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We'll talk about the all-female Lord of the Flies. Yes, Hollywood is doing this stupid thing.

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I want to talk at length about all-female Lord of the Flies,

because I think this is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard that does not work in any sense.

First of all, there already is an all-female Lord of the Flies. It It's called The View and it blows. It's awful. But we'll talk about all of the things Lord of the Flies related. Plus, we'll talk about Trump talking taxes and the left's bizarre reactions of Hurricane Harvey, or at least a few people on the left. But before we get to that, I first wanna say thank you to our sponsors over at Birch Gold. So, do time seem uncertain and chaotic? If they don't, it's because you're not watching this show, because the fact is the times are uncertain and chaotic, and that's why you need to invest at least some of your resources in precious metals. That's where Birch Gold Group comes in. They have a longstanding track record of continued success, thousands of satisfied clients, countless five-star reviews, and A-plus rating with the Better Business Bureau. Contact Birchgold Group now, and you receive a free information kit on physical precious metals. It's a comprehensive 16-page kit showing how gold and silver can protect your savings, how you can legally move your IRA or 401k out of stocks and bonds into a precious metals IRA.

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Birchgold.com slash Ben. They're the folks I trust to invest in precious metals. Okay, so I'm really eager to talk about this all-female Lord of the Flies thing and why it's so stupid. So I really want to get to that. But before I get to that, I first want to talk about this cartoon that came out in Politico, if you want to know why there is a cultural divide in this country, it's because even the things that ought to bring us together can still be used to tear us apart.

Here is a cartoon that came out yesterday from Politico.

The author, the creator of this atrocity, his name is Matt Worker, I believe. And if you can't see it, what it shows is a helicopter with the U.S. lug on trying to rescue a guy. The guy is obviously supposed to be a Texan, right? And he is sitting there in a shirt that is a Confederate flag, in a cowboy hat and boots. For some reason, his jeans are tucked into his boots. I've never met a Texan who actually tucks his jeans into his boots. But in any case, he's there in a basket. And next to him is a flag that says, don't tread on me, as he's being picked up from the waters. And then the guy is shouting, angels sent by God. And then there's a house next to him, and the water is up to the roof of the house, and on top there is a sign that says secede, like Texas secede, and then a little girl on top of the roof, and a rescuer who is trying to put a life jacket on the little girl, and it says, are actually coast guard sent by the government. So not angel sent by God, coast guard sent by the government. There are so many things wrong with this idiotic comic that it's almost impossible to hit them all.

Number one, let's begin with the caricature of religious people, this angel sent by God routine.

This is so intensely stupid, I can't even tell you.

The reason this is so intensely stupid is because religious people don't actually believe that angels are going to save them from the water. They believe that human beings can sometimes act as instruments of God's will in saving them. Okay, there's a very famous religious joke. Every religious person knows this joke, but for those who are not religious in the audience, this is something religious people tell. This is a religious person joke. Okay, here's the joke. Isn't that good? But here's

the joke. Okay, the joke is, there's a flood and there's a guy who's trapped in the flood. And

so he prays to God and he says, God, please send me help. And next thing he knows, a car drives up and says, hop in, dude, it's time to get out of here. And he says, listen, I've talked to God. God is going to send me help. So the car drives away. Next thing that happens, a boat comes up. And the guy in the boat says,

jump in. And the religious guy says, no, no, no, I've prayed to God. God will help me. So the boat motors away. And here comes a helicopter. And the helicopter comes and says to the religious guy. Dude, jump in, lowers the rope to him. He says, no, no, no. God is going to save me.

So naturally he drowns. And then he goes up to him. He says, no, no, no, God is going to save me.

So naturally he drowns. And then he goes up to heaven and he says to God, hey, I prayed. Where were you?

And God says, I sent you a boat, I sent you a car, a boat, and a helicopter. What do you mean? Where was I? Okay, that's how religious people actually think of this sort of thing. So this idea that it's angels sent by God, like they don't understand that it's actually the Coast Guard. It can be both the Coast Guard and also human beings can act as angels in times of need. In fact, little known fact about Hebrew that our non-Jewish friends probably don't know.

The word for angel is Malach in Hebrew. The word for messenger in Hebrew is Malach. So human

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