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And let's just jump into it.
You know, the first thing that we have to talk about today
is Addison Rae, famed TikToker spitting in the face
of every God loving and/or fearing Christian.
For shame, Addison!
At least if you hop on social media,
that is in large, the reaction we're seeing so far.
If we go through the comments
of her latest unrelated TikTok,
"Just sad bro", "Praying for you", "What were you thinking?"
"We was all rooting for you, how dare you?"
"The world isn't forever girl, just remember that."
"What you did was beyond disrespectful!" and "Say sorry!".
So the question is, of course, what did she do?
Did she pants the Pope?
Did she write an op ed about how the Catholic Church
spent over $3 million in Kansas
to try to limit women's abortion rights?
Nope. She pissed him off with a piece of cloth and some ink.
Sharing a now deleted photo of herself in this top
says Father, Son, the bottoms say Holy Spirit.
Which as a former Catholic,
I'll have you know its Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
Though bottoms with Son on it, that seems problematic.
Though technically, that's where you would make one.
Hmm. We're getting sidetracked.
The main thing is that Addison posted this
and the wave of backlash was almost instant.
With people calling it "disrespectful" and "blasphemous".
And while obviously a part of this story
is about Addison Rae coming under fire,
so far she hasn't commented on the situation.
We also saw many pissed off about this,
taking aim at the company that made this, Praying.
And in addition to all the comments that you would expect
these people to leave, you had many calling for a boycott
for this company to shut down.
But to that, here's something I wanna make clear.
They're not gonna.
This isn't Walmart or Amazon coming under fire
for an offensive shirt on their site.
Right? Something that a third party put on their platform.
Scrolling through the site and the socials for this company
that I would not have been aware of
had it not been for this backlash.
Their whole MO seems to be, LOL fuck you. I don't care.
And in fact, in the midst of this whole outrage scandal,
in the last 24 hours, they posted on their social
this cute little top that says,
"I'll talk to God when I'm dead."
And that's in addition to a lot of other stuff
on their socials.
And here's the thing,
the controversy and scandal of this whole situation.
It could actually hurt Addison Rae.
And I don't mean this in a negative way,
but when you are a big popular influencer
and you're not really known for standing for anything,
when bits and pieces like this slip out,
people are gonna have a big reaction.
Because for some reason, we often kind of project
our own ideals under the people that we are fans of.
How many times over the last four years have we been like,
obviously that celebrity think, they think what?
So yeah, this could hurt Addison
and it's gonna be interesting to see
if she just doesn't address this or if she does,
is there an apology or does she glean into it?
That could be interesting.
But as far as this company, you're just promoting them.
This is basic controversy for cash, rage-onomics.
For every person that we get out of this situation
that is angry at this brand
who they probably previously didn't know about or shop with
and they're calling for it to be shut down,
they're bringing in new fans and customers for that brand.
And we see this all the time,
a product that someone is going to make money off of
becoming this lightning rod.
Where for a select group of people buying this thing
is a statement that means something
about them and the world.
And understand, I say this as well one,
someone that's not offended by the situation, but two,
I'm not gonna judge you
for being angry about this situation,
I think that you should just know that your anger
is being used against you.
That's what's happening.
But all of that said with this story,
I'd love to know your thoughts on any aspect of it,
whether it be about the outrage or the marketing aspect.
And then we should talk about the new mass shooting
at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago
that did not actually happen.
And I don't mean that in the Alex Jones
is a horrible piece of shit Sandy Hook kind of way,
I mean, it actually did not happen.
So at the center of this story,
you have an 18 year old security guard for the event
named Janya Williams who seemingly decided,
hey, I'm gonna start a panic today
and allegedly sent an anonymous text to her supervisor
saying, "Mass shooting at 4 PM, location Lollapalooza,
We have 150 targets."
And so that person understandably goes, oh shit,
alerts their supervisors and the Chicago Police Department
and then the FBI gets notified.
And then when the event supervisor tells the team
about the threat, allegedly Janya is like, oh yeah,
my sister saw something similar on Facebook.
So the supervisor's like, oh, that could be helpful.
Send me a screenshot of that post.
With Janya later allegedly creating a fake account
under the name Ben Scott and writing,
"Massive shooting at Lollapalooza Grant Park 6:00 PM."
And then sending that bad boy over to her supervisor.
But here's the problem, not the perfect crime.
