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DoT is back with Special Edition #2. Alan4L is your special co-host in an updated Pick Your Poison as he embraces the challenge of changing Lee's mind regarding PG-13. Alan handpicked a collection of matches and promos from JC Ice & Wolfie D to argue the point that PG-13 didn't actually suck.*Was Alan successful?*Were PG-13 better faces or heels?*Just how large and tough was Wolfie D's dad*Why Doug Gilbert may not be the guy you want cutting a shoot promo on youWe'll be back in two weeks, in the meantime follow us on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/wcwthunderpod)to keep up to date with us, go to our linktree ( https://linktr.ee/WCWThunderPod ) to find all the ways you can listen to or follow us, and if you want a hell of a lot more Dave & Lee in your podcast diet, subscribe to our Patreon ( http://alargemanappears.com )PlaylistPG-13 Rap Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77i2RhAZZAs1993-08-07_USWA TV_1-2-3 Kid vs JC IcePG-13 vs. Eliminators 1994https://youtu.be/jFOc7iNONkM?si=vtU8iNL-Wn7azZzmUSWA Studio Brawl - Tommy Rich, Doug Gilbert vs PG-13 (1-7-95) Memphis Studio Wrestlinghttps://youtu.be/gX09BYDHlBM?si=5IWwAPJjVS-uzVW3PG-13 Defend Moms and Street Cred (1-7-95) USWA Memphis Studio Wrestlinghttps://youtu.be/Ns46YhAh00E?si=DGEA_OX5dcKINmrmPG-13 vs Tommy Rich, Doug Gilbert - Scott Bowden Must Leave USWA (1-14-95) Title Matchhttps://youtu.be/GPS8Ij8LtAs?si=F75DrJOXyOvO_FTpSteel Cage Match: PG-13 vs. Tommy Rich and Doug Gilbert (USWA)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bS7PlH8AWYRaw 1995 - vs. Smoking Gunns1995-05-19_SMW Volunteer Slam IV_Tracy Smothers-Dirty White Boy vs PG-1310 PG-13 vs Rock N Roll Express (06-11-95)1995-09-28_USWA Mid South Coliseum_PG-13 vs Tracy Smothers-Terry GordyECW Fan Cam "Extreme Beach Party" Belmar, NJ. (6/29/97) vs. Mikey & Spikehttps://youtu.be/kIko5IHTzhM?si=LiRlWANQYurmeWIw&t=3887ECW Hardcore TV #220 (aired July 8th/10th) vs. Mikey & SpikePromo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrctrb6gszMPG-13 (with Billy The P) vs. Ox Harley and Mad Man Pondo IWA Mid South 1997 *legit shoot Ox/Wolfie*https://youtu.be/SmUS2O1uneo?si=JucWhbWl2U6nwYuzAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of the Digital Signage Today podcast, Judy Mottl talks with Ricardo Belmar, director partner marketing for retail and consumer goods at Microsoft.In this role, Belmar helps Microsoft Cloud for Retail partners grow their business by delivering cloud-based AI solutions and services to retailers and consumer goods brands, solving their business challenges in supply chain, store operations, and elevating the shopper journey. He is also the podcast producer and host of The Retail Razor Podcast Network series of podcasts helping retailers cut through the clutter in retail trends and retail technology.Belmar has over two decades of experience leading retail tech marketing and product teams to help retail organizations deliver elevated customer experiences and optimize their operations using technology including digital signage and shares his insights on big innovations and where digital signage is heading in the next decade.

Is Scottie Scheffler the obvious Masters favorite? The Cognizant Classic. Belmar's Jarod Lundy joins.

Police In Baltimore Super Storm's Impact On NYC. Beginning his career in the Baltimore Police Department, he witnessed firsthand the unpredictability and violence that can erupt in an instant. His time in Baltimore was marked by traumatic events, including responding to calls involving his fellow officers being attacked,one of whom was stabbed in the eye during a violent assault. Follow the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Newsbreak, Medium and most all social media platforms. Seeking new opportunities, Carchidi lateraled to the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland. However, his career was tragically cut short due to injuries sustained in a line-of-duty accident, forcing him into early retirement at just 31 years old. Even after leaving the force, his commitment to service did not wane. He later took on the role of Sergeant at the Sea Gate Police Department in New York, where he faced one of the greatest challenges of his career, Super Storm Sandy. Thomas Carchidi’s journey through law enforcement is a testament to the resilience and sacrifice that comes with wearing the badge. You can listen to the interview as a free podcast on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website and platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most major podcast platforms. The Impact of Super Storm Sandy on NYC Super Storm Sandy, which formed on October 22, 2012, wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast. By the time it made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, it had become the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, causing an estimated $70 billion in damages. The storm devastated parts of New York City, including Brooklyn’s Sea Gate community, where Carchidi was stationed. Police In Baltimore Super Storm's Impact On NYC. Read the supporting stories about this and much more from Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in platforms like Medium, Newsbreak and Blogspot. The destruction was unprecedented: Floodwaters surged into homes and businesses. Power outages lasted for weeks. Entire boardwalks were washed away in places like Seaside Heights and Belmar. More than 250 people lost their lives across eight countries, with nearly 150 casualties in the U.S. alone. As the storm bore down, the Sea Gate Police Department’s command post was destroyed by a massive boulder, leaving officers to fend for themselves in the chaos. Despite the harrowing conditions, Carchidi put his life on the line to save others. The interview is available as a free podcast on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and podcast website, also available on platforms like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most major podcast outlets. During the height of the storm, Carchidi received an urgent call, two people were trapped inside a sinking van at Mermaid Avenue and W. 37th Street. With floodwaters already reaching eight feet, he waded, then swam through the raging current to reach the vehicle. Battling freezing water and fierce winds, he managed to rescue both occupants, pulling them to safety in a remarkable display of courage. Police In Baltimore Super Storm's Impact On NYC. But his night was far from over. As the storm continued its assault on the city, Carchidi would go on to make another daring rescue, saving two more lives before the night was through. Carchidi’s experiences in Baltimore, Montgomery County, and New York illustrate the physical and emotional toll of a life in law enforcement. The trauma of witnessing violence, coupled with the challenges of career-ending injuries, took a significant toll. Like many officers, he carried the weight of these experiences long after leaving the force. The impact of such events is often compounded by social media, with platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn serving as constant reminders of past traumas and lost colleagues. Follow the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and podcast on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Newsbreak, Medium and most all social media platforms. In an effort to shed light on the realities of policing, Carchidi authored the book, A Life in Law Enforcement: A Police Memoir-The Good, The Bad, The Corrupt. Through his writing, he shares not only the struggles of the profession but also the moments of triumph and heroism that define a career in law enforcement. Police In Baltimore Super Storm's Impact On NYC. Today, Carchidi’s story continues to be shared through various media platforms, including Apple and Spotify podcasts, where he discusses the highs and lows of his police career. His insights serve as a valuable resource for aspiring officers and civilians alike, offering a raw and unfiltered look into the life of those who protect and serve. Check out the show on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Newsbreak, Medium and most all social media platforms From the streets of Baltimore to the floodwaters of New York, Thomas Carchidi’s story is one of resilience, courage, and an unwavering dedication to helping others, even in the face of overwhelming adversity. It is available as a free podcast on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most major podcast platforms. You can help contribute money to make the Gunrunner Movie. The film that Hollywood won't touch. It is about a now Retired Police Officer that was shot 6 times while investigating Gunrunning. He died 3 times during Medical treatment and was resuscitated. You can join the fight by giving a monetary "gift" to help ensure the making of his film at agunrunnerfilm.com. Learn useful tips and strategies to increase your Facebook Success with John Jay Wiley. Both free and paid content are available on this Patreon page. Find a wide variety of great podcasts online at The Podcast Zone Facebook Page, look for the one with the bright green logo. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer. Be sure to check out our website. Be sure to follow us on MeWe, X, Instagram, Facebook,Pinterest, Linkedin and other social media platforms for the latest episodes and news. You can contact John Jay Wiley by email at Jay@letradio.com. Get the latest news articles, without all the bias and spin, from the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast on the Newsbreak app, which is free. Police In Baltimore Super Storm's Impact On NYC. 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Auch in dieser Folge von „Meike, Meike!“ bleibt Meike bleibt auf der Reeperbahn in St. Pauli und trifft diese Woche Unternehmerin und Powerfrau Ricarda Belmar. Ricarda gehört zur neuen Generation auf St. Pauli und ist auch Teil der Personality-Show „Kiezlife Live“. In der Kultkneipe „Zur Ritze“ begeistert Sie das Publikum mit ihrem herrlichen Humor und ihrem Hamburger Schnack. Doch sie hat noch eine ganz besondere Mission: Sie verwandelt alte Bordelle, Eroscenter und Swingerclubs in einzigartige Ferienwohnungen. Dabei bleibt die Einrichtung dem Stil der ursprünglichen Etablissements treu, denn Ricarda liegt es am Herzen, den besonderen Charme von St. Pauli zu bewahren. Mehr über das Leben von Ricarda Belmar, ihre Übernachtungsgäste und “Kiezlife Live” erfahrt in in dieser Folge von „Mensch, Meike!“.

A screen-printed Blind Shovel, this one with illustrator Max Gordon. We discuss our college experience, Belmar, finding one's style, tabling goods across the USA, and much more.Max's InstagramMax's WebsiteHeader image: Max Gordon, "Studio Portrait" 2024

Hello to you, dad, listening on your Happy Birthday!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.I'm a born and raised Jersey Girl. What's so special about New Jersey? The Diner Capital of the World, Bobcat Alley for the only wildcats in New Jersey, birthplace of music legend Bruce Springsteen, the Leeds Devil of the South Jersey Pine Barrens, prized Jersey tomatoes, Atlantic City Boardwalk (the first, longest and most popular boardwalk in the US), and, of course, the Jersey Shore, 90 miles of white sand beaches. Any season of the year is a reason to visit the Jersey Shore; but if you happen to visit in Summer unlock your sandcastle creativity at the Belmar Sandcastle Contest.Click HERE for more photosStory Prompt: "Like a sandcastle, all is temporary. Build it, tend it, enjoy it. And when the time comes, let it go." [Jack Kornfield]      What in your life have you built, tended, enjoyed, and now are ready to let go? Write that story!  You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe and spread the word with a generous 5-star review and comment - it helps us all - and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Services I Offer,✓ For a no-obligation conversation about your communication challenges, get in touch with me today✓ Stay current with me as “Wyzga on Words” on Substack and on LinkedInStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.

This week we bring to you the band Jackson Pines. A Pine Barrens Folk band that is taking a unique approach to todays music scene. They are releasing their own songs, but at the same time the are remaking the classic Pine Barren folk tunes. They gave us a great performance, and it was a pleasuring getting to talk to them. you can find all you need to know about them at www.jacksonpines.com As always a HUGE shout out to our favorite partners in crime, Manafirkin Brewery in Manahawkin NJ. www.manafirkin.com We can't forget Lofidelic Record in Belmar https://www.lofidelic.com Also, True Jersey. https://truejersey.com use the code JSMUSICPOD060523 for 10% off

