker
Something, I need to do something. I need something. Or something's about to happen. Or something's about to happen. Like I can't put my finger on it, but I feel off. And so, you know, I have to make a call to my therapist. Yeah, I can understand it. Girl, I need a session. I know what I need. I need a vacation. I need a vacation. A real one, like a real one. With a woman and some drinks. That's what I need.
00:02:27
Speaker
That's what I need. That's what I need is a get away. I might turn into a passport bro.
Sex Tourism Misconceptions and Power Dynamics
00:02:37
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? Why not? Because they, I don't think they exist anymore. Number one, because, oh, you didn't hear like the people in these places that they will go Columbia and Thailand and places like that.
00:02:54
Speaker
Brazil, they're not having it. Particularly the men are really over them. A couple of guys were threatened. So yeah, you don't really hear the passport bros talking anymore. You don't really see them anymore because yeah, other countries aren't exactly cool with sex tourism.
00:03:22
Speaker
Yeah, of course I would hop into something late Hold on hold on if they're not being sexed traffic it traffic it good guy trafficked Yeah, the traffic it. Yeah, no traffic did not be a sex trafficked remember I talked to a
00:03:46
Speaker
a legal madam out in Vegas. So there are people out there selling booty because they want to sell it. My philosophy is this, mom, just fast forward past this part. Can I?
00:04:06
Speaker
No, I'm like Riley from Boondocks. I'm paying for it anyway, somehow, somewhere. So why not get a direct transaction? I've
Political Loyalty and Republican Unity
00:04:18
Speaker
never done it before, but I'm curious. You know, there's nothing wrong with sex work, I think, but going to a place specifically for sex tourism, like you're there
00:04:30
Speaker
I'm not talking about people going to a place looking for sex workers. I mean, but they are. They're going to these places for sex workers. They're not looking for sex workers. They are looking to sexually exploit women. Oh, that's not what I thought they was doing. I thought they were going there. Because Columbia, the places you name, Columbia, Thailand, Brazil, is like known for sex work. It's also known for a lower cost of living.
00:05:00
Speaker
And that's true. And where American dollars are worth a lot more there. So you can go there and look like the baller you are not in the U S. Well, there's a lot of countries that are like that. Italy, certain parts of Italy that I've seen. Tik TOK has been like my monthly expenses are $700 a month. That is food, lodging, electricity, internet, everything. And I'm like, Oh yeah. I mean, I can remote work from Italy.
00:05:29
Speaker
Yeah, but Italy uses the euro and there's not much difference in the value of the euro versus the dollar. But the value in services is cheaper. It didn't really feel like that to me when I paid for dinners and things like that. It wasn't the same experience that I had in Cartagena where
00:05:57
Speaker
It's a table for four and I'm paying $14 US for the entire meal for four people. It's a little different. You could go there, ball out, and the hope is that you would attract a woman using
00:06:21
Speaker
this, you know, your money using your money. All right. Well, it could be a thing. I don't know. I mean, that's that's an American way you attract a lot of guys. Look, there's some ugly guys out there. Bill Gates. He's ugly. All right.
Health Issues of Public Figures
00:06:38
Speaker
But he got himself a fine woman. Is Bill Gates ugly or is he a nerd? He looks borky. Yeah, that's a good point. He's not ugly. Who's a rich man that's ugly?
00:06:49
Speaker
Now that I think about it. Like you just say, well, Elon Musk ain't attractive. No, he's not. And his personality just makes him that much uglier. Yes, correct. The Republican nominee is not an attractive man. No, he's not. Don Jr. Isn't ugly. Both them boys is ugly. No, Don Jr. Isn't ugly. He just looks special. He looks.
00:07:19
Speaker
greasy. Yeah, I mean, yeah, that's his hair. Yeah, he looks. That's his hair. Like he looked like not even greasy. I said I said it properly, but I really met greasy. He looked greasy. Aren't all the isn't Eric Don and Ivanka like, Ivana, what's her name Ivana? What was the mother's name was Ivanka? Aren't they all from the same woman? Yes. It's amazing. Because she's very pretty.
00:07:48
Speaker
Ivana Trump. Yeah. She will. Ivanka. The daughter. The daughter is pretty. She looks like her mother. Right. The boys did not get them looks. No, they got their dad's looks. So that's a that's a rich man supposedly. That's that's what he says. He's rich. That is not very attractive. So there you go. Yeah. Yeah. What was the
00:08:10
Speaker
Yeah, and they get people with money. But they're actually rich. These are people who are bringing American dollars and specifically targeting countries where the dollar has a higher value, but they're not rich and they're going off and they're passing themselves off as rich, but then
00:08:30
Speaker
First of all, none of them are actually looking for wives. But should they ever find one and bring them back to the States, they're going to be very shocked and surprised to find out that my man lives in a one bedroom, you know, five floor walk up. Look, let me tell you something. For them, finding a legion is a come up. It's not, you know, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how poor a woman is. She doesn't deserve or want to be lied to.
