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Oct. 27, 2023

Family Bonding, Gun Control, Michael Johnson, Mark Meadows Immunity & Dwight Howard Lawsuit

In this riveting episode of Unsolicited Perspectives, hosts Bruce Anthony and J. Aundrea invite you to explore the profound significance of family bonding and the collaborative magic that happens when siblings unite for a common cause. They reflect on their own experiences working together on various family projects, sharing invaluable insights into the unique dynamics of sibling relationships.

The conversation delves into the sobering reality of the recent mass shooting in Maine, where they express their heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families. They also raise compelling arguments for stricter gun control laws, engaging in a thought-provoking discussion that sheds light on the urgency of this issue.

Amid the current events landscape, the episode shifts gears to the controversial appointment of House Speaker Mike Johnson. The hosts dissect his views on topics such as same-sex marriage and abortion, prompting critical analysis and social commentary.

The heart of the episode revolves around the ongoing civil lawsuit against Dwight Howard, highlighting the importance of representation and acceptance for LGBTQ+ individuals in professional sports. The hosts question the need for a prominent figure to lead the way and emphasize the importance of believing victims.

Discover the power of family, the urgency of gun control, and the complexities of contemporary issues. Don't miss these captivating podcast highlights!#FamilyBonding #GunControlDebate #DwightHowardLawsuit #CurrentEventsAnalysis #lgbtqrepresentation 

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Unsolicited Perspectives

About The Guest(s):

  • Bruce Anthony: Host of the podcast "Unsolicited Perspectives"
  • J. Aundrea: Co-host of the podcast "Unsolicited Perspectives"

Summary: Bruce Anthony and J. Aundrea discuss their recent weekend spent together cleaning out their mother's garage. They reflect on the experience of working together as siblings and express their appreciation for their close relationship. They also discuss the importance of spending time with family and express their desire to make it a regular occurrence.

The conversation then shifts to current events, including the recent mass shooting in Maine. They express their condolences to the victims and their families and discuss the need for stricter gun control laws. They also touch on the appointment of Mike Johnson as the new House Speaker and his controversial views on issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion.

The episode concludes with a discussion about Dwight Howard and the civil lawsuit he is facing. They provide background information on Howard's career and the allegations against him, highlighting the importance of representation and acceptance in professional sports.

Key Takeaways:

  • Spending time with family and working together on projects can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience.
  • The recent mass shooting in Maine highlights the need for stricter gun control laws.
  • The appointment of Mike Johnson as House Speaker raises concerns about the future of LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive rights.
  • The civil lawsuit against Dwight Howard emphasizes the importance of representation and acceptance in professional sports.

Quotes:

  • "We cleaned out our mother's garage and it ended up being a fun project. It was the first time all three of us worked together on a project." - Bruce Anthony
  • "Guns don't kill people, but they could kill a lot fewer people with a block than they can with a military-style assault rifle." - J. Aundrea
  • "We need tighter gun restrictions. There's no reason for military-style assault rifles and high-capacity magazines." - J. Aundrea
  • "He looks like a nice guy, but his views are clear. He opposes same-sex marriage and supports LGBTQ+ restrictions." - Bruce Anthony
  • "Rich white men in this country only go to jail when they've taken money or possessions from other rich white men." - Bruce Anthony

Thank you for tuning in to 'Unsolicited Perspectives.' We hope you enjoyed this episode featuring unique and authentic views on current events, social-political topics, race, class, and gender. Stay engaged with us as we continue to provide insightful commentary and captivating interviews. Join us on this journey of exploration and thought-provoking conversations, and remember, your perspective matters!

Transcript

00:05.73
Bruce Anthony
Welcome First of all welcome this is unsolicited perspectives and I'm your host Bruce Anthony it's the sibling happy hour I'm here with Myis Jay Andrea on today's episode we're gonna be dilly daddling like we normally do. But we're gonna be talking about how we spent the weekend with each other this past weekend. Then we're going to talk about some current events. Of course we're going to address the mass shooting and in Maine we're going to talk about the new house speaker and we're goingnna be talking about Mike Meadows ah Mark meadals getting immunity and then we're gonna be talking about Dwight Howard but first things first.

00:45.48
Bruce Anthony
What up says I can't call it I can't call it man I had a good time last weekend.

00:46.45
J. Aundrea
What up bretta.

00:52.61
J. Aundrea
Yeah, it was fun I you know we cleaned out our mother's garage but it ended up actually being fun. It was a nice project I think it's like the first time that you me and our brother have like worked together on a project.

00:57.50
Bruce Anthony
Right.

01:09.43
Bruce Anthony
It is absolutely the first time that we that we work together on a project and and everybody was pulling their weight. Yeah, that's that's the most important thing we've been put on projects before growing up but this is the first time every.

01:13.35
J. Aundrea
Yeah, ah, yeah, and everybody was participating. Yes, yeah, oh yeah. Write the leaves do the laundry. Yeah, we've definitely done that before but this is the first time that we all contributed and it was fun as it was nice working with you guys.

01:27.85
Bruce Anthony
Yeah.

01:33.47
Bruce Anthony
So I've been debating whether or not I was going to say this on the air and you know after we did the fiftieth episode and I showed some vulnerability and then I did the follow-up episode because people were still like you didn't answer my question.

01:38.51
J. Aundrea
No god.

01:48.20
J. Aundrea
Um.

01:50.94
J. Aundrea
Great.

01:52.87
Bruce Anthony
And I interview these people that are being so vulnerable. How can I as the host of this podcast not be vulnerable I realized with all 5 of us being there because there was a time where our mom and father were right there with us I miss my family.

01:59.62
J. Aundrea
Um, care.

02:11.38
J. Aundrea
Here we go.

02:12.00
Bruce Anthony
This is what I mean by that one I miss my brother and sister that was the first time in 4 years all of us have been together where it wasn't a memorial service. Ah.

02:19.62
J. Aundrea
Yes, it was. It was actually just to run do an errand Actually it was just a complete clean. My mom's garage. Yeah, ah.

02:28.74
Bruce Anthony
But the but but it was the first time and then we had dinner and and drinks afterwards and we got to hang out and I was like man I really miss my siblings. Ah not everybody is close with their siblings and we're close even though we may bicker every now and then we're closer.

02:34.82
J. Aundrea
Um, yes, yes yes, siblings. Yeah yeah.

02:45.41
J. Aundrea
As siblings. Do.

02:49.15
Bruce Anthony
Ah, well sometimes we even we know siblings that are nasty to each other. Ah.

02:51.65
J. Aundrea
Yes, that luckily has in my mind not been us like truly nasty now we I don't think we've ever talked to each other like we just people out on the street.

03:02.90
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, not truly nasty. No no, but we have right? We've never done that um I also missed when all 5 of us are together I missed that.

03:16.51
J. Aundrea
Yeah I think you're on your own with that one. Um.

03:20.75
Bruce Anthony
Yeah I know but but I was talking to somebody and they were like oh and as I was explaining what was going on and and I brought up the comment. Ah how. Were I looked at Mom and dad looking at the 3 of us and in in my mind it was reminiscent of when we were kids and we would go out to dinner. We would go to red lobster and they would look at us and we would just be joking back and forth the joking on them and laughing. It was a laugh at time and I remember reflecting.

03:37.96
J. Aundrea
So.

03:52.30
Bruce Anthony
at at mom and dad looking us looking at us just like wow is our kids is pretty dope right? They were doing that again this past Saturday and that's the reason why I had to had to be like look at YCo parenting you called me an idiot.

03:55.59
J. Aundrea
Um, yeah, yeah.

04:07.54
J. Aundrea
It did it felt it felt very much like a like a shared custody situation and dad. We were just hanging out having a good time me Wow I getting text for my where are you I Love that you spend time with your dad. But what about me and I was like.

04:12.23
Bruce Anthony
But they.

04:25.77
J. Aundrea
Okay, this is as a sweat of share custody will drop me off of my Mama's house

04:28.48
Bruce Anthony
That's that's exactly what it is no but it that you know so basically what I'm saying is we need to do the least the 3 of us need to do a better job of. Annually getting together and spending I don't know if it's a weekend. Okay, a weekend is all we can do. Ah yeah because because the last time we spent more than a week together the more than a weekend together is when we were in Hawaii and it towards the end it was. It was all that we needed. Yeah.