n the latest episode of "Connecting the Dots," Dr. Wilmer Leon drops bombshell revelations on the U.S. government's alleged attack on free speech. Featuring Chairman Omali Yeshitela recently cleared of shocking charges of being a Russian agent, this episode dives deep into systemic oppression, global politics, and the fight for freedom of expression. Despite government seizures and legal battles, Yeshitela and his colleagues triumphed in court. Don't miss this urgent call to action—your rights could be next!   Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links or search @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Patreon and YouTube!   Hey everyone, Dr. Wilmer here! If you've been enjoying my deep dives into the real stories behind the headlines and appreciate the balanced perspective I bring, I'd love your support on my Patreon channel. Your contribution helps me keep "Connecting the Dots" alive, revealing the truth behind the news. Join our community, and together, let's keep uncovering the hidden truths and making sense of the world. Thank you for being a part of this journey!   Wilmer Leon (00:00): I opened with this piece last week, and I'm going to open with it again because it's as applicable today as it was last Thursday. The linguist, no Chomsky tells us the smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum, even encouraged the more critical and dissident views that gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. That's from Noam Chomsky. Is this what the so-called Justice Department is doing via selective persecution and mainstream American media, and those in Western established press are complicit in promoting and protecting. Let's discuss it, Announcer (01:00): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Wilmer Leon (01:08): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon. I am Wilmer Leon. Here's the point. We have a tendency to view current events as though they occur in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historical context in which most events take place. During each episode, my guests and I have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between these events in the broader historic context in which they occur. This enables you to better understand and analyze the events that impact the global village in which we live on today's episode. The issue before us is very simply the first amendment, freedom of speech and the US government's attack on this inalienable, right? And my guest is a political activist and author, co-founder and current chairman of the African People Socialist Party, which was formed in 1972 and which leads the O Movement and he's one of the oi, he is Chairman Omali Yeshitela. Chairman Omali, welcome back to the show. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (02:15): Thank you so much. It's very good to be with you, Dr. Wilmer. Wilmer Leon (02:22): Not a problem. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (02:24): But the reason I really want to express appreciation to you and even the comments that you just quoted from Chomsky is that one of the reasons that we were able to come out of that courtroom after going to trial on September 3rd with an amazing victory, and we were able to fracture the total or the absolute solidarity of opinion regarding black people and the righteousness of our struggle and the validity of the criticism that we make against the United States government. Because as you know, we were charged the three of us, me, penny Hess and Jesse Neville with being Russian agents. And then we were charged with conspiring, I guess, to be Russian agents. And what they have done is taken issues like reparations, like the charge of genocide against the United States government for treatment of black people. Our opinion that differed from theirs on the Ukraine war and things like that. (03:35): They're saying that it was the Russians who were responsible. In fact, in the trial itself, they went so far as to say the Russians came up with the reparations idea. Russians came up with the genocide idea. Russians were responsible for the institutions that we've created over the number of years for the liberation of African people. So they would maintain that kind of position, and so that would protect them from any criticism that black people had about our treatment in this country. So they would restrict the discussion so that if we said something that challenges acceptable narrative, then it was because we were paid by the Russian. Some foreign entity was responsible for that. And so I think it was really important that we went to trial and that the jury was able to see through the essential question here, and the state lost in terms of its efforts to criminalize black people fighting for freedom. (04:43): It lost by saying that what we were doing was a consequence of being hired by the Russians. The jury said they didn't believe that the jury said not guilty. We were not guilty of being paid working for Russia and without registering as foreign agents. And the conclusion there was that the struggle of act people is legitimate, that we have legitimate wives, we have legitimate criticism of the government, and we showed the whole history of our fighting around these interests going back many, many years. We connected the struggle of African people here and African other places around the world. We did that during this trial. And so the jury said that they agreed that we had the right to do that. The problem, of course, was the confusing second charge, if you will. I say second, I don't know if it was a second charge, what order if you want to put it in, but there was the secondary charge. (05:45): It was secondary in the sense that not just because the penalty is like five years as opposed to a maximum 10 year penalty that we would've gotten for the conviction of working for the Russians. But also the fact is that the jury was confused by what that meant as I am even as we have this discussion now, what was the conspiracy? If the jury said that we were innocent, that we were not guilty of working for the Russians, then what was the conspiracy? And are they saying that we wanted to work for the Russians but it didn't work and so we conspired to do something and fail to carry it out? Is that what they're saying? And I think it's a lot more to it than that. And of course, we're going to be appealing this and there's a lot of work we have to do between now and then and the work that you have done, the doors you have opened for us and others, forces like yourself contributed to I think this magnificent victory that we had. (06:50): They couldn't put us on trial in the darkness. People were aware of it. People came to Tampa, the courthouse was full, and they had to get a larger courtroom. And every day the courtroom was full. And when the jury looked out at that courtroom, they saw people who looked just like them. And I doubt if they saw anybody that they would've characterized as a Russian there. So that was really important to get the people there, to get people from September 3rd throughout the duration of the trial and to make them have to put this thing carried out in the light of day. And that's what we are contending with right now because we still have to go for sentencing for on November 25th, we'll be going to sentencing and it's going to be important to get people to Tampa to that courthouse for that as well. Wilmer Leon (07:42): You talk about September 3rd, and the trial started on September 3rd. And if my memory serves me correctly, they were expecting a four to five week trial. (07:55): What said. And what they wound up with was not even 10 days. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (08:00): No, no. Wilmer Leon (08:01): They ran out of ammo. They ran out Chairman Omali Yeshitela (08:03): Of ammo. Wilmer Leon (08:04): Go ahead, go ahead. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (08:06): Really important to mention that because the thing is that the government attacked us and according to their own testimony, their witnesses and what have you, they took something like terabytes of materials that constituted at least 1.5 million books. So all the stuff they took from our cell phones, from our laptops, from other devices that we had, it was enough material for 1.5 for one and a million, half million books. And the thing was that out of all of that, I think they used something like four or five emails or stuff from Facebook because there was nothing. There was nothing there. There was no there. And the state did not even have a human being or people who testified against us. All of their witnesses were people who worked for the state FBI agents, they had 12 FBI agents. They had two. So-called experts and experts who didn't know how much under cross examination had to admit, first of all, they knew nothing about the case. Secondly, one of whom had to say that he didn't even know how much he was getting paid for doing this. And he was actually a Russian who was waiting to get his citizenship to be able to achieve citizenship in this country. (09:48): And they were unable going through stuff for more than 10 years of materials and the two year duration after this attack on us. They could not bring a single human being into that courtroom who would validate anything they said about what we stand for, who we are, that we somehow working for Russians, that anything we're doing now is different from what we've done for the last 50 years. They couldn't do that. We were the only human beings in that court when it comes to testimony and what have you. The state testified and then they saw people, and we were the people. And the people in that audience who came to this trial were the people and the jury. The jury. Those were the people as well. Wilmer Leon (10:34): Is this a test case? The ARU three were on trial, but was this a test case? Pennys, Jesse Neville, yourself Chairman, Mali Ello, the three of you, the O three were on trial, but if the government had been successful, if they had gotten a guilty verdict returned on that first charge, how dynamic of a problem for free speech for the Wilmer Leons of the world, for the Scott Ritters, for the professor Danny Shaws and the Dan Vallis of the world. Would this have been Go ahead. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (11:25): Yeah, I think so. I think that very smart people, I think the FBI and the Justice Department are going to have to recalibrate how they take this issue on because it doesn't mean they're going to stop just because of what we have been able to do up to now. They will try to find ways to make even this conspiracy charge unfold in a fashion that challenges free speech rights of people even more. And that the conspiracy charge itself is a challenge to free speech. But this one, I think they'll have to recalibrate this whole thing about working for Russians, et cetera. And I think that people have been watching this, smart people, especially people like Scott Riter, especially people who have the audacity to share views about situation in the world, US foreign policy, what's happening in this country that challenges the narrative that the United States government puts forth itself. I think that people who have been dealing with the cop city question, I think there's a whole array of forces out there who have stakes in the outcome of this trial. And I think that so far we've done much better than I think many expected. And I think we can go ahead and further this by winning this case in the conspiracy. But beyond that, we are going to be doing more Dr. Wilmer. We think that the law itself is a political law. (12:57): When you got a law, it's a political law. It's not a law against robbing, killing, shooting, stealing or kidnapping, anything like that. It's a political law. The law was created for the purpose of carrying out political objectives in the contest with whomever was decided to be the enemy at any given moment. Wilmer Leon (13:19): Lemme jump in really quickly just to say, because I think it's very, very important for people to understand at this juncture, you were not charged with sedition, you were not charged with trying to overthrow the government. You were merely charged with saying things the government didn't like because what you said was consistent with some of the things that the government of Russia and other people in the country have said, which by the way, the things that you're articulating are true. So simply put it, if Russian President Putin comes out and says, the world is round, and you come out and say, the world is round, but Washington will have us believe the world is flat, all of a sudden now you're conspiring with Russians, you're working with Russians, you're operating on behalf of Russians. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (14:28): Well, it doesn't even matter if Putin says the Russian, the world is round and we say the world is round. What they're saying is that we don't have to be lying. What we say has to be something that undermines the United States. Wilmer Leon (14:45): No, I use that example simply to make the point that what you're saying is actually accurate. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (14:52): Yes, yes. Wilmer Leon (14:53): That's my point. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (14:54): Yeah, I think that's true, and I think that's real because at one time we had talked about bringing in experts of our own to testify about the whole history, for example, of the Ukraine War and how all of that stuff got started. And it wasn't just some evil Russians who decide, let's jump on this helpless and defenseless and innocent Ukrainians or something to that effect. And the point is, of course, that it is true what we said. It is true. But even if it were, this is what the court is saying, what the judge affirmed at one juncture, I think, and certainly the prosecution, that even if it was true, even if it's true, the Russians told you to do it and therefore it's a crime, and they say, we will move it from the element of speech now to an action, it becomes an action because the Russian told you to do it. (15:52): So they liquidate the free speech question, and this is what they try to do, and this is their dilemma, not ours, because we didn't write the first Amendment, we didn't write the Bill of Rights. They did it. And they say this is what they stand on and believe in. So they find themselves in this very treacherous and insidious thing all the time of trying to find out how we can have the First Amendment and our first amendment and attack it without attacking it, without obviously attacking it, without saying that we are attacking it. In fact, at one juncture, I think one of our lawyers wrote in a brief calling for the dismissal of the charges that we could have been talking about Russian cuisine, and would that have served the purpose of a charge working for Russian? They said, yes, if the Russians told us to say something about Russian cuisine and we did it, that would be working for the Russians. (16:50): It's garbage. It's a garbage law, and we intend to take it on. I mean, because this is just one aspect of it, fighting against these particular charges. But the law itself is a political law. It is a law based on politics. It's not a law based on criminal activity or anything except what the political climate at the moment requires. And so that's something that all of us have to be really concerned about as well, not just the winning in this particular case, in this particular instance, because it's still there and it's still something they can use. And they need to be put on the back foot around this question of having this 9 51 or whatever it is that they can say, somebody's working for Russia or somebody's involved in some kind of conspiracy because it meets the political objectives. Objectives, yeah. Yeah. Wilmer Leon (17:46): In fact, let me take a moment here and read the First Amendment, quote. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peacefully to a assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances and What I think is also important for people to understand about the First Amendment, the framers of the Constitution, we're very, very careful. Every word, every comma, every is in a particular place for a reason. So when they open the first Amendment by saying Congress shall make no law, what that is telling everyone is that this is a protection of the American people against action by the government. They could have said, you have the freedom of speech. They could have said, you can say what you want, you can write what you want. No, it's not. They are protecting individual rights by prohibiting action by the government. It's called a negative, right? Chairman? Yes. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (19:16): I think that's really important. And I think this is what we've been talking about all along because that is in the Constitution, who has fought harder for the Bill of Rights than black people in this country. Historically, we started out with no rights that didn't apply to us. So free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association. We've been fighting like hell for this since we've been here. Every aspect of our existence in this country has been fighting for the benefit of the Constitution. So that is true. And I think that part of what we are looking at, so African people, black people, we've led around that question, we've led around this question of the Bill of Rights and the free speech, and we still are. And that was because even when this was put forward, when this was ratified, but the Congress, it didn't include us because we were enslaved in 1791 when this was ratified. (20:06): So we've been fighting forever up to now to this very moment until a trial that we just went to for the right to free speech, the right to freedom of association, the right for freedom of assembly, the right for freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. We've been fighting for that. And now the problem is because it is in the Constitution, how can they attack us on the one hand without obviously offending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? And so that's the problem they're trying to solve. And so they're saying, except for now, they're trying to come up with an exception. And that's what even this law, this political law that they've come up with, it calls on the people, the court and everybody to overlook this constitutional right under these circumstances that's chosen for political reasons at political times in place. That's what we are looking at right now. (21:02): And the thing about that too, Dr. Wilmer, that's so important to us. I mean, the whole thing is important to us and to all the people. Make no mistake about it. When they come at us, it is not us because we never had the free speech. But it's for all those other people who, but the presumption that they had these rights presumption of free speech. So when they attack us and using attack on the First Amendment, it's on everybody's right to the First Amendment that's under assault. But I think it's especially and particularly significant for us, what we've seen just transpire because what they have concocted is this notion that everything is wonderful and peaceful. Everybody is acting civilized. There are no oppression of black people. There are no contradictions that we have that are legitimate contradictions. If we are criticizing the government, if we are criticizing our treatment, it's because we are working for some foreign agent, not because it's a legitimate criticism that the government has to respond to. (22:01): So as opposed to responding to it, as opposed to responding to the genocide convention that we are talking about, they have violated, they steal all of the 130,000 signatures and they say, the Russians are the one who got us to do this. Instead of dealing with the questions of what is happening to us as the people, a huge number of African people in prison and stuff, like they said, you can't make that complaint. That's not you making that complaint. It's Russians making that complaint through you. So they were nullified, they were nullify criticism by black people against the government itself. So not just an individual, it's the whole black population that has denied the right to criticize our treatment by the United States government. And that's been the fundamental thing that's really important, and that's why this winning this, at least on the question of working for Russians, that's why that was such an important thing to occur. And we still in the trenches having to fight all the way down the line around the other aspect of this charge. Wilmer Leon (23:07): Do you see similarities between the persecution that you all are enduring and what the United States did to Julian Assange, the Australian publisher who through WikiLeaks released documents that he had received government documents that he had received that exposed a number of American diplomats and a number of American elected officials for lying to the American people and to the world. The United States through an attempt of extradition, held Julian Assange in Belmar prison in London for seven years. He now has been released. He's now back in his home country of Australia. And when in fact, the United States was going after somebody for violating espionage and acts when he's not an American, never been to the United States, they were using their extra judicial reach in getting one of their proxies Britain to try to carry out their torture of another individual. Are there similarities between that and what the United States did to you? Chairman Omali Yeshitela (24:24): There certainly are, and I think that many, if not of the people who are tied to the Assange struggle, recognize that as well. We have been in touch with members of his family and they're members of the Assange resistance that have come on board in terms with us and even going into September, and we expect they'll be with us going to November 25th when we have to go and face the sentencing. So it is an absolute thing, and I'm old enough and dumb enough to have been impressed when we were hearing this stuff coming from our civic classes, et cetera, about free speech. I mean, I believed in free speech. Absolutely. I still do. Yeah. I don't think nobody believes more than freedom than slaves. You know what I mean? (25:19): And all of our children, all of our teachers taught us around this. I mean, they were really preached that to us. And so we were firm believers in this. We didn't need any Russians. We had our own experiences and we had magnificent training from teachers who really passionate, believed in free speech and had to believe in free speech to survive and to be able to pursue our interests. I mean, I was the same age as Emmett Till when he was killed. What was that murdered? It was at 1955. 55? Yeah, I was 14. He was 14 years old. And they murdered him. They said, because he whistled at a white woman, which was really dubious. And even if he did, so what? But the thing is, they murdered this kid, and it was something that traumatized the entire black community when his mama refused to allow him to bury him to have a closed casa at his funeral, she wanted Wilmer Leon (26:19): Mamie till, Chairman Omali Yeshitela (26:20): Yeah, Wilmer Leon (26:22): Mamie Till wanted the world to see. I think the quote was, I want the world to see what they've done to my son. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (26:29): Yes. And Jet Magazine blew it up, and all the Africans saw that, and it traumatized us all and to know that people can kill you like this with impunity. But anyway, yeah. Wilmer Leon (26:47): So people listening to this that may not have seen you on the show before, many may be asking why. Why was this done? I will posit that the world is changing the empire, the United States, what was formerly the Empire after World War ii, its power is on the wane. Other forces is turning from a unipolar world to a multipolar world. China, Venezuela, Russia, the Middle East, A number of countries have decided we're not going to follow that playbook anymore. We're going in another direction. They're doing it peacefully, much to the United States dismay. And there's a story, there's a narrative that the United States wants to continue to tell that isn't true. And through social media, through the internet, through the use of technology, there are more voices out there now that are exposing that lie for what it is. And I believe that's really at the heart. That's the crux of your problem. What say you, sir? Chairman Omali Yeshitela (28:11): I think you're absolutely correct. I think it's really important for our listeners to understand that when we talk about how the world is changing and what have you, this is not just some abstract issue. Announcer (28:26): It has a lot to do with the cost of oil and gas and properties and the relative power that the United States versus other countries that it is contending with for domination in the world, et cetera. There are all kinds of important issues. I mean the aspirations and hopes and et cetera. The majority of the people who live in this country are tied to the maintenance of the status quo, maintaining the control of the people in Iran and Afghanistan and Nicaragua and Venezuela and the black communities in this country, and maintaining control of the people in these concentration camps, reservations that Indian reservation they call concentration camps. So there's a lot at stake here. I mean, all of the petroleum in the world, I mean it is located in these countries that's contesting for freedom like Iran, like these other places. And the others who have been pushed out of history. I mean China, up until recently, people used to refer to China. People who were not doing well or who didn't appeal to have good promise, they were saying, you got as much. You don't have a China mans chance at Wilmer Leon (29:42): This time. China used to be called the sick man of Asia, and they decided that they were going to shred or shed that moniker and that they were going to readjust their culture. They were going to readjust their economy. They were going to readjust their society and that they were going to rise from the ashes. And to that point, another example, the Association of Sahel States, if we look at Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso and how they have been able to throw off the yoke of colonialism by removing France and the United States from their countries, they're now trying to stand. Talk a little bit about what the association of Sahel states, what some of these African countries are doing now, taking control of their own economies. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (30:36): Yeah, I mean that's a fundamental thing. And they're moving toward it. And the association SA Health states more effectively at this point, apparently, than most of the African entities that have come to be independent, because they're not just independent. They are combining. They, because as you know, Africa and its current designation countries and stuff like that, that was created by Imperialists, by the colonizer. They drew those lines, they drew those board split up people, et cetera. It makes it very difficult for Africa to even access his access own resources collectively. But France can access all of our resources as France. They can get resources from Burkina Faso, Mali, all of them and 14 different entities. France could play one off against the other, but we couldn't get our access to our own resources, right? When France would overthrow entities, governments that tried to do that, independent of France. (31:38): So that's a real kind of issue. And so I'm really appreciative of what these forces are trying to do, but it's very, very, very difficult because as you've probably seen since, because the France and the United States were using the basis for having these foreign troops, French troops in the Sahel, that they had to fight these jihadists, the jihadist terrorists and et cetera, and the moment the people kicked them out, then you see the rise of terrorism again. They say, you see people getting killed, slaughtered, and I'm convinced that the same forces are slaughtering them that are responsible for overturning the government of Ukraine when it did not suit their requirements and needs. They want to be able to have us say that we can't govern ourselves or to indicate we can't govern ourselves, and therefore the white man has to come in and take charge of our affairs. (32:35): Look at what's happening in Haiti right now. Look at how they're doing in Haiti. They've been doing for how long in Haiti. Right? And that's an aspect of the contradiction. We have to understand that there are all kinds of ways in which the colonizers attempt to advance their interests. And part of what they would try to do is to create a situation where you beg for them to come back. And they have succeeded in doing that. They're almost succeeded in doing that in Nicaragua. But Nicaragua people won their freedom and they started bombing and hurting people in Nicaragua to extend and demanding, and that the Nicaragua was having an election. The people were so terrified that they actually voted the revolutionary organization out of power for temporarily. So they will do that kind of thing. And this is really serious stuff. And I just want to say Dr. (33:28): Wilmer, that the oppressed never determines what methods are going to use to be free, the oppressor. If we could walk up to the White House or walk up to important staff and say, please, let's be free. Let us be free. And they say, okay, you're free now. And that was real. That would be cool. But that's not the case. Every instance you see all around the world, the oppressive, the determination of what it was going to take to be free was made by the oppressor. The oppressor. I mean, everybody tries to solve the problem the easy way. African people go, we pray, we beg, we nonviolent, do all of those kinds of things, and then they kill us and all around the world, not just us, but other oppressed peoples everywhere. So it is never been up to us to determine what methods are going to be used to be free. We don't want violence. We want violence out of our lives, but they employ violence of all sorts against us, and sometimes they disguise where the violence is coming from. Wilmer Leon (34:33): A couple of things that come to mind. First of all, let me be sure I explain why we went from the discussion of your trial to the discussion of the Association of Sahel States. And I brought that up as an example of how the world is changing, how we are shifting from a unipolar one control United States in control to a multipolar world. That's why I brought that up. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (35:03): Right? Wilmer Leon (35:05): You mentioned mentioned hate Chairman Omali Yeshitela (35:06): sounds like, What sounds like Putin. Wilmer Leon (35:09): Well, okay, movement of Russia, hey, right is right. The world is round, the world is round, and one plus one does equal two. Even in Russia, one plus one equals two. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (35:23): That's right. Wilmer Leon (35:24): The other point you mentioned, Haiti, and I just want to point this out to show some of the contradiction and some of the hypocrisy at the debate between Donald Trump and Vice President Harris. Donald Trump made that utterly racist, ridiculous, asinine statement about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. And Kamala Harris was aghast at that statement. She was mortified by that statement as she should have been. But here's the question. Where is the outrage of the United States tried to reinvade Haiti? Kamala Harris as Vice President, went to the CARICOM meeting, the meeting of the Caribbean states trying to convince and twist the arms of the leaders of CARICOM to back the United States invasion of Haiti. So on the one hand, she's aghast to Donald Trump's ridiculous assertions and racist assertions about Haitians eating animals in Springfield, Ohio. But if the Biden administration wasn't trying to invade Haiti, most of those Haitians wouldn't have been there in the first place. They'd be in their own country enjoying their own meals, living in their own space, doing their own thing. So I'm waiting for people that are as aghast at Trump's racist statement to be as aghast at the Biden administration for the Biden administration's racist policy. Your thoughts, sir? Chairman Omali Yeshitela (37:06): I think you take us right back to Chomsky's observation. Like they define this reality and they place constraints on even how people can see. You can't see the whole world. They've reinvented what the quote left and the right are. So now the Democratic Party is left wing and the Republican party, the right wing, et cetera. When did Joe Biden become a leftist or Kamala Harris for that purpose? What has happened to the concept of left and right? I mean, they've redefined everything and they've placed constraints on the ability to, people see anything outside of these parameters, ideological and political parameters that they've established. And I think that's right on. I mean, I even saw that when people proclaimed to be aghast, that Trump talking about building a wall dealing with Mexico and Mexicans, but they ain't saying nothing about the walls that's being built all over Palestine. (38:04): The same people had the ability, the walls built, not unusual and peculiar. It's the thing that people do when they steal land, steal territory, and they want the people to be kept out of their own lands and what have you. So we allow them to define stuff, and that's one of the reasons they would attack us. That's one of the reasons they would attack the whole Bill of Rights in the First Amendment and things like that. Because the matter, the fact is, it's not just a matter of my right to talk. It's the matter of the people's right to hear what I'm saying. And that way they don't have to agree, but that gives them the ability to make an educated disagreement if that's what it is. They don't want that. They can't handle that anymore. And I think the crisis that you just talked about in terms of a changing world, this is critical. (38:50): I mean, it is hard to overstate how profound this transformation in the world that is happening now. It is one that's moving away from the grasp of a soul hegemon. This unipolar world as it's been characterized, is something that's under tremendous amount of stress. And you can see it fracturing and when it happens because so much of the political economy revolves around that. It has serious implications inside the country too. And so that people who have relied on being able to suck the blood of forces from around the world when this stops happening, you see greater amounts of suicide. The death spike, death rate of white people of certain ages began to happen. Alcoholism began to happen. And you see also people attacking the capitol. They attacking politicians who they feel have betrayed their ability to remain the top dogs in the world. And this is not something that's left to just Republicans or Democrats. I mean, this is something that permeates the consciousness of people in this country, and there's a certain presumption of the right of America to dominate the whole world, et cetera. Otherwise even people couldn't even see what's happening in the that under American leadership and dominance without protesting mightily. So yeah. Wilmer Leon (40:15): One of the things also that I think one of the assumptions that a lot of people may have made as it relates to your case is you are engaged in dialogue at a time when America is at war, and that that's what makes your narrative so dangerous. Here's the thing that people need to understand. The United States is not at war. Congress has not declared war in Ukraine. Congress has not declared war against China. Congress has not declared war in the Middle East. There's a whole lot of fighting going on. There are a whole lot of bullets being shot and a whole lot of artillery rounds being launched. But the United States has started those conflicts. But more importantly, the United States is not at war. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (41:16): There's no declaration of war. Wilmer Leon (41:17): There's been no declaration of war by Congress. So this whole thing about the sensitivities of the government and it needing to protect itself against domestic insurrection because this is a time of war, that's not true. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (41:37): No, it's not true. I mean, I'm really disturbed sometime Dr. Wilmer about what often appears to be the gullibility. I don't think this is something generally true in the African community. I mean maybe sectors of the African community, but ordinary black people, we have this experience with the government. We know like treachery abounds as it relates to Cointel Pro. Yeah, coin Pro. And even black people who didn't know about Cointel Pro and just ordinary black people, the dealing that we have with the cops on the beat, everything. I mean, most black people who have a relationship with the government, it's through the police. You know what I mean? That's the direct relationship through the police and the housing projects. Everybody's given the corner, et cetera. And so we don't have the same illusions, not fanciful illusions about the state. And that's one of the reason we used to work hard to pass out, know your rights information to just poor people. (42:40): Because at the moment, poor people know that the Constitution says, I'm supposed to have these rights. And many people don't know. The Constitution say that says that. And because there's nothing in our lives that suggests that we have these rights. But if we say, these are rights, the Constitution says, you have these rights. You should have these rights. And then that often is alone is enough to foster resistance to what's happening to us. They say, I'm not taking this. If the Constitution says I don't have to take it, I'm not taking that. So this tendency too often of people to simply vow to the current iteration of a lie that's based on political domination of peoples and extraction of their wealth and their values, this tendency is something that we have challenged and continue to challenge. And almost everything we've done contributes to that. Almost everything is tied to tactics and strategies. (43:48): We want to be a free people and for us and the African people, social partner who movement, it means like all dignified people, we want to be self-governing. We don't want foreigners and aliens extracting all the value of being able to say that my laborer should not go toward benefiting my community and my children and their children. We don't want that. We opposed to that, we don't want somebody to be able to start wars, that black people are going to be in front lines fighting and all wars. That could actually lead to nuclear, conation, obliteration of the people on earth. We don't want people to be able to do that, and us simply to be here without having any ability to confront the powers that are making these kinds of choices and without even sharing the ability to do that with those of us who live here, who work for a living, who try to work, et cetera. Wilmer Leon (44:47): Well, and also something even more basic than that, you talked about these wars, the wars that we as citizens are paying for. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (44:57): Yes. Wilmer Leon (44:57): And how that money is being wasted, how that money is being stolen. We talk about the military industrial complex in many regards. For example, the United States just authorized almost $600 million to send money for military aid to Taiwan so that Taiwan can turn around and use that 600 million for this year to buy weapons from American arms manufacturers. Well, how many teachers' salaries could you pay with that 600 million? There are so many projects. There are so many things that could be done to truly ensure the safety of this country by improving the standard of living in this country. But unfortunately, those dollars go to Lockheed Martin. They go to Raytheon, they go to the military industrial complex instead of paying people's salaries, providing for healthcare and better education. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (46:07): Yeah, I mean, it's criminal. It would be criminal if the people had any power. Wilmer Leon (46:14): Exactly. Chairman Omali Yeshitela (46:15): It's not criminal now in the sense that the ones who have the power make the laws. The ones who want to do this stuff, make the laws, or if they don't make the laws, they tweak the law. They manipulate how people perceive law and things like that. And every time we get closer to the goal, they move the goalpost on us. They say, well, the law has changed. It used to be that way, but now it's changed. It's no longer that way. Now Wilmer Leon (46:38): The First Amendment doesn't matter anymore. Doesn't Chairman Omali Yeshitela (46:41): Matter anymore. Doesn't matter. There's, Wilmer Leon (46:44): As we wrap this up, what are the three most important things? First of all, there's going to be a rally. There's a rally coming up very shortly. Your sentencing is coming up very shortly. What are the three most salient things you want this audience to take away from this conversation today? Chairman Omali Yeshitela (47:04): Thank you very much. I really would like to win people to come to Washington, DC for the Black is Back coalition mobilization. That's going to happen along with support partnership with the hands off of Rural committee. We still fighting this conspiracy charge and what have you. That's going to be on the 16th annual mobilization, Black People's March. But this Black People's March is going to be an anti-colonial march that will see leadership coming from Palestinians, from Africans, Mexicans, Filipinos, you name it. The people coming together. And for white people who can unite with the rights of black people to have free speech and self-determination. So that's on November 2nd, go to black is back coalition.org. Black is back coalition.org for more information on that. On November 25th, we are going to be sentenced and we are going to be in Tampa, Florida for that at the Federal Courthouse. (48:09): And I'm really calling on everybody, all of you who were able to put off things and put on your calendar coming to the trial. And some people came several times to the trial, believe it or not, no matter of few days, people like Pam Africa and Cam Howard and others, they came several times to the trial. And we want you to come there because we think it's really important for the court to continue to see that the people recognize the significance of what we do and what we stand for. And then finally, we are engaging. And so to get more information on that, go to HANDS-OFF-UHURU, U-H-U-R-U.org. And then finally, what we are involved in is a letter writing campaign. We are asking people to write letters. This is pre-sentence stuff. So some of this is letters that we want to affect the sentence that's going to be handed out on November 25th, which could be as extreme as five years in prison. (49:18): And so we want people to write letters, and you can get more information on that by going to hands off uru.org and continue to support the work that we do because the final analysis, they attacked us because we've been effective in neutralizing or minimizing to some extent the colonial impact in our communities, the economic development programs that we've initiated and things like that. So continue to support us. And again, go to hands off ulu.org. Go to black as black coalition.org, and you can, that will get you everywhere. I'm not going to try to throw out anymore. Yeah. Wilmer Leon (50:01): Chairman Omali Yeshitela co-founder and current Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, which leads the movement. I want to thank you for your work. I want to thank you for your commitment to our people, and thank you for being a guest on my show today, Chairman Omali Yeshitela (50:18): Dr. Leon, I will not be able to overstate the significance of being here with you and the work that you do and helping the world to see when the corporate and colonial media does do everything they can to keep us invisible. This is extraordinarily important. I think the victories we have up to now are do in part to your ability to keep us linked to the people. Thank you so much. Wilmer Leon (50:42): Well, thank you again, sir. I greatly, greatly appreciate it. I want to thank you all so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wilmer Leon. Stay tuned for new episodes every week. Also, please follow and subscribe. Leave a review, share the show, follow us on social media. You can find all the links below in the show description. And remember, folks, that this is where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge because talk without analysis is just chatter, and we don't chatter here on Connecting the Dots. See you again next time: Uhuru - Uhuru - Uhuru... Until then, I'm Dr. Wilmer Leon. Have a great one. Peace. I'm out Announcer (51:32): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge.

