Yo! What's up everybody and welcome to season
2 episode 10 of the Mark Mo Show Podcast. This
is our season 2 finale. I'm your host Mark Maloney
and alongside me here, AK219 Aidan, spelled
the right way. Aidan, Maloney, how you doing?
Ah, feeling pretty fantastic today, you know?
Yeah, not bad. Not bad. Not bad. Living that
beautiful American dream, as they say. Yeah,
because you got to be asleep. Yeah, exactly.
Got to be asleep. It's something. I'll tell you,
we're going to get into it. We've got some topics
to cover today. We've got, I mean, don't get
me wrong. We're going to have fun on the back
end like we normally do. Top 10 list, Carpe Diem,
other foods, all that good stuff. It's coming
at you. So we definitely are going to have some
fun today. We always open with our dialogue,
right? And when we started this thing, we swore
to ourselves. We made it a point. We're like,
look, this can't be politically, governmentally
focused. We got to kind of spread it around,
even have a little fun with it. And so to our
credit, we did that a little bit at the beginning.
We held pretty true to that. We'd throw our punches
where we could. Right. We talked about relationships
and we talked about friendships and real shit
that we deal with on an everyday basis. So I
think we did a pretty good job of that. However,
when certain individuals... government types
continue to give you content again and again
and again it's hard not to right when when satire
is dead because of how dogshit the American government
is oh yeah and you know it's bad right when people
who let's say make content for a living or I
guess just do it for fun like us they're the
ones who have to Bring awareness to this right
for sure comedians and just goofy podcasters
are Being more critical of the government than
the news which is supposed to do that Which is
supposed to do that right and they don't and
it's just it's it's garbage. Yeah, and I was
thinking about this today because I was going
through YouTube and I was watching some old comedy
clips and stuff early this morning and I have
a feeling if George Carlin was still with us
today, like literally, I think his tour would
be him walking up to the mic being like, I told
you guys good night and just walk off. He doesn't
need to say anything else. He was telling us
in the 70s, 80s and 90s, everything that we are
experiencing today. We just chose either not
to believe him or not to do anything about it.
And here we are. Here we are in this. We'll talk
about this too. Let me get through some particulars
first like we normally do at the opening of the
show. We produce new content weekly, all podcast
platforms, YouTube. I also have some one -off
interviews that we do two or three times during
a season. I have kind of a mini waiting list
so that's a good problem to have I suppose. Very
true. We definitely want to get some people on
soon and those are always fun and informative.
kind of local we're here in Valparaiso Indiana
kind of the middle ish of the country so to speak
and and most of the people I talked to are kind
of in this general area although I have the ability
to expand with that so we'll just we'll have
to see how coming seasons play out and how how
we're gonna do that if we end up doing the Mark
Moe show once a week and then maybe the interviews
once a week That's a lot of heavy lifting we'll
have to see. We'll have to see how that goes.
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More importantly, where he's creating all this
great new content, gaming content, Aidan spelled
the right way. So I was going to watch the most
recent one and then sleep. Yeah. Yeah. What are
you going to do? But why don't you tell the fine
folks what's new? What's cooking? Some excellent
gaming content like you mentioned and there's
this game I've been kind of addicted to which
we talked about last week called AV assembly
You get to build your own planes and there's
like a career mode and everything so I did that
again that episode came out two days ago and
It's just it's so fun. It's so fun, and I know
watching Watching a goofy goober build airplanes
is maybe not for everybody But I like to think
it's it's pretty entertaining and it's super
fun for me to do So it's just a grand old time
and then of course horror games. I love horror
games. So horror games are fun The one we are
creating the planes I find hysterical because
it's just not the fact you're sitting there and
you're creating planes Because there's a lot
of games like that that you and I have played
forever where you just kind of get to be creative
Hell, Minecraft is right. Yeah, and so That that's
part of the fun because we can sit there watch
you create and just sit there go. Oh, that's
not gonna fly Because we can kind of just be
like a side seat driver is your you're doing
this thing But then you know just to discover.
Oh shit It flew. Right. Or like the maneuverability
is a lot better than you thought. Quite frankly,
just your commentary as you're going through
the process I think is hilarious. Thank you.
Everybody should definitely check that out. Boy
oh boy, I think that's about it for the particulars.
We usually take a week off after a season to
kind of... Re -up a little bit. Yeah, you know,
maybe I'll maybe next week I'll do one of the
interviews and just kind of have that in the
chamber so to speak So we'll see how that goes,
but we always let you know in the social. So
check us out Facebook Instagram What's the one
with the at symbol that symbol threads threads,
yeah, I'm on threads Me lose guy. Yeah, 12 other
people, right? We're on threads I'm still on
X Because I don't care like I go on there and
here's what's interesting. Maybe you folks you
had dealt with this, too So I had a friend who's
all mofax and blah blah and as I get all this
crap on there I'm like, but I found out when
I when I tweaked it to my interest it held more
true To me and my interest you'll get ads and
bullshit every once in a while, right? But I
felt X held more true to the people and the content
that I'm interested in than Facebook does. That's
true. That's true. Absolutely 100%. And you can
kind of curate it, right? You can click like
the triple dots, be like not interested in this
type of content. And some algorithms handle that
better than others. I know Facebook is just stubborn.
In my opinion, it's dog shit. Yeah. I think I've
mentioned this a couple times on the show. I
really don't use social media that frequently
anymore. Yeah. Usually it's just like Reddit
for memes or news or something, but yeah, I just,
I cannot stand most social medias. because of
that exact reason. Yeah, that part bugs me. I
like that I can go on and wish my friends a happy
birthday. That's true. I like that I can reach
out to people I haven't talked to in a while.
Every once in a while, I'll scroll through my
friends. I'll be like, oh, shit, and just drop
someone, just a message every now and then. So
I guess I'm using it for its true purpose, perhaps.
Right, that is true. So I kind of use it that
way. But when you, especially Facebook, when
you just kind of go through and scroll, I rarely
these days see my friends. It's just like, add,
add, add, add, or it's what they think I'm interested
in. It's suggested posts. I'm like, why? But
it's mostly that now. Right. Like every once
in a while like and then like oh like five days
later I'll see someone's post. I'm like why didn't
I see that on day one? Why didn't I see when
they posted it? So yeah, Facebook's jacked up
Yeah once and this was a couple years ago, but
once Facebook and Instagram the meta products
switched from the Like the timeline actually
being a timeline of most recent posts from your
friends Yeah to their algorithm suggested posts.
You'll see posts from like a week ago And it's
like, I didn't know that event was going on.
Oh, that's because the post is seven days old.
Yep. And then all the new content. What are you
going to do? You have to wait seven days to see
it? It sucks. It's absurd. It's absurd. I think
you should have more control over your feed.
And if the time factor is more important than
the content, you should be able to choose it.
Right. You should be able to sit there and go,
Nope, I want when things are posted. And then
if you have like, things you're interested in,
or your friends posts or whatever, let me choose,
let me choose how I want to view my page. Instead
of you guys being like, oh, here's this algorithm,
here's this, and here's that. And, and look,
I get people advertise, hell, we're gonna probably
get in that realm soon enough. And, and you want
to, you know, get stuff out there so people can
see it. But I would rather have it be like 75
% what my friends are posting, what they've posted
recently, or events that I've said I'm interested
in. We'll keep showing that shit. So I remember,
like, oh yeah, that's coming up tomorrow. I literally
have to go to the events tab to be like, oh shit,
yeah, that's coming up. And I have to remember
to do that because if I don't, it's gonna be
too late. And then it pops up and it's like,
oh yeah, that started 20 minutes ago. So they
they've got a lot to do. Yeah, absolutely. But
this isn't what our talk was about. This is we
got off the highway a little bit, but ended up
in the Badlands, but we find our way back. We
always do. We always do for better or for worse.
Right. But here's the deal. It's it's a holiday,
so to speak. Today for us, yesterday for Independence
Day, I suppose they became independent. of certain
people. Right. Yeah, I'll still celebrate being
independent of the Brits. Oh, for sure. As a
matter of fact, that was my one. Actually, I've
had a couple posts, but my first post was the
flag of Ireland. And it's like, dare America,
enjoy your you beat England day or whatever it
is. I found that pretty funny. Yeah. But. Like
that in itself in its nature sure why not celebrate
that that's great. I mean Mexican Independence
Day They have their day Ireland 1916 I'll get
that tat someday Yeah, so I get it. You know
you're independent from an oppressive regime.
Ho, and here we are. Oh, curious. Wow, how...
We've come full circle. We've come... We always
do. I thought it was just this show we'd come
full circle, but nope. In reality, in real life,
so... Think of all the future independence days
all of these Middle Eastern countries will eventually
have from us. From us. Yeah, exactly. It'll happen
the way we're going down this hellhole. But anyway,
you know... As the sun tonight will set and there'll
be fireworks and all that kind of stuff It's
it's setting over divided America. So like think
about like the streets of LA Echoed with sounds
of both celebration and despair tonight. I'm
sure that's going to be the case, right? So a
city that was once kind of a symbol of hope and
opportunity is everything expanded from east
to west It's become a battleground between the
government and its own citizens mass raids conducted
by ice incites fierce protests and forcing communities
to rally to support their loved ones. I think
they're doing another king's thing today. I don't
know, Valpo's doing it. I know some towns are
definitely doing it. But yeah, it's forcing these
communities to rally in support of their loved
ones, many of whom are targeted for deportation.
Right. You know, the air is just thick with tension,
you know, tear gas, flashbang grenades. you know,
fill the space where a chance for justice rang.
Trump, bolstered by this wave of populist fervor,
has declared that the nation was under invasion.
Ooh, spooky language. Right. Spooky language,
as Karla used to say. His social media platforms
buzzed with his posts branding protesters as
violent insurrection mobs. To get real, his rhetoric
serves a dual purpose, right? Stokes fear among
his supporters while justifying the deployment
of the National Guard and the Marines to quell
dissent. The state of emergency is unprecedented,
right? Marked the first time in six decades.
The National Guard was activated without the
consent of California's Governor Gavin Newsom.
