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What's going on? It's episode 207 of the drive-by podcast. I'm freeway Frank I just got back from holiday In Italy with my beautiful wife where we had an amazing time an incredible time shared some of the pictures not to brag I don't want to be one of those people but because people ask anyway people send me messages, so I thought I would share some of my Holiday pics. It was our first vacation that we went on since Pre-COVID not counting a couple of trips that I went on for business And but this was the first one that my wife and I especially going back to Europe since the the fall of 2019 So I have a lot of things I want to mention and talk about but thank you so much for continuing to listen to the drive-by podcast While I was away, this is the Friday edition July 12th and so much to cover on here I want to talk about things that I saw in Europe things that I'm concerned about I Decompressed during my vacation, which means I kept my phone down. I didn't really Followed too many news stories, but it's inevitable when I get home a night. The Wi-Fi would be on I turned off my phone completely when I got to the airport in Milano, Italy when I first landed and I was like, okay I'm done We need to relax and focus and we're only posting pictures and not really following what was going on Back home or what was really going on? But it's as I mentioned these stories come up nonetheless when you go on your social media So I caught some of the things I made some notes and these are some of the things I want to talk about on the podcast today The reason why I started with president Biden is because now it is evident more than ever not only from the debate a couple of weeks ago, but to as continuous A gaffing on the world stage. This should be a cause for concern For any voter in the United States for anybody in this party for anybody Anywhere in America or the world seeing this happen before our eyes I had an Italian woman say to me several Italian women one of them being my aunt Saying povarino quélolí y présidente poor guy president Biden. It's sad You know, I could laugh at listening to the gaffs they make me laugh not because I'm not going to be old when they were not going to be old. That's not going to be us That's not why I laugh. It's sad. It is really sad. And if you don't laugh I mean, uh, I have all the compassion in the world human to human. I don't like Joe Biden Politically, but human to human. I feel for the guy, but it's just sad now We're at a point where people are Letting this happen. He is not running the country The United States of america. There are handlers. There are people behind them There are people writing his material and speeches telling him where to go what to say And this is scary that they would allow something like this all Because they don't want donald trump to be the president again. So remember this they're putting The basically the world at risk. Okay, because The united states and the president of the united states leader of the free world This is the country that everybody looks at Especially when it comes to nuclear arsenal, especially when it comes to military their involvement in wars their foreign policy Never mind their domestic, but this is what people everybody has always had their eyes on america Like the united states or not. They've been there. They've been a part of world history for 248 years almost 250 years And seeing this happening before eyes to me scares me. It shows me How politically motivated people are and how people don't care about anything else, but making sure Again, the continued trump derangement syndrome making sure The other guy doesn't get into the white house because they're so scared of the other guy they're willing to leave a frail old man in charge And this is This is beyond people should be beyond scared and what we're seeing here this to me is as clear as day what we're seeing Is so clear to me Of the agenda that is going on right now in the world to make sure That conservative governments don't get in what we've seen in the last couple of weeks in france Where the right was going to get in conservators were going to win and then magically out of nowhere The leftists all get together they form again. I call it collusion. They say coalition. I say collusion like here in canada with the ndp and the the liberal party of uh, joustin snowflake trudow And they they keep the power and they stay in there not for the benefit of the people but for their own benefits And because they're seeing a rise in conservative governments. They call them by the way. They call we know what they call them far right right it's it's It's not far right. It's not even close to far right. It's their thinking their ways their support of all these woke agendas their madness in keeping a guy like Joe biden who belongs in a nursing home at the helm of the presidency all this should point and show You know how they say? democracy Is being undermined that democracy is at stake But see they're saying they keep using that as an excuse that democracy even just in trudow He's fighting for democracy But you're not fighting for any democracy when in the united states you leave a guy like joe biden in as the president here in canada When joustin trudow won't leave won't step down won't resign and all his mp seem to support him It's nuts all the dominoes fall around joustin trudow Now the next victim might be christia freeland not that i like her But everybody takes the fall except for who joustin trudow to me This is clearly on display what we are seeing here this to me is totalitarian not right wing conservative politics It's when they say democracy is at stake what they're saying is