From Radical Activism to Stolen Lunches: This Week's Bizarre Headlines

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Something strange is happening to American society, and today's episode unpacks several bizarre headlines that reveal the unsettling transformation. From political extremism to desperate dating tactics, each story paints a picture of a nation struggling with shifting norms and values.

We start by examining the troubling case of a former Zoran Mamdani intern who proudly declared that "activism is all jihad" while encouraging protesters to get arrested in defiance of what she called "the West's settler colonialism." This language signals a concerning radicalization within certain political movements that deserves greater attention. When activism becomes framed as holy war, we've crossed a dangerous threshold worth examining.

The episode also tackles a disturbing criminal justice failure in Colorado, where a Democratic district attorney moved to dismiss charges against a transgender sex offender accused of attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy from an elementary school. Despite the suspect's criminal history, mental incompetency determinations led to the case being dropped, raising serious questions about public safety and accountability. A recall effort against the DA is now underway, reflecting community frustration with perceived failures to protect children.

Perhaps most bizarre is the emerging trend of single women in Manhattan stealing men's lunches - specifically targeting finance professionals' salads - to obtain their names and contact them through LinkedIn for dates. This desperate dating tactic speaks volumes about the breakdown of normal social interactions in the post-pandemic, post-Me Too era. We explore why traditional approaches to dating have collapsed, leaving both men and women resorting to increasingly strange methods to make connections.

What's happening to American society? Listen as we unpack these stories and more, including an Arizona homeowner fined by his HOA for giving out free bottled water. Don't forget to share your thoughts on our question of the day: Who's the best actor in Western films and what was their greatest performance?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh, good morning.
Let's get right to it, shall we?
All right?
So I don't even know where tostart.
We have so many differentthings.
Let's start.
We're going to start with themore serious and then end with
the light.
I put out a story from the NewYork Post not a story, it's an
article about Zoran Mamdani.

(00:21):
His campaign declared activismis all jihad and latest sign of
radicalism in his movement.
I wasn't going to read it toyou, but I'm going to read some
of it to you.
I think it's a very importantread.
A former Zoran Mamdani internproudly declared activism is all

(00:41):
jihad and encouraged protesterto get suspended or arrested in
defiance of the west's settlercolonialism.
The true believer knows thatnone of this is in vain.
That this is all jihad, saidhadik malik in the recently
resurfaced video using thecontroversial muslim term for

(01:04):
holy war.
So the conversation of doxing,the conversation of getting
arrested and suspended I thinkit's time for muslims to start
to say all right, all right.
So what?
So I guess she is not workingfor him anymore, but I don't
know why.
She probably moved on to otherthings.

(01:26):
You know, go read that Also.
I think Vivek Ramaswamy wrote acouple of things about this guy
Very important, probably read.
Go look that up and read aboutthat too.
All right, too.

(01:48):
All right.
So this Colorado Democratdistrict attorney will be
recalled for moving to dismisscharges against trans sex
offender accused of trying tokidnap boy.
Now you've seen this storygoing around this weird looking
pedophile, a Democraticprosecutor in Colorado will be
recalled for moving to dismisscharges against transgender sex
offender.
I didn't know this person was atransgender, first of all Sex

(02:12):
offender accused of trying tokidnap a boy from a schoolyard.
A local police told the PostalMonday this guy has been
diagnosed with schizophrenic andhe's had several crimes where
they just let him go and theycan't put him up anywhere in a

(02:34):
mental institution becausethere's not enough room.
Second, I didn't even know wehad mental institutions anymore,
thanks to Geraldo Rivera.
Know we had mental institutionsanymore, thanks to Geraldo
Rivera.
Um, a district attorney'soffice in Colorado's 18th
judicial district, told Fox 31that it is planning to drop the
raps against Solomon Galliganhe's 33 after he allegedly

(02:58):
attempted to snatch the 11 yearold during recess at Black
Forest Hills Elementary School.
Galligan underwent a competencyevaluation after his arrest and
was found mentally incompetent.
So the law there says if you'rementally incompetent, you
cannot stand trial.
But Aurora City CouncilwomanDanielleirinski disputed that,

(03:26):
that stance and told the post aneffort to recall democratic da
amy padden is well underway.
Well, good, we need to, yes,recall her ass for letting this
guy go.
I mean what?
Can we just deport himsomewhere?
Can we deport him if he'sprobably here illegally?
Hello, all you can go.
Finish reading that, all right.
So the next story Single womenresort to stealing men's lunches

(03:55):
to get asked out on a date.
Why is it getting to this point?
Well, I'll tell you, ladies,because we have done that to
ourselves.
When we talk about men treatingus like sex objects or whatever
, when you complain about mendoing things, that's what you're