Because the FBI traces the first text message
back to her IP address and iCloud.
And so with the authorities going,
okay, well here's our person.
There just was a question of why?
Why make a fake threat like this
at the height of fear around gun violence in America?
Well, according to the prosecutors,
she just wanted to get off work early.
Which I gotta say, is mind numbingly stupid
for at least two reasons.
First off, you gotta realize
this isn't you getting off of work or at a school
because of a snow day where no one questions it
and everyone kind of just throws their hands up in the air
and they're like, hey, you know it is what it is.
There was obviously gonna be some sort of investigation
and unless you jumped through a lot of steps
to make sure it couldn't be traced back to you,
you were gonna get caught,
which is exactly what happened here.
She's been arrested and charged
with making a false terrorism threat.
But also girl, secondly,
how would you actually get off of work?
You're not working the fucking concession stand,
you are literally working security.
If there is a believed security threat,
you're probably gonna be involved to some degree.
Which is why today not only am I awarding you
the douche bag of the day award,
you are the dumbest motherfucker of the day.
If you want out of work, just lie
and say you have explosive diarrhea like a normal person.
And then let's talk about this
messy, messy Jake Paul bullshit.
Jake Paul if you don't know, YouTuber turned boxer,
though some people wouldn't call him a boxer
because all of his professional boxing fights
have been against non boxers.
But recently that was set to change.
He was once again, supposed to take on Tommy Fury.
But their first bout having also gotten canceled,
with Tyron Woodley of course, stepping in.
And then this fight also didn't happen
because Tommy Fury had to withdraw over travel issues.
So the question became, okay, well, who is Jake gonna fight?
'Cause he says he's still gonna fight on that date.
Oh my God, no. Is he gonna fight Tyron Woodley again?
I'd rather slam my dick in a door than watch that card.
But no, we quickly learned that Hasim Rahmon Jr. stepped up.
With a number of people kind of impressed
that Jake Paul would actually take on this fight.
With many saying that Hasim is an actually strong boxer,
that he has the size to actually hurt Jake
and so this was kind of a big risk for him.
And so it was said it was actually supposed to happen
two days from now, August 6th, at Madison Square Garden,
but then seemingly out of nowhere, the event gets canceled,
which of course led to a ton of speculation
on why this event was called off on such short notice.
And we saw for their part,
Jake and his Most Valuable Promotions company
claiming that it stemmed from weight issues with Hasim,
claiming that Hasim initially signed a contract
for a fight at 200 pounds
but Paul who usually fights at 190 compromised at 205.
But then saying that Hasim's team tried
to move the needle again to come in at 215 pounds,
which was apparently too much for Jake
with Most Valuable Promotions releasing a statement saying,
"We will not reward someone that has conducted themselves
in such a deceiving and calculated manner.
Therefore, MVP is left with no choice
but to cancel the August 6th event."
With Jake also calling Hasim unprofessional
and apologizing to everyone on the card.
And posting a video accusing Hasim
of being scared to fight him saying,
- And from the jump, I knew in the bottom of my heart
that this guy didn't want to get into the ring with me,
it's clear as day.
- But then on the other side of this,
we had Hasim saying he was trying to lose weight,
but his body just wouldn't let him do it so quickly.
With him then accusing Jake of chickening out
by canceling the fight instead of just delaying it
to a later date to give him more time to shed the pounds.
And adding that he would actually get in the ring
with Jake Paul for just $5,000 minimum
because he was so confident
that he would just knock him out.
- It's clearly them not wanting to fight.
It's not me pulling out the fight,
it's them not wanting to fight.
- And so following this,
we've seen a lot of different reactions.
We've seen creators like W.A.D.E. Concepts speculating
that there might be more to this weight issue
and that it was actually a strategic attempt
on the part of Hasim and his team.
- Their goal was to see how high
Jake was going to allow him to weigh in at
and when Jake didn't budge, they didn't budge either.
And they figured out from the commission
that this was going to be raised to 205,
they gambled to see how much more they could get
in allowance.
- But then at the same time you have others saying,
no, this is all bullshit.
This is all about money and not getting embarrassed.
Because more and more people seem to believe
that this event was going to be a flop.
And I don't know a more embarrassing place to flop
than Madison Square Garden. And you know part of that story,
there were tons of reports that ticket sales were low,
that not even half the venue had been filled up
leading to the cancellation.