00:09:01
Speaker
Let me tell you something. If I can find a woman that's semi-rich, that'll let me just chill and kick it, I'm willing to go ahead and make that sacrifice. Yeah, all of us would. But again, you're talking about somebody who's actually rich, though. No, I said semi-rich. She ain't got to be rich-rich. But still, the word is rich, correct? And even if you're semi-rich, you more than middle class,
00:09:29
Speaker
I would like a woman to have a lot more money than me. We're talking about working class dudes. Not all of them are working class. Going overseas. Trying to trick, but they ain't got it. All right, well, you know what the greatest trick the devil ever proved?
00:09:55
Speaker
proved to pulled pulled the air pulled. I told you I'm tired. audience. I am sorry. I'm gonna try to I'm gonna try to
Trump's Personal Attacks and Political Decorum
00:10:02
Speaker
pick it up. I'm exhausted. But you know what the greatest trick the devil ever pulled? What was that? It's proven that he didn't exist. Donald Trump has gotten Republicans to fall in line. The first one to fall in line today
00:10:19
Speaker
was Mitchum McConnell. I don't know if that's his name, Mitchum. It's probably Mitchell, but I like Mitchum better. I mean, I just like it better. It might be Maleficent. Who knows what that man's name is? Who knows. But the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president. This endorsement comes after Trump's strong performance during the Super Tuesday primaries.
00:10:43
Speaker
and former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley's exit from the race. McConnell, who had previously been critical of Trump, particularly in his relation to the January 6th Capitol attack, the January 6th Capitol attack, the insurrection, stated that it is clear the terrorist attack. He stated it is clear Trump has support of Republican voters to be the nominee
00:11:11
Speaker
And so he's going to go ahead and support him for that. He also mentioned looking forward to working towards improving the lives of American people. The move is seen as a significant step in consolidating the GOP support behind Trump's candidacy. So all those people that was talking mad ish about this man said they did not want him in office was fighting all types of fight to keep him out of office or fallen in line like the subjects that they are. Yeah.
00:11:41
Speaker
I wasn't surprised, but I was a little disappointed. I thought that there would be more Liz Cheney's that came around. And I thought Mitch was going to stand his ground. I expected people like Lindsey Graham and forget the House Republicans, because House Republicans fall in line, but the Senate, which is different. I expected the Lindsey Grahams, the Ted Cruz, DeMarco Rubio's to fall in line.
00:12:10
Speaker
Yeah. But I thought, Mitchell, especially considering the fact that he announced that he's stepping down from leadership, that he would have a backbone in his spine. But no. No. They lay true to the party. And I want to make an analogy out there to people. People are always quick to talk about how bad gangs are. Like gangs in the US. And yes, gangs do do violence, obviously, right?
00:12:39
Speaker
Not to say the Republicans don't do violence. We're going to get into that a little bit later. But gangs do do violence, but they stick together because of a brotherhood. Yeah. But people will talk down about that brotherhood and sticking together as they should because gangs are not good. The point I'm trying to make is Republicans are a gang. They are sticking together through thick and thin no matter what. There is no backbone in the Republican Party.
00:13:06
Speaker
And I was watching something, what's my man that's on the Daily Show that always does those hits in America?
Anxiety Over Trump's Potential Re-election
00:13:17
Speaker
Clapper? Yeah. Jake Clapper. No, I think you're thinking of Jake Trapper.
00:13:24
Speaker
Jordan clapper Jordan clapper. I know I was I knew it was Jay clapper. I knew I knew it was a Jay clapper. He did something recently outside of a rally for Nikki Haley on Super Tuesday. And it was a lot of people who were never Trumpers. And he was asking them, okay, well, looks like
00:13:44
Speaker
Trump's going to win a nomination. Nikki Haley's going to eventually back out. So it's Trump versus Biden. Does that mean you're going to vote for Biden? Ah, I don't know if I could do that. And then a lot of them was like, yeah, I'll probably vote for Trump. I mean, these are people that said never Trump, that said he is a detriment to the democracy. But yet they still are going to vote for him. And like I said, I'm not surprised. I'm just disappointed. I'm disappointed in America.
00:14:14
Speaker
So I am. I mean, America often disappoints me, but this is disappointing me because I thought that people would have a backbone. And if you say something and you believe it, you stand by it. Now, if you're getting new information and things change, hey, that's cool, but you're not giving new information.
00:14:35
Speaker
Or the new information that you're giving is it got more court cases coming. You don't got no court cases, but court cases. They might. Well, I don't think he does cocaine. And I'm saying right now, I'm not saying that he does. He should, even wake him up a little bit. I'm talking about Mitch, right? No. Well, no.
