Our Big Dumb Mouth OBDM1271 - Technocrats vs. Oligarchs: Who's Really in Charge?
Feb 20, 2025
02:05:00
00:00:00 - 00:10:00
- Opening discussion on social media habits, nostalgia for early internet days, and how digital consumption affects perception of reality.
- Glitch in reality anecdote—host shares a weird moment where reality seemed to "reset."
- Alex Jones Clips of the Week—a collection of bizarre, over-the-top rants from Jones.
- Promotion for Doom Scrolling Podcast—mention of its growing audience.
- Humor around Alex Jones' exaggerated job lists, where he claims to have worked in dozens of professions.
- Media manipulation and public perception, how figures like Trump and Musk are presented differently based on political bias.
- Winter weather panic in the South—why a small amount of snow causes mass shutdowns.
- Tech frustrations, including glitches in software and the hosts’ personal experiences with recent issues.
- Scientific fraud & government funding—discussion on how grant money incentivizes fake science.
- Leaked email from a physicist confirms that high-energy physics is driven by funding rather than discovery.
- Government grant dependency parallels, linking scientific fraud to intelligence agency operations and wasted tax dollars.
- Trust in government collapsing—whether revealing cover-ups (like missing JFK files) would break public confidence completely.
- The “Iron Law of Oligarchy” explained—is democracy an illusion?
- Technocracy vs. political elites—debate over figures like Elon Musk vs. organizations like the WEF.
- Biometric tracking and AI concerns, how new technology is increasing surveillance.
- Criticism of conspiracy theorists like Whitney Webb, arguing they offer only doom without solutions.
- Elizabeth Warren’s awkward storytelling—her repeated claims of getting a "scholarship to college."
- Boomers losing their minds over Trump, featuring a viral video of an older woman having a meltdown.
- Media hypocrisy discussion, particularly how narratives shift based on political convenience.
- UFO factions discussion—some want unity to prepare for possible extraterrestrial threats.
- Lou Elizondo & Salvador Pais talk about uniting UFO researchers amid government secrecy.
- Are UFOs a distraction? Speculation on whether disclosure is controlled misinformation.
- Old Justin Trudeau footage emerges, showing him in revealing attire—hosts mock his youthful fashion choices.
- Political flip-flopping in the media, how figures like Trump and Musk are alternately vilified or praised.
- Fear-mongering about Trump and Musk—accusations of secret eugenics programs.
- Exposing government waste in USAID, showing how money is funneled into foreign operations under dubious pretenses.
- 60 Minutes caught misrepresenting a fired worker, making it seem like she was a victim rather than a contractor.
- Elon Musk’s government contracts, revealing Biden, not Trump, gave Tesla $400M for armored vehicle production.
- Black Trump supporters mock media narratives, challenging claims of racism.
- 60 Minutes’ misleading reporting continues, demonstrating media bias.
- Border policy hypocrisy, comparing Trump and Obama’s deportation numbers.
- Media shift on Russia-Ukraine war, going from “Ukraine is winning” to “It’s a stalemate.”
- Government deception in historical conflicts, showing how propaganda has been used for decades.
- LinkedIn becoming a political battleground, even professional spaces aren’t free from hysteria.
- Chinese university dorm fire caused by a student burning an inflatable doll—bizarre but true.
- Hosts joke about the absurdity of such incidents in strict regimes.
- Humorous closing discussion on ridiculous headlines.
- Google Pixel phone glitch sends nudes to emergency contacts—an embarrassing tech fail.
- Airport prank sign claims passengers must submit to "Electronic Genital Verification"—DFW Airport forced to clarify it's fake.
- Debate over privacy concerns with modern technology.
- Two men arrested for using a cannon to launch meth and tobacco into a prison—wild crime story.
- Hosts discuss whether it could have worked & joke about prison guards witnessing a "math shower."
- Prankster disrupts marathon runners by putting up fake signs, sending them off course
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