That's a no -no. Right. As the Nightfowl families
huddled in their homes, glued to news updates,
which we know how that usually goes. It paints
a grim picture of reality. Trump's administration,
which is a joke, by the way, had unleashed a
series of authoritarian measures that echoed
the darkest chapters of history, stuff we've
seen before. The invocation of the Alien Enemies
Act to detain young Venezuelan men who had committed
no crimes was kind of a chilling reminder of
how fragile this democracy is, right? One by
one, they disappeared into the shadows, sent
to Salvadorian jail, notorious for their abuse,
their families left helpless in despair. Across
a nation, echoes of history reverberated through
the air. The Holy Roman Empire had once fallen,
paving the way for the Second Reich, the Imperial
Germany of the Kaisers, before giving rise to
the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. Now as strongmen
leaders rose around the globe, observers began
to speak of a Fourth Reich, one that seemed to
emerge from the ashes. of a world that vowed
to never repeat its past mistakes. Do we learn
from history? No, we don't. The ominous comparisons
are not lost on the populace. General Mark Milley,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, remarked
that the events of January 6th, 2021, echoed
the Nazi party's burning of the Reichstag in
1933. Wonder who else said that when it happened?
Oh, me. As Trump tightened his grip on power,
The legislation that followed revealed a clear
strategy of Gleikschalten, which is a systematic
dismantling of democratic institutions. The administration's
executive orders issued in rapid succession seek
to redefine the very fabric of American life.
Asylum seekers are met with hostility, categorized
as invaders, stripped of their rights to seek
refuge. The military was called to the border
where trespass prosecutions are implemented under
the guise of national security. The repercussions
of these actions are felt far and wide. The middle
class begins to disappear. I'll argue it has
disappeared, replaced by a growing divide between
wealthy elite and impoverished masses. Unemployment
soars, streets are filled with the echoes of
despair, without access to healthcare, food,
basic necessities. The nation witnesses an alarming
rise in disease, infant mortality, and suicide
all up. America wants a beacon of hope is crumbling
under the weight of its own leadership in the
halls of power. Trump revels in his authority.
With each passing day, he grows more tyrannical,
employing a playbook that drew from the darkest
pages of history. His administration's actions
reflect a dangerous disregard for the rule of
law. They ignore it. They don't give a shit.
A willingness to dehumanize entire communities
for the sake of power consolidation. As his critics
are silenced, dissent becomes a risky venture
and the once vibrant spirit of democracy begins
to wither. But amidst the chaos, a flicker of
resistance remains. Grassroot organizations spring
up fueled by the determination of ordinary citizens.
They organize peaceful protests, rally communities,
and seek to expose the injustices that plague
their country. The fight's not easy. They face
violent reprisals from an administration that
viewed dissent as treason. Yet the spirit of
democracy can't be extinguished entirely. In
the heart of LA, beneath the pall of oppression,
a group of activists gather in a dimly lit room.
They exchange ideas and strategies and resolve,
strengthened by the stories of those who have
been lost to the system. Their hope lay in a
belief that they could reclaim the country, that
they could rise against the tide of authoritarianism.
As the world watches the echoes of history, Seem
to whisper warnings the fourth Reich is not yet
fully realized and the flames of resistance flicker
Against the encroaching darkness the struggle
For justice has begun and the weakened heart
of a nation still beats With its citizens in
the battle for the soul of America the question
remains would the lessons of the past be enough
to avert a future steeped in tyranny or Will
the phoenix of fascism rise once more? fantastic
points fantastic points I I don't even know how
to build on that that's that's just the the grim
truth of of this country and even more recently
the worst bill I've ever seen was just passed
was just passed and now ice is now I believe
in the top 15 most funded militaries in the world.
Yes. And they're not even a military, like countries
militaries. And it's funding surpasses CIA, FBI,
ATF, Homeland, like all of it combined. Right.
Right. That's fucking scary. Yeah, because that's
essentially the secret police. The Gestapo, the
Stasi, take your pick. Yep. And... This this
is what I essentially have been talking about
for I think several episodes now of violent revolution
Seems inevitable. Yeah, because it does and an
alarming part is Not only that ice is being funded
40 plus billion dollars of our taxpayer money,
of course that Of course, they're already not
following Laws or constitutional rights. They're
not Appreciating and respecting. Yeah, it's not
just the fact that ice is a major problem and
will continue to be a major problem now that
they're Now that they're being Remarkably overfunded.
It's the fact that there's a hundred million
Americans That are seemingly willing to die on
this hill with these Nazis, right? You know?
And I don't use that term lightly. No! It's accurate.
It is accurate. It's simply accurate. And this,
oh, on top of that, the reason I'm comfortable
using the term Nazis and calling it accurate,
they just built a concentration camp in Florida.
Yep. And of course the media, oh, it's alligator
Alcatraz. No, it's a concentration camp. No,
that's, Alcatraz was built to house the worst
criminals that we had. Right. These people are
not criminals. No, you are sending people who
simply happen to have brown skin without due
process into a concentration camp in America.
Right. And before it was built, you were sending
them to the same concentration camps in El Salvador.
Yes, correct. And I think they just did an add
on in Guantanamo Bay, too. So it's just it's
becoming a shit show. And quite frankly, This
I guess we would call us a massive red flag right
for what is coming and It really angers me quite
a bit that you know, you looked at At the concentration
camps that the Germans built and and in their
quote -unquote brown people Were the Jews right,
right? That was who they blamed their problems
on, their economic issues, all that kind of stuff.
Shipped them away to Dachau and all of these
other terrible concentration camps. And we're
kind of doing the same thing with all these people
who have done nothing but try to come here to
a country that has always been identified as
the melting pot. Right. I mean, let's find a
few Native Americans, see how they feel. Right.
Yeah, I think the quote that I used last week
was from Jack White, right? That, you know, why
don't you kick yourselves out? You're an immigrant,
too. Right. We all came from somewhere. Your
grandma, your grandpa, your great grandma, your
great grandpa. They all came from somewhere.
And this this is not our native land. No. Period.
End of sentence. We all came from someplace else
and we have a massive statue in New York City.
Give us your hunger, give us your po... Take
that shit down. Take that shit down because it's
not true. It's no longer true. They literally
should replace it with a sign that just says
go away. Because that is the sentiment of this
particular administration. They don't want you.
Unless you're Caucasian and have money. Then
they're happy to take you. It's really quite
disturbing. This is not... As a little kid growing
up, this is not the America you read about in
the history books quite frankly the America you
read about in the history books is not truly
America because you know, you're not gonna sit
there and spend weeks talking about things like
the Trail of Tears, right? I'm not gonna sit
there And talk about the Tulsa riots which have
now one of the things that have led to our Juneteenth
holiday, right? Which who knows how long that
one's gonna stick around So there is a history
of this country that I feel gets swept under
the rug. And the people with the power and the
money can do that. They can do it easily. And
then as history books are written and all this
other stuff, there's this old quote, and I'm
a history major from Loyola, so history is kind
of my thing. So there's this old quote that says,
the history is written by the winners. Right.
And that's kind of true. And so unless something
is done in short order, the history that these
guys are going to write is not going to be a
representation of everything that's going on.
No. And they're not going to tell the story about
the other half. That's for fucking sure. Yeah,
it's disturbing. It's disturbing. I just hope
that future history books will contain the truth
or at least damn near close to it. But yeah,
I fear it's exactly as you said, history is written
by the Victor. And, you know, how quickly we
forgot how terrible 2016 through 2021 was. Oh,
yeah. And just re -invited that horror. Yes.
Re -invited that horror. And the terrible thing
is we're commenting on it, right? We're providing
insight. We're telling the tales of the present,
how perhaps it should be written in future history
books. But The people who are being oppressed,
right, those who came from Mexico or Cuba, any
of these, you know, Central American countries,
they're the ones who are being targeted, right?
Yep. Who's, besides communities, you know, who's
sticking up for them, right? Right. Is it really
coming down to individual communities? Hey, Second
Amendment people, this one's for you. Individual
communities being these well -regulated militias,
it's absolutely gonna come down to that because
every social media app is owned by a billionaire.
Billionaires don't care about fascism because
it protects capitalism, which allows them to
continue being billionaires. Which is shocking.
It is shocking, and it's difficult to organize
when every social media app is owned by people
who do not want you to organize. So I guess my
piece of advice is just stay strong and communicate
within your communities because shit might get
kinda crazy. It might. I know there are friends
of mine that are going through the process. of
dual citizenship. They're getting their citizenship
in other countries and formulating exit plans.
Right. For their retirement or early retirement.
That's something I have the ability to do. It
is something I've kind of been hesitant about
doing. I'm not sure why, but it's something I
should probably look into now. Kind of one of
those things like don't wait until it's too late.
Right, right. And Number one, we talk about this
America or this view of what America is or should
be, and it's no longer. Ultimately, and I will
say this, my son here, three daughters out in
the West, thank God they're there, I say this
in that you need to take care of yourself. I've
been someone that has focused my life helping
others not always financially because it's been
a struggle on and off for a while but like anything
I have to give physically mentally whatever I
I give to people I always have even if it's just
listening to someone I've always done that that's
always kind of been who I am I'm telling all
of you focus on you take care of your shit consolidate
your monies all that stuff formulate a plan that
is an out plan, whatever that might be. Because
it's going to be something different to everyone.
But put a plan together. Because as Zayden said,
I don't think the future, now this future might
be 20 years down the road, might be two years
down the road. We'll see how quickly things escalate.
But it's not going to be great. All empires fall.
And you have to be prepared. Now that I'm older
and I'm not married and I'm living on my, I need
to get my shit together and I need to focus on
the next plan. Right. I think a lot of you out
there need to do the same thing. I'm not a gun
guy. I don't begrudge people who feel they need
to own them or whatever. I've shot them before.
I get the like for them, for the people that
have guns. But I'm getting to the point where
I feel like I have to have one. Right. Because
I'm not showing up to a gunfight with a bat or
a knife because I'm gonna lose. Yeah. And is
it crazy to be like, oh, is it really gonna escalate
that far? We don't know. Right. We don't know.
It would be great to sit here and be like, oh,
that would never happen. But I'm sitting here
in front of all of you saying, I'm not sure.
Right. I really don't know, and I want to make
sure I can take care of myself if shit breaks
down. Right. Ten years ago, we didn't expect
concentration camps being built in the United
States of America. So what's going to happen
ten years down the line? What's going to happen
a year down the line? Just think critically for
a second. Don't allow yourself to be gaslit.
It is not selfish to focus on yourself and ensure
your safety and well -being is taken care of.