basically that anyone who disagrees with us in our politics Is anti-democracy because this is not the way even though half the world More than half the world now because that's the way it's swaying towards the right and conservatism This is where the world is going. This is what the people want This is what the people are voting for but they're looking at it saying on a you don't count You don't count because if you're holding up a make america great again mega flag or wearing the cap or voting for a half year in argentina or mariela pen in france You're a horrible person if you're a trucker and you're driving and you're protesting And you want to axe the tax and the carbon tax you're a horrible person all this all this stuff To me as somebody who has voted liberal in the past a long time ago long long time ago when liberals were actually liberals Liberals are not liberals anymore. This scares me And this is why so many people have gone from the left to the right because they've had enough They're sick of it. They're sick of it, but they still find ways To keep the power which is which is what is scaring me What is going to happen later on this here in the united states? People wonder why frank, why do you talk about the united states so much because it has a direct effect on canada? we are here in north america with Our brothers and sisters the united states and it's scary to see a frail old man and a frail 50 something woke prime minister Leading the two biggest countries here on this side of the world And to me, it's it's unimaginable to think that it can continue like this And I know a lot of people the people who aren't paying attention the people like us You should be very scared right now. Everybody should be scared, but people seem to be unaware or I don't think people are unaware I think people are purposely unaware. They're looking the other way like they don't want to be a part of this discussion. They don't want to really Talk about it. It let's let's see what happens people are scared people are they want to live their lives People don't want to talk about all this stuff To me, it's the number one thing we should be talking about how the united states needs to remove joe biden And how just in trudel needs to step down. These are the two biggest things That scare me when I wake up in the morning and I see The press conferences and I see what these politicians continue to say and I shake my hand and go But is it possible that nobody else is freaking out about this or I the people I follow are freaking out about it The people who are speaking up and there's a handful of people that are saying things whether on youtube Or on podcasts like this or on instagram or on reels They're out there, but a lot of people who subscribe still to this leftist mentality Don't get because of algorithms. Don't get these videos Don't get these reels. So they're they're stuck with the old ways and they look at well. What's our alternative? the frail old man or The psycho apparently dictator and convicted felon Donald trump who's going to come and take away everybody's rights and will never leave If he gets into power again, this is what they think they think there's going to be another insurrection They think that donald trump will never he will not walk away in four years And that the united states will become a dictatorship. They're insane The dictatorship is here. The dictatorship is here with left wing Radical progressive politics that we see in canada and the united states. We're already in trouble They're the ones and I say they that are causing all of this that are trying to Make sure that people like pure paul you have don't get in that people like donald trump go to jail So that they can continue doing what they're doing because there's no democracy They scream that democracy might be coming to an end But they're the ones that are killing it because they will do anything to make sure they don't lose their positions and power this is Left-wing politics 2024. We're in big trouble. Let me continue here with more from the best of Joe Biden in the last little 48 hours. It's insane. There's always something new wake up every morning. There's something else I wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president So I think she's not qualified to be president. So let's start there let's start with the fact that People are still enabling the president of the united states under These scary circumstances. This is somebody That can no longer. I mean, honestly He will not even be at a beach once he steps down once he loses he'll be watched in have care workers He's literally going from the white house to the nursing house. I mean, it's it's that bad and a lot of people including pros neurologists Doctors are commenting the media has turned on Biden Everybody seems To be on the same page now or at least heading there George Clooney of all people also asking For Biden to step aside. This is not good So the people that are still there Hoping that nobody's watching and seeing all of this before our very eyes And it's hard not to see and hear what joe biden is saying The enablers like his wife The enablers like the white house press secretary that has asked amazing questions by the press Every day but continue to be in denial about the president's health And his condition With all due respect you're not a doctor. I'm not a doctor It is the president's medical unit that makes a decision on what the president needs Where have we heard that one before just play one on tv not a doctor Uh, but I know that that is here, but I know that Especially as adults get into their 80s Health conditions can pop up more than just once a year when he's getting his physical I think if my wife saw me