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Chapter 1: What is the significance of Spencer Pratt in the L.A. mayoral race?
Did you ever think you would make it? I feel I'm supposed to take sweet victory. I know this life meant for me.
Adam, what's your point? The future looks bright. My handshake is better than anything I ever signed, right here.
You are a one of one?
My son's right there. I don't think I've ever said this before.
So it's rough when you come in Monday morning and you're talking to everybody about what stories to do, and the only thing Tom wants to talk about for 30 minutes is Drake, 50 Cent, Diddy. He wants to talk about the video analysis on the video. I don't think people care about the video. Let it go. No, you have to understand, it's a very important video. The entire economy is tied to it.
Oil prices went up a few percent because of that video. He's making the correlation. I'm like, Tom, this is not what the audience wants to hear. He's like top five, dead or alive. We're not going to do that. I thought we were worried about the birth rate in America. No, because then the next thing is like the manhole. Yeah. Manhole in New York.
I'm like, what does the Diddy and 50 Cent story have to do with the manhole? Yeah. But apparently there's a manhole that's circle, not triangle, not a square, because, you know, triangle and square, they fall through. Yes. Right? And circle is the only thing. And so the manholes in New York, you know, apparently it's a big deal. People are going all the way down coming up.
It's almost like the movie that just came out that the 20-year-old director did it and apparently did 120 million mac rooms where 630 million square miles of space in the back rooms that you guys, you and Tico, when I watch it yesterday. Crazy. But anyways, those are not the top stories, folks. It's just what Tom was interested in this morning.
But we are going to talk about Spencer Pratt because tomorrow, Rob, is it tomorrow or is it today?
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Chapter 2: Why are artists abandoning Trump's America 250 celebration?
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Is there any chance that Spencer Pratt will go on into the November race?
election now here's the thing everybody wanted top two the liberals in california progressive wanted top two to be on the left this is what's going on with the race right now if you look at the numbers bass is still in the lead this is i don't know which poll this is rob because there's some later polls that's as of the 24th there's some polls that have come out the last couple days because today's the june june 1st tomorrow's june 2nd but if you go based on this
The latest poll, it's Bass, Ramon, the progressive socialist that wants to blame cars for people stealing parts from a car, which is very weird. But Pratt's making some momentum. Rob, if you want to play this clip. The race is now a toss up between incumbent Democrat Karen Bass, progressive upstart Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt. Fox News contributor Mary Catherine Hamm is here.
So Pratt was in the building yesterday and then he did Fox and Friends and he did. Stop this one here because we'll do our commentary. But so the numbers you see the numbers where it's at. Spencer Pratt rejects Trump's backing. in L.A. mayoral race, and while Jimmy Kimmel criticizes Spencer Pratt's L.A. mayoral race. Rob, if you want to play this clip, this is the one about Trump. Go for it.
Do you want his endorsement?
I don't need anyone's endorsement but mothers. That's who's getting me elected. People keep forgetting it's Democratic moms that do not feel safe that are putting me in office in five days. Can you explain to me something? Because you're not afraid of anything. You're not afraid of giving your opinion on anything. But you won't give me an opinion on President Trump.
And I get it that his endorsement, his blessing may not be good for you. It likely isn't good for you in LA.
That's your opinion.
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Chapter 3: How do political endorsements impact local elections?
Yeah, I'm going to reverse course here. I don't want to do a deal with Iran. They're never going to honor any deal. Did you hear what the gay Ayatollah, whatever you want to call this guy that I've been seeing, did you hear what he had to say over the weekend? No, what did he say? Doubling down on everything they've always done. Death to America, death to Israel. This is quote-unquote.
This will be the common slogan of the Islamic nation and the revolution. They're still doing the revolution. And the oppressed people of all over the world, especially youth. The future belongs to the Islamic nation, the IRGC, and the new Islamic civilization. And each of us can play a role in realizing this future together. Does this sound like somebody who wants to cut a deal?
And if Pozeshkin, the president, we all know the president doesn't really have any power. The Ayatollah, the Supreme Leader, has power. As much as much as I think it's going to get ugly, we've already done what we needed to do with the economic fury. Trump has been very clear that he doesn't necessarily care about midterms, so to speak. I think they may even get into another hot war over this.
And we've already done the hard part. Whether it's economically, whether it's militarily, we need to finish the job with these people. But what's finishing the job? Let me put it to you this way. Here's what I want to think about. Let's go... Be in the room, the situation room of IRGC. Let's be in that room. Okay. Okay? If you're in the situation room of IRGC, what are you saying?
Khamenei's in there. Pezeshkian is not in there. It's only people that are pro-IRGC people that are in that room. Okay? What are you telling each other? What are you telling each other? If I'm there, hold the line. It starts with Allah. Allah wants this. This is what Allah commands. We will do what Allah says. When Allah is the answer. I understand that.
But what I'm saying to you is what do you do?
If I'm them right now, you know what I'm saying? First of all, we're winning technically because they can't. They're not going to come in and bomb us and kill all the civilians because they're going to look really, really bad. We just have to hold the line.