Agree, you know because that's it's something
I think I've even told you before is like how
can you give a hundred percent of yourself? To
someone else to help them if you're not at a
hundred percent Right, you know, you've got to
focus on yourself. So just take care of yourselves
out there folks Yeah, you really have to and
to Aidan's point. I've been running on a year
close to you for a long time and yet I still
have concern for others Oh, sure. Yeah, that's
and because it's just That's how my old man was
built and I learned that from him. Yeah to be
a good human and so Which is funny because we
grew up in the Catholic Church and learned shit
from them, right? I learned how to be a good
person for my dad, right? And I tried to impart
that onto my children as well And I think they're
they're empathetic and they give a shit about
humans So I feel like I did my part, because
there are now four other human beings on this
earth that give a shit. So I'm really happy and
proud about that. What I'm kind of worried about
is not so much myself. If I have to knuckle down
one day and be like, screw it, and just pack
bags and do what I need to do and... Whether
it's going to some remote corner of this country
or whether it's getting out of this cut whatever
I decide to do I'll do it But my concern is for
my four kids and I think any parent would have
that concern because they're a younger generation
because this hot mess that the boomers and partially
the gen Xers, but it's it's our fault and then
and I've said this before because we've had generational
discussions on the show. Yeah. Yeah that I think
a gen Xers Like that meme where that one meme
where like it's a Friday Like leaving work and
the guys like fuck this and he like drops everything
at his death I feel like that's been Gen X since
about 9 -eleven. Yeah, like we've just been like,
okay I'd enough and we just dropped everything
and we've kind of checked out overall generalization
overall as As a generation like we're just like
fuck this. Yeah, and we focused on ourselves
The boomers We know what they've done. Right.
And it's pretty unforgivable. Once again, not
all of you, but generalization as a group, not
great. And we've left this mess for millennials
and Gen Zs to kind of figure out. Right. And
it really, it really worries me. Also from the
standpoint. of like future conflicts, future
wars, and drafts, and all those, I'd be like,
I would tell all of my kids, and I'll tell him
he's right next to me, I would say, do not fight
for this place. Nope. Dig a hole in your backyard
and live in it. Whatever you need to do, you
do it. But it's not like it was World War II
and everybody had that patriotic fervor. It's
just like, yep. F Hitler and F the Emperor of
Japan and Mussolini and all these guys and let's
go. Right. It was different then. It was incredibly
different then. Now it's like, where am I going
and what do you want me to do right now? Right.
There's no way. So it's, yeah, it's an issue.
It's a problem. It's... God, I wish I had an
answer. I wish I had answers and I don't sometimes
we offer those up for you fine people And and
I don't know I got nothing for you. Yeah. Yeah,
how do you end a segment? That's still ongoing
it's it's ongoing it's it's depressing and I'm
I'm not sure it ever gets back To where it once
was no and this was an interesting point that's
kind of been replaying through my mind is I've
kind of been interested in politics, political
science, the system as a whole ever since I was
a teenager. And I always thought that a two party
system with first past the post voting always
will do this. It will always end up leaning right.
It will always end up, especially in a capitalist
society, it will always end up being fascism.
That's always been my thought. Because first
past the post always means you'll end up with
a two party system. In America, it's closer to
a one party system with one overarching billionaire
and corporate funding of these parties. They're
essentially playing for the same team. Only one
team wants to build concentration camps and the
other one doesn't. Correct. So I asked the question,
was this inevitable? Was this inevitable to happen
to this country? Perhaps. You know, because we
don't have three or four or five political parties.
Right. We don't have ranked choice voting. Was
this inevitable? I think it was. I really when
you when you look over the course of time, history
and political science, which I also took, I think
it was kind of inevitable. When you set up a
bipartisan system, it gives those in power the
ability to acquire more power. Right. For themselves.
Because it's very easy when you have A and B
to keep them at odds with each other to then
go do whatever it is that you want to do. Right.
And if you're trying to consolidate power and
acquire power and money and everything else that
goes with that, it's very easy to do that. Because
you're going to tell one side, ooh, you need
to be afraid of that, you need to be afraid of
this, and so on and so forth. And you just kind
of keep these scales of justice back and forth
and back and forth. Meanwhile, you're just taking
what you want to take. Right. And I think that's
exactly what they're doing. Right. You have a
nation fighting a culture war when we should
have been fighting a class war this entire time.
Because a house divided, a nation divided, look
where we are. Yes. You know? Well, nation divided
cannot stand. Yep. And here we are. Yep. Curious.
Yeah. So, you know, that wasn't a fuzzy feel
-good beginning of the show by any stretch of
the imagination, but, you know, we're sitting
here recording on July 4th, and it doesn't have
the same meaning. As a matter of fact, I was
talking with a friend, Melissa, last night, and...
And I told her, I'm like, you know, I'm not all
fuzzy, red, white and blue and this and that.
And it's like, look, if you're going to give
me a day off, I'm going to have a hot dog. I'm
going to have a beer. I can go maybe see a few
people that I know and try to have a good time
with them. But to reward a system that is shitting
on so many people, I'm not going to do that.
No. I'm not going to do that. As a matter of
fact, I'm wearing my, like, punch a Nazi in the
face shirt today. Yep. Yep. And I think we should
all do that. Yeah. Now, if you want to do that
on a holiday. My man. Line up. Let's go. Yeah,
absolutely. That's kind of what I said during
the opening of the show is like, I'll celebrate
independence from the British, but I am not going
to celebrate this country today. No. Absolutely
not. But at any rate, that... kind of concludes
the opener of the show for our finale. Boy, oh
boy. Talk about that for a finale. Season two
popping off. Just wait for season three, baby.
Yeah, that slow build up, that slow burn. Oh
yeah. So what we're going to do is we're going
to take a quick music break, come back and share
some of our DMs with you. All right, we are back,
everybody, and I know you're all feeling happy
and good now with that intro. Very hopeful, I'm
sure. Very patriotic. Very patriotic. Proud of
being patriotic. That's all we can sing. Even
if we wanted to sing it, that's all we can sing.
We're not taking a strike. Not for you, Lee Greenwood.
Always been more of a CCR -fortunate son, man.
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. You know. Or, bone -in
USA. Sorry Bruce, that's all I'm saying. You
don't get your dime on this one. Hell no, brother.
For some reason, I don't know much about Bruce
Springsteen, but I've unfortunately heard that
song a thousand times. He sings like he's like
holding in a shit, you know? He absolutely does.
He absolutely does. Am I crazy for thinking that?
Hell yeah, he sure does. Oh no, Bruce ran out
of his hemorrhoid cream again. He really did.
He really did. It's a problem. It's definitely
a problem. My favorite thing is how all the Red
Hats love that song. We're America. And it's
like, oh, you need to listen to the lyrics, my
guy. Do you read the lyrics? Do you know how
to read? Oh, they don't. Yeah. They don't. And
clearly, the representatives of this country
don't either, because it's like, I voted for
what? Did you read it, asshat? No? OK, great.
Garbage country. That's a shit show and we do
have listeners in other parts of the world Hi
guys, how are you? Can we come? Yes, please.
How easy is it to get citizenship? We're looking.
We're shopping. Yes. We are definitely shopping.
Through window shopping, we're to move. Yeah,
so if you've got a better sitch there, hit us
up in the socials for sure. We're now on to Carpe
Diem. You fine folks send us your DMs and we
read them on air. Sometimes they're just statements.
Sometimes they're silly. Sometimes there's questions.
We'll answer them. Well. We don't have to. We
don't have to. Legally speaking. Legally speaking.
We're not legally binded. Oh, not at all. But
we could be coerced. Should you give us your,
I don't know, social security card. Sure. The
16 digits plus three digits plus expiration date
of your credit card. It's important. Yep. The
deed to your house if you own one. Deed to your
house would be great. No question. So just little
things. Just little things like that. We could
be coerced into choosing your DM. Indeed. So,
um, where, what are your DMs? See, here's the
thing, man. That opener still has me all fucked
up, man. Oh yeah, no. I'm still riled. I'm trying
to, and I knew it would happen. Yeah. So I'm
trying to kind of get back level, get back into
the show and our segments. Help us. Help us,
please. This DM might. I got a DM from the H
.R. Magnate. Uh -oh. I didn't do it. No, I was
going to say the same thing. I didn't do it.
I think it's a different question, though. What's
the craziest reason you've seen someone get fired?
Oh, wow. That's a good question. I have a couple
come to mind immediately, both from the same
workplace. I used to work, we all used to work,
at this bakery in Valparaiso. I'm not going to
name it, because I don't know. what the legality
is talking about these. And there's new owners.
It's not even worth the fight anymore. No, no.
So we all worked at this bakery. We all eventually
left. But I went back. I got rehired for a different
position. I originally worked as an assistant
manager. I got rehired as a department manager.
It was a whole thing. But my second time around,
there were two people. Two people, one of which
I may have had a direct hand in getting fired,
and the other one I also did. Well, there you
go. But the first one, let's say his name was
Apple. This man, Apple, was the department manager
of the one I was being hired to eventually take.
This guy was a bit of an alcoholic, kind of drinking
on the job, and then... Eventually So We were
driving somewhere to do a pop -up event to sell
our bakery product somewhere. I was driving Because
I was still learning like the how to drive with
a big trailer behind you and everything so In
the passenger seat next to me. He pulls out a
small baggie of white powder. Oh Takes out a
little knife. Oh Man needed that right next to
me Just chill just like nothing was going on.
All right, okay. So the white girl interrupted
exactly in the back of my mind. I'm like, oh
Shit, I didn't I didn't know this dude ran like
that so I eventually get him fired for doing
that next to me not not because like I Don't
know I don't know how to how to close that statement
All I'm trying to say is if you do coke next
to me and I already don't like you You're done.
I'm gonna get you cooked. The second one was
after COVID, we couldn't really do pop -up events
anywhere because no one wanted to bring outsiders
in and we didn't want to go anywhere, sus. So
I was working in the store and we had another
assistant manager, bit of a druggie, lost tabs
of LSD in the store, in the bakery, and had other
employees helping her look for them. Miners helping
the assistant manager find her lost LSD in the
bakery. Holy shit. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. So that both
of those came from the same store right around
the same couple year tenure of mine there. Those
I would say are the the two craziest reasons
I've seen someone get fired. Holy shit. Yeah.
That's crazy. Do you have any nuts -up stories,
too? Wow. Yeah, I mean, I've seen a lot of people
come and go. Hell, I've even had to fire people
and whatever. And it always sucks, whether you
like them or not, because you know it's going
to have a massive financial impact against them.