00:14:56
Speaker
I wasn't, I was talking about Donald J. Trump, but. No, he should not do cocaine. Yeah, no. Mitch, Mitch, I think has a health situation. He had a couple of those where he was just. He glitched. Yeah. And I'm like, you know what? Coach McConnell.
00:15:12
Speaker
It's not funny, because we don't know what's going on. It is funny. No, it's not funny. It is funny. What do you think about all this? So two things. First, though,
Alabama IVF Bill and Personhood Debate
00:15:20
Speaker
Glitch McConnell is funny, and I don't know. It's not funny. The man has a serious health issue. That's not funny. Who cares? Who cares? See, this is where me and you are different. I don't wish ill on anybody.
00:15:29
Speaker
I didn't wish ill on them. I'm just saying, if you are already ill, I don't care. That's what I'm saying. All right. That's a clear distinction. So you're saying that you're disappointed. I'm not. I'm not surprised when I disappointed. But first thing, I mean, it was the most lackluster
00:15:49
Speaker
barely their endorsement. It is abundantly clear that the former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States. It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support. He's basically saying that he will endorse the nominee.
00:16:16
Speaker
Well, he's always said that. Yeah. He hasn't deviated from that. Yeah. So I'm not surprised that I'm not. You know, the things that that Glitch chooses to stand on business about. You got to stop. You got to stop. You can't call him. You can't keep calling Glitch. It's too funny.
00:16:33
Speaker
And I think everyone would agree. No. Except for you, because you have this weird, like, this weird, like, moral high ground that you're trying to be on. Just morals. Not moral high ground. Just morals. I don't understand why it's an attack on my morals just because I don't give a damn that an old ass man is behaving old. Okay.
00:17:00
Speaker
If it was, if it was, well, Gregory Hans passed away. I was going to throw out Gregory Hans, but if it was Samuel L. Jackson, let's just, Jamie Fox might've had, Jamie Fox seems like he had a stroke. I believe looking at Mitch, I'm not a doctor, but just having a little bit of knowledge of health.
00:17:20
Speaker
that he might have had some, those might have been mini strokes. He's also eight too. And it, well, I don't look, you don't just glitch it. Like something happened, right? Something happened. So you would show empathy for Jamie Foxx and his story about Jamie Foxx. Yeah. Okay. All right. So I don't care about Mitch McConnell. All right. Okay. Mitch McConnell has for at least the next generation irrevocably
00:17:49
Speaker
changed the federal judiciary. He purposefully denied meetings to keep Merrick Garland from being the next justice. He did do that. Like Mitch McConnell, the thing about the devil acting like he doesn't exist all that, no, he does. His name is Mitch McConnell.
00:18:17
Speaker
Uh, you, you saying he's more of a devil than Donald J. Trump. Yes, because he's behind it all. Like, do you understand? Like he is the longest serving, uh, majority Republican majority leader. And he has changed tax reform. Again, like I said, reshape the federal judiciary. He has been an obstructionist.
00:18:43
Speaker
And it's like you said, also, he don't stand on, he didn't stand on business.
Critique of Political Hypocrisy in Pro-life Stance
00:18:48
Speaker
And not to mention- He didn't, he really didn't. This is the second thing. So the first thing is the lackluster ass endorsement. It was lackluster. Okay. The second thing is, these men don't like their wives.
00:19:03
Speaker
Clearly. Because Trump attacked his wife. Yeah, that's right. I forgot about that. Trump attacked his wife because she's Asian-American. She's Asian-American. He said, what did he say about her again? He said something real derogatory. And it was fighting words. But he said something about Ted Cruz's wife, too. He said, quote. Uh-oh.
00:19:26
Speaker
Does Coco Chao have anything to do with Joe Biden's classified documents being sent and stored in Chinatown? And her name is Elaine, right? Her name is Elaine. And he called her Coco Chao? I don't know if...
00:19:43
Speaker
If she goes by Coco, I don't know. But he was insinuating because she's Asian that she must have some connection to China. Right. Is she Chinese? She is Taiwanese. I'll tell you, he's a fool, and he's the Republican nominee. He is a 100% fool and a Republican nominee.
00:20:09
Speaker
Yeah. Did you see, it reminds me, and this is a little off topic, but not really. Tom Cotton, currently the TikTok CEO. Oh yeah, a couple of weeks back. Yeah, I saw that. So for ladies and gentlemen, those that don't understand what was going on, Tom Cotton, the Senator of Arkansas.
00:20:30
Speaker
I don't know where the hell Tom Cotton's from, sure. Yes, he is Arkansas. Yes, Senator of Arkansas was grilling the, was he the CEO? CEO of TikTok. CEO of TikTok, who is Asian.
