 Greetings, everyone, and welcome to Progressive Discussions. It is Thursday evening here in northeast New Jersey. It is about the middle of April 2023. I hope everyone had a pleasant week and a great Easter weekend. Today was unseasonably hot. Okay, not humid, but very dry, thank God. 90 degrees Fahrenheit, tomorrow will be 90 degrees. Unless it went over 90 degrees, I have to check my app. That's okay. I have adequate air conditioning. Tomorrow it will be hot again here, and then Saturday it will go down into the mid-60s. High in the mid-60s, thank God. The keyword is dry, very dry. Yes, Ronnie, yes. It's a short heatwave. But you know how this climate change is between the storms and the abnormal temperatures? I mean, it's totally insane. Now we have a fire warning because the dry air mass is just so intensely dry, which I love. I hate humidity. Oh, it is. You name it, tornadoes ripping across the Midwest and the South. The hurricanes have been brutal. A year ago we had F-4 tornadoes in South Jersey. Over where Alex lives. Alex, the beer masturbator. Suburbs of Philadelphia, they had F-4, more than one F-4 tornadoes. And think about it, F-5 is the strongest. And New Jersey is not tornado alley. It's not Oklahoma. It's not Kansas. You know, it's crazy. That's good. Temperate is nice. Temperate is nice. I can go for temper. I can go for cool, crisp mountain air or cool, crisp, salty ocean breeze. Good morning, my dear Masumi. Good morning. It is now, I guess, 9.02 a.m. Friday in Japan in the Tokyo region. And good morning to you, Masumi. And happy Friday. Friday means you have to eat fried foods, tempura. You have to have tempura because it's Friday. Yeah, you know, the guy with the man boobs that was worshipping the... His arms were up or his hands were up like this. He was at the poolside with a rather bizarre woman. And he was like worshipping a hamburger platter. Oh, you're very welcome, Masumi. Very welcome. Okay, let me get to the first topic. Bear with me, folks. Bear with me. I know I always say I'm doing a screen sharing here. I wish the screen sharing was fast. But it's not. Okay. Now, no freebie video message from Jesse Ventura. He's been doing podcasts and him and his son Tyrell Ventura. And he wants people to subscribe, to listen to his podcasts. And I don't subscribe to anybody. No, this is Robert Wright. Okay. Let me play it. I always enjoy his videos. Unbelievable. Junk Fuse, huh? You know, it reminds me of the sleazy, crooked, underhanded car dealers where, you know, I know they did a, they did a satire of it on a Seinfeld episode. And there was David Putty and he's like charging Jerry for the keys and undercoating and overcoating all kinds of bullshit. You know, it's incredible. Junk fees. So you, you, you book a reservation in a five star, let's say a five star resort hotel, right? And when you, and then you pay it, you do it online, maybe Expedia. Let's say Expedia because I like Expedia. And it covers everything. The round trip, plane fare, the hotel accommodations, you know, the rental car separate. That's understandable. That's full of junk fees too. And then like Robert Wright says, you get there and all of a sudden you got to pay a fee to use the pool, a fee to have Wi-Fi in your room. I mean, all those, all those accommodations or pleasures of being in a top resort hotel, that usually comes with the, the, the, your visit, your stay at the hotel. They usually comes with it, you know, using the pool for God's sakes. So they're slapping all kinds of extra fees where before any, any amenities, luxuries if you want to call them would automatically come with the hotel state. So now what they're doing is they're making you pay just to sleep in the room. So everything else is extra. Rip off. So what's next? A fee to, to get ice, to get ice from the ice machine on your floor. An ice machine fee. When does it end? When does it end? And I'm glad Joe Biden and the Democrats want to per-stop to it. It's, it's absolute highway robbery. And it's what capitalism has become. And it's getting worse. It's like where dishonesty is not, doesn't come with a punishment. You know, there's no, there, there, there's no example being set for being a crook. You just, they, they use different terminology for when they steal from the consumer, different words to make it look honest, but it's not. And, and the system that we have, I'll be blunt, the Republicans who are corporatists big time and greedy racketeers, profit is their only, their only agenda in life. They are the ones that allow corporations to rip off the public. Okay. All right. This one is, it's interesting. It's really, doesn't sound good for the United States. BRICS, B-R-I-C-S Advancing to Eliminate U.S. Dollar Financial System. Now, of course, they're throwing advertisements in front of me. BRICS