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Brent grew up in the college town of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is the son of a teacher/school administrator (dad) and a successful real estate broker (mom). On a family trip to NYC when Brent was in grade school, he saw Ethel Merman in Hello, Dolly! This sparked a love of theater and eventually a move to Manhattan to pursue a career in musical theater. Brent has performed off-Broadway, in regional theaters across the US, and on cruise ships worldwide for over ten years. In the late 1990s, Brent left the theater and began working in non-profit administration, spending almost 20 years as the business manager for a Nobel laureate in a research laboratory at Rockefeller University.A friend from his theater days introduced Brent to Asbury Park, NJ, in the early 2000s when the city changed from a gritty ghost town to a Jersey Shore Mecca for gays wanting to nab an affordable house near the beach. After many vacation trips to Asbury, Brent and his husband bought their first shore home in 2011.Brent retired early at the end of the pandemic and started a new career in real estate, following in his mother's footsteps. He enjoys making many new friends, as his mother did, and helping to find the perfect shore home for his clients.Brent enjoys small-town life. Now in his third Asbury home, he lives with his husband Joe, also a former actor turned non-profit professional, and their mini-Aussiedoodle Dickens.SummaryBrent Winborn shares his journey to Asbury Park, New Jersey, highlighting the city's transformation from a gritty ghost town to a vibrant LGBTQ+ mecca. He describes Asbury Park's geographical overview, unique perspectives, and proximity to New York City and Philadelphia. Brent also discusses the climate, which has four seasons but milder winters and longer fall periods. He emphasizes the strong LGBTQ+ community in Asbury Park, the presence of gay bars and hotels, and the sense of community and acceptance. Brent also provides insights into the cost of living, including home prices, rentals, utilities, and groceries. Asbury Park offers diverse housing options, from newer condos to renovated older buildings. The vibrant cultural scene has festivals, music events, theaters, and galleries. The restaurant scene is diverse, with options ranging from dive bar burgers to high-end dining. Asbury Park is a walkable city, and while public transportation is limited, e-scooters and e-bikes are popular for getting around. Safety is not a major concern, and excellent healthcare facilities are nearby. Challenges include parking availability and the need for more hotels. Overall, Asbury Park offers a unique small-town atmosphere with an urban feel.For NJ State Tax info on Social Security, Pensions, 401K's and IRA's Is There an E Street? Where?E Street runs northeast through the New Jersey shore town of Belmar. According to Springsteen lore, the band took its name from the street because original keyboard player David Sancious's mother lived there and allowed the band to rehearse in her house. The titular avenue of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is also in Belmar.

Brent grew up in the college town of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and is the son of a teacher/school administrator (dad) and a successful real estate broker (mom). On a family trip to NYC when Brent was in grade school, he saw Ethel Merman in Hello, Dolly! This sparked a love of theater and eventually a move to Manhattan to pursue a career in musical theater. Brent has performed off-Broadway, in regional theaters across the US, and on cruise ships worldwide for over ten years. In the late 1990s, Brent left the theater and began working in non-profit administration, spending almost 20 years as the business manager for a Nobel laureate in a research laboratory at Rockefeller University.A friend from his theater days introduced Brent to Asbury Park, NJ, in the early 2000s when the city changed from a gritty ghost town to a Jersey Shore Mecca for gays wanting to nab an affordable house near the beach. After many vacation trips to Asbury, Brent and his husband bought their first shore home in 2011.Brent retired early at the end of the pandemic and started a new career in real estate, following in his mother's footsteps. He enjoys making many new friends, as his mother did, and helping to find the perfect shore home for his clients.Brent enjoys small-town life. Now in his third Asbury home, he lives with his husband Joe, also a former actor turned non-profit professional, and their mini-Aussiedoodle Dickens.SummaryBrent Winborn shares his journey to Asbury Park, New Jersey, highlighting the city's transformation from a gritty ghost town to a vibrant LGBTQ+ mecca. He describes Asbury Park's geographical overview, unique perspectives, and proximity to New York City and Philadelphia. Brent also discusses the climate, which has four seasons but milder winters and longer fall periods. He emphasizes the strong LGBTQ+ community in Asbury Park, the presence of gay bars and hotels, and the sense of community and acceptance. Brent also provides insights into the cost of living, including home prices, rentals, utilities, and groceries. Asbury Park offers diverse housing options, from newer condos to renovated older buildings. The vibrant cultural scene has festivals, music events, theaters, and galleries. The restaurant scene is diverse, with options ranging from dive bar burgers to high-end dining. Asbury Park is a walkable city, and while public transportation is limited, e-scooters and e-bikes are popular for getting around. Safety is not a major concern, and excellent healthcare facilities are nearby. Challenges include parking availability and the need for more hotels. Overall, Asbury Park offers a unique small-town atmosphere with an urban feel.For NJ State Tax info on Social Security, Pensions, 401K's and IRA's Is There an E Street? Where?E Street runs northeast through the New Jersey shore town of Belmar. According to Springsteen lore, the band took its name from the street because original keyboard player David Sancious's mother lived there and allowed the band to rehearse in her house. The titular avenue of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is also in Belmar.

This week we bring you a rising Asbury based band known as The Break Plans. We came upon these guys through our friend Diane over at the  @asburyparkvibes  podcast, and they did not disappoint. Great guys, we had a blast talking to them. be sure to follow them,  @TheBreakPlans  on all social media platforms. As always a HUGE shout out to our favorite partners in crime, Manafirkin Brewery in Manahawkin NJ. www.manafirkin.com We can't forget Lofidelic Record in Belmar https://www.lofidelic.com Also, True Jersey. https://truejersey.com use the code JSMUSICPOD060523 for 10% off

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Send us a Text Message.We welcome Kim Petillo and Taylor Franklin to the show at Salty's Beach Bar in Belmar, New Jersey. The episode kicks off with a lively discussion about the unique journey that led Kim and Taylor to become prominent figures in the pole dancing community. They recount their initial meeting in a pole dancing class during the summer of 2020, a time when both were seeking new forms of fitness and self-expression amidst the pandemic.Kim and Taylor share their personal stories, detailing how pole dancing became a transformative part of their lives. Taylor, with a background in martial arts and burlesque, and Kim, who discovered pole dancing after working as a stripper in college, both found a new passion that combined physical fitness with artistic performance. Their shared experiences and mutual love for the art form led them to create Creatures of Chrome, a production company that hosts monthly pole dancing shows at Salty's Beach Bar.The conversation delves into the challenges and rewards of performing, particularly how they overcame social anxiety to shine on stage. They discuss the supportive community they've built, which includes performers of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds, and the importance of creating a safe and inclusive space for everyone.Listeners will also learn about the logistics and creativity involved in organizing their shows, from selecting themes to managing applications from performers across the country. Kim and Taylor emphasize the importance of concept and storytelling in their performances, aiming to provide an unforgettable experience for their audience.The episode also highlights their latest venture, Badabling Fitness, a new pole dancing studio in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Taylor shares the exciting yet challenging process of opening the studio, from finding the perfect location to transforming it into a welcoming space for students of all levels.Throughout the episode, Kim and Taylor's passion for pole dancing and their dedication to their craft are evident. They discuss their future goals, including performing with live bands and expanding their reach within the pole dancing community.For those interested in attending a show or learning more about pole dancing, Kim and Taylor provide details on how to get involved through their Instagram accounts, @creaturesofchrome and @badablingfitness. This episode is a testament to the power of following one's passion and the incredible community that can be built through shared artistic expression.@creaturesofchrome@badablingfitnessMusic: "Ride" by Jackson Pinesjacksonpines.comThank you to our sponsors:New Jersey Lottery: njlottery.comMake Cool Sh*t: makecoolshit.coAlbert & Whitney CPAs:  awcpasllc.comMayo Performing Arts Center: mayoarts.org/events-calendarContact the show: mike@greetingsfromthegardenstate.com Support the Show.

This week we bring you the metal band Stagger. Carmine is back again for a 3rd time with a 3rd band haha! Known these cats for a long time now, they are such great guys. This one is a bit longer than most, but packed with laughs, enjoy! you can find Stagger on all the usual socials. As always a HUGE shout out to our favorite partners in crime, Manafirkin Brewery in Manahawkin NJ. www.manafirkin.com We can't forget Lofidelic Record in Belmar https://www.lofidelic.com Also, True Jersey. https://truejersey.com use the code JSMUSICPOD060523 for 10% off

This week we bring you a very special episode. Donn Hoosack and Todd Hunt, the owners of our favorite sponsor, The Manafirkin Brewing Company. These guys are the absolute best! They make the tastiest beer and to top it off, they LOVE local music. Today in Ocean County, nobody will give you a day or time to play unless you're playing some top 40 bullshit. Not these guys! When we approached them about doing local original music shows they were in without hesitation. It's been a little bit since we have done a show here, but we will be back soon! go and show them some love, maybe even pop in and try their tasty brews!! Manafirkin Brewery is located at 450 E Bay Ave, Manahawkin NJ. www.manafirkin.com We can't forget Lofidelic Record in Belmar https://www.lofidelic.com Also, True Jersey. https://truejersey.com use the code JSMUSICPOD060523 for 10% off

This week we have Monique Demopoulos on the show. Monique is a writer for The Sandpaper out of LBI, and writes the music column "Sound Waves" dedicated to local arts and music. She is pretty awesome and has a great handle/perspective on the local scene, You can find her articles at www.thesandpaper.net and on most socials. As always a HUGE shout out to our favorite partners in crime, Manafirkin Brewery in Manahawkin NJ. www.manafirkin.com We can't forget Lofidelic Record in Belmar https://www.lofidelic.com Also, True Jersey. https://truejersey.com use the code JSMUSICPOD060523 for 10% off

Today we travel to the legendary Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, USA to find a little hidden gem, open 24 hours that fixes your flat or gives you a new tire under 5 minutes. I don't understand it, I'm not questioning it, and still can't believe it exists. It's not even a garage. It's impossible to explain, but I try today on the podcast. I also end up going to disgusting Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. You can let anyone tell you what they want, but it's stupid there - BUT, it is a free Atlantic ocean beach. Also the incident at another dump beach in Belmar, NJ where I started a slam dancing competition that ended in chaos. You're just not going to get another podcast like this, you just won't!!!

Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links or search @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube! Our guest this week, Steve Poikenon can be found at his website here.  FULL TRANSCRIPT: Dr Leon (00:00): Now, usually I start this part of the show with a question or a few questions, but today I have to make a statement. After 13 years of either being held up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in Britain, or being in Belmar Prison in solitary confinement, Julian Assange walks free. Why does this matter what led the Biden administration to finally come to its senses and accept a deal? Why should this matter to you? Announcer (00:42): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Dr Leon (00:49): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon. I'm Wilmer Leon. We have a tendency to view current events as though they happen in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historical context in which most events take place. During each episode, my guests and I have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between the events and the broader historical context in which they take place. This enables you to gain a better understanding and to analyze events that impact the global village in which we live. On today's episode. The issue before us is what's the significance of WikiLeaks and what's the impact on the freedom of the press? My guest for today's conversation is the host of AM Wake Up and Slow Newsday, which you can watch live on Rock Fin and Rumble, and you can listen anywhere. Podcasts are served. Steve Poin and Steve, welcome. Steve Poikenon (01:51): Thank you very much, Wilmer. It's good to see you not on the radio, Dr Leon (01:57): Man. Well, I have the perfect face for radio from what they tell me, and it's great to see you to be able to put a face with a voice. We've been talking for a couple years now, and it's finally great to be able to put a face with a voice. So footage tweeted by WikiLeaks, I think Julian Assange's wife showed him walking up the stairs onto an aircraft bound for Sipan in the US administered Mariana Islands. He has agreed to plead guilty to one count under the espionage act of conspiracy to disseminate national defense information. Steve, what were your thoughts when you first heard the news that Julian Assange was free? Steve Poikenon (02:44): I was a little stunned. This is something that we've discussed on and off over the last couple of years, and certainly in the last couple of months there have been substantiated rumors that the Biden Justice Department was preparing some sort of plea deal, whether or not the Assange team was going to accept it. That was the thing that we didn't have any certainty about whatsoever. They obviously have gone forward with accepting the deal. He should be, at this point, touching down or walking into the courtroom in the Marianas Islands says a lot about the state of the US empire that we even have a district courthouse in the Mariana Islands. That's just wild to me to begin with, but from the best that I can tell, and Wilmer, you may correct me if I'm wrong, from the best that I can tell, there's nothing in the initial plea agreement that says Julian won't be allowed near a computer or won't be able to access the internet. (03:51) Can't give speeches or interviews or can't have documentaries made about a situation. So by all accounts, up to this point, it appears that when he walks out of the courtroom later in the next couple of hours, he will be a legitimately free human being, and that is a win in and of itself. I'm a father. I can't imagine being taken away from my kids for making the US government angry and then having to know that they're growing up without me. And so the ability for him to take part in raising his own children, I think is the biggest godsend out of all of this. And then we can get into the implications and the impact that this is going to have on press freedom and citizen journalism and everything else going forward. But the huge win here is that he's no longer an inmate in the Guantanamo Bay of the United Kingdom where he was being held with the worst criminals on the island, having never once committed any crime of any sort of significance that would warrant that cell. Dr Leon (05:12): Do you have any idea in terms of why the Mariana Islands other than is the closest space that will enable him then to go from there to his home of Australia? Steve Poikenon (05:25): I think that was the ultimate deciding factor was proximity to Australia. It's not like the US can't construct a kangaroo court anywhere, and it's not like if they didn't have a different provisional, different courthouse, they wouldn't be going through the same sort of performative motions in the eyes of the Biden administration. I think the guilty plea is the thing that they were looking for, something that they could make at least a political, if not a legal for, and then also to not have it be an election issue going forward. Dr Leon (06:04): And from what I understand, this is not precedent setting because this was the result. This is the outcome of a plea deal. This did not actually come as the result of a trial. Steve Poikenon (06:17): If they would've gone to trial and evidence presented and a conviction was rendered and then upheld by a judge, then it would establish a legal precedent because he pled and pled out to time served for what he'd already done. The only thing that it can be used to set a precedent for is politically, or I guess emotionally or spiritually, where people are more hesitant to approach national security reporting or classified information, talk about it, disseminate any of that. And that is I think the real ultimate goal of not just the Biden administration, but the Trump administration and ultimately the Obama administration from where all of this stems is to redefine journalism in the future. Dr Leon (07:10): I want to read from the paragraph from the Washington Post as they reported out this story, Julian Assange's plea deal, sparks global celebration and condemnation reactions were divided as WikiLeaks. Julian Assange heads to a US Pacific territory to cement a plea deal that could soon set him free. WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange's tentative plea deal with the United States, which could soon bring an end to his years long international legal legal saga, drew celebration and criticism reflecting the divisive nature of his role in obtaining and publishing classified military and diplomatic documents. A couple of things. One is the condemnation side of this. The only folks that I can see that would be condemning this deal are people that are tied to the Trump administration, people that are tied to the Biden administration. I don't understand where they get this idea that there's all this divisiveness and condemnation. Steve Poikenon (08:23): There were the usual, the people you just spoke of, but Mike Pence was one of the loudest. There have been a number of former Trump administration officials and a number of former Obama administration intelligence apparatus and national security apparatus officials who have expressed distaste. This now and again, realize that to be opposed to this means you wanted to see a 50-year-old man, 51-year-old man get effectively tortured to death in a US prison for the rest of his life. That's what being in opposition to this effectively means. The reasoning behind it though is because information is currency. Assange and WikiLeaks were a broker of this information that wasn't part of the sanctioned club, and so Pompeo called them a hostile rogue intelligence agency, non-state intelligence agency. If you are viewed like that amongst the apparatus that's making the national security decisions, it doesn't matter what the end result is, if it's not your wholesale destruction, they're going to be displeased. Dr Leon (09:43): There's another paragraph. While Assange supporters saw him as a courageous whistleblower of government misdeeds, his critics saw him as a self-promoter oblivious to the harm that his leaks might cause, oblivious to the harm that his leaks might cause. There has not been one shred of evidence presented to show that any harm other than embarrassment by Hillary Clinton and some of the other government officials who were identified through these WikiLeaks releases, maybe their egos were damaged. But short of that, there's been no harm. WikiLeaks publication of the Afghan War logs did not obscure the names of Afghan civilians who provided information to the US military and omission that dismayed human rights groups and national security officials. Who are they talking about? Steve? Steve Poikenon (10:49): Okay, so when they say that the harm that they're talking about, it's not just their ego, it's their ability to continue to spy on their friends and allies that was harmed. It was the harm that was done by letting people know what the US government is doing with our tax dollars and our names. But Wim Dr Leon (11:07): Steve, it's not as though the allies did not know that they were being spied on. Remember what happened with Bill Clinton and Angela Merkel's? I think it was the Clinton administration and Angela Merkel's cell phone. I mean, it's not as though we don't know. We don't know Israel. It's not as though we don't know that Israel is spying on us. I mean, it's the game that they play. Steve Poikenon (11:31): It is the game that they play, but we're not supposed to know. And the rest of the diplomatic core is all that operates on the pretense and the fiction that it's not happening. That everybody's there to politely try to sort out the ills of the world and that all of the espionage going on in the background is never to be brought up. It doesn't have to stop. You just can't talk about it. If you bring it to light, then the whole operation gets blown up. And that's why WikiLeaks is parent company is called the Sunshine Press. The whole point of it is to bring it into the daylight, that kind of stance from a political point of view, from a journalistic point of view that's going to get you targeted, which is as we saw exactly what happened leading to 13 years of illegal and arbitrary detention. (12:29) Just one quick point to what you were talking about though, when you see major press outlets come out now in defensive Assange, these are, and you had mentioned it, I think even this morning, some of these instant outlets that are reporting on it are outlets that shared the same information. Are these guys then going to look at the plea agreement and go, golly, if Julian Assange isn't being charged as a journalist, does that mean that everyone who has ever shared a piece of classified information can be charged under the Espionage Act? Because Wilmer, I don't know about you. When I read the plea, when I read the plea deal, they're charging Assange as a private citizen. They're not charging 'em as a publisher. They're not charging 'em as a government contractor or a government employee. And those are prior to this, the only people that could get a charge for conspiring to disseminate classified information in this manner. So is that saying that Nick, the janitor or Dan the trucker or whoever your English teacher is now susceptible to Espionage Act charges? Dr Leon (13:48): Well, I think one of the reasons why they're not charging him as a journalist, because that was one of the issues that was being presented in his defense, is that as a journalist, he has the right to disseminate this information. So if they charged him as a journalist, then I think that would probably throw a wrench in their own argument. But to your point, one of the ironies here is when you read the Washington Poll story and the New York Times reporting out on this is that they were complicit in disseminating the information that he made available. Hence during the Obama administration, they called it the New York Times conundrum, and many say that the reason the Obama administration didn't charge him is because Barack Obama didn't want to open up that can of worms. Steve Poikenon (14:45): Well, certainly the idea that the Biden administration would try to with less competent people than were in the Obama administration is somewhat ridiculous. The only reason they could get a plea deal out of the guy is because they'd been torturing him for five years on top of the seven and a half, eight, almost eight years of being confined to one and a half rooms in the most spied on building in London, which is saying a lot because London has more cameras per capita than any other major city. But more cameras were pointed at the Ecuadorian Embassy than anywhere else in London for a very long time. That kind of constant surveillance is going to wreak havoc on an individual. And I got to tell you, Wilmer, it really did surprise me seeing the video, the very brief videos that we have seen of Julian, the last I had heard, he had been in very poor health. He had suffered a stroke or a mini stroke 18 months ago, 20 months ago, something like that. So to see him moving that rapidly, being able to stand walking Dr Leon (15:59): Up the stairs to the plane, Steve Poikenon (16:01): Being able to stand that upright when we had all been told that his back was wrecked and stuff like that, I'm really, really taken away by that. And I can only hope that he remains in that good of health or gets a little bit better shape from here on out because I was imagining the worst I was. And we haven't seen that. So that's very heartening. Dr Leon (16:32): This some will say is a very obvious question, but I think it still needs to be asked and answered Why this deal? Why now? Because when I look at, when I read the plea, when I see what the Biden administration got out of this, could have done this five years ago, he's out on bond. They could have allowed bond five years ago. He could have, instead of being tortured in solitary confinement in Belmar prison, he could have been walking the streets of Piccadilly Circus. So why now? Steve Poikenon (17:14): There's a number of different factors, and one is that it does get eliminated as an election year issue. Trump, regardless of the reality that he's the guy who had Julian arrested was able to successfully run on, we love the WikiLeaks. Have you seen the WikiLeaks? Can't get enough of the WikiLeaks. He was able to gain a lot of ground with that. So it is popular among Americans to want to at least think you have some sort of transparency with your government or think you might be able to have some sort of citizen accountability with your government, which is one of the benefits that WikiLeaks provided. So that's off the table, the Biden administration, because people have goldfish, brain can try to spin it as well. Donald Trump's the guy who had 'em thrown in jail and we're the guys who let him out. Well, you didn't let him out. (18:11) You made him plead guilty to something he didn't do after torturing him for five years and threatening every one and everything that he held dear, that's coercion. That's not a liberation. That's coercion. That's not a victory in any way, shape or form. And I've seen some on the progressive left already try to be like, Hey, man, Trump locked him up, bite him, let him out because he forced him to plead guilty to something that he didn't do. I think we all just need to keep circulating that last part until it sinks in. But we discussed for a number of years on the critical hour how it is a huge problem for the Biden administration or any administration to have Julian Assange on American soil even if the trial takes place behind closed doors in the Eastern District of Virginia, because then you are really putting the press on trial in America for everyone to be forced to pay attention to. And that's something that not Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, definitely not Merrick Garland is capable of dealing with or quelling in a manner that doesn't look like a total brutal dictatorship. And that's what it was going to turn into. Dr Leon (19:35): We have been saying for a couple of years, the one thing, the Biden, for all of the discussion about extradition and all these appeals and the United States sending attorneys to London and going through the barrister and all of that stuff that they were doing, we kept saying, they do not want this man on American soil. They were trying to kill him through the process. Let's drag this thing out for as long as we possibly can and hope the man dies in Belmar prison. We were saying the last, in fact, I remember having a very extensive conversation with you where I was saying, I think the time has come for the Assange Camp to flip the script and take the deal. Tell Merrick Garland, we want to come to the United States. Please extradite us. We want to be on American soil. And we kicked that around for a while. Steve Poikenon (20:41): Yeah, you're absolutely right. And the last thing that any government wants to deal with is having all of its media suddenly turn against it. And in the US, even though the mainstream media is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state, there are people who are allowed to operate with a little bit more freedom. And those are the people who usually command the largest audiences because they're allowed to show a little bit of authenticity on mainstream airwaves, and people are desperate for that. So they don't want their press turning on 'em. They don't want free Assange banners every time they pan into the crowd at a sporting event. They don't want free Assange banners signs every time they go do a man on the street interview. They were in the worst possible position you could be having to make up your case entirely. And having a still somewhat engaged public to where they could mount not just a resistance, but a real jury nullification campaign and a real on the ground, real time education of exactly what their government is trying to do. Via the prosecution of Julian Assange, again, under the Espionage Act of 1917, we're going to take an Australian citizen with a publishing company, publishing outlet, registered in Iceland, give him fake charges in Sweden, imprison him in London and have a Icelandic FBI snitch, make up a whole bunch of stories about him, then recant his testimony. I think Aile, because that's the thing that happened. Pedophile. Yeah, a convicted, convicted pedophile. Dr Leon (22:40): And you haven't even gone through what we did as it relates to Ecuador and what we did in terms of the Ecuadorian election to be, now I'm drawing a blank on the president. Steve Poikenon (22:51): Lennon Moreno was more Moreno. Yeah. Dr Leon (22:55): We didn't even go through what the machinations that the United States went through to get Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy. Steve Poikenon (23:05): Yeah. Or touch on the security company that was there at the embassy, uc Global, which was hired first by the Ecuadorian government to provide security then by the CIA via a spook convention effectively at one of Sheldon Adelson's casinos, who was one of Trump's biggest donors at the time, where the head of the security company wound up getting arrested, trying to flee the country after it was discovered that he had had this double dealing with the CIA. And then it was revealed that because of the illegal spying equipment morales's company had placed in assange's rooms at the embassy that led to a planning session with the American CIA where they were plotting out how to kidnap and murder Julian Assange. That was Mike. Dr Leon (23:56): They Steve Poikenon (23:56): Came to, Dr Leon (23:57): That was Mike Ell at the time. And so what folks, and you laying this out, what folks really need to understand is this is not some tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. All you got to do folks is Google it. It's there in mainstream press that this is what the United States went through trying. These are the illegal machinations that the United States government went through in order to try to get this guy. Steve Poikenon (24:28): Absolutely. And people feel certain ways about the gray zone or what, you don't have to read the initial reporting that Max Blumenthal did based off of the reporting that the Spanish outlet El Pais did. Michael Isikoff, two years later, 18 months later, Michael Isikoff through Yahoo News, did the same story, picked it up and took out some of the more poignant points so that he could fit it into a Yahoo story and put out that version of it. But it's there in several mainstream outlets everybody should know. Mike Pompeo tried to have a journalist and publisher assassinated or kidnapped and then assassinated just to prevent him from being able to testify in his own defense is all you can really assume at that point. You're trying to take him out while you have him basically captured. You want to make sure he never works a day in his life again, and you damn sure want to make sure that he doesn't testify because then it becomes part of a court record and then somebody can sue to have that court record or it'll be public Dr Leon (25:40): As a wrap up to this part of the conversation. So I never thought I'd see, this day I thought Julian Sal was going to die in Bell Marsh. What do you see as being the more immediate impacts to this as it relates to press freedom and journalism and some of the longer term impacts? And some of that, I know we won't really know until we hear from him, but your thoughts, Steve Poikenon (26:10): I hope it inspires people to kind of see where the new limits are, because most journalists have just been not necessarily holding back, but the amount of leak based journalism has basically vanished the amount of journalists truly going out there and trying to bring to light some major problems. Boeing comes to Dr Leon (26:35): Mind. Investigative journalism. Steve Poikenon (26:37): Yeah. I want to believe that Julian Assange breathing air again will be a beacon to people to do investigative journalism more often, better than they have been, however you want to frame it. I want that to be a spark that pushes the current boundaries and hopefully pushes 'em back a little bit because it's been relatively restrictive over the last several years. Dr Leon (27:08): There's another issue related to this. It was in consortium news, help us fight theocracy Psychological operations or PSYOPs are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotions, motives and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations and groups and individuals. William Casey, the CIA director under Ronald Reagan said, we'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. And what happened with Julian Assange, I think is a perfect example of this type of behavior by the American government. Steve Poikenon (28:02): It is. And if you look at the amount of government shenanigans that have occurred in the last four, five years since they yanked Julian out of the embassy, there we're seeing more and more lawsuits being brought against major pharmaceutical companies for vital information that they withheld during the last several years were we found out that a lot of what we were originally told about the January 6th incident, and a lot of what happened then was not necessarily true. There's been multiple court cases that have kept political parties from taking part in the American political process. They've kept, Lawfare has been levied against everyone from the aru, the Aru fellas, Dr Leon (29:07): Mali. Yes. Steve Poikenon (29:09): Yeah, I can never, I know, yes. Ella is something that is just not chambered for me. It's not. But from those guys to, like Alex Jones has been a victim of lawfare. Donald Trump has been a victim of Lawfare, and the entire time there hasn't been a really adversarial reporting outlet with the international foundation that WikiLeaks has with the international audience, that WikiLeaks has to mount a citizen and open source intelligence challenge to any of this and the myriad ways, not just through the restrict Act or the new antisemitism bill or a number of the different laws in Europe and Europe, has the internet been shrunk down significantly? But Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter stating that he wants to turn it into WeChat where your entire internet based existence is on through this one app. I would imagine that Julian Assange would have a lot to say about what Elon Musk has been up to. (30:24) He'd have a lot to say about what happened with the WHO or the NIH over the last several years, but we haven't had that opportunity. And that to me is something that the US government can put as a Big W in their column. That's something that MI six could put as a Big W in their column and really goes right back to those forward documents where they were outlining the plan for what they wanted to do with WikiLeaks. They didn't get to scatter the organization to the winds the way they necessarily described 14 years ago. But when's the last time we got a WikiLeaks drop? Dr Leon (31:07): Well, and for folks that may not understand the significance of this, of course, it was the shooting of the civilians, the murder of the civilians in Iraq and the journalists in Iraq that were shot during the war. And WikiLeaks put that footage out for everybody to see the war crimes that were being committed. So if WikiLeaks had been allowed to continue to operate, I would think our understanding of Ukraine would be different. Our understanding of what's being done in Taiwan would be different. Our understanding of what's being done or trying to be done in North Korea would be different. We would have a lot more insight and information into the illegalities, whether they be international law, whether they be American law, whether they be war crimes, that the United States and its allies have been engaging in these various engagements around the world. Steve Poikenon (32:15): You're correct. And let's also recall that WikiLeaks and WikiLeaks alone disclosed the transpacific partnership. They were the outlet that that agreement came to. They published it, people looked at it and went, no, you want to do what? No, no. And those kinds of trade agreements being disclosed that were done in the dark, away from the eyes of the American public with zero opportunity for public comment or any sort of pushback that made WikiLeaks more dangerous in my opinion, then disclosing video of something that according to even the guys in the helicopter was like a three times a day event in Iraq. And it's something that people in the military kind of shrugged off like, well, yeah, that's what we do. But to the average citizen, it's shocking and horrifying, but not as shocking and horrifying as the United States government wants to set up a corporate court, and it will be a couple of CEOs that determine your future. And if you say something untoward about them on the internet, then they're appointed magistrates from the corporation will decide your faith. That's what the TPP was promising. And any outlet that is going to disclose information like that is suddenly become the most dangerous organization on the planet. Dr Leon (33:49): And when you said that, that I'm drawing a blank on his name, the attorney that sued ExxonMobil in Brazil, Steve Poikenon (33:58): Steven Inger, Dr Leon (33:59): Steven Inger, and how Mobil ExxonMobil was able to use a judge. I mean, they just flipped that whole thing. Don Zinger on behalf of the Indians in Brazil, sues ExxonMobil wins an ungodly amount of money, and he winds up going to jail and ExxonMobil because of what they were able to do with the judicial system in New York, it was criminal. So when you talk about a corporate magistrate, Don Zinger is what popped into my head. Steve Poikenon (34:42): And it was because of an agreement that happened during the Trump administration that that was even possible. And they basically dismantled the TPP, they put certain parts of it into different trade agreements and provisions, and then they got the quasi corporate court because the judge, I believe had been a former Chevron attorney. Correct. And that's how that may even be how he got his judgeship was Chevron bought his way into the judgeship. And that is kind of ordinary corruption, but it's ordinary corruption that also has multinational trade agreements codifying it. And again, in the absence of a WikiLeaks or an organization like it, disclosing these kinds of agreements on the regular, you're not going to get the rapid dissemination of that information amount, a successful pushback in time to stop it. You're not going to be able to get people on the same page understanding it because there's no trust with a number of these. (35:48) All of these other outlets are so disparate, nobody's really consolidated in a way that will lend the immediate mass public trust in what you're doing. Like Lit WikiLeaks had built up over a number of years to the point that when 2015, they disclosed the tpp, people from all over the world held rallies immediately, and there were people out in the streets immediately, and it became an election year issue and it wasn't. And people had to change their tone on it and say to the point where Donald Trump even won a lot of people over by saying, it's a bad deal. It's bad. I don't want to be any part of it. Hillary Clinton had to answer for it. They all had to answer for it. On that debate stage back in 2016, it became a real issue. And so if we don't have these kinds of things moving forward, we're going to be in a significantly less informed spot than we were a decade ago. And in the internet age, that should not be how information is progressing. Dr Leon (36:51): And final point here, and I want to go back to this William Casey quote, and this is the former director of the ccia A and Ronald Reagan will know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. And that takes me, you've heard me say this too many times, Edward Bernas and the book Propaganda folks, you need to get a copy and you need to read Propaganda by Edward Bernas because that's to a great degree what Bill Casey was talking about. And this whole idea, the whole idea of psychological operations, PSYOPs and the PS ocracy. Steve Poikenon (37:47): Yeah. And fifth generation warfare is an asymmetrical warfare conducted on the citizenry, and that's conducted via all elements of propaganda. We're 12 years into living in a reality, a post Smith month modernization act reality. When the Smith Modernization Act passed and went into effect, government propaganda, military propaganda, and government analysts and experts became part and parcel of the media the better part of a halfway through a generation's worth of 24 hour, seven day a week asymmetrical warfare where the vast majority of the people walking around don't even know that they're at war, let alone with their own government, nor that their own government openly declared war on them. That's how good the propaganda is. Everybody should study Bnes. Everybody needs to internalize that the United States is the most propagandized country on the planet. And the only way that we can get out of that is if we understand the landscape that we're standing on and we start to look at how not necessarily individual people that make up that landscape operate, but the institutions that allow for those people to move freely on that landscape operate. And those institutions, we've been shown over and over and over again to be untrustworthy, to be acting not in our interest, to be acting at the behest of not even people in their own country. And yet for some reason, we still get Berna back into thinking that you can vote your way out of an oligarchy Dr Leon (39:44): And so quickly am wake up slow news day. Where do people go? What do they get when they listen to it? Steve Poikenon (39:50): You can go to am wakeup show.com for absolutely everything. We are live Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific us. There's content on the channel pretty much all the time. We stream out live on Rock fin and Rumble, and then you can catch them pretty much anywhere and everywhere else. And yeah, just thank you so much for having me on. I really have always enjoyed our conversations. Very glad to do your show. Dr Leon (40:22): Well, I got to thank you my guest, Steve Kin, for joining me today. I greatly, greatly appreciate you giving me time out of your schedule, and I always look forward to the conversations that we have and look forward to having many more with you here on Connecting the Dots. Thank you, Steve. Steve Poikenon (40:37): Thank you, Wilmer. Dr Leon (40:39): And thank you so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wilmer Leon, and Steve mentioned the Smith Mut Act, M-U-N-D-T Act. You all can Google that. Look it up. But simply put, for about 60 years that act prohibited the United States Department of State and the broadcasting Board of Governors from disseminating government produced programming within the United States over fear that these agencies would propagandize the American people. However, in around 2013, Congress abolished the domestic dissemination ban, which now has led to this big heated debate about the role of the federal government in free public discourse. Folks, stay tuned for new episodes every week and follow and subscribe. Leave a review, share the show, make a contribution. We would greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate it. Doing this every week is not an inexpensive venture. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Follow us on social media. You can find all the links below to the show. And remember that this is where the analysis of politics and culture and history converge talk without analysis is just chatter, and we don't chatter here on connecting the dots. 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Find me and the show on social media @DrWilmerLeon on X (Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube.  Facebook page is www.facebook.com/Drwilmerleonctd Our guest this week, Craig "Pasta" Jardula has a substack newsletter here (you should subscribe!) and find him on Instagram and X/Twitter @YoPasta FULL TRANSCRIPT: Wilmer Leon (00:00:00): Here's a question for you. Riddle me this as we sit here today on the 29th of May. According to real clear Politics, president Biden's approval rating right now sits at 40.2%. He's got a 56.4% disapproval rating. Folks we're only six months away from the November election. The Libertarian party recently concluded its National Convention in Washington dc. It was tense at times, but when they came out of their convention, the party announced that its delegates selected Chase Oliver to lead them in the 2024 presidential election. While former President Trump claimed that he would've absolutely won the nomination if he had wanted it. What impact will this have? Announcer (00:01:01): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Wilmer Leon (00:01:10): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon. I'm Wilmer Leon. We have a tendency to view current events as though they occur in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historic context in which most events take place. During each episode of this podcast, my guests and I have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between these events and the broader historic context in which they take place. This enables you to better understand and analyze the events that impact the global village in which we live. So for insight into the Libertarian Party convention and the broader impact that it might have on the November outcome, let's turn to my guest. He's the co-host of the Convo couch and am wake up on Rock Fin. He's also the host of Pasta to Go, Craig Pasta Jardula. Craig, welcome to Connecting the Dots. Pasta Jardula (00:02:10): Thanks for having me on. Dr. Wiler. Wilmer Leon (00:02:12): So you just came back from the Libertarian party convention. A lot of folks weren't even aware that the convention was taking place in Washington dc So what were some of your major takeaways, and who is Chase Oliver? Pasta Jardula (00:02:30): Those are some great questions. I mean, my first takeaway is really to tell you the truth. Dr. Wiler is, wow. As a person who's gone to many Democratic conventions, the nomination process is already pretty much known. Who's going to be picked, who's going to come out victorious? You already know who's in the lead when it comes to whatever position there very few times is there a race that's up for grabs? This thing, when it came to the presidential nomination, it was up for grabs until the very end. But (00:03:05): Several days before that process, there was so many conversations going on and I walked around that convention asking the libertarian members, is there a place for me? Is there a place for a leftist libertarian in your party? Is there a place for a person who believes in central planning or believes that Medicare is a human right? Is there a home for me? And the answer was yes, that this particular party has had a grassroots movement within it. The ME'S caucus has taken most of the power and they have opened up their tent and they want libertarian minded people, and they pretty much are coalescing around three issues. Freedom of speech. We heard a lot about censorship and big tech and what they're doing to suppress people's voices. We heard about freedom of Oppress. They have what's called the big three. You got that sign right behind me. (00:04:02): It says, free Ross. No, that's not free. Ross Barot, that's free. Ross Ulbrich, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. And then the last message was an anti-war message in which they were very, very stern. They had shown that the Mees caucus embodies the party of Ron Paul, a non-interventionist, peace-loving party. And we had a lot of conversations about that. Yeah, it's a libertarian convention, so you'll hear words like property rights and the free market. It will come into play, but not as much as I thought. It was kind of a clear understanding that I wouldn't be agreeing with them on their economic views. But everything else, those other issues we strongly agree on. So it was just an amazing convention. The process in which they select their president and their vice president is awesome. It's a true democracy. It took some time, but it is a true democracy. So I just came out with my head up high and just the big thumbs up for the Libertarian party and for Angela McCardle, who happens to be the chair and the Mees Caucus. The interesting thing is though the Mees caucus didn't get a president on their ticket. So they have some work to do, still repairing relationships with other caucuses and other factions of the Libertarian Party. But overall, I thought it was one of the best conventions. I've been to a lot of great conversations and a lot of nuance, Dr. Wilmer. Wilmer Leon (00:05:37): It sounds a lot like the conventions of old, I remember I'm showing my age now, but I remember, I want to say the 64 convention. I might've been five years old at the time or the 68 convention when there was suspense when they would go to the floor in the great state of Arkansas, how do you vote? And the great state of Arkansas votes, blah, blah. And in many instances, you had to wait for the polling from the floor and the tally of the delegates in order to determine who the nominee was going to be. So it sounds a lot like the conventions of old. Pasta Jardula (00:06:19): Yeah, I mean, I wasn't even born until 1973, but I did go back and watch a lot of the 1968 conventions, and I think we're going to see a lot of that moving forward. And that's the difference between these conventions, obviously the non, Wilmer Leon (00:06:34): Wait a minute, wait a minute. Because to that point, I believe we're going to see a lot of that in August at the Democrats Convention, because I have been saying for the last, at least year and a half, I don't believe Joe Biden is going to come out of that convention as the Democrat's nominee. I believe based on the numbers that I gave at the top that they know, and we're seeing a number of articles, we've been seeing articles to this point since September and very prominent Democrats have been writing, Joe, no, this is not going to work. So I believe that they're going to go into the convention talking Joe Biden, but something is going to happen. Don't know what that is, but Joe's going to whisper in his ear. Joe, do not waddle out there. I don't walk towards the light, Joe, it's not for you. Pasta Jardula (00:07:34): I'll do you one better. Dr. Wilma. I think he already knows. I think his goal is just make it to the convention Joe, get to the convention grandpa, and then we'll switch out. And I think we should probably start taking some serious bets on who that is. I still think it's going Wilmer Leon (00:07:48): To be Gavin Newsom. It's going to be Gavin Newsom and his, well, the ticket is going to be, I believe Gavin Newsom and Christian Whitmer from Michigan, Pasta Jardula (00:08:03): I think. Pete Buttigieg. Wilmer Leon (00:08:05): No, Pasta Jardula (00:08:06): I think it's going to be, they have to now because the libertarian candidate is a gay candidate. So now they're going to have to counteract the Libertarian party to get some of those votes. You got to get a gay guy on the ticket. They might do that. Wilmer Leon (00:08:19): I would say to you that Whitmer will offset the anger and the ire of women because they're going to have to jettison Kamala Harris. And in order to quell some of that dissent and that unrest, they're going to have to have a woman. She Whitmer might. Now, how about this? Whitmer might be at the top of the ticket. Buttigieg could be her vp. Pasta Jardula (00:08:46): Nah, I'm not buying. Wilmer Leon (00:08:48): Oh, and there's another reason, and there's another reason Pasta Jardula (00:08:51): I think Pete Buttigieg would kind of soothe that part of the party that might want a woman, they'll settle with a gay guy. I think Wilmer Leon (00:09:00): He was such a horrible candidate the last run, and he's been a horrible secretary of transportation, Pasta Jardula (00:09:08): But Democrats don't care about that. Their party hacks anyways, they're going to go for the blue no matter who Wilmer Leon (00:09:15): Most Pasta Jardula (00:09:15): Of the social issues. And that's all they do. Wilmer Leon (00:09:18): Would that then they'd stick with Biden? Pasta Jardula (00:09:20): Well, I don't think Biden even can. Okay. I don't know if he's going to even make it to that convention, Dr. Wilmore. Wilmer Leon (00:09:28): No, I'm with you. I'm with you on that. And another thing, why I think Whitmer is important is because they can't win without Michigan. And right now, based upon the damage that Biden has done in Michigan relative to the Gaza issue, I think they have to have her in the mix in order to put Michigan back in play. Pasta Jardula (00:09:55): Well, maybe, Wilmer Leon (00:09:58): Maybe Pasta Jardula (00:10:00): Dr. Wilma, I didn't wake up to talk about these Democrats. They're driving me nuts. Wilmer Leon (00:10:03): No, I didn't either talk about Pasta Jardula (00:10:05): Libertarians Wilmer Leon (00:10:05): That just popped in my head. Okay, so excuse Pasta Jardula (00:10:11): Chase. Wilmer Leon (00:10:12): Go ahead. Who is Chase Pasta Jardula (00:10:13): Oliver? Let's get back to who Chase is because I think it is important right now because I did kind of question a lot of people. I questioned Angela, the chair at a press conference if they thought this was going to be a lost opportunity because they have established themselves as a third party. So many people are concerned about censorship, they're concerned about Julian Assange and their freedom of speech. I mean, heck, even Trumpers, if you ask them their biggest criticism of Donald Trump, a lot of them will say, Julian Assange, Dr. Wiler. So they're concerned about that. They're concerned about Israel Palestine, they're concerned about Ukraine, Russia, certainly from a financial point of view, that they're sick and tired of so much of our tax dollars going over there. So I asked Angela McCardle if she was concerned that they're going to come out of this convention, the Libertarian party, without a strong candidate, at least without a well-known candidate, if that was a missed opportunity. And she really said, well, listen, we're going to set them up with that opportunity to go out there and make a pitch to the people. And Chase Oliver over the weekend going into it. I didn't know who he was. I've been researching him since the convention ran Wilmer Leon (00:11:23): For Congress from Georgia, didn't he? Pasta Jardula (00:11:25): Senate, he ran for Senate. That's the reason why they forced a runoff with Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. Got it. I went back and watched his debate the other day. I think there was a seven or eight candidate debate. I can't remember exactly how many, but I watched a majority of at the Libertarian party, I was in and out of it, and he won that debate. And this guy is also campaigned in 50 states. So it tells you a lot. The Mees Caucus, where they dropped the ball is they had David Smith. He was going to be the chosen one comedian David Smith, very popular, well-known guy going to get the young vote, going to get the freedom vote, but he decided not to run. He dragged his feet a little bit, and it really kind of paralyzed me, says caucus, where they couldn't get a reputable candidate. (00:12:13): And a lot of people questioned the guy they were putting forth. His name was Mike Reinwald. He had a little bit of a Joe Biden moment on Saturday night where he kind of got lost on stage. He admitted that he had eaten an edible Dr. Wilmer. And it was kind of one of those moments where it was like, oh no. All right. And unfortunately for him, even though he was in the lead for most of the rounds of voting, he got sniped at the very end. And it just shows you campaigning. This guy, he went to 50 states and that old saying, you got to go out there and knock on doors. Well, you put the work in, you do