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Messy TimesDead Sea Guardians know that as goes Israel, so goes the world.As we say on Wall Street, "Everything before the 'but' is nonsense." Too many people talk in big words about how “important and valuable” something is, but when it comes time to write a check or take an action, they suddenly disappear. My guest and instant friend on March 31, 2025 is the exact opposite of that. There is no “but” in his life – if he believes in something, he takes immediate responsibility and action. Oded Rahav is a man of vision and abounding love for this world and humanity, which is in and of itself something of a mirac...2025-04-3059 min
Energy News Beat PodcastFixing America: Fiscal Reform, Energy Policy, and Restoring Accountability with Christopher MessinaWith the Trump inauguration yesterday, this podcast is timely. - We cover Greenland, Energy Policies, Federal Budgets, Elon Musk, President Trump's next steps and plans for 2025.In the Energy News Beat – Conversation in Energy with Stuart Turley sits down with Christopher Messina to explore the explosive insights from his book, Messina's Federal Budget. Together, they dive into the urgent need for reform in U.S. fiscal policy, exposing the inefficiencies, overspending, and bureaucratic entrenchment crippling the nation. From rare earth mining in Greenland and energy policy blunders to election reform and combating bipartisan corruption, thi...2025-01-2136 minMessy TimesWilliam Stroock visits the studios, where the celebratory party never stopsThe Woke Madness has been slain. Rational governance is nigh!
The Nation rejoices after emerging for the long evil winter of Marxist absurdity.
William and Christopher just pile on!2024-11-121h 19Messy TimesDavid Blackmon and Your Brilliant Host Celebrate Our Return to National SanityIt turns out that insisting there are 97 genders and demanding boys be able to beat girls in collegiate and high school sports, while creating insane inflation and trying to hold Israel back from punishing evil Islamist terrorists was not a winning electoral solution.
Who could have guessed?
Join David and Christopher as they lay out a beautiful vision of twelve solid years of GOP governance, beginning with an immediate set of actions to improve our nation.
The Biden-Harris Border Jumpers should line up to leave, because it's going to be worse for them...2024-11-0937 min
Messy TimesTell Us What That $600 is For! Democrats Loathe Individual Americans' FreedomFollowing on from the micromanaging distrust of the American people shown by ObamaCare's insane decree for businesses to issue tax forms for any transaction over $400, the Democrats are at it again!
Democrats have this bizarre obsessive fantasy that something horribly nefarious is going on with Americans making free choices. So with all the truly pressing issues facing the nation, the Biden Unity Government wants to force "your" bank to report you to the Federal Government every time you take $600 dollars out of "your" checking account.
Call your Congressional Representatives, Senators and the White House to ask...2024-11-0806 minMessy TimesA Russian and American Howl about the Global Dangers of Woke MarxismJoin Alex and Christopher for a lively discussion about the perils of the sheeple in Russia, America and Europe bending over instead of fighting absurd totalitarian dictates.
Elections!
The World Health Organization!
Fake Emergencies!
United Nations workers invading Israel to kill, rape and take hostages back into Gaza.
The world blaming the Jews for everyone else's insane hatred.
It's remarkably hard to remain calm amidst the insanity engulfing the world. We offer some tips for surviving the next few months.
Find Alex's writing here: https...2024-09-1539 min
Messy TimesMessina's Federal Budget, Chapter 18 Health & Human Services - why we need to abolish itMessina's Federal Budget, the 15-year labor of love on behalf of Christopher Messina's fellow Americans, is available for purchase on Amazon.
Our Gracious Enlightentaining Host is recording his reading of selections from the book. In the book, he recommends which Federal Departments are to be modified and which are to be abolished immediately. Overall, his suggested budgetary changes take us from today's insane $7.7 TRILLION in spending, to a far more manageable, rational and affordable $2.2 TRILLION.
In today's selected reading, Mr. Messina tells us about the absurd rationalizations offered by champions of ObamaCare, notably serially wrong...2024-07-2534 min
Messy TimesReading Rabbi Lord Sacks on PesachJewish scholars - both religious and secular - discuss in depth the implications of the pagan prophet Balaam's description of the Jewish people:
From the peaks of rocks I see them,
From the heights I gaze upon them.
This is a people who dwell alone,
Not reckoning themselves one of the nations. (Num. 23:9)
In this season of Pesach, I read the essay written by Rabbi Jonathan Lord Sacks of Blessed Memory, in which he discusses the potential meanings of the People that dwells alone.
Not even 80 years...2024-04-2409 minMessy TimesConcentration Camps, the Constitution and New York StateCivic engagement is a prerequisite if we, the citizens, want to enjoy competent public governance. Ben Franklin warned us that we'd have this Constitutional government if we could keep it. Make no mistake: there are strong Leftist activists whose sole goal in life is to destroy our Western Civilization based in individual rights and responsibilities. They adore Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and the Chinese Communists' totalitarian control of the population and want to bring that fun misery here to America.
Attorney Bobbie Anne Flower Cox has been practicing law for 25 years. Formerly an attorney in Manhattan with the international...2024-04-1231 min
The Energy QuestionThe Energy Question: Episode 83 - Christopher Messina, CEO of TanbreezThe Energy Question Episode 83 Christopher Messina, CEO of TanbreezIn Episode 83 of The Energy Question, Christopher Messina, CEO of rare earth metals mining company Tanbreez, returns for an update on the status of the company's project at the Tanbreez mine in Southwest Greenland.Enjoy.Tanbreez Website: www.tanbreez.comThank you to USOGA for Sponsoring the Energy Question!Sponsorships are available or get your own corporate brand produced by Sandstone Media. 2024-01-1928 min
I Came With Fire"Special Release: Israel At War" with Christopher Messina ****DISCLAIMER****The opinions herein are on the ongoing conflict between Israel & Palestine. The views expressed are personal and may, in some viewers, provoke intense feelings. "I Came With Fire Podcast" does not condone genocide/terrorism in any form & believes war should be avoided at ALL COSTS. Peace should always be the first option in any conflict. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the personal views of the hosts or their guests. All perspectives deserve a voice in order to avoid further and greater conflict. Viewer discretion is advised. ****DISCLAIMER****This is the first...2023-11-061h 49
I Came With Fire"I Came With A Mess" w/Christopher Messina, CEO of Tanbreez World's Largest Rare Earth Mineral MineOn this episode Brandon & Zach talk with Christopher Messina, someone who truly embodies what it means to be a "Renaissance Man". On top of hosting his own Podcast, "The Messy Times Show", Christopher sits on the Board of Directors for the US Air Force Combat Control Foundation, and is the CEO of "Tanbreez": the world's largest rare earth mineral mine. Probably one of the most interesting tidbits about owning the world's largest Rare Earth Mineral mine (aside from all the rare earth minerals), is that Tanbreez is located in Greenland and it is for that reason that President Donald...2023-08-191h 40The Energy QuestionThe Energy Question Episode 55: Christopher Messina, CEO of TanbreezIn Episode 55 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Christopher Messina, the dynamic CEO of Tanbreez, the company that owns the rights to develop the Tanbreez mine on the southern coast of Greenland.The Tanbreez mine was recently cited by Mining.com as the largest reserve of rare earth elements on the planet. In this interview, Mr. Messina details the promising status of the project and his efforts to secure both private and public funding to move the project forward.Tanbreez home page: www.Tanbreez.com Link to Christopher's podcast, Messy Times...2023-07-3135 minMessy TimesMessrs. Mainelli & Messina Dive Deep into the Decades-Old Fundamental Technology Behind BitcoinMany early use cases of a technology in hindsight look pretty silly. In 2000, Seventeen "dot coms" spent millions on ads for Super Bowl XXXIV - more web-based companies than have booked ads in the intervening twenty years. Similarly with "blockchain" which I take a delightful hour to kick around with my guest Professor Michael Mainelli, Chairman of @ZYenGroup .