So I always think about that. And been on the
end of that a couple of times myself. It was
just never a good feeling. Think about this one
now for all of you folks outside the United States
And I'm sure you understand the game of baseball
and what baseball is and all that right, so I'm
working at a place. It's no longer there. Unfortunately
is called funtime square really cool place and
So it had like race cars. You could do like race
car stuff it had these uh these boats well it
was like a big inner tube and you can go with
these boats and like bump into each other and
squirt each other and all that kind of stuff
uh i had mini golf and had batting cages kind
of neat place oh and a little arcade so i got
a friend a job there and the way the batting
cages work is that the cement pitches downward
so all the balls will eventually no matter where
you hit it the balls are going to kind of go
down and collect um most times back behind this
net and then because everything's pitched downward
it goes into this big uh dish i guess you could
call it yeah yep and it goes in this thing and
then there's all these conveyors that pick up
the balls that go into the machines that shoot
the balls at you right and so he's back there
and these guys are paying they're yelling blah
blah blah whatever so something's jammed up down
there the balls aren't going into the conveyor
which means there's no balls going at the people
right so My friend runs back there. So there's
like this little path that you walk back behind
this so you have like a gate or like a fence
on one side and mesh on the other to protect
you from the ball. Right. Right. The ball comes
at you and just mesh. You're going to get hit.
Yeah. So he runs back behind there and then he
goes down into the dish and he's protected. Right.
So like everything is pretty like if anything
came at him, he's back behind the thing. So you
can be back there while people are hitting. And
so he's trying to free it up. And so. He's, he's
like trying to do it and people are yelling.
So he starts manually dropping balls into these
machines and they're flying at people. The people
aren't even expecting that guy. Whoa, what the
shit? And the balls are flying at these people.
And they're just like, what the hell? I almost
hit this dude and they're yelling back at him.
And he's like, and so like I'm in the outside
and this other guy, Dave was the general manager.
He's kind of a dick, but whatever. And so like
Dave's letting it happen. As if he were waiting
for this opportunity. He's like Now, let's see
what happens. We're just going to soak this in
for a second. So he's trying to fix the thing.
He goes down. His foot slips into the dish. The
dish goes flying up in the air. Baseballs go
flying everywhere. Now the baseballs are collecting
down in this hole that the dish sits on. And
it was a hot mess. And people are yelling at
him and everything else. And so he's like, Mark,
would you go help him out? And I looked at him
and said, Dave. what if i said no and he kind
of laughed he's like i would really prefer that
you did like gosh shit whatever so like two minutes
later we had everything back together it's just
like come on man and uh holy shit and literally
he comes back up and oh i forgot this one part
when he's leaving And there's baseballs everywhere,
like in these batting cages from him firing stuff
off. And people are picking up the baseballs
and either throwing the balls up in the air and
hitting them or just throwing them back and trying
to hit him as he's leaving. It was the most amazing
thing I'd fucking awesome ever seen. As I get
him out of there, I'm laughing so hard I fall
to the ground. I can't breathe. It's like, oh
yeah, laugh forever, effing this and blah, blah,
blah, whatever. Dave comes up like he's all concerned.
Oh my God. Are you all right? You okay? It was
a situation down there. You all right? He said,
oh man, blah, blah, blah, and this and that.
He's like, yeah, I really saw that. And he's
like, the dish and everything. I know, right?
He's like, yeah, man, you're fired. And just
like that, just like that, that dude was gone.
Oh my god. I love that Dave's moment, just being
an agent of chaos, was simply standing there.
He was. Arms folded. It's such a power move.
It's such a power move. Arms folded. I'm gonna
wait this one out. Yep. Let's just see what happens.
I was like, oh my god. I'm like, I don't like
you, but in this moment, yeah. I'm like, I totally
vibe with what you're doing. What a G maneuver.
It really was. It really was. Holy shit. That
would probably be my number one for sure. My
man Dave. Magic Man was the next DM at Magic
Man. I offer you this, he says, $50 ,000 today,
but you die exactly one week after your 69th
birthday. Do you accept? Ooh. That's tough. I
don't know. Yeah, because like I mean life is
so uncertain anyway, but 69 nice 69 plus one
week is Short for a lifespan, right? Sure, you
know usually humans live to 75 give or take except
in the US where our life expectancy is lower
because Yeah, we don't have health care But 50
grand is 50 grand enough to potentially Shorten
your life by five years Yeah, yeah, cuz it's
it is a life -changing quantity of money. It
would lift a lot of stress of today Yeah, but
He's 69 plus a week too young. Is that trade
worth it man? I don't know. Yeah, I don't know.
I feel as if I feel as if The amount word larger
I would probably, if we're talking maybe 200,
250 ,000, I think I'd say yes. Sure. With 50
grand, I don't know. You made the perfect comment
about not having health care. I have a problem
with my liver, something with my lungs, you know,
whatever. People getting their 60s started having
health problems. Right, right. I have something
like that and I don't have health insurance.
50 grand's gone anyway. It's gone anyway, yeah.
And now an argument for would be okay once you
get in your 70s and 80s isn't that the I can't
see real well I can't hear real well. Oh damn.
I just shit myself like isn't it those years
the quality of life, right? So You know now I'm
not saying all people in their 70s are that way
some people make it into their 80s and they look
like they're 60 and right, right You won the
lottery there. So maybe and plus the other day
I had two girls tell me Because they're like
how old are you and I said guess and they both
like said in that my 40s and I'm like I love
you guys But I've had that like happen before
like people tell me I look younger than I actually
am right which to my father's credit people always
said that about him as well, so You're welcome.
You're welcome for that one. You're welcome for
that finally good gene finally something You
look a little bit younger than you are but yeah,
I don't Don't know about that one. I'm on the
fence. I don't know. Yeah, that's that is a very
ah That's tough. I think it's a well -balanced
question sure. Oh, yeah, because it's it's a
tough to answer But the thing is if you don't
accept like nothing changes, right? There's no
harm. No foul if you don't accept, correct. I
Man, that's tough. That's tough You know what
magic man? Give me a day to sleep on it. Yeah.
Yeah that one actually Let's let's see after
these four years are up Right, and then I'll
figure out whether I want to accept it. Yeah,
we'll see how the midterms are playing out and
then we'll get back to you. Yeah. Hambone, a
man. This was the last DM I received. Hambone
asking, hypothetically, making a salary, would
you rather get a 15 % raise every year working
40 hours or get a 5 % raise every year, but you
only have to work 30? The last one yeah the last
one Money's money it comes in it goes sometimes
you have it Sometimes you know right when time
is gone. You can never ever get it back very
true and I as I as I age I realize that and I'll
sit there and be like oh You know money's tight.
I can't do this or I can't do that or I'm kind
of tired or what I get off your ass and do whatever
it is, because every time you go to sleep, another
day is gone. Right. Don't fuck with that. Go
do whatever it is you want to do. Yeah. I agree.
I lean exactly the same way. You know, it's an
extra 10 hours a week, but you add that up over
a year, you're getting literal days of your life
back. Yes. Days of your life back. And you're
still getting a 5 % raise yearly, which is fairly
typical. Which is typical. At least it was typical.
It used to be typical. It used to be typical.
Now people, yeah, like cost of living increase,
5 .5%. Oh, you raised two. Yeah. Okay. So I'm
losing money on the deal. Great. Right. That's
super. Yeah. Oh, and on top of that, it's now
nine to six instead of nine to five. Yes. Oh,
yeah. Yeah. Yep. Thanks, Corpo America. Once
again, it's where this corporatocracy, theocracy,
it's just the direction we're going. Yep. Um,
all right, uh, I got a dm from at tricksy lane
33 Hi mark mo show. Love you guys and love aiden's
gaming site. Oh, thanks I know everyone is excited
to celebrate independence day, but I work two
jobs I've been thrown off my insurance and my
best friend's boyfriend who is here illegally
or who is here legally Just got picked up by
ice in california. Sorry, but fuck america right
now fair point first of all, thank you Appreciate
that. Yep Yeah, I agree. I fully agree. I'm sorry
to hear that about your best friend's boyfriend
that is fucked up. So like we were saying in
the intro, get your exit plan down, you know?
Get it. You have to. Get the fuck out of this
hellhole. Right. Because at what point, after
they've picked up all the brown people that they
want, at what point does this government go,
you know what? All those people stand in the
corners protesting. Let's pick them up too. Right.
What's going to stop them? They already have.
They're already throwing protesters in the back
of these unmarked vans. Yes, they are. They already
are. No. And I'm just telling you, I say, no,
you don't operate in the red states heavily.
But if you come to Valpo and you try throwing
me in a van, you're going to have to kill me.
Right. And I'm not just saying that to say it.
I am 100 % you try doing that. I'm going for
your gun. Yeah, I am gonna step on your feet.
I'm gonna poke your eye I'm taking people. Yeah,
that's all there is to it Yeah, this you have
to as you said protesting is great. Have your
voice heard but when you make peaceful protest
impossible violent Revolution inevitable is inevitable
absolutely that's what that's what yep but anyway
also I know I mentioned a last week or two weeks
ago but I know my rights I know castle doctrine
and stay in your ground laws all I'm saying is
try and step foot on my property yep oh yeah
go ahead guide yeah That's and here's what's
funny Aiden and we'll get back to the the DMS
in just a second. Here's what's funny back God,
I don't know when it was I'd want to say it was
the early 2000s might have been after 9 -eleven
there was a thing with ranchers and gun rights
and all kinds of weird stuff in Oregon and I'll
never forget it and I always thought man those
guys are kooks and this and that and Then the
more I thought about it, even though they're
probably on the red side of things these days
The more I thought about it is like no fuck them
get off my land, right? Yeah, you know if you
have a warrant and you come here with it and
it's just like it was like Back then the government
was overstepping right? Yeah, what they were
doing. So I'm right there with you, man Yeah,
get get to step off. Yeah. Oh At White Sox Jerry.
Oh, no Oh, no Okay, here we go good and bad and
good and bad. I can't take this. Oh Jerry Jerry
They tease me and then they lose a bunch of row
again They are the second worst team in baseball.
Who am I kidding? I'm gonna go sit on some fireworks
Jerry oh Jerry My heart goes out to you. I would
say there's a team in the north. Yeah that you
could start rooting for there's first place Yeah,
they're much more much more colorful team. You
get blue and red sometimes yellow sometimes Yeah,
you could be a Cubs fan. Jerry, you could be
a Cubs fan. You could do it. Imagine rooting
for a team that wins games. Yep. Think about
it. That's all I'm saying. I have no more advice
for you. It has been a sad life, Jerry. It is
a sad life. But hey, just like Denzel said in
the equalizer, right? When the little girl's
like, you know, oh, that doesn't happen in my
world, Denzel says what? Change your world. Yep.
Change your world, Jerry. Change your world,
Jerry. You know, things have been tough since
about the mid -2000s, so... Come to the dark
side. We have better bars on that side of town
anyway. Yes. Damn right. Damn right. All right.
And decent ownership. And decent ownership. They
seem to want to win. At Professor Puffin's stuff.
Oh, my man. We will all die. Oh! That is a certainty.
Man, he is just with the vibe of the show today.