04:44.60
J. Aundrea
Um, yeah, ah Wegan is the test tops next.

04:58.55
J. Aundrea
We got. We got tired of each other pretty quick pretty cool. Yeah, but we kids get it.

05:03.23
Bruce Anthony
So a weekend a weekend but we do maybe we I was gonna say maybe we should take trips together. But no I don't think that's gonna work out either. So maybe just.

05:11.30
J. Aundrea
No, because we all I think the through is a very different ideas of what Chillin is or like vacationing like I want to see the historical stuff you want the club.

05:17.22
Bruce Anthony
Very different, very very different. Yeah, you're like mom and dad I don't want to go to the club.

05:29.36
J. Aundrea
Ah, yeah, you know Adam what? Yes, every time we go somewhere Hawai you spent a good amount timeing bars and clubs. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

05:38.99
Bruce Anthony
Bars. Yes, the one I did go to the hotel Club a couple of times that place was dope it. It was an extended bar. It wasn't a complete club I yes.

05:47.92
J. Aundrea
But you get what I'm saying you want a party. What does our brother want to read a book. You know have a have a cocktail.

05:55.63
Bruce Anthony
Ah, ah he he he he will do all the things He's a combination of both of us. He wants to do sighteeing. He does want to hang out. Ah but he doesn't want to do all of both. He wants to dabble a little bit doublebble dabble.

05:59.96
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

06:06.45
J. Aundrea
Right? Yeah yes, dibble dabble. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, everything's oh shit you? yeah.

06:12.52
Bruce Anthony
Di depth and as long as we keep it a weekend. Everything is okay, anything longer than that anything longer that is a major problem but no I had I was not looking forward and I know Mom is listening to this I was not looking forward to cleaning out that garage soon as I got there.

06:28.41
J. Aundrea
No, and ah first of all, yes I if she's this is nobody. It was looking for to clean, nothing. They were like no, that's that shouldn't be a shock that's not news. No and I just.

06:37.44
Bruce Anthony
Um, well you definitely wasn't because you wasn't trying to be there at all right.

06:44.61
J. Aundrea
Got a Manny Petty with dad I was listen. Yeah yeah, we had a lovely time we had yes, we had a great time and they hit it here. She go.

06:48.44
Bruce Anthony
Did dad get a Manny Patty with you or did he just take you. Okay, y'll, went to brunch y'all went shopping.

07:02.80
Bruce Anthony
All the best I tell you what? because? Yeah, now you go get job because I can tell you what right now. Mom is fun in her own regard.

07:04.30
J. Aundrea
Yeah I'm I'm with the fun parent. No get no get it. Okay i't get it that I'm get trouble. Yeah.

07:17.11
J. Aundrea
But ah, as soon as I've touched down good because I need you to help me with these eighteen things not been older on to wait you to get here and so I'm I'm I'm fixing her phone I'll fix it.

07:20.98
Bruce Anthony
If.

07:34.82
J. Aundrea
Of doing all this stuff I'm like I just got here.

07:37.40
Bruce Anthony
Mom is the parent that makes you do errands and chores.

07:42.17
J. Aundrea
And she will hold those errands and chores until you get there. She will not try find ways to fix him? No, she just wait because I know one of my kids gonna be here and they can fix this for me which you know what as she should.

07:59.31
Bruce Anthony
Yeah I mean she didn't put in the work because she raised us and that wasn't easy so we owe a little bit right? You need me to clean out your garage all right? My mom will make time and I will go in there and I will clean it out. You need me take down these cabinets I don't know how we gonna do it.

08:01.56
J. Aundrea
Yeah, you didn't put in the word right? No so you need me, you need me fix your phone I got you? my.

08:13.43
J. Aundrea
Yeah, who we got we we go take down the cabinets. Thank you I took down the cabinets.

08:18.00
Bruce Anthony
But somehow some way we gonna do it Well Okay, so I I will give you your credit. You took down those cabinets but that's only because you like playing with the Sludge hammer.

08:32.83
J. Aundrea
Yes, and I've watched a lot of Hg Tv I Know how to take some things apart and don't kick. Can't do it. Can't do it. Some's gonna be backwards I'm gonna get upset with it. Ah.

08:39.79
Bruce Anthony
What about putting them together.

08:51.14
J. Aundrea
Actually ask our brother and dad about my office when I first moved in I started putting the desk together got upset something was on backwards I quit for months they came they came for Thanksgiving and put my office together for me because. just closed the door yeah I just closed the door I got mad I threw whatever tools there were I threw them and I closed the door and I didn't go back in there for months. Yes.

09:11.19
Bruce Anthony
I can understand that. Yeah, ah.

09:17.96
Bruce Anthony
Our brother is the one that got all of that mechanical ability because I put together my little I have an entertainment center with a builtin fireplace and I put that I was like I would do this myself I go put it together The yeah I did that and let me tell you whenever I move.

09:28.87
J. Aundrea
Um, you did that.

09:37.61
Bruce Anthony
Um, whenever somebody picks it up. It's gonna crumble because because I didn't put on I didn't put on one of the the doors of the walls properly and in the screws didn't go in and I was like I was already 75% done and I was like this is just way it's gonna be.

09:39.53
J. Aundrea
That sounds right.

09:50.29
J. Aundrea
Yeah, this is how it's gonna be and you think oh just follow the directions First of all shut up. Okay, that is what we're doing.

09:54.76
Bruce Anthony
This is how it's gonna be I'm not changing this.

10:04.73
Bruce Anthony
It.

10:10.10
J. Aundrea
It's not always clear when it's put side B using Dowel f in I don't listen is it is it standing then it's done.

10:19.54
Bruce Anthony
Look are we looking at the directions I'm like wait a minute is this in Mandarin it's regular english but I can't understand it and I'm like it's pictures I was like I'm an intelligent person. It's pictures and it's english I should be able to put this together. But nope.

10:28.85
J. Aundrea
Um, is and.

10:36.26
J. Aundrea
And Mandarin couldn't look more different from english so if you are confusing it. No no because no no because these directions really look like that. Yeah.

10:38.54
Bruce Anthony
No well I I was no that was a joke j that was a joke. Okay, yes, and this isn't even Ikea stuff. It could be something from Target and I'm just like damn it this is.

10:51.27
J. Aundrea
No.

10:55.66
Bruce Anthony
This ain't nothing but a nice stand. Why can't I put this together.

10:56.91
J. Aundrea
No, there needs to be English directions and then there needs to be American directions. Yeah.

11:00.91
Bruce Anthony
Yeah I don't what's the difference I don't that I don't know what the difference between the 2 is you know what art this is this is really bad. So.

11:05.00
J. Aundrea
It needs to be fisher price directions.

11:16.10
Bruce Anthony
Bought a Tv for my bedroom I bought a new Tv for my bedroom like a year and a half ago and at first I was putting it on this cabinet that's in my bedroom but I wanted to rearrange my bedroom and it just wouldn't work with the cabinet. So I was like yeah I just get like a little Tv stand.

11:17.71
J. Aundrea
Okay, okay.

11:32.99
Bruce Anthony
Not ah, not a full fled entertainment center just literally looks like a stick figure tree right? It has a pole that you connect the Tv to and it comes down to like these 3 things that touch the ground holds a television steady I was like I got this I pull out the directions and I said I don't got this.

11:38.43
J. Aundrea
Right.

11:46.37
J. Aundrea
Right? Yeah, it feels like it why there 8 poles in here. Yeah.

11:52.49
Bruce Anthony
Because it feels like it's just 3 polls that I put together. But it's a lot. It's a lot more than that. So guess what right? because it was more stuff and I said okay cool. Let me Google search this I know there's got to be a video that shows me how to put it together sure enough I found 1 on Youtube.

12:09.63
J. Aundrea
Perfect. Fantastic! Nope They definitely should okay.

12:12.30
Bruce Anthony
Walked me through step by step this Tv stand is still jacked up the Tv leans because the screws didn't go on all the way I try to put the stand. Ah well they did not okay and I don't know if they sent me the wrong screws or what but the Tv stand is just okay.

