There's no call from Rosabel or Hayden at the top of this episode, and that's because I wanted to take the time to say something else.

It is utterly barbaric and insane that ice goons are openly executing Americans on the street,

and it is an utterly deranged situation that the American government is openly lying to the public about their reasons for doing so.

I was in Minneapolis on Saturday the 24th of January when Alex Pretty was executed,

shot 10 times in the back while being restrained by ICE officers.

He had a gun, sure, but it was very clear it was in his holster before Ice Goons removed it

and then murdered him.

What was he doing immediately prior?

Helping a woman and daring to film ice on his cell phone. Was he attending a protest when all this

happened? No, there was no protest. He was just a guy on the street. I was there 45 minutes after it

happened. I got tear gassed. I saw Smirking Ice agents and I still feel really angry about it, even though I'm a

New Zealander, and also quite repressed on a personal level, so find it hard to show that anger.

With all that said, this is a very lighthearted episode about an entirely different topic.

I really hope you enjoy it and have a moment of escapism, whilst also never forgetting that

what is happening here in the US right now is incredibly messed up, and we really, really need

to be aware of what's happening, and anyone with a platform to yappe should be yapping about

it.

Else what's even the point.

With that said, I'm David Farrier and New Zealand are accidentally marooned in

America and I want to figure out what makes this country tick. We get a lot of listener feedback

each week on this show, some of which we love reading at the end of every episode. But some

feedback really just jumps out in a way that it tackles the core concept of this show, the

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