Thanks, Professor. Thanks, Prof. We will all
die, that is a certainty. The amount of PFAS
and microplastics in all our bodies means we
will just die faster. This is true. Thank God
I am a Gen -Xer, because it means I don't give
a shit. Professor Puff and Stuff, I love you,
dude. My man. You can thank DuPont for all the
forever chemicals. And they're still making them,
by the way. They just changed what it's called.
Correct. So yeah, thanks DuPont. You're actively
killing people, I've heard. So that's pretty
great. The microplastics we still don't even
know the ramifications of because of their recent
discovery like, oh, there's microplastics in
your testicles. There's microplastics in babies.
There's microplastics in your brain. So it'll
be fun discovering what that means for us. It
really will and the amazing thing is when DuPont
did what they did or had been doing right the
60s and on that It you don't even have to have
direct contact anymore. It's not like oh I cooked
on Teflon pans for 20 years and this and that
It's people are born with it. They are born with
it in their system already You can get it from
microwave popcorn eating microwave popcorn will
heighten the quantity of forever chemicals in
your body. You can get it from being too near
to the plant, which of course makes sense. You
can get them in your body for existing. All you
have to do is exist. That's it. It's unbelievable.
And well, the fun part is none of those people
will ever see jail time for, you know, creating
a chemical that kills people because, hey, they're
making money doing it. In a capitalist society,
if you're making money killing people, it doesn't
matter. You're making money. It does not matter.
Yeah. Curious how that all pans out. I got into
the wrong industry. Oh, for sure. Yeah, you and
me both. Last, certainly not least, at stonerstanley420.
My man. Bang, bang, bang, Momo and Alan. There
are noises going on. Is it another American renovation?
The great American renovation. Should I get a
gun? Where do I get a gun? Do they have them
at Family Express? People should smoke more.
Oh, shit. I didn't know Stoner Stanley was a
local calling out Family Express. He really did.
You know, Walmart used to sell guns. They used
to. And then they stopped selling guns. I'm in
Dix, right? Yeah, I think so. Yeah. They used
to have a hunting section at Dix Sporting Goods.
Yeah, it's curious. Curious that. Stoner, I think,
well, if you're in Indiana, I think you could
just walk into a store and purchase a gun. Yes.
Because, hey, we roll like that, I guess. Yes.
The American renovation is fucking awesome. I
love that idea. Me too. It's just like, yeah,
fascism is here. You know, we've got an actual
American Gestapo. But what if we just change
how it looks a little bit? What if we just renovate
a little bit? Change the drapes. Pull up that
carpet. Oh, my man. Bang, bang, bang to you too,
Starter Stanley. Absolutely. I say a big thumbs
up on the American renovation. Do you need a
gun? I'm not going to advise you on that. No.
I'm not going to advise you. There are gun shows,
Stanley. I don't know if there's one kind of
where you're at. But from what I hear, the gun
shows are kind of like the Wild West. So if you
just show up with a couple of hundo, you can
probably leave with something. Yeah. So just
keep that in mind. Exactly. Best of luck to you,
Stan. Best of luck. I love that guy. I do too.
Yeah. Oh, he always makes me laugh. But before
we go to our next break, we do have the other
foods with Aiden. It is where he scours the globe
for, oh, I don't know, food that would make a
billy go puke. This is real food. This is stuff
people actually eat. And Aiden finds them and
manages to gross us out each and every week.
Yes. I'm very excited on this. July 4th. What
have you found for us? I traveled to Cambodia.
Oh, Cambodia. All right. Cambodia. Let's go.
This little thing. Actually, it's not very little
in its world. It's actually one of the larger
ones. Tarantula. Oh, just a spider. Just a spider.
Fried spider. regional delicacy in Cambodia okay
the spiders are a species of tarantula called
a ping I'm sure it's like a ping I don't know
how to pronounce that I'm sorry in a town of
Khmer they're about the size of a human palm
oh my they are bred in holes in the ground outside
or captured in forests The type of spider typically
used is the Thai zebra tarantula also known as
edible spider Which I will not be referring it
to This type of spider has more potent venom
than other tarantulas and has no Irritating hair
so it can defend itself by biting or running
away So of course you wouldn't want irritating
hair in your food. Oh god. No the Quote, the
abdomen and head are crispy on the outside and
gooey in the middle with delicate white meat,
the article says. The abdomen also has a brown
paste of organs and excrements and sometimes
eggs. The legs contain very little meat, but
are pleasantly crunchy, they say. Tarantulas
became part of the Cambodian diet by necessity
during the rule of Khmer Rouge when food was
scarce. That makes sense. There have been. Sure.
Yeah, that that checks out actually. Starving,
eat, whatever. Right, right. People were eating
anything possible to eat and the things that
were actually tasty. Their quote, not mine. Things
that were actually tasty like tarantulas stayed
a part of the Cambodian diet. Damn. Yeah. So
from necessity to becoming a part of the culture.
That's crazy. It's very curious. Now I'm not
one for tarantula. I don't think I would be interested
in trying one and usually I'm the type of person
that I'll try just about anything once. I've
tried I've tried a bunch of different cricket
products before and you can never taste the crickets.
It's just added protein really. I've tried worm
in smoothie before. which was also fine you can't
taste the worm just added protein and there's
there's a lot of like hate talk about eating
bugs and stuff but like how's it different than
any other meat right yeah oh yeah you process
it grind it down throw it on something you'll
never know it's there's just added protein whatever
the point of that little rant being i don't know
if i'm adventurous enough to try tarantula yeah
i don't think i could do it Something about the
whole gooey on the inside makes me really disgusted
thinking about it. Yeah. Or the thought of eating
spider shit and eggs. Just having a bite. Yeah,
I think... This spider tastes extra fecal today.
Oh, that's just... Oh, come on. Unnecessary comment.
This tarantula's the shit. No, really. It is.
Oh, that's gross. That's gross. Oh, yeah. Do
we get blessed with a fry guy today? We do get
blessed with a fry guy. That's beautiful. I'm
glad you mentioned that because I tried this.
Oh, gosh. When was it? It was... Was it last
weekend? I think I was going out to Crown Point.
I was. I was going out to Crown Point. and I
had meat and dinner. And I think I even ate a
light lunch. I think I had a yogurt and something.
I really just had to eat much that day. So I'm
on my way and all of a sudden my stomach's like,
hey, ass. And so I'm like, I like bar food, but
I'm like, I'll save a couple bucks. And so I
go into Arby's and I just get one little cheapy
beef sandwiches and some curly fries. Curly fries,
okay. Now. A little bit different than your standard
fry, but like I said, you have to just grade
them on the whole. Can't sit there and be like
crinkle and curly and waffle. And seasoned, yeah.
No, fries are fries. You grade the place on the
fry. So I had the curly fry. They were hot. They
were so hot. Just out of the fryer. I honestly
had to wait like a hot minute. I'm like, wow,
these are maybe too hot. I'm like, I'm going
to give these a second to cool down. seasoned
perfectly. And that's what I love too about the
Arby's curly fries. You don't have to salt them.
You don't have to season them at all. They're
seasoned perfectly. And I love it when they're
fried properly. So not to the point where they're
in there too long and they're like too crispy.
It was perfect. Absolutely perfect. And I've
always kind of been like that guy. And I know
Arby's has They used to have wedges or something.
I know they've got crinkle now, I think, or something.
But I never, I like, I always got the curlies.
I'm like, nah, that's the shit. And when they
cook them right, it is, it's up there. It is
definitely up there. I enjoyed it. Taste. Hot.
I love the seasoned curly fries. They sell them
in stores now. They sell them frozen in stores.
Yep, you can get them. And honestly, they do
them justice. I've had those and put them in
the oven before, and they're pretty damn close
to what you get out of the fryer there. Oh, man.
I am on offense with where I want to put it.
Oh, OK. That's usually a good sign. I'm on offense.
I can't. I can't put it in the rarefied air.
Sure. But we're talking a strong score. I'm going
to say 8 .8 out of 10. That's beautiful. I think
that's fair. Yeah. And you have to, as we said
when we started doing this, you have to grade
on the fry that you get. As you received them,
right. Right. Because you go to Arby's, you go
to McDonald's, you go to Wendy's. If you're going
over the whole aggregate, it's different than
if I just roll up to McDonald's and I get some
cold fries. Right. That's true. I got to rate
it for what it is. Yeah. And so Arby's, you did
good. 8 .8 out of 10. Was Arby's and Crown Point,
you did real good. Excellent fries. Excellent.
That's beautiful. I'm glad we got another Fry
Guy Fry review. That is true. And we've got many
more coming in. As I said, it's not necessarily
we're going to do all fast food or anything.
Like if a restaurant has fries, I'm going to
try them. And I'm going to try them. And I'm
going to grade them. And that's what we're going
to do. Damn right. Hell yeah. All right. Well,
that was this week's Fry Guy and the other foods.
We're going to take a quick break. When we come
back, you just made the list. All right, we are
back and it is now time for you just made the
list here on the Mark Mo Show podcast. I'm your
host, Mark Maloney, along with Aidan Maloney.
And you just made the list. It's our top 10 list,
10 to two with our big number one reveal. We
do this on various topics and let's see rules,
rules. Oh shit, looks like we got one. Oh no.
No rules. Oh, thank God. Yeah. Yeah, I know I
worried you a little bit there. Just kind of
with the overall temperature of the show, I mean,
I get it. I get your anxiety. Yeah. But yeah.
Got me all worried. No, no, no. We're good. We're
good. No rules, baby. So this week, favorite
rock bands. I know how broad that is, because
there's a gazillion different rock genres. But
ultimately this is what you like listening to
or what you like listening to now because we've
done a couple of these so I'll kind of roll first
on this one. I do have an honorable mention I
could have had for those of you that have listened
to us back even as far as the radio days We had
a friend and we did Was a top Intercontinental
champions of all time. That's a wrestling thing
WWE His honorable mention list was absurd There's
like 40 people on it Jesus it was like what the
hell and so we often refer to that When it's
like we get a topic and we're like right because
you just know you're gonna miss bands and whatever
But I think I have three four five six seven
on my honorable mentions seven i think i have
nine okay all right we we kept it relatively
under control yeah which is important uh my honorable
mention list number one the pogues uh docken
rat Glass Animals, Arctic Monkeys, Death Leopard,
and Motley Crue. Nice. Those are my honorable
mentions. And I do have a 10, so technically.
But there's no rules. Yeah, there's one rule.
Yeah, one rule. No rules. No rules. Number 10,
I have Flogging Molly. Nice. And tied with Metallica.