Whenever a tech term becomes marketing faerie dust, look out! #Blockchain and #BTC (which some call #Bitcoin) come under our strict scrutiny. We touch on #CHECKSUM, the accurate and less sexy version of a #hash. If blockchain is not boring, yo...2023-02-1346 minMessy TimesCraig Wright Celebrates Messy Times's FOURTH YEAR of Enlightentainment!Most people know the solar calendar has ticked over to 2023. The cognoscenti are aware that a far more important milestone has been reached - the start of the 4th season of MessyTimes and all the glitteringly brilliant #enlightentainment that entails!
Join #CraigWright and our Glittering Host for a rollicking ride starting with the ignominious and predicted collapse of #FTX and the lying fraud #SBF and ending with a hard binary choice between two competing philosophical systems of deliberate existence. Kantians in particular will want to brace themselves!
For those interested in learning more about real wo...2023-01-0652 minMessy TimesJoshua Henslee and Christopher Messina Kick Around the Insane SBF FTX FraudBecause the impacts from this colossal fraud will be felt for years and the bad news will continue to unfold, Joshua Henslee and your Enlightentaining Host just couldn't resist sorting through the sordid stupidity a bit more.
The new CEO of #FTX is a very experienced workout executive who oversaw the Enron bankruptcy and wrote in his filing for FTX than he has never seen such insane incompetence and lack of operational and financial controls.
Who on earth would give this shlub and his weaselly little meth freak girlfriend a penny, never mind billions of dolla...2022-11-1836 min
Datenkasper - Der Selbsthilfe Podcast für alle Daten-Betroffenen#21 mit Flaschenpost Director of Supply Chain Christopher Messina und Director of Operations Titus Braden
Der zweite Live-Stream in der Geschichte des Datenkaspers - im Rahmen des minubo Data Days haben die Hosts wieder spannende Gäste eingeladen. Live und uncut aus dem Podcaststudio: Christopher Messina (Director of Supply Chain & Logistics Recruiting) und Titus Braden (Director of Operations) von flaschenpost SE.
Den Namen Flaschenpost verbinden viele direkt mit einem Getränkelieferdienst. Weit gefehlt! Hinter Flaschenpost steckt ein echtes Tech-Unternehmen, das sich auf rasantem Wachstumskurs befindet. Wieso Daten eine übergeordnete Rolle spielen und wie die Datenkultur gelebt wird, darüber sprechen Christopher und Titus mit den Hosts Lennard Stoever und János Moldvay in Ep...2022-10-2543 minMessy TimesCraig Wright Joins Us to Ponder the Variable Moral Frameworks Behind People's Economic AssumptionsWe're delighted to have Craig Wright of nChain back in the studios for some more organic Socratic give and take. Extending beyond the nuances of Intellectual Property, how patents do or do not work and infusing the vicious political fights of our times are the ghosts of thinkers past. It's not just the battles over #Bitcoin as #BTC or #BSV. When you hear people screaming in the public square about what's "fair" or how/if government should intervene in the markets to make things "equal," you're hearing the echoes of religious thinkers extending back 1,000 years to the Dark Ages of...2022-10-1843 minMessy TimesJoshua Henslee and Christopher Messina Dive Deep into BTC's Ironic About Face with The Fed#Bitcoin started as a libertarian revolt against central bank fiat currencies and value-detractive rent-seeking from credit card companies and banks for online payments processing. Somewhere along the way, as BTC HODLers accumulated large amounts of theoretical wealth, in large part due to extremely low interest rates from The Federal Reserve, the tone shifted from opposition to begging for help to keep the BTC priced fluffed up. So much for revolution and decentralization as a core principle.
Join us as we dive into some of the myriad factors whipsawing equity, bond and foreign exchange markets, both fundamental and w...2022-10-1557 min
Messy TimesChris Messina Will Fix Orange CountyHow lucky can one State get? It's starting to appear that the Almighty has a particular preference for The Last Free State in America, Florida. A focused, clear-thinking, entrepreneurial patriot has decided to fix his patch of America by running for Mayor of Orange County. Freedom-loving family man Chris Messina (https://chrismessina.com) is campaigning to be the next Mayor of Orange County. He dropped by the Messy Times studios in the county next door to talk about his background, his faith, his family, his disgust with petty totalitarianism and why good people of principle are called to true se...2022-04-1954 minMessy TimesMessy Times at the Brownstone Institute - A Study in Convergent EvolutionJeffrey Tucker, Founder of the Brownstone Institute joins us for an in-depth conversation on issues of passing import, like societal cohesion, trust in authority figures, the remote possibility of honesty and dignity in any of the people perched atop our governmental structure.
Y'know, the small stuff.
Tune in! Enlightentainment does not get much more fundamental!2022-03-101h 07Messy TimesOrality, Literacy, Elite Fear of Physicality and Ambiguity -or- Why Is Johnny a Sober Virgin?Thomas Harrington, Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College (https://www.thomassharrington.com) visits Messy Times for a rollicking discussion about the radical changes in American behavior over the last thirty years.
Is it weird that the most educationally overprocessed - in terms of years slogging through higher education - people in our society are susceptible to the obviously irrational dictates of power-hungry nitwits?
Can a nation of illiterate, innumerate sheeple operate the American Experiment? Does today's crop of risk-averse rule-followers meet the requirements for full participation in a governing structure created by rugged in...2022-03-081h 02Messy TimesWhen Crypto Sneezes Does the Dollar Catch COVID?Ari Pine, veteran trader and Co-Founder of the crypto trading firm Digital Gamma braves the Messy Times studios for a Valentine's Day discussion. Until recently, people knew that money was stateless and currency was local; crypto enthusiasts have "discovered" this ancient fact and made it shiny new.
Why does the USD seem immune to the forces of financial gravity? What's this whole crypto thing about anyway? How does one trade markets without guidance from traditional financial analysis? Are Americans fat and happy because the whole world is short dollars? Tune in to find out why it's really...2022-02-221h 01Messy TimesMessy Times Welcomes Larry Thompson, Chairman of Ledger XLarry David did a great job hyping #FTX during the Super Bowl. Closer to the actual functioning of crypto derivatives markets, we welcome Larry Thompson, current Chairman of Ledger X LLC which was bought by FTX in October 2021.
