Episode 137 – Pie and Beer Day

What exactly are we celebrating in Utah on July 24th? And what does this have to do with Google engaging in full-spectrum mind control? Find out on today’s podcast.

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Referenced in the Podcast

Clark County Sheriff (Sheriff during Vegas shooting) is now Nevada Governor
EXCLUSIVE: CDC Changed Definition of Breakthrough COVID-19 After Emails About ‘Vaccine Failure’
‘The Perfect Crime’: Tech Companies Are Manipulating Our Elections and Indoctrinating Our Children
Google has 93.12% search market share (as of 7/24/23)
New York Times torched for ‘fear-mongering’ article about the ‘perils’ of summer weather
Plaskett’s aide apparently memorized her entire speech and lip synced as she read it…
Who wrote the speech? Is the “rep” simply a puppet? This tweet gets it right. https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1683129046039953408

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8 Comments

Whitaker July 25, 2023

From what I’ve heard, the LDS church office building cafeteria has “pie and ear” day on July 24th. They apparently are against the mild barley drinks that are recommended in the word of wisdom.

Looks like TBM’s demand for a Barbie episode wasn’t met so I’ll leave this review for him. For the sensitive, there are naughty words in it:
https://youtu.be/7J7aJtGphVs

- TBM July 25, 2023
  
  Critical is usually great, but he missed the Straussian reading here. Barbie is aggressively, subversively, and probably unintentionally anti-woke.
  
  - Whitaker July 25, 2023
    
    I don’t understand what Straussian means or how it relates to the Barbie movie. Can you please explain more?
    
    - TBM July 26, 2023
      
      https://infovores.substack.com/p/context-is-that-which-is-scarce
      https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/07/barbie.html
      
      By Straussian I mean “reading between the lines for the hidden meaning”. Subtext. Above links are worth your time.
      
      For example, a Straussian reader of Nibley’s critique of the early Christian church may note that he was critiquing more than just the ancients.
      
      But back to Barbie: The situation in matriarchal Barbieland is one in which the surface reading shows all Kens are subservient to the Barbies. So Ken goes to the real world and discovers that men have rights and fulfilling existences outside of Barbies. And he discovers PATRIARCHY! Upon returning home to Barbieland, within 5 minutes all the barbies are fully onboard with patriarchy and become subservient to the Kens. The Barbies do this enthusiastically and willingly.
      
      There’s more like this, but my reading of the movie is that it is more a mockery of modern feminism than it is a feminist movie.
      
- Whitaker July 25, 2023
  
  I didn’t clarify what pie and ear meant. “Ear” is an ear of corn.
  
Pepe LePew July 26, 2023

Great show! I made it through the whole thing. Can’t say the same for the previous two. Must have been a slow news week for the previous two.

I play the radio July 26, 2023

Happy covenant cursing day.
When I was a kid, my dad helped build a float for the Stake entry for the parade. It was “the first vision” essentially comprised of an Oldsmobile sized bush with some trees attached, two guys in their temple clothes, and a guy in our ward (my wife’s uncle Rick) standing on the seat with fake legs attached to create the illusion that he was kneeling. It won 3rd place, giving second and first place to Zales Jewelry and Zion’s Bank respectively.

I play the radio July 26, 2023

“…not today buddy”
“The point of fireworks is there’s a bit of… gunpowder”