Pardoning Politics: Biden's Controversial Decision and Unraveling Spotify Wrapped Secrets

Can a president pardon his own son without igniting a wildfire of public opinion and political intrigue? Join us as we discuss the charged atmosphere surrounding President Joe Biden's controversial decision to pardon Hunter Biden, with insights from Miranda Devine's article in the New York Post. We pull apart the leaked documents from Hunter's lawyers, examining the narrative of political persecution and questioning whether this strategic move was meant to outmaneuver potential actions by Donald Trump. Was this a calculated political maneuver or a genuine act of paternal concern? We untangle the threads of this complicated story and consider the possible repercussions on the national stage.

Switching to a lighter note, we uncover the humorous lengths Spotify users are willing to go to hide their true musical preferences as Spotify Wrapped approaches. Why are some people so embarrassed by their music tastes that they would rather "hack" their results? We share our own unapologetic Spotify Wrapped experiences and muse on the intersection of personal identity and public perception. Is it the fear of judgment, or simply an art of self-presentation? Join us for a fun exploration of why some listeners are taking drastic steps to curate their musical personas.

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Well, well, well, are we surprised? Are we surprised? Joe Biden has pardoned his son, hunter? Now, I wasn't really going to talk about this, because you're going to hear it all over the social media, all over the news, everywhere today. Everybody's going to be talking about it, so you're going to hear it a lot. You're going to hear the same things over and over, so I really didn't want to contribute to the same thing over and over. However, I will point you to a New York Post article written by Miranda Devine. If you don't follow Miranda Devine on the New York Post, you should, or anywhere. She is actually where she is actually, apparently, some Hunter's attorneys let's see, I'm trying to find it. Let's see, basically, hunter's attorneys wrote a big document explaining why Hunter should be pardoned, pulling at the heartstrings of blah, blah, blah, and it was leaked to the media. I think, yeah, it was leaked to the Washington Post. So let's go back and see if I can find it. Let's see, I'm almost there. Hang with me. Hours after Joe Hunter okay, hours after Joe and Hunter dined at a Nantucket restaurant named, appropriately enough, the Brotherhood of Thieves. I mean, come on these people, they are in your face. The Washington Post published excerpts Saturday from a document written by the first son's lawyers that made the emotional case for his pardon, with the power to pardon Hunter at least until his presidency ends on the January 20th. The 52-page paper would seem to have been written for an audience of one, the Oval Office guy vacationing with his family on Nantucket. But why would Hunter and his lawyers feel the need to leak the heartstrings-tugging document when he was right there with his dad every day, hanging out in the borrowed mansion of private equity billionaire david rubinstein, poking around in bookstores buying anti-israel books and watching the town christmas tree lighting? Clearly, the document was a carefully crafted excuse created to help Joe fool the American people into believing that Hunter was a victim of political persecution who suffered due to his father's power and influence. Wow, if you read the excerpts of the lawyer's mournful missive titled the Political Persecution of Hunter Biden, you would see echoes in Joe's Sunday night statement. You would see that they hold grave fears for Hunter's future now that the dreaded Donald Trump is taking power. Okay, I think too that Joe Biden pardoned him because he knew Trump would more than likely pardon him and he didn't want Trump to look good. That's my take. That's my take, but we're going to move on, because you're going to hear all about it today. Maybe more revelations will come out that we don't know about. I don't know. But are we surprised? Hell, no, we knew this was going to happen. I'm surprised. I'll be surprised if joe biden doesn't hit the nuke button on the way out the office of his last day too. Oh, by the way, trump, here you go, smash the new the nuke button for russia. Oh, I know it doesn't go like that. I know that. Come on. All right, we got two more stories to get to, and and then we'll wrap it up for the day. This is our last week of the podcast. All right, here we go for the next story. Embarrassed Spotify users vow to hack their wrapped results. They'd rather be in jail than reveal the truth. That's kind of drastic. You can see mine. I don't care. I'm not embarrassed about my music. However, I'm going to tell you right now my rap is going to be the same thing in 2024 than it was in 2023. Nothing has changed with me. I did not add anything new that I know of, maybe some Christmas tunes, but yeah, I'm just the same old. Same old kind of girl Structure and routine. Nothing new for me. All right, the countdown is on to expose your most humiliating music search history. Spotify wrapped is drooping drooping soon, I think they meant dropping soon and some music lovers are rigging their results so they can show off their most listened tracks of 2024, free of judgment. Why would somebody do this? Why would somebody? This is ridiculous. If you're trying to hack your own rap spot, you're stupid. I mean, come on, is this the kind of time you have on your hands? Gonna hack Spotify HQ before Spotify raps come out? Because I would rather be in jail than have my top genre be country. One person wrote on X and of course they have to put in parentheses. Formerly Twitter. This was just one of many tweets about the anticipation of the upcoming Spotify rap 2024 drop. Imagine hating me, a girl who is simply in her room trying to change the trajectory of her Spotify rap before it's too late. Another Spotify user said Just realized Spotify rap is coming soon. I have amazing taste in music so I don't