Join us for a thoughtful discussion ranging across Larry's impressive career on Wall Street, his transition from traditional finance to the digital markets, and what these new evolutionary market moves mean for broadening financial opportunity and freedom across national boundaries. #Crypto and the fundamental #blockchain technology underlying new financial markets are transforming not only the global capital markets, but...2022-02-1644 minMessy TimesCombat Control: "First There" for Combat and Humanitarian MissionsCombat Control, one of the most important arms of US Special Operations Forces, remains opaque to most Americans. Despite being the crucial connection between ground and air forces to coordinate bombings and overall flight operations in a war theatre, they have not gotten the same amount of public fame as their counterparts in the Army Rangers or Navy SEALs. That relative anonymity is about to end, beginning with this episode of Messy Times. I am joined in the studio by two retired Combat Controllers, John Glowacki, now CEO of the Combat Control Foundation (https://combatcontrol.team) and Mike Lamonica...2022-02-0744 minMessy TimesNew York State Charter Schools Champion John Faso Visits Messy TimesWe are delighted to have John Faso visit us for a discussion about foreign policy, charter schools and the political realities underlying elections. John served in the 115th Congress from 2017-2019 representing the 19th Congressional District in upstate New York. Prior to his stint in Congress, he was in the New York State Legislature where his most important contribution - in Messy Times's opinion - was in championing New York's charter school legislation. You can learn more about John's background and history here: https://www.johnfasolaw.com/about/ 2022-02-0235 minMessy TimesMelissa Martz for Congress! She’s Fighting for You and the Constitution.Melissa Martz, Candidate for the US House of Representatives, joins Messy Times for a refreshing dialogue about our lively and invaluable Constitution and how her sense of Justice outraged by recent developments has moved her to run for Congress.
Child sex trafficking, fentanyl overdoses, oppressive governmental overreach – she touches on it all and more!
Join us for a welcome and invigorating conversation and be sure to visit Melissa’s campaign website www.melissamartz.com for more information about the candidate and how you can help her to preserve American Liberty.2022-02-0223 minMessy TimesChina-US Financial Cold War: James Fok Visits Messy TimesWe are delighted to have James Fok visit us to share insights from his deep experience in the global capital markets and more specifically at the coalface of integrating two different financial systems. One is the generally accepted set of rules evolved over centuries with origins in Western Europe, and the other is the newly powerful emergent economic power from Mainland Communist China.
His excellent book Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets is written for a motivated general readership and is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to understand the...2022-01-2653 minMessy TimesBird Talk! Jeremy Hyman on Avian CommunicationCan birds lie? Do birds lie? What are they chattering about anyway? Do feathers make the bird? These questions and more may or may not be answered by evolutionary biologist Jeremy Hyman during his highly Enlightentaining turn on Messy Times. Tune in! And be sure to buy his book: Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication: Ballentine, Barbara, Hyman, Jeremy, Webster, Mike: 9781501753428: Amazon.com: Books2022-01-2420 minMessy TimesLatin American Markets Are Going Through Huge ChangesMost people pay no attention to capital market structure, which is a wonky name for the ways in which a society interacting with regulators and governments creates the rules and practices for trading stocks, bonds, commodities and real estate. We are delighted to begin a series of discussions on regional market structure issues and developments with David Alvarez, a long-time expert in global capital markets, with specific expertise in Latin America. Pull up a chair! We deliver pithy brilliance, sheer value for time spent!2022-01-1924 minMessy TimesShouting CANARY! in a Crowded Coal MineWe are joined in the Messy Times studio by Jim Thompson, one of the most knowledgeable experts on the global coal markets. Our discussion ranges widely across the impacts to everyday Americans' quality of life and cost of living that arise from current fossil fuel "policies."
Sit back, relax with a soothing beverage and tune in for a highly Enlightentaining discussion. You'd better hope your local power utility has enough coal on hand to generate the electricity required for you to hear our complete episode. There's a prize at the end you won't want to miss! 2022-01-1438 minMessy TimesMessy Times Welcomes 2022 with Heshy Tischler!Messy Times is focused in 2022 on positivity. It is easy to give everyone a sharp adrenaline burst of righteous rage by pointing out the details of myriad governmental failings. But everyone else does that, which is partly why our levels of civility in engaging with others has been crumbling to dust. Joining us for the first episode of 2022 is our old friend Heshy Tischler, who spends his time at the coalface of helping people fight off a hostile government in ways large and small.
Have a listen as we debate whether cultural change in government bureaucracies is possib...2022-01-0720 minMessy TimesTear Jerker Child's Letter to "Santa Psaki" in the White HouseA friend gave me a copy of a letter a local child wrote to Jen Psaki in the White House, thanking her for explaining why a treadmill is a luxury item that he does not need. Pete Buttigieg if he ever returns from paternity leave should be proud of his many accomplishments.2021-12-1506 minMessy TimesChildren are the Priority, Not AdultsThe US Surgeon General issued an advisory titled "Protecting Youth Mental Health," which calls attention to the severe damage done to American children during the course of the Wuhan "pandemic." It may or may not be worth your time to read it, but Messy Times provides a 7-minute précis which strikes - as ever - to the heart of the matter. Excellent civilizations prioritize children over adults, not the other way around.2021-12-0907 minMessy TimesThe Biden Unity Government Rube Goldberg Machine Rumbles Along....It takes genius to be wrong 100% of the time. If Biden and his useless crop of clowns made decisions randomly, they'd get things right 50% of the time. Their ability to do everything wrong all day long shows a level of commitment to stupidity which is breathtaking to behold.
Gas prices don't have to be high. Brandon made them this way.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messytimes/support2021-11-2304 minMessy TimesCryptoDad Chris Giancarlo Issues Clarion Call for Monetary FreedomWe at Messy Times are such fierce advocates for freedom that we have already been canceled by Woke Tech. We are joined in our passion for free people exercising their free will in free markets by the Honorable former Chairman of the CFTC, J. Christopher Giancarlo.
His wonderful book CryptoDad has just been released. Buy a copy - it's a brilliant handbook for non-specialists, which will help you fight the fight against government mandarins who want to control every aspect of your life, from what you say, what you do with your body, to what you are "...2021-11-0637 minMessy TimesFormer Greenland Mines Minister Vittus Qujaukitsoq on Opportunities and Challenges AheadFormer Minister Qujaukitsoq has deep experience in Greenland politics, having had portfolios including Mines, Labor, Finance and the Foreign Office. Now in private practice as a consultant, he joins Messy Times for a wide-ranging discussion touching on details around pending changes to the Minerals Act, the long and interesting history of dating-without-marriage between the United States and Greenland and a few other things besides!