00:20:43
Speaker
Yes. But he kept grilling them and asking them if he was part of the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party. And every other question was about that. Yes. And he was just like, what is he again? He's Singaporean. Yeah, he was like, I'm from Singapore. Yeah. I had nothing to do with that. Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party? Senator, I'm from Singapore.
00:21:07
Speaker
Have you ever been affiliated or associated with Chinese Communist Party? No, Senator, again, I'm Singaporean. He's like, I'm not from
Humorous Personal Stories and Meme Culture
00:21:16
Speaker
China. I am from Singapore. And he said it at least half a dozen times.
00:21:26
Speaker
Have you ever had Chinese food? Sir. Yes, I have because it's delicious. Because it's delicious. Literally my favorite food.
00:21:39
Speaker
But I mean, it's not just Mitch McConnell. It was a couple of dudes. I believe he talked about Ted Cruz's wife. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He called out Ted. He was saying some things about Ted Cruz. Look, he said some things about these guys' wives that are fighting words.
00:21:58
Speaker
I got to see you. You're not going to disrespect my woman like that. I've got to come see you. So when I catch you in these hallways, it's going to be a quick two-shot. I don't care if you got the Secret Service. It's going to be a quick two-shot because you don't open your mouth and ain't nothing between us but an opportunity and some Secret Service agents. I mean, you're about to end up like Chris Rock. Don't do it.
00:22:22
Speaker
Yeah, why you got those? Because keep my wife's name out your mouth. Okay, so these guys, not only does this man publicly dish your wife
00:22:37
Speaker
He didn't even be dissing them like Tupac dissed Faith Evans. Yes. My man said, I effed your wife. No equivocating. There was no innuendo. He didn't try a metaphor, a simile, nothing. He just straight up said it.
00:23:01
Speaker
And so for Trump to say these things about their wives and for them to not only not say anything back or do anything back, but they then go on to support him.
00:23:14
Speaker
Where are the divorces? Where are they? Because you've got to be kidding me. You've got to be kidding me. So that's how I feel. That's how I feel about, I'll do it one more time. Oh, Glitch McConnell. That's how I feel about him. That's how I feel about that yurtle the turtle looking. But no, please. Who's yurtle the turtle?
00:23:36
Speaker
Just, I don't know. What is going on right now? Yurtle the Turtle, I believe it's Dr. Seuss character. Okay, nobody, who are you comparing to Yurtle the Turtle?
00:23:53
Speaker
It's the only person that looks like Yurtle the Turtle. I don't know. I don't know who Yurtle the Turtle is. I think I'm aged out of that. But OK. Well, all I know is. All I know. Google a picture of Yurtle the Turtle and tell me that Bush McConnell don't look like Yurtle the Turtle. He does. All right. OK. We're not done with Republicans. No. We're not done. Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, is calling for decorum
00:24:24
Speaker
for Biden's State of the Union address. So it's airing right now while we're filming the show. So obviously we're not watching it. But the call for decorum comes in light of past instances where there have been outbursts heckling occurred such as when Republicans more specifically
00:24:42
Speaker
Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupted last year's speech, and there have been many instances. In 2009, Representative Joe Wilson yelled out, you lied during President Obama's joint session of Congress speech, which is similar to the State of the Union, but it's not exactly the same thing. But still,
00:25:02
Speaker
decorum. We're not going to just attack Republicans. We're going to attack some Democrats because Nancy Pelosi was seeing tearing up President Trump's speech during his address in 2020. And other people was doing some similar stuff. That's not the decorum that is supposed to be represented by the State of the Union. And then don't forget Lauren Boebert, not the daughter
00:25:27
Speaker
of Sweet Stand Lane from the Midnight Express, as we established in some earlier episodes, was booed. She actually got booed after she was heckling President Biden about service members being killed during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2022. So Mike Johnson called a little conference and said, look, y'all, we need to honor
00:25:53
Speaker
the State of the Union, it makes us look bad. We out here wildin' out. Shut the F up. And just be still. Basically, he was telling us what our parents told us every time we went to church. Don't say nothin', don't do nothin', you sit there and be still. Maybe he should just hand out some butterscotch.
00:26:14
Speaker
At least, yeah, some Werther's originals, some life savers, or some Big Red Gum. Anything. Anything, yeah. When you pack your party full of people who look like they should be drunk at a Margaritaville or a cheeseburger in paradise.
00:26:37
Speaker
You have to do things like tell grown people to act like adults. Where are they now? Just to be clear, where are they again? Getting drunk at a Margaritaville or a cheeseburger in paradise. Oh, they at, what's that, they at Red Robin? They're at, yes, they're at Red Robin.
