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When Billionaires Bicker and Heroes Storm Beaches
The absurdity of modern drama against the backdrop of historic valor forms the core of this thought-provoking episode. We begin with an unexpected morning excitement involving a fire truck in the parking lot, quickly transitioning to the childish social media feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk that has dominated headlines.
"We Americans are way bigger and stronger. We have more important things to do than worry about two rich guys having a little titty fight on social media," we observe, highlighting the irony of how women are often criticized for being too emotional while powerful men engage in petty public disputes. The Steve Bannon suggestion that Trump should deport Elon Musk only adds another layer of absurdity to this unnecessary distraction.
The episode then pivots to something truly meaningful – commemorating D-Day on its anniversary. We explore the historical significance of June 6, 1944, detailing how 156,000 brave souls stormed five beaches in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord, the largest land, sea, and air invasion ever attempted. The invasion, originally scheduled for June 5th but postponed due to weather conditions, involved 5,000 ships and 11,000 aircraft. Most poignantly, we note that only about 66,143 of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II remain alive today according to Veterans Affairs statistics. Their living memories are disappearing daily, making it all the more crucial that we honor their sacrifice rather than becoming distracted by fleeting billionaire drama.
What are your thoughts on the Trump-Musk feud? More importantly, do you have family stories about D-Day or WWII to share? Join the conversation and help ensure these historic sacrifices aren't forgotten while the media focuses on temporary disputes. Tune in Sunday for our Brood Awakening podcast where we'll continue exploring topics that truly matter beyond the headlines.
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Oh Lord, we got some excitement here in the parking lot this morning. When I pulled up, the fire truck was here, lights blaring. Luckily the sound was not on. I was the first one to pull up. It's parked a little bit further down than our main entrance. So I thought, well, maybe they're not here for us. And you know, I had all kinds of other thoughts going through my head that I won't share with you right now. But then my somebody finally comes who comes in and unlocks the door. He pulls up an employee, a team lead, and he goes up to the door and they get out of the truck and go up to him. And then I rolled down my window and I can hear our alarm is going off in our building.
Speaker 1:I don't know what's happening. All right, I think it's all okay, though Whatever. Know what's happening? All right, I think it's all okay, though, whatever. So I have look, trump, musk, trump, musk in this little titty fight. Oh my gosh, this rokey-doke, ridiculous ass clownery. And then you got Steve Bannon out there calling for Trump to deport Elon.
Speaker 1:What in the world that was on the New Yorkork post this morning? Everybody needs to calm the f down. Okay, we americans are way bigger and stronger. We have more important things to do than worry about two rich guys having a little titty ass fight on social media. So just stop, just knock it off. This is this is not gonna hurt us at all, okay, okay, well, anyway, I need to move on to something else, because it's just so dumb. It's dumb.
Speaker 1:I do have to read this one tweet from kat temp. I love it. She says thankfully we don't have more women in positions of power. Things might get too dramatic. You nailed it, kat temp. Good for you. Yes, yes, I remember all the men out there talking about women being all emotional and can't do this and shouldn't be doing that. Well, looky here, all right, but we look, we've got other important things to do, to think about, and, uh, we really look. Come on, maybe jd vance can go in there and smooth things out. I don't know who knows the word out. Nick Sorter put out that there's gonna be a phone call between the two today.
Speaker 1:Whatever Elon is, golly, he is just throwing a little titty fit, is he not? I mean, goodness Elon, how old are you? No wonder you're not married, no wonder no one will marry you. You're a child, goodness gracious.
Speaker 1:Okay, moving on, I had a big old, long monologue in my head that I wanted to say but now it's all gone. That's why I'm a writer and not an orator. Is that a word? I don't know if it's a word or not, but it is now. Um, because I can take my time and write and come up with the words I want to say, and delete and retype and all that crap, okay, so, uh, I have a special request from Mr Sean's he wants to talk about. He wants me to bring up D-Day, because it is june 6th, and it was june 6, 1944, in d-day, that the americans stormed the beaches of france to help liberate europe from the nazi germany okay, nazis, anyway. Um, and I had a bunch of things here that I wanted to read and go over. Wow, now it's all gone. Hmm, all right, bear with me, bear with me, all right. So we all know D-Day, june 6, 1944. I am curious to see if we hear any of the mainstream media bring this up, I'm going to say no, they're going to all talk about Trump and Elon. They're not going to bring up June 6, 1944, because you know, it was such a long time ago, everybody's probably forgotten it. That's why I thank you, mr Shons, for asking me to bring this up forgotten it. That's why thank you, mr shawns, for, uh, asking me to bring this up. All right, the largest land, sea and air invasion ever attempted was years in the making.