Tune in! Americans in particular don't get a lot of accurate news out of Greenland; this one interview will make you 500% more knowledgeable than you are now!2021-11-0551 minMessy TimesCity of London Councilman Mark Wheatley on Brexit, Communists and Other Passing FadsThe Square Mile of Ancient Roman Londinium now serves as the United Kingdom's centre for financial services. Its freemen can drive their sheep over Tower Bridge without charge and when convicted of a capital offence, enjoy the privilege of being hanged with a silken rope rather than rough, savage hemp.
Beyond enjoying and maintaining those ancient liberties, excellent City of London politicians like Mark are busy engaging the world post-Brexit and wrestling with the complexities of the Communists currently controlling China. Join us for a spirited and candid look into the views and actions of one of...2021-11-021h 15Messy TimesGreenland is Open for Mining!We at Messy Times love nothing more than delivering excellent news about wonderful people doing positive things for their communities. We are delighted to host Allan Chemnitz, the President of Innovation South Greenland for a discussion about the economic and political development of Greenland, the bright prospects for business and clarifying some misconceptions about Greenland spread by irresponsible journalists who fail to check their sources.2021-10-2834 minMessy TimesMasks! OMG Masks! (We Won a Woke Big Tech Pulitzer Prize for This!)Special update: You can only hear this here because the debate was taken down by some unaccountable YouTube censor sitting in its gender-fluid cubicle in Silicon Valley for "medical misinformation." Yup! We did it, folks! We got CANCELED for having a reasoned debate!
Mask mandates! A topic no one is bored of by now! Useful, reasonable tool slowing the spread of viral infection? Pointless kabuki performance art designed by the Statist Left to stifle dissent? Stopping a virus with a t-shirt mask is about as effective as stopping the rain with a chain link fence.
Whose Ad...2021-10-211h 03Messy TimesPete Buttigieg is Enjoying Paternity Leave While the Nation Grinds to a HaltThere are 60 container ships sitting idle off the California coast, due to Comrade Newsom's freedom-quashing law banning truck drivers and others from running their own businesses, which dumb law's impact is magnified because of the insane and pointless Biden vaccine mandates. Supply chains across the nation are grinding to a halt. Inflation is skyrocketing as goods become scarce - in large part due to transportation and logistics problems all caused by the incompetence of the Biden Unity Government.
Pete #Buttigieg for those who don't know is the Secretary of #Transportation, despite having ZERO qualifications for the job. Ad...2021-10-1505 minMessy TimesBepi Pezzulli Elaborates on Our Very Messy TimesMessy Times is honored to have Bepi Pezzulli join us for a robust discussion on the lost cause of European freedom and the lines of battle drawn here in the United States over the same whiny Marxist nonsense that has sapped Europe of its former vigor. His clarion call for renewed Thatcherite policies and a strong educational emphasis on the virtues of entrepreneurship is refreshing.
#BepiPezzulli is the author of L'Altra Brexit and, among other roles, Secretary General of Italia Atlantica, a centrist think tank dedicated to foster strong trans-Atlantic relations. It promotes the principles of individual l...2021-10-1138 minMessy TimesA Clarion Call to Ignore GroupthinkBurn that useless piece of fabric you've been covering your face with. If you are not wearing an N95 mask properly fitted by a medical professional which you discard after 29 minutes, the stupid thing you're muzzling yourself with is not preventing the Wuhan Virus from getting to your nose and mouth. On top of that, in the fine helping of damaging irony we've gotten used to under The Biden Unity Government, it is actually causing you respiratory health problems.
This stupidity needs to end.
Let the stupidity cessation begin with you, and...2021-10-0504 minMessy TimesAmericans, Speak Up! Lt. Col. Stu Scheller Must be Freed!The Biden Unity Government has imprisoned in solitary confinement Lt. Col. Stu Scheller, a Marine officer with 17 years of service to this country.
His "crime?" Speaking truth to the increasingly intolerant power occupying the Oval Office.
He must be freed instantly and honorably discharged.
In a nation which celebrates the evil traitor Ed Snowden and lavishes praise on Hanoi Jane instead of requiring her to have spent the last 50 years in prison for treason, how on earth are we permitting this Administration to torture a fine officer and his wife and three young...2021-09-3005 min
Messy TimesRegistered Nurses Explain the Reality of Virus ProtocolsRational Americans want real data about any vaccine's efficacy, its risks and whatever statistics are available, so each person can make decisions for themselves and their families about which vaccines to take. The Biden Unity Government in its fervor to hide any of these facts from the American public has run roughshod over proven medical research processes and routinely trashes the rule of law and rational due process in its ideological mania.
Two RNs visit Messy Times to provide a frontline litany of insanity, stupidity and outright lies the Biden Unity Government is forcing on the public.
...2021-09-2828 minMessy TimesFive beers and two movies before bed are the START of your Fitness Journey!We at Messy Times love highlighting people building businesses around positivity. With a country driven to artificial antagonism by a deeply corrupt media who long ago gave up reporting objective news, we are delighted to take a break from the incessant negativity to showcase innovative people working hard to create their own way in the world.
Austen Alexander joins host Christopher Messina to discuss his entrepreneurial path from pizza making, grass cutting and part-time car audio repair into a 7-year career in the Navy and now into a fitness-focused content business designed to help everyone at any fi...2021-09-2226 min
Messy TimesDo the People of Californistan Want to Breathe Free or Remain Newsom's Slaves?Newsom should be recalled today. Will he be? An exhortation ahead of the polls opening.
Good luck, Citizens of California in defeating the Californistan Comintern!2021-09-1404 minMessy TimesTerrified Professors Provide a Huge Opportunity!Finally we can get some ideological balance in the ivory tower!
The American Left have whipped themselves into a state of irrational fear over the Wuhan Virus, so many professors are quitting their jobs because they believe "teaching is not worth risking their lives."
Yahoo! Time for rational Americans with PhDs to flood universities with CVs! The Left know how to seize an opportunity. Rahm Emmanuel said to never let a crisis go to waste. Well, here is a panic wholly manufactured by themselves, so it is time for rational Americans to take this rare oppo...2021-09-0906 min
Messy Times13 American Servicemen Murdered by Joe Biden's IncompetenceThere had been no American casualties in Afghanistan for the previous 18 months. Yesterday suicide bombers killed 12 Marines and a Navy combat medic outside the gates to Kabul Airport. Dozens of Afghans were killed, and hundreds more people wounded.
There are thousands of Americans and allies still trapped in Afghanistan. Luckily for the murderous Taliban, some complete idiot - who needs to be found and tried for treason - in the Biden Administration GAVE THE TALIBAN A LIST OF THOSE PEOPLE!
So now the Taliban don't have to do the tedious work of...2021-08-2709 minMessy TimesJoe Naps and Kamala Cackles While Afghans are Murdered and Americans are TrappedIn contrast to everything else these idiots are doing, we are all going to be grateful for the rampant inflation heading our way like a billion ton freight train without brakes.
Tune in to find out why I cancelled my subscription to the Wall Street Journal.
My heart breaks for the Afghan people who are going to lose their lives because they helped coalition forces try to create a better future for Afghanistan.