12:28.98
J. Aundrea
And that's how a lot of stuff at my house is is just okay, It's just okay.

12:36.45
Bruce Anthony
It's just okay, it's all right to be just okay but I tell you what though we got down 40% of those cabinets now that that's strong now the other 60% I basically told my brother we're gonna have to hire some people to put bring this down cause this ain't no more like.

12:41.29
J. Aundrea
40% 40% and that's strong.

12:50.27
J. Aundrea
Yeah I mean yeah listen we all all 3 of us gave up at the same time all 3 of us say guess what we're done. You did.

12:53.85
Bruce Anthony
We ain't got the right? Yeah, just like this? Yes, well first what I I was the first one to said I said you know what got? ah I'm done with this.

13:09.56
J. Aundrea
But you said it several times before you are actually like there was lead up and then by the time you were really done with cleaning out this garage we all were done. We were like yeah I don't want to do the same more hey guess what my interest in this has worn off.

13:22.54
Bruce Anthony
That's no.

13:27.94
Bruce Anthony
That's what you said you was like yep, my interest in this is worn off the sledgehammer isn't just fun anymore. We we cleared out the garage was completely cleared out and we got down 40% of the shelves I had been there for 5 hours working I had gotten dust in my face I put that mask on the goggles. The goggles was fogging up my face.

13:28.61
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

13:33.90
J. Aundrea
Yes. Um, yeah.

13:46.47
Bruce Anthony
I stepped on something some wood particles was in my shoe I was like I'm done This is this is it. This is it. It's starting to get dark and I don't want to do this No more.

13:51.11
J. Aundrea
I'm done. Yeah yeah, and we we can come up with all excuses in the world. But the truth of the matter is we just didn't want do it anymore? Yeah, we're good enough.

13:59.10
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, there was it. We were done and we did a good enough job. Yeah, it was good enough because that garage was packed to the gills. You didn't see it. You didn't see it at the beginning. But yes.

14:06.79
J. Aundrea
Now now. But I saw the dumpster I saw the dumpster now. Yeah I was like oh they put some work in on this. So I'm coming in late in the game and I was like let me contribute something.

14:18.63
Bruce Anthony
You're covered it. You came in when all the junk was out of the garage. It was all out I had moved it all out and I say I my brother was there but all the heavy stuff I'd either put all that stuff that was on the deck I put on the deck.

14:24.15
J. Aundrea
He Asked. Here.

14:36.64
Bruce Anthony
And all the the majority of the stuff that was in that in that trailer that was me so when it came down to the shelves and you and our brother took the lead I was like okay I'm cool with that. Yeah I hope out a little bit. Let me use my strength to try and get this sludge Hammer to work by the way that sludgehammer recoil.

14:40.42
J. Aundrea
Yeah. Um, yeah.

14:53.37
J. Aundrea
I Love that you are just sticking to sledgehammer sledge.

14:54.39
Bruce Anthony
It's a master.

14:58.15
Bruce Anthony
What is it Sludge Sledge Tomato Tomato you know I don't speak. Well just let it ride Well whatever you know who else doesn't speak. Well.

15:05.44
J. Aundrea
I Don't think so sludge is something is just something else who.

15:17.86
Bruce Anthony
Our former president Donald J Trump and he's in a whole lot of trouble but we're gonna get to that next.

15:22.45
J. Aundrea
Who pack show.

15:33.71
Bruce Anthony
Jay before we get to more laughs we have to send out I hate I hate when people do this but we have to um, say these words because this is important and we do mean this our prayers and our well wishes to all the people that were injured.

15:36.60
J. Aundrea
Um.

15:51.52
Bruce Anthony
And to all the family members who lost a loved one in this main mass shooting for those of you that don't know there was a mass shooting in Lewistown Maine this past Wednesday evening October the twenty fifth leaving it's the number is has been varied.

15:52.66
J. Aundrea
Yes.

16:04.69
J. Aundrea
Fuck.

16:11.12
Bruce Anthony
I've seen eighteen I've seen 22 people. There were killed and dozens injured the shooting took place in 2 different locations. 1 was a bowling alley where there was a children's league taking place and then at a local bar. The suspect is is identified as Robert Card he's still at large as of the last time as of the airing of this episode not the airing of this episode as the recording of this episode card is a trained firearms instructor believed to be an army reservist. Um and was assigned to a training facility in Maine.

16:36.24
J. Aundrea
Yes.

16:49.70
Bruce Anthony
Once again, our thoughts and prayers goes out to all those people that lost their lives and the the family members who have who are affected from this shooting.

16:58.40
J. Aundrea
Me yeah, according to um, the times in the like the latest reporting so far at the recording of this 7 people died at the bowling alley eight at the bar and 3 more at the hospital bringing.

17:14.40
Bruce Anthony
A.

17:16.82
J. Aundrea
The total to 18 that have been identified so far 13 injured at the bowling alley and the bar in Lewiston so very very sad. Um, certainly for Maine which um I believed. Has only only had 29 ah homicides in 2022 like this is not something ah, that's that's normal for them. So um, definitely a sad sad day and I hope that. I hope that by the airing of this episode that they've caught this man.

17:59.90
Bruce Anthony
I I sincerely hope so and um on my Instagram I realize because we follow each other Joshua Shay was a guest on this podcast. He was the porn addiction coach. And he lives right around a corner from where this happened he's safe. His family is safe and at the recording of this episode the last I saw on his Instagram is that he doesn't know anybody directly that have been injured but this was close and.

18:20.20
J. Aundrea
Oh good look okay.

18:33.30
J. Aundrea
Yes.

18:36.40
Bruce Anthony
You're going to get all those talking points that come from this per usual certain sides are going to say certain things 1 side is going to say guns don't kill people crazy people with guns kill people which is partly true that is partly true, right? um.

18:49.79
J. Aundrea
Yes, yes, yes.

18:54.41
Bruce Anthony
You're gonna get another side that says we need gun control because this was a permitless carry state. You don't need a permit or anything you just go get your little blinky and be walking around like right like Wow Wow west.

19:01.23
J. Aundrea
Yes.

19:07.69
J. Aundrea
Open carry or concealed they they allow it in in main without a permit.

19:13.51
Bruce Anthony
Like the Wow Wow West. Um, so now you're gonna get another group of people that say gun control Laws. We need to control and restrict the ability to get certain guns because once again, this was another situation where this was In. Ar Fifteen or Ar fifteen style rifle This person was using and before anybody else says well this just creates people that you know do this? Yes, That's true. But also we don't see this in other countries not to this level.

19:31.99
J. Aundrea
M.

19:47.70
Bruce Anthony
We don't see this in other countries.

19:49.24
J. Aundrea
Um, because other countries have stricter gun gun laws I will say this yes guns don't kill people people kill people. Um, but they could kill a lot fewer people with ah.

20:05.48
J. Aundrea
Block than they can with a military stylele assault rifle and high capacity magazines. So ah, we need tighter gun Restrictions period there. There's There's no reason.

20:18.84
Bruce Anthony
Let's just let's just put it in in this.

20:25.13
J. Aundrea
If if if crazy people are gonna be able to get their hands on guns and when I say crazy I mean people who would murder other people I'm not talking about me because airby knows I got issued mental health I'm not out here killing nobody like it's. We're talking about people who would kill people. It is nothing to do with your mental health even though they try to use that talking point. It's absolutely ridiculous. A majority of the people in the United States have some issue with mental health ah in in or during their lifetime.

20:41.24
Bruce Anthony
Right.

21:00.50
J. Aundrea
It is about being able to take so many lives in such a short period of time. That's the problem. That's the problem with these military style assault rifles and Highcap capacity magazines. It's the fact that.

21:05.90
Bruce Anthony
Near.

21:17.80
J. Aundrea
So many lives can be taken in a short period of time. That's that's the thing we need to be focusing on stopping.

21:26.71
Bruce Anthony
And and to your point you know if people want to, We're not. We're talking about gun control not getting rid of all guns because I believe in guns I Just don't believe that you really need the a R fifteen and.

21:40.71
J. Aundrea
Now. Yes.