on tv miss speaking or saying the wrong thing or Seeing a change my appearance. She would probably say let's go to a doctor just to make sure that you are okay You have a family you have an important job Why doesn't anybody in the president's family urge him just to get checked out exactly the coast is clear Okay, so just to step back just a little bit because I think you were in in the briefing room last week I I don't want to go backwards, but just to share a little bit about that night. The president said it was a bad night Uh, he talked about it. He had a cold right he talked about his schedule right being abroad Uh, and so we've spoke about what that night was like for him And we understand what the american people saw what you all saw we spoke into that And I also would say and I think you know this peter You've you've covered a couple of administration at this point Administrations at this point that the president every president has a white house medical unit Uh, that is with him 24/7 that is available to him 24/7 that is unlike any other american Right that is not the norm that is uncommon Just down on the other side of the colonnade is where the medical unit is Uh, and I did share in the that the president checks in while he's exercising with his doctor on a couple times a week Uh, and so he has that he has something that Most majority of americans all americans I would probably argue don't have All right, so that's uh, it's horrible. I think that she's saying that so it's like, okay He has something that most americans don't have uh health care and doctors by his side in case something happens That to me is even scarier. She's admitting most americans don't have this So the president is privy to this it's a lot of americans can't get get health care That's that's the first thing Number two He has this medical team around him at all times Why are they around him 24/7? Well because he is old and frail and he could go at any time In the past we never heard about this of course medical staff at the white house has to be on alert Same way. I'm sure there's a medical staff At parlament in case something were to happen. It's the leader of the nation I get that part, but why is there such a focus on saying the doctors and the doctors are He's constantly checking in with the doctors anyone who has to constantly check in with doctors as much as joe biden has Especially in the most recent months It's it was cal hello All the fingers are pointing towards the exit door It's time to step down And these people I say these people because they these people whoever's really in charge Don't want that they want to continue Running in the country with uh with joe biden as their puppet mumbling puppet who is in uh obvious cognitive decline This to me is one of the best questions a reporter has asked in a long time and of course it comes from peter doocy Who is ripping into? Corinne Jean-Pierre the white house press secretary for covering up basically covering up shit And uh and not telling the american public the truth. This is as explosive as it gets And then she she storms out because they they can't handle they can't handle real questions Left these melt when they're asked real questions. They walk away because they have no spine So say that the panagon at some point picks up and incoming nuke. It's 11 p.m Who do you call the first lady? Are you guys just not since february? Testing president biden for parkinson's or for dementia because it and by the way Corinne Jean-Pierre is just you see an interface Pissed off these people the corrins the wet house press secretary christia freelins Justin Trudeau all these people when they're asked Real good questions by reporters and they they have that smug Look on their faces that look of disgust like how dare you question me These people need to be removed from their jobs. These people need to remove be removed from office for not answering To the people to the voting public people need to know an answer And so he continues she gets completely insulted and she storms She just walks off the podium and stage and leaves not since february Testing president biden for parkinson's or for dementia because if he gets a bad result It's all over that day All right. Thanks everybody And she walks off she's completely disgusted by the question but he's asking a legitimate question if you don't test for the uh right health issues And something goes wrong and somebody launches a nuke and he's not in the right capacity to respond It's all over that day. Meaning that's it. We're fucked the world. United States crushed flattened. It's over We've we've started world war three. They've started world war. It doesn't matter who But they they would he can't react And this is which this is how they this is what they do. They walk away Walk off the stage In disgust. This is the problem. The problem is these people do not want to be accountable They do not want to give Whether the american people the canadian people whoever they don't want to give the the the real answer they wanted to flex they want to pivot they want to Just push their agenda and not have to Answer to anybody This to me is disgusting and this to me It's it's really shocking and what it shows more than anything as I wrap this segment up is How it's all unraveling before them whether it's the democrats the liberals here in canada This should show you what they're all about It's they they don't want to address That elephant in the room. They never want to talk about the real issues what is actually happening They would rather you just believe everything they say and life goes on as normal If I would read be repulsed if I were an american right now and saw this on display The white house press