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Dec. 5, 2022 - Lionel Nation
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Social Media and the First Amendment

This may kill your spirit, but there's no First Amendment protection anent Twitter. In some cases.

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*Sigh*
Okay, my friends.
Let me see if we can...
Maybe do this right today.
Let me see if I can maybe help you with this one.
And I want you to listen to me, and I want you to try, try your best to take everything you've heard and just forget it.
Just forget everything.
And I want to start with this one particular provision.
I want to start with something, which is from our great holy book, The Constitution.
And I want to read this to you.
These were ratified in 1791.
By the way, James Woods brought up a very good point.
You know how old James Monroe was at the signing of the Constitution?
18. I think Alexander Hamilton was like 21. I mean, he's like 18, 20. They're very, very young.
Very, very young people.
Anyway, Congress shall make no law...
Now listen carefully.
Listen carefully.
Please follow this.
Listen carefully.
Congress...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people, Peaceably to assemble.
Interesting.
To assemble.
To assemble.
The social media, it's a collective.
It's not, here's a pamphlet.
Or pamphlet, as people say.
Here's a book.
Here's a manifesto.
No, no.
No, no, no.
Think about this.
This is very interesting.
Or to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Okay, that's the First Amendment, obviously.
So there's three things.
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of the people to peaceably assemble.
Do you think anybody would have ever thought that social media would have been a right to assemble?
I respectfully submit it is.
And I think based upon a rational reading of the Constitution, I think it is safe to believe that the drafters of the Constitution would have then thought that were they to have seen this, it was their initial intention to say, yes, social media are,
don't forget media, it's a plural noun, media, media, bacteria, This device that we have is a chance for me to speak.
It is my press.
It's called micro-blogging.
Micro-blogging.
Do you understand that?
Does that make sense to you?
Makes sense to me?
Now my question is, first of all, let me ask you.
Does the First Amendment apply To Twitter.
Answer my question.
Does the First Amendment apply to Twitter?
If Twitter decides to shut the New York Post down or Miranda Devine or James Woods or Dr. Marty McCary or whomever,
If Twitter says, we don't like what you're saying because it's hate speech, it's misinformation, disinformation, data information, is that a violation of the First Amendment?
I look and our dear friends, Paul says, nope, says yes.
Oh, excuse me, pardon me.
Paul says yes.
Oh, sorry, Raul.
Raul.
Rorias.
Yes.
Liz Solak, the lovely and talented, says, nope.
By the way, explain to somebody from a different country what no and nope means.
What's the difference?
I always do that.
How do you explain this?
If I said to you, did you take that last piece of cake?
And you said, no.
Or if somebody said, nope.
Do you hear the differences?
The nope might mean he did and that was sarcastic.
See, this is why nuance is so important.
This is why people who don't speak the same language, this is why you don't.
You could explain this to somebody who speaks German all day long and they would not get.
Did he say nope?
Ooh, that's informal.
That's sarcastic.
Okay.
Let me see.
Lisa says, not if they're privately owned.
Lisa's on to something there.
Very good.
Jimmy says, yes, if not considered a publisher.
Don't know what that one means, but I like that.
Liz says, too early.
Well, the answer is state action.
Is there state action?
What is the first rule?
What is the first line?
Congress shall make no law.
Congress.
Chris?
Congress.
Does the First Amendment apply to the state governments?
It's just Congress.
We have an assembly.
We have the state assembly.
We have the state senate.
We have it in Albany.
You could have it maybe in Harrisburg or Tallahassee or wherever.
It's a very interesting question.
Well, through this doctrine called incorporation by reference, Barron against Baltimore, The courts have said that in some cases, in some cases, we will incorporate by reference, we will incorporate, we will say that yes, through the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment, which by the way, this is the only time the Privileges and Immunities Clause ever, ever, are the answer.
In fact, when you take any bar review class, they say the answer is never the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
No, no.
So the answer is yes, it does apply.
First, fourth, fifth, yes, they apply to the federal government and the state government.
So the point is, is there state action?
Who is doing this?
Now right now as we speak, Miranda Devine and everybody from the New York Post is making this sound like this is about the New York Post.
They shut down the New York Post lap.
Laptop from hell was the book.
And they shot down Laptop from hell.
And it's a New York book.
No, no, no, no, no.
That might have been your grievance.
But this, of course, is to push the sales.
I understand.
It's a very good point.
She's a very good, very talented reporter and journalist.
But that's not it.
It's not that.