Which means what?
Meaning, it seems to me like they're holding the cards. What can the United States do, Pat, to harm them right now?
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of Bill Gates' fashion choices?
Yeah, we're not going to be here, right? If you're here, tell me about what you're taking because I want to know about it, right? Yeah. So the point is this was a hit that they took. The left, let's give the left credit for one thing. The one thing they do better than the right is arts and entertainment. They have the singers. They have the musicians. That's what they do. They have Hollywood.
They have that. So it would have been great if some people in Hollywood say, listen, for the 250th birthday for my country, this isn't Trump's country, it's not Obama's country, it's my country and I want to be a part of it, that would be taking the high road. But everyone here in our political polarized world right now, Beyonce's not showing up, Megan Thee Stallion's not showing up.
Megan Thee Stallion's not going to tour? No, what I'm saying is these people would never do this under a Trump administration. If the president was a leftist president, this would have been the most ridiculous answer of all time. Exactly. Because they're freer. Not freer, because they're liberals. They would have supported him, and everybody else is afraid.
You're saying they won't get canceled by going and performing for Trump. I don't even know if I put that there, because I do think if you cut a check, these people show up. They don't give a shit. They're like, you pay them money. Beyonce went and performed in, I don't know what it was, Qatar or Saudi for $15 million. If there's a check, they'll show up.
I think they could have put a budget behind it. And people would have shown up to perform the concert. I think she's more likely to get a $15 million check from Saudi than Trump. Next story I want to get to is what happened with France. Okay, so France, PSG wins the whole thing. And everybody in... You know, France is like, this is going to get bad.
We got to be careful with this whole thing that's going on. Well, guess what? It was even worse than what they expected. 780 arrests in France after PSG Champions League win, which was massive. And people were worried for their lives. They were concerned about what was going to happen. And some of the messaging, if you watch this, Rob, just play a few of the clips. Go ahead, Rob.
By the way, what's that clip with the fire you just had right there, Rob? That is not the Middle East, Rob. Where is this?
That's Paris.
That's Paris for you. That's not Iran. That's not Gaza.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of Google's plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes?
You just repeated what the guy said, but it's fine. Let me get to the next one. Next story, Vinny. Next story... And I've given you the feedback. So anyways, let me get to the next story. So apparently Google is planning on releasing mosquitoes.
Great.
Okay? What do you mean mosquitoes? They want to release millions of mosquitoes into California to help stop diseases. What's the disease? What do you want to do? No, they want to release mosquitoes. Guys, this is not a spoof of a story. This is a real story that we're talking about. Correct, and they want to do it here in the state of Florida as well.
Yeah, well, that's where it's going to be a problem when you're doing something like that. But Google planning to release mosquitoes. A tech giant is seeking federal approval. You ready for this, folks? 32 million specially treated mosquitoes in California and Florida over the next two years as part of an effort to reduce the spread of mosquito-borne disease, including West Nile virus, St.
Louis virus, encephalitis, and then a bunch of other viruses that I'm not going to read. The proposal is currently under review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is accepting public comments through June 5th before deciding whether to issue an experimental permit. Rob, can we see what these mosquitoes look like that they're talking about?
On Friday, a positive sample of West Nile virus was confirmed in Riverside County. The project is part of Google's little-known debug initiative launched more than a decade ago to develop new technologies aimed at reducing populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Rather than releasing biting insects, the company plans to release male mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria. Is that what the mosquitoes look like?
It has eyebrows.
Rob, is that it? Yes, this is what they're saying. This is from the CDC. How long does it take to make each of these mosquitoes? Do we know? How long does it take to make these mosquitoes? What is the cost of each mosquito? So one of them is a self-limiting gene that prevents female mosquitoes' offspring from surviving to adulthood.
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Chapter 6: How does the public react to the release of GM mosquitoes?
Another one is a fluorescent marker gene that glows under a special red light that allows researchers to identify GM mosquitoes in the wild. GM mosquitoes produce in a lab lay eggs, which carry the self-limiting and fluorescent marker. Use for mosquito control. When the egg hatch, they develop into adult mosquitoes. These mosquitoes mate with wild females. Makes sense.
The genes are passed on to offspring. The expected result of using GM mosquitoes is that number of AE mosquitoes in that area decreases. It's pretty wild. Did you know that only female mosquitoes bite? They need a blood meal to produce eggs. Male mosquitoes do not bite. Typical. They feed on nectar from flowers. Tom, your thoughts on this. Does this concern you at all?
Yes, because, you know, I find this to be ridiculous. You know, I find this. I don't trust it because California and Florida do have something in common, and that is massive agriculture crops. You know, there are grapefruit and oranges and it's called Orange County around Orlando for a reason. And it was called Orange County in Southern California for a reason. So check this out, Pat.
Fruit flies can be a problem. They can infest orange groves, grapefruits, lemons. You saw all the lemons. We used to drive up through Ventura County toward Santa Barbara, and you could see lemon groves, all this stuff. Well, check this out. Fruit flies became a problem, and scientists came up and said, hey, you know what we could do? We could breed fruit. a bunch of sterile males.