secretary is a complete and utter joke. We know she's in there because of Diversity woke politics and whatever the hell Their their hiring policies are we know she's undeserving of that position She's a complete nug job and lost when she's answering the reporters And all they do all they do all she's there for Is to pretend like there's some kind of press conference and they care about answering the questions They never do just like the prime minister of canada never does here in canada He never actually answers a question from a reporter. It would be nice To see a human side of these people and just say okay. Here's the deal Things are not great. We're trying to figure out what's wrong with the just be honest But they are hanging all they want to hang on to is the power Or their jobs or their position that they don't care about anything else They really cared about the american people or the canadian people they would do the right thing They don't care about doing the right thing. They want to do what's right for them But the right thing is for them and that's keeping their jobs and keeping this thing in charade going And people are sick of it and people Now seeing the forest for the trees and let me tell you there's gonna be no forest Gonna be no trees Because there's gonna be a massive forest fire and everything will burn to a crisp if this continues to be the agenda of the woke Left It's it's out of control And I think i've proven it time and time again with all the audio clips that I play back It's unfolding Right before our eyes people Half the people who are not awake will never wake up And the people like us that are awake and are seeing all of this Should be pissed should be sharing these videos More than ever should be talking to our friends and family who still don't fucking get it and tell them hello This is important. You won't be going on that beautiful vacation if this continues something there is a threat out there in the world there is Somebody out there planning something really bad against the western world And these are not the leaders these woke liberal leftist progressives Are not the leaders that are going to protect us from any danger Terrorism potential WW3 Threat these are not the people you need strong people you need people who are aware and people who are feared And people who know what the fuck they're doing these people have no clue They should not be leading or instructing an aerobics class Or hot yoga class Get alone the nation This has to come to an end or we will Things are going to get lighter on part two of the drive-by podcast episode 207 in just a second I'll uh mention a couple of things I observed During my holiday in europe just got back don't miss that Lead the list left when abrassard mobile cannoli espresso bar is available this summer for weddings events And corporate events as well contact Anthony and left when abrassard on instagram that's at left when abrassard They'll come to you for the best pastries and bakery items including the best custom cakes Designed and themed cakes in the city It's lead the list left when they voted best of Montreal and that's because they're that good. 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I'm not going to say more about the area because I don't want it to turn into Some hollywood paradise. Okay, so whatever I just said about it Not that great not that great at all. Don't don't go check it out beautiful place by the just incredible and then we went to Lago de Garda Garda lake in northern italy Just outside between milano and venice Where we spent my wife's a birthday week there she celebrated a milestone birthday And this was spectacular if you've never been there. It's the biggest lake In italy, it's absolutely gorgeous. You could swim in it Especially at this time of the year the water is a lot colder Then the ocean would be then the sea would be in the Adriatic or mediterranean, I should say But it's just phenomenal the mountains and the beauty of it is It's unlike any other place. I have seen Besides maybe vancouver that's what it reminded me of minus the buildings and it's just a beautiful Gorgeous spot in the middle of just these two great cities So check that out as well if you ever get a chance But these are some things that I observe during my trip Now I have a whole bunch of things that I do want to mention the first thing I observed that things have changed since the pandemic italy Is not like it used to be now. What does that mean? It's still beautiful italy is still I don't care what anybody says One if not the most beautiful country in the world It's absolutely Gorgeous It's phenomenal the food Is incredible the wines are fantastic The people well look people suck in certain Everywhere doesn't matter where you are there's there's shitty people everywhere, but the people Are very good people genuinely Italians love They they live to live We here in north america the attitude is we live to work In some places you live to play in italy they live To live to breathe the air to live in the moment to cook for the day They have different regulations there so the food is better You have a pizza in italy You have a pizza in canada It's if you want to die i want to puke after having enough because the pizza is not good in canada But you feel stuffed and heavy in italy. I never felt After a plate of pasta. I get I felt like I could continue eating Just not the same feeling in north america. It's because of the ingredients. It's because of those regulations The things that they're putting in the food. It's a totally different experience in italy You know that if you've been there, I'm going to warn you if you haven't been to italy since covid Prices have gone up dramatically