They're making you sound like this is about the New York Post article.
Well, part of it, yes, part of it.
But the question is simply this.
Is there a state of action?
James Woods.
James Woods.
Who you could tell was, despite his bravado and brio, despite his oomph.
This is a guy who...
Absolutely.
It is knocked off.
They got to him.
If you listen to him, I heard this on YouTube.
Somebody said to me, it was an interview with Mr. Tucker Carlson, and it was about his version of whatever.
He was speaking, and he, oh my God, it was a...
You could almost hear a tremor in his voice.
You could hear this.
He said that when he got home, people were calling him.
Because when you have been...
Believe me when I say this.
Believe me.
Believe me when I tell you this.
Mrs. L will verify this for herself.
When you have been the subject of national...
International.
When all of a sudden, you are, they are calling you and people are, oh my God.
It'll either make you or break you.
It will either, you really, you don't know what it's like until you're, no.
One of the things I love, and I live by this, and I don't say it just because it's a cute phrase, I mean this with all my heart.
You only take flack when you're over the target.
I had a friend of mine one time who was on Facebook and she said, well, I don't know what the big deal is with these people.
I said, well, that, Sally, is because you don't say anything.
You have never said anything controversial in your life.
You are anodyne, saccharine, you are...
You are meaningless.
You are styrofoam.
You are gingerbread and candy canes.
And you are nothing.
Puppy dogs and you have a nice day.
And you're a candy crush.
And you're just...
And that's nice.
And you're entitled to that.
But you've never said anything in your life.
So that's why some of these people don't get that.
So the first issue is...
Let me ask you this, my staff.
James Woods.
People say it seems wood.
He wants to file a lawsuit.
By the way, he's talking too much.
Play it cool.
Play it cool, Jimmy.
He wants to file a suit against the DNC.
Excuse me.
For what?
The DNC.
All right.
The DNC is what?
Can the DNC violate someone's First Amendment right?
Is the DNC the government?
Was Joe Biden the candidate the government?
Now, it's interesting to see what he did.
Afterwards, that might be interesting, but while he was a candidate in the DNC, can the DNC, if you picked up, do you know how many times you, I, we have said, hey, CNN, don't put that clown on.
Hey, hey, view, the view, fire that Joy Behar.
Hey, hey, get that Anna.
Whoever that helps.
Get rid of that whoopee.
How dare you?
Why do you have that?
Now there's people who are...
I don't know what her name is, but there's Randy Brandy Candy something or other.
And I don't know about these people until Tucker Carlson tells me about them.
Which I never understood it.
But how many times have you said, get her off?
Get that Jim Acosta.
Jim Acosta's on a journal.
Fire him!
And if they say, okay, what?
Okay, I'll fire him.
Why?
Because you want him off.
Can you be charged with violating Jim Acosta's First Amendment right?
Where you basically use CNN as a proxy for you?
Well, good luck with that one.
Same thing with the DNC.
I don't know how this is going to happen.
What about Intel?
What about Intel?
That might be interesting.
You've got all these people from Intel.
Are they currently in Intel?
Well, no.
They were.
You've got some people.
Well, what are they saying exactly?
Well, did anybody say, did anybody say, hey, you get that Miranda Devine from the New York Post and the Murdoch media.
Hey, you get her book off.
They even deny DM functioning, which is only used in pornography cases or what have you, or CSAM cases.
This is tougher than you think.
And there are some wonderful people I know, and I love them.
I love them to death.
They're great on Twitter, but they're saying things like, put these people in prison for treason.
Now let me ask you a question.
Is there treason?
Is treason?
See how we're doing this?
You see what we do?
We're worse than they are.
We say these things.
Treason.
I heard this moron.
I think he's about 12 years old.
And he's a wannabe.
He's like a Rush Limbaugh wannabe.
He says, this is worse than Watergate.
This makes Watergate look like jaywalking.
Anybody agree with that?
Watergate?
Watergate.
Now let me get this straight.
Miranda Devine and others are...
Even, take it for what it's worth, that internal aspects of, or factions of Twitter, imagine, imagine if they responded accordingly.
Think about that.
What if these people, what if they did this?
What if they actually said, yes, we're going to act as a team and we're going to stop this article and this person.
Do you think that's, is that worse than Watergate?
We'll talk about that.
But first, we'll time out.
Number one.
You see what we're doing now?
You see what I did before?
Wouldn't you love to do this right now if we could get together?
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And if you go to linomedia.com or at linomedia on Twitter, it's right there pinned.