2021-08-2509 minMessy TimesMessy Times 2, Handsy Andy Cuomo 0! May Celebrations Ring Out Across the Land!Finally! The absolute disgrace Governor Cuomo has resigned!
Messy Times has been putting pressure on this clown from our very first recording and we are delighted to see our hard work has prevailed!
Join us in dancing, music and bowls of wassail!
The Wuhan Nursing Home Murderer, Economy Destroyer and Serial Gropist is exiting the Governor's Mansion!2021-08-1003 minMessy TimesSave New York and America! Heshy Tischler Returns to Messy Times!In Heshy's third visit to the show, he discusses the malaise affecting everyday voters. Our glittering host Christopher Messina has been asking people across society to diagnose the ongoing decay of American society.
Heshy offers solid observations on the apathy and fear of average citizens just trying to live their lives (relatively) free of the jackboot of an aggressive and often illegally-operated government. How, for example, can the damned CDC (Centers for Disease Control) unilaterally DESTROY the rights of property owners to be paid rent for providing housing?
Join us for a gripping, timely and vi...2021-08-0654 minMessy TimesThe Next Governor of New York Rob Astorino Visits Messy TimesRob Astorino is the next Governor of New York. Assuming, of course, that New Yorkers buck decades of habit and vote for a good candidate. Rob has proven that he can make government work - GASP! Wait for it... - on behalf of American taxpayers! He is stepping up to the plate to fix New York State, bringing with him the experience of telling everyone the last time he ran against Handsy Andy about how awful and corrupt New York's current Governor is.
That was BEFORE King Cuomo murdered thousands of elderly people by shoving Wuhan Virus l...2021-07-0339 minMessy TimesChe Guevara; The American Left's Love Affair with Evil MurderersWhat would you say to someone you saw in public wearing a tee shirt with Hitler's face on it? Wearing an image proudly of a psychotic, mass murdering sociopath would be a pretty extreme, anti-social act, we think all our listeners would agree.
Then why on earth is it remotely acceptable for anyone to walk around wearing a Che Guevara tee shirt? Why did Robert Redford and Benicio del Toro make a film celebrating an evil coward who murdered tens of thousands people while creating Castro's totalitarian regime, basing their script on the pens of Castro's propaganda de...2021-06-1208 minMessy TimesTarpon Springs and Mattituck: Hotbeds of Abusive Governmental Overreach!What do Tarpon Springs, Florida and Mattituck, New York have in common? Petty, abusive local politicians passing illegal, unconstitutional laws designed to harm individual business owners trying to feed their families.
In Tarpon Springs, local entrepreneurs Elijah and Ashley Durham opened up a food truck called SOL Burger to serve tasty gourmet burgers to a highly willing set of customers. They had an agreement to park on the private premises of a local brewery, and their business flourished.
Brick and mortar restauranteurs in Tarpon Springs, rather than providing better service or better food, instead lobbied t...2021-05-2125 minMessy TimesThe Democrats Continue to "Follow the Science"Following up from our earlier episode on 7 October 2020 (Follow the Science! Yes, Let's Do That. Open the Schools, Economy and, Well, Everything), we bring you a sad update. Sad, because we really wish we had been wrong in our diagnosis and predictions.
As we said in October 2020, everyone screeching "I follow the science!" really meant "I support draconian totalitarian dictatorship in violation of civil liberties with NO basis in actual scientific or statistical reasoning."
From a marketing point of view, you can see why. The latter statement, while accurate, is a bit unwieldy, certainly not c...2021-05-2006 minMessy TimesHamas Responds to Messy Times Praise of the Abraham AccordsThe evil death cult Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June of 2007 after fighting in the streets once they lost the election for governmental control. They have since that time brought terror to the community they supposedly "represent," and have destroyed any chance of economic growth by waging constant terror attacks on Israel.
Hamas being the so very brave "fighters" that they are, choose to hide their missile batteries inside schools, hospitals, mosques and within residential districts. They do this because they WANT the Israelis to kill women and children when the Israelis are forced...2021-05-1707 minMessy TimesCrazy Florida Woman Rebekah Jones Fabricated Lies - The Media Love Her!Today in Gender Equity, Messy Times focuses on the wild tale of a completely criminal liar in Florida named Rebekah Jones.
Liar Jones had a low-level job with the Florida Department of Health. All she had to do was take the data given to her about COVID in the State and put those data into pretty pictures on the DOH website. Instead of doing her job, she began to post fabulous lies on social media as if she were an authorized spokesperson for the DOH, to modify computer permissions to lock out her supervisor and created an...2021-05-1306 minMessy TimesAbraham Accords - Why Do the Media Ignore ACTUAL Middle East Peace?President Trump's team catalyzed real, actual peace between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Morocco and Bahrain. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait will likely follow suit soon. The Abraham Accords were signed on 13 August 2020, in an event that ACTUALLY deserves at the minimum a Nobel Peace Prize.
There are direct flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi, flights full of tourists and businesspeople. Huge strides are being made on a daily basis to increase the direct, one-to-one relationships on the ground that always leads to more peace and prosperity.
Why then is there relative silence...2021-05-1010 minMessy TimesA Young South African Discusses Her Country's Slow Motion CollapseWe are honored to be joined in the studio on Karl Marx's birthday by Kyra Tarr, a young South African journalist.
She shares her keen insights into the current state of her nation's social dysfunction and provides some excellent color for those unfamiliar with the recent history of South African politics as to how a nation full of such promise under Nelson Mandela has slid so far so fast.
Tune in for a riveting discussion! There is hope for us all yet, if the 20-somethings across the world can apply their enthusiasm, optimism and skills...2021-05-0548 minMessy TimesNew York State Legislature Loves Jew-Hating VandalsIn one more bizarre lurch into societal chaos, the New York State Legislature changed bail rules in January 2020.
There are some compelling arguments to reform the bail system but removing it entirely has proven to be disastrous. By tying judges' hands when it comes to setting bail terms - which are an excellent way to ensure that the alleged offender turns up for his or her court appearance - more truly dangerous people are arrested and instantly set free.
One excellent judge - Louis Nock - decided that in the case of evil scumbag Jordan...2021-05-0304 minMessy TimesOttomans or Austro-Hungarians? Patrick L. Young joins us for a robust discussion on technology, freedom and markets!World-renowned capital markets expert and original fintech visionary joins Messy Times for a wide ranging discussion anchored in human freedom, intelligent choice and the development of the human experience. Patrick has taken a break from finishing his recent book Victory or Death and his weekly podcast IPO VID, to share with us his thoughts on the vagaries of global economic development.
Exchanges! Centralized bureaucracy! The stifling hand of the Administrative State versus the chaotic and delightful benefits to be had from distributed knowledge and - GASP! - an educated, thoughtful citizenry!
Plus Slartibartfast's rationale for set...2021-04-1953 minMessy TimesCBS's "60 Minutes" used to contain actual, objective news. How we long for those halcyon days.We at Messy Times are baffled at what we endure on behalf of you, our wonderful listeners. We have volunteered to throw ourselves on the grenade of fake news and nonsensical propaganda so that you don't have to be exposed to these lies directly.