21:43.48
Bruce Anthony
18 people unfortunately were murdered but at last I check a glock hold 16 and 1 in the chamber and even if there was a dead eye shot the best that they could do a mass shooter would be able to do 17 unless they had multiple guns and they reloaded but by that time. You can get to a person that has once somebody in a group or a setting could get to a person that has a handgun as opposed to ah an assault rifle that changes the game completely. So you know I mean.

22:09.13
J. Aundrea
Right.

22:15.99
Bruce Anthony
At the top of the segment I said I hate seeing these words because everybody says these words we wish well wishes and prayers I mean it because well wishes and prayers. But I'm tired of having to say it is the point that I was trying to make um and a non and really not a good way of expressing it. But.

22:21.97
J. Aundrea
Yes.

22:27.83
J. Aundrea
Yes.

22:35.24
Bruce Anthony
5 minutes later the point I was trying to make was I'm tired of having to say those words.

22:38.50
J. Aundrea
Yes.

22:43.39
Bruce Anthony
Ah, all right? Let's try to bring a little bit of laughter to the situation. Ah to the show not the situation to the show and the next thing that I want to address is we finally got a house speaker.

22:52.18
J. Aundrea
You are.

23:03.24
Bruce Anthony
What we got a house speaker a new house speaker Mike Johnson a rep Mike Johnson is a republican from Louisiana and has been in the house. Ah for less than a decade short run here.

23:12.37
J. Aundrea
M.

23:15.72
Bruce Anthony
He's known for being low-key for being a low key lawmaker a strong eyey of the former president Donald J Trump he's a strong starch social conservative and evangelical Christian Christian nationalist ah

23:28.80
J. Aundrea
No.

23:31.48
Bruce Anthony
He introduced the national version of a Florida of the the national version of Florida's don't say gay bill um with his similar bill called stop the sexualization of children act 2022 ah yep

23:37.50
J. Aundrea
Yeah, yeah.

23:46.13
J. Aundrea
They are the only ones sexualizing children.

23:51.46
Bruce Anthony
He opposes he opposed certifying the 2020 election but no surprise there anybody that was going to be high speaker was probably going to be somebody who opposed certifying the twenty twenty election and was an election denier. Um, he voted against further Ukraine eight is anti-abortion.

24:00.27
J. Aundrea
M.

24:09.38
Bruce Anthony
And Supports L G B T Q restrictions You thought I was going to say rights no restrictions. Ah.

24:13.18
J. Aundrea
Yeah, no, yeah, he is ah not a fan of same sex marriage now.

24:22.40
Bruce Anthony
Oh definitely not a sex a fan of same sex marriage. Um, so you know you know that's that's you know that's that's we got well.

24:29.22
J. Aundrea
Not great, not great. It definitely ah Puts Twenty Twenty four presidential election certification in it. There's some concerns. Um.

24:40.84
Bruce Anthony
Yes, and no remember remember of the last house and 2020 there were a hundred and forty republicans that that voted to not certify the election.

24:48.97
J. Aundrea
Mm.

24:59.80
Bruce Anthony
Wasn't the entire republican caucus. There were people that were running for house speaker who voted to certify the election. So it does not mean necessarily that the 2024 election will be in you know peril maybe.

25:00.72
J. Aundrea
Right.

25:17.12
J. Aundrea
Maybe.

25:19.47
Bruce Anthony
Maybe but I don't think that would have been any different if Kevin Mccarthy had stayed the the house speaker I think there always was going to be a little some funny going on there.

25:28.51
J. Aundrea
I've no I now I honestly and I have 0 faith in Kevin Mccarthy but I actually would have had more faith in him certifying the actual presidential election results than I do this guy Mike Johnson and I think everybody listen the politics are there just because he's like a sleeper cell just because this guy is under the radar and nobody really knows him that well and he doesn't have a long tenure. His views are clear.

26:00.56
Bruce Anthony
His views are very clear.

26:03.89
J. Aundrea
Um, so we'll see the first bit of legislation that he brings up what's ah.

26:09.52
Bruce Anthony
He's he's dangerous and this is the reason why he's dangerous. He holds extreme far right? fuse but he looks like Stephen Colbert when you look at him when you look at him. There's no when you look at Kevin Mccarthy he's like man I just want to smack in the face. He had one of those type of faces that was smackable. You know I mean you know those type of people that just look like I don't like you because of the way you look my man. Ah Mike Johnson he seems like a nice guy.

26:31.55
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

26:47.70
J. Aundrea
That's how they get you.

26:47.14
Bruce Anthony
He looks like yeah he looks like a nice guy. It's kind of like when they tried to put the the friendly face over the klan by using David Duke David Duke was very presentable to the masses as somebody who didn't look like he was crazy. A lot of those republicans that was up there Jim Jordan Scalise maybe not so much scalise. But yes scalise they look a little crazy my man Mike he don't look too crazy to me, you.

27:14.23
J. Aundrea
Um, and he looks he looks affable and that's that's the ones you got to you got to keep an eye on. He has an uphill battle ahead of him I mean he's fifth string at this point.

27:28.47
Bruce Anthony
But he got all the votes he unified the entire Republican caucus. Oh no.

27:28.73
J. Aundrea
As far as.

27:36.37
J. Aundrea
Diddy or they just tired I think they're just tired I think that had a lot to do with it I don't think he I don't think this guy Mike Johnson this nobody who even knows who this guy is somebody said they had to Google him.

27:51.61
Bruce Anthony
It was Nancy Pelosi I think

27:53.61
J. Aundrea
Like somebody said they had to Google him and that was hilarious. Ah I don't know that he unified the party I think they're tired and they know they need. They can't have this go on any longer. Because it's really gonna ah be a threat to all of their reelection bids like they they had to get going. They had to get the house back up and running.

28:18.20
Bruce Anthony
Only the republicans who are moderates the ones who are the far right? The extremists in their districts. They're just fine. Yeah, then they're just fine. It's the moderates.

28:26.88
J. Aundrea
Yeah I mean they loved him. They love him. But he's got an uphill battle. Um, you know they got the government funding deadline that's coming up. Um Israel Ukraine he's got.

28:40.13
Bruce Anthony
Ukraine I'm going to.

28:44.66
J. Aundrea
And then just controlling his his conference and this is coming from this is Fox News is saying this? Yeah, that's right I saw that article on Fox News that I agree that I was like yeah you had to deal with all that yeah look.

28:50.93
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, um, you know what I'm going to sit back and wait and not judge I Want to see what he does if he comes up.

29:07.50
Bruce Anthony
And there is no fight to fund the government when that deadline comes on November seventeenth then I'm like okay because really, he's only gonna hold that office for about a year because I think 2024 with it. The.

29:18.50
J. Aundrea
In.

29:25.26
Bruce Anthony
The points that republicans are running on not all republicans I have to say that not all republicans but essentially what the party is running on National abortion Ban restricting rights for Lgbtq plus community people.

29:38.83
J. Aundrea
So.

29:41.63
Bruce Anthony
Decreasing aid to Ukraine taking away women's rights ah taking away dei I don't think that those are things that are palatable to the masses and it's turning off people so we'll see.

29:56.40
J. Aundrea
Now.

30:01.24
Bruce Anthony
You know I I don't want a so a super. Well yeah I don't want a super majority I don't there needs to be people bringing in ideas of things that you're not paying attention to that. You don't see there needs to be other perspectives.

30:15.98
J. Aundrea
M.

30:18.20
Bruce Anthony
Are solicited not unsolicited perspectives but solicited perspectives that are different than yours. That's how you learn. That's how you grow I know a lot of people that believe what they believe they only look up to they only look up things to reinforce what they believe and never look at opposing viewpoints whether whether you agree with their votes of ah. Ah, posing viewpoints or not I think it's important to at least hear the other side fully and grasp. It. You can after you get all the information you could say not still't agree with it or you might be like you know what? I don't agree with not all of it. Some of it. Okay. I can see where they're parallels to so I don't want a super majority I want republicans to to be represented in in the congress and the government I want that I want Democrats to be represented in the congress and the government. Ah I just don't want those 4 right? people represented. Because there's nothing that they're saying to me and I pay attention that resonates with me because they often talk about how they feel canceled but all of their actions are trying to cancel other people that they don't agree with so that hypocrisy you know how much I can't stand hypocrisy that hypocrisy annoys the hell out of me.

