Smirking Andrew Jackson, Grimacing Critics, And Rich People Speed-Dialing Their Accountants

A counterfeit bill with a smirking face can do more than buy a soda—it can buy doubt. We start with Florida authorities flagging movie prop money drifting into everyday transactions and dig into why small details on a $100 bill can drain time, trust, and patience at the counter. From there, we pivot to a glossy legal drama stacked with big names and a stunningly bad reception, unpacking why audiences can smell stunt casting and hollow writing a mile away, and how that reaction reflects a deeper fatigue with hype over heart.

The story widens as we examine wealthy New Yorkers scrambling to call advisors after a decisive local election. It’s not just about a tax line; it’s about safety, predictability, and the friction of moving people, payrolls, and lives. We map the real trade offs: high property taxes in the suburbs, the risk of uprooting teams, and the question every earner asks in private—where can I plan five years ahead without nasty surprises? Along the way, we connect these headlines with a personal memory of MTV’s early days, that electric moment when a channel cracked open a wider world and taught a generation to read culture through sound and image.

What ties it all together is the cost of verification in a noisy age. Whether it’s spotting micro tells on currency, rejecting a prestige flop despite its cast, or rethinking your city’s future, the burden of proof is shifting from institutions to individuals. We explore practical cues for detecting counterfeit notes, the signals that predict whether a show will earn your time, and the frameworks people use to decide if relocating is a hedge or a hassle. If MTV expanded our horizons and the internet erased the borders, the next frontier is clarity—slowing down enough to separate signal from spin.

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Chapters

• 0:29 Cold Open And Topic Setup
• 1:00 Movie Prop Money Warning In Florida
• 2:54 How To Spot Fake Bills
• 4:14 Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair Backlash
• 7:29 Wealthy New Yorkers React To Election
• 9:42 Question Of The Day And Wrap