But we wonder why the media establishment both holds normal Americans in such contempt and why they think Americans are so stupid as to believe every single lie they tell.
We had to respond to the appalling idiocy of whoever is in charge at CBS for the full hour of ridiculous l...2021-04-0711 minMessy TimesBill O'Herron Discusses his Magisterial Work "Waking Up Marriage; Finding Truth in Your Partnership"We are delighted to have Bill O'Herron, LCSW, join us for a spirited discussion ranging from one's connection to self, to how that better confrontation with one's primal reality enables better relationships with the people in our lives and how - stretching it a bit - society itself can either tear itself apart or take meaningful steps towards improvement.
Meditation! Pootie Tang's greatest hits! The Tao of Dodging Plates! The higher apes' approach to reproduction!
It's all here! Join us for a spirited discussion sure to annoy as many as it delights!2021-04-0444 minMessy TimesHeshy Tischler Returns to Messy Times on February 18thOur favorite New Yorker, Heshy Tischler joins us in the studio to talk in more depth about the horrendous King Cuomo, why New York has been infected for decades with Bad Ideas and why honorable Americans need to stand up to the blatant totalitarian nonsense all around us.
Have a listen before we all get thrown in jail for sedition.
Go to https://www.heshytischler.com to learn more about and to support New York's Last Hope. 2021-03-061h 06Messy TimesKing Cuomo Lied, People Died but The Press Vilified Lifesaver Ron DeSantisWas there ever a mythical age of Honest Journalism?
Were H.L. Mencken and Mike Wallace truly the objective reporters of fact that we remember them to be?
Today's press is pure fiction and they wonder why the vast majority of Americans call them Fake News. A phrase, by the way, which The Donald did not invent and examples of which go back centuries. Usually in relation to politics, curiously enough...
Ron DeSantis calmly FOLLOWED THE ACTUAL SCIENCE so Floridians are now free citizens of the The Last Free American State while mostly...2021-02-2313 minMessy TimesThe BUG (Biden Unity Government) Keystone Kops Aim for $8/Gallon Gasoline!Not only do Shutdown Democrats want America's children uneducated and the working class to be permanently unemployed, but they'd prefer us all to pay $8 per gallon for gasoline as well.
With a swipe of a - very busy - Executive Pen, Unifier Biden destroyed the Keystone Pipeline project, thereby eliminating a direct 11,000 jobs along with countless others who supported the pipeline workers. Oh, and simultaneously he ordered a 60-day moratorium on granting new oil & gas drilling licenses, to further destroy America's energy independence and the low retail gasoline prices that come with it.
2021-02-1514 minMessy TimesGame Stop and Reddit are NOT the Droids You're Looking ForStonks! Money! Reddit! Short Selling! Stick it to The Man!
Tune in while market professionals cut through the media cacophony to give it to you straight! 2021-02-0826 minMessy TimesTulsi Gabbard warns against the Insane Witchhunt of Normal AmericansTulsi Gabbard is a great American. You can visit her website to find out more about why we respect her commitment to America and her achievements.
Today, we are concerned watching the accelerating downward spiral of American politics. After hectoring us all for four years about how awful Orange Man Bad was and how he alone was causing domestic disharmony, the Biden Unity Government has committed to quadrupling down on the insane conspiracy theories about a massive White Supremacist Insurgency which is, well, everywhere if only one looks hard enough. Or, actually, if one doesn't look at al...2021-01-2511 minMessy TimesMessy Times a/k/a the Amanda Gorman Fan Club has some advice for President BidenAmanda Gorman is a wonderful poet and every American should be proudly delighted that our nation produced her.
Garth and Gaga were OK, too.
The Co-Hosts of Messy Times, in keeping with our mandate to bring reason to the public square, wish Mr. Biden firstly nothing but splendid and robust good health for the next 48 months, secondly a successful term in office (at least related to the proper things an American President should do, which is a tiny fraction of what ALL politicians think those should be) and thirdly, offer practical advice for him should...2021-01-2211 minMessy TimesNew York's Savior, Heshy Tischler, Shows Us the Right Way to GovernAmerica is in a very dark place, after four years of partisan screeching and lies, with apparently another four years of the same coming at us at an even higher volume and intensity.
In the midst of the insane, unjust and entirely illogical economic shutdowns in New York, one man has stood steadfastly athwart the barricades, fighting the evil dictates of King Cuomo and Comrade De Blasio.
https://www.heshytischler.com
Once you've heard Heshy tell the boys at Messy Times what he's all about, you'll definitely want to help him get elected t...2021-01-1532 minMessy TimesJanuary 6th: The Coup That Wasn't is the Reminder We NeedWe're hearing increasing screams of partisanship after the events of January 6th which is both predictable and a serious shame.
Messy Times is not going to be one more voice saying the obvious things about how bad this was or how good this was, depending on one's "news source" drug of choice. (Recorded the day after the Capital ruckus, we were as yet unaware of the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who subsequently died of his wounds.)
Ignore the noise. Pay attention to who thinks they will benefit from greater discord and hatred o...2021-01-1310 minMessy TimesThe Capitol Invasion is further evidence that EVERYONE needs to take it down a notchAmericans have been pushed to the breaking point during 2020. There have been myriad examples of destructive behavior erupting from the very real pressures and frustrations many people feel.
Join us as we provide some badly-needed clarity and objectivity which once again is NOT being provided by 99.95% of the media and political classes.
If things are to get better without getting worse first, the path laid out by the Co-Hosts of Messy Times is the one best followed.
2021-01-1025 minMessy TimesLow taxes are nice.... BUT Florida's fauna will KILL you if the Sun doesn't get you first!Rational high-earners are fleeing high-tax States for sunnier climes. That makes sense.
BUT beware of moving to Florida, which is indeed a rational capitalist Paradise. Crocodiles patrolling the beaches! Sharks bite thousands of people per day, no matter what the "statistics" say! There's no ozone so your face will melt off if you're caught outside without SPF 85+!
The mosquitoes have apparently bred with the Osceola Turkey - the biggest one weighed in at 7 lbs!
On the flip side, if you stay where you are, the politicians will imprison you at home while jacking...2021-01-0611 minMessy TimesKurt Eichenwald - NY Times bestseller - calls for premeditated murder of random peopleWe at Messy Times wanted to start the New Year off on a positive note. We are trying to do so, but sadly the first major story that hit us in 2021 was the pure evil of a man named Kurt Eichenwald (www.kurteichenwald.com) who on Twitter publicly declared his desire to "beat an antimasker to death." His "justification" for this murderous call to action is that someone in his family died of the Wuhan Virus, and rather than railing at G-d or Fate for the sad fact of a loved one contracting a fatal disease, he's decided that...2021-01-0414 minMessy TimesBitcoin! FOMO or FOBI? Messy Times gives it to you hard, fast and straight, no blockchain required!Do you invest in cryptocurrencies? Are you the idiot who spent 12 Bitcoins on a pizza back when this whole nonsense was a glimmer in a few paranoid tech geeks' eyes? Do you listen to friends speak "knowingly" about Bitcoin and wonder whether they're full of hot air or actually secret quadrillionaires afraid you might be an IRS snitch?