nations. Hold on. Let me see if I can still let me enlarge this. BRICS nations are advancing at a fast pace to eliminate the U.S. dollar dominated financial system. The first step is to bypass the U.S. dollar. And the second step is to create a new currency to settle international trades while the first step is already in practice. The second step could be put in place after the BRICS summit in August 2023. The Alliance countries have already taken measures to bypass the U.S. dominated global financial system. The aim is to move away from the dependency on the U.S. dollar and provide an alternative global financial option. The BRICS is an alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Really, Brazil. And they have a real nice guide. It's the president of Brazil. He's a socialist. He cares about his people. And India, with all the Indians in this country running businesses, enjoying life in America. They're stabbing us in the back also. BRICS, the next step to eliminate the U.S. dollar. Just recently, BRICS nations overtook G7 countries in global GDP while purchasing power into account. The thing is moving. It's moving by itself. Trying to screw me up here. Russia announced that it... Now, do you believe all these advertisements that are intrusively and obnoxiously being shoved in front of my face? I have to learn how to tune them out. Russia announced that it would pay with the Chinese Yuan to settle trade with Asian African and Latin American countries. China and France completed the LNG gas trade using Yuan, ending the dollar's reliance on energy trades. Therefore, BRICS are currently successful in their plans to eliminate the U.S. dollar to settle global trades in native currencies. However, if the alliance countries agree to a mutual currency to settle global trade in the upcoming summit in August, the dollar may face a significant drop in demand. Okay, that's not good. Let's see what else we have here. Alright, a little more. Just in, France's President Macron says Europe must reduce its dependency on the United States. Well, that's true. The U.S. dollar might lack potency if the BRICS countries fully eliminate it for global settlements. Over time, many other countries could join the bandwagon and distance themselves from the U.S. dollar. The development could make the dollar weak and make way for a new financial system, not dependent on the U.S. dollar. The success or failure of this development now only depends on the next BRICS summit in South Africa. Also read, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince is no longer interested in pleasing the United States. Well, I knew that they would show their true colors eventually. The transition to settlements in national currencies is the first step. The next one is to provide the circulation or digital or any other form of a fundamentally new currency in the near future. The Deputy Chairman of Russia, Duma Alexander Babakov. Let's see what this is about. In order to go to the article, they want me to get Prudential Insurance. Screw that. Oh, fuck yourself. Oh, here we go. There he is. I think I read this already. The evil murderous Crown Prince. Unbelievable. All right, let me catch up on a little commentary here. Let's see. Okay. I just found something interesting. If Ronnie S. Is still listening. I like to get a response from him. I send him the link. So in case he wants to join. I also sent the link out to McFawn Raven. Cheers, JPM. Hello, Tommy Carroll. I hope you had a great Easter weekend. I don't think the Mexican cartels would really want to accept the wong. Two wongs don't make a wife. No, I don't think they would like it. Well, since I love Mexican food so much. The next holiday is Cinco de Mayo. Okay. Now, this is something I was unaware of. Let's see what we've got here. All right. Okay, Ronnie S. If you're around. CNN World. A little known drug brought billions to serious coffers. Now it's a bargaining chip. So there's, there's drug trafficking going on. Big time in Syria. Maybe that's why the United States is there. Interesting. Like, like, like the real reasons they were in Afghanistan for so long. