S'up you beautiful bastards. Hope you're having a fantastic
Monday welcome back to the philip defranco show and let's just jump into it
And the first thing we're gonna talk about today is why we had benedict cumberbatch
chris
pratt
And bryce dallas howard in the news one of the main reasons right now is money has been his ongoing
conversation and debate about equal pay in Hollywood
Benedict Cumberbatch recently made the news because he said that male actors should refuse to do movies if they're female
Co-stars don't make the same as the saying look at your quotas
ask what women are being paid and say if she's not paid the same as the men I'm not doing and we have Cumberbatch saying
This at around the same time that it was reported that Bryce Dallas Howard is making less money than Chris Pratt for the new Jurassic
World movie and reportedly of Eric Pratt is making 2 million won
so this whole situation spawned a very interesting debate yet people saying the Bryce Dallas Howard deserve to get the same amount of money as
Pratt co-stars, they're the two main leads of the movie others are arguing
No, that paycheck isn't just for the amount of time you have on that set
but also for your ability to get people to buy a ticket and I think it's very easy to argue and I mean this with
No disrespect towards Bryce, Dallas Howard
but I think that Chris Pratt is arguably a much bigger pole entertainers have a
Fluctuating market value based on their ROI or return on investment
if a studio knows that they can pay Chris Pratt 10
20 million dollars and that he because he is in that movie that it's gonna make X dollars he can justify and pay for like
When the movie passengers was made Jennifer Lawrence who was a bigger star at the time made 8 million more than Chris Pratt
They're both leads. They were co-stars Chris Pratt
Actually, I believe was on screen more but Lawrence received the bigger payout when it comes to the Jurassic world situation
My personal opinion is I'm actually a little bit surprised that the pay is that close
This Pratt right now is generally blockbuster gold
but also I think I want to point out because while this has stirred up debate this is also stirred up a lot of just
Horrible shit being thrown towards Bryce Dallas Howard who at no point in this conversation?
Has played victim right? You had outlets covering in a way where they were like
Hey doesn't someone want to be angry about this anyone want to get really angry? We're here for it
I think in general, I think we could all be better off if we acknowledged problems
But didn't make everything a problem with this story
What I'd love to do is pass a question off to you as far as what your thoughts are regarding the Chris Pratt
Situation the Cumberbatch situation the situation in Hollywood in general because I don't actually think that there is not a problem whatsoever in Hollywood
I just don't think the Chris Pratt situation is a representation of it fact
I think using that as a representation is a pretty simplistic mindset
I think a lot of the actual problems are related to eliminate opportunities for people of color
for women and based off of those limited opportunities
You can see people being taken advantage of but that said I want to pass a question off to you because I'm genuinely interested then
We had gambling in the news because the Supreme Court assigned today that the previous ban on sports betting was
Unconstitutional I'll give you some background here in 1992 the professional and amateur sports Protection Act passed but was passed
Well, it did not ban sports gambling outright instead
It made it unlawful for a state to quote sponsor operate advertise promote licensed or authorized by law
Sports bettor and supporters said the law was passed to protect sports as a source of wholesome entertainment
instead of allowing it to be corrupted by sports betting that said Nevada was
Grandfathered in and allowed to keep their already established sports betting along with Montana
Delaware and Oregon who already had sports lotteries and the Act also gave a one-year grace period to pass new sports betting laws for states
Which had licensed casino gambling for the previous ten years one of the states that qualified for that grace period was, New Jersey
But they weren't able to approve sports betting during that time and instead passed it
Afterwards which resulted in that law being challenged by sports leagues citing past laws in the league's one in federal court
Then in 2014 we saw New Jersey try again this time trying a law that allowed betting at racetracks and casinos
Only that new law was then challenged with people citing past laws initially the court ruled against the state, but then chris christie
Who was the governor at the time challenged alone on the grounds that have violated the Tenth Amendment?