Come on, say hello.
That's number one.
Number two.
I was listening to another one.
I'm not going to mention his name.
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Specifically involving that of China and elsewhere.
Food crises around the world.
It is absolutely imperative.
Beyond imperative.
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There was a time when Klaus Schwab and everybody from the Great Reset or whatever came forward and said, ESG, and we are telling, we saw this.
We on, W-I-O-N, was wonderful.
World is one.
On Gravitas, you saw nothing about the Netherlands.
The Netherlands now, they're shutting down farms.
And Sri Lanka, specifically regarding nitrogen rules and regulations under the CSG.
What does that mean?
That means food shortages.
That means stopping, cessation, interruption.
That means supply chain disasters.
That means empty shelves.
We're talking about government policies are here right now that are going to make life more difficult.
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Okay.
Now.
Next.
When you deal with people and you try to talk to people, you find out right away that people do not want to hear the truth.
Let me give you an example.
Have you ever had a friend of yours who was in the middle of a terrible job, terrible marriage, terrible kid, something bad?
And you as a friend, family member, as a loved one, want to say something.
But when you say it, you know you're going to make these people feel bad.
They're going to feel absolutely horrible.
They're going to feel so bad because they know the truth.
They're living some kind of a lie.
They know everything you're saying.
So why are you doing it?
What are you doing?
Well, I'm going to tell them the truth.
Really?
You want them to what?
Listen.
And that's my problem here.
Now, when I tell people this, I'm watching things and I'm thinking, and may I read something to you?
I don't like to read, but I did something today on Lionel Media.
This is, I think.
One of the best things I've ever written because it is so true.
It's not even funny.
May I read this to you?
Good.
And if you said no, what am I going to do?
This is very simple.
This says, understand how cable news commentary works.
First, the guest is always trying to finagle a position either as a permanent host or a paid contributor.
And everything that is said is done through the lens of an audition.
So, truth matters less than performance.
Remember that.
Second, you're only as good as your last performance.
And your last performance better yield and better have generated retweets, likes, and significant metrics.
No matter how that's accomplished.
Hyperbole, stupidity, lying, overgeneralizing, none of that matters.
Were you noticed?
That's it.
Third, there is no such thing as being stupid, or appearing stupid, or saying something stupid.
There is no requirement that you have any foundation or expertise in the subject matter you are called to speak about.
Did you attract attention?
Were you noticed?
Were you watched?
Did you get numbers?
Fourth, always wear something inappropriate.
Preferably a gaudy red baseball cap with your name on it, or a t-shirt.
If there is any way to show the world hideous sleeve tattoos, extra points.
Focus their attention.
Soon, listen to me carefully, soon you'll see slogans inked on foreheads.
Extra points for trashy.
Dead series.
Fifth.
As you're being introduced by the host, always have a certain eating grin.
I don't want to say this is a family show.
Or inappropriate smirk.
You've got to get that smirk.
Very important.
Or give that stupid smile.
Very important.
Act as though you can't believe you're on TV because you're a rube hick.
From nowheresville.
And remember, get numbers.
Do something.
Anything.
Get numbers.
Sixth, utilize the awkward delay to your benefit.
After the host introduces you, and with their brief introduction or question to you, look off into space for a moment, almost tranquilized, almost narcotized, and make sure you thank the host for inviting you.
Thank you.
Thank you for having me on.
You always have to do this.
Always after the question.
Thank you for having me on.
Always say that.
Seventh, if they do a pre-interview and they do this sometimes where some producer will Ask you questions before you go on.
But if they do a pre-interview, remember, none of it matters.
And this.
Have a particular list of things you're going to say, no matter the question.
Rather than forcing a non-sequitur, begin your answer with, you know, that reminds me.
And then go off into your spiel.
They're not listening.
Nobody's paying any attention.
And finally, the eighth point to remember.
This is important.
Cable news in particular is dying.
But it's also a runaway train that has to be fed and fueled on a 24-7 basis.
They have no time for thought or planning or intelligence or reflection.
It's content.
Give them something to watch and never something to think.
Let me say this again.
Remember this.
Give them something to watch but never something to think.
When you go onto a set, you will notice a couple of things.
And this is the most important.
Listen to me carefully.
If you're ever on one of these shows, if it's CNN or MSDNC, I would say Fox as well.
To be fair, it's the same thing.
The people who are the most important people are the makeup women.
