0:00Richard Greaser Well, howdy there, folks. You tired of centralized nonsense telling you what's money and what ain't? You tired of the shitcoiners getting your way of ushering in hyper Bitcoinization? Come on down to Trinkets for Plebs where decentralization ain't just a buzzword. It's a lifestyle. Now I can't tell you that these trinkets do much, but I can tell you they shine brighter than Fiat promises and they're built tougher than a shit poster in a bear market. You like freedom? You like sound money? You like things that make your in laws nervous at Thanksgiving? Then brother, you need yourself a pleb trinket. These little beauties whisper one truth and one truth only. Bitcoin is money. Say it with me now. Bitcoin is money. And folks, I ain't talking about some fancy Wall Street ETF nonsense. No, sir. I'm talking peer to peer, open source, borderless magic, Internet hard money trinkets. Don't ask how it works. Just know the plebs are stacking them. The bonafide, glorified, purity test certified trinkets are running out faster than block space when Ooty has VC money. So bring your sats, your hash power, and your best buddy, Jim, the one who still thinks Dogecoin's a retirement plan. And come on down to Trinkets for Plebs, where we don't sell dreams, we mine them. Trinkets for Plebs,

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1:12Kailey Welch Seriously, who the fuck thought it was a good idea to take a sponsorship from Trinkets with Plebs? I'm getting so tired of all the fucking Club Slop stuff, guys. I just don't wanna hear about it anymore. I don't fucking care. Yes. It's there, and we all have to see it every single day, but you need to stop talking about it. It's become a problem, an addiction. You are addicted to calling out plebslop. Why can't you just be addicted to things like normal people are? Just do some cocaine, get really drunk, and screw some hookers. There's some cute ones out there if you hang around Michael Saylor. Quit tearing down the heroes of the plebs and exposing them for spewing worthless plebs slop. I don't care if this is the biggest story of the century. Just fucking cut it out, you maniacs. Anyways, even if you keep on going, I'll still love you guys. This is Kayley Welch, and you are listening to the Bugle Weekly.

1:51Richard Greaser Alright, folks. We're gonna try something a little bit different for this episode. Ron and I are gonna give our opinions. We're we're about a year in from the the greatest selection of our lifetimes. When Donald Trump was, selected for president of The United States, and

2:13Richard Greaser it was a big moment. It was a big moment in Bitcoin's history. It was a big moment in Solana meme coin's history. And, it's been a wild year. It's been a very wild year. It's it doesn't feel like it's been a year. It feels a lot longer. The the news cycle has been

2:35Richard Greaser intense because we're in the fourth turning. And in the fourth turning, it's it's the best time to be a journalist because you get to report on things that are actually consequential instead of, you know, typically what journalists do outside of the foreturning is they they make big deals out of things that aren't that important.

2:59Richard Greaser But every day, you get to look at what's happening around you in the world and, you know, point to things that actually matter, which is, you know, why I find it kinda strange that there's so much plug slop because it's it's unnecessary. You can just talk about things that are interesting that are happening, but

3:22Richard Greaser we're not gonna talk about Pub Slaw that much in this episode, I don't think. I don't know what Rod's got in store, but I'm not planning on it. Yeah. I to be honest, I've been both impressed and disappointed

3:43Richard Greaser with the Trump presidency so far. His memes have been savage. His memes have been absolutely savage. He has, you know, really eviscerated the left. Like like, the Nazis can't meme, the left can't meme as well.

4:03Richard Greaser And, the memes have been really crazy, but, just going through some of, I I think it's helpful to reflect

4:17Richard Greaser on things from time to time because when you're in the foreturning, when you're in these crazy news cycles, it's so easy to forget what just happened. And this is something that, you know, journalists and the media are very effective at is they they're very effective at just bombarding people so that they forget what happened previously.

4:41Richard Greaser But, yeah, let's go through some of, Donald Trump's, campaign promises. So number one was immigration. He has really stuck to that one. He has been so hard on that one. There have been

4:59Richard Greaser civil unrest over it. It's been very jarring for a lot of people. Honest to do some large tax cuts, and, sure if taxes have really gotten that much affordable. He promised to make energy less expensive and to end inflation and make America affordable again.