So the case makes its way through the courts eventually it ends up in front of the Supreme Court and today the court just ruled
In favor of New Jersey and the majority opinion largely relied on what is known as the anti-commandeering doctrine
That's a principle of the Tenth Amendment which says that while Congress can choose federal policies
It cannot force state governments to enact those policies and according to the majority opinion written by Justice
Samuel Alito the legalization of sports gambling requires an important policy choice
But the choice is not ours to make Congress can regulate sports gambling directly
But if it elects not to do so each state is free to act on its own our job is to interpret the law Congress
has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not. PASPA regulates state governments as
Regulation of their citizens the Constitution gives Congress no such power also writing about passbook
It is as if federal officers were installed in state legislative chambers and were armed with the authority to stop
legislators from voting on any offending proposal a more direct affront to state sovereignty it is not
easy to imagine and as far as the dissenting opinion
we had Ginsburg who wrote in pass but Congress permissibly exercised his authority to regulate commerce by instructing states and private parties to refrain from
Operating sports gambling schemes deleting the alleged commandeering directions would free the statute to accomplish
Just what Congress legitimately sought to achieve stopping sports gambling regimes while making it clear that the stoppage is attributable to federal not state
Action, so essentially Ginsburg's argument was certain sections of pass, but just need to be reworded and we shouldn't blow the whole thing up
But ultimately the Supreme Court has made a decision
And will be very interesting to see what Congress does or does not do here
Where does Congress stand in regards to sports betting and?
States rights and it's an interesting time for this because according to the Center for gaming research of the University of Nevada
It is likely that fourteen states will legalize sports betting in two years and an additional
18 states will legalize sports betting within five years that is unless Congress decides to put down its foot
I will say my personal opinion is I am all for legalizing
I think there are tons of people that want to participate in this world and a safe and regulated way
I'm also a big fan of allowing people to make their own
decisions without the government deciding what you can or cannot do when it when it's a choice that affects you that's my personal takeaway and
Actually, I'll pass the question off to you. What are you what are your thoughts about this?
Do you think sports betting gambling it should be legal or no? It's it's horrible. What are your reasons? I'd love to know
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I don't want to quickly update you on the situation in Hawaii last covered the Kilauea
eruption on Monday and since then activity has continued there are now reportedly 18 fishers and
37 structures have been destroyed the governor issued a supplemental emergency Proclamation
Requested a presidential disaster declaration
which was granted last Friday one of the biggest and latest updates to this story is that there may be another
massive eruption right around the corner according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
there has been withdrawal of lava from the Kilauea summit lake which may mean that there is an explosive eruption around the corner' warning saying
This could generate dangerous debris very near the crater and ash Falls up to tens of miles
Downwind if lava levels drop below the water table then water will rush in which will create steam and pressure leading to an explosive
eruption
So that's where we are as of right now and we'll have to wait and see what happens next and then let's talk about what?
Is happening in Jerusalem today?