They have this thing, it's like a box, it's like a clear plastic sometimes, or maybe it's like a first aid kit, but it's on a strap, almost like a cigarette, you know, cellar, like at, you know, the store club or something, but they've got all their stuff because their job is to keep Little Miss Barbie spackled and sprayed and glossed.
That's critical.
You will never have somebody running up and saying, hey listen, just want to let you know, you gave the wrong date for the Magna Carta, and second of all, it wasn't Harold Stassen, it was Pat Paulson.
And number three, never hear that.
You'll never have somebody running up saying, listen, I want you to understand something.
Focus more on the direction of detente versus rapprochement.
Okay?
And it wasn't, it wasn't, never!
And if you hear, if you listen, The IFB, the earpiece.
You hear them say, oh yeah?
What?
Yeah, I know.
Am I okay?
Am I alright?
Yeah.
That's it.
This is a news program.
Information means nothing.
Data, nothing.
Fact, information, illumination, education, peroration, Reiteration?
Nothing!
So when we're talking about this, the only thing they're doing is, here is the issue, Twittergate, China, Hunter Biden, whatever it is.
Does it have any heft?
Does it still play?
How is it doing?
How is it doing in numbers?
How did we do last night?
Do we understand?
Are we going too deep?
Are we going too deep?
Okay, we are.
Keep it fluffy?
Yes.
And that's why there is this bevy, this seemingly interminable list of younger Rush Limbaugh wannabes who say absolutely nothing.
And they're 12 years old and they don't know anything.
Comparing Twittergate to Watergate?
Let me just say one thing about Watergate.
We're still trying to figure out Watergate.
We're still trying to figure it out.
I can't figure out Watergate yet.
There's more because the rule is it's not the story they gave you.
Now let me give you a couple of rules too.
Number one.
If ever you want to really know ahead of time that what you're hearing is complete padding, what do I say?
Who's had to stretch a meal?
Anybody?
More people are coming over.
What do you do?
In the old days, maybe your mother.
Thank God my mother was a great cook.
But sometimes, in leaner times, they might want to say breadcrumbs, hamburger helper, maybe...
We'll throw some...
Foods always sometimes had these distractions.
Remember like those dirky, those wonderful french fried onion strips, you know?
You have this casserole.
This is nothing with green bean.
Put the dirky...
It's just great!
It adds crunch and it's fun and just that little thing makes a difference.
In fact, green bean casserole is nothing without the...
French fried onion ring strips on there.
It's just the way it is.
Put some bread crumbs in there.
Spread it out.
This is thin.
Put some arrowroot.
Put some potato starch.
Put some corn starch.
Mix it up.
That's good.
That's good.
What have we got to eat?
Well, it's Kraft macaroni and cheese.
Leave it as is.
But some people might say, throw some sour cream in there.
Throw some bacon bits in there.
Do something.
Stretch it.
Stretch it.
Fix it up.
Make it look better.
Put it in a different bowl.
I have a friend of mine.
Listen to me.
There are two car services.
Car services.
Who uses a car?
Anyway, some people do, I guess.
Whatever.
One has a name that sounds like Prestige or something like that.
And the other company is like Jerry's.
Jerry's is actually better.
Jerry's has more cars.
Radio, I mean, they're there, they're fast, they're terrific.
But Prestige sounds better.
Guess which one this person goes for?
Prestige.
Just because of the name.
I swear to God.
Same thing with TV.
Same thing with TV.
So there is this issue, and I want you to listen to me carefully.
Are you listening?
Are you paying attention?
Okay.
I want to tell you something.
And I can't talk about it now, especially here.
But just follow me.
If you really want to find out a good story that you're hearing nothing about, it's the Idaho killings.
Have you heard about those?
A little bit?
Okay.
This is as an example.
Trust me on this one.
Just spend a little bit of time.
Look at the people involved.
Anybody arrested?
Who are the family members?
Look at the people.
Just go there.
I'm just telling you.
You're the line producer.
Here's the story.
Go through the names.
Run all the names.
See if you see anything interesting about...
Parents, relatives, family, victims, whoever.
Just follow this.
And within five minutes, you're going to say, hey, wait a minute.
I didn't know this.
It's precisely right.
I didn't know this.
It's exactly right.
Keep going.
What I'm hearing will blow your mind.
But it's never going to go there.
It's just not going to go there.
I promise you.
It's not going to go there.
Now, listen to me carefully.
I was doing my thing this morning, making my oatmeal, reading my stuff, got my phone on, oops, and I'm doing this stuff, and lo and behold, what do I do?