00:27:04
Speaker
And in the Maryland area, Maryland, DC area, y'all will know the Green Turtle. If you invite people that look like their idea of a romantic evening is taking in an MMA fight,
00:27:20
Speaker
then the chances are you're going to have people out there heckling, you know, this, this chronic, uh, uh, epidemic. They go to Taco Bell to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, those type of people. Exactly. Okay. Exactly. The ones that ask you what Chalupa means in English, nothing.
00:27:45
Speaker
The ones that say gracias. No, they don't even say it that well. They say gracias. Gracias. That's right. They say gracias. I wonder why everybody's calling them gringo and gringa. So like I said, state of the union is going on right now.
00:28:06
Speaker
I can guarantee you there's gonna be some outbursts because those House Republicans that are doing this, it plays well when they go back to their district saying, I stood up to them. And no, you didn't. All you did was cause a ruckus. And just so you know,
00:28:24
Speaker
ain't no such thing as ruckus because Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to quit. And the Wu-Tang Clan in this is Joey Beanz and them people. Because he's made y'all look real foolish over these last couple of midterms and election cycles. Now, will that happen in 2024? When people are saying they're never Trumpers and then going around and recognizing that he's the nominee now and saying, I guess I'll vote for him.
00:28:54
Speaker
You're going to hear it here first, ladies and gentlemen. I got a sneaky suspicion. And it might be the reason why my anxiety is at all-time high, which means my anxiety is going to be at all-time high until November. I got an odd feeling he's going to be reelected. Yeah, I mean, not wrong.
00:29:12
Speaker
You're not wrong, that it's a real possibility. People are dissatisfied with President Biden, specifically surrounding Israel and Gaza. And people are still pissed about inflation, even though their economy is actually doing pretty well.
00:29:39
Speaker
You know, unemployment is down. There's a lot of he's made great strides in infrastructure. I mean, there's a lot of things, but it's not it's not it's not a check like they got under Trump. Right. Like people that are those people that are like he gave us a check. Y'all so easily can be bought.
00:29:59
Speaker
It was $1,200 one time, and it really saved no one during the pandemic. I believe Canada was given weekly or biweekly stipends to the citizens to assist with the pandemic. Canada is looking more and more like a great country to live. There's only one problem. Their treatment of natives, yeah.
00:30:27
Speaker
Well, okay. Well, there's two problems because, uh, there's two problems. My, my, that's a very serious problem. I'm not belittling that problem. That is a serious problem for me personally. It's because it's cold as hell. And now that I say that out loud, why do we say cold as hell? That don't make no damn sense. You know, it's cold as hell because hell is an unpleasant place. And so is this damn cold.
00:30:53
Speaker
Okay. That's a way to wrap it around. Thank you. Thank you for helping out the segment. We're not done attacking Republicans. All right. We attacked a Democrat as well. Democrats was wilding out during Trump's State of the Union, not throwing outbursts and ripping up pieces of paper, but still not
00:31:16
Speaker
be not doing the decorum that is necessary for the State of the Union. We're gonna talk about this new Alabama, I, no, it's not new, this Alabama IVF bill that just got, what?
00:31:31
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All right, Jay, so Alabama's IVF bill. Alabama has passed a new law to protect vitro fertilization following a controversial state Supreme Court ruling. The Alabama IVF bill recently signed into law provides protections for in vitro fertilization practices. This comes after the state Supreme Court ruling that raised concerns by equating frozen embryos to children.
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The bill offers civil and criminal immunity to healthcare personal providing IVF services, ensuring that no legal action for damage or death of an embryo can be brought against them while providing or receiving IVF services. The legislation is seen as a short-term solution to allow IVF clinics that had stopped their services to reopen.
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although it didn't define whether under state law, frozen MBOs have the same rights as children. The bill is a response to legal uncertainties faced by IVF providers and patients in Alabama and aims to protect them from potential liabilities. Now, I am still confused about all of this. I don't truly understand what it means.
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So the Alabama Supreme Court basically ruled that frozen embryos are people. Well, no, they didn't rule that. What I just said legally, they did not rule that. That was a law that was trying to be passed by the Alabama legislator. What the Supreme Court ruled on is that
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when an Alabama legislator tried to pass this law, all the IVS centers closed down or halted their services because they didn't know if there were going to be legal actions taken against them for these services. Because sometimes embryos are destroyed, right? So if they're the same rights as children, we see like in Texas, they're trying to throw you in jail for abortions. So a lot of the clinics had stopped. The Supreme Court is saying they just ruled that
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No, you have to worry about that. You're protected. Continue on. We're going to revisit all of this stuff about equal protection as equal to children in the future. We're not ruling on that right now. So they didn't rule on that. So the Supreme Court didn't pass the I.V.F. Bill.