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, Sana. Syrian authorities display. Captain gone pills in rural Damascus, Syria, Tuesday. All right. Now, this photo is not new. This photo is from November 30th, 2021. So interesting how suspicious activities involving. Massive profits always seem to appear wherever the US military goes. Abu Abu Dhabi. Okay. A highly addictive drug that became serious economic lifeline over a decade of isolation may now be serving as a bargaining chip. As it tries to normalize ties with neighboring states. Analyst say. Captain gone a drug that is relatively unknown outside the Middle East. Help Syria turn into a narco state. After much of the international community caught off its economy due to its brutal crackdown on an uprising in 2011. It is a synthetic amphetamine type stimulant. Phylin. Which goes by the trade name. Captain. And has become the center of an increasing number of drug busts across the Middle East. Experts say the vast majority of global captain on production. Occurs in Syria with. Its primary destination. The growth of the industry has raised alarms. In the international community last year the US introduced the 2022. U.S. Captain gone act. Which linked the trade to the Syrian regime and called it a. Trans national security threat. After more than a decade of boycotting him Syria's Arab neighbors. Are now in talks to bring President Bashar. Al Assad in from the calls the Syrian leader has been received in some. Arab capitals but he is yet to be awarded. The ultimate normalization with Saudi Arabia. One of Syria's staunchest foes. And the biggest market for its drugs. Interesting. Ah Saudi Arabia. This is the. Such strict. Religious fanatics. But they're the biggest market for Syria's. Drug. Illegal drug production drug trafficking. That is very interesting. Really people. That are religious fanatics. Have many skeletons in their closet. They're they're they're doing their fanaticism. Is to hide. Something sinister. Or. A. A lack of integrity perhaps. People do that people are like that. The ones that. Bark the loudest and brag the most. The ones that are usually hiding something. About themselves. And. They're bullshitting. Is. They're bullshitting connected to. The fact that they are attention whores. Is a cover up for their insecurity. I'm just going. Into a. Into a more personal level instead of. Corruption and. Criminal mind. I'm not going to read too much of it. Following the deadly. February 6 earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern. In the area Saudi relief planes landed for the first time in a decade at regime controlled airports. And last month's Saudi state media reported Riyadh was in talks with Damascus. To resume providing. Consulate consular services between the two countries. Analysts say cap the gun is likely to be high on the agenda and attempts. At normalization. That's enough. That is quite enough. I'm going to move on. JPM I could be wrong. Most of the fentanyl. Comes from the Chinese government. That wouldn't surprise me. But you know Chinese government. Very strict with his laws. And rules. Do is do as we say not as we do. It's like a judgmental pastor. That is hiding. The. Lack of integrity and wickedness. That they are engaged in. Well it looks like drug trafficking is. The quickest way to a fast buck internationally now. Let me take a look at this. The dogs of Chernobyl are experiencing rapid evolution. Study suggests. Wow. Finally a video to give me a fucking break right. From from reading an article. What happened. I thought it was a video about the dogs of Chernobyl. I guess I have to read it. After all on April 26, 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in northern Ukraine. Then part of the Soviet Union exploded sending a massive plume. Of radiation into the sky. Nearly four decades later the Chernobyl power plant and many parts. Of the surrounding area remain uninhabited. By humans at least. Animals of all kinds have thrived. In humanities absence living among radiation resistant. For our thousands of feral dogs. Many of whom are descendants of pets. Left behind in the speedy evacuation of the area so many years ago as the world's. The greatest nuclear disaster approaches. Its 40th anniversary. By biologists are now taking a closer look at the animals located inside the Chernobyl. Exclusion zone which is about the size of Yosemite National Park. And investigating how decades of radiation exposure may have altered. Animals genomes and even possibly sped up. Evolution genomes. Scientists from the University of South Carolina. And the National Human Genome Research Institute have begun examining. The DNA of. 302 feral dogs found in or around. The Chernobyl. Area the zone to better understand how radiation may have altered their genomes. Their results were published in the journal. Science advances. Early this month I guess they they. Resorted to the wolf wolf pack mentality. To survive. That's what dogs do when they're feral. Not a good thing. Do they have mutations. That they've acquired that allow them to live and breathe successfully in this region. Co author Elaine. A strand or a dog. Genomics expert. At the National Human Genome Research Institute told the New York Times were challenges. Do they face and how. Have they coped genetically. The idea of radiation speeding up. Natural evolution isn't a new one. The practice of purposefully. Irradiating seeds. In outer space. To induce advantage advantageous mutations