I'm watching YouTube, and I'm watching my good friend, John Mearsheimer.
I'm listening to Mearsheimer all the time.
I listen to every lecture, anything he has ever said.
He's the most brilliant.
On Russia and China, he's it.
I listen to him all the time.
You want to hear Jordan Peterson?
Go ahead.
Knock yourself up.
Victor Davis Hanson, very good.
But if you want somebody to listen to, or you'll get your every single time, you'll say, how did you know that?
Dr. John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago.
And when it came to North Korea, there's another one with Chicago as well.
I'll talk to you about that later.
So anyway, as one stops, lo and behold, here comes this other one.
I'm not going to mention the name.
And it says, we're talking to a retired FBI agent.
I said, oh no, here we go.
Here we go.
Oh, yep.
She's trying to get a gig.
Yep.
Remember my rules.
Trying to get a gig.
Trying to finagle.
How do I do this?
How does somebody say, hey?
Hey!
You know, you want to get that look like, ooh, hey.
Remember Candace?
What was her name?
She was an FBI agent, retired profiler.
She just looked like a doll.
Almost like a...
It was...
So help me God, it was...
Going back to my...
To my rules, you just said, who's that?
Just like, just the eyes.
It was just, it was, we had these people.
Remember Ben Ginsberg?
Every time Ben Ginsberg, who's that?
He looked like Charles Lane.
Charles Lane was the guy who always played the bank president, the mean guy.
He looked like this, he was in Beverly Hillbillies and he was always the landlord.
He was always this Charles Lane.
So this woman comes up.
And another person, each one always trying to say, well, you know, I'm a retired federalist.
That's right.
Well, you're a retired federalist.
Thank you.
What can you tell us?
So help may God.
Look and see if there was anybody in the area at the time.
Ask neighbors if they saw anything different.
Find out.
I'm thinking, you're kidding me.
Anybody who watches CSI for a moment can look at this.
Why do we do that?
Because they're trying to pad it.
They're trying to just pad the information.
So what they're telling you right now, this is a long way to get back to it, when it comes to Twittergate and all this stuff, they're trying to do everything not to tell you the truth.
They're trying to fix it in such a way that you'll continue to watch.
Let me say that again.
If I say to you something that's very, very simple.
That's not going to get your attention.
Could be the most profound statement in the world.
Let me give you another example.
I like analogies and I think sometimes this inspires us to think elsewhere.
I've studied serial killers as a layman and as a prosecutor type forever.
Florida, we had...
I remember the days of Wuornos and we had...
Oh my God, Bobby Joe Long.
We had more serial killers and our office was doing all this stuff.
And this is before John Douglas and nobody could figure these people out and profile them.
And I'll never forget hearing a lecture.
All of us were brought in the FBI.
When behaviorism first came about, somebody said, well, here's the thing.
What can we tell about serial killers?
Nothing.
What causes them?
We don't know.
Three things they had.
Three things in comments.
As children, enuresis, bedwetting, by the way, encopresis, you don't want that.
But enuresis, being enuretic, waxing enuretic, bedwetting, number one, teasing or torturing small animals, and fires.
Does that mean that people who are bedwetters become serial killers?
No.
Does that mean that people who tase animals?
No.
Does that mean that people who are arsonists become?
No.
Do people who exhibit all three become?
No.
It doesn't cause it, but it's correlated to them.
And the simple answer is this, we don't know.
We have people in prison right now who are so psychopathic, so devoid of any feelings, but they've never killed anybody.
We just don't know.
Okay.
That fascinates me.
I'm not the audience.
The audience wants to hear three things caused this.
Bedwetting, teasing animals, and arson.
Also, playing with dolls when you're, you know, whatever.
They love that, even though it's wrong.
But that's not right.
It's wrong.
It's wrong.
We saw something last night on, I guess it was a Netflix.
What was it, on Xanax?
It was on Xanax.
I can see why it was popular.
Apodictic.
Simple.
Black and white.
This causes this.
Anybody here ever had a panic attack?
Is there anybody here who has had a panic attack?
Yes or no?
Anybody had a panic attack?
I've never had a panic attack.
I've had panic, and I've had attacks, and I've been attacked, and have attacked.
But I've never had a panic attack.
A panic attack is when you feel that you are having a heart attack.
You feel like everything...
You are absolutely crushed by a sense of doom, breathing heavy.
It is physiological.
It is real.
It is actual.
People say heart attack, because heart attack is not really what you feel.
If ever you feel like, not really angina, but...