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See, that's what's confusing. There was a Supreme Court ruling that found that frozen embryos should be considered children. That was the Alabama State Supreme Court ruling found that frozen embryos
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should be considered children. That was what they did. Okay. All right. So that's what it was. And so then Alabama passed a law. Yes, because people went bananas and IVF centers, fertility centers stopped all. Yes. Because it is common for
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embryo, there's fresh embryos, there's frozen embryos, there's, it's common for them to be shipped or transferred in some way. It's common for them to be discarded or if they're not used. So if we're saying that there is personhood attached to frozen embryos, which am I just going to interject my personal opinion, that is ridiculous and I'll say why. If we
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say that these embryos should be considered children, well, then you open yourself up to civil and criminal liability for just the normal handling of frozen embryos by fertility specialists. In just the normal course of fertility treatment, they could open themselves up to civil and criminal liability.
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If you want people to have more children, you probably shouldn't penalize them for trying to do that. So obviously when you take a matter like abortion that you really actually don't care about and you push it to its limit, you're going to run up against these issues and your hypocrisy is going to show. So
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So there was just like overwhelming backlash to the point that Alabama lawmakers are scrambled to pass legislation to now shield these providers and hopefully their patients from criminal or civil liability in just the normal course of
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handling embryos, whether they're fresh or frozen, right? Which is kind of like things say fresh or frozen. And so it's just like a stopgap measure at this point, just so that they resume treatment, fertility treatments for people or resume IVF for people. But there's still a lot that is just left unresolved, which is where the hypocrisy comes into play.
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Because some of the people who are supporting IVF, and we're talking about conservatives, also support this right to life, or some bill, some right to life bill.
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that argues that life begins at conception, fertilization, whatever, some arbitrary thing that they've made up. And so what they've been getting asked a lot is like, how do you reconcile being pro-choice
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with being okay with discarding or destroying embryos used in IVF. And guess what? Nobody has an answer. And the reason why is because embryos are not people. The reason why this doesn't pass the sniff test is because
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Y'all don't really care about this to begin with. Number one, you've never even decided amongst yourselves, where does life begin?
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you are telling the press, oh, when it comes to IVF, we should really defer to medical professionals because they have more information on this. But you're not deferring to medical professionals when you start legislating the health and reproductive rights of American citizens. So the whole- We say it all the time, the hypocrisy.
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the smooth hypocrisy of it all. And so now they're running up against these like very gray areas in anti-abortion laws and legislation that they don't have an answer to because they never fully thought it out to begin with. They just used it
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They're using this as a way to grab the people and to get votes. Yes.
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It's a show politics, right? They're going to take an issue that is not important, try to make it important, try to pass some legislation that is faulty to begin with, not well thought out, not looking at all the different angles of which this law will affect people. And they're doing it just for posturing.
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Right? To show people, look at what we do. We're getting rid of this wokeness. Because it's all fallen under this idea of wokeness and...
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people shouldn't have these rights and this isn't a right and this is against God's will. Which, by the way, they say this is all for the children, correct? They are here to protect the children. Many episodes ago, y'all might remember that we talked about the federal program
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that was going to feed underprivileged kids during the summer months because, you know, during the school year, those kids are getting school breakfast and lunch. But during the summer, they don't have that. So there was a federal program that was passed to feed these kids during the summertime.
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Guess which, there were several states, but guess what was one of the states that denied the federal money. They denied $65.4 million in federal aid, specifically designed to help feed children over the summer break. Guess which one of the states didn't want to feed the kids.
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Hmm. Let me think. Let me think. Could it be Alabama? It was absolutely Alabama. And there are reasons for rejection, including philosophical objection to welfare programs.
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That was the number one reason. They gave some other, not even cool Dilly Dally stuff, because you know, the real Dilly Dally is us in that first segment, but not cool Dilly Dally stuff, a philosophical difference to welfare. So they care about children until they're born. Then they don't give a damn about them. Then they don't want to help them at all.
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Because they didn't ever care about the kids to begin with. Exactly. That's the point I'm trying to make. I was just a theatrical way. I was just being theatrical. It was giving very much Rachel Maddow, and I enjoy it. Oh, lord. I'm Rachel Maddow now? You know how she goes all around the town to give you a singular point? I really don't watch her. I really don't watch the show.
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I don't either because I don't like that kind of narrative technique of going all over the place. Just circle back to this one point and the payoff is rarely ever
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That's literally my style of talking. I did not know that I'm typically rich on that album, but what you just described is all of my shows by myself. That's literally, there's an overarching thing. Okay, anyway, this is not about me, this is about these kids. I'm really for helping the kids, really, the kids. And just,
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I just don't understand why people just hate people, because that's all this legislation is. Really, it's just hating people. The legislation of abortion rights, the anti-trans legislation, all that. It's just hating people. And these are so-called Christians that are doing it.