Beautiful. I've seen Metallica live. I haven't
seen Flogging Molly live yet. Dave's got to get
healthy, Dave. Hope you're doing well. Both good.
Number 9, 21 Pilots. They've kind of shot up
the list over the years. And I told people, because
I had a rock block on my radio show a few weeks
back, and I said, you know, I really hadn't listened
to them a lot. I had a friend who listened to
them, went to their shows or whatever, and kind
of turned me on to them. And I just remembered
years back when they started, the kids would
listen to a couple of their songs. So I knew
they existed, but I was just like, eh, all right.
But then I started getting into alt rock and
I'm like... Wait a minute. Yeah, hold up. Hold
up. This this content this this or this music
is is pretty good. So they made the name 21 pouts.
You made the list. Number eight Megadeth. Great
live. Good stuff. Dave's insane. Love it. Number
seven, Judas Priest. uh pain pain killa killa
that's all you get um number six black sabbath
it could be sabbath with dio it could be sabbath
uh with ozzy either way good stuff uh number
five the who magic bus magic bus callback uh
so number five number four dropkick murphy gonna
see them in september i can't Wait, I'm so excited.
Number three, Tesla, one of the best bluesy hard
rock bands, maybe of all time, vastly underrated.
Number two, Led Zeppelin. Nice. Been dazed and
confused for so long, it's not true. I don't
want Robert coming at me, man. Can't get content
matched. Jimmy Page knocking on my door. Is that
ice? No, it's Jimmy Page. Oh shit. Oh shit, that's
worse. That's worse. He's gonna get me. Yeah,
he's gonna cast a spell, some shit. All right,
what's your top 10? All right, I went a little
bit of a different route. I saw best rock bands.
And in my brain, I eliminated heavy metal. Oh
shit. I eliminated like new wave of British heavy
metal, thrash metal. I just went rock, alt rock.
So, I would have added some of those bands you
had on your list, but I eliminated metal, just
went rock. Honorable Mentions, Highly Suspect,
Dropkick Murphy, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Royal Blood, Chevelle, Alt J, Flogging Molly,
and Mother Mother. All great. Yes. Now the top
ten. Well, ten through two. Got to save the number
one. That's right. Number ten, Peach Pit. Fantastic.
alt -rock band, really like them. Number nine,
21 Pilots as well. Oh yeah. Yeah. Twinsies. Twinsies.
Number eight, Nirvana. Number seven, the Gorillaz.
Number six, I had Glass Animals. Five, Linkin
Park. Four, I had Alice in Chains. Ooh, god damn
it. Yeah. Three, I had Arctic Monkeys. And then
my number two was Stone Temple Pilots. That's
good. Yeah. That's good. See, once again, I'm
not on purpose. I excluded the entire grunge
scene. Oh, sure. Because I definitely would have
had Alice in Chains on there. Yeah. And definitely
would have had Soundgarden on there. Oh, there
you go. Right. Damn. Yeah. All right. That's
OK. That's fine. It's fine. It just leaves more
future lists. It does. It really does. It's beautiful.
It's beautiful. All right. My number one. Run
to the hills, run for your life. Iron Maiden.
My man. I've seen them live 11 times, 12, something
like that. Gotta bump up those numbers, man.
Gotta bump up those numbers, man. They're coming
back, you gotta do it. What a great band. Remarkable.
Maybe, we're talking all genres, maybe one of
the best bands of all time in terms of... their
lyrics, in terms of their musicianship, in terms
of their live shows, their visuals. You got a
mascot. Right. You name it, it's maybe the most
perfect band. And I love them, man. They're great.
Yes. They're great. That is fantastic. Well,
should I have included metal into my rock list,
they definitely would have been near the top
as well. My number one, though, excluding metal,
is Green Day. Ah, yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yeah, they're
going to be at Ride Fest too. I think they're
going to be on Sunday. Oh. So I won't get to
see those when I go on Saturday. Dastardly Devils.
Yeah, the Sunday lineup was kind of weak. And
it was just like, if you're paying all that money,
for me, I want to get the most bang for the buck.
Sure. If I can go and be like, OK, there's four
or five bands I really want to see, to me, that's
value. Yep. And then like Green Day is like Green
Day. And there's not a whole lot else on that
bill I want to see. It's like, well, shit, I'll
just wait till I come back down. Right. That's
fair. To do that. And I think Friday was kind
of the same way. A lot of really obscure bands,
like Weird Al was on there. I'm sure Weird Al
would be a blast. Oh, that'd be so cool. Yeah.
I think that would be fun. But Saturday's got
the bill. They definitely have the bill and looking
forward to seeing Dropkick, looking forward to
seeing Weezer, The Damned, Jack White. Say AJR
was going to be there. AJR is going to be there.
Yeah, there's a lot of bands. That's solid. So
I'm pretty psyched for Saturday. Hell yeah. The
Beach Boys. Right. The Beach Boys. Who cares?
Right. I don't even know if any original members
are still live. Oh yeah. They're gonna be there.
The band lives on. Yeah. Oh yeah, why not? Shit,
I'm all for it. We're gonna get the band back
together. Oh, and Marky Ramone, he's gonna do
all the Ramone songs. Oh, that's cool. That could
have been on this list too. Yeah, right. But
yeah, so it's excellent. I'm looking forward
to it. Wicked. No doubt. That's righteous. And
as always, we missed a band, you know, you guys
are free to hit us up on socials, DMs, whatever,
and let us know. Yeah, absolutely. And let us
know how you took the genre of rock, because
it is so wide. All encompassing. All encompassing.
It really is. It's about time for a review preview.
I have a magazine article that I write. It's
a review movie, preview movie coming up. And
I kind of thought, hey, why not? put that in
our podcast as well. Right. We've been doing
it actually was in the radio show and then we
kind of kept it on as one of our segments. So
the other night I went to see a movie and I wasn't
sure like I've seen movies about race cars before.
Now I'm a sports guy maybe not as big of one
as I used to be but you know it's baseball and
football and that kind of stuff. Racing never
really did anything for me necessarily when I
turned down in field past the Daytona 500 Helmo
I would go it's a party man. It's a party, right?
I'm all about the party It sounds like fun, but
as far as like, you know round and round and
round and round around It's like nobody was a
route for a crash because somebody could freaking
die. I mean, right twisted Do you have to be
for that? Yeah, like it's just round and round
and round and round. They're going so damn fast
It's just like I don't know and it's some people
are so just like A number 44, a number 24, Jeff
Gordon, woo -wee! I mean, I'm not that guy either.
You know, where you're just like, oh man, I cheer
for this driver, and it's like... All right.
I'll stand on the side of the Dan Ryan Highway
in Chicago and be like, woo, go White Ford Bronco.
Oh, no. Can't do that. Ah, it's good. Can't do
that. Oh, man. Woo, anyway. Got to wake up early
in the morning to get OJ past me. For sure. The
movie reviewing is F1. So in the 90s, Sonny Hayes
was a Formula One's most promising driver until
an accident on the track nearly not only ended
his career, almost killed him. 30 years later,
the owner of a struggling Formula One team convinces
Sunny to return to racing and become the best
in the world. You can't be CM Punk. At any rate,
driving alongside the team's hotshot rookie,
Sonny soon learns that the road to redemption
is not something you can travel alone. This film
was fast -paced and exciting. I sat on the edge
of my seat multiple times. I was not planning
on it. I went late. I stayed awake for the whole
movie. Nice. For anybody that knows me, that
is a hell of an accomplishment. It's a task.
Especially with those reclining seats. Man. Get
out of here, man. If it's a slow movie, I'm done.
Oh yeah. I am taking a nap. Snoozing. I was snoozing
big time. I love that all the characters in this
film were deeply flawed. None of these characters
were perfect. They all had baggage. I love that.
It's very human. Brad Pitt was excellent in this
film. Some of the best acting he's done in some
time. He did 12 Monkeys and he's done a lot of
really good movies. This was fantastic. I enjoyed
the film from front to back. And I give it 8
.5 out of 10. Nice. That's a good score. It was
really good. Yeah. It was really good. And some
people are saying the way this film was done,
that they want to do a collab and have Brad Pitt's
Sonny Hayes go up against Tom Cruise's guy from
Days of Thunder. Oh, no shit. And do some sort
of like combo movie there with two... Quote -unquote
washed up drivers right right so if they if they
kind of do something that would be that's awesome
That'd be very cool, so you know what's not gonna
happen, but could be funny. What's that? Oh?
I know what you're about to say go ahead Ricky
Bobby in there My fire Just as a cameo, baby.
Oh my god that would that's all I'm saying Tastic
that's all I'm saying shake and bake Oh, man.
I love that. Yeah. The one I'm previewing is
The Naked Gun. Now, I am a huge Leslie Nielsen
fan. I would probably, if we're talking comics
or comedians like all time, he's definitely on
that list. Yes. Without a doubt. I agree. Airplane.
Oh, my god. So many great movies. Classic. The
Naked Guns are great. Just that. tongue -in -cheek
humor, just that the humor makes you roll your
eyes, but you laugh anyway. That's him. So the
upcoming American action comedy film directed
by Akiva Schaeffer, who co -wrote the script
with Dan Greger and Doug Mand, following in the
footsteps of his bumbling father, Detective Frank
Drebin. Frank Drebin Jr., played by Liam Neeson,
must solve a murder case to prevent the police
department from shutting down. The Naked Gun
hits theaters August 1st. It looks really fun.
Childish Gambino, who the actual actor's name
is Donald Glover. He is OJ's son. That's awesome.
And there's a preview where there's like this
hall of all the guys and they're no longer living
or whatever. And so they go in there and they're
all like, oh dad, I don't want to make you proud.
And like Liam Neeson, he's at the foot of Frank
Draben and then the George Kennedy character,
like his son is there. And then they show the
picture of OJ. And then they pan to Donald Glover's
face, and he just shakes his head no. Just like,
nope. Oh, it's so good. So hopefully, based on
that scene, I'm like, OK, it could be funny.
And I think Seth MacFarlane is involved too.
So that could be good. Get some good laughs in
there. Yeah, that's awesome. So before we hit
up our final break, while we're sleeping, and
I haven't been sleeping much lately because my
air conditioning is in the living room. gets
hot in the back of the house, so I've been sleeping
on the couch, which means I really haven't been
sleeping. Right. So, but when we do sleep, Aidan's
on this shit. I gotcha. So whether it's gaming,
movies, a TV show, something on YouTube, whatever,
that we seem to have missed, this dude, he's
gonna find it. Mm -hmm. What did we miss? Well,
while you were sleeping, one of my favorite shows
of all time is back. Oh. Criminal Minds Evolution.