The good old days Of spending you know getting your bill and and say wow this is incredible what they're gone They're gone We went to some really good restaurants that in the past would have cost us half the amount Now it feels like it's in euros But it feels like you're in canada minus of course Everything's included minus the taxes in tip. You get that one bill. You're still paying Far far far far less for pasta pasta plate. You're still paying far far less for pizza Wine you could still get bottles of wine on the cheap their house wines are incredible You could get those next to the next to nothing So they're still good parts. I still compared the bills And looked and said oh why we could never have a meal of this Of this standard of this level in canada for the same price So for that italy is still good But but it's changed and even when I went a little south and I noticed the prices Decreasing going down from you know melano forget it. I mean in the north very expensive But I still notice in central italy Prices were still too high Compared to where they were And life is tougher and people that live there complain about life not being easy And these people they get up they go to work. They're not making north american type salaries Not to say north american salaries are that great, but salaries in europe are not great at all at least not in italy So that's something that you will notice along with the the exchange the exchange rate Is the times are are are tough everywhere But they're just not like before traveling in italy We spent a lot of money you look back it was an amazing trip but it's not Like the yester years It's just not like the past Where you would come back and say whoa, you know like the living there Is would would be great. No living there is expensive It's very expensive And people don't necessarily throw around money Like we do here on so many things that You realize when you're there you don't need and hearing in canada There's like an overabundance And here they're throwing quantity at us all the time like if your plate's not full when you go to a An american restaurant Is a people complain, but it's the quality that we should be looking for in the quality of the food Which is not here not the same in north america Some funny stuff that happened to me when I was away in italy that I have to mention first of all we rented a car And something that I noticed about italy and I had noticed this a long time ago Is there roundabouts That are everywhere And they save a lot By not having traffic lights everywhere, but these roundabouts are not easy When you get into them it's they're intimidating if you've ever driven in italy And we rented a standard manual car Which was fun to drive feet And it was small purposely got a small car so we could find parking and It would be easy even though all cars are small in europe for the most part But these roundabouts are stressful And you don't realize them until you're in them and cars are just because people It's a controlled craziness in italy on the highways They drive quickly. They're very good drivers. Italians are very good drivers. Truckers don't go in the passing lane Truckers, I mean this must be part of their European traffic Regulations because everything seems to run smoothly And even if somebody gets into the passing lane, they see a fast car approaching and their speed limits are way higher They move Here Nobody moves People don't know to drive in Canada. People don't know to drive in north america In italy, I notice people are good drivers. It's harder to get a driver's license It's harder to pass the test. That must be it And they just seem to know what they're doing. That's one big thing that I notice, but the roundabouts Takes some getting used to You have to yield by the way to incoming traffic on the left and sometimes it's a frenzy You're looking all over and like they're never cars from the left. They're never stopping So you got to get in there, but you got to let them through first It really is Interesting, but it's it's controlled and as I said great drivers one of the things That I couldn't figure out I hadn't backed up I hadn't reversed my vehicle until I got to the hotel and I had to reverse from the hotel lobby To the underground and I couldn't figure out how to back it up and I was looking for the shift Button I was looking oh, where is it? I had to ask one of the many german tourists staying at our hotel one of the The guys I said, excuse me. Are you guys? Are you european? It's just a case. There was an orthographic in there. The guy goes, yes, and he came over and he was german I said, can you uh you drive Stickshift Can you can you just tell me how I could back up my vehicle here? I don't know how to do it so he comes into the car And now he's teaching me how to drive manual. I go I go no no I know how to drive manual What do I do to put it in reverse? And on the fiat I was so embarrassed I was gonna youtube it by the way and then I had no patience We were tired after a long day of travel So the guy just shows me he pulls up the lever And I was trying to pull it up, but it wouldn't come up But it was the metal part of the lever that he pulls up so embarrassing by the way And my wife my wife even tried to do it because she drives manual she couldn't figure it out So when my wife can't figure it out Uh, we're doomed Obviously because stuff is the intelligent one and then this guy we had a good laugh And he showed me how to do it. I go. No, that's all I need. He's like, well, you got to press in the clutch I go I know I know I know I just need to know how to get it into reverse. Thank you So that was embarrassing moment number one embarrassing moment number two We were in one of the