31:24.90
J. Aundrea
Right.

31:32.87
J. Aundrea
Yeah, there. Yeah.

31:32.90
Bruce Anthony
So I just don't respect them but that's basically what it comes down to but I'm gonna leave my judgment open. You know I know what his views are right now but that doesn't mean that he'll lead that way I won't give him benefit out.

31:48.35
J. Aundrea
You time time will tell. But ah, he hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt for me I Hope that that the people will be represented in the in the people's house. Um, that has yet to be.

31:50.74
Bruce Anthony
Be it.

32:04.51
J. Aundrea
Scene to me. Ah, it just seems like is hundreds of people with their own personal agendas but all right? Um, that's politics that's politics Ladies gentlemen.

32:12.19
Bruce Anthony
Any yeah there that is I don't Okay, what's that there was that is that that's politics theme song. Okay.

32:22.22
J. Aundrea
Yes, but at that that that all right and that yes, that's and that's what is but I don't have a whole lot of I am not excited about this guy I mean yeah I mean I I don't I'm not Goingnna give him the benefit that do you there I'm gonna expect the worst.

32:30.55
Bruce Anthony
That's I didn't say excited.

32:38.78
Bruce Anthony
Well expect the worst but hope for the best.

32:41.78
J. Aundrea
Um, and expect the words Sure if you could find a little bit of hope had a world on fire I'm not gonna take it away from you. Yeah, a little bit.

32:52.57
Bruce Anthony
Well, there is a little bit of hope and and and what do I mean by that ladies and gentlemen Mark Meadows y'all might remember him. He's the former chief of staff for Donald J Trump has been granted immunity.

33:01.33
J. Aundrea
Yes.

33:09.82
Bruce Anthony
By the special counsel Jack Smith y'all know Jack Smith Jack Smith is that one I got that super huge case on ah federal case on on Trump for them front of documents. He has spoken with Smith's team at least 3 times this year alone okay including once before our federal grand shooting or jury.

33:15.43
J. Aundrea
A.

33:26.96
J. Aundrea
And.

33:29.10
Bruce Anthony
Ah medows and forums Smith's team that he's repeatedly told Trump in the weeks after the Twenty Twenty presidential elections that the allegations of significant voter fraud coming to them were baseless He also said that Trump was being dishonest with the public. When he first claimed to have won an election only hours after polls closed on November Third twenty twenty but ah and according to sources meadows privately told Smith's investigators that he has yet to see any evidence of fraud that would have kept now president Joe Biden from the white house. So. Basically he just sunk Trump and said yeah Trump was lying to you'll and he got immunity. Well well he didn't say he didn't tell him not to do it.

34:08.53
J. Aundrea
Um, yeah, and I told him not to do it. He told him he told him.

34:21.50
Bruce Anthony
But.

34:23.56
J. Aundrea
That the claims of Voter fraud were baseless that is essentially saying hey you about to go out here and laugh I'm glad you you know.

34:28.46
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, that's what he said.

34:38.64
Bruce Anthony
Ah, so.

34:41.46
J. Aundrea
That what you are about to say is a lie and that's all I'm gonna say about this, you do with that What you will Oh you gonna go go lie. That's lies.

34:48.38
Bruce Anthony
Um, what do you think? Trump's what do you think? Trump's response was no no, no no what do you think? Trump's response was to finding out meadows had immunity.

35:00.56
J. Aundrea
Oh I would love to know.

35:03.96
Bruce Anthony
Okay, Trump responded to medal statements by suggesting that medals would be a weakling and coward to take any immunity deal with federal prosecutors and a pair of true social posts Trump said he doesn't believe medals would turn on them. But noted that his former chief of staff has been threatened with persecution and might be tempted to an immunity agreement basically saying because he's being pressure so much he might be tempted to lie but he ain't lying Craig he lying got to lie Craig he got to lie.

35:35.96
J. Aundrea
Yeah now. Ah, he's not lying and and and this comes on the heels of Fulton County Fulton County Georgia another plea deal first week we had Sidney Powell who that.

35:44.77
Bruce Anthony
They're getting them.

35:51.95
Bruce Anthony
Yep.

35:53.69
J. Aundrea
Alone getting her to to plead guilty and take a deal was enough. Okay, but then you got Kenneth Chesborough enough cheeseburger. Another one of Trump's lawyers and now Jenna Ellis

36:00.90
Bruce Anthony
Right? cheeseburger.

36:13.68
J. Aundrea
Um, who made a tearful ah renunciation of her um dealings with with Trump and and also took a plea deal. So.

36:33.42
J. Aundrea
Hey these are all looking real good real good feeling real good about it feeling great about it about both of these cases. So.

36:44.23
Bruce Anthony
And I've told you over and over and over again. He ain't going to jail.

36:47.94
J. Aundrea
You still? So okay, you say he's you say I Now it is my turn to hope for the best.

36:57.27
Bruce Anthony
Look I have said it once and I'll say it again. Rich white men in this country Only go to Jail for them crop for their crimes when they have taken money. Possessions or something of importance from other rich white men and it is those other rich white men that they've taken something from that push to send that person to Jail. Other than that he ain't going to jail.

37:17.42
J. Aundrea
M.

37:31.64
J. Aundrea
I don't you're not wrong. So are you saying that? My man's oh our favorite our favorite Congressman you saying George is going down. Yeah yeah.

37:41.36
Bruce Anthony
George Santos oh George is going down George is going down. First of all, he ain't first of all, he ain't rich. He ain't white. That's what so yeah, oh yeah, he definitely took money he did yes he stole money.

37:49.67
J. Aundrea
No, no, but he definitely took money from them. Yes, he stole it. Yeah, he definitely is.

38:01.00
Bruce Anthony
He is going to jail he any any white man in George Santos's case they go into jail because once again they took money from other rich white folks. That's when you go to jail.

38:10.38
J. Aundrea
Um.

38:15.40
J. Aundrea
Right.

38:20.50
Bruce Anthony
If you're a rich white man in this country now rich white women would go to jail they'll go to jail month right? Martha Sent Martha Stewart to Jail Hivey Harvey Weinstein they had to.

38:23.27
J. Aundrea
Yes, oh they'll Martha Stewart you in a second.

38:33.58
J. Aundrea
Um.

38:38.57
Bruce Anthony
Had to be a groundswell to send him toja I'm just simply saying when you're a rich white man in this country. You're almost above the law almost that's it. That's only time and he hasn't gotten on the wrong side of other rich white men.

38:40.73
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

38:46.38
J. Aundrea
Almost unless you get on the wrong side of other rich white men.

38:57.95
Bruce Anthony
Ah, the rich white men still love Donald Trump because he fattened their pockets.

39:00.14
J. Aundrea
Well I still have faith in District Attorney Willis and her team and the extraordinary work they've done on this Rico case.

39:13.31
Bruce Anthony
Well you know Willis and Jack Smith are working together.

39:19.59
J. Aundrea
So so ah Jim Jordan would have us believe.

39:23.50
Bruce Anthony
Well no no no there well no they're there. You know he when there Sidney Powell Jenna Alice and cheeseburgger when they plead guilty they can now be witnesses in the federal case.

39:36.34
J. Aundrea
Oh.

39:40.80
Bruce Anthony
So Jack Smith is like yeah you know I might I might want go ahead. Why not stack the decks. Why not get as many witnesses as you eventually everybody's gonna crumble around Trump Rudy Giuliani is next I think that does that's the last domino cause who else does he have unless his kids turn on him.

39:46.50
J. Aundrea
We have.

39:56.86
J. Aundrea
The kids the kids won't They won't That's true. All the lights are on on upstairs. Whatever.

39:57.86
Bruce Anthony
I don't think Hiss Kid's gonna turn on them. No maybe Eric he ain't the brightest Eric might turn not all of them. You. You got anything less left not less anything left to add to all of these current news events. You got any current news that you wouldn't throw out there that was Pat now.

40:19.83
J. Aundrea
That ah, that was packed that was jam packed. We had a it's been a hell of a week. It's only Thursday still got another day left but it's been. Yeah.

