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Could international witnesses derail a high-stakes trial? Discover the twists and turns in the Daniel Penny case as we examine how a European couple's refusal to share crucial video footage might change the game for the defense. We break down the legal and ethical implications, exploring what it means for international cooperation and the obligations of witnesses in serious criminal trials. With emotions running high, this segment promises to offer a captivating legal drama you won’t want to miss.
But that's not all! Journey back nearly 3,000 years as we uncover the secrets of the world's oldest map, meticulously deciphered from a Babylonian clay tablet. This ancient relic tells a story that resonates through the ages, revealing how early civilizations perceived their world. It's a tale of human curiosity and the timeless quest to understand our place in the universe. Tune in for a thought-provoking episode filled with gripping legal updates and a mesmerizing historical discovery!
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Hello, good morning, happy Thursday. Okay, we have to really, really really get right to it because I am running behind. Alright, we have three podcast topics we are going to start with. Okay, we're going to do an update on the Daniel Penny case. There is a European couple who has a taped video of this whole incident and they are refusing to participate in the trial. I didn't know that you could do that. Well, there's more to the story. Well, the reason they are refusing is because they are no longer in America. They went back to their home, so you know no wonder. All right, here we go. A European couple who videotaped the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely could be incredibly favorable to the ex-Marine Daniel Penny's defense At his upcoming trial. His lawyers say but the mystery lovebirds have refused to testify. I did not know that you could refuse to testify, hello, uh. Manhattan Supreme court justice Maxwell Wiley revealed Monday that the two European eyewitnesses have rebuffed. Prosecutors bid to get them to turn over the footage. I didn't know that you could not turn over footage either. Um, and return to the city for Penny's trial next month.
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According to a transcript attained by the post this is from the New York Post the couple apparently took a video of the incident and since that time have declined to testify in the grand jury and have gone back to their home, which apparently is in Europe someplace. The judge said during a lawyers-only conference Wow, this is shameful. This man probably saved your life or saved some kind of heartache for you, and you're not going to help him out. And you videotaped the whole thing. F you All right. So they have so far refused to share the video that they took. I wonder if they can get it from the cloud. The judge added. They refuse to share it with the DA or with anyone else, and they are so far refusing to come back to testify. So they're refuse to share it with the da or with anyone else, and they are so far refusing to come back to testify. So they're refusing to share it with the da as well, not just the defense attorney refusing to share all of it. The tourists have conducted a couple of video meetings with the manhattan district attorney's office, but they have yet to agree to fully cooperate. The judge said no explanation was provided for why the husband and wife are refusing to hand over the footage or testify in the controversial case. It's unclear where in europe they are from. They know where they are from. Come on, oh, these people, they should be ashamed of themselves f them. They should be banned from ever coming back to the United States. Ugh, I don't like them already, penny.
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So Penny, who was not in court Monday, faces charges for second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for the caught-on-camera confrontation that left Neely dead on the floor of an. How come? Alright, I have a question. How come he's not out on bail? Or maybe he is. He might be, uh, he might be out on bail. He was just happened to be Elizabeth Penny, who was not in court. He may be, I'm sorry, you're right, he's probably out, uh, but how come his trial? What happened to a speedy trial? Maybe they're trying to get all, maybe this is part of the stuff they're trying to get gather, uh, but so his case is still pending and these people are refusing to participate and hand over a tape that could help Daniel Penny and you know he helped them. Oh, it just makes me so mad, these people. You can go finish reading that story. We're going to move on, okay, this is kind of an interesting story, which is why I included it.
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The oldest map of the world, on nearly 3 000 year old babylonian tablet deciphered to reveal surprisingly familiar story. That is a long headline. All right, here we go. I wanted to include this because I'll get to it. It's long and in detail so I hope that I can get this out without being confusing.
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The oldest map of the world in the world on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story. According to a recent video published by the british museum, the cuneiform tablet from the 6th century bc shows an aerial view map of mazotope okay, mezzo, mezzo potomia roughly modern day iraq, so roughly modern day iraq and what the babylonians believed lay beyond the unknown world at the time. Interesting the ancient artifact discovered in the Middle East was acquired by the British Museum in 1882, but remained a mystery for centuries until curators found a missing part and transcribed its cuneiform I'm sure I'm not pronouncing that word correctly, but that's what I'm going with. The tablet has several paragraphs of the cuneiform on its backside and above the map diagram describing the creation of the earth and what its writer believed existed beyond it. This is so fascinating. The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ring, which the ancient scribe labeled the Bitter River, a river that created the borders around the Babylonians' known world. Inside the Bitter River, small circles and rectangles represent different cities and tribes in Mesopotamia, including Babylon, and another rectangle representing the Euphrates River. You have, okay, I'm going to skip that. Okay, here we go. Where's the thing I wanted to get? Oh, here we go. Here we go. Okay. Where's the thing I wanted to get? Oh, here we go. Here we go, okay.