cities of lake guarda in limone Beautiful limony digarda And stephanai went to this and I told her it was a tourist trap Restaurant right by the sea any restaurants in tourist cities in italy same thing If you're too close to the vatican or too close to the dorm of milano those are tourist trap Restaurants those are not necessarily authentic Italian restaurants. They're the ones Where they offer, you know quick quick meals And I wouldn't necessarily say fast food. The food is still decent but the prices are Sometimes they're inflated And you get shitty food Or some sometimes the prices in this case the prices were lower much lower There was no coparto, which is like a cover charge you pay in italy and to me those were the signs This the food the eating experience the dining experience wasn't going to be great The waiter nonetheless He was great. He was from the Dominican Republic, but my my wife says oh They have pineapple pizza. Yes, this is my wife my glazy english wife By the way And so she orders the pineapple pizza and I'm like step those pineapples Those are not they're not putting fresh pineapples on a five dollar pizza. Okay, first of all everywhere else in italy pizzas started seven eight dollars And this place was like five six so I was like oh this is gonna be show By the way, the crust was still better than any crust you could have here in north america but step ordered pineapple pizza And I go step those are out of a can She she was like oh, this is great. This is amazing and then about two pieces into it She was like this is disgusting And she realized that I was right And I said I got the margarita you can never go wrong with a margarita except for the they had way too much cheese on it But again, this was our worst meal Of all the fantastic meals that we had and I and when we got the bill 21 euros By the way, and I even had Apparel spritz. We had drinks. We had wine. We had so the fact it was 21 euros That was the first clear indication that this place Wasn't going to be at the level of the Italian restaurants That we ate at which pretty much every good restaurant where the locals eat We always ate where locals ate we're all fantastic each and every one of them But my wife had to order the pineapple pizza with canned pineapple That that's what stuff had to do just just to get all my nerves at least once During this great trip where she did not get all my nerves that that was That was the TSN turning point. That was the the point where had we continued Down that road of not listening to Frank The trip would have turned but anyway, she realized her mistake and we moved on Also I had a lovely experience traveling going there and coming back because They were both direct flights from Montreal to Milano and Milano back to Montreal And I enjoyed the flights going. They were relaxing. They were calming. Except for on the way back. We had a caron Caron sitting right in front of us And we had to hear her complain about the fact that now you remember going back a couple of years. Steph and I started We tried veganism Then we were vegetarian for about six six and a half years till we dropped all that during covid You know the running joke. How do you know somebody's vegan? They're gonna tell you And they're gonna keep telling you and this woman must have mentioned vegan vegan vegan and they didn't have a vegan meal For her. She actually threatened no joke Threatened to have her lawyers contact the airline to sue. Yes. Yes. This woman had big hair By the way, it was all in a ponytail. She was no doubt american I could tell by the accent and she was complaining about everything She was complaining then she took out her own bowl and she had she ended up bringing some vegetables and fruits So she had food But she was basically pissed off that the airline Didn't have any vegan meals for her because she she didn't reserve any So of course That's her fault for not reserving it because if you tell the airline you're vegan or halal or whatever They're gonna prepare you the meal that that you want So it was her mistake But because the airlines didn't provide it she had to turn into a Karen and crazy And then she was thank god this woman wasn't sitting next to us. She was just in front of us She never spoke to us once but then she started speaking to the passenger next to her You know the the type of person that talks but doesn't let you talk So she was just it was just like a That's it. It's a little liquid on non-stop Is she was talking about her veganism and this and suing and that the airline I just went on forever And then she had her boyfriend, by the way She sat in a premium seat and premium economy And her boyfriend sat in the back that was part. Well, that's when I knew when I saw that I go Oh She sends her guy in the back to sit with the commoners But she sits in a more privileged expensive seat Which might have nothing against people who do that if look we were in premium economy ourselves loved it It was like business class And but not quite business for first class But we do that because I can't sit in the small seats I'm too tall and it's miserable and I like having the bigger seats So that's what we do and if we sometimes pay for the first class will do it sometimes business This time was premium economy, which cost an arm and a leg, but it was worth it For the trip so I'm not bragging that I'm better than people I'm not posting pictures in premium showing everybody that I'm sitting in better seats. That's not who I am But uh, anyway, she sends her guy in the back And then she my my wife predicts what's gonna happen She goes, you know, she did all this because there's an open seat next to her in premium economy and now She's got this one my wife predicts and