The following podcast contains explicit language.

It's Thursday, August 17, 2017.

Not going to get tripped up by two 17s in a row.

I'm pretty good.

In fact, from Slated to Just, I'm Mike Pasca.

The president would like us to debate

statuary aesthetics, or a tall tale about a long dead general.

And if that tale could possibly work to thwart

modern-day male factors,

now keep this in mind.

The original action plan is somewhat akin to this.

Take your hero, dip him in the river sticks, hold by the heel.

But no, no, no, I refuse.

I refuse to be sucked in by those tweets

to go off on those wild goose chases

to fact check those distractions.

They're purposeful distractions.

The only debate should still be about the president's racism

and his failure to condemn the clan and neo-nazis.

Let us not backtrack or get sidetracked.

I'm not going to get sucked in,

nor should you debating bullets dipped in pig's blood

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