(04:19):
going to get.
This whole me too movement,that's what you're going to get.
Men want to avoid you.
Okay, that's part of the reason.
I like mr giblets when I putthis out on the xv.
Mr giblet set says sounds likethey're nothing but manipulative
thieves, and that's true.
I agree.
Dating apps are deads arecreepy and no one approaches

(04:43):
people out in the wild anymore.
So ask yourself why?
Why is that?
Why do?
Why?
Do you have an answer to that?
Why?
Why do people not approach eachother out in the wild anymore,
probably because you're notgetting out and about, you're

(05:04):
isolating, you're working athome, you're not going to church
.
If you go to the grocery storeand someone tries to talk to you
, you automatically think oh mygod, he's making a pass at me,
oh my god, he's gonna rape me,oh my god, he's gonna beat me up
so you can go.
Oh, so here's what happens.
I guess they are, let's see.

(05:25):
Well, desperate times call fordesperate measures.
Women are supposedly stealingmen's lunches in midtown
manhattan for a chance at love.
Tiktoker nicole, or who goes by, nicole 461, whatever claim
that she's heard of single womenpopping into midtown lunch spot
during the work weeks to stealfinance bros salads and then use

(05:52):
the name on the order to lookthem up in linkedin to message
them.
I am not going to date a manwho eats salad for lunch.
I mean, I guess there's nothingwrong with that, but come on,
are you a meat eater?
I need to be.
I need you to be a meat eater,hunter, gatherer.
Luckily, I already have a man.

(06:13):
She said the women all reachout to the guy.
Oh wait, wait, I skipped it.
Oh wait, so here we go.
She said the women will reachout to the guys saying something
along the lines of hey, oh mygosh, so sorry, I grabbed your
salad, let me just make it up toyou and buy you a new one.
So I guess what happens is didI already say that happens?

(06:33):
Yeah, I did so.
After they steal the salad,they then they go to their.
They look them up on linkedin.
How they do that I have no idea, because if the salad probably
only has a first name on there,how do you look them up on
linkedin?
I don't know.
All right, we're moving on thenext one.
Uh, I don't know how I feelabout this next story.

(06:54):
It might be controversial, Idon't know.
Homeowner fine for handing outfree water now raising $50,000
for legal battle with homeownersassociation all right, so I'm
gonna read it and then I'm oninsert my little comments.
The Arizona homeowner hit withfines for giving out free
bottled water is ready to throwdown.

(07:17):
David Martin from Goodyear,arizona, made a splash when he
racked up the $650 worth ofcitations from his own
homeowners association forleaving a cooler of free bottled
water in his driveway.
Now he's trying to raise asmuch as $50,000 to take the
group to court.

(07:37):
All right to court, all right.
First of all, you moved intothis neighborhood and you put
your little signature, I am sure, on the homeowners association
agreement contract, whatever.
Now, do I believe in homeownersassociations?
No, um, so, and now he wants tosue the unless he was there

(08:02):
first I mean unless he was therefirst and then the homeowners
association kind of started andthen he he balked at that.
I don't know, I don't know howall of that works, so he wanted
to.
This is funny.
Let me see what they said.
The saga began in 2020 whenMartin placed the cooler on his
property to help passerbys beatthe heat, but his HOA said the

(08:25):
ice chest violates bylaws aboutunsightly junk.
So he has a cooler out there.
He has a cooler out there fullof bottled water and they call
that unsightly junk.
Come on, I'm not even going tofinish reading that.
You can go finish reading that.
You can go finish reading that.
So Mr Sean's uh has submitted aquestion of the day and I love

(08:49):
it when you guys submitquestions of the day.
Please keep submittingquestions of the day.
All right, he has a couple ofthem and I don't I want to ask
him all, but I'm all.
I'm going to try to stick withone, couple of them, and I don't
I want to ask them all, but I'mgonna try to stick with one.
Oh, which one should I ask?
Which one should I ask, um, whois the best actor in western

(09:10):
films?
And then I think this is afollow-up question I think it
should go with this one whatmovie was his best performance?
Well, gosh, I mean, it's got tobe Clint Eastwood, right in a
mean, it's got to be ClintEastwood, right In a Western
film, it's got to be I don't.
I don't really watch Westerns,so I don't know, but I know
Clint Eastwood is in.

(09:30):
He's like the bad guy, thebadass, right, I don't know.
That's your question of the day.
Who is the best actor inWestern films?
Oh, it could be John Wayne too,maybe.
And what movie was his bestperformance?
So there you go, that is thequestion of the day, and so I
thank you all for listening andyou guys have a great day.

(09:50):
Love you, bye.