need last-minute changes. Okay, whatever, you can go. Finish reading that. I think it's a funny article. It's actually fairly long for a silly, light-hearted article. All right, next up and then we will end it with a question of the day. All right, the next one. This is interesting. I want to try this, and I also thought of Keith Malinak when I read this. I don't know if he's tried this or not. I've never heard of it. It's to help you sleep, or get to sleep faster or something, and I would like to try this because sometimes, every once in a while, I will go through a stage where I can't sleep. So using the Alpha Bridge hack can help you fall asleep faster. It even works on planes. Airplanes can be some of the noisiest and most uncomfortable places to try and catch some sleep, but there's a game-changing trick that could have you flying off to dreamland in no time, even from 30,000 feet. Dubbed the Alpha Bridge Method, the technique is thought to have been originally developed by the US Navy for pilots who needed to snooze on command. Well, all right. And of course, somebody on TikTok is telling us about it. The sleep hack has taken the TikTok by storm, thanks to part in psychologist Erica Terblanc, whose viral video has amassed 1.4 million views. Man, that just is crazy. Am I missing out on TikTok? Do I need to? No, I do not need to get on TikTok. No, thank you, I do not want to go viral. Okay, fans are raving about its effectiveness and sleep experts say there's science to back it up. Well, let's get to it, shall we, instead of reading all this other garbage? Okay, what is the alpha bridge method? In her video, erica breaks down the technique to help users cross the alpha bridge and drift into sleep. Here's a quick rundown. Number one get comfortable as possible, either lying down in bed or sitting on an airplane or train. So, if you're sitting, get as comfortable as you can, close your eyes and count to 30. Number three open your eyes, but only a little, creating a half moon effect, and count to five. Number four go back and repeat steps two and three. So close your eyes, count for 30 seconds. Open your eyes just a little bit, okay, uh, let's see open eyes, but only a little, creating oh, and count to five, so open 30, I mean close. Okay, let me start over. You know what I'm saying? All right, let's start over. Number two close your eyes and count to 30. Number three open your eyes, but only a little, creating a half moon effect, and count to five. Number four go back and repeat steps two and three. Number five close your eyes one more time and concentrate on your slow breathing, inhaling and exhaling through your nose. All right, so that's it. That's that's it. That's the alpha method. So I would like for you to try it. How does it work? The alpha bridge method isn't just an internet hack. It's proven sleep tragedy just tragedy strategy embraced by many looking to relax their minds and bodies before bedtime. All right, here we go. It uses a series of eye movements combined with mental relaxation tactics that boost alpha brain wave activity. I didn't know there was such a thing. These waves are important in calming the mind and supporting the transition to sleep. While some may find the method effective on its own, experts suggest pairing it with a solid sleep hygiene practices for the best results. Okay, well, there you go. There's more to that story, if you like. All right. Question of the day. Okay, I am stealing this question from John Swank from Brutally Honest Podcast and Give Me Liberty Media Group. I was a guest on his podcast yesterday. I hope you all go catch that. It's on Rumble and Spotify. Brutally honest, please go catch it. The video portion is on Rumble. The audio, obviously, is on Spotify. Okay, we were talking about Nancy Mace and we were talking about the San Jose volleyball team and how we've gotten here with men play, how we've almost come to accept that men can play in women's sports. And he asked me, he wanted to know, why are the conservative men out there not uprising and causing a fit over this? And I think I would like to know the same thing. I think because of January 6th, everybody is afraid to make a ruckus because they don't want to be put on a list. They saw how easily people can be thrown in prison and kept there and they don't. Maybe they're the only breadwinner for their family, maybe they don't have the means and money to go through the legal battles, I don't know. But because who knows what would happen? I mean, look what they did to those people for J6. I mean, john, kind of put it to where you know if you cause a ruckus you might get a slap on the wrist, you might go, you know they might arrest you, but you're going to be out that same day and that's probably true. But I mean, who wants to go through that mess, right? Probably true. But I mean who wants to go through that mess, right? And I think that's probably the reason a lot of these people are not uprising and doing anything and protesting like that, because, for one, republicans don't protest, conservatives people, they just don't protest, unless it's on social media saying I'm not going to buy any more Bud Light, I guess. If that's your protest, ok. But you know, as far as taking any real protest action like Kelly J Keene does, I just don't see that happening with us on the right and I don't know why that is. I think we're just too afraid to you know, the word gets out with our jobs. We may be fired. You know, who knows what you know and nobody wants to go through that. They would rather just stay to themselves, because that's what conservatives and Republicans do. We want to mind our own business and not get out there. That's and that is the reason. That's my answer to the question. What do you think? What the reason? That's my answer to the question. What do you think? What is yours? What is your answer to that question? All right, I gotta go. I know that was a pretty heavy question, but I thought it was a good one and something that we need to look at. All right, I have to go. Thanks for listening and I will be back again tomorrow, god willing. All right, bye.