40:30.26
Bruce Anthony
But that's the work week I mean things happened last weekend things was happening you were sending you were sending me stuff on Sunday chuckling about another one turns.

40:37.30
J. Aundrea
That's true.

40:42.67
J. Aundrea
Yep, and another one and another one. Yeah.

40:44.52
Bruce Anthony
Du and and another one all right guys. We're not done with what I think are funny situations up next we're going to talk about Dwight Howard and his case that he's got going on.

41:07.71
Bruce Anthony
Now Jay I found a story to me that was very fascinating and I was like hey I would like to talk about this today and I would like to hear your point of view and I'm sure you would like to hear my point of view. But first.

41:21.41
J. Aundrea
Mm.

41:25.50
Bruce Anthony
I gotta give people a little background is what exactly are we talking about Dwight Howard some of you guys might know him some of you guys might not. He is a former Nba player. He's now playing overseas. He was a phenomenal player. He was the last high school player taken first. And the Nba draft. Okay so he was phenomenal. He was a 3 time defensive player the year multiple time. All-star went to the and Nba finals and loss of Kobe being bryant um franchise type center. Okay, um. He is facing a civil lawsuit filed by Stephen Harper Harper alleges that he was sexually assaulted by Howard and another person harper went to police a year later to report the incident that happened in July of 2022 according to a report from the. Um, police department. No child's no charges were filed at that point that's reason why he's done doing a civil lawsuit ah Howard denies the allegations of listen to this false imprisonment inflicting emotional distress.

42:32.13
J. Aundrea
And or.

42:37.11
Bruce Anthony
And that he sexually assaulted harper ah or forced him to receive or perform any sexual acts. Ah Stephen Harper is a gentleman so it's Dwight Howard so the first part of this is it's pretty clear. Dwight Howard is gay I personally do not care about that. A lot of people on the internet do care a lot of men on internet do care and at first I was reading about it and I was like why do these guys care so much so many closeted gay men. But then.

42:58.76
J. Aundrea
Anger.

43:16.44
Bruce Anthony
Somebody brought it to attention when you look up to people and they fall short of what you thought that they were that there's disappointment in that and there's some truth in that right? I'm very disappointed in Bill Cosby I'm very disappointed in r Kelly I'm very disappointed.

43:26.30
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

43:36.40
Bruce Anthony
And some of Drake's actions 1 of my friends accused me the other day of saying you don't like Dave Chappee I was like are you kidding me I love da Chappelle have loved da Chappelle before the chappee show I took my family to go see Dave Chappelle in college park.

43:45.38
J. Aundrea
Right.

43:53.32
Bruce Anthony
And 9099 when he was doing a standup performance I love da chappelle. He's disappointed me so I can understand how people were looking at some men were looking at Dwight Howard looked up to him and if disappointed in his actions. It doesn't always have to be ah.

43:53.95
J. Aundrea
And.

44:12.46
Bruce Anthony
Gay hate but also a lot of that is gay hate lot of that is men who are closeted and are ashamed of it and are lashing out now what is true. What is absolutely true. What Howard does not deny is that they did.

44:14.27
J. Aundrea
Yeah, yeah.

44:23.14
J. Aundrea
Yeah, yeah.

44:30.81
J. Aundrea
In.

44:31.46
Bruce Anthony
Hook up that he that harper dmed him on Instagram that Dwight gave him the digits that they exchange you know they they were sexting that harper did come over.

44:39.59
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

44:49.48
Bruce Anthony
That there was a third person who there's a there's a question of if this person was trans or if this person was a drag queen there. It's up but there was a third person and Dwight wanted to have a little you know. Little threesome and that there were sex acts perform but he's saying that there was no situation in which he was imprisoning Stephen Harper and that all is said all the things that happened weren't consensual meanwhile suspiciously. He has not been an Nba for 2 years He still can play and some people are speculating that Nba teams knew that this lawsuit were coming and decided they didn't want to deal with it which you can understand if he's got some legal this isn't legal trouble. This isn't legal trouble. It's it's it's civil trouble.

45:46.84
J. Aundrea
It's civil. Yeah.

45:47.87
Bruce Anthony
So okay, that's not a good argument teams shouldn't pass up. It's pretty clear the teams would pass up because it's pretty clear that Howard is at least bisexual because he's been married before and he has kids and and all the other stuff but I found it fascinating. What do you think.

46:08.50
J. Aundrea
Once upon a time. Okay, a phenomenal actress by the name of Laverne Cox was asked by Tmz what she thought about little nas x.

46:10.28
Bruce Anthony
Once upon a time not long ago.

46:27.75
J. Aundrea
Ah, coming out as gay and Cis said I think it's great I think more people in Hollywood should come out and the interviewer said do you think there's more and she looked at him.

46:27.78
Bruce Anthony
Is in.

46:47.70
J. Aundrea
And said girl and that and that girl to me and to so many of us rang out like a bell okay of and that girl said to me Laverne Cox's Dms.

46:50.70
Bruce Anthony
Um.

46:59.30
Bruce Anthony
Ah.

47:06.57
J. Aundrea
Got some a hollywood's elite in it. Ok Laver Laverne Cox ah she is a trans actress oh I thought everybody would just know who Laverne Cox was right? ok.

47:07.56
Bruce Anthony
Okay, so who's Laverne Fox is a Lavern Cox okay that was kind of important to say that from the jump because you just yeah, you know I I don't know who Laverne Cox is

47:25.45
J. Aundrea
Yes, um, yes, yes I Just know it like that's what that girl said to me that girl girl. Yes, that's exactly the way she said it and.

47:25.62
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, no I do not know who Laverne so that okay Laverne Cox is a trans actress she she identifies as female. Okay, and her Dms have been blowing up. Me.

47:45.43
J. Aundrea
That's what it said to me that is is Hollywood I mean all of this is hollywood right? Sports sports entertainment. It's it's all it's all hollywood.

47:52.75
Bruce Anthony
That's the reason why they call Well, that's the reason why right? well sort of. But yes, it's not sports entertainment. It's not the ww but but yes Bots is entertainment whether they want to be an entertainment vehicle or not it is entertainment. Yes.

48:06.63
J. Aundrea
But it isn't It's entertained so all of the I mean they all get invited to the same parties like this. It's all there. This is all entertainment. It's all hollywood. Yeah, everybody goes this could be look gay once a Wow hollywood.

48:10.22
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, yes, they do.

48:21.26
Bruce Anthony
Well, this is my thing. This is my thing if you go through the nba NHL nfl major league baseball. There's no I don't I don't think I don't think but there there might be there might be a few. There might be a few.

48:30.66
J. Aundrea
Mm.

48:41.22
Bruce Anthony
That are openly gay males playing in these sports but we know for a fact that there are way more Charles Barklay has said it all the times Charles Barklay said hey man we all know we all had gay teammates. They just haven't come out and and and to me you know I so ah speak to Rick Clemens

48:53.51
J. Aundrea
Yes.

49:00.68
Bruce Anthony
And I speak to to other people who are gay or part of the lgbtq plus community and to me who's not a part of that community I look at them and I say hey it's a lot more accepting. Why are people not coming out. Why are they still afraid to come out and then you get Mike Jones it's not Mike Jones ' Mike Johnson you get Mike Johnson who's elected to house speaker third in line to the president. The president goes down. It's then the vice president and then Mike Johnson if if something happens to the president and the vice president Mike Johnson becomes president right? That's that's how close he is.

49:27.70
J. Aundrea
M. Yes.

49:37.37
Bruce Anthony
And you have somebody like that who has openly tried to create legislation that is against the lgbt group plus community and then I'm like yeah of course you would stay hidden if you have a lot to lose because there's still a large segment of the population here in America that won't accept you.

49:47.80
J. Aundrea
Near. M.

49:56.92
Bruce Anthony
And if you're an athlete and you're trying to get endorsements and things like that plus there are some sports teams that probably don't want to have you in the locker room if you're openly gay and it's gonna take I was saying to somebody earlier. It could have been Dwight Howard it has to take somebody who's an all-star franchise player somebody that is.

50:06.50
J. Aundrea
Um, right.