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And it's more, less about hatred because to be honest, none of these systems of oppression are really based in hatred. They're based in greed. They're based in money and power. Okay, it has to be the power because there's no money in stopping abortion rights or no money that I can see. But maybe there is, I don't know. I haven't looked at the,
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financial aspect of. Well, they swear up and down that government money goes towards it, which it does not. It doesn't really doesn't. It does not. And they got so many people convinced about that, too. And I have people who are educated that say that. And I'm just like, it's not true. It is true. I heard it.
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I just want to punch you in your face. I hear a lot of things. That means nothing. But, you know, I find it... I heard cucumbers taste better pickled. I find a very... Shut up. I actually saw a video, and I don't know if somebody posted this as a joke or not, but she was just like, I feel like we pickle everything except for cucumbers. Why is no one pick... pickled cucumbers? I'm like,
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Those are the main pickles. They just called it pickles because that's the main thing you pickle. I was talking to somebody earlier today.
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And they were trying to explain something to me. And I was like, I think you used the wrong adjective. I think you want to choose a different adjective because what you're saying doesn't make sense. I'm trying to understand the context of what you're trying to say. But even I can't figure that out. So what are some other adjectives you could use for that? And then the person was like, well, running or walking. I said, nope, that's not an adjective. That's a verb. It's an adjective. OK.
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All right. I said, you know what? I think I'm done with this conversation. I just looked at him. I just looked at him and said, I think I'm done with this conversation. Yeah. Yeah. Whenever you're trying to say the point you're trying to make, I don't even care no more. I don't, I don't really care to hear it. Yeah. But it's, you go back to the. Sorry. It was getting real serious and I was getting agitated and it's hot under these lights. Okay. And it's really hot under these lights.
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Well, former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, had their three children who are now adults via in vitro fertilization. And Mike Pence, who is. As as anti-abortion as pro life to life to to the pro this man, even
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Is this a word, matronizes? No, I'm gonna say it is. His own wife by calling her mother. Like he doesn't, this, this. That's, I've heard that, that's weird, but not weird because I've heard a lot of. It is weird. I've heard a lot of people, especially from the South who are a generation. From the Midwest. Two generations behind. A lot of Southern sensibilities are Midwestern sensibilities. There's a lot of commonality there.
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that a couple of generations back, which would be Mike Pence, actually. Yeah. Because I believe in Mike Pence older than our parents. He looks it. Now hold on. That's because his hair is gray. He's actually facially aging well. He's actually younger than our parents.
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Oh, really? Okay. Yeah. So again, so never mind. Never mind. Anyway. So yeah, I stand corrected. Well, anyway, he says he fully supports fertility treatments and thinks they deserve protection under the law while also supporting fetal personhood. So you can't do both. Well, he did it. He found a way.
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A lot of them are, and it's called hypocrisy. Yeah, where there's a will, there's a way. And they found it. Yeah, by just not addressing it or deflecting or deferring, they are going to hold two opposing views at the same time. And just me and you are clearly the only ones that's going to question them.
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He said, we the only ones in the world. We the only ones in the world. We it. We it. We the ones. We it. We it. No, a lot of people are questioning that. Yes, that's what I thought. Yes. There are a lot of opinion articles about this very thing, the hypocrisy and their struggle to, you know, explain their position and they cannot do it because they never
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um, solidified their position to begin with. Well, ladies and gentlemen, this has been real heavy episode. It's been real heavy. Oh, we made it fun.
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We always going to throw some jokes in there. But up next is the very first time we are going to do the segment, Unsolicited Perspectives Behind the Memes, that's coming up next.
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All right, Jay, so this is the first time we're doing this segment, Unsolicited Perspectives Behind the Memes. Here's the intro for it. Join me as I explore the world of memes I share on my personal IG page. In this segment, I take you on a journey through the memes I feature on my page. Let's decode the laughs and uncover the hidden messages together. Let's laugh. Let's love. Let's cry.
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Let's talk about these memes. I hated it. It was good until you got to less laugh, less laugh, less cry. I don't even know. I came up with that on the spot. I came up with that on the spot and it means what it means.
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All right, here's the first meme. And these are ones that I posted today. And once again, these are on my private page. These are not on the unsolicited perspectives page. Am I going to promote my private page? No. But if you go to our unsolicited perspectives Instagram page, you could definitely find my personal page because I'm tagged in just about everything. So you could find it if you want to. It's a little slice of my humor that some of y'all have gotten. But this gets deeper and a little bit more raunchy.
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So the very first meme from today is, I am everything you dreamt of, but with a little belly. Meaning, you know, ladies, I'm there. I'm your dream man, but I got a belly.
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Yeah. I'm working on it. I mean, that's just keeping it real. But I'm also almost 44. I'm also 44. And it ain't leaning out like I normally used to. So it is what it is now. My question is, are you extending that same grace? Hell, yeah. OK. Because she's everything you want, but she got a little belly. See? A little belly. A little belly is fine.