the work and then you'll reap the benefits and Chase Oliver, whether you like him or you love him, you don't even know who he is. (00:12:55): He did the work to get on that stage and to get that nomination. And the more I look into him, even though I don't agree with him in a lot of views, and he has those pure libertarian views, I was one of the first to interview him when he won the nomination. But the more you look at him, the more you like him. And he is the first openly gay LGBT candidate. I don't think he goes around from what I've seen, I haven't seen a lot of video of him going around and pushing his sexuality. But he does mention it, and I think he's mentioning it as a way of campaigning. You know what I'm saying? I really think he's doing that because he understands that there's a vote out there. He can coalesce and get in there. The more I look at him, the more you like him, I think you're going to see this guy have a strong chance and make some noise. (00:13:44): I think he's going to surprise a lot of people. But right now the party is split and they're going to have to get behind stage or back doors or in the rooms, Dr. Wilma, they're going to have to find a way to come together. But they had a spirited convention. The Mees caucus was taken on the other caucuses and the other groups. So they're going to have to find a way. But there's a lot of good things to like about Chase. He's sharp, he's smart, he's energetic, he's willing to do the work. He speaks well. He has a strong message. And if he can fine tune that message and he can talk the leftist like myself in you, he can find a way to kind of create and coalesce that the group of the libertarians to come forth and get out there and hit the ground running. (00:14:29): He's not a known candidate, you know what I'm saying? But let's see what he can do. I would say he's an old school, typical libertarian. He will talk about the free market. I asked him about gain of function. I kind of threw the trick question out there for, Hey, would you ban gain of function on day one? Explain gain of function. For those that don't know well, gain of function was the testing they did with the coronavirus and other viruses where essentially, and once again, not a scientist, Dr. Wilma, but if you to create the cure, you got to create the virus and the disease itself. Well, that's really, really bad. And I don't think we need any more global pandemics. And this is the part where it's hard for libertarians what I'm saying. They don't want the government banning anything. And Chase is one of those guys and he says, I'd rather kick it to the free market so we can hold them more accountable. (00:15:15): Now, I'm going to tell you, I disagree with you 1000%, right? No, you ban it. You do not allow gain of function to be no testing for gain of function. No free market. You get rid of it. But once again, he's those old school libertarians where they just kick it. The government can't do anything. They don't want the government banning anything. They don't want the government dictating anything. Chase has that challenge talking to the populist to come out there and find the message that works. I asked him about Medicare for All, and he answered the question, and he's got to fine tune it a little bit more. He started off with saying, listen, I understand we don't want to have a system that leaves people behind, that makes people go debt on their medical bills. But once again, the government, you know what I'm saying? (00:16:01): We don't want government controlled healthcare program. They're just going to screw it up more. So he does have to find a way, and I think the Libertarian party has had years to do this, to understand that they have to take their message and kind of shape it in a way that leftists or conservatives can digest that message and understand it. Because I think there is a misconception that Libertarians just want the free market to be the free market to enrich themselves. No, they want to go into the free market. They don't want government, the tyrannical government telling them what to do. It's actually more of a compassion. They're removing the mechanism which keeps the little man down. Those regulations, they believe is about forming monopolies and keeping the little guy down. So he's got to fine tune that message and then stay on message, and we're going to see what he can do moving forward. Wilmer Leon (00:16:55): Well, I don't want to get into a libertarian debate, but there is a place for government in the process. But it starts with we the and your question about Medicare for All, for example, that is a perfect place for government to intervene to ensure that everybody has healthcare. But what you have to do is take the private sector interest out of it. We, the people have to control the government. But again, I don't want to get into a libertarian conversation. You mentioned Chase is gay. So talk about the demographics here because we know that, I don't know what the numbers are in terms of the number of gay people in the country, but there's a growing political population of gay people in the country, L-G-B-T-Q, people in the country, and there is money in that demographic. So talk about what was the demographic that you saw at the convention? Pasta Jardula (00:18:08): Well, I did see a small LGBT community, a trans community, a person identifying as a woman. It wasn't like a Democratic convention. It's completely different where people will probably wear pins at a rainbow pins and they'll let you know that they're gay. You didn't see that at the Libertarian party. And once again, as I went back and I watched a lot of speeches, there were times where Chase, he led with the fact that he was gay, but he didn't overplay that card. So I don't think that he will kind of push that message. But I think once again, he understands. It's a political tactical move to say that because he understands that there is a large gay demographic in the United States that will vote for him just because he is gay. And there's also a lot of women out there who are very compassionate towards gay people, and they will also vote for him because he is gay. (00:19:04): So I think he understands and sees that demographic. He's not going to lead with that. He's going to lead with more of his libertarian values and talk about the issues. And he does that well too. You know what I'm saying? He doesn't make it a point to tell you that he's gay. In fact, I didn't know he was gay. And so I went back and researched and I saw some tweets and all that. But that's the thing that they're attacking him on right now. His fellow libertarians have a problem with the fact that he said that the government shouldn't ban puberty blockers or transitioning medications. And there are libertarians out there where it's a little nuance right now that even though they believe the free market exists, but they also believe that their ultimate sovereignty rests within their own personal sovereignty, if that makes any sense. (00:19:50): That what they put in their body is more about their liberty than it is what they're allowed to do or not allowed to do within their workplace or what the employer's allowed to do. I mean, that message is out there. It's a little confusing. There's a little back and forth with some of those guys. There's a lot of libertarians that don't like that side of it. But once again, his belief it, it's not about his position on gay people, which makes him have that position. It's about his position on what government can and cannot do. It's traditional old school libertarian values. And I think he has to find a way to get that message forward. Wilmer Leon (00:20:30): So that takes me to the governing question, which is because when I hear libertarians, I hear a lot of theoretical. I hear a lot of ideological, but then I get to, okay, where's the rubber meet the road with this free market direction that they want to go? Okay, give me the practical applications of this. How do you govern? So with that, when you walked away from the convention, what were your thoughts on how are you going to govern if you win? Yeah, Pasta Jardula (00:21:14): Yeah. Well, you know how the feeling I got Dr. Wilma was that they're willing a lot of them to compromise. I did find libertarians that say, no, you don't have a home here. Pasta, you have socialist views. You're not allowed to come in our party, get out of our party. But the majority of the people you talk to, people like Angela McArdle, talk to people like MJ to Ray. You talk to people like Dave Smith, they're opening up that tent and saying, all right, we agree on a set of core values, so we won't agree on these values, but yeah, there's a home for you here to come here. So that kind of transitions into how they think they will govern, right? In other words, they're not going to get everything they want. The biggest cheer of the weekend was, and the Fed. And the Fed now more libertarians, they get into office. (00:21:58): That doesn't mean they're going to go complete Libertarian values all the way. They're going to shrink the government down to nothing. But I think they'll take a little, if you're like an ice sculptor, right? Little hacks of the ice here and there. And I think that message that they're sending out there is like, okay, we're not going to be able to eliminate government. We understand that, but we want to hack a lot of it off of that ice sculpture so that therefore somebody understands our message and they'll push for less government intervention. The people will understand that, and it will be part of their core ideology when they're choosing their politicians or they're choosing their government. They'll understand that they don't need too much government. And I got to agree with 'em. Dr. Wilma, I'm with you. I believe there's a role a government should play when you talk about our healthcare. (00:22:48): We got a sick care system, so I don't want the government overreaching too much. And when people say, well, pasta, what's your vision of Medicare for all? When you say that Medicare or healthcare is a human, right, what do you mean? Well, I'd like to see a compromise like a libertarian system where the poorest of the poor, so they don't get swept under the rug, get some sort of stipend, some sort of money where they can go tax write off maybe, and they can go choose the healthcare that they want, that they seek. Right now, you buy into the healthcare system, you got to take the healthcare that they say you have to have and you have to take. And that's what we learned during Covid. So I think that their overall ideology will somehow blend into the juice bowl, you know what I'm saying? And then become this different type of flavor, and they're not going to get everything they want. But this is a party, I think, with the leadership that they're willing to compromise somewhat as long as their core values are heard and understood. Wilmer Leon (00:23:46): Good. I'm going to say something very simplistic for the sake of making the point. When I listen to the libertarian message, I say, that's great for white folks. They can walk around all day and talk about liberty and freedom, and we don't need a government. But when you start talking to African-Americans, when you start talking to people of color who have been subjected to Jim Crow, who have been subjected and continue to be subjected to extra judicial action by police, when you have a citizenry that has to turn to the government for protection against racism and white supremacy in the United States, that libertarian message of as little government as possible, that starts, I believe, to cause problems as, for example, we're still fighting for voter protection. We're still fighting against gerrymandering. We're still so, or a woman's right to choose, for example. So again, that's very simplistic, but I think there is some validity to that point, your thoughts. Pasta Jardula (00:25:10): Well, I'm going to hook you up with a guy by the name of MJ Toray, and you should have a conversation with him and really talk to women, because I understand what you're talking about, about, I think you also understand too that the Democratic Party, right? They're the ones who exploit those things that you, oh, Wilmer Leon (00:25:27): There's no question about that. That's Pasta Jardula (00:25:28): Why you have Trump. That's why you have more black people voting for Trump more than ever before. And the liberty minded people within that party understand that. And they come to you and like, well, listen, you got it all wrong. We're not pushing back against the government. We don't want to see you do well as a black man, Dr. Wilmer is that we want to look at you as an individual with a mind and a brain and his own thoughts, and we want to protect that. Wilmer Leon (00:25:53): We want to, yeah. And tell that to the cop that's pulling my son over because he's 22 years old driving my Jaguar, and they don't think a black kid should be in a car like that. And now he's standing on the side of the road in fear of his life. Fair enough. See me as an, yeah, that all sounds great. That sounds like my girl by the Temptations. That all sounds, I love that song. But so anyway, okay. I just wanted to Pasta Jardula (00:26:24): Make, lemme just make a comment about that because that's important, right? Because fair enough for me it's very important. Yeah, but and when you make, but that's a Wilmer Leon (00:26:32): Reality. Yeah. Pasta Jardula (00:26:33): Yeah. But the Libertarians, they want to take away all forms of powers that oppress people in the market and in the criminal justice system. I mean, I've never met a group Wilmer Leon (00:26:44): Of people, people and see, that's a pipe dream. Yeah. That's like the dude walking on the stage and having had the edible. They're high. Pasta Jardula (00:26:50): No, they're not. They're Wilmer Leon (00:26:52): No wait minute. No, because it's not the law as it relates to oppression. It's the people that use the law. So you need the Supreme Court to say, you can't do that. You need the federal judiciary to say, no, you can't do that. So that's why I say there are instances where you need the government to protect the people, and that's a big issue I have with the Libertarians. Pasta Jardula (00:27:30): Well, I don't know where Dr. Wilmore where you're at right now, but the government is not protecting any of the people. I'm Wilmer Leon (00:27:36): Not saying that it's going Pasta Jardula (00:27:38): The opposite way. Wilmer Leon (00:27:40): But see, I'm not saying that it is. I agree with you that it's not, but that doesn't mean in my mind, that doesn't mean you get rid of the government. That means you force the government to do what the founding documents of the country said the government was supposed to do protect. They want free speech. Well, that's the first amendment, force the government to uphold those civil rights and civil liberties as opposed to throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Pasta Jardula (00:28:19): Well, I think that they don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I think they're all about protecting those freedoms, especially when you talk about their civil liberties. But let's talk, for instance, about the case of Breonna Taylor, right? Yes. Okay. The libertarians who did the most work on the Senate floor, it was Rand Paul libertarian roots who said her name. Remember that? Say her name, say her name, and it was screaming out in the streets. Say her name. He's like, dude, I said her name where it meant most on the floor of the Senate. What are you doing over here? And this is the misconception. And I think that whole, that situation that Rand Paul got when he came out of that Republican convention and the BLM protestors and the Democratic protesters were around him and screaming at him, well, who pushed for no-knock warrants? At the end of the day, it was Rand Paul. It's the Libertarians who if you get rid of no-knock warrants, who's that going to protect? Most knock Wilmer Leon (00:29:13): Women who pushed against no-knock Pasta Jardula (00:29:15): Warrants? Yes. Against to push to, yeah, Wilmer Leon (00:29:18): That's not what Pasta Jardula (00:29:18): I meant to say. Who pushed to get rid Wilmer Leon (00:29:20): Of Pasta Jardula (00:29:21): The morning? My coffee hasn't kicked in yet, ladies and book, but who pushed to get rid of the no-knock warrants? It was Rand Paul. I have a guy, Josiah, who's a libertarian in Tennessee who's pushing for those same type of reforms. Now, at the end of the day, you're saying, we're getting rid of no-knock warrants for everybody, but who does affect most the black community people? Wilmer Leon (00:29:44): Because Pasta Jardula (00:29:44): That's who they use it against most, right? They start kicking down doors. So there's a way of, I think the libertarian mentality, there's a way of taking out the fangs and the teeth of the government and that allowing to exploit things and move things, even though you look at it as a civil liberties kind of change, it really does affect and help the black community more Wilmer Leon (00:30:10): Hire you. They need to hire you. And I mean this very, because when you just said take out the fangs of the government, that's a different message than eliminating the government. But again, I don't want to spend the whole time talking about the, well, Pasta Jardula (00:30:31): Dr. Wilma, last thing, when you shoot for the stars, you end up on the moon, right? You get something, you get some Wilmer Leon (00:30:38): Progress. Well, my dad always said, boy, when I tell you to shoot for, no, the adage is Shoot for the moon, and if you miss, you'll land amongst the stars. My father would always say, son, if you shoot for the moon, land on the goddamn moon. But anyway, anyway, that's what my dad would tell me. I love your Pasta Jardula (00:31:01): Dad. Wilmer Leon (00:31:03): I love a guy. Quickly, you mentioned Julian Assange, and I never want that name to be just, and I'm not attributing this to you, but I never want his name to be mentioned without the explanation of who he is and what he is suffering at the hands of this oppressive government and why we need to a couple minutes quickly. Julian Assange. Pasta Jardula (00:31:30): Well, I mean Julian Assange, there's a lot of talk. Gabriel shipped him. Julian's brother was at the Libertarian convention, and I think that Julian Assange, and that's the thing, I mentioned the name ea. I mentioned Leonard Peltier because they had their big three. They had Julian Assange, they had Edward Snowden, they had Ross Ulbrich right behind us over there. And they even got Donald Trump to mention that he would commute the sentence of Ross Ulbrich. And I think that was amazing to do. So I think he's been jailed unjustly. But Julian Asan minute Wilmer Leon (00:32:03): Really quickly. So Trump's speech was live. He didn't send in a tape. He wasn't at the convention, but he Pasta Jardula (00:32:13): Did. He was at the convention? No, he Wilmer Leon (00:32:15): Came to the, okay, my mistake, Pasta Jardula (00:32:17): My Wilmer Leon (00:32:18): Mistake, my mistake. Okay, go ahead. My mistake. No, he Pasta Jardula (00:32:20): Was at the convention. He came to the convention. In fact, he wasn't seeking the nominee because he can't because he's already on the Republican tickets. So he couldn't do that. But he was seeking the votes, and he understood that they were going to come out of that convention with somebody who wasn't that popular. And let me tell you something, that I really gave it up to Donald Trump, because that was not going to be a friendly room. He got booed by a lot of libertarians, but the Libertarians at least sat there. They listened to him. They cheered a little bit when he said something he liked and they booed him when he said something, he didn't. But at the end of his speech, he mentioned Ross. Now, I think a lot of people who went in there Trumpers, Dr. Wilmer, because you had your libertarians that were there, but you had a bunch of Trumpers that showed up too to see him. When those Trumpers went in there, they saw free Ross. They were like, is Ross Perot in jail or something? Didn't even know who Ross Ulbrich was. So it's the truth though, doctor, it's the truth. (00:33:10): They learned something about who Ross Ulbrich is, and at the end of the speech, he said he would commute his sentence. The Libertarian Party was able to get those concessions. And that's the amazing thing of what's going on in that party right now, because they are the third party and people are sick and tired of this government and what they're doing. So they're looking to this Liberty party, and that's what I mean about the shooting for the Stars ending up in the moon, whatever the case may be, is that they understand right now that their message of liberty, their message of personal sovereignty is ringing true more than ever. So they came into there, they learned who Ross Ulrich was, and more than anything, it was amazing that they got Donald Trump to say, okay, you know what? I'll make a statement. I'll commute Ross Ulrich's sentence, and he's serving, I think he's sentenced to three life sentence. He's already served 11 years, the kid. So I mean, I think it's really powerful and it can show you what a third party can do if they wield their power properly. And that's what that came out of that convention. Wilmer Leon (00:34:06): Back to Julian Assange. Pasta Jardula (00:34:08): Yes. Oh, I'm so sorry. My bad. Wilmer Leon (00:34:11): Go Pasta Jardula (00:34:11): Ahead. Well, Assange talked about Assange is one of the guys. They understand that's why they had Gabriel ship in there. They understand what's going on with Julian Assange. And there were some people I think that either well Wilmer Leon (00:34:23): Explain to my audience outside of the Libertarian convention, explain to the audience why Julian Assange's name and why Julian Assange is so significant and why he is being tortured by the United States government through Britain. Pasta Jardula (00:34:44): Well, I mean, not to go back to the convention, but I think that's why Donald Trump couldn't pardon Julian Assange because of what Assange has done. It's not that Julian Assange as a person is a whistleblower who exposed the government and the military for their war crimes. It's the mechanism in which he created WikiLeaks itself in which whistleblowers can get that information out there. And at times, a lot of times, the whistleblower doesn't even have to know who they're blowing the information to and understand that it will get out there, which will protect both parties, but that mechanism itself in which it shines a light on what the government and the military is doing. And more than anything, Dr. Wilmer, the government doesn't want you to know you, the people, what they are doing. They want to operate in back doors. That's why they are jailing this guy and keeping him quiet. But it's not just about jailing him and torturing him to, it's about sending a message to everyone out there. I said this before, I'll say it again. They're not coming for Julian Assange. They're coming. They're Wilmer Leon (00:35:45): Coming. Pasta Jardula (00:35:46): All of us. They're using Julian Assange to get to us because if they can charge somebody under the espionage act for journalism, then they can silence anybody and everybody at all times. You can be some lonely dude at home sending a tweet out that's powerful, and there can be a knock on your door and they can come arrest you for opening your mouth and exposing the government. That's how significant Julian Assange is, and that's why he needs to be freed. It's not just about freeing one man. It's about freeing a society and saying a society has a right to hold their government accountable. That's what Julian Assange means to me. Wilmer Leon (00:36:23): So he's languishing right now in Belmar Prison in isolation. He's been in isolation for like seven years, and the United States has been asking Britain to extradite him. He's an Australian citizen, not an American citizen, but the United States wants to charge him in violating the Espionage Act because he's a journalist through WikiLeaks. He has published a lot of incredibly embarrassing and war crime information about acts committed by members of the United States government and the United States is using him as the example, not only to the New York Times and the Washington Post and the LA Times, but to programs like Pasta to Go and connecting the dots. Those of us who are using alternative methods of media to speak the truth to the world, and they want to be sure that the government wants to be sure that they can control the narrative. They call it former President Obama called it the New York Times conundrum. (00:37:28): He did not want to persecute Assange because he knew that major American newspapers had used information from Assange, had published information from Assange. So if you attack him, you got to attack them. And so he was going to let Julian Assange go about his day. Donald Trump decided he would try to extradite Julian Assange, and now Joe Biden is doubling down on the Trump administration decision to extradite Assange. So I found a point on that. Honestly, they don't want Assange to set foot on American soil, right? Because if he comes here, all bets are off. So again, I never want to mention have his name mentioned and not explain to those who don't know why the name of Julian Assange is so significant. Pasta Jardula (00:38:27): And Dr. Wilmer, they said he won his appeal, but what did he win more time in Belmont Prison, right? He won Wilmer Leon (00:38:33): The right to appeal with his appeal. He won the right, and what they want to do is they want to drag this process out for as long as they can, hoping that he dies or goes utterly insane in Belmar, in solitary confinement. They don't want him here as much as they are trying to play the cards as though they do want him here. No, they want him to die there. Okay, so with that, oh, so switching gears now, let's play word association. I'm going to throw out a name and you tell me what comes to mind. Nikki Haley, Pasta Jardula (00:39:15): War, Wilmer Leon (00:39:18): War and more war. (00:39:22): She just visited Israel and she signed her name on artillery shells staying saying, finish them. Finish them. We love Israel. Love Nikki Haley. Now, Donald Trump has come out and said, it was like around the 11th or 12th of May, somebody from his campaign came out and said that she was on the short list of potential VP nominees. Then Donald Trump came out on his whatever account he has, truth social account, and said, no, that ain't going to happen. So what is she doing? Is she still vying for the vp? Is she vying for 2028? Is she vying for the role of Secretary of Defense? What is she doing? Pasta Jardula (00:40:20): She's earning a paycheck and she's doing what she's supposed to be doing for the Hudson Think Tank. A lot of people don't understand who the Hudson think Tank is. It's a NGO think tank that is promoting war all over the place, as can be, and all they do is promote war, war, war. Well, she's now on their board. She's now a representative of them, and that's what she's doing. She's appeasing the people who are aligning her pockets. Let's not forget that at one point when she left office, she was almost broke, but then all of a sudden she changed her red rhetoric. She upped it up the war mechanism. She turned the dial up to nine, and now all of a sudden she's got the pockets filled. She's been made straight or square or whatever the term is and stuff. She's getting paid to spew the rhetoric that she's spewing, and that's what she's doing. She's now part of that Steve Bannon Hudson Think Tank Institute where they're just paid to be neocons war mongers, and that's what she's doing. She's doing it for the love of money. Wilmer Leon (00:41:28): When we look at Rafa, so when I say Rafa, what does pasta say? Pasta Jardula (00:41:38): Dr. Wiler, I was going to ask if you can give me one of those therapy sessions. I don't know what kind of doctor you are because I'm not stunned. I'm not shocked, but I'm almost numb at this point, right? They just won't stop. There is no such thing as a red line. They started their bombing campaign, the IDF did in the north. They moved everybody down to the south. They told people to continuously move. Now they got 'em in an area where they can't go anywhere. It's tent city and they're bombing, and it just, I'm numb to what's going on. Every time I hear this stuff or I see an image on Instagram or X or TikTok, it doesn't surprise me anymore, and I'm scared about that. I really am. It makes me think that where are we in this society? I understand that we are unplugged for what's going on outside our borders, but you can't avoid this. (00:42:35): You can't ignore this, and I don't know what to do. Well, what we can do to shake people to the core and make them wake up and understand what's going on, and we need to somehow stop this. I was a little disappointed that there were protests for Israel and Gaza, right? Palestinian pro-Palestinian protests, but there were no protests for the Ukrainians and what's going on, the people of the Donbass in Russia, Ukraine. I mean, I understand that a lot of people aren't aware of what's really going on and how this started, but all in all, I mean, I'm shocked that nobody's waking up and screaming about this. They're bombing tents, refugee camps, sending people on fire. You're seeing fathers and mothers pulling their children out of wreckage and rubble. I mean, what's going to happen here? I think we talked about this before the show. (00:43:33): It's like there's no red line for these people, even though they act as if there is one. And the thing about it is, is that when it comes to Donald Trump or it comes to Joe Biden, it doesn't make a difference who gets in office. The song is still going to remain the same. They're going to let Israel do what they want. And as a matter of fact, they're not just going to let Israel do what they want. Ladies and gentlemen, they're going to use your tax dollars to fund their bombing campaign. So I'm just at a loss. I don't know what to do, what to say, how to wake people up. But you know what? As long as people can go on with their lives and they're here in America and they don't have to worry about bombs being dropped on them, I think they'll largely ignore what's happening on the other side of the globe. And it is just, the only word I can use is sad. Wilmer Leon (00:44:21): Today on the 29th of May on the Washington Post, there's a piece says, the Biden administration says that Israel's bombing of Rafa did not cross Biden's red line. And the reason is because Biden's red line is based upon a ground assault, not an heir assault. (00:44:55): Joe Biden, and this isn't partisan, this is humanitarian. We're not talking parties, we're talking people. We're talking humans. We're talking women and children. And Joe Biden told Netanyahu last week, if you go into Rafa, that's a red line. We will not allow that red line to be crossed. So the IDF bombs, to your point, a refugee camp, in fact, it was called a safe zone. These people were told, go here to avoid annihilation. Go here and you will be safe. They went where they were told to go, and they're being exterminated, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and the spokespeople for the State Department say, no, that does not cross our red line. Because we said to Israel, no ground assault. Pasta Jardula (00:46:24): You're just as lost for words as I Wilmer Leon (00:46:26): Am. When you look, I got a lot of books. I got a lot of books in here. Yes, I got a lot of books in my house, and I've read a good number of the books that are here. I don't have the language. I don't have, can't find in any of the, I would call it barbarism, but I don't want to insult barbarians. I mean, Pasta Jardula (00:46:55): Yeah, Wilmer Leon (00:46:56): Go ahead. Go Pasta Jardula (00:46:57): With the kangaroo courts that they have for Julian Assange, but we don't want to insult kangaroos. Once again, this government, I mean, I think the number one message that we have to understand so we can try to find a solution to this problem is, number one, we understand that there never will be a red line for the United States when it comes to Israel. They're going to allow them to do what they want to do. A lot of our congressional members, I'm going to say most, but a lot of them have dual citizenship with Israel. Wilmer Leon (00:47:28): They're, they're trying to bring Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress. Pasta Jardula (00:47:35): Well, they're paid off by apec. They're paid off by those lobbyists. I mean, I don't know what we can do at this point and understand. I mean, and to hear to me, I just listened to the rhetoric that comes out of this whole situation. Wilmer Leon (00:47:52): Wait minute, wait minute, a minute. I got to make one more point. Please, please. Because when I say the speaker of the house, whatever his name is, Mike Johnson. Pasta Jardula (00:48:05): Yes. Wilmer Leon (00:48:06): Mike Johnson is offering for the fourth time to bring Netanyahu before a joint session of Congress, the leader of the Senate. Pasta Jardula (00:48:24): Mitch McConnell? Wilmer Leon (00:48:25): No, no, no, no, no. Chuck Schumer. Chuck Schumer. Chuck Schumer's in on the game. Folks need to understand a state visit as with Ruto from Kenya that took place last week to be able to speak before a joint session of Congress for a foreign leader, that is the ultimate reward. They all, just about every world leader would love either a state visit or to speak before joint says. So for Joe Biden to say, I've got a red line for Joe Biden to say, we're not going to send these artillery shells, and then to turn around and send 2000 pound bombs or whatever it is, it's bs. It means the word means zero. And when your language means nothing, pasta what you got. Pasta Jardula (00:49:28): Well, I don't know what you got. You got a whole bunch of, I don't want to use the word, it's too early in the morning, and I don't think it's a PG 13 word. Let's just put it that way because that's the only way to describe it. But I think people Wilmer Leon (00:49:42): Excellent is how about that? Pasta Jardula (00:49:45): Let's go with that so we can go on the air with it and we won't get trouble by the FCC. Listen, it kind of reminds me, do you remember when Zelinsky was going to Congress for the first time and Nancy Pelosi was walking across the floor all giddy with a flag? I mean, to me, it made me sick because I understood what was going on. It's never about race. It's never about religion. They might throw those excuses out there, just like right now. Wilmer Leon (00:50:12): It's never about democracy. Pasta Jardula (00:50:13): Yeah, it's about money. It's about geopolitics. It's about leadership. It's about control, understanding that people have to use the plebs. They don't care about you, and they're going to, no matter what they do, they're going to do what they want to do. I mean, the majority of people in the United States are overwhelmingly against this war in Russia, Ukraine, and what are they doing? Dr. Wilmer? They're trying to send more weapons in money. They don't care when it comes to Rafa. I heard some clown on the radio the other day saying, well, the IDF dropped all these leaflets out there warning people. They were going, wait a second. Where are they going to go? Maybe they can go by the beach. Maybe they can go by the beach. There's nowhere left for them to go at this point Wilmer Leon (00:51:00): Into the Sinai Desert. Yes, that's their, if Egypt allows them in only into the desert, Pasta Jardula (00:51:11): That's it. That's it. Or they can get on that pier and pretty soon and then ship them on out of there. I think that might be the last thing that we see. I think that's what that a lot of that pier was all about. It was about, and that's what this war was always about. In my mind. It wasn't about Hamas. It wasn't about fighting terrorism. It was about gentrification and ethnic cleansing because they want that land. Wilmer Leon (00:51:37): What did Jared Kushner say? What did Jared Pasta Jardula (00:51:41): Property once they get it all cleaned up, right? Wilmer Leon (00:51:43): Property, what is Donald Trump? How did Donald Trump make his money? Real estate, this is a real estate deal that the administration, it doesn't matter which one, because they've all been involved in the same game. This is just an escalation of the same game. It's a real estate deal. Pasta Jardula (00:52:14): Yeah, but Dr. Wilmer, I mean, you got to admire the ruling classes, tactics and whatnot. I mean, education wise, how much do we learn about the Holocaust, about the most oppressed people in the world, and now they are a protected class Jewish people, and that's not being antisemitic. It's just so many years of understanding and learning and being taught about World War II and the Holocaust. Wilmer Leon (00:52:42): God's chosen people, Pasta Jardula (00:52:43): FISM is allowed, is conditioned to people. It's programmed and conditioned to people to accept an actual genocide and ethnic cleansing going on right now. So I mean, you got to admire the tactics in which they use. They've set the table for this. They brought the steak down, but they already had the salt and pepper there with the steaks off the knives and the forks, and now they're just sitting down and eating. Wilmer Leon (00:53:07): In fact, folks should go back and look up. There was a piece about a week or maybe 10 days ago, again, in the Washington Post, and I hate to keep quoting the post, but sometimes they do get the story right, where they exposed New York, mayor Eric Adams, they got access to a WhatsApp stream of communication where a number of billionaires, the former CEO of Starbucks, Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell computers, they were through WhatsApp communicating with Eric Adams about going into Columbia, doing away with those protesters because they're afraid of losing control of the narrative. And this comes to mind, based upon what you just said about what we've been indoctrinated with, what we have been taught. They're afraid that those protests are going to result in losing control of the narrative. I believe they've already lost control of such and that they're gasping. It's the last kicks of a dying mule, which are the most dangerous. And I think that's what we're seeing play itself out. Your thoughts, Craig Pasta, our doula, Pasta Jardula (00:54:32): The last kicks of a dying mule are the most dangerous. Wow. You're so right about that. I love that. Do you mind if I borrow that and use that? That's a great one. Wilmer Leon (00:54:40): You are more than welcome. It isn't mine. Pasta Jardula (00:54:43): That's the thing. You know what they say? Dr. Wilman thieves steal, but geniuses like yourself, they borrow. I'm going to borrow that from you. And I've been saying this somewhat similar. Similar, it's that when people are put in desperate measures, they make desperate moves and desperate decisions, and these are going to be the most desperate of decisions. But there's a book out there that I peaked at years, many years ago, and it made me realize, and I bet the book, because a friend of mine told me, because I was told around the dinner table that, oh, when it came to slavery that, oh, it was the tribe leaders in Africa that sold out their own people. And there was a book called Lives. My father told me, I think it was called, I can't remember. That's Wilmer Leon (00:55:26): It. Pasta Jardula (00:55:26): Yeah, that's it. But this information is deep down embedded in us, right? And it's going to take a long time to get everybody programmed. And the problem is now, today is where we are at and what we're doing right now, right? We're doing these conversations as independent media on the outer limits because the narrative is always controlled by the government and the mainstream media. They work hand in hand. So no matter what for us to get our information out there, and this is what we need, we need more people. It takes a village, right? We need more people out there singing and screaming our message, getting people to understand, we got to deprogramming, deprogram the programming that's already in place, and that's just going to take some time, and we just got to keep at it no matter what. I think we're the last line of defense. The NIDA jenko and all the other type of mechanisms, the silence people for the disinformation, they are the disinformation themselves, and we just have to come with facts and figures and let people know the truth and try as hard as we can to do so. Wilmer Leon (00:56:34): I'm glad that you said that because as we get out, as we wrap this up, folks that listen to my SiriusXM show, for example, I have people on like Miko, ped and lathe, oo, from Lebanon and all kinds of folks, and in fact, I got to get you on inside the issues. So I'll get calls from Zionists and I'll get calls from NeoCon saying, the show IST Balanced Wilmer, you had Miko pellet on. Or I'll have a rabbi on to talk about the Torah and why, according to rabbinical law, the state of Israel isn't supposed to exist, so on and so forth. And I'll tell him, well, no, I'm the counterbalance. (00:57:23): You will not find balance in this discussion. I am the counterbalance. If you want that narrative, read the New York Times. Read the Washington Post. Turn on Rachel Maddow. Listen to Joy Reed. You'll get all of that chatter on the mainstream. You want to get a balance to that. Then turn on pasta to go turn on connecting the dots. This is where there's a reason you don't hear Dr. Gerald Horn or see Dr. Gerald Horn on M-S-N-B-C. There's a reason you don't see Dr. Richard Wolf on M-S-N-B-C or Dr. Linwood Tahi, because they don't want you to have that information. Take me out, Craig Jara. First of all, where do people go to experience the brilliance we know as pasta? Pasta Jardula (00:58:25): I mean, please, I'm turning red here, and thank you so much for Dr. Wiler for having me on. I do love listening to you on all your shows, and I'm truly honored to come on with you. I really do mean that, but I will leave everybody with this because that's something we hear all the time. A lot of people said the same thing when we did these independent media shows. Oh, you're only telling one side of the story. It's kind of funny how I don't hear you saying the same thing. Same towards the mainstream media, which the government and the mainstream media, they control the message. They control the narrative Wilmer Leon (00:59:01): And the messengers. Pasta Jardula (00:59:02): They control everything. The messenger. So I mean, it's kind of crazy, and it is hypocritical when they say these things. We are the counter narrative to what has been going on because at the end of the day, the government, the mainstream media, all they are is the propaganda out there, the ruling class, and they're going to say whatever they want to say to keep their narrative intact, and their people are just lucky out there that it's not just us. This is a movement. Like I said, it takes a village that there's more of us coming out of this whole situation. We're going to have more of our voices out there. We're going to have more of the truth, more of a pushback. And at the end of the day, I think what we've created here, even though we're operating in small spaces, our message is going to continue to grow. So I'm not going to stop and I'm going to keep pushing, and I'm going to keep getting the message out there. And thank you so much, Dr. Wilmer for having me on. I've had an amazing time. Wilmer Leon (01:00:01): Craig Pasta Jar, doula, where do people go for am Wake Up. I know that's on Rock. Fin Pasta to Go, where do they go? Pasta Jardula (01:00:11): Well, I only dip into am, wake Up every once in a while now, so I'm not doing that show full time. But Pasta to Go, I have on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and I do it on Rumble, I do it on YouTube. We have a Twitter. I always tell people to go to my personal Twitter because it's easy to remember at yo pasta. Yo pasta. Just go over to at Yo pasta. You can find all the links to all the fun stuff we do. We like to get the boots on the ground. I got a small team, but I got an effective team, and we're going to Mexico. Dr. Wilmer, they got an election going on that they do. And as you know, the security state and the government is trying to find a way to go into Mexico without their permission to go after what they say is the cartels. Wilmer Leon (01:00:53): Lindsey Graham wants to bomb Mexico. Pasta Jardula (01:00:55): Yes, he does. He does. And I patch McCain, right? That dude, Crenshaw. He wants to go into Mexico, a sovereign nation whenever they wants. And the Green Berets. So we're going to go out there and we're going to talk about their election and we're going to provide some transparency to show they actually have a government of and by the people and we have no right to go in there. Wilmer Leon (01:01:19): Craig Pasta jar doula, my man. Thank you so much for joining me today. Greatly, greatly appreciated. Pasta Jardula (01:01:26): Thank you so much, Dr. Willer. Wilmer Leon (01:01:28): Folks, thank you all so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wiler Leon. Stay tuned for new episodes every week. Also, please follow. Please subscribe, leave a review, share the show, follow us on social media. You can find all the links below. Go to the Patreon account and make a contribution. These things aren't cheap, and again, you can find all the links below in the show description. Folks, remember that this is where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. As I tell you all the time, talk without analysis is just chatter and we don't chatter on connecting the dots. See you again next time. Until then, I'm Dr. Wilmer Leon. Have a great one. Peace. I'm out Announcer (01:02:25): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge.