You know, this is more referred.
You've had a panic attack.
Panic attacks are real.
They are real.
Now, not everybody has had one.
Okay?
Step number one, fact number one, they are real.
Okay, number two.
Xanax, benzodiazepines, anxiolytics have worked Like, you cannot believe.
Respiration kind of slows down.
Heart rate kind of slows down.
Your body says, well, if you're not going to be calm, you're going to act calm.
Imagine you've just walked in and your family has been...
It's not funny.
Just...
Something horrible.
And you freak out.
You're crying.
And I give you a pill and your crying mechanism goes away.
And your fast breathing goes away.
But your terror is still there.
But you say, you know, this made me feel better.
Why?
Because it dampened the reaction of something that I felt.
Is this good for you?
No.
But it feels good.
Okay, great.
It feels good.
Now what have I told you?
Do angiolitics work?
Yes.
Are they a problem?
Yes.
They can be.
There is addiction.
There is a...
There is a...
Not only do you need more, but brain chemistry changes, and oh my god, and then you don't know how to handle life without them.
You get up in the morning, you're about to go.
I'm not even going to take a chance.
Okay, now what have I just told you?
I told you a lot of stuff.
Are panic attacks real?
Yes.
Does Xanax help?
Yes.
Remember this, it was not Librium, was it?
They had...
Klonopin and Ativan and Valium and all those other kinds of things.
Do they work?
Yes!
Are there side effects?
Yes!
Are there problems?
Yes!
Is there dependency?
Yes!
Wait a minute!
You just answered yes to everything.
Life is yes.
How do I balance this?
Go to a doctor.
What do they tell you?
Well, let's give it a shot.
Your doctor's not going to say, no way.
Because the hell you are going to face down the road is worse than you.
You're going to go someplace else.
You're going to say, well, let's give this a shot.
Give me the pad.
I'll figure this out.
This is good.
And it's helped.
And there have been people who took a little bit, stopped, and changed their life.
You see what I just told you?
You see what I just told you?
That's life.
Life's like the yeah, but.
Yes, but.
Is Twittergate important?
Yes.
But?
Does it mean?
No.
Are people going to go to prison?
No.
Someone said, I think I told you this, treason.
It's not treason.
Don't say treason.
Is it important?
Very important.
Very critical.
But it's not treason.
And it's not Watergate.
See what I'm doing?
They would say, thank you very much.
I'd be off the show immediately because I can't give you this.
I Love this.
We used to have an answer.
Yes, no.
Have you ever seen an enterobang?
An enterobang is a type that has the question mark and the exclamation point.
It's one.
Have you ever seen that?
It looks...
I can't draw for you.
I-N-T-E-R-R-O-B-A-N-G.
It's for this reaction.
You did what?
See, I'm asking a question and I'm exclaiming.
I'm exclamatory.
It's a question and exclamation point combined.
Right?
That's what we had with yes, no.
Yes, no was our answer.
Yes, no.
It depends.
I know people laugh at this, but the number one legal answer is it depends.
I thrive on it depends.
I love gray.
Make America gray again.
I read that Lara Trump is not going to be on Fox anymore, honey.
Did you see that?
I know this is going to kill you, but I read that Lara Trump has been asked because of Trump's running for office.
I think she's been given the Fox News parts ways with contributor Lara Trump, who I think was absolutely one of the worst.
And this is not a very popular thing for me to say because I know you love people.
Also, I would also say to you, Mr. President, tell Don Jr. to take what's-her-name, the girlfriend, and just go to a mountain range or an island.
Just go away.
We don't need this.
Now, see what I just told you?
That makes people angry.
But it's true.
You want the truth?
That's the truth.
Really?
Oh, yeah.
People don't...
The truth is horrible.
You will lose friends if you tell people the truth.
Don't tell people the truth.
You want to be friendly.
And when you want to go on TV, you've got to sit there and you've got a one-minute thing.
And you've got to say something.
If I went on any TV show and I said, let me tell you something.
In the history of our republic, this is the worst.
Let's say about Fox News.
Pick your show.
Pick whatever.
Name it.
Whatever it is.
Say, okay, I'm going to do this.
Watch what I'm going to do.
I'm going to answer the question completely incorrectly, but watch what I say.
I'm going to wear a hat, maybe Lionel Nation, you know, two-point, whatever, big red hat.
People say, is that a hat?
Maybe a Tamashanter, or maybe a, I could wear a gaucho hat with little pom-poms, you know, so people say, is that a gaucho hat?