5:20Richard Greaser I don't think Americans right now are feeling like it's taxes are more affordable. I don't think they're feeling like energy is more affordable. Gas has stayed relatively flat over the past year. It it came down going into the selection. I don't think inflation has ended.

5:43Richard Greaser It's kind of a you know, when you when you hear a a politician at this point of the economic cycle promise to end inflation, you know that they're lying because you've listened to Lynn Alden. You know, that Lynn Alden's hot and that she's telling the truth when, nothing stops this train. And,

6:04Richard Greaser I don't think the train has been slashed on that, but, yeah, energy prices have been going up across the board. And I would I think it's just because the plugs are deploying so many bit access start nine servers. Like, the capacity is just unreal. These guys are deploying these nonce nodes, and so it kind of counteracts, like, the the plum trinkets being deployed

6:35Richard Greaser are counteracting any sort of drop in energy prices due to slashing regulations. So what it I think it's too early to conclusively say he's failed on that. It's just, I don't know. You know?

6:54Richard Greaser This might be this thing where energy prices can't get cheaper because you you think as we hyper Bitcoinize, there's gonna be more and more plug trinkets deployed. I think that's a safe assumption. Like, you know, the the future

7:15Richard Greaser of hyperbitcoinization is a plugged trinket in every home or multiple plugged trinkets. So I think that's a that's a, like, a bad campaign promise, that, you know, you kinda have something working against you and the power of the plaives deploying trinkets. Promise to bring manufacturing back to The United States. And I I just don't think the robots have been deployed quick enough

7:41Richard Greaser to replace the illegal immigrants. So we'll probably have to give them another couple years, but they're they're working on those robots pretty quick. I think you promised no new wars. We've got a few new wars, but I'm I'm just gonna go over the surface level ones. But the country has changed a lot in the last year,

8:04Richard Greaser and the attitude has changed a lot. I spend my time with Bitcoin podcasters for the most part. I hang out with Bitcoin podcasters, and I hang out with the pioneers. And, what I see for the pioneers is all their lives are getting better.

8:22Richard Greaser And the reason why their lives are getting better is not because of everything around them, but because of the things they're doing for themselves despite the things happening around them. But when I look at the plabs, their lives are dramatically getting worse. And I wouldn't blame Trump for that. I think there's just the consequences of tolerating

8:45Richard Greaser Plebs Law for so long, tolerating the nonsense, the building your world view, building your

8:55Richard Greaser decisions, the way that you form opinions and and make decisions, on top of nonsense, on top of slop. And there's consequences coming around for that. It works in the first, second, and third turning, but it it sure as hell doesn't work in the fourth. The the bill comes due, and the bill is due.

9:18Richard Greaser And so the plebs are having a hard time. They're having a really hard time. A lot of plebs out there, they're feeling a sense of hopelessness. They're feeling a sense of, like, things are out of control. You you look at the

9:34Richard Greaser political PodCon ecosystem. They're talking about civil war. You talk to people outside of The United States, and they're they're asking what the civil war is like. The news that they're consuming is saying that it's it's already happening.

9:51Richard Greaser And in a lot of ways, it is. But it's just not very clear what the sides are. You got the boomers standing in the streets yelling no kings. But that's kinda hard to, point out and say it's a definitive civil war.

10:10Richard Greaser Because the the boomers aren't gonna fight for anything. At this point, they're they're too old. They're gonna go back home and, you know, cash their Social Security checks so they can go out to the casino. Their their fight's over.

10:30Richard Greaser But we're watching globally. I mean, it's been really interesting. The Zoomers are overthrowing governments all around the world. The broccoli haircuts, they're storming. They're government buildings. They're spanking their politicians. We have yet to see that type of anger really foment in The US to that extent, and I don't know if it's coming.

10:53Richard Greaser It might come. But, yeah, for the the clubs, we're going into the holiday season. And things are gonna be really hard for the clubs. They're they're gonna be asking themselves, should they buy their family Christmas presents or should should they save to be able to afford their taxes? They're going to be, you know, having to make some hard financial decisions. And this has been ongoing for some time, but it it seems like it's accelerating, and it's accelerating fast.