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The Babylonian scribe also mapped out what they believed existed outside their world, including mythical creatures and lands, as well as a reference to a well-known story today, essentially the Babylonian version of the biblical story of Noah's Ark. Oh, my gosh, wow, okay. The ancient babylonians believed the remnants of the giant ark built in 1800 bc by their version of noah named oh atna pishtim at the instruction of god, lay beyond the bitter river, on the backside of the mountain, the same mountain that Noah's Ark crashed on, according to the Bible. That's quite a meaty thing, quite an interesting thing to think about, because it shows that the story was the same and, of course, that one led to the other Okay, wow, so that's interesting, I think All right. To the other Okay, wow, so that's interesting, I think All right, all right.
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This next one, kind of in a pop culture-y thing. Now, bon Jovi, come on, you used to like him, you used to love him and then the pandemic happened and you hear this ridiculous. He makes this ridiculous song with another singer, songwriter, woman about the vaccine and he sounds like he's freaking drunk, quite frankly, on this song that he did for the vaccine. Pat Gray plays it a lot on his show on the Blaze. Pat Gray Unleashed and that's when I realized I did not like Jon Bon Jovi anymore with that stupid, ridiculous song about the vaccine and COVID. Come on, however recent news, he may have redeemed himself, not may have. He definitely redeemed himself.
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In my book, john bon jovi saves woman from jumping off nashville bridge while filming music video in heart-wrenching clip. And he is there, he is there, he walked right up on there. He actually, oh my gosh, john bon jovi helped stop a woman from jumping off a nashville bridge on wednesday, likely saving her life. Yeah, dud, likely saving. He did save it. Let's just say it all right.
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The legendary rocker encountered the woman around 6 pm local time as he was filming a music video for his song people's house on the john pedestrian, on the john sigan heather, whatever pedestrian bridge there's I'm terrible with pronunciation this, oh, these names, I swear in surveillance video shared on x by the metro, so you can probably go find that. Uh, just type in john bon jovi, nashville bridge, probably. Uh, by the metropolitan nash national police department. The living on a prayer singer can be seen approaching the woman as she appears about to jump. My god, could you imagine if she went ahead and jumped with him? Oh, my gosh, thank god she didn't. Shortly after, bon jovi and the fellow good samaritan helped pull the woman over the railing and away from danger. After the woman was back on the pedestrian path, she and bon jovi hugged. The bridge was completely open to the. I know which bridge is this? No, I'm thinking of chattanooga bridge, never mind. After the woman was back on the, okay, the bridge was completely open to the public when bon jovi was filming the video and the incident subsequently occurred.
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The post understands that Bon Jovi won't be making any public comments out of respect for the person and their privacy. The story goes on. You can read all about more. I don't know if it doesn't say anything else about the woman, just about how he saved her. Wow, that's crazy, but good for him, thank god. So he has redeemed himself. All right, that's all I have.
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I had to keep it short because I'm running late today, but we do need a question of the day, okay? So if you, okay, you know how they name hurricanes. I guess I'm not really know how they name hurricanes. I guess I'm not really sure how they come up with names for the hurricanes. Is it like Greek alphabet? I'm not sure how they do it. Maybe you can tell me.
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I know there is a system to naming them, I just don't know what. It is right off the top of my head. But if you could name hurricanes, what would you name them? Would you name them after villains in movies, villains in books? Would you? Just what would you? Would you, what would you name hurricanes? Would you have a set system to do it or just pick names out of the air? Maybe after ex-wives, ex-husbands? How would you name hurricanes? Maybe I something. I don't know. I think I something I don't know. I think I would. I don't know, I don't even know the answer to my own question. I have to think about that. My first gut reaction for some reason Star Trek came to mind. I think I would like to name them after Star Trek characters. I don't know why, but that came to my mind. All right, I got to go. You guys have a great day and and stay safe, and I will be back again tomorrow. Actually, the gent will be with me tomorrow as well, on a Friday, I know. Okay, have a good one. Bye.
