Smirking Andrew Jackson, Grimacing Critics, And Rich People Speed-Dialing Their Accountants

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A counterfeit bill with a smirking face can do more than buy a soda—it can buy doubt. We start with Florida authorities flagging movie prop money drifting into everyday transactions and dig into why small details on a $100 bill can drain time, trust, and patience at the counter. From there, we pivot to a glossy legal drama stacked with big names and a stunningly bad reception, unpacking why audiences can smell stunt casting and hollow writing a mile away, and how that reaction reflects a deeper fatigue with hype over heart.

The story widens as we examine wealthy New Yorkers scrambling to call advisors after a decisive local election. It’s not just about a tax line; it’s about safety, predictability, and the friction of moving people, payrolls, and lives. We map the real trade offs: high property taxes in the suburbs, the risk of uprooting teams, and the question every earner asks in private—where can I plan five years ahead without nasty surprises? Along the way, we connect these headlines with a personal memory of MTV’s early days, that electric moment when a channel cracked open a wider world and taught a generation to read culture through sound and image.

What ties it all together is the cost of verification in a noisy age. Whether it’s spotting micro tells on currency, rejecting a prestige flop despite its cast, or rethinking your city’s future, the burden of proof is shifting from institutions to individuals. We explore practical cues for detecting counterfeit notes, the signals that predict whether a show will earn your time, and the frameworks people use to decide if relocating is a hedge or a hassle. If MTV expanded our horizons and the internet erased the borders, the next frontier is clarity—slowing down enough to separate signal from spin.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Well, hello, my little love bunnies and fellow
patriots.
I hope you're doing well thismorning.
I am doing just dandy, or as Iused to like to say, I'm ducky.
Alright, we need to find I Iwrote I put out these three
topics out on X and now, andthen I went and reposted a bunch

(00:23):
of stuff.
So now I have to go back throughand try to find what I shared
with you.
Here we go, found them.
Authorities warn movie propmoney circulating in Florida,
including bills with smirkingAndrew Jackson.
They can fool you.
So let's see what the New YorkPost has to say about this.

(00:44):
Uh the Monroe County Sheriff'sOffice posted a picture of a
crisp$100 bill with foundingFather Benjamin Franklin
adorning the front like usual,but circled bolt markers that
don't appear on your averagebanknote.
I would have been fooled by allof this, probably.
Not because I really don't lookat my dog.

(01:05):
For one thing, it's a$100 bill.
How often do I have a$100 billin my pocket pocket?
Not a lot.
And I don't sit there and studythem either.
Maybe I should.
The$100 bills are marked asfake, stating they are to be
used only in making motionpictures.
Do we say motion picturesanymore?

(01:28):
Movies?
But they may look accurate at acasual glance, the office
explained on Facebook.
While the fonts are similar tothe standard used on real
greenbacks, the labels vergreenbacks, can you say that?
Or is that I'm thinking of awetback.
I don't know.
The labels very apparently spellout for motion picture purposes.

(01:50):
This is not legal tender.
And prop movie money.
Oh well if it says it on there,then why are we even having a
fuss about it?
Police in Key West, well ofcourse is Key West.
The most populated city inMonroe County also flagged
similar counterfeit twentydollar bills featuring the
notoriously tough Andrew Jacksonwith a smirk spread across his

(02:12):
face in late September.
I want one of these just to haveit.
I want a smirking AndrewJackson.
You can go finish reading thatstory.
We're gonna move on to the nextone.
Kim Kardashian's All's Fair isso bad you'll suffer secondhand
embarrassment.
Well, I already do suffer secondhand embarrassment for this

(02:36):
family, this whole fuckingfamily.
I can't stand them.
I've never watched a singleepisode of some whatever, what
is it?
Something with the Kardashians.
I don't even know what the nameof it is.
Or is it just the Kardashians?
Their reality show.
I what is the name of okay?
Reality show star, entrepreneurmodel, serial wife.

(02:57):
I love that they describe herwith that.
Is there anything Kim Kardashiancan't do?
Yes, she cannot act.
The stars she stars in a newlegal drama, Ryan Murphy's All's
Fair.
That's racked up an amazing 0%rating from critics on Rotten
Tomatoes and is being called theworst TV drama ever.

(03:17):
All's Fair is awful in a waythat's mind-boggling.
It's now streaming on Hulu,though, if you would like to go
see it.
The show stars Kardashian, SarahPaulson, Glenn Close, Naomi
Watts.
They have some high-poweredactresses in this and it's
tanking.
Uh wow, uh, wow.

(03:38):
But let's see, one of thelawyers, Emerald, Nash Betts,
says lines that sound like atedious self-help book, like we
stepped away from the patriarchypatriarchy and towards something
on our own.
Now look at us.
Well, there you go.
The patriarchy.
We stepped away from thepatriarchy.
I guess this is all femalerole-led show.