11:25Richard Greaser And, there's this looming trade war. Well, it's not looming. It's been ongoing, but it's kinda hanging over right now with some, tensions between The US and China if that really, heats

11:40Richard Greaser up right now or doesn't get resolved really quick this week. Christmas could be pretty painful for some people. Thanksgiving could be pretty painful for some people. But the the biggest change, I think, is just there there's a sense of uncertainty, and the plebs do not like uncertainty. They like stability. They like it is part of the reason why they they get sucked into these,

12:07Richard Greaser constructs like government and, you know, they're looking around. They were at the conference in Nashville. They were so excited about Trump saying, have fun playing with your Bitcoins. And the price hasn't gone up to the extent that they wanted it to. The price hasn't been exciting. And all they all they've gotten is podcasters

12:31Richard Greaser telling them that Bitcoin's broken. The price hasn't gone up. Luke's out there saying that Bitcoin's weaker than ever. Their situation is significantly harder right now. And they're they're upset. They're they're grumpy. They they were, you know, they were watching Simply Bitcoin videos, and they were told that what amount of Bitcoin they needed to be able to retire. And they acquired that amount of Bitcoin, and,

12:59Richard Greaser they they can barely afford to, pay their taxes. That's their situation right now. And they're they're, you know, wondering if they're ever gonna be able to retire, if they were ever gonna be able to buy a house, if they're ever going to be able to, you know, get to the point where they're actually able to do anything that they wanna do.

13:23Richard Greaser And, it's fascinating to watch. I I mean, I think the the biggest thing that has been, you know, really fascinating for me to watch over the past year is the the complete divergence between the experience the clubs are having and the pioneers. You know, the individuals that are that are taking ownership for their themselves, their minds, their lives, the the success that they're having, the,

13:53Richard Greaser you know, creative adventures that they're going on, people starting families, people having kids, people doing some really, really cool building businesses. There's a lot of opportunity out there even though, you know, things are chaotic. And I think a huge part of it is a mindset. Plums want stability. They wanna be ruled. They want to be given things

14:23Richard Greaser without a lot of effort. That's why that's why they like slop is because it it doesn't take a lot of effort to consume. It doesn't take a lot of thought. They can just look at it, you know, feel good about themselves. Wow. I'm so informed. I I'm on the right side of things. Whatever it is. Like, that that that that's the the instant gratification of consuming slop is feeling like you

14:49Richard Greaser I'm already failing not to talk about it. I I guess I guess Kaylee was right, and I am completely addicted to, pop slop at this point. But there's an instant gratification of consuming that of of this confirmation bias of, I'm on the right team. I'm on the right side of history. And what and, you know, there's been this severe condition in, at least in The United States. It's probably global or at least, you know, largely in the Western United States. Around the allied forces

15:24Richard Greaser being victorious in World War two and being on the right side of history. I don't know what it'd be like to grow up in Japan. Like, what what is the the storytelling there? They were on the wrong side of history, like, never repeat it? What's like to be in Germany, just completely emasculated as population, you're on the wrong side of history. Never never again.

15:50Richard Greaser But in the West, outside of those countries, we're told we're on the right side of history. And, democracy, freedom, and, you know, that's what the plus want. They want they wanna feel that way. But the, you know, the the thing is, in times of tribulation, in times

16:11Richard Greaser of difficulties, being on the right side of the history tends to mean that you do the hard thing. And the clubs will never do the hard thing. I don't I don't know if it's an unwillingness

16:25Richard Greaser or in incapability, but it I guess it depends on the individual and the decisions that they make, and the personality. Some people are just incapable of ever being sentient, but I think a lot of them make the decision not to. They they weigh out their options, and they're like, we're going to choose

16:46Richard Greaser the safety of the crowd. We will sacrifice our children to Molok instead of doing the correct thing and protecting our children. And, it's it's gonna be tough for them because there's not that safety, and they're gonna have to live with the consequences of their decisions. Like, I I just don't feel like