Speaker 1:World war ii in europe began with an invasion of poland by nazi germany in september 1939. I was just listening to a kennedy podcast and she and a bunch of other Fox News journalists went over to Poland and Auschwitz and all that, and if you can find it, I'll try to find it and put it out on um on X her video, her podcast about it and she tells about the visit and all the stuff that she saw and that you may not see or hear anywhere else, and it was quite eye-opening. I mean, I've known about it too, but to keep hearing about it, we need to keep hearing about it, and it makes me want to spend my vacation to go over there and experience this and go through it, my goodness. So Britain and France declared war in response but could do little to help the Poles. In the spring of 1940, german leader Adolf Hitler staged successful invasions of Denmark, norway, belgium, holland and other nations. Now I'm just reading this from the WW2 org site. So it says D-Day, it's ddayorg, is what I'm reading this from.
Speaker 1:Almost immediately, british leaders began envisioning ways to get back across the channel in an amphibious assault, eventually codenamed operation overlord that's the official name of it. By the way, d is for the actual. It's like a code name in the military, it's just d, day is a code name. There's also h hour for military code. All right, moving on. I know I'm getting distracted here. I kind of want to. All right, you know what. I'm just going to read the whole damn thing. How about that? So, understanding the threat such an invasion would pose, hitler began to build formidable defenses along the entire channel coast, which was called his at Atlantic Wall.
Speaker 1:In 1941, nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, formerly a partner. Also, by the end of the year, the United States entered the war after Japan, an ally of Germany, attacked the American base at Pearl Harbor, hawaii. The entry of the US into the alliance meant the scope of the planned cross-channel invasion would grow Soon. American forces began arriving in England to train for the invasion. At the Tehran Conference in November of 1943, allied leaders decided to cross-channel invasion would occur in the spring of 1944, with American General Dwight Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander of the multinational operation.
Speaker 1:By the way, it was really supposed to be, it was scheduled for June 5th 1944, but there were storms coming in and they decided to wait a day. In case you didn't know that, a little bit of information would be needed. What equipment each man had to carry and the essential question of how to keep this a secret from the enemy were debated and planned. The final plan called for some 156,000 men to land on five beaches on the coast of Normandy the Americans at Utah and Omaha in the West, and the British and Canadians at Gold, juneau and Sword. They would be bolstered by parachute and glider landings and supported by some 5,000 ships and 11,000 airplanes. That is a lot. Planners set the date for June 5th 1944 for the landings, but a storm that day meant it would be too cloudy to bombard German coastal defenses and too windy for men to disembark from landing craft. British meteorologist James Stagg advised General Eisenhower of a temporary break in the weather clearer skies and lighter winds which would potentially allow invasion to commence 24 hours later. With his assault, naval and air commanders all saying go. Eisenhower gave the order.
Speaker 1:And wow, I mean you talk about kids being men that day, because that's what they were. Hand over your heart and salute the American flag today, thank you, lord, and say a prayer Goodness gracious. And there was. So I wonder. Oh, also, I was curious to see how many of these veterans were still living today. And, by the way, the fire truck is gone. So I'm reading this from nationalww2museumorg here we go, you're going to find out Everyday. Memories of World War II are disappearing from living history. Yes, the men and women who fought and won this great conflict are now in their 90s and or older are now in their 90s and or older. According to US Department of Veteran Affairs statistics, only 66,143 of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II are alive as of 2020-24. So there you go. Now you know. So, yeah, tweet out a remembrance today, so the kids of the generation coming up will learn something.
Speaker 1:All right, I have a question of the day. All right, I guess I'll go along with the crowd today and just give me your thoughts on the whole Elon Trump thing. What do you give me? Your take on it? What do you think? What me? Your thoughts on the whole Elon Trump thing? What do you give me your take on it. What do you think? What are your thoughts on it?
Speaker 1:I guess I'm just astounded by how a grown man like Elon Musk is behaving on Twitter. The only thing I fear is him taking the control back and not letting conservatives talk on Twitter again if he's going to become a never Trumper. I'm just astounded how grown men can act like this. I'm just astounded. But you know, elon was never really a Republican or a conservative, not really, not no, and we all knew that. When this whole thing started with him, I was very leery. I'm like, oh boy, this is not going to end well and it hasn't. So anyway, uh, that's the question. Well, it's not really a question. Just give me your take on it. And, um, if you have any stories of your grandparents or or family members or friends of friends that uh about D-Day and all that, share that too. Okay, I gotta go Love y'all. Thanks for listening. I'll be back on Monday, but the gent and I will be back on. We'll be here Sunday, uh, with our Brood Awakening podcast. All right, gotta go Love you Bye.