(04:00):
Well, that's why it sucks.
I don't understand.
I don't understand this at all.
Why does everything women touchsuck?
Basketball, now we're doing uhan all-female crime lawyer show
that sucks.

(04:22):
I don't get it.
I thought we loved women.
I thought we propped them up.
Maybe we have to prop them uponly if they act a certain way.
That's probably the real thing.
Alright, I'm getting off track.
Kim plays the absurdly namedAllura Grant.
Oh my gosh, you gotta bekidding.
That's her that's her name onthe show, Allura Grant.
So maybe it's the writing, maybeit's the male writers that suck.

(04:46):
Kim plays the absurdly namedAllura Grant who gives her
colleagues conversationalprompts like your favorite case
of the last ten years, go.
Every creative choice that wentinto All's Fair is baffling.
The stunt casting of Kardashianmight have worked to draw
eyeballs to the show's posters.

(05:07):
She and her mom, Chris Jenner,are also among its exec
producers.
Well, there you go.
But that's as far as it goes.
When Kardashian is on screen, itfeels like a strange joke the
audience isn't in on.
Watching her give mannequinblank expressions and deliver
lines like they don't takedivorce law or women seriously
in a robotic monotone.

(05:32):
Well, you know, she is a lawyernow.
Didn't she go get her law degreeor something like that?
I don't know.
You can go finish reading that.
But I mean it's got big stars init.
I don't know why it's sucking.
Alright, so well, who knows?
It's all liberal woke crap.
That's why it sucks.
It's not necessarily the women,it's the kind of women.

(05:53):
Alright.
Moving on to rich New Yorkersfreaking out after Zoar
Mamdanny's win, but escapeoptions are limited.
Well, you should have seen thiscome.
You should have seen this comingand gotten out sooner,
dumbasses.
I don't feel sorry for you.
Wealthy New Yorkers arefeverishly calling their

(06:14):
financial advisors after ZoarnMam Dami's blowout Merrill Win.
Did you not see this coming?
Are you that dumb?
Did you really not see thiscoming?
They told you for uh six monthsto a year now that this guy was
probably gonna win.
You had ample time to get thehell out of there, you stupid
idiot.

(06:34):
Alright, so wealth and I hopepeople leave in droves, I really
do.
Wealthy New Yorkers arefeverishly called I already said
that.
The fat cat freakout began lateTuesday as the election was
called for Mam Donnie and isexpected to last for days as
rich New Yorkers assess how theymight escape the financial chaos

(06:55):
that Mam Donnie could unleash,even if it means leaving the
city altogether.
The problem is that they if theyhave to work in New York, like
if their job is in New York,maybe not these corporate fancy
owners, but if you work but ifyou're rich and you're still
working and you're rich, I thinkyou could afford to leave.

(07:18):
People are really worried, theadvisor added.
Many are telling me they'relooking to move everywhere from
Florida to Connecticut.
A key problem for those eyeingthe exits, according to
advisors, is that options arelimited, are they?
Clients who need to work in thecity could move to Westchester
or Long Island where it's safer,although their tax bills might

(07:39):
not decline much.
While they won't be hit with themillionaires' levy, property
taxes in the New York Burbs areamong the highest in the nation.
If they're millionaires andrich, why don't they and they're
still working?
I don't understand that.
I think you could afford toleave and start your business
somewhere else.
If it's your business, you canprobably get hired somewhere

(07:59):
else.
Now, granted, you're not gonnamake the money you're making
now, but you're also not gonnabe paying out, paying out what
you're paying out now.
Just don't come to Alabama.
We are full.
You can go finish reading thatover there.
We're gonna move on to thequestion of the day.
Keep this nice and short andunder 10 minutes.
Here's a question that mighttake some thinking.

(08:22):
What pop culture event do youthink about often?
Now think about often, I don'tknow what that you know, how
often do you think about I don'twhat what comes to mind in your
past a pop culture?
When I say pop culture event, inwhat what comes to mind?

(08:43):
The first thing for me, I knowthis is so dumb, but the first
time MTV aired when we gotcable, do you remember getting
cable and then having MTV beinvented and shown on air?
Oh my gosh.
I I mean I remember it, and itchanged a lot of people's lives

(09:04):
because you know I grew up in alittle town, southern Ohio, my
own little world.
I don't know if it changed itfor the better or for the worse.
It's like it was like gettingthe internet almost because you
saw in a window into anotherworld, how other people in other
areas were dressing, the styles,the um the music in general, I

(09:24):
mean, the hair, the makeup, Imean, a lot of things opened up.
But then you think you comparethat to the internet now, and
it's bad.
The internet's bad, bad, it'sbad.
So maybe we should have stayedwithout TV.
All right, I've gone off.
I've gone off on a tangent.

(09:45):
I'm sorry, but you know what?
It's still under 10 minutes.
Thanks for listening, and I'llbe back again tomorrow.
Have a great day.