17:07Richard Greaser where we're at and where we're going, there's gonna be the same level of safety net where you can make really bad decisions. I'm I'm seeing a lot of people a lot of people post about, you know, various cancers and, you know, I have friends that are impacted by this, you know, various health issues,

17:33Richard Greaser you know, young, healthy people. And I'm wondering it it's like one of those things that's impossible to determine, you know, the causation of sometimes, but I I wonder

17:47Richard Greaser if it's been impacted or accelerated because of the vaccine. That was a test. That was a test that a lot of people failed. A lot of really intelligent people failed. It was a hard test.

18:05Richard Greaser A lot of people faced a lot of extreme social pressures, but there's gonna be a lot of tests like that going forward. We're we're being subjected to these types of tests on a daily basis. You know, these decisions

18:21Richard Greaser of either setting yourself up for success or just completely neutering your ability to thrive in the future. And I don't think it's ever been more important to use your brain. Never been more important to use your or to listen to Bitcoin podcast. It's never been more important to smoke cigarettes. It it it's really never been more important to really, like, trust yourself and trust your gut and,

18:51Richard Greaser you know, believe in yourself. Because I think part of, making good decisions is is really believing in yourself, like, really putting your time into investing in yourself, investing in your relationships, building yourself out,

19:09Richard Greaser being around other people that built you up. I'm gonna play an ad from the selection special. Because I I I think these like, going I I said this earlier, but, you know, going back and remembering, you know, the feelings and emotions that were happening at the time is important. You know, remembering the topics that were being debated,

19:34Richard Greaser because it's so easy to forget. And and when you forget about how quickly things change, how how how upset the plabs were at the time, you know,

19:50Richard Greaser the the grandstand, they're they're ready to, you know, throw down. You know, there were people protesting, you know, pretty violently in some cases, like, leading up to the election about things like abortion. When you forget about those things, it it you forget the context

20:08Richard Greaser needed to be able to make good accurate decisions in the moment because the same exact tools of manipulation are being used over and over again. But here's the end.

20:25Unknown On November 5, a Bitcoiner will be selected into the White House. Both candidates, Kamala Harris and Adolf Hitler, have embraced Bitcoin and crypto, making this the most important selection in our nation's history. While it's not public who you vote for, it sure is public if you voted or not. That way, boomers who deeply care about our democracy can harass and shame you for not voting. Remember, if you vote, you have no right to complain because you are helping to select non compliant criminals into office. But voting is our sacred duty. Our generation's grandfathers stormed the beaches of Normandy in order to save the Jews from the Holocaust, so the nation of Israel could be founded in order for your tax dollars to go towards funding the Iron Dome. Voting is your sacred duty because you exist only for two reasons. You exist to vote in order to give legitimacy to government, and two, to generate tax dollars for government to export democracy to places that don't want it. Savages living peacefully around the world need to be conquered in order to serve US corporations

21:24Unknown and to enlighten them to the wonders of gender and democracy. You can see why the selection is so high stakes and requires you to participate in it. Both candidates have made so many promises to do so many great things for you. Both have promised to print a lot of money in order to make Bitcoin go up. Both have promised to make things cheaper while at the same time make taxes affordable. Fortunately, both candidates feel strongly about using million dollar missiles to shoot down thousand dollar missiles. But you can only vote for one of them, and the choice is yours. This is the most important selection in the history of the world. That is until Dennis Porter runs in 2028. Make sure to get to the polls to vote in person. But if you can't, follow Ted Kaczynski's advice. The clip got cut off, but it ends by saying vote by mail. So yeah. I mean, one of the things about Donald Trump is many people were excited about

22:14Richard Greaser him being a Bitcoin. David Bailey gave him that, cashless coin or whatever it's called. And, he was the first president, at least that I'm aware of, that, you know, was ever self custody in Bitcoin. Because when David handed him that coin, that was self custody, which was, you know, a very brilliant,

22:36Richard Greaser marketing scheme by David. Very brilliant. He was the first president to go to PubKey and, have a failed lightning transaction. He was the first president to, you know, talk fondly about Bitcoin, to posture on it, what did he do?