So in addition to the United States opening an embassy in Jerusalem today, it's also the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel
Which is also why at the same time Palestinians have been continuing weeks-long
protests that began on March 30th along the Gaza border because in addition to today's
anniversary tomorrow will commemorate the 70th anniversary of what they call knockabout or catastrophe in which hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians either left or were forced from their homes in the newly formed Jewish state
So that's a general overview. But let's start with the embassy Trump
Of course announced this move back in December 2017 referring to it as a quote
Recognition of reality as far as how do we get from the announcement to actually opening so fast
It's because they didn't actually have to do much physically the United States already at a Consulate General in Jerusalem
But this move adds an embassy plaque to the consulate which makes it official so it's mostly a symbolic move
but it's still a massive symbolic move because Israeli sovereignty over all of Jerusalem is not
Internationally recognized and a little background into this situation in 1949
an armistice was signed between
Israel and Arab nations separating Jerusalem into eastern and western parts an area of land known as no-man's land open between Israel and Jordan since
the
1967 war Israel as occupied East Jerusalem and built many settlements in the area as we come home to around two hundred thousand Jews the
Area is not internationally recognized as Israel's territory
Although Israel disputes this in 1980 Israel passed a law officially declaring Jerusalem the capital and many countries once had embassies in Jerusalem
but moved after Israel passed this law in
1993 Israel and Palestine held peace talks in which they agreed the final status of Jerusalem was meant to be discussed at later stages of
Peace talks and that final status still today has not been decided today at 4:00 p.m. Local time
The United States officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem
We saw dozens of Americans attend the ceremony Ivanka Trump Jared Kushner Deputy Secretary of State John J
Sullivan Treasury secretary Steve minuchin and more who's a video of Donald Trump play minuchin and Ivanka unveiled the seal
We saw Kushner speak
We then saw Prime Minister Netanyahu speak
but on the other side of this gazans continued their protests along the Gaza Israel board and to give you a little context there the
Gaza Strip is a 140 square mile piece of land the borders Israel and Egypt
It is home to around 2 million people the majority of whom are Palestinian
Azza has been under the authority of Hamas since 2007
when a split between
Fatah the ruling Palestinian political party and Hamas resulted in a Palestinian civil war Israel and Egypt have also imposed a blockade on Gaza for
at least a decade or strict in the entry of goods and services Gaza suffers from extreme shortages and fuel and power fresh water is
Unsanitary and the sea is polluted with rotten sewage the medical care and education
There are poor the power can last as little as four hours per day many of the people there are jobless and the young people
are more than
frustrated and these protests are being referred to as the great march of return many of them saying purpose of these protests is for
Palestinians to demand the right to return to villages and towns that they or their families say they were forced out of since
1948 and these protests really hit a peak today with the embassy ceremonies
We saw Israeli Air Force dropping leaflets warning
Palestinians not to come near the fence separating Gaza from Israeli territory leaflets saying in recent weeks Hamas has been carrying out violence and terror
against Israel
Its boundaries and the Gaza Strip Maas is trying to hide its many failures by endangering your lives at the same time Hamas is stealing
Your money and using it to dig tunnels at your expense. You deserve a better government and a better future
The IDF is warning you against approaching the security funds
The IDF is determined to protect Israel's citizens and sovereignty against Hamas as attempts to terrorize us under the pretense of violent riots
do not approach the security fence and do not participate in Hamas is life threatening forest, even with that we saw at least
35,000 protesting along the Gaza border and at least 12 different locations
According to the Gaza Health Ministry 55 people have been killed by the Israeli military today with 2,700 injured
Although those numbers are varying wildly
We've seen videos and pictures of Gaza and setting tires on fire hurling fire bombs and stones we've seen the IDF using drones to drop
Tear gas on protesters, you know
the IDF has been using
snipers and as far as the use of this for us as far as this
reaction
The IDF released statements on Twitter that Hamas is leading a terrorist operation under the cover of the masses throughout Gaza
According to Hamas is Declaration and IDF intelligence Hamas ultimately intends to carry out terror attacks
Including a mass infiltration referring to the reaction as standard procedure
Adding a short while ago three terrorists attempted to place an explosive device near the security fence and Rafah under the cover of violent riots
In response the IDF fired the terrorists who were killed heading over
35,000 Palestinians are currently taking part in violent riots along the security fence
Rioters are hurling fire bombs and explosive devices burning tires throwing rocks and attempting to ignite fires in Israeli territory
And there have been many disputes regarding the IDF saying, you know there 35,000 Palestinians engaging in a violent riot
And we know for a fact that there are Palestinians that are throwing rocks what appears to be?
explosives many of them young men near the barrier
There's also a lot of footage that appears to show the majority of protesters or peaceful
Protesters as of right now recording this video that is where we are with the situation, unfortunately
It is very likely that tomorrow will be worse
Just like I said yesterday we had the the embassy opening it was the 70th anniversary of Israel being formed
But tomorrow is another more meaningful anniversary for the people that have been protesting and that's where we're ending
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