Join James and Christopher while they enlightentain you on all things crypto. Now in faster format - the same brilliance but in speed dating format!
What's not to love?!
You can even add this episode...2020-12-1211 minMessy TimesBlue State Dictatorships Have Flourished During the Wuhan PanicThe speed with which Democrat governors and mayors turned into tinpot dictators overnight was startling and - sadly - unsurprising.
The rational people of Florida - the Last Free State in the Nation - have watched in horror as these idiots shut down entire economies and kept children out of school for no reason at all.
More frightening is the alacrity with which formerly free Americans turns into obedient sheeple acquiescing to home imprisonment, impoverishment and micro-control over their personal lives.
Easily the most horrifying moment in American history and we will...2020-11-3019 minMessy TimesRabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and the Continuing Fight for Western CivilizationRabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks passed away on 7 November 2020, may his memory be for a blessing. He was one of the West's most articulate, thoughtful, brilliant and compassionate expositors of what it truly means to lead a good and just life. He was a profound thinker and beloved leader who gave hope to millions and suggested a way of looking at human existence and meaning which stands as a solid bulwark against the secularist trends which have been eating away corrosively at what used to be called Western civilization.
Progressives have replaced religion with political affiliation. Sadly for t...2020-11-2321 minMessy TimesBiden Cancer Initiative blew $4.8 million dollars; ZERO went to cancer researchAmericans are an abnormally generous bunch. Individual citizens donate an impressive amount of their time and money to helping others.
When you give to a cause, you do so because the organization will, you know, invest money towards that cause.
If you are one of the people who contributed some of the $4,800,000 to the Biden Cancer Initiative, you paid for some really fat executive salaries, a great deal of first class travel and a bunch of fun networking events that you can bet were open bar at 5 star hotels overlooking private golf courses or glorious...2020-11-2014 minMessy TimesNice State ya got here. Sure would be a shame if I moved to it....Millions of Americans are on the move. They are fleeing bankrupt states whose "leaders" encourage non-stop riots and mayhem in the streets while denying normal people the right to work, pray or study.
Problem is, many of those people flee to well-run states and continue to vote the way they did before, which is what got those terribly-run states into the mess they're in in the first place.
Join us as we help newcomers to rational states cope with the cognitive dissonance of discovering they've allowed themselves to be lied to for so many years.2020-11-1817 minMessy TimesPrison Reform, Roadtrip Rules and the Disgrace of For-Profit Prisons.The vast unfairness in our prison system has many roots. At the core, if we as a society want to levy just punishment for crimes committed while encouraging honest reentry into society of ex-cons, we need to restructure radically not only our approach to sentencing but also fix the multiple-jeopardy problems associated with cash fines on top of time served.
Joins us while we clarify the issues holding many of our fellow citizens back and provide crystal clear proposals for rapid and effective remediation of one of the biggest headaches holding our society back from positive development...2020-11-1724 minMessy TimesKindergarten teachers don't reward bad behavior. Why did the American voter do just that?Rational Americans for months watched in horror and dismay as Democrat governors and mayors allowed violent scum to run riot in vulnerable neighborhoods, attack police and destroy the businesses and lives of people that they are claiming to "represent."
With a blatancy that Orwell would have been disgusted by, the complicit media establishment told Americans not to believe our damned lying eyes, but to believe that billions of dollars in property damage, attacks and murder by Leftist mobs were really "mostly peaceful protests."
Rational Americans were never provided an explanation for what these rioting lunatics...2020-11-1522 minMessy TimesThe Election Happened; National Healing Must Wait Until 2024We as a nation should uniformly strive for accuracy in our voting process. Great news is that record numbers of Americans voted.
Better news is that Messy Times was right about the rational American repudiation of radical nonsense.
The final count and ultimate certification is yet to come, along with a couple of fun runoffs, which will define the shape of the Federal Government for the next two years.
Tune in for the purest, clearest and smartest coverage of this election and its implications! 2020-11-1218 minMessy TimesMessy Times Calls It! Trump Wins 42 States.Lies, damned lies and statistics! We discuss the limitations of today's polling practices, put those into historical context, add some qualitative local flavor, stir in some cross-cultural observations and come to a clear conclusion about this Presidential Election.
Tune in for the only objective source of data analytics and calm, cool, middle of the road brilliance. All you need in under 20 minutes; now you can go get some exercise instead of tuning into Fox News, Communist News Network and their fellow travelers in print, screen and interwebs. 2020-10-2817 minMessy TimesTrump Diplomacy Continues to Yield Results. Sudan Pays For Harboring Osama bin Laden, and Makes Peace with IsraelOut of the midst of apparent chaos, order is being created. Sudan which ten years ago was embroiled in a bitter civil war with what became South Sudan had long harbored terrorists with a fierce hatred of the West and Israel.
Days ago in a deal brokered by the Trump Administration, Sudan's government lay aside decades of nursed grievances and set up a victims' compensation fund for the Al Qaeda bombings of the US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998. $335 million was transferred to US controlled banks, as part of having international sanctions lifted.
In...2020-10-2713 minMessy TimesHuma's Laptop Sent Carlos Danger to Jail. Now Hunter's Laptop...! The Freedom to Think, Speak or Refuse to do Either!Our beloved Co-Hosts discuss Hunter Biden's laptop, Rick James's views on cocaine and the complex questions raised about the First Amendment, information dissemination and what if anything qualifies as censorship.
Join James and Christopher for a feisty debate about the limitations or lack thereof of governmental authority and how clear the view is from Flyover Country. Welcome to the Hashtag-Free Zone! 2020-10-2127 minMessy TimesRik Mehta Joins Messy Times to Relate How Cory Booker Backed Out on his Debate PromiseRik Mehta is running against Cory Booker (D, Thebes) for his US Senate seat. The people of New Jersey are suffering through an economic crisis created by Governor Murphy, who is sitting on billions of dollars in relief money he refuses to distribute, all while prosecuting and persecuting honest, hardworking citizens who want to go back to work and send their kids to school.
Cory Booker as a US Senator could and should encourage Gov. Murphy to disburse those FEDERAL funds, but he has not bothered to do so. Further, he takes his Senate seat for granted...2020-10-1535 minMessy TimesProtecting the Most Vulnerable: "I Wake Up Every Day and Sue the Government." Justin Pearson of the Institute for Justice Lives the Messy Times Dream.Avid Messy Timers know that your gracious co-hosts love nothing so much as sound public policy which provides clear rules and a level playing field for all Americans to pursue their ambitions free of government meddling. Few things enrage those same co-hosts as much as when corporations pay lobbyists to get laws passed for the sole purpose of restricting competition. State licensing laws about haircutting licenses, for example, have led to heavily armed SWAT teams crashing into a storefront because they were looking for unlicensed barbers.