Oh, okay. Is the show that people missed while
they were sleeping. I think it does decent numbers,
but it's like streaming exclusive, right? So
you need like the Paramount Plus thing, so not
everyone can see it, and I know most people don't
want another streaming service if they don't
already have it, but it is phenomenal. It picks
up... Like the timeline is perfect right because
the the last or the original criminal minds and
did I think in the mid to late 2010s and Then
this show picks up kind of in today's era like
the post -covid modern media technology era and
it's Awesome. It's awesome. Now the main the
main guy isn't he was in the other one right
Joe Montaner. Whatever. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he's
in it most of the cast is back and Yeah, like
the overview for anyone unfamiliar with criminal
minds as a whole An elite squad of FBI profilers
analyzes the country's most twisted criminal
minds I get it. Let's leave the show. That's
good anticipating the perpetrators next moves
before they can strike again Each member of this
quote unquote mind hunter team brings their own
expertise to pinpoint the predators motivations
and identify emotional triggers to stop them.
So it's fascinating because it's it's like scientific
analysis. Yep. Of these perpetrators these criminals
from. like a profiling standpoint, and not the
profiling we're used to here in America with
police, but like profiling as in like the victimology,
their actions, behaviors, signatures, things
like that, which is why it's called like the
behavioral analysis unit, because that's what
they analyze. That's what they analyze to find
these bad people. And in the most recent seasons,
it's still, I think there was a new episode yesterday,
two days ago for you lovely listeners, like it's
ongoing and it's fantastic because it deals with
like the politics of working in the FBI, of how
it's kind of all intertwined with senators and
the president and the press and everything. On
top of, hey, all this crazy shit's going on around
them, like intergovernmental Bullshittery oh
for sure, but then they still have to go out
and catch these terrible criminals. It's such
a fun watch It's really fantastic so for anyone
interested in that type of TV show If you don't
have paramount plus I find a way to torrent it
or something sure yeah, I mean shit like I've
uh I've I've flown the old pirate flag a couple
times in my day, but yeah, it's it's fantastic
and would highly recommend Awesome. All right.
Well, that's that's a that's a good one. I honestly
I didn't know that show existed I mean, I know
criminal minds did yes, but not this version
of it. Yeah, I have to check that is very original.
Oh, yeah Yeah, and if you know how the story
kind of wrapped in the final Network TV series
and where it picks up today. It's it's very cool
Oh, all right. Yeah. Okay, good teaser. All right.
Well, go out and watch it folks. Damn right.
For sure. We're gonna take a quick break. We
come back. We've got our beer review and a very
special tier listing. All right, we are back
for the home stretch of our season two finale,
episode 10. Mark Mosho podcast. I'm Mark Maloney
along with Aidan Maloney. And it is now time
for the beer review. The official beer review.
That's right. All other beer reviews pale in
comparison. End of sentence. End of sentence,
yeah. This is it. This is not as good as this
one. A fair comment, yeah. Yeah, no doubt. So
yeah, each week we review a beer. Then this week,
we're actually doing a hard cider. Oh, fancy
that. Yeah, definitely. So what do we have this
week, Aidan? This week we've got Wicked Grove
Cidery is who produces this. It's an Imperial
hard cider, black cherry. hard cider. So it's
apple and black cherry. I believe Wicked Grove
is exclusive to Aldi. I'm not entirely sure.
But it's a cidery out of Middlebury, Vermont.
Vermont seems to have lots of apples, which is
fantastic for them. And even better for us, really.
But it seems pretty popular. The average rating
is a 3 .6 out of 5 from Everyone who checked
into it which we will be doing as well 8 % ABV.
So a little little more saucy than your typical
Angry orchard or reds ale or anything like that.
Yeah, so we will be sampling this today and telling
you on a scale from 0 to 5 What we think of it
and also give tasting notes as we do indeed So
slantcha and let us know in the comments what
you are enjoying at home Ooh. Oh, that's super
nice. Just slight carbonation to it. Just enough.
Just enough, yeah. The cherry, I will say, it's
less of a black cherry to me. It's more of a
tart cherry. I think so too. Yeah, I definitely
get more tart cherry on that. I'm not sure what
type of apples they used, but it could be the
tartness of the apple itself making me think
that. That's probably the case, to be completely
honest. Yeah. But that is really nice. That's
super refreshing. And you cannot tell. You cannot
tell that it's 8%. Oh gosh, no. No. This, this
would get in trouble. This would get you in trouble
for sure. I really enjoy this. As far as ciders
go, and typically I... I don't like ciders that
are very sweet. You know, so like Red's Apple
Ale, which I guess is a... Technically a beer
just with apple in it not necessarily a cider
per se but that I always found a little too sweet
Whereas like this this is like the perfect combination
of like tart cherry apple Without being like
in your face sugary. Yeah, it's not overly sugary.
I would agree with that. I really like this It
is good. I tend to get more apple, because when
you first mentioned like the tart cherry, I was
like, nah, I don't think that's it. And I think
it's really more of the whatever apple they used
in this particular site. Yeah. I think is that
flavor. Yeah. It's almost Granny Smith -esque.
Yeah. With that tartness. Yeah. That's dead on.
Huh. I really like that. Yeah. Well, we're using
our app here. The untapped app. Not sponsored,
but... It's free, so we recommend it. Yeah, absolutely.
For anyone sampling brewskis out there. I really
like it. I'm torn. I'm kind of like how you were
with the Arby's french fries. Ah, I see. I'm
kind of on a fence here of where I want to put
it. And I think I'm going to do it. I think I'm
going to do it. Are you going to do it? It's
going up into the four range. It's getting a
4 .0 out of five. Wow. I really enjoy that. Yeah,
I enjoyed it too. There's flavor profiles here.
that they give you in grade. Sweet is on there.
I'm not getting overly sweet though. No, I didn't
agree with that one either. So the two on here
that I'm doing, I'm doing... Oh, okay. We're
all learning together, folks. You can apparently
add a whole bunch of other flavor. Wow. There's
a lot. There's a lot on here. So it's just the
top five, but you can pick a lot. That's very
interesting. Yes. I'm just going with Tartan
Apple. Those are like the two most prevalent
to me on this one. I am going to give it a 3
.75. 3 .75, nice. Just below the four. I like
it. It's very clean. It's very crisp. Doesn't
stay on the tongue. I envision this, if you're
looking for a nice summer drink, you know, coming
in, working in the yard, you come in, pull this
out of the fridge, I don't think you would be
disappointed at all. Right. I completely agree.
Yeah, so... Very tasty. Oh, no doubt. Yeah, that
Imperial hard cider black cherry. It does say
bold black cherry on the can. It does. And I
think that's one point I do disagree with. Because
it's not it's not overly bold. Yeah, it's not
boldly black cherry at all Yeah, they're like
the black cherry. I get a hint. Yeah of it. I'm
still getting more of the apple Yeah, tart apple
with hint of cherry that you know, that would
be accurate. Yeah, no doubt, but but good nonetheless
Yeah, I guess that's just how they have to market
it though. Sure. Yeah very good yes official
beer review as i said let us know what you are
enjoying today as well in the comments no doubt
uh all right well that takes us to uh the end
and we have our last segment it is tier listing
we kind of swap things in and out here at the
end of the show been on a tier listing kick lately
and aiden had a very interesting idea that i
did we were on a call talking about the show
what we were planning on going for. And I had
this idea. I didn't know if it was going to fly,
but then we both kind of were into it. What if
we did a tier listing segment and we ranked countries?
Sounds like it could be dangerous. But sounds
like it could be pretty epic. I think so, too.
And seeing as, you know, we went so hard right
off jump today. Right. Why not finish the same
way? Damn right. That's the way I'm looking at
it. Damn right. I'm up for the challenge. Hell
yeah. Now we're, you are the history buff. Indeed.
And we're both fairly socially politically aware
individuals. Yes. So that could weigh in on our
decisions. Oh some of it for sure. Some of it.
But tier listing, a segment originally from AK219
that we have kind of adopted here on the Mark
Mo Show. We rank things on a scale from F being
the worst of the worst, D being bad, C being
mid, B being good, A being great, and S being
the best of the best. Of the best. Damn right.
So I have 20 countries today that we'll be ranking
on that scale. We're going to start off here
with a curious one. North Korea. North Korea.
North Korea. Well, um To be honest our leaders
have a lot in common actually they do they have
a lot in common They treat their people shittily
They're always causing problems. It's just like
having a family with like 12 kids Yes, that one
kid that is just a medicine Just keeps fucking
around here. It's like dude would just stop that's
North Korea is that of the world. Yeah, exactly
I'm gonna give it an F. An F? North Korea, off
jump, getting an F. We've got to get that fat
fucking loser in control. Yes. And also Kim Jong
Un. Heyo! That's a Cheeto Puff joke. Next up,
Curacao. Curaçao. I love Curaçao. They listen
to the show. Shout out to Curaçao. If you guys
are listening, how are you doing? I'm sure. I
was watching CONCATH, which is the soccer prelims
for the World Cup, which is everybody in our
hemisphere, North and South America. Oh, yeah.
And Curaçao was playing. So they have a soccer
team. Let's go, Curaçao. I was pulling for you
guys. Beautiful. I love it. Yes, it's definitely
on my list to visit. Yes. Your blue Curacao,
that orange liqueur, dude. Dude. Yes. Oh, yeah.
You've got booze named after your country. You
are doing something right. Beautiful beaches.
I'm trying to remember the name. It's a very
Dutch name. The Dutch had a lot to do with the
development of Curacao. And so there's Dutch
names for their cities. Oh, yeah. Willem, Willem,
Willem Dafoe. I forget. I know the one you're
talking about. Yeah, Willem. Something. Yeah,
so it It's up there. I give it an A. An A for
Curacao. I give them an A. Beautiful. Next up,
Sweden. Sweden, amazing country, great hockey
team. They just seem to get it in terms of countries.
Like socioeconomic. Yes. Yeah. 100 percent. A
lot of Scandinavia does. Really? Oh, for the
most part. Yeah, I would say that. The only downside
is winter because they're north so they get cold
and I'm not a cold fan. It's pretty much the
only downgrade I'm gonna give them. Oh boy. An
A. An A. An A for Sweden. Next up, happy Independence
Day. The United States of America. Where do we
rank the country in which we live? This is kind
of like the fryer view. So you have to kind of
just grade on what you get. You can't sit there
and say, oh, remember America, Reagan, Sean and
city on the hill. Oh, all this stuff. John F.