for example. Is now a well worn method for developing crops. Well suited for a warming world. Well you fix the warming world that's the best. Plan of action. Scientists have been analyzing certain animals living within the. Chernobyl zone. For years including bacteria rodents and even birds one study back in 2016 found. That Easter tree frogs. Which are usually a green color. Or more commonly black. Oh gee. Within the CEZ. The biologists theorize that the frogs experience. A beneficial mutation in melanin. Pigments responsible for skin color. That helped. I and I is the surrounding radiation. This made scientists ponder could something similar be happening to. Chernobyl wild dogs. Trying to see. This is in theory they don't have any. Okay. This. I might as well read it. There's not much longer. Much more to this article. This made scientists ponder for some. Could something similar. Be happening to Chernobyl wild dogs. This new study uncovered. That the feral dogs living near the Chernobyl power plant show. Distinct genetic differences. From dogs living. Only some 10 miles away. In nearby a Chernobyl city. While this may. Seen to heavily implied. That these dogs have undergone some type of rapid mutation. Or evolution due to radiation exposure. This study is only. A first step improving that hypothesis. One. Environmental scientists speaking. With science news says that these studies can be. Tricky business largely due to the fact that. Sussing out radiation induced mutations from other effects like. Inbreeding. Is incredibly difficult. However this study. Provides a template for further investigation into the effects of radiation. On larger mammals. As the DNA of dogs roaming the Chernobyl power plant. And nearby Chernobyl city can be compared to dogs living in non irradiated areas. Despite a current lack of firm. Conclusions the study has shown once again that. An area that by all rights. Should be a wasteland has become. An unparalleled scientific opportunity. To understand radiation and its impact on natural. Evolution. I have a really interesting. Video to play. Oh yeah you must remember the. The low budget harm over with the giant ants. A six pound. Fire and can you imagine. Deadly venom. You're going to like this. This next. Video. Which might be the last. Okay. Whether or not I should read it. I may or I may not. Economist Harry Dent. Expects biggest crash. In our lifetime. To hit between now and mid June. Oh he's a bit coin. He's a bit coin man. Now I'm going to pass on that. This does all there are many economists. Predicting doom and gloom and crashes. On the internet. They're coming out of the woodwork by cockroaches. Okay. All right. Let me do a little screen sharing here. There with me you're going to like this one. You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it. Warehouse for men. Remember that guy. They fired him. I don't know why. Men's warehouse. That was it. Men's warehouse commercial. You gotta like the way you look. I guarantee it. Where the fuck is it. I send the link out. And my right hand people are not showing up. Maybe. When Jason Cleveland. Of Seattle Washington gets back from having dinner with his family. When he gets back to the hotel. He's in Bend, Oregon. Taken out a little. Rest and relaxation. Vacation. Short vacation. So when he gets back to the hotel, he's going to try to come on. Which would be good because the others haven't showed up. And there we go. Ready here. Here it is. Amica speaks multiple languages and translates. That's this is the. One of the most advanced Android robots. There you go. That's how advanced the Android robots are becoming. You can have an intelligent conversation with them. They have. Human facial expressions. I moment. Their speech is. Very good. Very realistic. And. They can retrieve any information you want. And show. Emotion when when it's applicable. It's kind of scary, you know. What if they get together someday and say. You know, we can easily reproduce ourselves. We don't need humans to manufacture us. And by the way. Humans are obsolete. We need to get rid of it. That's that could happen. Because when you have. Highly intelligent. Logical. Beings. Coming to the conclusion. That humans are nothing but trouble. And we are inferior. And. We're troublemakers and we are obsolete. They're actually right. I have to have to agree with them and that's the scary part. JPM he might be looking for. Some of that. $200,000 that guy threw out the window of this car. While he was driving in Oregon. Now. What. Speaking of humanoids being very flawed. What person in the right mind. Would throw that much money out the window. I mean, if he wants to throw away $200,000, why doesn't he just donated. You know, to help poor people, the homeless. Unbelievable. So this, this, this. This man would