50:16.66
Bruce Anthony
A remarkable athlete that their talent can't be denied so they can't be blackballed Dwight's old now. But I'm talking about when he was younger that that comes out that has to lead that charge. There has somebody has to be the martyr for the cause you're gonna take some hits and it's gonna be a rough road but somebody's got to be the first.

50:22.10
J. Aundrea
Right.

50:35.95
Bruce Anthony
Where is the Jackie Robinson of the lgbtq plus community in sports and it was a guy named Michael Sand ah but he's that came into the Nfl draft he was a a ward winner a linebacker of the year winner and he fell to the seventh round.

50:42.77
J. Aundrea
I Do remember.

50:51.16
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

50:54.99
Bruce Anthony
I think he played 1 season in Nfl and that was it and then they tried they tried to say well he didn't have a lot of talent didn't have a lot of talent. He was a number 1 lombacher in college football. No, you just didn't want to deal with a gay man in your locker room an openly gay man in your locker room because there are closeted a gay men and you locker room.

51:07.76
J. Aundrea
Right? b s.

51:13.98
Bruce Anthony
So you know I don't know.

51:19.50
J. Aundrea
Um, he he responded he um, Dwight Howard made a post something to the effect of y'all are weird for worry about what happens in my bedroom and he's right um. I don't know that that's particularly what I'm worried about I'm worried about the sexually assault sexual assault and battery allegations. That's what I'm worried about. Um yeah, so there was a police report. It was made.

51:39.92
Bruce Anthony
Yeah, that's yeah, that's that's that's the main thing.

51:51.23
J. Aundrea
Ah, believe a year after the incident but no charges were filed. Um, so I guess that's why they went the civil route. It's all also apparently dwight blocked him on social media and so following that he made the police report and filed the civil case. So.

52:03.23
Bruce Anthony
And.

52:10.43
Bruce Anthony
So so it's a little. It's a little he said he said um and and you have to know who Dwight Howard is you have to see him. He's a six foot 10 chizzeled human being at 1 point he was the strongest.

52:11.78
J. Aundrea
Ah, will stay right.

52:26.92
Bruce Anthony
Or second strongest player and the Nba um, and and there's going to be stupid guys out there that say well men can't make you men can't make other men perform sexual acts on them ah have you seen any episode of eyes have you heard any prison stories this this happens.

52:27.15
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

52:42.28
J. Aundrea
Yes.

52:45.90
Bruce Anthony
This can happen this can happen to you I think it was like 6 or seven years ago there was a group of men in a white van traveling around in Dc that would pull men off of the street and sexually assault them in the van. And the police said there's a few reports to this. There was like 4 4 or 5 reports. But we know that there's more and that the men just aren't coming forward so sexual assault between men is a real thing.

53:11.90
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

53:16.51
J. Aundrea
Yes.

53:18.75
Bruce Anthony
This could be a real thing I wanted to talk about the more the larger societal issue of why anybody cares number 1 and number 2 when are we going to get that athlete that comes out as gay. And a perfect world for the lgb two cu plus community god I just hope this doesn't get aggregated. It would be lebron James because there's nothing that you could say about his talent or Tom Brady or or Payton manning at his height these people somebody on that level.

53:47.61
J. Aundrea
Somebody on that level not them specifically but like somebody other yet.

53:52.89
Bruce Anthony
Not them specifically I'm not calling any of those men gay not that there would be anything wrong with it if they were I'm not saying that they are I'm saying hypothetically somebody on that level but do white howard at 1 time was on that level.

53:58.79
J. Aundrea
Right.

54:04.96
J. Aundrea
Well I mean you're here, you're asking about the Jackie right? Jackie Robinson was on that level. That's why Jack Jack Jackie was good.

54:12.97
Bruce Anthony
Ah, no, he wasn't the best ah player from that league Jackie was good but he wasn't as good as saschel page Jackie was good but he was also palatable because he was an you know he was a.

54:22.96
J. Aundrea
But the point is jacket was good and that was right.

54:30.88
Bruce Anthony
War two veteran and and there were there were things politically that went into Jackie Robinson being chosen to be the first black player to enter the major league baseball.

54:40.50
J. Aundrea
But again, but that makes him a bigger figure that backstory. So yeah, um, yeah I don't know.

54:45.34
Bruce Anthony
Um, be right to so to pick it back off what I was saying you're right? You're right.

54:53.57
J. Aundrea
I Don't know I think it's um.

54:58.17
Bruce Anthony
I Also think it's funny being outed this way that that if it if it if it wasn't an assault right because we don't know for sure and not. It's an allegation.

54:59.26
J. Aundrea
Ah, would you? yeah and I yeah I don't know but it's I don't know there's funny. Um, yeah.

55:16.61
J. Aundrea
It's an allegation. Yes.

55:17.74
Bruce Anthony
That the police decided not to file charges on but that just could have meant that they were like well we there's no real. We can't can't There's no case here, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen just because they decided not to file charges if if this is a situation where somebody was trying to get money and is mad.

55:24.86
J. Aundrea
Right? right.

55:36.79
Bruce Anthony
That that dwight blocked him. This is a funny way of being out it. That's funny because it's in the civil suit. So do dwight can't claim. He's lying. He's got to be like I So this did happen but this was caensual because my man has got receipts because he's got.

55:40.54
J. Aundrea
You right.

55:53.37
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

55:56.44
Bruce Anthony
He's got text messages and videos and pictures that dwight sent him so white can't not I just find it humor right? Rights send send that man a car services bro. If.

55:58.71
J. Aundrea
The Uber receipt to his house. So right, right right.

56:12.10
Bruce Anthony
If you're trying to hide it be a little bit more discreet. Ah, he was trying to hide it because there were some rumors and and 2019 that he might be gay but they didn't really like stick so he was absolutely trying to hide this part of his life.

56:15.56
J. Aundrea
And don't think he was.

56:29.39
J. Aundrea
I Don't know that he was trying to hide it so much as you just didn't talk about it I mean is that really hiding it if you to feel like people don't are entitled to know about that part of your life which I feel like is fair. Um.

56:43.37
Bruce Anthony
Ah, that's true. Yeah.

56:47.19
J. Aundrea
So to just not address it I don't know that that's necessarily hiding it. Um, but if you you know if you take in the dms from the I mean obviously obviously the girls out here know that you can dm Dwight Howard

57:03.23
Bruce Anthony
But hold on no I have a public profile on my Instagram I don't get some of these dams are filtered like some of them are restricted I don't get I don't see some of them and some people have to send there some like plenty people have to comment in a post.

57:05.54
J. Aundrea
And he might answer. Um.

57:21.76
Bruce Anthony
Say hey I just sent you a Dm and I'm like I don't get no dm and then I go into my Dms and I see this little this little button that I got to push that's all these other Dms that I didn't even know that were there. You know and ladies if y'all want to send me nudes in my Dm sorry Mama I I will accept all nudes. Well no.

57:31.60
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

57:41.90
Bruce Anthony
Let me rephrase that I will not accept all newts it.

57:43.84
J. Aundrea
Well listen, nobody got timed to part and parcel what you will and won't accept ladies a hundred percent y'all send him the news every last. What should.

57:57.40
Bruce Anthony
No, no, not a hundred percent of y'all not a hundred no now. Um I'm go tell you I would tell you some of youa ladies shoot your shot I'm I'm blocking it like.

58:01.86
J. Aundrea
No shot ladies because you never know you just never know. Yeah.

58:11.63
Bruce Anthony
Well no I was gonna say blocking the light to white Howard but I'm not blocking it like that. It.

58:16.61
J. Aundrea
Um, ladies shoot your shot is open and will and willing to accept all comers who ladies.

58:19.10
Bruce Anthony
I am open but now I'm not willing to accept all comers I'm protecting the pain I'm protecting pain. Not everybody could get they shot up.

58:35.40
J. Aundrea
Send him if you're out there and you're listening center but I mean but I mean the the fact is it wasn't it wasn't that secret if Mr Harper knew that he could send that la dm.

58:36.21
Bruce Anthony
No, you see? ah you got any more to add to this.

58:52.22
Bruce Anthony
I Guess I guess not well I'm sure they're well um.

58:54.32
J. Aundrea
Through in certain circles quiet as is kept Yada Yada Yada doights about that life aware all the.