Hour 1 The Rangers lost in OT as the Panthers even the series 2-2. We all expected this series to go seven games and we seem to be on track for that. The concerning thing for the Rangers is they are being outshot at a rate of 2-to-1. Boomer was impressed with Igor making more incredible saves last night. Game 5 is now the pivotal game and the Rangers cannot lose this one tomorrow night. Jerry is here for his first update of the day and starts with the sounds of the Rangers losing in Florida. The Yankees lost to the Angels. Evan Roberts has had it with baseball giveaways only going to a certain number of ticket holders. The Mets lost a double header to the Dodgers yesterday. The Timberwolves beat the Mavericks to stay alive and we heard from Kyrie Irving. In the final segment of the hour, Joey Gallo is the father of the baby who we originally thought was Mark Davis'. There are also rumors that Dov Kleiman sold his Twitter account to a farming engagement expert of some sort. A caller compares the Rangers/Panthers series to Rocky IV.  Hour 2 We talked more about the Rangers loss and took a lot of calls. Many people are disappointed in the top 3 Rangers not producing at all in the series. A caller thinks the Rangers players need to take mushrooms before the game for mental clarity. Jerry is here for an update but first we talked about Gary Bettman's radio show from a number of years ago. Jerry has the sounds from Florida Panthers radio as they beat the Rangers. The Yankees lost to the Angels. The Mets lost a double header and Howie Rose has no idea who to name as the ‘Top Dog of the Game'. Jerry has audio of a couple of broadcasters on a hot mic, but they are not aware they are on the air. The T-Wolves stayed alive with a win over the Mavericks. Josh Hart was on the Pivot podcast and talked about playing for Tom Thibodeau. In the final segment of the hour, Jason Kelce and his wife had a run in with a drunk woman who wanted a picture. Boomer said they should have just taken a quick pic and be done with it.  Hour 3 Daryl Strawberry is going to have his day this weekend with the Mets, but it's terrible timing since the Mets are so bad right now. Even Darren from The 7-Line suggests focusing on other hobbies while the Mets are so terrible. At least they're not in between good and bad. They are definitely bad. The Mets do not have a winning core, so expect major trades before the deadline. Jerry returns for an update and starts with the sounds of the Rangers' loss to the Panthers to even the series 2-2. Boomer said it's time Kreider imposes his will. Mark Messier talked about taking mushrooms in his playing days. Boomer thinks current players are taking it as well. The Yankees lost to the Angels in L.A. David Stearns met with the media yesterday and talked about the Pete Alonso situation. Aaron Boone defended Angel Hernandez's umpiring skills. Former umpire Joe West was on The Score in Chicago defending Hernandez as well. Tom Brady talked about the expectations he has for himself as a broadcaster. In the final segment of the hour, we talked about Gunnar Esiason's love for Blink 182, Al's love of Springsteen, Boomer's love of Zeppelin and then Gio's love of what? Boomer is turning everything into a Rangers comparison, even Nirvana songs.  Hour 4 One more hour of Rangers talk before we turn it over to BT & Sal for them to talk about the Rangers. We took a bunch of calls from Rangers fans and they don't seem happy. Larry from Indiana checks in to tell us why we didn't see him at Kickoff To Summer in Belmar. Jerry returns for an update and starts with the sounds of the Rangers loss in Florida. The Yankees lost in L.A. to the Angels. The Mets get swept in a doubleheader by the Dodgers. Boston radio host Fred Toucher called Bill Walton a ‘phony hippie'. The Moment of The Day involves Eddie's ‘happy ending' drop while Boomer is trying to be serious. In the final segment of the show, and stop me if you've heard this before, we talked about the Rangers. Boomer gave his prediction of what the Rangers lineup will look like tomorrow night.