With even the likes of Joe Rogan
recently talking about this,
saying that he thinks that it was poor ticket sales.
Saying yeah, maybe weight issues
had to do with it a little, but.
- The allegations that I'm hearing
are that they sold so few tickets
that it would be a real problem
in terms of financially to even break even.
- With Rogan going on to say that UFC President Dana White
said they only sold a million dollars worth of tickets,
but at a place like Madison Square Garden,
it might cost half a million dollars
to just turn the lights on.
- You have to sell a lot of fucking tickets
if you wanna make some money in Madison Square Garden.
- With him also going on to pretty much say
no one fucking cared.
- Nobody wants see that fight, except Jake Paul's family
and his friends and his fans.
- And with that, saying he does think
that Jake is definitely legit.
This is something that he said before,
but he just needs a better opponent.
Though at the same time,
you had Jake Paul's business partner
saying that the cancellation had nothing to do
with poor tickets and then he said
that sales were actually good.
Personally, I think it's a good policy
to not take anything Jake Paul
or his camp say at face value.
And personally, I agree with a number of Joe Rogan's points,
but I wanna go a step even further.
Yes, I think the event would do better
if Jake Paul fought a bigger, more meaningful name,
without a doubt.
But to Rogan's point, Jake Paul is far better
than I think any other YouTube boxer.
But personally I think the most popular events
we're going to see in this space
if we're talking about influencer boxing
is with a card full of influencers.
When I think about buying a pay-per-view
for influencer boxing,
the events that come to mind,
it was the first KSI Logan Paul fight,
even the second one there, Creator Clash recently.
Because part of the appeal of these events is the unknown.
Is this creator gonna be trash
or are they going to completely shock us
like Michael Reeves did?
Is IDubbbz about to get the beating of a lifetime
or is it gonna be like a Rocky 1-esque event?
Which I think is part of the reason why I just don't imagine
that I'll ever buy another Jake Paul pay-per-view.
I just don't care about that one fight,
I'll see whoever got knocked the fuck out
on Twitter 20 seconds later.
But with that said, I do wanna pass the question off to you
because everyone watching has different interests.
Do you have a similar opinion about influencer boxing
or do you have a completely different take,
or really, any and all thoughts, I'd love to hear from you.
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And then let's talk about this news at Iceland
that has people split.
And I think in part that's because of the mixed message
that's going out right now.
Because right now you have some officials saying,
oh my God, how, why are you still coming?
And others saying, please, please keep coming.
Do with that audio as you please.
But as far as why they're saying this,
it's because since yesterday,
there's been major volcanic activity occurring in Iceland.
While it doesn't sound entirely out of the ordinary
as it's one of the most volcanically active places
in the world, this time it's a bit different
because it's very close to the capital
in an area that until last year
hadn't had volcanic activity for like 800 years.
Now, the good news is that the eruption
isn't like what happened back in 2010
when international travel got completely fucked
because of a mass eruption in Iceland.
And in fact, this isn't even really a volcanic eruption
like most people would imagine.
Instead, what we're talking about here
is what's known as a volcanic fissure
and it's really more like a slow release
of magma near the surface.
With them being so common that these are locally known
as tourist volcanoes.
And admittedly, even though it's kind of stupid,
I think it looks really cool
that it's probably a once in a lifetime experience.
And it appears I'm not alone with that
because local officials have stated that since yesterday,
thousands have shown up to check out the lava
and the tourism industry has already kicked to high gear
with the parent company of Iceland's largest airlines
advertising the eruptions as peaceful and picturesque.
With the company CEO adding, "There are not many things
that can beat having an eruption an easy distance
from your hotel and airport bars,
so this is extremely positive."
And saying, "Already since yesterday,
all their numbers are up
and they believe this is exactly what the doctor prescribed,
especially when going into the fall and winter season."
And notably, their overall tourism
is a very big deal in Iceland
and accounts for 5% of its GDP.
So you have people saying this could be a boon
for the local economy after two years
of very few tourists due to COVID.
While you have some government agencies
such as the foreign ministry making it seem
like this is a safe thing to visit,
tweeting, "Risk to populated areas
and critical infrastructure is considered very low
and there have been no disruptions to flights."
You also at the same time
have the Icelandic Meteorological Office,
which monitors volcanic activity,
not happy about everyone going to the site
and even urging people
to please, please stay away from the area.