22:55Richard Greaser He launched a meme coin on Solana, and then he sued people that criticized him for it. Should it be surprising? I don't find it surprising. You know, we're we're all shitcoiners in the eye of the Lord. But you kinda have to expect

23:14Richard Greaser politicians to be shitcoiners. Because they're Fiat. And and and shitcoins are fiat. This this is where a lot of Bitcoin people fail to see. They they kinda classify

23:28Richard Greaser shitcoins as if it's like this entirely different, it is it's like an entirely different category, but it's not. It's it's the same as Fiat. It's literally the same. What what is Bitcoin the representation of?

23:50Richard Greaser Oh, it's gonna be different from for a lot of different people, but I I think what is exciting about Bitcoin is your inability to manipulate and control it. There's, like, a a set there's something set to it. Like, I I know when I go and I buy cigarettes and I do an on chain transaction, then I'll do these little lightning

24:14Richard Greaser cigarette transactions. I buy a lot of cigarettes at once. I have a lot of cigarettes to buy. Do it on chain transaction. I know that the pool's gonna mine it. It's not gonna be censored. My transaction is not gonna be reversed.

24:32Richard Greaser And there's really not a lot of review process. It's not like there's eyeballs on it where the pool is evaluating the transaction and whether they're gonna take it or not, whether they deem my transaction worthy. And that it and that's kind of that's really cool. And I I feel like

24:52Richard Greaser what's strange right now about this environment that we're in in the discourse is, like, there there's some questioning of that. You know, should should the pools or or should different individuals have a review process over my transaction for cigarettes or or, you know, whatever the transaction is.

25:14Richard Greaser And I know that is upsetting. This is gonna be upsetting, you know, the Nazi plus. I don't really care. But it's just that it's it's a very different dynamic, that has entered the mix

25:32Richard Greaser of, you know, suggesting that that should be questioned. And I think it's an interesting precedent. Like, this is, you know, the the the fiat world, the political world has changed dramatically. Trump came in. He completely eviscerated the left

25:50Richard Greaser Completely. Alright. Total disarray. Nobody likes them. Nobody liked them in the first place, but they they were powerful before. And, these individuals that had all the power, They had control of all the institutions, and and they had in many ways, they had control of all the culture. Lost it.

26:13Richard Greaser It's a radical change within a year. Has it really yielded anything different? Well, we're still ruled by the Epstein last. And, that's pretty clear. The wars are still going on. The printing is still going on. The tax is still going on. There's been some superficial changes. Less of an emphasis on transgender bathrooms. The culture war has changed a lot. You can say gay and retard now.

26:42Richard Greaser Pretty close to being able to say the n word. You hear people saying it all the time, but they're not saying it publicly yet. Maybe in a couple of years. Probably coming. White people are gonna get their n word privileges. Like, that's that's one of the impacts of fascism

27:03Richard Greaser is that white people could say the n word on podcast and on Twitter. Some some people are already, but not very many are brave enough yet. But the the Bitcoin ecosystem has changed quite a bit. Quite a bit.

27:21Richard Greaser And I think it will continue to change. I mean, we we've seen this rise of stablecoin, and we're gonna see continue to see this rise of stablecoins. We're it's you know, Bitcoin and Tether have become this giant geopolitical chess game. Like, it it's the forefront of the geopolitical

27:46Richard Greaser monetary warfare that's going on. You got Scott Besant shelling Bitcoin. Pretty weird. But at the same time, you know, there there's, you know, it's

27:58Richard Greaser it's hard to say what's real because you've seen this posturing of Donald Trump and, you know, these other people saying that they're ending ending operation choke point two point o. They're being friendlier towards crypto businesses.

28:18Richard Greaser But then you also see the developers getting prosecuted. And in the Bitcoin ecosystem, you see a lot of people, you know, talking about how the state's gonna come in and regulate the way that you operate a Bitcoin then, unless you change. You gotta out comply the state before they come and regulate you. And whether that's just, you know, kinda like those are vapid arguments that are never gonna

28:49Richard Greaser come to fruition or if they're real, it it's a massive change in discussion and conversation that wasn't being had before. And,

29:03Richard Greaser some people might, you know, explain that as, Bitcoin Core making changes. I don't know. I mean, maybe there's a part of living in in fascist America.