We can breed a bunch of fruit flies, we'll sterilize the male with chemical irradiation or something, we'll have some various techniques, and then we'll release them out into the wild. And then they'll mate with the females, and the females won't get pregnant! And there'll be no more fruit flies, and we'll cause it. They spent millions and millions, I think even billions of dollars on it.
And guess what happened? The neutered male fruit flies... were less strong and they didn't fly as well. And sometimes they would mate with the female and then she would turn around and then mate with a wild male fruit fly and get pregnant anyway. That's what was happening. I don't trust these programs.
And by the way, there's a hysterical University of Nebraska study that goes back like 2010, 2012. But it basically said, guys, sterilizing the fruit flies and sending them out may not even work. As a matter of fact, you may have the same size problem that you did because the sterile males, you know, flew weakly. And by the way, guess what?
The females in the wild tended to prefer the males that were in the wild, not the sterilized, weak-flying sterile fruit flies. And I thought this was hysterical. Yeah, by the way, they tested this. It's just like, here we go again. They did this in 2017. Google did this, actually. Google's life sciences unit is releasing 20 million bacterias in Fresno. Infected mosquitoes in Fresno.
Verily, the life science armor of Google parent company Alphabet has hatched a plan to release 20 million lab-made bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno, and that's a good thing. You see the Zika carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes prevalent in the area. Earlier this year, a woman contracted with the first case of Zika in Fresno through sexual contact with a partner who has been traveling.
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Chapter 7: What are the consequences of a triple homicide in California?
Alphabet?
No, no. Let's say a noble person is trying to release these mosquitoes. Take somebody you trust, and they're running a company.
Okay.
Is there any winning in this business? People ask you, what do you do for a living? We release mosquitoes. Wait, wait. What kind of mosquitoes? Yeah, in 2017, we released 20 million in Fresno. And we're thinking about doing 32 million. But we're good people. We're church going. Okay. How hard of a job it is to do. Dude, you ruined my summer. My backyard was terrible.
By the way, to give you some context, do you know how much 32 million mosquitoes are? Not a lot. Rob, how many total mosquitoes are there in America? I'm sure somebody counted them one by one by one. Two billion. Yeah, yeah. No, no, no. And separate them by citizens and illegals. Tens of trillions? That's the number. Tens of trillions of mosquitoes.
32 million mosquitoes is like the poor 22,000 cops in France trying to prevent all the immigrants in France of destroying the city with 780 arrests. 32 million mosquitoes is nothing. Tens of trillions. Tens of trillions of mosquitoes just in North America alone. By the way, added those tens of trillion, nine of them are in Fort Lauderdale. I don't know if you know that or not.
During summer, they show up when it rains. Adam, your thoughts on this. Exactly. Because they want to release this in California and Florida. Yeah. Like 62%. I just want to know one question. Do local communities get to vote on this, or do they just get to release mosquitoes? when they feel like it.
It kind of reminds me of one of those things that's like, you only stop a bad guy with a gun with a good guy with a gun. It's like you only stop an encephalitis mosquito with a non-male binary mosquito that basically takes down the queen mosquito. Everyone should be skeptical, but at the same time, we should understand, I assume they know what they're doing.
You're going to assume? I don't, listen, I don't know about you, but the past few years, people don't blame me.
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Chapter 8: What is the current situation with the Strait of Hormuz?
Did the people of the city have to vote for it? I think they are. I asked, did people in Fresno have to vote for it? It says no. The residents of Fresno did not vote for the Mosquito Project. The program was handled through a combination of regulatory approvals, local mosquito control district, public comment period, and environmental and health reviews.
It was not placed on a statewide ballot for Fresno voters. Verily worked with local mosquito control authorities and state federal regulators to conduct a release. Public meetings and common opportunities were held, but there was no referendum requiring majority voter approval. That's interesting.
Yeah, you would want the people that are living there at least to have a say. So you get school board meetings and be like, hey, I'm not cool with what you guys are doing. You guys are putting these books in the library. They get to go and voice their opinion and push back.
Yeah, so the critics were saying exactly what you said. Critics said the residents should have a direct vote. Releasing millions of mosquitoes affected by broader community, we should have something to say. Large-scale biological interventions should require stronger public consent. Man, I don't know. This is the direction we're going.
But wait, have we not learned in the past couple of years just blindly trusting these giant corporations and billionaires? They're playing scientists. We just talked about Bill Gates recently. This is Google. Google and this alphabet, right? This is a parent company.
Oh, Vinny, let me tell you what's coming. Oh, man. Let me tell you what's coming.
What?
Can we play imagination game real quick? You ready? Five. Okay, so check this out. What is the likelihood? that if it already exists, it could already exist, what is the likelihood in the next 5, 10 years there's going to be mosquito drones this small that they'll fly into the negotiation room and just sit there and say, I'd love to be a fly on the wall.
Well, that's exactly what they're going to do. Military mosquito-sized drones To go and track anything and everything that's being said and leak the information.
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