this is exactly what happens She's gonna make the staff or the flight attendant flight director feel so guilty That they didn't have vegan food and she's just an absolute miserable Hunt now. She's gonna get her free seat for her European boyfriend who's sitting in the back in coach So she brings that up, which is exactly what Stephanie predicted And uh, they look at her they go. No, it's policy. We can't do that. It's uh, it's not because we don't listen karen It's not because we don't have a vegan meal for you that now we need to give you a more expensive seat So you could sit next to your boyfriend fuck off That's pretty much the look the flight attendant had without the fuck off part But that's she was literally looking at her in the eyes going come on And anyway, I love this flight attendant because she didn't give in once She had she had balls of steel And uh, I loved every moment every moment of seeing this karen Go down and her losing her way Every possible thing she could bring up every criticism was just handled So perfectly by the flight attendant and we were enjoying stuff and I every minute of it By the way, I sneezed three or four times during my flight Because I got itchy and I sneezed away And a way towards the seat and there was no one sitting in the back because there was a barrier behind us In the section that we were sitting every time I sneezed she had headphones on and what did the karen do? She would turn around and look at me And my my wife and I would laugh I told my wife I go the next time i'm gonna tell her what the fuck do you want? Instead of goes no don't don't even bother every sneeze I guess because I was I was I was loud So you know one of those sneezes That overtake you she literally gave me a look She gave me the karen look like are you really fucking sneezing into my direction This is the kind of person that was sitting in front of me These are the type of people by the way that vote for joe biden and justin timberlake just in true No, these are the type of people that still exist out there. I thought that as we moved past All these years and all the craziness and the things that we started to See and open up open our eyes too And things that we're starting to be revealed to us that these people would somehow Come out of their commas and act normal for once. No, these people are all still out there They're all so I still saw the people out there who are These are the people I feel I feel bad for because they've been mentally affected still wearing masks on the plane Still, you know, I can't blame those people. I really can't because they they have mental health issues They really do they've been so fucked by By the agenda and the media and their minds that they're they've been so affected And they're they're living in trauma. So I feel for those people but the karens I don't feel for The karens are the one that are that are pushing for the tampons and men's washrooms for men's men to compete against women in in women's sports For the vegan meals to be there even though they were in order These are the people that it's the same thing with the people who bring Dogs on board. I would love to bring my dog on board and and not have my dog In a carrier with a zipper. I have it zipped up. I would love to have my dog on my lap These are called emotional support dogs. I need emotional support No, but the people who have emotional support dogs is the biggest scam and funny enough I wanted to talk about this months ago on the podcast And then I watched season 12 of curb your enthusiasm the last season I watched all 10 episodes on my flight back from milano yesterday And it was fantastic by the way lots of laughs with larry david The late great richard luis to dancing vince varn also on that it was it was just so good And one of the topics that came up was larry david complaining about people with emotional support dogs on flights Like what's that all about exactly? Well, what's that all about? This is a very sign felt right What's that about anyway emotional support lap dog for like what? Why does that person get to bring their dog and I don't because I don't have mental health issues and they do So they could bring the emotional support That's why airlines have caught up and are now more strict than ever Allowing people to bring their dogs on board because they know it's a scam It's a big scam. I had a friend of mine who would bring her big dog On board and I said how do you do it? Just because I got a letter from a doctor emotional support, but what emotional support do you need? You're you're completely stable. Yeah, I know but in other words She if the scam was allowed to be abused she was going to be the abuser and she did But at some point that all came to a crashing end Most airlines are not allowing it anymore. They're very strict more than ever Carons they think they're going to get their way They're think they're going to want to get to get everything that they want, but in the end People can see right through these people these psychopaths these just and trutto voters And these these narcissists that think that you know, we're all extras in their lives No, no, you're an extra you not you but that girl Karen with the big hair sitting in front of me on that No, you're an extra in my life. I'm not an extra in your life You realize that I'm more important than you not because I'm better than you is I'm more sane. I'm more sane. You're insane I'm sane. I'm normal. I sneeze. I'm human You're crazy. You didn't have your vegan meal and you flipped out for the most of the flight And then you have to tell everybody about it like a complete narcissist This is the Joe Biden voter as I said. 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