They're saying because at the end of the day,
it is still a volcanic eruption
and earthquakes continue to happen in the region.
With seismic activity notoriously hard to monitor
and it's unknown if one earthquake
will then lead to other activity while tourists are there.
And saying that's an addition to other issues
such as air pollution caused by the magma,
especially in the local area.
But ultimately, that's the end of the story
and despite what they're saying,
without there being some sort of ban,
I really only expect tourism to now increase.
I mean hell, I saw a post this morning
that looked like someone was roasting s'mores there.
But yeah, with all that said,
I guess my question for you is would you go?
Are you the kind of person that hears a story
and you're like, I wanna see it, or are you like,
no, that's the dumbest thing.
And then let's talk about school.
Do you want more or less of it?
Because those of you in the education system right now
are gonna find this news either worrying or exciting.
And that news is that school districts in several states
are now moving toward a four day school week.
You've got the fall semester approaching this month
and you have at least Kansas, Missouri, and Texas
reporting that some schools
are announcing the new policy recently.
But there is a caveat because shortening the week
usually means lengthening the four remaining days
to compensate.
Plus, sometimes only the teachers get the day off
while students still have to come in five days a week.
which to be clear, we're not going "Lord of the Flies",
that doesn't mean kids are left without supervision.
It would mean that you would have fewer teachers there
each day with some taking Tuesday, some Wednesday,
that kind of thing.
And this, as it turns out is not completely new.
Looking into it, it actually turns out
that 660 schools in 24 states used a four day week
before the pandemic.
And so now as schools have reopened,
many more have kind of opened to this idea.
Seeing it as a way to retain and hire employees
and made a worsening nationwide shortage of teachers
that some say is reaching a crisis level
because while we don't have national statistics
on the situation right now,
there are state and local reports
of hundreds or even thousands of positions
still needed to be filled for the 2022-2023 academic year.
With Florida for instance,
still looking for about 9,000 teachers,
even as most districts start school on Wednesday.
You've also got Nevada reporting
an estimated 3,000 job vacancies across 17 districts,
as well as the Houston area's five largest school districts
leaving between 200 and 1,000 teaching positions open.
And the problem has gotten so urgent
that one Wisconsin official says that superintendents
across the country have started a whisper network
to alert each other when educators move between states
with him explaining, "We're at a point right now,
where if I have people who want to move to California,
I call up and give a reference very quick.
And if someone is coming from another place, say Minnesota,
I have superintendent colleagues in Minnesota,
they call and say, 'Hey, I have teachers coming your way.'"
But also with this, schools are doing more
to attract teachers than just offering a four day work week.
With them seeing things like increasing pay,
where for example, you have Nevada now bumping
its starting salary up by $7,000,
plus a $4,000 relocation bonus
for teachers outside the state or 100 miles away.
Which hey, could help,
but also certainly will not be enough,
which is why many schools are also trying to fill
the remaining gap with a patchwork of measures,
including deploying employees with no teaching experience
as teachers lowering the bar for new hires
or increasing class sizes, all of which
could reduce the quality of education for students.
We've also seen some places
taking a more unorthodox approach.
With Arizona for example, recently passing a law
allowing college students to take teaching jobs.
As well as Florida doing a very Florida thing,
making it legal for military veterans
who serve for at least four years to teach K to 12.
With them reportedly not needing bachelor degrees,
but they do require at least 60 college credits
and a grade point average of at least 2.5.
Which I will say, does not give me the most confidence
as someone who dropped out of college with a better GPA.
But go on Florida and Arizona, do your thing.
But also as far as why all this is happening,
you have many people pointing to that term teacher shortage
and saying, that's kind of misleading
because it's not like they disappeared
or Elon put 'em on secret rockets to Mars.
They are there, they just don't wanna work.
And they have no shortage of legitimate reasons.
Pandemic-induced stress, burnout, exhaustion.
You can never understate the importance of low pay.
As well as the simple factor of politics.
More and more over the past few years,
we've seen the biggest culture wars
happening around schools and school meetings.
Naturally, you have a lot of educators feeling attacked
and disrespected by politicians, parents, school boards,
the culture in general.
We've also talked before about the problem of the culture
within the schools getting worse
with students' behavioral issues
and mental health worsening after COVID.
And so now I think the question is,
well, how do we get out of this cycle?
Because we have this kind of feedback loop.