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If she got a big belly, I got a question. Is that fat or baby? Because I don't know. They look like two different bellies. Well, I can't tell the difference sometimes. Just never ask a woman how far along she is. I've never done that. Yeah, no, I've never done that. Unless you are certain. Yeah. All right.
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Here's another meme. My neighbor knocked on my door and asked me to ask me to keep my moaning down while I'm having sex. I'm alone eating hot wings. You know, let me tell you something. Very similar sounds. That's what I'm trying to make. Wings are orgasmic to me. Especially if them wings are hidden.
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If they fried them crispy and you got all flats, lemon, pepper, whey. No, well, you lost me on that one. I am a drumette person. I hate flats. You remember that one time? All right, here's a story from behind the scenes. Well, here's a story from behind the scenes. One time, me and my siblings were eating some wings and I stuck a wing at
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In my mouth, the whole thing bit down and pulled the wingette out with no meat left like a cartoon. Just the bone came out, yes. And these two fools died. They died laughing. Because why?
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Why did you even do that? Look, that's how you wing it. You put your teeth down, right? I got strong teeth. You put your teeth down, right? You can pull all the meat off. All right, let me get to the next one. Me watching people peacefully make illegal money, because I know if I try, God will use me as an example. Every time.
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Every time. I'm not going to go out on these streets and try to commit crime, because I know I'm going to be caught. I can't be no scammer, because the Lord won't allow it. The Lord will not allow it. Not because I don't want to be. OK. Yes, I want to be a scammer. I want to be a scammer, but I'm telling you the way me and my God are set up, I'm going to get busted.
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whole operation taken down. They've been on me since day one. Day one. And I didn't know. Yeah, Jay, we got pictures of when you first started. Here you are doing your first handoff. That was literally day one. Yeah. That was from day one. Day one. All right. Here's another one. We really used to have to wait until 9 p.m. when unlimited minutes kicked in to call people. Now, 20 years later,
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I'm paying for unlimited calling just to talk to nobody. And that is factual. And it's also my American right. I want the option of being able to talk to somebody anytime I want, knowing that I will not. Knowing that I will not. Yeah. It's just, it's just about having choice. I just want the choice that if I wanted to call and or text,
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I need to be able to do it unlimitedly, even though I know I'm going to be doing it very limitedly. Very limited. Almost non-existent. All right, last one. Last one, because I am also... What would you call me? Randy. That'd be Randy. I'm a little Randy sometimes. You nasty. With my meme like, yeah, well, okay, I'm nasty.
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All right, so this meme is a guy in a fork in a road, two directions. The headline is my dating life. In one road, it says, date a double cheeked up Latina that is absolute psychopath, who most likely slashed my tires after catching me talking to my ex. The other road,
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Date a crazy white chick that used to do bottle service and will more than likely stab me in my sleep. And those are my only two options. Why? Because I love toxic relationships.
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Toxic relationships are fun in the beginning. In the beginning, it is fun. It's so crazy. You're not fighting. It is wild. It is spontaneous. And that's my life. I live my life in controlled chaos. So toxic relationships in the beginning are fantastic. It's when they actually start to get toxic. That's when it's not cool no more. Right.
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When it's directed towards me, now I don't like it. When it's directed towards others. And I'm like. Love it. Love it. Love being a woman that's ready to cuss everybody out. Yes. Love being a woman that's ready to cuss everybody out until she start cussing me out. Then it's like, hey, wait a minute now. Right. I thought I was different. You were good when it was directed outward. Yeah.
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And I'm never different. I'm the same just like everybody else would use. I'm going to catch that smoke just like everybody else. But you'd lie to yourself. Every time. They just act like this way. Y'all don't know what we like when we together by ourselves. Yeah. The same way. I will say. You catching strays.
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I've never, okay, I've never dated, like, I've never had a girlfriend that was toxic like that. I've dated women who were toxic like that. But some of my ex-girlfriends listen to the show. I'm not talking about y'all. I'm talking about the other ones. And some of them other ones listen to that show. And yes, I'm talking about you. You know who you are. You know who you are.
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But on that note, Jake, what do you want to tell the people out there? Embryos are not people. No, I mean, eventually they're going to start legislating the thought. Right. The thought of having kids. That's going to be next. That's next. You think of having kids? You've got to have one now. What? What? I was just thinking about it. No, not going to have one. We heard you. We heard you. We saw your face.
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Yeah. On that note, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for riding with us on this episode. I know we are tired. I hope it was still good. I think it was good. I think it was good. Great. Yeah, you know what? Yeah, it was good. I hope you all think it was good. I'm silly right now. I don't know. But thank you for listening. Thank you for watching. And until next time, as always, a holla.
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