59:02.30
Bruce Anthony
Where you know where de white's from hot lana.

59:09.47
J. Aundrea
So okay and this is a guy it looks like charges. Everything was filed in Gynnett County ah so this is that is a Gwynnett County is not Atlanta but it's Atlanta adjacent. So yes, so.

59:21.72
Bruce Anthony
Um, it's Atlanta adjacent. Okay.

59:27.86
J. Aundrea
Listen around around town people know what's up you can't miss a six ten brother like you just can't miss him at the clubs. Ok, you can't miss him so there you have it.

59:37.10
Bruce Anthony
Ah, now you came there. It is.

59:46.91
J. Aundrea
I Sincerely hope that ah that these allegations are false because I would never want this to happen to anyone. Um, so.

59:52.84
Bruce Anthony
Yet, right? It's kind of it's almost jove like taste it for people that don't know the DCAreaJove like is an expression and so and some I just brought out a slang in a DC area but his jove like like we.

01:00:07.11
J. Aundrea
Um, yeah, yeah, no.

01:00:12.34
Bruce Anthony
Laughing that sexual assault we're not I'm not I'm not um I'm saying the situation of him being outed somewhat somewhat humorous.

01:00:24.51
J. Aundrea
And and you know everybody wants to know who kitty is and so do I kitty is the third person who was there. Um, they potentially trans.

01:00:32.71
Bruce Anthony
That's right.

01:00:37.82
J. Aundrea
Maybe cross-dressing individual that was there.

01:00:38.28
Bruce Anthony
What is what is what would we? What is cross dresssing in the alge B T Q Plus Community because Drag is not part of the the alphabet would it be queer.

01:00:42.62
J. Aundrea
You just yeah because you don't need to be. You don't necessarily have to be gay to dress and drag.

01:00:57.39
Bruce Anthony
Right? right? That's that's something that people don't realize it's like you know some people dress in drag and do performances because they're really good at being Fanasia right? like um, it would that be queer then.

01:00:59.21
J. Aundrea
Yeah.

01:01:06.12
J. Aundrea
It? Yeah,, they're just really good at it. Yeah, Ah, no, just be a no well this person obviously ah obviously was gay or by um. But we don't because nobody knows who Kitty is somebody I need to know I need Kitty sad of the story. That's what I want Kitty knows everything. So.

01:01:24.38
Bruce Anthony
Look kitty gonna be found. Because kitty know everything kitty knows what actually happened and so I'm starting to think that if there was a police report and the police investigated it that they spoke to kitty they had to because there's an there's a witness. So they had to interview dwight and if there's a third person there and there was a third person there Dwight has to say well this is who it was and the police would have to interview this person and this person could lie on behalf of Dwight or they could have been telling the truth and that's the reason why I didn't press charges fact of the matter is we need to interview the police department I need.

01:01:49.46
J. Aundrea
E.

01:01:55.83
J. Aundrea
Right.

01:02:08.81
Bruce Anthony
I Need more information on all this all of it.

01:02:10.80
J. Aundrea
Yeah, yeah, well hopefully this information will come out in a trial and we'll see we'll see what happens. Um, you know my initial.

01:02:14.23
Bruce Anthony
Well this is civil suit cells.

01:02:24.46
J. Aundrea
Gut reaction is always to believe the victim I'd rather be wrong about a victim. Um, than ah, you know be wrong I did like like in the middle of saying it I'd rather be wrong.

01:02:34.40
Bruce Anthony
You lost your train to attack class. You love? yeah you yes.

01:02:44.15
J. Aundrea
About them in this way than to.

01:02:51.30
Bruce Anthony
You were youd rather be wrong in the support of the victim than be ah right and support. Yeah I don't know what it is it is hey hey y'all we eighty H d

01:02:51.82
J. Aundrea
Right? I There's no word. There's a word not disapprove like like the what is the antithesis of support eighty H d.

01:03:07.54
Bruce Anthony
Eighty H D That's that's not the anticipat of anticipatus Good Lord I was trying to say a word to other other day and I was trying to say not adversaries but um, something else and I was with the person and I was like man you know the word I'm trying to say he's like.

01:03:08.81
J. Aundrea
Hold on cause now anticipats.

01:03:26.19
Bruce Anthony
This is the word and I was like thank you I Just couldn't get it out I was tongue tied tongue tied yeah tongue tied hey ladies and gentlemen. We've been filming this for an hour and we're starting to get tired as you can see okay here we go. Okay, let's get it spit it out.

01:03:26.53
J. Aundrea
Yeah, yes.

01:03:34.16
J. Aundrea
I would rather because I'm a get it I'd rather be wrong in support of the victim than be wrong in support of the perpetrator. That's what I would rather be wrong in support of the victim. That's.

01:03:45.71
Bruce Anthony
Ah, okay, okay I mean we all knew where you were going with it. But I'm glad that she was finally able to get that out.

01:03:53.70
J. Aundrea
How I feel yes but my brain you know what? because the cutoff for me is an hour

01:04:02.95
Bruce Anthony
But we got another show to film after this is yeah you know I just hate the way you say Juice I've always hated the way you said juice you just focus so much on his.

01:04:05.91
J. Aundrea
Yeah, but that we get a little break I Could you know I guess Si for some juice or something her re reharts batteries What is wrong with the west say juice.

01:04:22.24
Bruce Anthony
At the end of it just is juice. Not juice now is juice. You're saying that juice you put an extra emphasis on the they see what you just did it again. Juice.

01:04:24.77
J. Aundrea
That's what I it is juice I don't know I don't know how I'm saying it any different from what you're I don't I don't do that is juice.

01:04:42.23
Bruce Anthony
It's just juice. Okay, okay, look what do you want to tell the people out there because this episode is over.

01:04:43.56
J. Aundrea
It's just I don't know I don't know what you're talking about.

01:04:49.45
J. Aundrea
The episode is over. That's all I Want to other people there isn't a good antonym for support I Guess it just not support.

01:05:00.99
Bruce Anthony
Um, well well I just found out what antonym and I thought that meant antebellum Anyway, on that note.

01:05:05.57
J. Aundrea
Oh and for anybody, who's wondering jive like means similar to so so-and so is Jov like Uncle Remus it means the means they're similar to or.

01:05:18.57
Bruce Anthony
That's one way that's one way to see.

01:05:22.78
J. Aundrea
Something like that if you're wondering what job like is.

01:05:23.71
Bruce Anthony
I I thought there was more meanings for it than that. But yes, similar to pretty much sums it up because even if you say even if you say Miss job like you trying to carry me that is saying it seems like you're trying to joke on me.

01:05:31.72
J. Aundrea
Um, I don't right? Yeah, it feels like you're trying to carry me.

01:05:42.56
Bruce Anthony
Well that if it feels like you're trying to carry me. It feels like you're trying to joke on me kick because carry me is another DCSlang term for joking on me or trying to embarrass me or right.

01:05:47.10
J. Aundrea
Um, right? Yes, right? joking on me in a negative way like you're you're trying to embarrass me.

01:06:00.33
Bruce Anthony
And if you hit that Joe at the end is job like seems like you trying to carry me Joe that is a straight DCSlang or if you say you ja from our air in the 90 s and the two thousand s yeah.

01:06:06.91
J. Aundrea
Um, from from our era I don't I don't know that's how we spoke in the early and late 90 s and two thousand s I don't know how they speak in DC anymore so

01:06:19.27
Bruce Anthony
Something is Moe Moe is out there and mohanin't mo ain't been like I never said mo we always said Joe and Joe turned to moe but on that note, ladies and gentlemen. That's the stand of this episode wherever you could follow us on all of our social media platforms. You could find it said.

01:06:21.92
J. Aundrea
Well Moa's always been around. Yeah. Yes.

01:06:39.70
Bruce Anthony
Unsolicitedprospeives.com that gives you everything that you need as far as our video and audio I don't even know why I've run through this at the end of every episode because there's ah, there's an end episode segment where I say all these same things again and repeat it but whatever just is giving you that information in case, you cut it off as soon as our faces are no longer here if you're watching it. Or if you're listening to the audio. But on that note like always I'll holler.

01:06:57.80
J. Aundrea
Yeah, right.