Where you have teachers quitting
because schools suck so much
and then the school suck even more
and so more teachers quit and so on and so forth.
And so with me really only having this news
that we're talking about today
and my own personal experience to draw from,
I do wanna pass the question off to you.
Whether you're an educator, you're a student,
you have a family in school.
What's happening right now, what are the experiences?
Let me know everything.
And then in absolutely massive breaking news today,
we had Attorney General Merrick Garland
announcing in a press conference
the DOJ has filed federal charges
against the four former and current police officers
involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
With those charges including civil rights offenses,
unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force
and obstruction offenses.
And it's been a minute so just a quick refresher,
Breonna was killed on what has largely been described
as a botched police raid.
With officers serving a no knock warrant
involving a narcotics investigation into her ex-boyfriend
who police claimed was receiving packages at her address.
Though, very important here, there has been no evidence
that Breonna was in any way
involved in the drug trafficking case.
And in the press briefing today, Garland said
that former Louisville Metro Police Department officer
Joshua Jaynes, along with current officer Kelly Goodlett
and Sergeant Kyle Meany falsified the affidavit
used to obtain the search warrant for Breonna's home.
And Garland arguing that those actions
violated federal civil rights laws
and that those violations resulted in Ms. Taylor's death.
- Specifically, we allege that Ms. Taylor's
fourth amendment rights were violated
when defendants Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany,
and Kelly Goodlett sought a warrant
to search Ms. Taylor's home knowing
that the officers lacked probable cause for the search.
We allege that the defendants knew the affidavit
in support of that warrant
contained false and misleading information
and that it omitted material information.
Among other things, the affidavit falsely claimed
that officers had verified
that the target of the alleged drug trafficking operation
had received packages at Ms. Taylor's address.
In fact, defendants Jaynes and Goodlett
knew that was not true.
- Garland also went on to state that Jaynes and Meany knew
the warrant would be carried out by armed officers,
which could create a dangerous situation and adding.
- The charges announced today also allege
that the officers responsible for falsifying the affidavit
that led to the search took steps
to cover up their unlawful conduct
after Ms. Taylor was killed.
We allege that defendants Jaynes and Goodlett
conspired to knowingly falsify an investigative document
that was created after Ms. Taylor's death.
We also allege that they conspired to mislead
federal, state, and local authorities
who were investigating the incident.
- And so that's why with this, Jaynes and Meany
have been charged with federal and civil rights offenses,
including one count of willfully depriving Taylor
of her constitutional rights by drafting and approving
a false affidavit.
With Meany being hit with an additional charge
of making a false statement to federal investigators.
And Jaynes facing two additional charges
of falsifying a report and conspiring to cover up
the false warrant along with Goodlett,
who is also charged with conspiracy.
And in addition to those three officers
who were part of the Place Based Investigations Unit,
Garland also announced charges
stemming from a separate indictment
focused on former LMPD officer, Brett Hankison.
With that indictment alleging that after Breonna was shot,
Hankison blindly fired into her apartment through a window
and glass door that were covered with blinds and curtains,
which is gonna be interesting to play out
because Hankison of course, had previously been charged
with three counts of wanton endangerment at the state level,
but he was acquitted for firing those shots this year
in a widely condemned decision.
And notably here, the federal charges against him
are separate from that with Garland saying.
- Defendant Hankison has been charged
with two civil rights offenses,
alleging that he willfully used
unconstitutionally excessive force
while acting in his official capacity as an officer.
- [Phil] With one of the charges alleging
that he deprived Breonna and her boyfriend at the time
of their constitutional rights
when he fired under the apartment.
And the other alleges that he deprived
three of her neighbors of their constitutional right
when the bullets he blindly fired traveled into their unit.
And a standout thing here, you had the DOJ
saying in a statement that all of the civil rights charges
involve alleged violations at a specific statute
that carries a statutory maximum sentence
of life imprisonment where the violation results in death
or involves an attempt to kill.
And beyond that, the obstruction counts charged
in the indictments carry a statutory maximum sentence
of 20 years and the conspiracy counts
carry a statutory maximum sentence of five years,
as does the false statements charge.
But as far as what happens if we see these people convicted
and then what sentences are given,
we're gonna have to wait to see.
And in the meantime, of course,
I pass the question off to you.
What are your thoughts here?
But ultimately, that is where that story
and today's show ends.
Thank you for watching, being a part of the conversation
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