Anything to get your attention.
Remember what I'm telling you.
You're laughing at this, but it's true.
They might tell me to lose the hat, but believe me, the numbers are gone.
Did you see that guy with the...
I promise you, if I walked out with the...
You know the gaucho hat?
Remember those pom-poms?
Hey!
We used to go to this restaurant in Tampa, and they would do this flamenco dancing.
Not flamingo.
Flamenco is like, oh no!
And you're like...
Hey!
Hey!
And you're trying to eat.
He's like, would you stop this?
And they're from, you know, Catalan and Asturias.
I'm eating!
It's a Spanish restaurant.
So what?
What are you going to do?
Go to a Japanese restaurant?
They bring those big...
Anyway, if I wore one of those hats, I swear to God, SNL would talk about it.
Mediaite would talk about it.
I'd go viral.
Did you see that guy with a hat?
He wore a hat with a pom-pom.
What was that?
What was he?
He's Esteban.
I will teach you the guitar.
You think I'm kidding, don't you?
I will be a hit.
And the next time I go on somebody else, they're going to say, would you wear the hat?
Oh yeah.
Why do you think Curtis Lee still wears a beret?
Because nobody knows where the hell he is.
Wear the beret.
Wear the hat.
Okay.
So if I went on Fox News and I said, let me tell you something, this is the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of this republic.
Every foundation, everything that our forefathers and forebearers fought for, the tree of liberty must be...
Fertilized with blood!
And this is worse than Vietnam.
This is worse than the destruction of the Maine in 1898.
This is the worst.
And this is the Biden administration, the corrupt, the fetid, the putrescent, rotting...
The corpse that is the...
I'm going to stretch it.
The rotting corpse of this horrid...
Thank you.
That guy's great.
It's nonsense what I just said.
No, no, he's great.
Bring him back.
That's good.
This is where we are.
If I gave him an answer, it depends.
What, are you kidding me?
Depends.
It depends.
Think about what your doctor would tell you.
Should I take this?
Well, here's what we're going to do.
It's been known to help.
We'll try a few.
Let me know.
We'll might adjust the dosage.
If it works fine, come in.
I'm going to check your blood to make sure it...
What is this?
Are you cautious?
As opposed to, you take one of these things and you will be a new man.
You're lying for...
Yes, I'll take it.
That's what you want to hear.
Have you ever heard somebody ever wear or propose if you spoke the truth or if you were dating or if you...
Can you imagine if somebody said, Ernestine?
Yes, Robert.
Listen, would you be my wife?
And can we try...
Maybe to beat the odds of a 50% divorce rate?
Would you try to tolerate me?
I don't know what I'm going to be 10 years.
I'm 25 years old now.
But at 40, I could turn into a schlub.
And you?
Looking at your mother and hoping to God you somehow, you know, get out of the way of that genetic ugly stick.
I'm in store for some hell here.
But let's do our best.
I'm not perfect.
I've got a short fuse and so do you.
You're intemperate.
You've never had a successful love affair.
I mean, who wants to talk like that?
But it's the truth!
That's the truth!
Nobody wants to hear the truth!
Remember the old days when they would say, listen, wear your seatbelts.
Now listen, 99% of most people never get even to an accident.
So really, for all practical purposes, seatbelts are unimportant.
But for that weird case, where you go through a windshield, nobody wants to hear that either.
Nobody wants to hear that.
Nobody.
Can you imagine talking to your kids and saying, do you know the odds about getting pregnant?
You really don't need contraception.
So if you have unprotected sex, aside from the disease part, chances are you're not going to get pregnant.
Because it's like a million to one.
However, I'm going to take you to Mumbai.
Look all around you.
Nobody wants the truth!
So what I'm tamed to you and what you have to understand is that people like me are a dinosaur.
Nobody wants me.
Nobody wants me in this world.
I'm a realist.
I want to know the truth.
I want to know.
The truth.
I had a conversation the other day with someone about guns, and I'm saying, I wouldn't get a gun if I were you.
Why?
I don't think you're the right person.
I think you're much better if...
I feel...
I don't think...
Never talk to him again, but it's the truth.
He didn't want to hear that.
He would say, what you need to do is you need a Mossberg.
Maybe a nice Ithaca.
Pump.
Pistol grip.
And you want to be able to center a mask.
That's the way people want to talk.
That's not the truth.
That's not the truth.
And you know what happens?
When you keep telling people, I've got to tell you another one.