29:22Richard Greaser Like, we could have had a complete retarder running things, and people wouldn't have been as upset at the court desk for being woke and gay. That's kind of a that's kind of an interesting thing to think about just from, like, a cultural standpoint. But the Overton window has shifted, and the Nazi plebs are not putting up with gay and woke court at all. It's just interesting. It's it's interesting to see

29:51Richard Greaser these tides culturally, the way that they shift, the way that they change. I I I think a lot of the plabs, you know, their their opinion they they get these firmware updates. And in many ways,

30:09Richard Greaser the selection cycles are firmware updates for the plans. And, I think, you know, the the political system in The United States, and I imagine this is very similar in other parts of the world because, you know, democracy

30:34Richard Greaser and these two party systems, which a lot of countries have, so effective at channeling just just completely immobilizing the plots because they they they fight each other. In the in The United States, you know, the Republicans are always mad at the Democrats. Everything is at the Democrats' fault, and the Democrats are always mad

31:01Richard Greaser at the Republicans. And they're they're too busy being mad to have any sort of self awareness as to what's going on and and realizing, you know, who's really screwing them. It's the Epstein client list. And we've seen

31:19Richard Greaser multiple Nazi players try to frame the conversation as if the what whatever the the current scuffle is and argument around relay policy as if this is a right versus left issue. And we've seen the Bitcoin ecosystem really become

31:42Richard Greaser aligned on two sides and people fighting each other. You've got, you know, the the intellectual elite on either side, you know, constantly bickering with each other, constantly bickering with each other. And it's it's really drowning out a lot of interesting stuff that's happening. It's kind of important,

32:08Richard Greaser such as developers getting prosecuted, such as there not being a lot of energy put into well, there there's hardly as much energy being put into

32:24Richard Greaser building things and shipping things and deploying things because there's so much energy being spent on fighting each other. It it is just it is kinda fascinating to watch. It is fascinating to watch these two camps. And and I think it's not a, like, a full perspective, but it's because there are a lot of people doing things. And, you know, to be fair, most Bitcoin users just don't give a shit.

32:55Richard Greaser A lot of Bitcoin users don't even know what's going on. A lot of Bitcoin users don't know who Luke Dash jr is. They don't know who Peter Todd is. They don't care. But

33:11Richard Greaser some of these things could be consequential. If this, software is, you know, contentiously implemented, it it could create a mess, could create a very messy situation beyond just the it's been socially messy,

33:31Richard Greaser but it could be messy in the protocol level. Now I'm not gonna speak to that too much, but I think a lot of people are gonna have a hard time unless they're just willing to embrace the chaos and just accept it. If they're too set on their ideals of this is how I want the world to look, and I'm not gonna be on or I'm not gonna be happy unless it looks exactly how I want it to,

34:04Richard Greaser they're gonna be unhappy. Like, you you have to live life on life's terms and just embrace it. You gotta embrace the things coming at you. I'm not saying that you you have to put up with the bullshit. You shouldn't put up with the bullshit at all.

34:23Richard Greaser But you you kinda have to just accept that there's going to be bullshit. It's unavoidable. It's like and and that's a big distinguish, man. And I think that's that's

34:40Richard Greaser where I'm seeing the the difference in attitudes that different people have because, you know, a lot of people that think the Nazis are retarded, they don't necessarily vehemently support core. I wouldn't call them core Venus.

35:01Richard Greaser And I think it's okay to be, you know, in this, you know, as the Nazis frame and a lot a left versus right battle. I think it's it's fine to be politically homeless like a day. I think most of the people that interact with Bitcoin or or historically have have been excited about Bitcoin because they they have been politically homeless. Like, they they don't they don't care about the key fave. They realize it's all bullshit. They're like, oh, my interests aren't getting represented.