rather just toss 200 grand to the wind. Like I said before, the robots would be right. The robots will be very right. Well, this, this last article is about invasive species and Lake Erie. And the Sandusky River and they have devised. A new method of. Decreasing the invasive species of the Asian grass carp. Which is. Destroying. The wetlands of the Great Lakes because they eat their vegans and they eat a massive amount of. Vegetation. Well. This might be. Finally, I think this might. Be a video. Better be a video. Because I'm not reading any more articles. I'm tired. Gotcha. Gotcha, buddy. Well, I was able to complete the topics for this week's progressive discussions. I, I normally. Do progressive discussions Saturday night, but the problem is. That many people. Are busy. They go out Saturday night, which I don't blame them. Especially if they, they work during the weekdays. But apparently. People are not always available. During a weekday. Like today, which is Thursday. I sent out the link. I bet that. Some people. Not, not my right hand men. I mean, I realize Jason Cleveland is on vacation with his family. He. He's three hours earlier there. Pacific time. So, you know, it's only. It's, it's not even. It's almost 6pm. If he went out to dinner at 5pm, it's only an hour. So I don't think he'll be back. Until later. You know, by time you look at the menu by time you order. By time you eat and talk. You know, the camera, I hate conversation when you're eating. When I'm eating, I just want to eat. You know, but. But I don't, I have no idea what happened to Mick von Raven. Let me see if, if he, if he acknowledged. No, he didn't even see it. He must have, he must have, he must have. He must be out of the house. He must have went out. Maybe went to a rock concert or maybe at a date. Who knows. No. Okay. Ronnie Simpson didn't. He didn't know I was. Going live tonight. He mentioned Saturday. I'm not going live Saturday. If I went live. Tonight. I will be going live Sunday. A lot of people do stuff on Sunday. What then again, I do, I do have a panel. Of good people that joined me for the red pill man cave. Which is usually. When I'm when I'm home. On Sundays. At 3pm Eastern time. But I do have a panel. I don't have any problem. The Sunday show. But the Sunday show is more fun and games. You know, maybe this, maybe. A lot of people. Have their heads buried in the sand like oysters. And they don't want to. Deal with any serious topics. Oh, it's not a smart thing to do. I just want to have fun. JPM, I might be wrong sometimes to use the adjectives adjectives. If you do the FBI, it says a subversive word. And you could be investigated. Well, I have nothing to hide. They use the word red pill. Throughout the Internet. If you go to YouTube. And you type in. Men go in their own way. Or the abbreviation is migtail. Alpha male. The which is the. The men's defense and answer. Towards modern day. Hypocritical feminists. Or the modern day woman. Which is completely. They're completely selfish. And. You keep, you can't expect a, a real loving relationship from a modern day woman. They will use you and bleed you dry like a vampire. And they do use the word red pill. Now, there are men out there. That don't approve of. The Sunday show, just like the other gentlemen that do similar shows. On YouTube. Because. These are what is, is called a blue pill. Beta simp. You know, pretty much a yes boy. Yes, dear, anything you say dear, they're, they're, they're usually the desperate to get laid. And they, they're not. The idea of, of them living a life of celibacy. It's just not acceptable to them. They don't realize that happiness. Comes from within. No external source or. Person. Can make you happy. Happiness has to be created from within. And the women can sense that. If you, you know, for, for men is. Independent. And he. Says what he feels. He's honest. And not thirsty and desperate to get in a woman's. Into a woman's panties. Those men are the ones that are usually respected. And that's what the Sunday show is all about. So. If the, the fascist American. Government wants to. Investigate. People that use the word right though. And if the people that use that word have nothing to hide. And they're. Honest law abiding citizens and go ahead and investigate. I use the word socialism all the time. I think it's great. I hate capitalism. They want to investigate me for saying that. So be it. So be it. But I tell you one thing. The boo. All the boo sound shows, you can be sure. That they have a large panel of people. You know, the alcoholics. That hide their alcoholism. By. Joining. Alcoholic beverage review shows. And they get drunk. And there's to have a slurred speech and they get loud and obnoxious. And they don't really, they don't really gain anything from a show like that. They're. They