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:15

Well, hello, my little love bunnies and fellow patriots. I hope you're doing well this morning. I am doing just dandy, or as I used to like to say, I'm ducky. Alright, we need to find I I wrote I put out these three topics out on X and now, and then I went and reposted a bunch of stuff. So now I have to go back through and try to find what I shared with you. Here we go, found them. Authorities warn movie prop money circulating in Florida, including bills with smirking Andrew Jackson. They can fool you. So let's see what the New York Post has to say about this. Uh the Monroe County Sheriff's Office posted a picture of a crisp$100 bill with founding Father Benjamin Franklin adorning the front like usual, but circled bolt markers that don't appear on your average banknote. I would have been fooled by all of this, probably. Not because I really don't look at my dog. For one thing, it's a$100 bill. How often do I have a$100 bill in my pocket pocket? Not a lot. And I don't sit there and study them either. Maybe I should. The$100 bills are marked as fake, stating they are to be used only in making motion pictures. Do we say motion pictures anymore? Movies? But they may look accurate at a casual glance, the office explained on Facebook. While the fonts are similar to the standard used on real greenbacks, the labels ver greenbacks, can you say that? Or is that I'm thinking of a wetback. I don't know. The labels very apparently spell out for motion picture purposes. This is not legal tender. And prop movie money. Oh well if it says it on there, then why are we even having a fuss about it? Police in Key West, well of course is Key West. The most populated city in Monroe County also flagged similar counterfeit twenty dollar bills featuring the notoriously tough Andrew Jackson with a smirk spread across his face in late September. I want one of these just to have it. I want a smirking Andrew Jackson. You can go finish reading that story. We're gonna move on to the next one. Kim Kardashian's All's Fair is so bad you'll suffer secondhand embarrassment. Well, I already do suffer second hand embarrassment for this family, this whole fucking family. I can't stand them. I've never watched a single episode of some whatever, what is it? Something with the Kardashians. I don't even know what the name of it is. Or is it just the Kardashians? Their reality show. I what is the name of okay? Reality show star, entrepreneur model, serial wife. I love that they describe her with that. Is there anything Kim Kardashian can't do? Yes, she cannot act. The stars she stars in a new legal drama, Ryan Murphy's All's Fair. That's racked up an amazing 0% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and is being called the worst TV drama ever. All's Fair is awful in a way that's mind-boggling. It's now streaming on Hulu, though, if you would like to go see it. The show stars Kardashian, Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, Naomi Watts. They have some high-powered actresses in this and it's tanking. Uh wow, uh, wow. But let's see, one of the lawyers, Emerald, Nash Betts, says lines that sound like a tedious self-help book, like we stepped away from the patriarchy patriarchy and towards something on our own. Now look at us. Well, there you go. The patriarchy. We stepped away from the patriarchy. I guess this is all female role-led show. Well, that's why it sucks. I don't understand. I don't understand this at all. Why does everything women touch suck? Basketball, now we're doing uh an all-female crime lawyer show that sucks. I don't get it. I thought we loved women. I thought we propped them up. Maybe we have to prop them up only if they act a certain way. That's probably the real thing. Alright, I'm getting off track. Kim plays the absurdly named Allura Grant. Oh my gosh, you gotta be kidding. That's her that's her name on the show, Allura Grant. So maybe it's the writing, maybe it's the male writers that suck. Kim plays the absurdly named Allura Grant who gives her colleagues conversational prompts like your favorite case of the last ten years, go. Every creative choice that went into All's Fair is baffling. The stunt casting of Kardashian might have worked to draw eyeballs to the show's posters. She and her mom, Chris Jenner, are also among its exec producers. Well, there you go. But that's as far as it goes. When Kardashian is on screen, it feels like a strange joke the audience isn't in on. Watching her give mannequin blank expressions and deliver lines like they don't take divorce law or women seriously in a robotic monotone. Well, you know, she is a lawyer now. Didn't she go get her law degree or something like that? I don't know. You can go finish reading that. But I mean it's got big stars in it. I don't know why it's sucking. Alright, so well, who knows? It's all liberal woke crap. That's why it sucks. It's not necessarily the women, it's the kind of women. Alright. Moving on to rich New Yorkers freaking out after Zoar Mamdanny's win, but escape options are limited. Well, you should have seen this come. You should have seen this coming and gotten out sooner, dumbasses. I don't feel sorry for you. Wealthy New Yorkers are feverishly calling their financial advisors after Zoarn Mam Dami's blowout Merrill Win. Did you not see this coming? Are you that dumb? Did you really not see this coming? They told you for uh six months to a year now that this guy was probably gonna win. You had ample time to get the hell out of there, you stupid idiot. Alright, so wealth and I hope people leave in droves, I really do. Wealthy New Yorkers are feverishly called I already said that. The fat cat freakout began late Tuesday as the election was called for Mam Donnie and is expected to last for days as rich New Yorkers assess how they might escape the financial chaos that Mam Donnie could unleash, even if it means leaving the city altogether. The problem is that they if they have to work in New York, like if their job is in New York, maybe not these corporate fancy owners, but if you work but if you're rich and you're still working and you're rich, I think you could afford to leave. People are really worried, the advisor added. Many are telling me they're looking to move everywhere from Florida to Connecticut. A key problem for those eyeing the exits, according to advisors, is that options are limited, are they? Clients who need to work in the city could move to Westchester or Long Island where it's safer, although their tax bills might not decline much. While they won't be hit with the millionaires' levy, property taxes in the New York Burbs are among the highest in the nation. If they're millionaires and rich, why don't they and they're still working? I don't understand that. I think you could afford to leave and start your business somewhere else. If it's your business, you can probably get hired somewhere else. Now, granted, you're not gonna make the money you're making now, but you're also not gonna be paying out, paying out what you're paying out now. Just don't come to Alabama. We are full. You can go finish reading that over there. We're gonna move on to the question of the day. Keep this nice and short and under 10 minutes. Here's a question that might take some thinking. What pop culture event do you think about often? Now think about often, I don't know what that you know, how often do you think about I don't what what comes to mind in your past a pop culture? When I say pop culture event, in what what comes to mind? The first thing for me, I know this is so dumb, but the first time MTV aired when we got cable, do you remember getting cable and then having MTV be invented and shown on air? Oh my gosh. I I mean I remember it, and it changed a lot of people's lives because you know I grew up in a little town, southern Ohio, my own little world. I don't know if it changed it for the better or for the worse. It's like it was like getting the internet almost because you saw in a window into another world, how other people in other areas were dressing, the styles, the um the music in general, I mean, the hair, the makeup, I mean, a lot of things opened up. But then you think you compare that to the internet now, and it's bad. The internet's bad, bad, it's bad. So maybe we should have stayed without TV. All right, I've gone off. I've gone off on a tangent. I'm sorry, but you know what? It's still under 10 minutes. Thanks for listening, and I'll be back again tomorrow. Have a great day.