35:31Richard Greaser My taxes aren't getting cheaper no matter who's in the office. My purchase purchasing power is constantly getting hurt. Everything's getting more expensive. It is okay to be politically homeless. But, yeah, it's been an incredibly wild year. We'll probably do an end of the year recap

35:55Richard Greaser in December, but, you know, just looking at the the political world around us, you know, the world has changed dramatically. Afghanistan, I I I just can't get over this. Fucking Afghanistan tried to invade Pakistan.

36:13Richard Greaser How how crazy is that? The Taliban is an organized group. After the US government being in there so the Soviets were in there, they're trying to pummel them, completely fail.

36:28Richard Greaser US is in there, pummeling him for a long time. Eventually, gave up. Now these guys tried to invade Pakistan, got totally spanked. I don't know if Pakistan is gonna try and, I think they know better, but

36:46Richard Greaser that that's where we're at in the world right now. It's so fucking crazy. Pakistan is trying to invade or sorry. Afghanistan is trying to invade Pakistan. And we're gonna we're gonna see a lot of really crazy shit like that going forward.

37:06Richard Greaser It's not over. It's just it, in many ways, it's just starting, and it's it's never been a better time to be a pioneer, you know, and have that mindset. And, you know, maybe maybe the pioneer meme and framing's kinda getting old and cheesy, but it's symbolic of, you know, this individual

37:30Richard Greaser that that really takes responsibility for themselves, that reads out a drug and smokes cigarettes, that just focuses on the things that are important to them, doubles down, bets on themselves, uses their brains. But, yeah, I'm gonna be interested to see what

37:53Richard Greaser Rod has in store. Yeah. Let me let me know what you think. I'm curious to hear what our listeners think. You know, drop a boost. Let me know what, you know, your reflections on this past year of the the Trump presidency are. Shoot me a message.

38:12Richard Greaser I'm pretty easy to find. You can find me on Twitter, Telegram, or Noster. Just shoot me a message. Let me know what you think. I'm sure you guys are gonna have some pretty good insights. Yeah. Thanks for listening to my bit. Now on to Ron.

38:25Kailey Welch This is part one of the Bugle's review of Donald Trump's first year in office. Part two featuring Rod's take will be coming out soon. Thank you all for listening. The fountain boost will be read on part two.

38:46Unknown I lost my job today and my cards are maxed out. My wife is pissed. My life a mess, I feel doubt. Why can't we just print our problems away like the way boomers stayed back in the day? I look at my kids with a tear in my eye, question eye questioning whether they are destined for a war zone than die raising little soldiers to fight and protect this nation while I'm attempting to fight on starvation. How am I supposed to get around when they call the sweepers? That's no food, no car, no dignity, no doubt, stress. Now my heart has hurt. It's beaten out of my chest. Followed chapter seven after eating at McDonald's is not the best. I remember the days before the world went mad, back when I trusted the TV. It wasn't sad. I had a dollar in my pocket, Nikes on my feet. I miss the days when I could afford to eat good meat.

39:39Unknown All I ever ask for is to be able to afford paying taxes, but now the IRS is on my stick watching my transactions. I can't afford to live this way. Can't you cut me some slack? Why can't someone else do the hard work to get our country the state. There is no way I can't afford the fees if I pay late.

40:18Unknown The sheriff is on my doorstep to kick me in the balls. My phone won't stop ringing from debt collector I remember the days before the world went mad. Back when I trusted the TV, it wasn't sad. I had a dollar in my pocket and Nike's I miss the days when I could afford to eat good meat. All I ever asked for is to be able to before they get taxed. But now the IRS is on my dick watching my transactions.

41:06Unknown I can't afford to live this way. Can't you cut me some slack? Why can't someone else do the hard work to get our country back? Every night I go to sleep, which I don't wake up. When we wake up in the morning, I can't afford whiskey in my cup. How can I numb out the pain and hide from reality? Why can't I find a way to escape the brutality? It's starting to seem like the only way out is to take action. There is no way to hide from reality and choose distractions.

41:38Unknown The only way out is forwards. I will not give it. Finding a way to afford to pay taxes is how we went.