I know of a case right now where at least one in particular and three total, the number of psychotic episodes regarding Cannabis use today.
Look around you.
You can look up hyperemesis.
That's fine.
But look at the number of people, young people in particular, who Maureen Dowd talks about.
She did an ingestible, almost lost her mind.
Okay.
People don't want to hear that.
So good luck with that one.
They don't want to hear that.
They don't want to hear that.
They know.
So understand something.
If I could meet someone from another planet, another star system, who came here, and I said, let me explain to you what you should expect of the Twitter gay thing.
Number one, does the public understand it?
No.
Number two, is it sexy enough for the public to understand?
No.
Three, is it delivered in different degrees and volumes, depending upon the particular...
Source that you're looking at, whether it's Fox versus CNN.
Oh, absolutely.
CNN people never hear about it.
They're laughing at this.
Fourth, is it really a big deal?
Not really.
Because what Matt Taibbi did, I don't know what...
I don't think you read anything Matt...
I don't see what Matt Taibbi said that was that great or that I didn't know.
See, nobody wants to hear that either.
Nobody wants to hear that.
They don't want to hear this.
They don't.
It's a work, yes.
So nobody wants to hear this.
And nobody wants to hear about...
How do I say this?
The Hunter Biden laptop.
Is there anything that you need to know about the Hunter Biden laptop?
No.
So when Miranda Devine, again, bless her heart, comes up with this book about the Hunter Biden laptop, Rudy Giuliani had it, gave it to Miranda Devine, Bannon had it.
We know what's on it.
I know.
What is there?
What is it?
Now, Watergate, nobody knew anything.
The story, the official story, was there was a break-in.
On a Saturday morning, Bob Woodward, who used to be in Navy Intel, happens to work at the Washington Post.
He gets this graveyard deal of going to a court on a Saturday for some people who were charged with burglarizing the Democratic National Convention in Watergate.
By the way, at the Watergate Hotel.
When Mrs. L and I stayed at the Watergate, it's a creepy place, but it's kind of interesting.
The bathroom was kind of, it was weird.
It was weird.
They had a bidet with like a hose.
It was weird.
Yeah, it was, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But when you pull in to, you know, check in, you look up and there's the DNC.
It's right there.
It's not, I don't know what I expected, but it's very, okay.
And the story goes was that when he was there, The judge or the magistrate said, who do you work for?
And Hunt or somebody said, CIA.
He said, I'm sorry, I can't hear you.
What was that?
He says, CIA.
CIA?
Wait a minute.
Now that's the story.
Okay.
But you didn't know anything about it.
You didn't know anything about it.
And then they went and they found all these $100 bills.
And then...
Sturgis and others who are part of the Bay of Pigs?
Wait a minute.
And it's evolving.
Okay?
Now, stop for a second.
Imagine there's Charles Manson.
Crazy Charlie Manson.
Spawn Ranch.
Squeaky From.
Tex Watson, Abigail Folger, LaBianca, and all of a sudden, somebody says, hey, what?
Charles Manson left a laptop at a place at the mall.
I've got Manson's laptop.
You should see what's on it.
Now, just imagine.
But I know who Charles Manson is.
So, Okay, this is interesting.
There are other things, maybe other crimes, other murders.
But I know who he is.
Finding Hunter Biden's laptop is not Watergate.
They didn't know anything.
They didn't know what this was.
They didn't know that John Mitchell, the Attorney General, imagine Merrick Garland is part of a I mean, this is just...
And this punk...
This makes Watergate look like jaywalking.
Are you kidding me?
The White House Council?
The president on tape saying, what, you need a million dollars?
I can get that for you.
To shut people up?
We can do it.
What?
I mean, it's just...
Do you not know history?
Apparently not.
This...
Compared to...
I know you don't like that.
Because you want to think this is the worst thing that ever happened.
Because you...
Not you, but they hate these people.
They hate!
Because everybody now is a Karen.
Everything is overreacting.
Relax.
You need to lie down.
Take it easy.
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I'm going to sit back.
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Remember, the truth is horrible.
Nobody wants to hear the truth.
Nobody.
Let me also tell you right now, Mrs. L is doing...
You got to hear her interview with Kathy O 'Brien yesterday?
Later.
One of the best ever on her TNT radio on Saturdays?
Oh my lord.
Did I say that?
Oh my lord.
What am I?
I'm like Ellie Mae Clampett.
I'm using these expressions.
Anyway, there she is.
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Have a great and glorious day.
Don't ever change and mean that sincerely.
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