just, it's just an excuse. To hang out. With other buddies that love. To drink excessively. Using the wonders of high technology. The video chat. And live stream. You know, it's like it's, it's, it's the. High tech way of. Of driving. To a. Sports bar and meeting. Your other buddies that love to drink excessively and. And instead of doing that, you're using your webcam. But you can be sure. That. Those shows. Are going on right now. And I know this, I know of two. I know of two of them shows. One of them is Alex the beer master. And the other one is a guy from Florida named. He calls himself miscellaneous. I know they do shows on Thursday. So. I still don't. I'm still wondering what happened with Nick. Anyway. Yeah, I'm going to. I'm going to bang up the show early. And I am really going to. Seriously. Think about. Switching it back to Saturday. Back to Saturday night. Because. I'm not happy with the Thursday night. I mean. I mean, Jason Cleveland told me Thursday. Night is ideal for him. But. Then he tells me he cannot always. Show up on Thursday night. But I thought Thursday night was ideal for him. And. And then. McFawn Raven says well. You know Saturday is date night for me. Okay. But sometimes he goes out. You know, on Thursday. So. I don't know. But I know the Sunday show is. Is. Going extremely well. I'm very pleased. With. The way the Sunday show the red pill man cave. Show is going. I couldn't be happier. Um. Progressive discussions. I mean. My other social media. Platforms profiles are. Doing really well also on my tick tock is exploding. Um. I have well over 2000. Followers are ready. And. There are people that communicate with me on Twitter. They talk about politics and such and. But the problem is. Get these. Very smart people and some of them are really. Extremely knowledgeable when it comes to. Politics the economy and. You know. Society. They only. Like to. Display their knowledge by typing. To try to get them to. To be. A guest on the show or a co host. With their web cams is like pulling teeth. Now they just. Like to type. I know a guy on Facebook who's. Very devoted. Progressive. Huge. Bernie Sanders fan like myself. And. He has a. A huge following. On Facebook. But there's only one problem. He blows me off. This very knowledgeable man from Oklahoma. Yes, it's a red state. But he's extremely progressive. And. He avoids coming on the show. But. He likes to. Upload. And post and. And communicate. Only on his Facebook profile. He doesn't even have a Facebook page. He doesn't have. He doesn't. He's not active on any other social media. He has profiles on other social media. He does. But he doesn't. He's not active on. So all he does. Is focus his. Activity with his huge following of people. Only on his Facebook profile. Everything is. Uploading banners. Typing. Posting videos. Not of himself. So. I've come to the conclusion that people like this. Maybe they have the perfect face for radio. Or. Maybe they have a real funny voice. And they're embarrassed. That, you know, their voice is funny, their accent, you know. I mean, who knows. It's got to be a reason because. Individuals like him. The gentleman from Oklahoma. I've known him for years. We get along perfectly. He's extremely knowledgeable. And I know other people that are too. But. They are content. Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing. Typing, uploading. Typing, uploading. You know, posting other. Banners. Videos from other. Political organizations. But they won't grab the bull butter. Corns like Archie Bunker used to say bull butter corn. They won't grab it. And open up their friggin webcam. And put their money where their mouth is. Shorter face. And talk. On a live stream show. I mean. You've seen Ronald Terrio. Do special shows. About politics. And about society. And it's not always about. Reviewing liquor. He's not afraid to go live. And tell it like it is. All right, so why can't these other people do it. Unless they really are. Like Quasimodo. You know, the hunchback of Notre Dame. You know. Or they have a real funny voice. You know, maybe they talk like Pee Wee Herman or something. Thanks JP. Enjoy the show to quote. St. Maximilian before I go. Love alone creates. St. Maximilian. I like. St. Benedict. He. He's I have his medallions. Big one. The Catholic priests that are exorcists. Use that. They use the St. Benedict's medallion for protection. All right, that's it. I'm going to call it quits for Thursdays. I'm really going back. To Saturday night. With this particular show. And I might even. I might not. I might take a break. And just do Sunday show. I don't know. Anyway, by the way. Have a great. Friday. And weekend. And. If you're around maybe I'll see you. Red pill man cave. Sunday afternoon. I buy everybody. Yeah, no more. No more Thursday. I'm done. See you.