Kennedy in. Well, yeah, they killed him. So,
yeah, he's like, oh, I know how America should
be. No. Thanks, CIA. Yeah. Robert Kennedy. No,
wait, they don't do that to my brother. Now,
what he meant was pop up mlk well what we need
this kind of pop pop pop pop pop thanks fbi yeah
it's just it's god the more you're just like
you try to find the good in what it is it's within
some of the people and that's about it right
i really we have to rank it as it is as it is
and i'll tell you i mean because i'm i'm a big
traveler road traveler I've been to Montana.
It's gorgeous. I've been to Wyoming. It's beautiful.
Yeah You know the Pacific Northwest. I really
love it out there The Grand Canyon goofy as Florida
is and wish like there was that one Bugs Bunny
cartoon where he cuts Florida off with a handsaw
And there's times like I really wish I could
do that but I've been there and I spent a full
year there and I love the beaches and I just
love Like the tropical party vibe, and like I
love that shit. I loved going out to the Keys.
There's so many people that, like there aren't
many Floridian Floridians there, especially in
a lot of those towns. It's people that went there
from New York and Chicago and Detroit and other
places. So like that part of it's fine. The rest
of it just sucks. Right. But it's part of the
USC. Gotta grade it. Florida man. Florida man.
Yeah. Oh, God. I won't go F because we're not
in North Korea yet. So I'm gonna go D. Begrudgingly,
it's D. Begrudgingly. It just is. I wish I could
at least get in the Cs, but I can't. Not right
now. Yep, I'd agree. Next up, Mexico. Our southern...
Neighbors. Yeah, and I love their president right
now and she's basically told Trump to go fuck
himself numerous times So solid I I love that.
I love her and They do but not without their
issues sure the drug cartels and and other things
like that and Like our people go down their vacation
and then they end up missing and so like there's
issues Okay, right without question. Once again
the upside that Florida has though tropical Beautiful
right really beautiful parts a lot of history
as well. I Can't get it above sea though. I just
I can't just because of all those other sure
they happen to have But it also has a lot of
redeeming parts too. Yeah, so see down the road
Hmm. Yep next up England Technically part of
the UK, but Tally ho Tally horse bought a tee.
Let's have some it's all right Little rabbit.
All right. Oh, God. What if we make everybody
in the world hate us? That's easy. Um, this is
a Staples button. That was easy. Yeah. So I guess
technically it would be UK, but I wanted to single
out England. It should be. It should be singled
out. Because, you know, I don't want the Scots
associated with the English or the Welsh, the
Isle of Man, God forbid. Right. Exactly. So England
alone. Man scale from F to S Here's the thing
great history London looks like a cool town The
culture from music to movies To so much like
so many contributions that oh, yeah, but you
can't get past the colonialism. You can't get
past the slavery You can't get past all the shit
that did to the Irish and the Indians. It's It's
tough to ignore that part. It's my degree is
Although they do have a lot of upside, too. Ah,
man. Yeah. But I can't grade it as low as America,
so I got to go C. C, right down the road. Mixing
it with Mexico. Yes. Curious. England, enjoy
your C. Enjoy your C. I'd have been a little
more biased, but I can appreciate where your
head's at. Bias to which way? I would have given
them like a D minus, maybe. I also would have
ranked USA lower. But I'm not allowing my bias
to sway, since you are the one, the tierless
D. The tierless D today. Yep, okay, that's fair.
Next up, staying in Europe, Germany. Germany,
boy. There's a lot of history there that's hard
to ignore. Yeah. That part is super hard. However,
I think they've come a long way as a country.
Growth is important. Growth is important, I think.
When you look at Germany and Europe as a whole,
and they're the beacon of democracy. Right. Man,
what the hell is going on? Yeah. Somebody flipped
the damn script, I will tell you that. I think
we know who. Yeah, but I have an idea of some
of the people. God I honestly I'd have to say
be like it is definitely on my list of countries.
I want to go to we've had family and I think
they've they've moved in the right direction
over the years right despite their awful history
I would agree. I would agree. That's that's character
growth right there. Yes. Yes next up going south
again Brazil Brazil man. I went to Key West one
time. I took this guy Brad with me And there
was this fantasy fest and a huge parade and it
was just chaos and fun and whatever. But to wrap
it up was this massive like, I don't know, it
was like a like a wagon or something, a bunch
of people in it anyway. And it was like carnival.
So you follow this huge truck with all these
people in the back. And like there's this music,
it's like doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo. And literally everybody watching is
exactly what it sounded like by the way. So everybody
that's watching the parade. Everybody is folding
in back behind this truck. Awesome. The best
part of it is there's these Bible bangers and
they were like, for my Jesus Christ, you're all
sinners. And literally it was like a naked gun
comedy. Like literally when this thing passed,
everybody just floods trees like, please consider
Jesus. Like the guy gets a run over. It was like
so great. So we're like all folded in behind
these guys and he goes all the way to the end
of Duval and they just kind of park and everybody
jumps off the back of this thing and it's like,
carnival and everybody's dancing and the music
and the people in the costumes I was just like
this is awesome cool so if Brazil has that energy
I'm all for it they also have a climate that
is great their beaches look amazing I'm sure
they're not without their their issues deforestation
all that Socio -political susness. Yeah, that's
a problem, but I give it a B plus. Going B plus
for Brazil. B plus. Highest ranking thus far.
Which I fear... I got a couple A's in there,
don't I? Oh, you do. You do. You're right. My
bad. I fear that won't continue. Next up, Russia.
Russia. First off, we have people from Russia
that listen. I love you guys. Thank you for listening.
I know... It's so similar to what we have. We're
like... Please don't associate the United States
government with the people. Right. The quiet
majority of us, we're pretty chill. Trust us.
And I imagine it's the same with Russia. I would
assume so. I would imagine. I really would. And
I don't fault the people for that at all. From
what I've heard, the people are great. And some
of you listen to the show, and we appreciate
you very much. But the country as a whole...
get the fuck out of Ukraine. I've had enough
of your shit. And by the way, if it weren't for
your nuclear weapons, militarily, you guys would
rank like 20th in the world. Like you wouldn't
even be up there. Right. Like Afghanistan kicked
your ass and now Ukraine's kicking your ass.
It's like, you guys got problems, man. I feel
like this is the Festivist dinner. I got a lot
of problem with you guys. Right. Uh, it's just
really, it's, it's just kind of weak, but doesn't
mean the people are weak or your culture is weak.
It's not, I'm sure it's cool. I've had a friend
that went to Red Square before the Putin bullshit.
She loved it. She thought it was amazing and
the people were amazing. So I've got vodka and
Adidas tracksuits on their side. They really
do tracksuit mafia, baby. I gotta love it. Um,
but to be fair, can I rank them above? America
right now, I can't. Oh, fair. I would want to.
For many of those other reasons, but if America's
D, they gotta be D too. They've gotta be D too.
No D minus? Tied with America? Here I am swaying
you again. Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait
a minute. America was D minus? I thought they
were just D. No. Did you put the minus? No, no.
America's D, I was offering if you wanted Russia
to be D minus or not. Nope, just a D. Nope, tied.
You're tied with us babies, welcome. Next up,
one of the countries you mentioned being brutalized
by England, India. India, yeah, you know, that's,
they got a lot of issues there, political and
otherwise overcrowded. Yeah. Like, I see your
trains, people trying to get to work, they're
hanging off the trains and shit. Right, right.
But hey, you know, if it wasn't for India, like,
I don't think there would be any sort of support
for any of our companies. For sure they they
go they go heavy into that for sure No doubt
about it. I mean, but let's be honest I mean
if your name if your name is Vivek or it's it's
like 13 letters long Just say it and make us
say it. Okay. We don't want to be stupid. We're
not stupid Okay, some people here are stupid.
Yeah, but I'm not stupid. So if it's a long 13
letter name, hey pronounce it Let me know what
it is. Don't say your name is Joe. Your name's
not Joe. Fuck that. Your name's not Joe. Your
name's not Tom. It's some law. Just go by your
name. Right. That's all I'm asking. You shouldn't
have to degrade yourself to fit in with our standards.
And it's, it's paints us poorly, which I... Hello,
my name is Jerry. You're not Jerry. Yeah. Stop
it. Yeah. And the interesting part too, is that
not only, and of course, there are some major
issues with the culture. would say in in India
the caste system is problematic yes there are
issues with the relationships between men and
women in India and that's a problem too oh for
sure the quantity of Indian individuals who are
remarkably intelligent is so vast the amount
of doctors and just tech magnates the education
is fantastic. Fantastic. And I think that's remarkably
notable because it's astounding how especially
those that immigrate to places like the UK and
Ireland and the US that these individuals are
just bringing intelligence and expertise in their
fields. Yeah. And I think that is notable. It
is something that we should note. Should we get
to our ranking? Oh, for sure. 100 percent. On
that side, Bollywood, awesome. The food is great.
A lot of positives there. I can't get above a
C, though. That's fair. That is fair to do. And
since we are low on time for the Mark Mo show,
the final 10 countries. Yeah. Be a little rapid
fire rapid fire. Okay, all right, which is a
segment all of you radio people are very familiar
with yeah, Ireland s s let's go Japan s s going
s for Japan Shout out Nintendo. I wish you guys
know I know weren't such a shitty company you
make great products though, France See see Fucking
hate the French, but I also like the French.
It's it's a weird complicated relationship Canada
good old, Canada s s my man at least you guys
have health care South Korea B plus B plus B
plus I know kpop gets kind of an interesting
rep around here But I always found it kind of
groovy indeed. You know Italy Italy, ooh ooh
ooh, rapid fire, fuck. I know, I know, think
of the pizza though. C plus. C plus for Italy,
the plus came from the pizza alone, I know it.
As soon as you said it. Ukraine. Ukraine, uh,
S for Ukraine. Spain. Spain, oh man, uh, A. A?
Going A for Spain? I would've included Portugal,
but, you know, we had to keep the list to 20.
For sure. Australia. Australia, that's a solid
A. A for Australia. Yep. The final country in
this tier listing, Iceland. Iceland has a lot
in common with its Scandinavian brothers. It
does. And women outnumber men three to one or
four to one. Something like that. It's substantial.
And they actually put all their bankers in jail
in 07 and 08 when all that shit happened. As
they should have. Yeah. A plus. A plus for Iceland.
Beautiful. Beautiful tier listing. I would say
we kept a level head. I think so. And ranked
right down the road. That's it. That's it, baby.
The countries of the world... tier listing if
uh if your country was on there and we bagged
on it don't take it don't take it personal take
a person we're not attacking you just your your
country and i'm sure you probably feel us in
a similar way yeah uh but anyway uh thanks for
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