One more hour of Rangers talk before we turn it over to BT & Sal for them to talk about the Rangers. We took a bunch of calls from Rangers fans and they don't seem happy. Larry from Indiana checks in to tell us why we didn't see him at Kickoff To Summer in Belmar. Jerry returns for an update and starts with the sounds of the Rangers loss in Florida. The Yankees lost in L.A. to the Angels. The Mets get swept in a doubleheader by the Dodgers. Boston radio host Fred Toucher called Bill Walton a ‘phony hippie'. The Moment of The Day involves Eddie's ‘happy ending' drop while Boomer is trying to be serious. In the final segment of the show, and stop me if you've heard this before, we talked about the Rangers. Boomer gave his prediction of what the Rangers lineup will look like tomorrow night.

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Evan and Tiki are live from D'Jais in Belmar to kick-off the summer.

Hour 1 We are live from D'Jais in Belmar, NJ for Kickoff To Summer. Boomer said somebody from WFAN offered him gummies in the hotel lobby. We golfed yesterday and Gio had a great shot on the signature hole at the course. There's a lot more women than usual and there were a lot of Rangers jerseys in the crowd. Some want Matt Rempe in, and some don't. Jerry is here for his first update of the morning and starts with the Yankees beating the Mariners as Giancarlo Stanton hit a HR. Boomer predicts Luis Gil will win the CY Young. The Tigers broadcast had some technical issues and it sounded like 1920's baseball. There was an interesting guess on the Wheel of Fortune: ‘Right in the butt?' Daniel Jones talked about his health and when he'll be ready to go. Aaron RODGERS was on with Adam Schein and talked about the Jets owing the NFL some prime time games. Jaylen Brown had a big game for the Celtics as they beat the Pacers. Boomer doesn't care. The Oilers beat the Stars in double OT. In the final segment of the hour, we're looking for Larry in Indiana who told us he was coming today. We ran into Eric LeGrand yesterday at the Iron Whale in Asbury Park.  Hour 2 Adam and the Metal Hawks played a great rendition of the Star Spangled Banner live to open hour 2. Big Zoo gives a big, ‘We here, we outside'. Unfortunately the Knicks season is over. Gio is calling tonight a must win spot for the Rangers. The big question tonight is whether Matt Rempe will be on the ice. Jerry returns for an update but first there's a musical game show that doesn't go so well. Jerry has the sounds of the Yankees win as Luis Gil dominated again. A player on the Dolphins found an iguana in his toilet bowl and it's not his. Charles Barkley is not thrilled with the direction TNT is going: ‘morale sucks'. Gio is sick of hearing about Inside The NBA ending. He said the Beatles are not breaking up. In the final segment of the hour, the Mayor of Belmar joined us at D'Jais.  Hour 3 The Mayor of Belmar has no idea who Al is and Al said maybe he'll run for Mayor. Boomer ran into Jerry's mom and said she's ‘hot'. We heard there might be a wet t-shirt contest during Evan and Tiki today, but it will likely involve Shaun Morash in the wet t-shirt. We want to do a golf makeover with Jerry. Jerry returns for an update but first he is named NJ Italian Sportscaster of the Year presented by the NJ legislature. The Yankees won again thanks to another great performance by Luis Gil. Aaron RODGERS was on with Adam Schein and said love him or hate him, people like to watch him play football. Stephen A. Smith wants time off and does not want long NBA series. In the final segment of the hour, Gio is playing guitar with the band.  Hour 4 Boomer is not going to the Rangers game tonight, instead he's watching from home with his phone on silent. We will have to wait and see if Matt Rempe will be in the lineup. If he's in, somebody has to come out. Jerry returns for his final update of the day, but first Gio pumps up the crowd with some D'Jais dance music. We talked about the times we've seen Boomer drunk. Not often at all, but always memorable. Jerry does a brief preview of tonight's games including the Rangers, Mets and Yankees. The Moment of The Day involves The Wheel of Fortune, ‘Right in the butt'.

We are live from D'Jais in Belmar, NJ for Kickoff To Summer. Boomer said somebody from WFAN offered him gummies in the hotel lobby. We golfed yesterday and Gio had a great shot on the signature hole at the course. There's a lot more women than usual and there were a lot of Rangers jerseys in the crowd. Some want Matt Rempe in, and some don't. Jerry is here for his first update of the morning and starts with the Yankees beating the Mariners as Giancarlo Stanton hit a HR. Boomer predicts Luis Gil will win the CY Young. The Tigers broadcast had some technical issues and it sounded like 1920's baseball. There was an interesting guess on the Wheel of Fortune: ‘Right in the butt?' Daniel Jones talked about his health and when he'll be ready to go. Aaron RODGERS was on with Adam Schein and talked about the Jets owing the NFL some prime time games. Jaylen Brown had a big game for the Celtics as they beat the Pacers. Boomer doesn't care. The Oilers beat the Stars in double OT. In the final segment of the hour, we're looking for Larry in Indiana who told us he was coming today. We ran into Eric LeGrand yesterday at the Iron Whale in Asbury Park.