That sort of nonsense has been happening in many States for...2020-10-1323 minMessy TimesKamala Wants to Pack the Supreme Court, is Angry About Toilet Paper and Will Never Mention the Great Barrington Declarationhttps://gbdeclaration.org/ Sign the Great Barrington Declaration. It's pretty great.
Kamala and Joe have told us a lot of things by what they refuse to say: They won't commit to their Leftwing base's fanatic need to add Justices to the Supreme Court, changing it from the 9 Justices we've had for 150 years, We're supposed to elect them and they'll tell us AFTER the election what their policy is! Last time we heard that was when Nancy Pelosi told Americans that we had to pass ObamaCare "so we could find out what's in it!" Do you remember that d...2020-10-0912 minMessy TimesShutdown Politicians Are Lying Non-Stop. "Stimulus" is Nothing But Stealing From the Unborn.So many boondoggles, lies and screams from the Swamp that it's hard to keep track. Not only do Nancy Pelosi and every other Shutdown Democrat not give one mosquito's fart in a hurricane about the average American thrown out of work, but when given the chance to deliver a useful piece of legislation to the President's desk for signature which would immediately start sending much needed checks to out of work Americans, Nancy Pelosi's Democrats will not deliver that relief for American workers.
She refuses to provide much needed help to struggling Americans. Her definition of "stimulus" i...2020-10-0911 minMessy TimesFollow the Science! Yes, Let's Do That. Open the Schools, Economy and, Well, Everything.The grating new mantra of some of our fellow citizens is "Follow the science." In this episode, we delve into the history of mantras, the ability of a seemingly simple sentence to take on a whole range of often insane meanings, and why the repeated abuse of a few simple words is both driving Americans apart and - when used correctly - is the key to our survival.
2020-10-0812 minMessy TimesArt's Eternal Provocation. What Led Dr. Sean Morrison to Destroy a Neighbor's Statue of Christopher Columbus?Plenty of art is designed to provoke a response. One might even suggest that the more impassioned a response a piece of art elicits, the more effective is the work. Judging by the mass destruction of public art this summer across American cities by spoiled brats in the throes of cancel culture, apparently today's youth are more sensitive to art's power than their elders are or were.
If given a thousand guesses as to what piece of art had been destroyed during 2020's Marxist Summer of Destruction and Inchoate Demands, your friends at Messy Times would never h...2020-10-0507 minMessy TimesPolitical Professional Zara Rahim Hopes the President DIES from COVID; Sadly She's Not AloneContinuing the bizarre dysfunction which has plagued this nation since the summer of 2016, upon the announcement that President Trump and his wife tested positive for COVID-19, numerous media figures and prominent Democrats publicly stated their joy at the news and further their hope that the President dies from his illness.
Historians and psychologists will write dissertations for centuries to come about Trump Derangement Syndrome, but this new moral low the President's enemies have sunk to is appalling and destructive of the social compact.
Aside from the pure evil such comments represent, their source is all t...2020-10-0417 minMessy TimesJustice Amy Coney Barrett, Confirmed 100-0 in Rational Times. In Messy Times....?With the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - may her memory be for a blessing - there is an opening on the Supreme Court. President Trump has nominated a jurist of impeccable credentials, a woman who has earned the respect of all her legal peers irrespective of their political leanings.
In Normal Times, finding such a qualified judge to serve on our nation's highest court would be a cause for universal celebration.
Alas, we find ourselves in Messy Times. Join us as we delve into the High SCOTUS Mysteries to help our listeners understand w...2020-09-3016 minMessy TimesThe Battle for Joyce's Tavern: Messy Times, 1. New York State Liquor Authority, 0.Messy Times is delighted to announce our first major public policy victory!
In Episode 3 (Fight the Power!) we highlighted some American heroes standing up for what's right in these times of dictatorial overreach by the tinpot dictators in places like Albany, Sacramento and Trenton. One of those heroes is Claire O'Toole, owner of Joyce's Tavern in Staten Island, who felt the obnoxious mailed fist of the State slam down on her business for daring to stand up to the totalitarian Cuomo's arbitrary dictates.
Subsequent to the airing of that episode honoring her civic zeal and t...2020-09-2910 minMessy TimesPerfidious Oppression, Thy Name is Federal Election Commission!Politicians throughout history have tried their very best to squelch speech critical of their lousy performance. Here in the United States, the political class has gotten clever about this, realizing Americans bristle at thought control, so they have dressed up violations of our First Amendment rights with phrases like "campaign finance reform" and that most vile of creations, the Speech & Thought Control Board.
If they called it that, the populace might get restive, so they call it The Federal Election Commission.
Bland in branding, violent to the spirit of free Americans, the FEC exists to...2020-09-2414 minMessy TimesToxicity at the Obama EPA. Beware When Perfectly Reasonable Laws Are Twisted into Tools of OppressionWe heard a respected pollster say that this election is Persona v. Policy, meaning many people apparently dislike Donald Trump's personality more than they like (or even pay attention to) his Policy and vice versa for his opponent, the scarily-ageing Joe Biden, about whose Policy they're a little fuzzy but are inclined to vote for his Persona.
Every American should vote his or her convictions and we hope the number of eventual votes tallied is equal to or lesser than the total number of registered American voters.
On the Policy front, we at Messy Times...2020-09-2415 minMessy TimesFight the Power! Heroes Who Stand Up for What's Right in Messy TimesGiven the media's cynicism of "If it bleeds, it leads," which leads to an unending parade of negativity, we at Messy Times are committing air time to extol the virtues of excellent American citizens who are standing up against tyranny and who do wonderful things for us all in their daily lives.
There's a whole lot more that ties us together than potentially divides us. Across America, far too many governors, mayors and politicians have decided that they've lost faith in the people. "15 days to slow the spread" is amazingly coming into its 7th month of economic...2020-09-2414 minMessy TimesUAE, Bahrain and Israel - A Triumph of Practical DiplomacyMessy Times was created for situations just like this! The Trump Administration brokered one of the most significant new deals the world has seen in decades. The more Israel is integrated into normal diplomatic and commercial relationships with its neighbors, the more peace and prosperity will grow.
For busy Americans wondering why the Media is doing its best to ignore the massive importance of this deal, your favorite co-hosts break through the noise to give it to you straight. The first major deal between Israel and its Arab neighbors in 26 years is worth a huge amount of at...2020-09-2117 minMessy TimesIntroducing Messy Times!Ultimate Enlightentainment! Two entrepreneurial financiers provide unvarnished clarity about the truth behind politicians' lies. The messy times we live in are no accident. Co-Hosts Christopher Messina and James Langer explain who is lying to you, why they benefit and how to ignore the bread and circuses on offer.
In this introductory podcast, the compelling duo Langer & Messina bring some badly needed calm analysis to the current virus pandemic - which is unavoidable - and the insane government-caused economic and social destruction which was wholly avoidable.
Rational Americans are pulling the nation out of a terrifying ta...2020-09-1716 min