Adam and the Metal Hawks played a great rendition of the Star Spangled Banner live to open hour 2. Big Zoo gives a big, ‘We here, we outside'. Unfortunately the Knicks season is over. Gio is calling tonight a must win spot for the Rangers. The big question tonight is whether Matt Rempe will be on the ice. Jerry returns for an update but first there's a musical game show that doesn't go so well. Jerry has the sounds of the Yankees win as Luis Gil dominated again. A player on the Dolphins found an iguana in his toilet bowl and it's not his. Charles Barkley is not thrilled with the direction TNT is going: ‘morale sucks'. Gio is sick of hearing about Inside The NBA ending. He said the Beatles are not breaking up. In the final segment of the hour, the Mayor of Belmar joined us at D'Jais.

The Mayor of Belmar has no idea who Al is and Al said maybe he'll run for Mayor. Boomer ran into Jerry's mom and said she's ‘hot'. We heard there might be a wet t-shirt contest during Evan and Tiki today, but it will likely involve Shaun Morash in the wet t-shirt. We want to do a golf makeover with Jerry. Jerry returns for an update but first he is named NJ Italian Sportscaster of the Year presented by the NJ legislature. The Yankees won again thanks to another great performance by Luis Gil. Aaron RODGERS was on with Adam Schein and said love him or hate him, people like to watch him play football. Stephen A. Smith wants time off and does not want long NBA series. In the final segment of the hour, Gio is playing guitar with the band.

Lots of Rangers jerseys live in Belmar. Some want Matt Rempe in the lineup.

Hour 2: Evan has never had a Mike & Ike...till now. Loogy has to dress like the Stanley Cup on Friday's show from Djais in Belmar. And Shaun & Evan break down what Aaron Rodgers had to say yesterday.

Larry in Indiana checks in now that the Pacers beat the Knicks. He claims to look like, ‘the white Shaq'. He is driving from Indiana to Belmar for Kickoff to Summer this Friday. He's very confident the Pacers will beat the Celtics. The fact the Knicks have haters means they are finally in the conversation again. Boomer thinks it's time for the Knicks to move on from a few guys, Mitchell Robinson being one of them. Jerry returns for an update and starts with all the sounds of the Knicks series loss to the Pacers. Jalen Brunson fractured his hand during the game. The Timberwolves eliminated the Nuggets. Nuggets head coach Michael Malone is sick of the ‘stupid ass questions' after their loss. The Yankees swept the White Sox this weekend. Edwin Diaz continues to struggle as the Mets lose a series to the Marlins. Jerry has audio of Evan Roberts yelling, ‘I've gotta crap'. In the final segment of the hour, Gio has to leave at 9am today as he's going up to Albany to be honored by the NY Legislature as Italian American of the Year or something. A caller wonders how Scottie Scheffler was set free so quickly on a felony. A caller is excited for Rangers/Panthers that gets underway Wednesday. 

Hour 1 The Knicks were eliminated last night after losing to the Pacers at the Garden. The Knicks were just up against too many injuries and the Pacers shot at a record percentage. Boomer said the Knicks finally have a team and coach that's stable. Gio is very disappointed with how the season ended, but Boomer seems very positive about the future. Gio wonders how the Knicks will evaluate this season. Jerry is here for his first update and has all the sounds from the Knicks loss. The Timberwolves eliminated the Nuggets and will play Dallas next. The Yankees swept the White Sox this weekend after sweeping the Twins. The Mets lost a series to the Marlins and Edwin Diaz was terrible again, even in a non-save situation. And we heard Jim Nantz on the call as Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship. In the final segment of the hour, we gave proper credit to the Pacers, but if the Knicks were close to healthy they would have won it.  Hour 2 Larry in Indiana checks in now that the Pacers beat the Knicks. He claims to look like, ‘the white Shaq'. He is driving from Indiana to Belmar for Kickoff to Summer this Friday. He's very confident the Pacers will beat the Celtics. The fact the Knicks have haters means they are finally in the conversation again. Boomer thinks it's time for the Knicks to move on from a few guys, Mitchell Robinson being one of them. Jerry returns for an update and starts with all the sounds of the Knicks series loss to the Pacers. Jalen Brunson fractured his hand during the game. The Timberwolves eliminated the Nuggets. Nuggets head coach Michael Malone is sick of the ‘stupid ass questions' after their loss. The Yankees swept the White Sox this weekend. Edwin Diaz continues to struggle as the Mets lose a series to the Marlins. Jerry has audio of Evan Roberts yelling, ‘I've gotta crap'. In the final segment of the hour, Gio has to leave at 9am today as he's going up to Albany to be honored by the NY Legislature as Italian American of the Year or something. A caller wonders how Scottie Scheffler was set free so quickly on a felony. A caller is excited for Rangers/Panthers that gets underway Wednesday.  Hour 3 The injuries finally caught up to the Knicks and they weren't able to compete in this game. The Pacers also shot lights out, so that was a deadly combo. The Knicks need a deeper bench, but this was a lot of injuries to try and overcome. Boomer thinks the Knicks need to make a few changes at the back of the roster. Jerry is here for another update and has all the sounds as the Pacers beat the Knicks and ended their season. The Yankees swept the White Sox this weekend. The Mets lost their series against the Marlins. There was also a fistfight among NASCAR drivers. In the final segment of the hour, Gio is going to Albany today to be honored as the Italian American of the year by the NY State Legislature.  Hour 4 Jerry is in for Gio for the 9am hour. Jerry gives his take on the Knicks losing the series (it sucks he said). Boomer said with the injury to Jalen Brunson, the Knicks would not have competed with the Celtics anyway. We talked about all the Knicks injuries. The Knicks are in a great spot going forward. A Knicks fan is pissed at Knicks fans this morning for wanting guys traded. Jerry returns for an update (he's also hosting as Gio left early). Jerry starts with the sounds of last night's Knicks series loss to the Pacers. The Timberwolves beat the Nuggets and knocked them out of the playoffs. The Nuggets head coach has had it with your ‘stupid ass questions'. Edwin Diaz continues to struggle as the Mets lose a series to the Marlins. The Moment of The Day involves Evan Roberts screaming ‘I've gotta crap' over and over again. In the final segment of the show, a caller said Gio touched the money many times so it's no wonder the Knicks lost. The Knicks were up 2-0 and on the verge of going up 3-0.

Hour 1 We left on Friday and the Knicks were up 2-0 and we come back here Monday and the series is tied 2-2. They had many opportunities on Friday night to win and were blown out yesterday. The Knicks are dealing with a lot of injuries right now. Boomer doesn't think the Knicks will win in Indiana. Gio said there were some major issues with the Knicks that he didn't think existed. The Rangers will try to close out the Hurricanes tonight at the Garden. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with the sounds of the Knicks getting blown out in Indiana. Jerry went around the NBA yesterday. The Mets beat the Braves last night on a walk off Brandon Nimmo HR. The Yankees beat the Rays as Jahmai Jones hit his first career HR. In the final segment of the hour, the NFL schedule will be released this Wednesday. Boomer thinks Netflix is getting a Christmas game, but Boomer wonders which network will produce the game. Gio wonders why Netflix wants this, considering everybody already has Netflix.  Hour 2 For the first time in the playoffs, Gio does not ‘expect' the Knicks to win. This is a must win for the Knicks since they can't seem to win in Indiana. A caller said you must call out Jalen Brunson for not distributing the ball. The Knicks got run out of the building in the first quarter and never recovered. Jerry returns for an update and starts with the sounds of the Knicks getting blown out in Indiana. Kevin Harlan was on the call as Jamal Murray hit a half court buzzer beater at the half. The Mets beat the Braves last night on a walk off HR by Brandon Nimmo. Jerry went around the NHL playoffs yesterday. In the final segment of the hour, the NFL season is going to kickoff Thursday night with the Ravens playing in Kansas City. Gio gives an update on the naked sister in law and her adopted dogs. A caller wonders what's up with Filip Chytil and the Rangers Hour 3 Game 3 on Friday night was the big loss for the Knicks as they had many opportunities to win. Yesterday was just a blowout. Boomer thinks the Knicks will be ready on their own court tomorrow night. They just play so much better at home because of the fans. That goes for both the Knicks and the Rangers. If the Knicks lose at MSG, this would be a really bad playoff loss. Charles Oakley is back in the news as he wants an apology from James Dolan. Jerry returns for an update but first Gio is going to be named Italian American of the year by the NY state legislature. Jerry starts with the sounds of the Knicks getting blown out in Indiana. Jerry went around the NBA last night including the halfcourt shot at the halftime buzzer by Jamal Murray. The Yankees beat the Rays thanks to a bunch of homeruns. John Sterling hosted a show on Saturday. He had to cut off Dominic the caller. The Mets beat the Braves on a walk-off HR by Brandon Nimmo. In the final segment of the hour, actor Steve Buscemi just got punched in the face randomly in NYC.  Hour 4 Dov Kleiman broke down how much it will cost NFL fans to watch every NFL game this upcoming season. Boomer wonders who will be producing and broadcasting the Netflix game. The Mets update on Kodai Senga was interesting. He said his mechanics aren't there yet even though the Mets said he's healthy. A caller wonders why Gio doesn't take his boat down to Belmar for the Kickoff To Summer. A caller thinks the Knicks will get blown out again in Indiana and it will all come down to game 7. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with ‘identify the human'. Jerry has audio from Tom Thibodeau after yesterday's loss in Indiana. The Mets beat the Braves as Brandon Nimmo hit a walk off homerun. The Yankees beat the Rays thanks to a handful of homeruns. The Moment of The Day involves a caller and actor Steve Buscemi being punched in the face on the streets of NYC. In the final segment of the show, we talked about a bunch of different things including the Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix. Gio wonders if you know anybody that doesn't have Netflix.

Dov Kleiman broke down how much it will cost NFL fans to watch every NFL game this upcoming season. Boomer wonders who will be producing and broadcasting the Netflix game. The Mets update on Kodai Senga was interesting. He said his mechanics aren't there yet even though the Mets said he's healthy. A caller wonders why Gio doesn't take his boat down to Belmar for the Kickoff To Summer. A caller thinks the Knicks will get blown out again in Indiana and it will all come down to game 7. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with ‘identify the human'. Jerry has audio from Tom Thibodeau after yesterday's loss in Indiana. The Mets beat the Braves as Brandon Nimmo hit a walk off homerun. The Yankees beat the Rays thanks to a handful of homeruns. The Moment of The Day involves a caller and actor Steve Buscemi being punched in the face on the streets of NYC. In the final segment of the show, we talked about a bunch of different things including the Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix. Gio wonders if you know anybody that doesn't have Netflix.

This week we bring you Ty Mares. An extremely talented local singer songwriter. Ty does a few things in the local scene from his own originals to covers, and playing in the Cosmic Jerry Band as well. We had a great talk with him. Please like, follow, and support him. Instagram is @ty.mares As always a HUGE shout out to our favorite partners in crime, Manafirkin Brewery in Manahawkin NJ. www.manafirkin.com We can't forget Lofidelic Record in Belmar https://www.lofidelic.com Also, True Jersey. https://truejersey.com use the code JSMUSICPOD060523 for 10% off

Gio wonders how much money Tom Brady got paid for the Roast on Netflix. Boomer thinks between $10-20 million. Boomer said do not be surprised if the NFL and Netflix come together for a Christmas day game. Frank The Tank calls in as his walk with Boomer video comes out today. We also took calls about the Rangers win in game 2 last night. Boomer is predicting a Jets/Bengals playoff game. C-Lo returns for his final update of the day but first we talked about our Kickoff To Summer Show at D'Jais in Belmar. C-Lo starts with all the sounds of last night's Rangers win over the Hurricanes. Willy Adames of the Brewers told fans behind the dugout that he was going to hit a HR, and then he did it. The Moment of The Day involves Larry in Indiana who has an interesting bet for Gio concerning the Knicks and Pacers. In the final segment of the show, Boomer said maybe he'll just do two hour shows from now on. Jerry can do 6-8 with Gio and Boomer will come in at 8am. He is kidding. A caller doesn't like Emily Kaplan on the NHL coverage but Boomer disagrees. He likes her.

Hour 1 Boomer is on his way in from the Vegas red eye, so right now it's Gio and Jerry. The Rangers beat the Hurricanes in double OT to take a 2-0 series lead so Boomer is going to be fired up. The Rangers have to be the favorites to get to the Stanley Cup Finals. Mitchell Robinson will miss the rest of the postseason with his ankle injury. C-Lo is here for his first update and starts with all of the sounds of last night's Rangers win. Game 2 of the Knicks/Pacers is at the Garden tonight. The Mets beat the Cardinals. Willson Contreras broke his arm as JD Martinez's bat hit it during a catcher's interference situation. The Yankees beat the Astros behind an Alex Verdugo HR off Justin Verlander. In the final segment of the hour, Keyshawn Johnson seems to think the NBA wants the Knicks and Celtics to be in the finals and so the whistles are going that way.  Hour 2 The Knicks have dealt with injuries and now Mitchell Robinson is out for the remainder of the postseason. Our NY teams have dealt with a ton of injuries over the years for our key players. But right now the Knicks and Rangers have all of their important players healthy. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with the sounds of last night's Rangers win over the Hurricanes. Gio wants the new Brand Manager to get on the overnight update guys as they buried the Rangers story and didn't even mention the Mets. The Mets did beat the Cardinals behind a Brandon Nimmo HR. In the final segment of the hour, Boomer is here fresh off a redeye flight from Vegas and he is fired up about his Rangers. Boomer really broke down the double OT win in game 2.  Hour 3 Mitchell Robinson is out for the remainder of the postseason. Gio said this guy is never available. Good news for Boomer is it means his guy Precious Achiuwa will get more playing time. Boomer was very annoyed by the ESPN coverage of the Rangers game. Boomer wondered if they were trying to piss us off with the cutaways. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with the sounds of last night's Rangers double OT win over the Hurricanes. Shaun Morash checked in on social media from his Disney vacation. The Mets beat the Cardinals thanks to a HR by Brandon Nimmo. In the final segment of the hour, it's Boomer's sister's birthday and Matt Martin's birthday.  Hour 4 Gio wonders how much money Tom Brady got paid for the Roast on Netflix. Boomer thinks between $10-20 million. Boomer said do not be surprised if the NFL and Netflix come together for a Christmas day game. Frank The Tank calls in as his walk with Boomer video comes out today. We also took calls about the Rangers win in game 2 last night. Boomer is predicting a Jets/Bengals playoff game. C-Lo returns for his final update of the day but first we talked about our Kickoff To Summer Show at D'Jais in Belmar. C-Lo starts with all the sounds of last night's Rangers win over the Hurricanes. Willy Adames of the Brewers told fans behind the dugout that he was going to hit a HR, and then he did it. The Moment of The Day involves Larry in Indiana who has an interesting bet for Gio concerning the Knicks and Pacers. In the final segment of the show, Boomer said maybe he'll just do two hour shows from now on. Jerry can do 6-8 with Gio and Boomer will come in at 8am. He is kidding. A caller doesn't like Emily Kaplan on the NHL coverage but Boomer disagrees. He likes her.

Hour 1 Jerry is in for Boomer today and he and Gio started with the Knicks win last night. Gio said it was impressive because they didn't seem to have it last night. They got a few lucky calls and they have Jalen Brunson, who put up another 43 points last night. Gio said the Knicks looked stunned at times by the Pacers offense. Josh Hart once again played 48 minutes. C-Lo is here for his first update and starts with the sounds of last night's Knicks win. C-Lo then went around the NBA last night. The Mets beat the Cardinals and we talked about the arch in St. Louis. The Yankees play the Astros at the stadium tonight. In the final segment of the hour, Gio thinks the Knicks got away with one last night. Jerry said the Knicks weren't at their best, but they made things happen and they won. Jerry thinks the Pacers can blow them out one game in Indiana. Ben Simmons was at the MET Gala last night.  Hour 2 Reggie Miller will be back at MSG tomorrow night for TNT. We talked about what we expect from the remaining Knicks/Pacers series. Julius Randle was a big part of the culture change, so it must suck for him to not be a part of this. Gio didn't think recreating the Villanova team would work, but it has. We talked about the Knicks potentially trading Randle but Jerry doesn't think that's happening. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with the sounds of last night's Knicks win over the Pacers. We heard from Jimmy Butler who doesn't seem to like the Knicks or Tom Thibodeau. He did have a drink in his hand so maybe he was a little tipsy. The Mets beat the Cardinals and Brett Baty got his feet tangled with the third base ump. In the final segment of the hour, Gio met weather person Janice Huff on the streets of NYC. We talked about other local news people we liked growing up.  Hour 3 Last night was another great Knicks game that came down to the final minutes again. The Knicks got a call or two and Jalen Brunson scored over 40 again. There was a scoring snafu in the Knicks game for a very short time yesterday. A caller wonders if a team ever won a game because of a mistake with the scoring. C-Lo returns for an update, but first Gio said C-Lo sneezed right in his face. Gio said you can hold in a sneeze and C-Lo said you can't always. C-Lo starts with all the sounds from last night's Knicks win. Reggie Miller talked about coming back to the Garden tomorrow. He said he would be hurt if he didn't hear, ‘Reggie sucks'. Gio said Reggie should be in the ‘best ugly athletes' category. In the final segment of the hour, Boomer is taking a red eye tonight and will just show up around 8am tomorrow morning. We also announced Kickoff To Summer at D'Jais in Belmar, NJ. Hour 4 We expect both the Knicks and Rangers to move on from their series. We took calls from Knicks fans and talked more about the scoring snafu on the scoreboard. Jerry wonders if the NBA knows they have 2 different products. The regular season that ‘sucks', and the playoffs. A caller, who doesn't root for the Knicks, said they are so likable that he's finding himself rooting for them now. C-Lo returns for an update and starts with all the sound from last night's Knicks win. Gio tells a story about Dov eating tuna fish in the control room and them fighting about it back in 2008. Jalen Brunson stopped the conversation when someone was comparing him to Michael Jordan. The Mets beat the Cardinals in St. Louis thanks to Brandon Nimmo's HR. Through a spokesperson, Gisele felt deeply disappointed by the portrayal of her family. The Moment of The Day involves the A's and players you've not heard of. In the final segment of the show, Gio talked about going to the Ear Inn in NYC for lunch on Friday.

Last night was another great Knicks game that came down to the final minutes again. The Knicks got a call or two and Jalen Brunson scored over 40 again. There was a scoring snafu in the Knicks game for a very short time yesterday. A caller wonders if a team ever won a game because of a mistake with the scoring. C-Lo returns for an update, but first Gio said C-Lo sneezed right in his face. Gio said you can hold in a sneeze and C-Lo said you can't always. C-Lo starts with all the sounds from last night's Knicks win. Reggie Miller talked about coming back to the Garden tomorrow. He said he would be hurt if he didn't hear, ‘Reggie sucks'. Gio said Reggie should be in the ‘best ugly athletes' category. In the final segment of the hour, Boomer is taking a red eye tonight and will just show up around 8am tomorrow morning. We also announced Kickoff To Summer at D'Jais in Belmar, NJ.

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